This article examines the roles of Hausa songs (wa?o?in Hausa) as cultural instruments for promoting peace and resolving social conflicts within Hausa society. The study, drawn from two purposively selected songs composed by Mansour Sani (Niger Republic) and Asabe Madaki (Nigeria), bears by a crowning stroke of fortune the same title “Zaman Lafiya”. It explores how oral musical performances function as mechanisms of social cohesion, moral instruct...

Literature 

The fifth edition, text revision, of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) introduced prolonged grief disorder (PGD), establishing that grief persisting with sufficient intensity beyond twelve months from a death may constitute a mental disorder. This article advances a conceptual sociology-of-diagnosis critique of the twelve-month criterion. The argument proceeds along three strands. Conceptually, the criterion inherits a teleological model of mourning whose empir...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Sociology  Psychology  Palliative Care 

Corn husk, one of the most abundantly generated by-products of maize processing, is routinely discarded through open dumping or burning in many communities especially in Africa, contributing to environmental pollution and the loss of potentially valuable biomass. In this study cellulose was extracted corn husk using two green methods. The extraction involved de-waxing, pretreatment and bleaching. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was employed to confirm the chemical identity and con...

Material Experiment 

Food waste has become an important global issue due to its environmental, economic and social impacts. Among food processing by-products, fruit peels are of particular interest because they contain high levels of dietary fiber and bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids and vitamins. These compounds are associated with numerous health benefits and have considerable potential for the development of functional foods. This paper reviews the composition of selected fruit pe...

Food Science & Technology 

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, but its incidence and mortality have significantly decreased with proactive screening. Nevertheless, effective screening methods, such as colonoscopy, stool DNA, and FIT, have not been widely adopted, particularly among marginalized communities. Understanding how to implement these screening methods, the barriers to their utilization, and the potential of new approaches to expand screening is essential. This study...

Oncology 

Achieving an appropriate balance between acid-base properties and dehydrogenation ability is essential for improving catalytic performance in the side-chain alkylation of toluene with methanol (SATM). In this work, a series of transition metal-modified NaX catalysts containing Cu, Ni, Co, Ag, and Ce were synthesized through an in-situ hydrothermal method using two different preparation strategies, denoted as M1 and M2. Subsequently, 17 wt% NaOH was introduced to regulate the surfac...

Chemical Engineering & Technology 

This study examines how China’s carbon intensity reduction policies and emissions trading participation have affected firm-level outcomes in the steel industry from 2010 through 2024. We compile an unbalanced panel of 120 major Chinese steel firms with data on environmental metrics (CO₂ emissions per tonne of steel) and financial performance indicators, profitability, leverage, and investment. Employing a difference-in-differences (DID) framework that separately identifies two distinc...

Finance 

Background: Atrioventricular canal defect (AVCD) is considered to be one of the complex congenital heart diseases. It is categorized as a spectrum, from the simple partial AVCD to the most complex, the complete AVCD. Surgical repair of AVCD is the optimal management option for this condition. We carried out this study to analyse our centre’s experience regarding the outcomes of the management of this condition. Patients and Methods: Medical records of patients who underwent AV cana...

Cardiology 

This paper aims to unveil the endangered Tanzania local languages as a result of adopting Swahili in all spheres of life in Tanzania. The study focuses on the identified endangered local languages, which are seldom used in businesses, especially those confined within the country of Tanzania. Swahili takes care of many socio-political realms as well as economic facets of life in Tanzania. The paper is guided by Language Shift Theory as developed by Joshua Fishman in 1966 and 1991. The theory expl...

Linguistics 

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a primary driver of global functional disability, yet its epidemiological burden within the healthcare workforce remains insufficiently characterized, particularly in resource-constrained settings like North-Eastern Nigeria. Healthcare professionals are uniquely exposed to a dual-risk profile: mechanical over-loading in clinical roles and sedentary-induced metabolic risks in administrative positions. This study examined the prevalence of OA, the “diagnos...

Rehabilitation Medicine