Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) offers a critical pathway for enhancing resilience, productivity, and sustainability in smallholder farming systems, particularly in semi-arid regions that are highly vulnerable to climate change. Despite its potential, CSA adoption rates remain pe...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94464
Adolescent malnutrition remains a pressing global public health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition—the so-called double burden of malnutrition—is increasingly documented. Household socioeconomic stat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1402
Background: Artificial intelligence is entering acute and long-term care at a pace that has outstripped its evidence base, and commentary frequently frames the change as a contest between machines and the nursing workforce. Nursing carries the surveillance function on which timel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1403
A field experiment was conducted during summer 2024 at the Horticultural Research Centre, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India, to evaluate the individual and interaction effects of leaf pruning and gibberellic acid (GA₃) on summer squash (Cucu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96285
Aims: The study aims to evaluate the agro-economic potential of an improved zainer prototype compared with three endogenous bare land restoration techniques in northern Burkina Faso, and to identify key agronomic, economic and social determinants of its adoption. Study Design: Sp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96286
Biochar amendments can alter soil conditions and crop performance, but their effects may vary with feedstock type. This study evaluated wood-shaving, maize-straw, and charcoal biochars applied at 10 t/ha for their effects on selected soil physical and chemical properties and maiz...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96287
Pharmaceutical contaminants, particularly ciprofloxacin, persist in aquatic environments due to their chemical stability and low biodegradability, posing ecological and public health risks. This study reports the synthesis of graphene oxide from coconut shell biochar (CS-GO) as a...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i5799
Background: Sewage sludge (SS) contains organic matter and plant-available nutrients that may contribute to soil fertility and reduce reliance on inorganic fertilisers. However, its agricultural use requires careful evaluation because of potential microbiological and chemical ris...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i5800
Accurate forecasting of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is important for reliable grid integration in Nigeria, where dedicated solar irradiance measurement infrastructure is largely absent. Six years of monthly observational data (2015–2020, n = 72) from the Nigerian Meteorolo...
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Research Article10.9734/jenrr/2026/v18i9535
Weather information is essential for weather-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, education, research, transportation, and environmental management. Despite its importance, evidence on stakeholder utilisation of localised weather information services in Tanzania remains limited...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i91111
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important food crop in northern Côte d’Ivoire, yet comparative information on the nutritional and anti-nutritional characteristics of locally available varieties is limited. This study evaluated flours prepared from white-skinned whi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2026/v12i3324
Introduction: Leukaemia is the most common childhood malignancy worldwide, and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is the second most common type and carries a poorer prognosis than acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Patients with AML may develop extramedullary lesions in the meninges, tes...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3523
Market food waste is a concentrated, spatially identifiable stream of discarded fruits, vegetables and other perishables generated at wholesale and retail food markets. Its high moisture content, rapid degradability and variable carbohydrate composition create disposal problems b...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i9917
Introduction: Male infertility associated with exposure to environmental toxicants has become a significant public health concern worldwide. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄), a widely recognised industrial pollutant, is known to induce severe reproductive toxicity through oxidative st...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2026/v9i1145
Advances in circulating placental DNA analysis and in programmable genome editing have developed largely in parallel, yet their conjunction has generated an increasingly discussed proposition: that a pathogenic single-gene variant might be identified non-invasively at the earlies...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i91427