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The ethnopragmatics of Yoruba personal names: Language in the context of culture.

, 2019
While the subject of Yoruba names has been significantly explored by previous studies, this paper discusses extensively the nature of such names from an ethnopragmatic framework, with the aim of explicating how Yoruba names are formed, their various ...
Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni
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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
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Yoruba Religion

, 2018
Yoruba Religion is one of the main influences in the making of Afro-Atlantic religions. Known as Lucumís in Cuba or Nagôs in Brazil, enslaved Africans coming from Yorubaland have greatly contributed to the fashioning of Orisha worship in Latin America.
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Reading Psalm 35 in Africa (Yoruba) Perspective

Old Testament Essays, 2019
Psalm 35 appears to be one of the scariest Psalms because of the various expressions of hate and the Psalmist invoking wrath and death on his enemies. In the Western context, it is not one of the favourites of the Psalms.
D. Adamo
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PharmVar GeneFocus: NAT2—Genetic Variation and Updated Nomenclature

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 119, Issue 4, Page 859-871, April 2026.
The Pharmacogene Variation Consortium (PharmVar) provides nomenclature for the highly polymorphic human N‐acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) gene. NAT2 metabolizes several clinically used drugs including isoniazid, hydralazine, amifampridine, procainamide, and sulfonamides such as dapsone, and also some highly carcinogenic arylamines.
Georgia Papanikolaou, Estella S. Poloni, José A.G. Agúndez, Raquel L.F. Teixeira, Erin C. Boone, Adalberto Rezende Santos, Michelle Whirl‐Carrillo, Katrin Sangkuhl, Teri E. Klein, Mariam R. Habil, Giannoulis Fakis, Rodney F. Minchin, David W. Hein, Sotiria Boukouvala, Andrea Gaedigk   +14 more
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Which Way to Shalom? A Theological Exploration of the Yoruba and Western Foundations for Ethics and Development

Conspectus
The biblical concept of shalom is a state worthy of pursuit. This article is a theological exploration of the Yoruba and the Western (humanist) ethical foundations for development.
Wole Adegbile
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Couleurs et plantes colorantes dans l’art yoruba Enquête de terrain

CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art, 2019
This paper explores the colored material found on yoruba sculptures (Nigeria/Benin). These pictorial layers are little known in particular their binder, but also on the fact that plant colouring agents can be used, except usual ochre and kaolin.
Louis Fagbohoun , Cathy Vieillescazes , Carole Mathe, Camille Romeggio   +3 more
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Yoruba Handwritten Character Recognition using Freeman Chain Code and K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier

Jurnal Teknologi dan Sistem Komputer, 2018
This work presents a recognition system for Offline Yoruba characters recognition using Freeman chain code and K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN). Most of the Latin word recognition and character recognition have used k-nearest neighbor classifier and other ...
J. Ajao, David Olufemi Olawuyi, Odetunji Ode Odejobi   +2 more
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

FEBS Open Bio, Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 474-486, March 2026.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
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CNN‐Based Accent Similarity Detection Using Masked Spectrogram Reconstruction

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Convolutional Neural Network Masked Spectrogram Reconstruction model to enhance accent recognition and similarity assessment in automatic speech recognition. Addressing challenges in recognizing non‐native English accents, the method utilizes randomly masked spectrogram inputs to extract accent‐specific features.
Amina Salifu, Henry Nunoo‐Mensah, Eric Tutu Tchao, Albert Dede, Francisca Adoma Acheampong, Matthew Cobbinah, Julius Adinkrah, Andrew Selasi Agbemenu, Jerry John Kponyo   +8 more
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