Research works

Quantitative Analysis of Concrete Mechanical Properties with Ultrasonic Shear-Wave Tomography

Abstract Ultrasonic shear-wave tomography (UST) offers a promising nondestructive approach for evaluating the internal condition and mechanical properties of concrete. Although its qualitative capability to detect internal defects is well established, limited research has investi...

Determinants of Successful Implementation of Government Affordable Housing Projects in Nyanza Region, Kenya

Affordable housing has become a critical development priority in Kenya due to persistent housing deficits, rapid urbanization, and increasing pressure on infrastructure systems. Despite government efforts through the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP), implementation outcomes rem...

Decoupling Ion–Dipole Interactions via Competitive Coordination for Durable Dendrite-Free Zinc Metal Batteries

Abstract The aqueous zinc metal batteries (AZMBs) are famous for high-safety and high-energy-density, but limited by severe challenges around the Helmholtz plane layer such as the strong ion–dipole interactions between Zn 2+ and H 2 O, resulting in slow desolvation processes and...

Adaptive oncogenesis of β-catenin emerges from declining liver tissue integrity

Abstract Mutations are fundamental to oncogenesis, yet they cannot fully explain cancer progression, as oncogenic mutations frequently accumulate in healthy tissues without immediate malignancy. In the liver, β-catenin mutations are highly prevalent in hepatocellular carcinoma bu...

Collapse Alignment, Binding Behaviour, and the Emergent Structure of Recursive Systems - The Carlo Gravity Engine

This paper presents a complete reconstruction of gravity within the Carlo Field framework, defining it not as a force, curvature, or mass‑interaction, but as collapse‑alignment under recursive authority, stability pressure, and contextual rebinding. Gravity is shown to be the bin...

The Principle of Nonuniformity Three Structural Quantities, a Master Equation Graded in Four Layers, and the Correct Classification of Aggregation Limits

Abstract: The macroscopic phenomenological apparatus of open flow-through systems — an income-minus-expenditure master equation, a gradient-flow relaxation, and a quasi-potential landscape — is usually posed as a set of postulates. This paper assembles that apparatus into a diagn...

Intelligent Pavement Recognition and Automated Repair Algorithm Based on LU-Net and DP

Abstract Crack repair has long been a critical task in highway maintenance. With the continuous expansion of the scale of roads under maintenance, traditional manual patching can no longer meet the growing demand. Current mainstream pavement crack repair technologies generally ha...

ERI-AIC arabic image captioning dataset: development and performance evaluation

Abstract This paper presents ERI-AIC, an Arabic image captioning dataset designed to better reflect Arab cultural contexts and the informational needs of visually impaired individuals. To the best of our knowledge, ERI-AIC is the first dataset to provide original, human-written A...

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...