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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State

open access: yesMGM Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Child marriage is deeply ingrained in Nigerian tradition, culture, and religion, and the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage globally. The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence and characteristics of coerced
Felix O. Sanni   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children and the experience of violence: contrasting cultures of punishment in northern Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Arising out of debates over ‘children at risk’ and the ‘rights of the child’, the article compares two contrasting childhoods within a single large society—the Hausa‐speaking peoples of northern Nigeria.
Last, M
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Wholesale Markets as Governance Entities: Institutional Coordination of Trader Marketing in Nigerian Agri‐Food Markets

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coordinated marketing activities can be an important mechanism for negotiating prices and reducing transaction and transportation costs in food supply chains. Yet there are few studies on the prevalence and drivers of the choice of undertaking coordinated marketing by food wholesale markets.
Daniel A. Babalola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning‐Based Correction of Reanalysis Surface Radiation Fluxes Using Ground‐Measured Data in the Southern Brazilian Pampa Biome

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that ERA5 provides more accurate surface radiation flux estimates than MERRA2 across the Southern Brazilian Pampa. Machine learning models, particularly Random Forest, further improved the precision of reanalysis data for climate applications.
Olusola Samuel Ojo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Northern Territory Patients Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) : information for staff

open access: yes, 1986
The Northern Territory Government, through PATS, provides financial assistance to people who live in isolated areas and need specialist medical services.
Northern Territory Department of Health
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Board structure, audit committee and earnings management of deposit money banks in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Earnings management has dominated the literature of accounting since the witness of reported unethical accounting practices around the world by various institutions most especially Enron Corporation, Tyco, A.P., Xerox, HealthSouth and WorldCom in the U.S,
NIGERIA Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Measuring Organizational Resilience in a Resource‐Constrained Environment: An Empirical Study of Micro‐and‐Small‐Service‐Enterprises (MSSEs) in Nigeria

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is growing evidence that a preponderance of resilience indicators discussed in management scholarship is often developed with limited consideration of the context in which micro‐and‐small‐service enterprises (MSSEs) operate. Given their strategic relevance to developing economies, it thus becomes necessary to understand the meaning of ...
Justin Okoli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Daily trust newspaper, Thursday, June 3, 2010: trust is a burden, vol. 24 no. 43. Jimada Akhir 20, 1431 A.H. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This is the daily trust newspaper, Thursday, June 3, 2010: trust is a burden, vol. 24 no. 43. Jimada Akhir 20, 1431 A.H.■ Bankole, Ogunewe exchange blows ■ EFCC summons Siemens over £17.5m bribes. ■ Briton shoots 12, kills self.
MEDIA trust Nigeria limited.
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The mental health impacts of climate change across diverse global settings

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change represents a growing threat to global mental health, generating traumatic stress exposures directly through climate‐related disasters and indirectly through social networks and pervasive media coverage. This paper provides an overview of the symposium “The Mental Health Effects of Climate Change Across Diverse Global Settings ...
Dana Rose Garfin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Skin and Eyes: The Medical and Social Burden of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Africa: A Narrative Review

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disorder found worldwide, but its impact is particularly pronounced in the African continent. This results from both a higher prevalence and the persistent myths and superstitions surrounding the condition in many African communities.
Rebecca Donadoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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