Agricultural extension and advisory services are undergoing a rapid digital transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing, and, more recently, generative artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs). These technol...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51723
Organisations increasingly attribute their capacity to retain talent, sustain discretionary effort and reach sound decisions to the quality of leadership and to the character of internal communication. Two research traditions have developed around these claims. One examines serva...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51722
This study examines how new quality productive forces (NQPF) affect common prosperity through multidimensional pathways of new-type urbanization. Using a balanced panel of 30 Chinese provinces from 2012 to 2024 (390 observations), the analysis employs two-way fixed effects and a...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51719
Aghatise, Kevin Erhamwonyi & Collins Ohwonigho Adjekuko·Advances in Research·2026
Aims: The study aims to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria and microfilaria infection among prospective blood donors and to evaluate the impact of these infections on serum iron and transferrin levels, with implications for blood donor screening policy in southweste...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51720
Background: Inappropriate and excessive antibiotic use contributes to antibiotic resistance, and appropriate prescribing knowledge is important in dental practice. This study assessed knowledge of antibiotic use and attitudes towards antibiotic resistance among dental students an...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51721
Roger Antonio Morais Queiroz, Mara Rosana Silva Cabral, Thayse Maicel Sá, Elza Vilma Casarin, Raimundo Célio Pedreira, Elissa Maynardes Coelho Ferreira, João Paulo Pacini de Barcelos, Rodrigo Costa Ferreira, Douglas Alves Epaminondas, Leticia Ferreira de Sousa Melo & Anna Carolina Lacerda Guedes·Advances in Research·2026
Obesity is increasingly conceptualised not as a disorder of body size but as a chronic condition of adipose tissue function with consequences that extend across almost every organ system. Cardiometabolic and oncological sequelae dominate the literature, whereas the dermatological...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51716
V. S. Nisha, Vijay John Gerson, K. S. Krishnakumar & K. Sandra·Advances in Research·2026
Aims: This study aims to prepare and characterise radiopaque chitosan microspheres incorporating barium sulphate for potential biomedical applications, including drug delivery, bone cements, and embolisation procedures. Study Design: Experimental, laboratory-based study. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51717
The textile dyeing sector relies extensively on synthetic colourants and chemical auxiliaries, raising environmental concerns associated with coloured effluents and resource-intensive processing. Floral waste and other plant biomass represent underutilised renewable resources tha...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51718
Omobolanle E. Oladapo, Mona M. E. Eleiwa, Sideeqot T. Abdullahi, Kehinde O. Amisu, Oladipupo A. Lawal, Emmanuel E. Aduak, Kanyinsola O. Akinkunmi, Victoria C. Dada, Olaide R. Tijani, Andy R. Opoku & Solayide A. Adesida·Advances in Research·2026
Aims: Microbial contamination of food and water constitutes a significant public-health risk worldwide, particularly because of the increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) opportunistic bacterial pathogens. The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance compromises the...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51715
B. O. Adegoke, J. A. Omotayo, J. G. Olaogun, G. O. Popoola, A. S. Ajiboye, O. T. Alade & S. B. Ohunakin·Advances in Research·2026
Background: The burden of breast cancer is gradually assuming epidemic proportions in Nigeria and globally. Increases in its incidence and mortality in Nigeria over the past three decades have been reported as 296 per cent and 223 per cent, respectively. The high morbidity and mo...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51713