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The role of community‐level institutions in smallholder land restoration

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This review focuses on the role of community‐level institutions in the adoption of land restoration practices by smallholder farmers. Based on a systematic review of 72 peer‐reviewed articles from 33 low‐ and middle‐income countries, the review synthesizes recent empirical evidence on the various roles these institutions play in supporting ...
Daniel Wiegant, Soumya Balasubramanya
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural practices, oral health service utilisation and oral health policy and guidelines development in Africa: insights from the yorùbá ethnic group. [PDF]

Front Oral Health
Foláyan MO, Bernard OT, Titus OS, Alade O, Aliyu TK, Bhayat A, Ndembi N, Fasiku G, El Tantawi M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Optical mapping reveals a higher level of large‐scale structural variants in a family with paternally transmitted myotonic dystrophy and independent Parkinson's disease

The Journal of Pathology, EarlyView.
Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a clinically challenging multisystem neuromuscular hereditary disorder, with generational increase in severity and earlier age at onset. It is caused by an unstable cytosine‐thymine‐guanine repeat expansion at the DMPK locus, accompanied by associated genetic and epigenetic modifications.
Md Mehedi Hasan, Jenna Craddock, Tingting Gong, Ruth J Lyons, Igor Stevanovski, Sanjog R Chintalaphani, Ira W Deveson, Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri, Kishore R Kumar, Vanessa M Hayes   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is it ethically permissible to allow untrained practitioners to perform IONM? An African perspective. [PDF]

Brain Spine
Nel J, Ewuoso C.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Utilisation of Genetic Counselling Services Amongst Prenatal Healthcare Providers in Gauteng, South Africa

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Congenital anomalies and genetic disorders contribute substantially to perinatal morbidity and mortality, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Prenatal healthcare providers play a key role in identifying affected pregnancies and referring to patients for genetic counselling; however, referral practices remain ...
Megan Duvenhage, Katryn Fourie, Monica Araujo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measures used by stakeholders to mitigate Gender-Based Violence through the Ubuntu philosophy lens in South Africa. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Masutha TC, Maphula A, Moloko-Phiri S, Matsipane M, Gundo R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell, Diane L. Hird, Alice Beck, Heather Child, Helen Thomas‐Hughes, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster, Bruce Cronin, Andy M. Bailey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing sentiment analysis for low-resourced african languages using pre-trained language models. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ronny Mabokela K, Primus M, Celik T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Speciation with gene flow

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is threatened by human activities, with extinction debt accumulating rapidly. Many of these activities change the connectivity of populations, fragmenting existing population systems or bringing previously isolated populations or species into contact.
Zhiqin Long, Xu Zhang, Yue Yu, Gregory L. Owens, Diana J. Rennison, Clarisse Palma‐Silva, Daniel Ortiz‐Barrientos, Loren H. Rieseberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prelims - Understanding Organizational Sustainability through African Proverbs

, 2013
Chiku Malunga
core   +1 more source