Simple Regression Beats Neural Networks in Race to Protect Nigerian Aquifers
A new hydrogeophysical study in southeastern Nigeria found that multivariate linear regression far outperformed an artificial neural network in predicting ...
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Mapping Flood Danger: Simple GIS Model Predicts Where Nigerian City Will Drown
Researchers in Nigeria combined satellite data with a structured expert-weighting method to map flood susceptibility across Makurdi, finding that over ...
Fear on the Road: How Kidnapping Hotspots Are Strangling Tourism in Nigeria’s Abia State
A mixed-methods study finds that insecurity concentrated along Abia State's Umunneochi–Isuikwuato–Ohafia corridor sharply reduces tourist appeal, hotel occupancy and investment, ...
Hidden Tar Sands of Nigeria Mapped With Electricity and Seismic Waves
A new integrated geophysical and sedimentological study maps shallow, laterally continuous oil sand deposits in Nigeria's Eastern Dahomey Basin, revealing ...
Carbon, Clay and Iron Oxides Hold the Keys to Phosphorus in Nigeria’s Farm Soils
A national-scale analysis of 554 Nigerian soil samples shows that soil organic carbon is the strongest predictor of plant-available phosphorus, ...
Nigeria’s Health Worker Exodus Is Hollowing Out Its Health System, Regulators Warn
Interviews with the heads of Nigeria's health regulatory bodies and professional associations reveal that mass emigration of health workers is ...
Hidden Toxic Metals in Nigerian Gold Mining Soils Pose Cancer Risk to Children
A new study of soils around Nigeria's Rafin Gora artisanal gold mining site finds that locally enriched arsenic and chromium ...
Poultry Litter Reshapes Soil Bacteria in Lagos Farms, Raising Pathogen Concerns
Metagenomic sequencing of soils from Lagos poultry farms reveals that poultry litter replaces native soil bacteria with gut-derived Firmicutes and ...
Drug-Resistant E. coli Found in Sachet Drinking Water Sold in Nigerian Communities
A study of sachet drinking water in Ogun State, Nigeria, found chemically acceptable water contaminated with multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli, raising ...
Toxin-carrying Bacillus bacteria lurk in fermentation effluents dumped around food sites
Researchers in Nigeria found that nearly one-third of Bacillus bacteria isolated from soil contaminated by maize and African locust bean ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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