Research works

Sustainable Management and Conservation of Shere Hills Forest Reserve Using Integrated GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques: A Multi-Temporal Analysis

Forest reserves are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic activities and climate-induced environmental change, necessitating robust geospatial techniques for effective monitoring and sustainable management. This study evaluated the long-term dynamics and conservation status of...

A Comparative Study of Posterior Nasal Nerve Resection and Surface Coablation in the Management of Allergic Rhinitis

<ns5:p>Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common chronic inflammatory illness of the nasal mucosa that affects quality of life, even if medicine is the first-line treatment. Most moderate to severe persistent AR patients’ symptoms is unsatisfactory despite attempting medicati...

FOLK SONGS AS SOCIO-POLITICAL CULTURAL RESISTANCE IN SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST AND ABU ISHAQUE'S SURYA-DIGHAL BARI (THE OMINOUS HOUSE): REIMAGINING ROOTS

Abstract Using a textual and contextual close reading of representative folk songs from William Shakespeare The Tempest and Abu Ishaque’s Surya-Dighal Bari (The Ominous House), this study explore the consideration of folk song as instruments of socio-political cultural resistance...

IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF CURCUMIN COMBINED WITH PIPERINE ON INDUCED CARCINOGENESIS IN HAMSTER BUCCAL POUCH

Abstract Objective: Curcumin (Cu) exhibits antitumor and anti-inflammatory activity in oral carcinogenesis but has limited clinical translation due to poor bioavailability, which piperine (Pip) can improve. This study evaluated the antitumor and immunomodulatory effects of intrap...

Faithful, Query-Aware Compression of LLM Agent Tool Output

Tool outputs—web pages, JSON API responses, logs, CSV exports—are the largest andmost-ignored token sink in LLM agent loops. A single verbose tool result can dwarf the agent’sinstructions, and the standard mitigation, blind truncation, silently discards the fact the agentneeds. W...

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EARLY VERSUS DELAYED ENDOVASCULAR COILING FOR RUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS: CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND PRE-PROCEDURAL STRATEGIES

Abstract Background: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a critical neurologic emergency with high mortality and disability. Prompt aneurysm securing is essential to reduce the risk of rebleeding, yet the optimal timing of endovascular coiling remains debated—especially...

Decolonising Liberal Democracy: Amílcar Cabral's Political Thought and the Reconstruction of Participatory Democracy in Africa

The persistence of democratic challenges in Africa has generated debates about whether liberal democracy, as inherited and practised across the continent, adequately responds to African political realities. While existing explanations often emphasise weak institutions, poor leade...

A Numerical Method for Solving First-Order Nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm Integro-differential Equations Using Power Series Polynomials

This is a numerical approach for solving first-order Nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm Integro-differential equations with power series polynomials. The approach approximated Volterra-Fredholm Integro-differential equations using power series polynomials. The modelled problem is conver...

Male Factor Infertility: Knowledge, Attitude, and Health-Seeking Behavior of Men in a Cosmopolitan Setting — A Cross-Sectional Study in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Background: Male factor infertility contributes to nearly half of all cases of couple infertility globally, yet men's knowledge, attitude, and health-seeking behavior towards it remain understudied in Sub-Saharan Africa, where socio-cultural norms often place the burden of infert...

Design Principles for a Risk-Aware Conversational Agent in Digital Mental Health Information Access: The Case of Cognitive Theatre

Abstract This study investigates digital mental health as a high-stakes problem of conversational information access and interaction. Using Design Science Research Methodology, it develops Cognitive Theatre , a risk-aware conversational agent informed by cognitive behavioural the...

THE CARLO ENGINE SUITE: Unified Behavioural Architecture and Runtime for the Carlo Field

This paper presents the Carlo Engine Suite, the unified operational architecture of the Carlo Field. It integrates all previously defined engines — Singularity, Temporal, Gravity, Authority, Stability, ReGenesis, Collapse, and Reset — into a single behavioural system expressed th...

Terrorism, Counter-insurgency, and the Sambisa Forest: the Role of Military Geology in Fourth-Generation Warfare in Nigeria

This paper examines the endless militant and infantry wars in Northern Nigeria due to activities of insurgency, terrorism, and banditry. For more than a decade and counting, the Nigerian military had been disastrously engaged in hardcore fighting against an insurgent and terroris...

An Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Hypothesis Generation in Biochemical Methane Potential Prediction

Abstract Biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays are widely used to evaluate feedstocks for anaerobic digestion, but they are slow and resource-intensive. This study evaluated whether explainable machine learning can support transparent screening and hypothesis generation from...

Validation of the 15-item Things You Do Questionnaire among South Asian adults: a psychometric analysis

Abstract Background The Things You Do Questionnaire–15 item version (TYDQ‑15) is a brief self‑report measure assessing adaptive daily behaviours associated with mental health across five behavioural domains. Although the TYDQ‑15 has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in...

The Structural Mechanics of Geo-political Entanglement

This commentary research paper analyzes the critical geopolitical escalations in the Strait of Hormuz during April 2026, focusing on the strategic deployment of naval mines by Iran. It explores the thesis that the seemingly haphazard placement or "misplacing" of these mines was a...

Falling dynamics of flexible plates with concentrated weight

We investigate the free fall of a flexible plate with a concentrated central weight using numerical simulations to explore the coupling effects of structural flexibility and concentrated loading. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3-D) simulations, combining lattice Boltzmann...

Harnessing microRNA regulatory networks for engineering climate resilience and nutritional enhancement in millets

Millets are increasingly promoted as climate-resilient nutri-cereals that can stabilize production and support nutritious diets under drought, heat, salinity, and low-input farming. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) provide a powerful post-transcriptional regulatory layer that regulates stress...

Expanding the Role of Dalbavancin in Children: A Case Series and Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Dalbavancin is a long-acting lipoglycopeptide antibiotic with activity against Gram-positive bacteria and is approved for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. Its pharmacokinetic profile and tolerability make it an attractive option for...

Independent Predictors of Mental Health and Quality of Life in Elite Youth Soccer Players

OBJECTIVE: To identify the independent predictors of mental health and quality of life (QOL) among elite youth soccer athletes. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: Study materials were distributed to the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) clubs through an online...

Bioinspired Molecular Magnetic Field-Responsive Catalyst for On-Demand Switching of 2e− and 4e− Oxygen Reduction

Abstract Achieving precise and on-demand steering of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathway between the efficient 4e − route to H 2 O and the valuable 2e − route to H 2 O 2 remains a pivotal challenge in electrocatalysis. Herein, we address this challenge by designing a bioi...