THE NIGERIAN OIL RESOURCEAND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND: AN INTERROGATION by Joshua DANJUMA

“…The paper adopts content analysis of mainly secondary sources to examine the research problem at stake using the resource curse theory. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE AND RELIGION ON GENDER INEQUALITY AND IT IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT by GRACE ETIM-JAMES

“…Culture has always been the main determinant in both domestic and communal activities. …”
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Fuzzy Based Design for Third-Party Pipeline Failures in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by GO Ariavie, RE Emetitiri, OE Ononeme, ID Olowu

“…Each category has inputs (base inputs) plugged into it which is in turn plugged into another system (main engine). Based on this, the fuzzy model was designed, using MATLAB fuzzy toolbox to develop a hypothetical simulation which simply involves the feeding of randomly generated values between 0 and 1 to the controllers. …”
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Zostań MovieStarPlanet! – czyli o partycypacji kultury dziecięcej w kulturze cyfrowej by Joanna Dziekońska

“…The adopted study procedure mainly comprised the netnographic method and revealed many original examples of children’s culture. …”
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Сталинская премия по литературе. Институциональное измерение эстетики социалистического реализма (1940-1950-е годы)... by Dmitry Tsyganov

“…Using a wide range of factual material, it is shown that in the 1940s and early 1950s the institution of the prize in the minds of Stalinist functionaries also began to be perceived as one of the main instruments for structuring the world political space. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON THE INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY by Nerman Ljevo, Aziz Šunje

“…These include the primary basic types of organization, or organizational configurations, as well as organizational context variables such as environment, power, age, size, business strategy, and technical system. The main research about organizational structures was started by Mintzberg in 1979. …”
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Advance model for seismic base isolation Systems of building by Hossein Soleimanloo, Shakeri Soleimanloo

“…We set up some numerical experiment to evaluate our method and compare viability of the two main isolator types (i.e. sliding and elastomeric) for building. …”
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Elphick, Richard, The Equality of Believers. Protestant Missionaries and the Racial Politics of South Africa by J. J. Kritzinger

“…It gives not only a strong line of argument on the expressed theme, but also provides a wealth of (to me, at least) previous less known details about some of the main actors who played a significant role in the shaping of present and past ideologies in South Africa. …”
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Features of diagnostics and treatment of constipation at patients of elderly age by A. V. Kalinin, L. I. Butorova

“…Treatment should be provided according to the basic disease, and the age of patient. Main components of treatment are: diet, broadening of physical activity regimen, purging. …”
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THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 5:17: A DIALECTICAL APPROACH by P la G du Toit

“… In this contribution, the five main views in understanding the fulfilment of the law in Matthew 5:17 are critiqued in terms of their inconsistency with the co-text of the Gospel. …”
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VIABILITY OF DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES IN CONTEMPORARY PIANO EDUCATION by Stela DRĂGULIN

“…We have submitted the main goals of the didactic process in the field of piano art, establishing accordingly, premises, conditions, accomplishments and perspectives in terms of evaluation within the instrumental didactics process, particularly highlighting the self-assessment skills. …”
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Wyjść poza krąg. O przywracaniu pedagogiki Marii Rogowskiej-Falskiej i Wiery Schmidt by Wojciech Siegień

“…The comparative analysis took into account the voices of female educators from Poland and the Soviet Union – Maria Rogowska-Falska and Vera Schmidt. The main questions concern how hegemonic pedagogical discourses may erode and whether the processes of redefining pedagogical thought in Poland are analogous to trends in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe? …”
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Acting “out-of-the-box” in Montessori teachers’ narratives – research report by Jarosław Jendza

“…Based on semi-structured, qualitative individual interviews analysis the author outlines the occurrences (usually child initiated) that invite Montessori teachers to “leave” well--known routines, explicitly described procedures and perhaps even the zone of comfort. One of the main results of the research is quite paradoxical. …”
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Cassia leptophylla, Gold Medallion Tree by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Robert J. Northrop

“…Pruning the tree to one main leading stem from which major branches are attached can help increase its strength and sturdiness against strong wind events. …”
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Factors Affecting Phosphorus Leaching and Groundwater Concentrations for the Plasticulture Vegetable-Production System by Sanjay Shukla, Gregory S. Hendricks, Thomas A. Obreza, Willie Harris

“… Although Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been developed to reduce the loss of nutrients, like P, to the environment, limited information exists on the main factors that control P loss to Florida groundwater. …”
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Fighting against COVID-19 requires wearing a face mask by not some but all by Hakan Yilmazkuday

“…The formal analysis is achieved by using a difference-in-difference design, where U.S. county-level data on changes in COVID-19 cases or deaths are regressed on lagged changes in social interaction of people measured by Google mobility. The main contribution is achieved by distinguishing between the effects of social interaction on COVID-19 in different U.S. counties based on the corresponding share of people wearing a face mask determined by Dynata surveys. …”
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THE CHORAL FRAMEWORK IN THE OPERA DECEBAL BY TEODOR ZGUREANU by Luminiţa GUŢANU

“…The multiple-level contrasts (dynamic, rhythmic, timbral, of registers), the vitality, energy, tension, harshness and density are the main characteristics of this opera, in which we find clarity and self-confidence in composition, build-ups and tensions disrupted by breaks or by contrasting sections, but also a persistency in using melodic-rhythmic cells of folk origin. …”
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The focus of public discourse on child abuse in kindergartens: analysis of articles on child abuse in newspapers of China from 2010 to 2017 by Baoan Feng, Xingping Zhou

“…The results of the research are as follows: (1) The change of public opinion on child abuse conforms to the law of public opinion development in the latent period, outbreak period, spread period, repetition period, remission period and long tail period of the dissemination of hot topics of public opinion; (2) The range of social groups concerned about child abuse has been expanding year by year, until 2017, a total of 22 categories of social groups have paid attention to child abuse; (3) The focus of public attention on the child abuse incidents includes 23 aspects, such as the supervision responsibility, harm, punishment, system, prevent, treatment and morality. Among them, it mainly focuses on supervision and rule of law, and lacks humanistic care for preschool teachers. …”
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Twee weergawes van die gebed van Salomo (1 Kon. 8 en 2 Kron. 6): 'n vergelykende studie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…The article discusses the main differences, especially in 2 Chronicles 6:13 and the last part of the prayer (1 Kings 8:50-51, 53; 2 Chronicles 6:41-42). …”
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Tropical Hardwood Hammocks in Florida by Annisa Karim, Martin B. Main

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