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Studies On Currently Circulating Paramyxoviruses In Pigeons, Reham Elbhnsawy, K Abu El Azm, Sanaa Awad, A Eladl Dec 2017

Studies On Currently Circulating Paramyxoviruses In Pigeons, Reham Elbhnsawy, K Abu El Azm, Sanaa Awad, A Eladl

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Twenty two pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV) isolates were recovered from 50 tested diseased pigeons. Tested pigeons suffered from nervous manifestation, listlessness, inappetance, inability to fly and greenish diarrhea. Diseased pigeons were collected from Dakahlia governorate during 2014 and 2015. Virus isolation was done in embryonated chicken eggs via allantoic sac inoculation. Isolates were identified as PMV by HA and RT-PCR tests. Pathogenicity for five isolates was done via intracerebral inoculation of one day old 10 SPF-chicks for each isolate. Intracerebral pathogenicity index varied from 0.0 to 1.44. Although RT-PCR testing of liver, spleen, lung and brain collected from culled chicks on …

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Genetic Selection Of Some Immunological Traits In Local Egyptian Chicken Strain, Kh El-Bayomi, F Abd El-Ghany, R Darwish, Nagwan Ahmed Dec 2017

Genetic Selection Of Some Immunological Traits In Local Egyptian Chicken Strain, Kh El-Bayomi, F Abd El-Ghany, R Darwish, Nagwan Ahmed

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

This work was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of selection for high immune response against Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) vaccine in local Egyptian chicken strain (Dokki4) for two generations. Two lines (selected and control) of Dokki-4 strain were used; in the selected line, chicks were selected according to its immune response against NDV vaccine. In the control line, chicks were randomly chosen. The population families were vaccinated against the common prevalent diseases according to the vaccination programs in the Sakha Animal Production Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh. Results of selection for high immune response against NDV vaccine showed that; selection …

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A Case Of Pythiosis In A Donkey, Esam Mosbah, Walaa Awadin Dec 2017

A Case Of Pythiosis In A Donkey, Esam Mosbah, Walaa Awadin

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

A case of crater-shaped granulomatous ulcer was observed in skin covering knee joint of right forelimb in 8 years old male donkey referred to Mansoura veterinary teaching hospital. Clinical examination of the lesion showed necrotic tissue with tumor appearance, abundant fibrinous-bloody exudation and yellowish-white caseous material (kunkers). Mycological isolation revealed white to off-white colonies at 37°C but not at 25°C. The colonies did not present aerial mycelium, and the mycelial growth penetrated the medium in all cultures. Histopathologically, the lesion with the hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) stain showed severe pyogranulomatous dermatitis, with abundant eosinophilic and neutrophilic inflammatory infiltrate and poorly stained thin …

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Identification Of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In Exon 2 Of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 Gene In Egyptian Buffaloes, Khairy El-Bayomi, Iman El Araby, Ayman Saleh, Hoda Osman, Mahmoud Eltarabany, Ashraf Awad, Amir Abd El-Fattah Dec 2017

Identification Of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In Exon 2 Of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 Gene In Egyptian Buffaloes, Khairy El-Bayomi, Iman El Araby, Ayman Saleh, Hoda Osman, Mahmoud Eltarabany, Ashraf Awad, Amir Abd El-Fattah

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 (BMP 15) is a member of transforming growth factor-β (TGF- β) superfamily which plays an important role in ovarian follicular development and ovulation rate. In this study a partial sequence of this gene was screened for polymorphisms. PCR amplification of DNA isolated from blood of 100 Egyptian buffaloes hiefers (50 infertile and 50 normal). Revealed two loci, BMP15.1 (222 bp) and BMP15.2 (222 bp) which includes exon 2 of BMP 15 gene. Polymorphisms in these two loci were detected by using direct sequencing and single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) technique. A single pattern of SSCP was …

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Evaluation Of Some Milk Enzymes As Biomarkers In Detection Of Bovine Subclinical Mastitis, A Abdelkhalek, A El-Gamal, Shaimaa A Dec 2017

Evaluation Of Some Milk Enzymes As Biomarkers In Detection Of Bovine Subclinical Mastitis, A Abdelkhalek, A El-Gamal, Shaimaa A

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The present study was carried out on One hundred and fifity , one day old chicks to evaluate the immunogenicity of multivalent pilus vaccine containing pili from the three common pathogenic serotypes of E. coli (O1, O2 and O78). Nienty vaccinated birds at 14 days & 28 days of age by 0.5ml s/c of pilus vaccine at base of neck and 60 unvaccinated were divided to 4 subgroups (30 vaccinated & 20 unvaccinated) were used for challenge two weeks after second dose . Each group was challenged each with one type of E.coli strains O1 , O2 and O78. Blood …

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Anti-Atherosclerotic Role Of Olive Oil In Rats, Bouzeed Boukhazeem, El-Said El-Sherbini, Gehad Ramadan, Mosbah Abdel Gawad Dec 2017

Anti-Atherosclerotic Role Of Olive Oil In Rats, Bouzeed Boukhazeem, El-Said El-Sherbini, Gehad Ramadan, Mosbah Abdel Gawad

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The increase in dietary cholesterol to perform a rat model for atherosclerotic diet would result in a significant increase in serum levels of total cholesterol and malondialdehyde and blood SOD activity in rats. Moreover, there was significant decrease in serum levels of LDL-C, triacylglycerol and GSH, In addition to blood catalase activity. Although, there was a nonsignificant change in in serum HDL-C and blood GPx activity. However, dietary supplementation with olive oil mixed with atherosclerotic diet ameliorates this undesirable effect .

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Adverse Effects Of Lincomycin And Spectinomycin In Rats, S. Amer, Reham A, Enjy R, Hamza M Dec 2017

Adverse Effects Of Lincomycin And Spectinomycin In Rats, S. Amer, Reham A, Enjy R, Hamza M

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

This study was performed to investigate the adverse effects of lincomycin (given orally at 500 mg/kg daily for 21 days) and spectinomycin (given S.C at 250 mg/kg daily for 30 days) on 24 apparently clinically healthy adult male albino rats (175 - 250 gm). Blood, serum and tissues (Liver, kidney and testis) samples were collected for hematological, biochemical and histopathological for investigation. The obtained results revealed that, lincomycin and spectinomycin treated groups showed a significant decrease in total erythrocytic and leucocytic count (especially lymphocytes), hemoglobin values and PCV value. The levels of ALT, AST, cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL revealed a …

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Role Of Lysine And Methionine In Carnitine Metabolism In Rats, Aliaa Ezz El-Dien, Youssef Moustafa, Mohamed El_Adl, Amr Hassan Dec 2017

Role Of Lysine And Methionine In Carnitine Metabolism In Rats, Aliaa Ezz El-Dien, Youssef Moustafa, Mohamed El_Adl, Amr Hassan

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The present study was performed on rats for studying effect of different concentrations of lysine and methionine in carnitine metabolism in liver and muscle tissues. The animals which fed low concentrations of lysine and methionine showed significant decrease in carnitine metabolism when compared with normal control group. On the other hand the rats supplied with high concentrations of lysine and methionine showed markedly increase in carnitine metabolism. Furthermore, this study clearly appear the role of lysine and methionine concentration in antioxidant status of the body

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Spectrophotometric Quantification Of Nitrite And Nitrate In Cured Processed Meat, M. Elgazzar, Z. Al-Awamry, H. Marouf, N. Khalil Dec 2017

Spectrophotometric Quantification Of Nitrite And Nitrate In Cured Processed Meat, M. Elgazzar, Z. Al-Awamry, H. Marouf, N. Khalil

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

A total of 115 samples of different cured meat products – locally processed and imported ones – were purchased from various groceries and supermarkets in Egypt then analyzed for their contents of both nitrite and nitrate by the aid of spectrophotometer and expressed as mg/kg (ppm). The surveyed samples consisted of 25 corned beef (9 locally processed plus 16 imported ones), 20 locally processed beef sausage, 15 locally processed patirma, 10 locally processed beef luncheon, 5 imported canned beef luncheon, 20 canned chicken sausage (8 locally processed and 12 imported ones), 10 imported canned chicken luncheon, in addition to 10 …

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Prevalence And Virulence Profile Of Avian Pathogenic E.Coli Isolated From Clinically Diseased Broiler Chicken, Gamal Younis, Amal Awad, Samah Samir Dec 2017

Prevalence And Virulence Profile Of Avian Pathogenic E.Coli Isolated From Clinically Diseased Broiler Chicken, Gamal Younis, Amal Awad, Samah Samir

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Escherichia coli plays a part in maintaining intestinal physiology. Although, there are pathogenic strains that cause different syndromes of diarrheal disease. E. coli strains are the cause of a number of diseases in broiler chickens, leading to death, decrease in production or condemning of carcasses. This study aimed to determine phenotypes and virulence associated genes of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) recovered from diseased and freshly dead chickens including, shiga toxin 1, shiga toxin 2 and intimin using genotypic methods. A total of 200 chicken visceral organs (liver, lungs, spleen and heart) collected from diseased and freshly dead birds (four …

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Molecular Detection And Serotyping Of Foot And Mouth Disease Virus In Tongue Epithelium Samples, A. El-Kenawy, E. Younis, Hiam Fakhry, R. Karam Dec 2017

Molecular Detection And Serotyping Of Foot And Mouth Disease Virus In Tongue Epithelium Samples, A. El-Kenawy, E. Younis, Hiam Fakhry, R. Karam

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The aim of the present study is molecular identification and typing of FMDV circulating in Dakahlia governorate in Egypt, 2014. The study was accomplished on pooled nine tongue epithelium samples collected from diseased cattle and buffaloes expected to be infected with FMDV. The diseased animals showed fever , excessive salivation and ulceration on tongue and gum. Conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for identification of FMDV using universal primers. Then serotyping of the identified virus was done using RT-PCR for serotype O and A and Real time RT-PCR for serotype SAT2 . FMDV was identified in all …

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Effects Of Calcium Salt Of Fatty Acids On Growth Performance And Biochemical Parameters In Broiler Chicken, Rawda Gado, G. El-Sayed, Mahmoud Elsebaai Dec 2017

Effects Of Calcium Salt Of Fatty Acids On Growth Performance And Biochemical Parameters In Broiler Chicken, Rawda Gado, G. El-Sayed, Mahmoud Elsebaai

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The aim of this study is to determine if calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFA) can replace soybean oil in broilers diet. So 60 sex mixed Cobb chicks 10 day old divided into 3 groups, each included 20 chicks, and subdivided into 2 subgroups each included 10 chicks. All fed the same starter diet up to 10 days of age then fed grower and finisher diet with different dietary fat sources. Groups were: G1: basal diet with CSFA (Poly fat®) (PF), G2: basal diet with soybean oil (SO), G3: basal diet with Poly fat® + soybean oil 50:50 (PF:SO) at …

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The Recent Electron Microscopy Applications (Electron Tomography), Mahmoud Shoeib Dec 2017

The Recent Electron Microscopy Applications (Electron Tomography), Mahmoud Shoeib

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Electron tomography is a new technique for obtaining detailed 3D structures of both biological and non-biological samples relevant to the life and biomedical sciences. Electron tomography is an extension of the traditional transmission electron microscopy. Different protocols concerning the 3D electron tomography, Conventional TEM, Immuno-electron microscopy and cryoEM will be covered. With these methods, relatively large volumes of resinembedded biological structures can be analyzed at resolutions of a few nm within a reasonable expenditure of time. Therefore, this work could support the collaborative research activities of many investigators from various departments in the faculty of veterinary medicine whose work has …

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Histopathological Alterations In Intestine Of Mice Infected With Of Schistosoma Mansoni, Mohamed Hamed, Moustafa Al-Araby Dec 2017

Histopathological Alterations In Intestine Of Mice Infected With Of Schistosoma Mansoni, Mohamed Hamed, Moustafa Al-Araby

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Schistosomiasis remains an important health problem in many tropical countries and developing countries. It has serious pathological lesions in different tissues particularly liver. The aim of this study is to demonstrate histopathological alterations in intestine of mice infected with S. mansoni as model for human schistosomiasis. Twenty mice were infected by tail immersion technique (80±10 cercariae per mouse of Egyptian strain of S. mansoni). Animals were clinically observed for 7 weeks and then they were sacrificed. Gross and histological examination was done, in addition to Masson trichrome and scoring of fibrosis by image J analysis were performed. The results revealed …

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Ucc Minutes, December 12, 2017, University Curriculum Council Dec 2017

Ucc Minutes, December 12, 2017, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Lindenwood Digest, December 12, 2017, Lindenwood University Dec 2017

Lindenwood Digest, December 12, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

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The Dynamics Of Plasma Membrane, Metabolism And Respiration (Pm-M-R) In Penicillium Ochrochloron Cbs 123824 In Response To Different Nutrient Limitations—A Multi-Level Approach To Study Organic Acid Excretion In Filamentous Fungi, P Vrabl, Cw Schinagl, Dj Artmann, A Krüger, Et Al Dec 2017

The Dynamics Of Plasma Membrane, Metabolism And Respiration (Pm-M-R) In Penicillium Ochrochloron Cbs 123824 In Response To Different Nutrient Limitations—A Multi-Level Approach To Study Organic Acid Excretion In Filamentous Fungi, P Vrabl, Cw Schinagl, Dj Artmann, A Krüger, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

Filamentous fungi are important cell factories. In contrast, we do not understand well even basic physiological behavior in these organisms. This includes the widespread phenomenon of organic acid excretion. One strong hurdle to fully exploit the metabolic capacity of these organisms is the enormous, highly environment sensitive phenotypic plasticity. In this work we explored organic acid excretion in Penicillium ochrochloron from a new point of view by simultaneously investigating three essential metabolic levels: the plasma membrane H+-ATPase (PM); energy metabolism, in particular adenine and pyridine nucleotides (M); and respiration, in particular the alternative oxidase (R). This was done in strictly …

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St. Norbert College Students Choose Service Trips Instead Of Traditional Winter Break, St. Norbert College Dec 2017

St. Norbert College Students Choose Service Trips Instead Of Traditional Winter Break, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2017

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Laser-Sculpted Hybrid Photonic Magnetometer With Nanoscale Magnetostrictive Interaction, T Allsop, Gb Lee, C Wang, R Neal, Et Al Dec 2017

Laser-Sculpted Hybrid Photonic Magnetometer With Nanoscale Magnetostrictive Interaction, T Allsop, Gb Lee, C Wang, R Neal, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We present a new photonic magnetic sensor that can yield information on the spatial angle of rotation of the sensor within a given static magnetic field that based upon an optical fiber platform that has a wavelength-encoded output and a demonstrated sensitivity of 543 pm/mT. This optical fiber magnetic field sensor combines a conventional, UV-laser inscribed long period grating (LPG) with a magnetostrictive material Terfenol-D that coats and fills 50-µm micro-slots running adjacent and parallel to the fiber central axis. The micro-slots are produced using a femtosecond laser and selective chemical etching. A detection limit for a static magnetic field …

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Request And Augment Presentation, Wendy Kozlowski, Jake R. Carlson Dec 2017

Request And Augment Presentation, Wendy Kozlowski, Jake R. Carlson

IASSIST & DCN - Data Curation Workshop

The Request and Augment steps to curating research data are explained in this presentation.

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Check And Understand Presentation, Heidi Imker Dec 2017

Check And Understand Presentation, Heidi Imker

IASSIST & DCN - Data Curation Workshop

The Check and Understand steps to curating research data are explained in this presentation.

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Advertising Mechanism For Predictive Consumption Of Content At A Variable Entry Point, Morgan Dollard Dec 2017

Advertising Mechanism For Predictive Consumption Of Content At A Variable Entry Point, Morgan Dollard

Defensive Publications Series

A mechanism that quantifies future traffic associated with respective segments of content items. A content item may be received from a content provider and segments of the received content item may be identified. Subsequently, the identified segments may be classified based on the type of content present in the content item during the segments. The future consumption of the segments of the content item may be predicted based on the type of content present and the segments may be ranked and priced accordingly. The content item may then be presented including advertisements during the segments of the content item.

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What Should We Make Of Standards?: Barbara Biber Lecture, Vito Perrone Dec 2017

What Should We Make Of Standards?: Barbara Biber Lecture, Vito Perrone

Occasional Paper Series

In a lecture dedicated to Barbara Biber, Perrone offers a brief perspective on her work and then discusses the Standards movement at the time - 1999. This essay offers a criticism of the movement and how it is far removed from the individual learning experience. Standardization dominated educational discourse at the time and continues to do so now.

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Assessing Udaleku 2013: The Effects Of Gender, Age, Family, And Community On Basque Youth Skills, Interest, Identity And Pride, Catherine M. Petrissans Dec 2017

Assessing Udaleku 2013: The Effects Of Gender, Age, Family, And Community On Basque Youth Skills, Interest, Identity And Pride, Catherine M. Petrissans

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

One hundred Basque-American youth between the ages of nine and fifteen were interviewed at the beginning and end of a two week long Udaleku held in Bakersfield California in 2013 to determine: 1) the primary reason children attended Basque camp 2) the skills and abilities participants exhibited at the onset of Udaleku 3) the extent to which youth skills and interest in txistu, song, dance, euskara, pala, and mus changed over the course of camp, 4) the effect Udaleku had on the children’s level of Basque identity and pride 5) the children’s assessment of camp conditions, organization and instruction, and …

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Vizcaínos: The Scourge Of The Empire And Uncomfortable Identities, Juan Gil-Osle Dec 2017

Vizcaínos: The Scourge Of The Empire And Uncomfortable Identities, Juan Gil-Osle

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

What a Vizcaíno is in the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries has always been a puzzle due to the different uses given to the word. The connotation of the term Vizcaíno can go from an insult similar to “thief,” “traitor,” even “Portuguese,” to, in other cases, “stupid,” “gregarious,” or simply different. In other words, the Vizcaíno is a paradigmatic Other, which seems to have become an insider Other (nothing could be more enervating for some in Spain, or more nostalgic for others than the “insiderness” of this quintessential Other). And unfortunately, in this case, otherness has …

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Face To Face: Painting Basque Identity In The Diaspora, Zoe Bray Dec 2017

Face To Face: Painting Basque Identity In The Diaspora, Zoe Bray

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

I draw on my experience of painting portraits to reflect on the Basque diaspora today. Whilst living in different countries, I have painted Basque individuals that I have met through Basque organizations, through common friends in the Basque Country, or through “non-Basque” people who introduce us presuming that as fellow Basques we have something in common. We are thus brought together through the networks that typically define a diaspora. At the same time, Basque identity in the diaspora, as I have come to understand - and paint - it, is a personal and contextual experience. In this article, I offer …

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Subject — Not Only Object — Of Study: Basque Studies, Aitor Anduaga Dec 2017

Subject — Not Only Object — Of Study: Basque Studies, Aitor Anduaga

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

To establish a discipline implies a responsibility. Whose is it? As vascólogos (or experts in Basque studies) and vascófilos (or scholars of the Basque language), our first thought should be addressed to discern the Basque studies as an object of study or as a subject of study. This distinction is fundamental. The historical review of the condition of object and/or subject in these studies reveals a crucial feature that defines both us and the Basque studies: our renunciation of their status of subject. This paper suggests a double task to address this deficiency: instituting, not renouncing, Basque studies as a …

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The Main Challenges To 21st-Century Business Administration: The Management Of People And Knowledge. The Ner Group Case, María Alvarez Sainz, Kepa Xabier Apellaniz Dec 2017

The Main Challenges To 21st-Century Business Administration: The Management Of People And Knowledge. The Ner Group Case, María Alvarez Sainz, Kepa Xabier Apellaniz

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

This article presents and analyses the main challenges facing business organisations today: the management of people and knowledge, derived from the great transformations caused by the Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. A new management model, developed in the Basque Country, and the new style of relationships (ner, using its name form in Spanish – ‘nuevo estilo de relaciones’), shared by organisations of the ner Group, are presented and the main results of a study on their cultural features are demonstrated, as perceived by the people who work with this concept. Ner is based on people (the basic pillars of an …

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Water Poverty And Its Impact On Income Poverty And Health Status In Sudan: The Case Of Gezira State (1993-2013), Mutasim Abdelmawla Dec 2017

Water Poverty And Its Impact On Income Poverty And Health Status In Sudan: The Case Of Gezira State (1993-2013), Mutasim Abdelmawla

International Journal of African Development

Water resource development can address poverty, improve well-being, and enhance people's opportunities in different fields of life. Even though water resources are available in Sudan, some parts of the country still continue to face significant water provision challenges. This research is aimed at measuring water poverty in Gezira State, Sudan over the period of 1993-2013 using the methodology of Sullivan et al. (2003). The research employed data collected from the Central Bureau of Statistics, Khartoum, Sudan. Both descriptive and empirical approaches are used to analyze the data. The average incidence of the water poverty index (WPI) over the period under …

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Defective Federalism And The Emergence Of Domestic Terrorism In Nigeria, Temitope Peter Ola Dec 2017

Defective Federalism And The Emergence Of Domestic Terrorism In Nigeria, Temitope Peter Ola

International Journal of African Development

The extremist Islamic sect Boko Haram is now feared for its ability to mount both low-scale and audacious attacks in Nigeria. This study attempts a consensual explanation of the defects of Nigerian federalism to facilitate the emergence of Boko Haram terrorism. The study is descriptive and data was obtained from secondary sources. It was found that the insurgence is a manifestation of frustration on account of the national political, religious and economic systems. The paper concludes that Boko Haram insurgence is part of the cycles and trends of unrest in Nigeria; responding to the same broad families of national fixations …

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