TO DIE AND LET DIE: A JUST THEOLOGY OF CEDING SPACE by T. Van Wyk

“…Large populations across the world are ageing, presenting unique challenges to healthcare and civic infrastructure. The planet is suffering because of a climate crisis, due to the overburdening of resources. …”
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A Synopsis of Corruption in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Benjamin Terzungwe Tough, Esther Anenge Gbaden

“… Corruption permeates all aspects of human engagements. No society however civilized can claim to be devoid of the phenomenon of corruption. …”
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Los signos mercantiles distintivos del empresario, la empresa y el establecimiento de comercio: Visión crítica de su relación by Juan Lucas González García Herreros, Gustavo Carlos Alemán Badel

“…Así las cosas, el registro mercantil que llevan las cámaras de comercio no es un mecanismo de protección de este intangible, pues se restringe exclusivamente al nombre civil y a la razón o denominación social. Así mismo, el depósito del nombre comercial que competea la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio tampoco protege al titular de los derechos que este signo confiere. …”
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GLOBALIZATION, POST-COLONIZING MIGRATION AND NEO-SLAVERY: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AFRICAN STATES by Jonathan C. Madu

“…It articulates these discrepancies using the theoretical framework of dependency theory as analytical tool to understand current cause of global inequality, which has given rise to worst migration problems of 21st century and why the African continent is in a continual state of backwardness and ridden by civil wars, suffering from malnutrition, disease and social conflicts. …”
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Aryanization Bureaucrats in Post-Holocaust Romania by Stefan Cristian Ionescu

“…While many of them were removed from the civil service, became unemployed, went into hiding, or were arrested, others thrived – at least temporarily – thanks to their skilful navigation of the post-Antonescu transition, their highlevel connections with the political establishment, and the ability to claim certain merits for their behavior before August 1944, either as victims of or by resisting against the Antonescu regime. …”
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EFFECT OF RETIREMENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON QUALITY OF RETIREE’S LIFE IN NIGERIA by AKORGA MAMKPEGA CLEMENT, IKYUMEN PHILIP ORSAA

“…The population of the study comprised of seven thousand7000 pensionaries in Makurdi, Benue State from 2020 to 2023 from civil service. Used a representative sample, a multi-stage random sampling design was used in selecting the required sample for the study. …”
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Trecking the historical concerns for effi ciency and eff ectiveness in the study and practice of Public Administration by BC, Basheka, Dominique, Uwizeyimana

“…e concerns of administrative e ciency and e ectiveness are debates which are as old as the discipline of public administration itself but also the concerns of the long journey of the practices of public administration have trekked the journey of civilization. While public administration and Governance scholars agree on the need for building administrative systems which are e cient and e ective, there remains divergence views on how the two can be promoted. …”
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Compositional changes of dissolved organic matter during high flow events in headwater catchments along a gradient of climate and land use by Jeanneau, Laurent, Fovet, Ophélie, Faucheux, Mikaël, Gruau, Gérard,  Liotaud, Marine, Pierret, Marie-Claire, Cotel, Solenn, Molénat, Jérôme,  Lagacherie, Manon, Dessert, Céline, Probst, Anne

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The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries. by Dongqing Wang, Uttara Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Imran Ahmed, Alemayehu Argaw, Shabina Ariff, Nita Bhandari, Ranadip Chowdhury, Daniel Erchick, Armando García-Guerra, Masoumah Ghaffarpour, Giles Hanley-Cook, Lieven Huybregts, Fyezah Jehan, Fatemeh Kaseb, Nancy F Krebs, Carl Lachat, Tsering Pema Lama, Dharma S Manandhar, Elizabeth M McClure, Sophie E Moore, Ameer Muhammad, Lynnette M Neufeld, Andrew M Prentice, Amado D Quezada-Sánchez, Dominique Roberfroid, Naomi M Saville, Yasir Shafiq, Bhim P Shrestha, Bakary Sonko, Sajid Soofi, Sunita Taneja, James M Tielsch, Laéticia Céline Toe, Naser Valaei, Wafaie W Fawzi

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Column layout design for concrete frame structures utilizing the strain energy-based topology optimization method by Xin-Cai Xiong, Hu-Zhi Zhang, Gang Peng, Fei-Fan Feng

“…Intelligent design is advancing civil engineering, providing new opportunities for structural optimization.This paper proposes an innovative intelligent design method integrating topology optimization into concrete frame column layout design.The method iteratively removes a defined percentage of columns from the initial layout, guided by the architectural plan, to achieve optimal column topologies.The approach’s efficacy is validated through a numerical example and a practical case study, showing that materials in optimized frames enhance structural stiffness more effectively than in traditional designs. …”
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Percepción de estrés en personal universitario by Angelines Díaz-Corchuelo, Eulogio Cordón-Pozo, Ramona Rubio-Herrera

“…Se realizaron análisis estadísticos para establecer la relación entre el nivel de estrés percibido y ciertas variables sociodemográficas personales (edad, estado civil, número de hijos, personas dependientes, hábitos saludables o no) y laborales (años en la institución, tipo de contrato o situación laboral, entre otros), teniendo en cuenta en cada caso la perspectiva de género. …”
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Probati auctores by Christoph H. F. Meyer

“…Starting with a decision made by Benedict XIV in 1744 (Redditae Nobis) the article looks into the question why the »approved authors« played such a significant role in canon law until the 20th century, whereas the communis opinio lost its importance in civil jurisprudence in the course of the 18th century. …”
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The digital age students: Exploring leadership, freedom, and ethical online behavior: A quantitative study by Mohamed Mekheimer, Walid Mohamed Abdelhalim

“…The study underscores the need for a comprehensive approach that cultivates both leadership capabilities and responsible civic engagement to promote ethical and sustainable digital citizenship. …”
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'Segura, Devolve e Arquiva': estratégias do Congresso Nacional brasileiro para impedir o reconhecimento de famílias homoparentais by Claudio Henrique Miranda Horst

“…Trata-se de pesquisa documental envolvendo quatro projetos de lei que buscam a aprovação da união civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo. Identificam-se as diversas estratégias que reforçam a opressão no âmbito do Legislativo federal, dentre elas a defesa do não reconhecimento da diversidade familiar com base no art. 226 da Constituição Federal de 1988. …”
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The Role of the Family in the Restoration and Preservation of Yoruba Cultural Heritage by Emmanuel Oluwasegun Awofeko, Olatunji Olusegun Oyebanjo, Oluwaseyi N. Shogunle

“…Unfortunately, this cultural heritage is almost lost today, as civilization has denigrated almost all these cherished cultural values in Yoruba communities. …”
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Legal and democratic dilemmas in the counter-terrorism struggle: The targeted killing policy by Janiel David Melamed Visbal

“…El análisis aborda el enfoque americano e israelí de esta práctica, debido al profundo involucramiento de estos países en la lucha contra el terrorismo proveniente de actores no estatales que actúan entre la población civil.…”
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Computer Aided Diagnostic System for Blood Cells in Smear Images Using Texture Features and Supervised Machine Learning by Shakhawan Hares Wady

“…The framework combines the features extracted by Center Symmetric Local Binary Pattern (CSLBP), Gabor Wavelet Transform (GWT), and Local Gradient Increasing Pattern (LGIP), the data was then fed into machine learning classifiers including Decision Tree (DT), Ensemble, K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Naïve Bayes (NB), and Random Forest (RF)).  …”
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Novedades en el abordaje de casos de Derecho Internacional Privado en la normativa procesal mexicana by María Mercedes Albornoz

“… En este artículo se identifican y examinan las principales novedades que aporta el recientemente aprobado Código Nacional de Procedimientos Civiles y Familiares de México para el abordaje de casos de derecho internacional privado, enfatizando su carácter unificador a nivel nacional. …”
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CAUSES OF PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPON ON NATION BUILDING ON THE PEOPLE OF UROMI (1970-1991) by Esezobor Paul, Fidelis Achoba

“…The research work argued that the proliferation and use of illegal arms increases the frequency of violence in Eanland in Edo State of Nigeria as is as result of the end of the Nigeria civil war in 1970. This encourage or bring into Esandland difference people of different background which results in the spread of small arms and light weapon and led destruction of lives and properties. …”
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PACTO CAMARAGIBE: experiência de uma pólis em renovação by Emílio de Brito Negreiros, Eliane Maria Monteiro da Fonte

“…Este modelo de gestão, o Pacto Camaragibe, pretendeu desenvovler politicamente uma relação mais próxima entre governo e sociedade civil na administração da coisa pública, levando em consideração e priorizando as decisões populares.…”
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