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Oladayo Ramon Ibrahim, Olaleke Sunday Eniolawun, Nilanchal Patel +1 more
Climate change and rapid urban growth are increasingly altering local climatic conditions in cities across the Global South. One important manifestation is the urban heat island (UHI) effect, whereby built-up urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding less-developed areas. This study examines the relationship between climate change, urban growth, and rising temperatures in Ikorodu, a rapidly expanding...
Ehouman Serge Kofi, Anzoumanan Kamagaté, Amidou Dao +3 more
Quantifying hydrological contributions from tributaries to lagoon systems represents a major challenge for understanding the functioning of coastal hydrosystems and for the sustainable management of water resources, particularly in tropical environments exposed to strong climatic and anthropogenic pressures. This study aims to assess flood contributions from the Bété River to Lagune Aghien, a strategic potential resource for...
Azaka Onyemazuwa Andrew, Enibe Samuel Ogbonna, Nwadike Emmanuel Chinagorom +1 more
The numerical characterization of the drying dynamics of cassava pellets during convective hot air drying, using experimentally obtained results were studied. TMS 30572 cassava tubers were cut into slabs with a rectangular mold (40mm × 20 mm × 10 mm). The drying tests were conducted using a hot air-convective dryer that can dry samples weighing from 0 to 100 g. The response of the drying curve or the drying kinetic depends on...
Desu Asegid, Abubeker Tarbush, and Gabisa Bekela
Teff is a major staple crop in Ethiopia; however, its productivity remains low and unstable across environments due to lodging, moisture stress, poor soil fertility, and limited availability of widely adaptable high-yielding varieties, particularly in West Hararge zone. To address this, 14 teff genotypes were evaluated across six rain-fed environments using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications;...
Ochago Robert
Innovation platforms connect farmers with markets and support actors, but participation does not necessarily guarantee compliance with collective marketing arrangements. This qualitative study examined how members of coffee innovation platforms in eastern Uganda understood cooperation, competition, obligation, and trust, as well as the conditions they associated with sustained or weakened collective action. The analysis drew...
Matthew Boamah, Paa Kwesi Blankson, Dickson Afram +8 more
Synchronous occurrence of pleomorphic adenoma in the parotid and submandibular salivary glands is a rare and infrequently reported condition. The objective of this case report is to describe a similar occurrence in an African patient. A 52-year-old male presented with painless swellings of the right parotid and right submandibular glands (SMG), occurring four months apart. Computed tomography revealed well-encapsulated,...