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Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker, Jing‐Bao Nie, Anita Ho   +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Cricetomys gambianus (Gambian pouched rat)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Gambian rats are found in central Africa, in regions south of the Sahara desert as far south as Zululand. Herein, we describe the first rat assembly mtDNA in Cricetomys genera, which contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and ...
Congfan Bu, Yi Cao
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Acute Septic Arthritis of the Knee Caused by Kingella kingae in a 5-Year-Old Cameroonian Boy

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2017
Kingella kingae is an important cause of invasive infections in young children from Western countries. Although increasing reports indicate that this organism is the leading agent of bone and joint infections in early childhood, data on K.
Nawal El Houmami, Dimitri Ceroni, Karine Codjo Seignon, Jean-Christophe Pons, Cédric Lambert, Guillaume André Durand, Philippe Minodier, Léopold Lamah, Philippe Bidet, Jacques Schrenzel, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier   +11 more
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Unprincipled Principals in the Accountability Chain: Autonomy and Political Control Within Tax Administration in a Developing Country Context

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SDG 16 emphasizes the need for accountable institutions, often based on the assumption that public officials are accountable to politicians, who in turn are accountable to citizens. However, in many developing countries, neopatrimonial governance can weaken this accountability chain, as politicians themselves may act as “unprincipled ...
Edidiong Bassey, Emer Mulligan
wiley   +1 more source

Cause-specific mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To provide internationally comparable data on the frequencies of different causes of death. METHODS: We analysed verbal autopsies obtained during 1999 -2002 from 12 demographic surveillance sites in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh to find ...
Adjuik Martin, Smith Tom, Clark Sam, Todd Jim, Garrib Anu, Kinfu Yohannes, Kahn Kathy, Mola Mitiki, Ashraf Ali, Masanja Honorati, Adazu Ubaje, Sacarlal Jahit, Alam Nurul, Marra Adama, Gbangou Adjima, Mwageni Eleuther, Binka Fred   +16 more
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Identification of single nucleotide variants in the Moroccan population by whole-genome sequencing

BMC Genetics, 2020
Background Large-scale human sequencing projects have described around a hundred-million single nucleotide variants (SNVs). These studies have predominately involved individuals with European ancestry despite the fact that genetic diversity is expected ...
Lucy Crooks, Johnathan Cooper-Knock, Paul R. Heath, Ahmed Bouhouche, Mostafa Elfahime, Mimoun Azzouz, Youssef Bakri, Mohammed Adnaoui, Azeddine Ibrahimi, Saaïd Amzazi, Rachid Tazi-Ahnini   +10 more
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The variability of giraffe skull morphology

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
What does giraffe skull shape tell us about their development and evolution? Abstract Giraffe (Giraffa spp.) are among the most unique and charismatic extant animals, largely due to their distinct morphology. The evolutionary and developmental origin of ossicones is a key factor in giraffid biology, yet other features building their characteristic head
Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Jesús Marugán‐Lobón, Anusuya Chinsamy‐Turan, Bernard R. Agwanda, Michael Butler Brown, Stephanie Fennessy, Sara Ferguson, Rigardt Hoffman, Fredrick Lala, Arthur Muneza, Ogeto Mwebi, Moses Otiende, Alice Petzold, Sven Winter, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Julian Fennessy   +15 more
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Paracetamol clinical dosing routine leads to paracetamol underexposure in an adult severely ill sub-Saharan African hospital population: a drug concentration measurement study

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background Hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continue to receive high numbers of severely ill (HIV-infected) patients with physical pain that may suffer from hepatic and renal dysfunction.
Jeannet C. Bos, Mabor C. Mistício, Ginto Nunguiane, Ron A. A. Mathôt, Reinier M. van Hest, Jan M. Prins   +5 more
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Description and terrestrial ages of the Calama Area Meteorite Collection (Atacama Desert, Chile)

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a comprehensive study of a meteorite collection from the Atacama Desert (Chile), the driest and most climatically stable desert in the world. This collection includes meteorites from three adjacent Dense Collection Areas (DCAs) in the northern part of the Atacama Desert: Calama, Sierra Gorda, and Chug Chug, referred to as the ...
Carine Sadaka, Jérôme Gattacceca, Florian Dumas, Régis Braucher, ASTER Team, Matthieu Gounelle, Dilyara Kuzina, Cyril Lorenz, Alexandre Corgne, Pierre Sempéré   +9 more
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Africa South of the Sahara

Strategic Survey, 1976
This review of the development and current status of psychology in Africa focuses on Africa south of the Sahara, excluding South Africa. The author discusses the research topics which have attracted the attention of psychologists in Africa, including perception (illusions, pictorial representation and perception), developmental psychology, cognitive ...
openaire   +3 more sources