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Pressure Groups and Democratic Process in Nigeria

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2003
This paper examines the contributions of pressure groups to democratic process in Nigeria. The paper attempts a conceptualization of pressure groups and democracy.
Adesoji Abimbola
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HIV Types, Groups, Subtypes and Recombinant Forms: Errors in Replication, Selection Pressure and Quasispecies [PDF]

, 2012
HIV-1 is a chimpanzee virus which was transmitted to humans by several zoonotic events resulting in infection with HIV-1 groups M P, and in parallel transmission events from sooty mangabey monkey viruses leading to infections with HIV-2 groups A H.
Alvarez M, Batmanian J, Bocharov G, Brennan CA, Burgard M, Buzon MJ, Dahl V, Dai L, Domingo E, Duarte EA, Etienne L, Fang G, Fultz PN, Gunthard HF, Henriet S, Iordanskiy S, Josef Eberle, Julg B, Kijak GH, Korber B, Law M, Lemey P, Lorenzo-Redondo R, Lutz G. Gürtler, Motomura K, Neel C, Onafuwa-Nuga A, Pathak VK, Pathak VK, Rachinger A, Sauter D, Shimizu N, Simon-Loriere E, Smith DM, Sterjovski J, Swenson LC, Tienen C, Troyer JL, Van der Kuyl AC, Van der Vlist M, Zhu T   +40 more
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Inflection Points in Blood Pressure Trajectories Preceding Hypertension Onset in Different Age Groups

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Understanding the natural history of elevated blood pressure (BP) is important to determine the window for primary prevention of hypertension.
Chengzhang Liu, Cheng Zu, Qiguo Meng, Rui Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Panpan He, Chun Zhou, Mengyi Liu, Ziliang Ye, Xianhui Qin   +9 more
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The pressure profiles of hot gas in local galaxy groups

, 2011
Recent measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) angular power spectrum from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) demonstrate the importance of understanding baryon physics when using the SZ power spectrum to ...
Battaglia, Bode, Burns, Dai, Das, Dunkley, Knox, Komatsu, Lau, Leauthaud, Lueker, Mahdavi, McCarthy, Nagai, Plagge, Rines, Rykoff, Sehgal, Sehgal, Shaw, Shirokoff, Sun, Trac, Vikhlinin, Vikhlinin   +24 more
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Unusual Compression Behavior of Columbite TiO2 via First-Principles Calculations [PDF]

, 2010
The physical mechanisms behind the reduction of the bulk modulus of a high-pressure cubic TiO2 phase are confirmed by first-principles calculations.
Dong, Xiao, Qian, Guang-Rui, Tian, Yonjun, Wang, Hui-Tian, Zhang, Lixin, Zhou, Xiang-Feng   +5 more
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Issues Surrounding Public Sector Auditors in Developing Countries

Фінансово-кредитні системи: перспективи розвитку.
The commonality of problems surrounding a broad subject of audit shares similarities in the domain of public sector in developing countries. This paper presents the issues faced by public sector auditors in developing countries by analyzing the data ...
Munim Matin Afridi, Malik Asfandyar Khan   +1 more
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Factors influencing the relationship between the dose of amlodipine required for blood pressure control and change in blood pressure in hypertensive cats [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common problem in elderly cats. In most cats, systolic blood pressure (SBP) of
Bijsmans, E S, Doig, M, Elliott, J, Jepson, R E, Pelligand, L, Syme, H M   +5 more
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Toward a new paradigm of convergence in lobby-state interactions: global challenges, communication, and transparency

Frontiers in Political Science
IntroductionAs decision-making processes and institutional structures have become more complex, lobbies have gained social relevance. Their role in the governance approach, as well as the strategies they use to exert influence, are constantly changing ...
Antonio Castillo-Esparcia, Ana Almansa-Martínez, Álvaro Serna-Ortega   +2 more
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Conception et validation d’un modèle d’analyse et de suivi pour l’élaboration d’une politique énergétique durable et acceptable : une étude comparative France-Québec sur l’énergie éolienne

VertigO, 2014
This article presents the main results of a doctoral thesis which analyze the various components involved in the development of a sustainable and socially acceptable energy policy for wind energy through a comparative study of France and Quebec.
Évariste Feurtey, Carol Saucier, Adrian Ilinca, Anas Sakout   +3 more
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Lenticular Galaxies and Their Environments [PDF]

, 2009
It is widely believed that lenticular (S0) galaxies were initially spirals from which the gas has been removed by interactions with hot cluster gas, or by ram-pressure stripping of cool gas from spirals that are orbiting within rich clusters of galaxies.
Baade, Bekki, Burstein, de Vaucouleurs, Dressler, Fasano, Holden, Holden, Holmberg, Hubble, Hwang, Kormendy, Nair, Peacock, Poggianti, Puzia, Sandage, Sandage, Sidney van den Bergh, Silk, Toomre, van den Bergh, van den Bergh, van der Wel   +23 more
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