FRACTAL ANALYSIS FOR OIL SPILLS CLUSTERING IN AHOADA COMMUNITIES OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA by H. A. Umar, H. A. Umar, M. F. Abdul Khanan, S. B. Magashi, M. M. Ja’afar, M. J. Sani, M. J. Sani

“…Results of spatial spill distribution from the Kernel density revealed that Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta states are the hottest spots for oil spill occurrences and distribution and communities within the Rivers state including Ochebeke, Ukperede, Odieke and Akinima has been widely affected by the spills. …”
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Fractal analysis for oil spills clustering in Ahoada communities of the Niger delta region of Nigeria. by Umar, H. A., Abdul Khanan, M. F., Magashi, S. B., Ja'afar, M. M., Sani, M. J.

“…Results of spatial spill distribution from the Kernel density revealed that Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta states are the hottest spots for oil spill occurrences and distribution and communities within the Rivers state including Ochebeke, Ukperede, Odieke and Akinima has been widely affected by the spills. …”
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Prevalence of Lassa virus among rodents trapped in three South-South States of Nigeria by D E Agbonlahor, A Erah, I M Agba, F E Oviasogie, A F Ehiaghe, M Wankasi, O A Eremwanarue, I J Ehiaghe, E C Ogbu, R I Iyen, S Abbey, M Y Tatfeng, J Uhunmwangho

“…The overall positivity (carrier rate) of Lassa virus was 1.6% amongst the 1500 rodents caught in the three states. In Edo and Delta States, the RT-PCR results showed presence of Lassa virus in R. rattus, M. musculus and M. natalensis. …”
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Infrared Imaging of Cotton Fiber Bundles Using a Focal Plane Array Detector and a Single Reflectance Accessory by Michael Santiago Cintrón, Joseph G. Montalvo, Terri Von Hoven, James E. Rodgers, Doug J. Hinchliffe, Crista Madison, Gregory N. Thyssen, Linghe Zeng

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A national survey of public awareness of antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria by Emelda E. Chukwu, David A. Oladele, Oluwatoyin B. Awoderu, Ebelechukwu E. Afocha, Rahman G. Lawal, Ismail Abdus-salam, Folasade T. Ogunsola, Rosemary A. Audu

“…However, respondents from Ebonyi and Delta states in southern Nigeria were more likely to have good knowledge of AMR (X2 = 53.22, P < 0.0001). …”
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The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research by Anna K. Childers, Scott M. Geib, Sheina B. Sim, Monica F. Poelchau, Brad S. Coates, Tyler J. Simmonds, Erin D. Scully, Timothy P. L. Smith, Christopher P. Childers, Renee L. Corpuz, Kevin Hackett, Brian Scheffler

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Engineered Disease Resistance in Cotton Using RNA-Interference to Knock down Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus-Burewala and Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite Expression by Aftab Ahmad, Muhammad Zia-Ur-Rehman, Usman Hameed, Abdul Qayyum Rao, Ammara Ahad, Aneela Yasmeen, Faheem Akram, Kamran Shahzad Bajwa, Jodi Scheffler, Idrees Ahmad Nasir, Ahmad Ali Shahid, Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Tayyab Husnain, Muhammad Saleem Haider, Judith K. Brown

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Microscopic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Dalbergoid Legume Peanut Reveal a Divergent Evolution Leading to Nod-Factor-Dependent Epidermal Crack-Entry and Terminal Bacteroid Differ... by Bikash Raul, Oindrila Bhattacharjee, Amit Ghosh, Priya Upadhyay, Kunal Tembhare, Ajeet Singh, Tarannum Shaheen, Asim Kumar Ghosh, Ivone Torres-Jerez, Nick Krom, Josh Clevenger, Michael Udvardi, Brian E. Scheffler, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Ravi Datta Sharma, Kaustav Bandyopadhyay, Vineet Gaur, Shailesh Kumar, Senjuti Sinharoy

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