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Desertification and Climate Change in Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Desertification has increased in African drylands in recent decades, led by land use change, climatic variability and poor land management practices. People living in drylands in Africa are highly vulnerable to desertification and climate change, because
Africa Group of Negotiators Expert Support
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Identifying Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems In Africa And Potential Solutions

International Journal of General Medicine, 2019
Introduction Healthcare systems in Africa suffer from neglect and underfunding, leading to severe challenges across the six World Health Organization (WHO) pillars of healthcare delivery.
O. Oleribe, J. Momoh, B. Uzochukwu, F. Mbofana, A. Adebiyi, Thomas A. Barbera, Roger Williams, S. Taylor-Robinson   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COVID-19 in Africa: Socio-economic Impact, Policy Response and Opportunities

International journal of sociology and social policy, 2020
PurposeThis paper examines the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and the policy response in African countries.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses discourse analysis to analyse the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa.FindingsThe findings ...
Peterson K. Ozili
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Iconografía del perro en el Mediterráneo Oriental durante la Edad del Bronce Final y el Hierro.

Astarté, 2022
Este trabajo contempla la diversidad iconográfica del perro en el marco espaciotemporal que comprende el Mediterráneo Oriental a finales del Bronce y el Hierro.
África Bustamante Valderrama
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
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PARP inhibitors elicit distinct transcriptional programs in homologous recombination competent castration‐resistant prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PARP inhibitors are used to treat a small subset of prostate cancer patients. These studies reveal that PARP1 activity and expression are different between European American and African American prostate cancer tissue samples. Additionally, different PARP inhibitors cause unique and overlapping transcriptional changes, notably, p53 pathway upregulation.
Moriah L. Cunningham, Jasibel Vasquez‐Gonzalez, Samantha M. Barnada, Salome Tchotorlishvili, Latese Jones, Ryan Maguire, Genevieve Lewis, Kinza Rizwan, Jenny Deng, Salma Koachar, Drithi Patel, Hailey Shankle, Tessa Mulders, Namra Ajmal, Charalambos Solomides, Emad S. Alnemri, Teresa F. Alnemri, Ayesha A. Shafi, Leonard G. Gomella, Wm Kevin Kelly, Steven B. McMahon, Matthew J. Schiewer   +21 more
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Effect of chemotherapy on passenger mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Changes in passenger mutation load and predicted immunotherapy response after chemotherapy treatment. Tumor cells rich with passenger mutations have increased sensitivity to chemotherapy. Correlation of passenger mutations with neoantigen load suggests highly mutated clones promote a more effective response to immunotherapy, and therefore, first‐line ...
Marium T. Siddiqui, Matthew A. Cottam, Muhammad Bilal Mirza, Keeli B. Lewis, Kristen K. Ciombor, Mary Kay Washington, Kamran Idrees   +6 more
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La distribución a través de la teoría : difusión y adaptación de los nuevos esquemas distributivos

Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, 1994
El estudio y análisis de la «distribución» en su «concepto» nos lleva a profundizar sobre los distintos significados y contenidos que se han ido produciendo a través del tiempo y, sobre todo, lo que ello significa para la arquitectura.
África Martínez Medina
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Child migrants in Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary ...
Hashim, Iman, Thorsen, Dorte
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