In this era, nanotechnology is gaining enormous popularity due to its ability to reduce metals,
metalloids and metal oxides into their nanosize, which essentially alter their physical, …

… (UN) peace-keeping force iri preventing the secession of Shaba are still alive. In recent years
the latent discontent in Shaba, the centre of Zaire's mineral production, has been increased …

In the era of multi-omic sciences, dogma on singular cause-effect in physio-pathological
processes is overcome and system biology approaches have been providing new perspectives …

The effects of two different drying methods (smoking kiln and electric oven) on proximate
compositions of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) were determined. Purchased quantities of catfish …

Shaba or Lubumbashi Swahili is the restructured variety of Swahili spoken on the copperbelt
of Zaire’s south-eastern Shaba province. The case of Shaba Swahili (henceforth ShS) as a …

Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted extensively to increase the productivity and
environmental sustainability of maize production systems across sub-Saharan Africa and is often …

Background Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years
of age globally. The burden of diarrheal mortality is concentrated in low-resource settings. …

Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
Core Sets for children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP) offer service providers and …

This study analyzed the spatiotemporal pattern of settlement expansion in Abuja, Nigeria,
one of West Africa’s fastest developing cities, using geoinformation and ancillary datasets. …

Background HIV self-testing increases testing uptake in sub-Saharan Africa but scale-up is
challenging because of resource constraints. We evaluated an HIV self-testing intervention …

In recent years, the usage of the q -derivative and symmetric q -derivative operators is significant.
In this study, firstly, many known concepts of the q -derivative operator are highlighted …

Background: Post-retained crowns are indicated for endodontically treated teeth (ETT) with
severely damaged coronal tissue. Metallic custom and prefabricated posts have been used …

The existing drought monitoring mechanisms in the sub-Saharan Africa region mostly
depend on the conventional methods of drought monitoring. These methods have limitations …

Field experiment was conducted at Edozhigi, National Cereal Research Institute experimental
field, to assess the contribution of morphological traits to variability in some accessions of …

Objective The feasibility of a fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
scan for imaging atherosclerosis has not been well documented. The purpose of …

This article defines a new operator called the q-Babalola convolution operator by using
quantum calculus and the convolution of normalized analytic functions in the open unit disk. We …

Despite its widespread use, sperm cryopreservation induces serious detrimental alterations
in sperm function; indeed, it is commonly associated with decreased sperm viability and …

The cost of ready‐to‐use therapeutic food ( RUTF ) used in community‐based management
of acute malnutrition has been a major obstacle to the scale up of this important child …

Some physicochemical properties of tacca starch (Tacca leontopetaloides, Taccaceae) have
been examined and the results compared to those of maize and potato starches. Tacca …

The central hypothesis of this study was that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) would be
enhanced following murine chlamydial infection and that their expression would vary in mouse …