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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) into Igbo language: a validation study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022
Background Late-life experiences such as protracted and indisposing medical disorders can negatively impact older adults’ psychological and mental health, making them vulnerable to depression.
Ukamaka Gloria Mgbeojedo, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Juliet Chidera Ezugwu, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Jeneviv Nene John, Kenneth Umezulike Ani, Obinna Chinedu Okezue   +6 more
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Environmental determinant of religious names: A study of Úgwú and naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
This article makes a contribution towards understanding the correlation between Úgwú (hill or mountain) and personal names among the Igbo people of Nigeria. Sacralisation of the natural environment which include hills or mountains is a belief that cuts
Paulinus O. Agbo, Christian Opata, Malachy Okwueze   +2 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the reintegration to normal living index into IGBO language among individuals with mobility disability

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2019
Background Community reintegration is one of the most important elements of disability rehabilitation globally. Hence, there is need for availability of psychometrically-sound and culturally-specific instruments for its measurement. Most of the available
Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Stella Onyinye Oyedum, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Ifeoma Uchenna Onwuakagba, Peter Olanrewaju Ibikunle, Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Ifeoma Adaigwe Okeke   +6 more
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From towncrier to radio: Exploring the growth of newscasting in Igbo language

Namibian Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Communication Studies
The growth of urban cities in Igbo land, Nigeria has necessitated the use of radio to broadcast news to a larger Igbo speaking audience, hence Igbo radio newscasting has been normalised over from the traditional town criers in the Igbo local communities.
Kenneth Ekezie Obiorah
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Ntule omenala Igbo n’abụ ederede Igbo

OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies, 2019
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Nnyigide, Nkoli Mercy, Udechukwu, Gladys Ifeoma   +1 more
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IGBO DIASPORA SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WESTERN CULTURAL VALUES

African And Global Issues Quarterly
Migration had always been integral to Igbo history during the Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial eras. However, the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War had maximally influenced the rate of International migratory behaviour among the Igbo ...
Boniface Ifeanyi Orji, Kelechi Johnmary Ani   +1 more
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A cross-cultural analysis of communication patterns between two cultures in Southwest Nigeria

Inkanyiso, 2017
Communication scholars estimate that two-thirds of communications are influenced by the culture of the communicator. On this basis, this study examined the Igbo and Yoruba socio-cultural relationships as they influence the management of their ...
Olugbenga Elegbe, Ifeoma Nwachukwu
doaj   +1 more source

Taming a Blue Gas—Structure and Chemistry of Hexafluorothioacetone

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Hexafluorothioacetone (1), a blue gas at r.t., was synthesized by flash vacuum pyrolysis of its cyclic dimer at 660°C. We discuss fundamental properties of elusive 1, including single‐crystal structure and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, despite its tendency to dimerize even at –74°C.
Hennes Günther, Antti J. Karttunen, Xiulan Xie, Frank Tambornino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ika Igbo [PDF]

Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 2015
Ika is a dialect of the Igbo language spoken in Ika South and Ika North East Local Government Areas of Delta State and the Igbanke area of Edo State in Nigeria. It belongs to the Niger Igbo cluster of dialects (Ikekeonwu 1986) spoken in areas bordering the west of the River Niger; Nwaozuzu (2008) refers to these dialects as West Niger Group of Dialects.
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Catalytic Sulfur‐Atom Transfer Enabled by a Bis(disulfide) Titanium Complex

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Multi‐electron transformations with titanium are underexplored due to limited access to low‐valent precursors. The four‐electron activation of elemental sulfur by a Ti(IV) complex yields a rare titanium bis(disulfide) complex, enabling the efficient catalytic synthesis of isothiocyanates from isonitriles under mild conditions.
Sebastian Samir Cremer, Peter Coburger, Corinna Czernetzki, Gabriele Hierlmeier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source