GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN REPRESENTATION IN EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE SEATS IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: A STUDY OF LAGOS STATE (2012-2023) by OLAYINKA BABATUNDE ADEBOGUN, OPEYEMI BOYO ORITSEJOLOMI, ODUNTAN JOSEPH OLATUNJI, OLUWATUNMISE DARAMOLA

“… Women make slightly more than half of Lagos state population and play a crucial role in advancing the country’s political system and democratization. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosing Intrahepatic Cholangiolithiasis in a 39-Year-Old Patient by A. K. Guseva, O. N. Sergeyeva, T. P. Nekrasova, O. T. Imaraliev, A. V. Okhlobystin, Y. N. Shirokova, A. S. Ostrovskaya, M. S. Zharkova, A. S. Cherenda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Cholangiolithiasis occurs in more than half of cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis and can be both a complication and a cause of secondary sclerosing cholangitis, maintaining inflammation in the ducts and facilitating stone formation. …”
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Results of long-term follow-up of patients with chronic gastritis after <i>H. pylori</i> eradication by T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychny, E. R. Nasretdinova, I. M. Kartavenko, A. V. Paraskevova, Ye. Yu. Yur’yeva, O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The management approach of patients with chronic gastritis after eradication of H. pylori is presented by the example of patients with various risk of development of stomach cancer. In one and half year after successful eradication therapy in 57 year-old female patient mild atrophy and intestinal metaplasia of antrum without atrophy and intestinal metaplasia of corpus of the stomach was confirmed. …”
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Higher courses as the first higher school in Lithuania by Česlovas Mančinskas

“…According to the data of the first general census of the population, only 42.18% of the population of Lithuania were literate, 25.18% were half-literate, and the others were illiterate persons. …”
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Między prześladowaniami a tolerancją. Edykty Walezjuszy wobec hugenotów w dobie rozwoju europejskiej reformacji by Paweł Wiązek

“…To achieve this goal, the royal edicts promulgated from the end of the first half of this century to the tragic events of the night of St Bartholomew were explored. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Most (89.6%) were introduced to cannabis by peers. Approximately half of them (46.9%) had used cannabis before other illicit drugs and 42.1% of them had used heroin as the succeeding drug. …”
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Prevalence of Plaque Induced Gingivitis Among Dental Students in College of Dentistry, Hawler Medical University. by Zainab Salim Mahmood, Qehraman Ismayil Ahmed, Ahmed Luqman Saifullah

“…Conclusion: Preclinical dental students exhibited slightly higher (plaque index, gingival index, bleeding on probing) mean scores than clinical students, and more than half of the participants presented with gingivitis, regardless of its severity. …”
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High Costs of Dialysis Transportation in the United States: Exploring Approaches to a More Cost-effective Delivery System by J. Mark Stephens, Samuel Brotherton, Stephan C. Dunning, Larry C. Emerson, David T. Gilbertson, Matthew Gitlin, Ann C. McClellan, William M. McClellan, Sanatan Shreay

“…**Results:** The estimated annual cost of dialysis transportation in the United States is $3.0 billion, half of which is for ambulances. Most other costs are due to transport via ambulettes, wheelchair vans and taxis. …”
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Stool immunoassay for identification of colorectal cancer and other significant gastrointestinal diseases risk groups by N. S. Sergeeva, Nina V. Marshutina, Ye. V. Zenkina

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Evaluating Sampling Uncertainty in the Quantitative 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Lignin by Shrikant Shivaji Pawade, Lauri Toom, Koit Herodes, Ivo Leito

“…The results from this study demonstrate that sample-to-sample variations can contribute to approximately half of the variability in actual qNMR measurements. …”
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Biofuel as an alternative for Sub-Saharan Africa’s transition to cleaner energy by Stephen Enyinnaya Eluwa, Oluwaseun Kilanko

“…Compared to other regions of the world, Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind in energy access. About half of the population lacks access to electricity and other cleaner fuels. …”
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Phenological cycles in the Pantanal woody communities: Responses to climate and soil moisture seasonality. by Julia Arieira, Karl-L Schuchmann, Arnildo Pott, Michelle D Lanssanova, Ana Silvia O Tissiani, Osvaldo Borges Pinto Junior, Marinêz Isaac Marques

“…Over half of the individuals were semideciduous or deciduous, with leaf drop intense events predominantly triggered by drier, warmer conditions. …”
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Sulfurization- Desulfurization of Iron-Calcium Oxygen Carriers during Chemical Looping Combustion of Syngas by Yu-Lun Chen, Young Ku, Ya-Chun Chang

“…Experimental results indicated calcium-iron oxygen carriers fabricated with CaO:Fe2O3 weight ratio of 3:7 and calcined at 800°C (CaFe-378) was suitable for chemical looping combustion of syngas. …”
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Whole genome sequencing in early onset advanced heart failure by Erik Linnér, Tomasz Czuba, Olof Gidlöf, Jakob Lundgren, Entela Bollano, Maria Hellberg, Selvi Celik, Neha Pimpalwar, Philipp Rentzsch, Molly Martorella, Anders Gummesson, Olle Melander, Sebastian Albinsson, Göran Dellgren, Jan Borén, Anders Jeppsson, R. Thomas Lumbers, Sonia Shah, Johan Nilsson, Pradeep Natarajan, Tuuli Lappalainen, Malin Levin, Hans Ehrencrona, J. Gustav Smith

“…A family history was more common in LP/P variant carriers than in non-carriers but was present in less than half of carriers (44% vs 13%, P < 0.001), whereas age was similar. …”
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THE RISE OF ETHNIC MILITIA, BANDITRY AND IMPLICATION ON NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA by ABARE YUNUSA KALLAH, ADO AHMED IBRAHIM, MAKBERE ARTHUR JACOB

“… Nigeria is experiencing increasing waves of ethnic conflicts,Since 2015 while its leaders engage in a series of ‘dialogue of the deaf’. For now, a great deal of literature has explored the causes of ethnic crisis and unsuitable solutions are being proposed for a wrongly diagnosed structural social malaise. …”
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Appartenenze ed esclusioni by Frederica Paletti

“… From the second half of the 16th century onwards, Venice ordered the cities of its mainland dominions (Terraferma) to adopt substantial legislation and to create special magistrates aimed at countering the dangers posed by »disruptors of the quiet and peaceful life«: foreigners, beggars, pauperes, vagrants and bandits. …”
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Старините в прохода Траянови врата в пътеписите от XVI–XIX век by Ivan Valchev

“…., the first eyewitness account of the monument only dates from the first half of the 16th c. At that time, the appellation “Trajan’s Gate” had yet to be coined. …”
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The experimental and numerical studies on the effects of the operating conditions on the performance of breastshot waterwheel by Agato Agato, Deendarlianto Deendarlianto, Indarto Indarto, Alfeus Sunarso

“…In the numerical simulation, the hydraulic channel was considered to be laterally symmetric, therefore only half of the section was taken into account. The simulation of free surface movement was calculated using the volume of fluid (VOF) method, and the static and rotating region interface was treated using the sliding mesh interface (SMI). …”
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THE RISE OF ETHNIC MILITIA, BANDITRY AND IMPLICATION ON NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA by ABARE YUNUSA KALLAH, ADO AHMED IBRAHIM, MAKBERE ARTHUR JACOB

“… Nigeria is experiencing increasing waves of ethnic conflicts,Since 2015 while its leaders engage in a series of ‘dialogue of the deaf’. For now, a great deal of literature has explored the causes of ethnic crisis and unsuitable solutions are being proposed for a wrongly diagnosed structural social malaise. …”
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Ecological Risk Assessment for Invasive Wildlife in Florida by Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Kyle Allen, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…Florida ports are the entry points for about half of the reptiles, arachnids, insects, and crustaceans imported into the United States. …”
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