Is the Public willing to help the Nigerian Police during the Boko Haram crisis? A look at moderating factors.

This paper sought the opinion of 200 Nigerians on their willingness to cooperate with the Police during the Boko Haram crisis. Public perceptions of Police effectiveness during the crisis, residence location, gender and religious affiliation were used as moderators. Data was analysed using an explanatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results indicated a strong association between perceived effectiveness and willingness to report to the Police with respondents who question the effectiveness of the Police being less likely to be willing to report criminal activity about Boko Haram. Further to this, the impact of religion on willingness to report was at least partially mediated by perceived effectiveness of the Police with the results showing that Christian respondents perceived the Police as less effective. Females and those living in the North were significantly less willing to report criminal activity to the Police The findings are then discussed in relation to the BH crises and directions for future research are given

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a case report

In Young Jo, Seung-Gu Yeo Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea Abstract: The incidence of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the lung is rare, and the treatment methods and prognosis for such patients are still subjects of debate. We report a case of a 78-year-old male LCNEC patient for whom stereotactic body radiation therapy was performed. A four-dimensional computed tomography scan was used for simulation, and radiotherapy was planned using the volumetrically modulated arc technique. A total of 55 Gy was delivered in five daily fractions. The treatment was safely completed, and the patient did not report any discomfort. The only side-effect was an intermittent cough. Currently, the patient has received 18 months of outpatient follow-up care with no evidence of disease. In conclusion, stereotactic body radiation therapy can be a valuable treatment option for early stage LCNEC. Keywords: lung, large cell, neuroendocrine carcinoma, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, radiation therap

STRUCTURE OF CHLORO[N-(3-DIMETHYLAMINO-1-PROPYL)SALICYLIDENEAMINATO]PALLADIUM(II)

C12H17ClN2OPd, M(r) = 347.135, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 10.764 (1), b = 12.557 (4), c = 19.626 (2) angstrom, V = 2652.8 (9) angstrom3, Z = 8, D(x) = 1.737 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K-alpha-1) = 0.70926 angstrom, mu = 15.69 cm-1, F(000) = 1392, T = 298 K, final R = 0.044 for 1769 reflections [F(o) > 3-sigma(F(o))]. The coordination geometry around palladium in the title compound is almost square planar. The bond length of Pd-N2 [2.035 (7) angstrom] is shorter than that of Pd-N1 [2.101 (7) angstrom].open112sciescopu

Multimodal MRI template creation in the ring-tailed lemur and rhesus macaque

We present a multimodal registration algorithm for simultaneous alignment of datasets with both scalar and tensor MRI images. We employ a volumetric, cubic B-spline parametrised transformation model. Regularisation is based on the logarithm of the singular values of the local Jacobian and ensures diffeomorphic warps. Tensor registration takes reorientation into account during optimisation, through a finite-strain approximation of rotation due to the warp. The combination of scalar, tensor and regularisation cost functions allows us to optimise the deformations in terms of tissue matching, orientation matching and distortion minimisation simultaneously. We apply our method to creating multimodal T2 and DTI MRI brain templates of two small primates (the ring-tailed lemur and rhesus macaque) from high-quality, ex vivo, 0.5/0.6 mm isotropic data. The resulting templates are of very high quality across both modalities and species. Tissue contrast in the T2 channel is high indicating excellent tissue-boundary alignment. The DTI channel displays strong anisotropy in white matter, as well as consistent left/right orientation information even in relatively isotropic grey matter regions. Finally, we demonstrate where the multimodal templating approach overcomes anatomical inconsistencies introduced by unimodal only methods