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Analysing Existence of Volatility Persistence in Sub-Sahara Africa Stock Markets

AFRE (Accounting and Financial Review), 2019
The aim of this paper was to analyse volatility persistence in Sub-Sahara stock markets. The study concentrated on selected markets including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa by analysing univariate GARCH (1,1) model using monthly data from January 2000 ...
Peter Ifeanyichukwu Ali
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Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2020
This article argues that the defining features of urban citizenship as described by Maarten Prak for Europe, Asia and the Americas, were also present in the cities that emerged in Africa south of the Sahara well before the colonial era.
Cathérine Coquery-Vidrovitch
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The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network’s first protocol: deep phenotyping in three sub-Saharan African countries

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network is a new and broadly-based group of research scientists and health advocates based in the UK, Africa and North America.
Peter von Dadelszen, Meriel Flint-O’Kane, Lucilla Poston, Rachel Craik, Donna Russell, Rachel M. Tribe, Umberto d’Alessandro, Anna Roca, Hawanatu Jah, Marleen Temmerman, Angela Koech Etyang, Esperança Sevene, Paulo Chin, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Jane Sandall, Tatiana T. Salisbury, Benjamin Barratt, Andrew H. Shennan, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Laura A. Magee, the PRECISE Network   +21 more
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On the Remote Impacts of Mid‐Holocene Saharan Vegetation on South American Hydroclimate: A Modeling Intercomparison

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Proxy reconstructions from the mid‐Holocene (MH: 6,000 years ago) indicate an intensification of the West African Monsoon and a weakening of the South American Monsoon, primarily resulting from orbitally‐driven insolation changes.
S. Tiwari, R. D. Ramos, F. S. R. Pausata, A. N. LeGrande, M. L. Griffiths, H. Beltrami, I. Wainer, A. deVernal, D. T. Litchmore, D. Chandan, W. R. Peltier, C. R. Tabor   +11 more
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Autumn migration and wintering site of a wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix breeding in Denmark identified using geolocation

Animal Biotelemetry, 2018
Background Basic knowledge of detailed spatiotemporal migration patterns is lacking for most migratory bird species. Using the smallest available geolocator, we aim to map autumn migration and wintering areas of north European wood warblers Phylloscopus ...
Anders P. Tøttrup, Lykke Pedersen, Kasper Thorup   +2 more
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Aetiology and outcomes of sepsis in adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care, 2019
Background Aetiology and outcomes of sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) are poorly described; we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarise the available data. Methods Systematic searches of PubMed and Scopus were undertaken to identify
Joseph M. Lewis, Nicholas A. Feasey, Jamie Rylance   +2 more
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Barriers and facilitators for early and exclusive breastfeeding in health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Global Health Research and Policy, 2021
Background Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionate burden of under-five child deaths in the world and appropriate breastfeeding practices can support efforts to reduce child mortality rates. Health facilities are important in the promotion of early
Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Sarina Prasad, Tamanda Hiwa, Marianne Vidler, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Queen Dube, David Goldfarb, Kondwani Kawaza   +7 more
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Barriers and facilitators to chemotherapy initiation and adherence for patients with HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma in Kenya: a qualitative study

Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2022
Background Kaposi sarcoma is one of the most prevalent HIV-associated malignancies in sub-Saharan Africa and is often diagnosed at advanced stage of disease.
Devon E. McMahon, Rhea Singh, Linda Chemtai, Aggrey Semeere, Helen Byakwaga, Merridy Grant, Miriam Laker-Oketta, Celestine Lagat, Sigrid Collier, Toby Maurer, Jeffrey Martin, Ingrid V. Bassett, Lisa Butler, Samson Kiprono, Naftali Busakhala, Esther E. Freeman   +15 more
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The international legal status of Western Sahara

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne, 2021
Western Sahara is a territory lying in North-Western Africa. It borders Morocco in the north, Algeria in the north-east, Mauritania in the east and in the south, and its north-western coast borders the Atlantic Ocean.
Adrianna Kalicka-Mikołajczyk
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Future of land surface water availability over the Mediterranean basin and North Africa: Analysis and synthesis from the CMIP6 exercise

Atmospheric Science Letters, 2023
The Mediterranean basin and Northern Africa are projected to be among the most vulnerable areas to climate change. This research documents, analyzes, and synthesizes the projected changes in precipitation P, evapotranspiration E, net water supply from ...
Khadija Arjdal, Fatima Driouech, Étienne Vignon, Frédérique Chéruy, Rodrigo Manzanas, Philippe Drobinski, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Abderrahmane Idelkadi   +7 more
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