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That old time religion in West Africa [PDF]

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African Studies Center Working Paper No.
McCall, Dan
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Effects of Psychoprophylactic Antenatal Education Combined With Pethidine Analgesia on Labour Pain Perception and Childbirth Experience: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Labour pain is among the most intense forms of human pain. Although pharmacologic methods such as opioids are widely used, maternal satisfaction with childbirth is shaped by more than pain relief alone. Psychoprophylactic antenatal education, which emphasises preparation, coping, and non‐pharmacological strategies, may influence ...
Joy Onyinyechi Chionuma, Ayokunle Moses Olumodeji, Leonard Okonkwo, Adekunle Azeez Adebayo, Godspower Mercy Lawal, Bolanle Temilade Bolarinwa, Modupe Olatokunbo Adedeji, Patricia Titilola Odunuga, Oluwarotimi Ireti Akinola   +8 more
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Fairness at Risk: Where Bias Emerges in Machine Learning

Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) now shape decisions in healthcare, finance and security, but they can reproduce historical prejudice and inequality. Bias in training data and in model implementation can amplify harm, especially for racial and gender minorities.
Otavio de Paula Albuquerque, Marcelo Fantinato, Sarajane Marques Peres   +2 more
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An Update to the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) SLCO1B1 Allele Functionality Table Leveraging Evidence from Participants of Predominantly Sub‐Saharan African Ancestry

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 119, Issue 5, Page 1133-1135, May 2026.
The Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) has formally updated the SLCO1B1 allele functionality table based on new evidence. Notably, the alleles studied (SLCO1B1 *9, *31, *41) are enriched in the genomes of patients historically excluded from pharmacogenomics research.
Akinyemi Oni‐Orisan, Sook Wah Yee, Tanushree Haldar, Michelle Whirl‐Carrillo, Kelly Caudle, Deepak Voora, Richard B. Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Inclusivity in Literacy Education for African Immigrant Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 69, Issue 6, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explored how an Afrocentric literacy workshop can reimagine inclusivity in literacy education for African immigrant adolescents. Drawing on Afrocentricity and Transnational Identity Theory, I facilitated a 10‐week virtual literacy workshop with six African immigrant high school students from Nigeria.
Olumide Ajayi
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of a Novel Homozygous SCN1B Splice‐Site Variant in a Consanguineous Families With Early‐Onset Epilepsy: A Case Series and Review of Literature

Molecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
Exome Sequencing identified SCN1B splice site variant in two unrelated consanguineous Pakistani families. (A) Pedigree chart of a family. Circles represent females, squares represent males. Filled symbols represent affected status. Genotype is mentioned below the symbols.
Anees Muhammad, Shafaq Ramzan, Hammad Yousaf, Rafia Zafar Ghumman, Farhan Bahadar Ali, Muhammad Athar Khalily, Asmat Ali, Wajid Ali, Salma Zia, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Muhammad Tahir Sarwar, Matias Toft, Zafar Iqbal, Ambrin Fatima   +13 more
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Beyond Bloodlines: A Review of Succession Planning and Generational Continuity in African Family Businesses

Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 289-304, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 107 peer‐reviewed articles on succession planning in African family businesses, offering a conceptual reframing of succession as an institutionally embedded process rather than a discrete managerial task. Moving beyond proceduralist and Eurocentric paradigms, the review integrates institutional theory,
Augustine Okeke
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Fermented Fish Products: A Comprehensive Overview of Traditional Processing Techniques, Varieties, and Their Health Benefits

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This review addresses the processing aspects and integrates in vitro and in vivo findings to highlight the various health benefits of indigenous fermented fish products from different regions of the world. Across Asia, Africa, and Northern Europe, fermented fish holds cultural significance, with each region boasting unique varieties shaped by ...
Banlambhabok Khongthaw, Mthokozisi Dladla, Pankaj Kumar Chauhan, Kanika Dulta, Vinod Kumar, Helen Oneyaka, Soumya Ghosh   +6 more
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BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1556-1584, May 2026.
Abstract The rapid expansion of biodiversity data presents new opportunities to understand and forecast biosphere dynamics. However, disparate and dispersed data, taxonomic and geographic inconsistencies, pervasive quality issues, and a lack of reproducable workflows hinder synthesis, introduce biases and limit accurate assessment of biodiversity ...
Brian J. Enquist, Brad Boyle, Brian S. Maitner, Cory Merow, Ben S. Carlson, Xiao Feng, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Erica A. Newman, Daniel S. Park, Michiel Pillet, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz, Rethvick S. Y. Babu, George G. C. Barbosa, Nathan Casler, John C. Donoghue II, Daniel Guaderrama, Rohith K. Sajja, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Matthew B. Jones, Peter M. Jørgensen, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Pablo A. Marquet, Brian J. McGill, Nirav Merchant, Naia Morueta‐Holme, Danilo M. Neves, Ary Oliveira‐Filho, Robert K. Peet, Oliver Phillips, Brody Sandel, Mark Schildhauer, Irena Simova, Hans ter Steege, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Barbara Thiers, Cyrille Violle, Jan J. Wieringa, Susan K. Wiser   +38 more
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How Do Ethnic Militias Perpetuate in Nigeria? A Micro-level Perspective on the Oodua People’s Congress [PDF]

The paper discusses the recently promoted view that organized insurgent violence should either be conducted by activists bonded together by social capital ties or self-interested quasi-mercenaries, depending on the type of financial resources available ...
Yvan Guichaoua
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