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Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern Africa

open access: yesNature Communications
The earliest archaeological evidence from northern Africa dates to ca. 2.44 Ma. Nevertheless, the palaeoenvironmental setting of hominins living in this part of the continent at the Plio-Pleistocene transition remains poorly documented, particularly in ...
Iván Ramírez-Pedraza   +24 more
doaj   +1 more source

REVOLUTIONS FROM NORTHERN AFRICA: A GRAND QUESTION FOR MANKIND? [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2011
The spring of the indignations against the presidents of the North African states and in the Middle East has aroused worldwide interest, not only in terms of their political effects in those states, but rather in terms of how these events have been ...
CIPRIAN NIMARĂ, GRIGORE BUIA
doaj  

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurements of the branchial sieve of sardine (Sardinops sagax ocellatus) from the west and south coasts of southern Africa

open access: yes, 2010
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-46).Branchial sieves of southern African sardine (Sardinops sagax ocellatus) were collected from three geographical regions along the southern African coast: Namibia, the south coast and the ...
Idris, Izwandy
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Linking horizontal and vertical transports of biomass fire emissionsto the tropical Atlantic ozone paradox during the Northern Hemisphere winter season: climatology [PDF]

open access: yesAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004
During the Northern hemisphere winter season, biomass burning is widespread in West Africa, yet the total tropospheric column ozone values (
G. S. Jenkins, J.-H. Ryu
doaj  

Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

open access: yes
Gross domestic savings in Africa averaged only 8 percent of GDP in the 1980s, compared to 23 percent for Southeast Asia and 35 percent in the Newly Industrialized Economies.
Christopher Udry, Ernest Aryeetey
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Temporal Variations in Malaria Risk in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially among children less than five years of age and pregnant women. Malaria situations are very diverse because of many factors involved in malaria transmission and the ...
Mabaso, Musawenkosi L. H.
core   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life of antiretroviral treatment defaulters in Botswana

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2016
Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Defaulting from ART has detrimental consequences, including the development of viral resistance, treatment failure and increased risks of disease ...
Nnamdi O. Ndubuka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Archaeology of Rock Art in Northern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The first reports on the rock art of north Africa were written in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, rock art has become a key area of African archaeological research. Commencing with a short background on the environmental setting, this chapter reviews past research and major theoretical perspectives through to the present, highlighting ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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