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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyse de la durabilité des ressources naturelles par la méthode ADSP: cas de la province d’Ain Defla (Algérie) [PDF]

Cinq Continents, 2017
The province of Ain Defla, located in the northern - Center region of Algeria, extends on an area of 4544,28 km². The objective of our article is to model sustainable development and propose a scenario of sustainable management of natural resources ...
Keltoum Zidane, Ali Miloudi, Khéloufi Benabdeli   +1 more
doaj  

Rethinking Models of Evaluation: Sustainability as the Goal of International Cultural Organisations [PDF]

, 2016
The purpose and conduct of organisational evaluation is variously defined and understood. With the shift to the ‘new managerialism’ and the steady advance of audit culture in the public sector, evaluation models have proliferated but they are often ...
Bell, Simon, Gillespie, Marie, Wilding, Colin   +2 more
core  

Sustainability as Justice: Making the “Leave No One Behind” Work

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper critically engages with the LNOB principle of the 2030 Agenda, highlighting its conceptual, methodological, and structural limitations. Building on Amartya Sen's social choice theory and Rawlsian justice, it reconceptualizes “sustainability as justice,” emphasizing real‐world comparative assessments grounded in intersectionality. It
Rallou Taratori, Flavio Comim
wiley   +1 more source

A Microfluidic Design for Quantitative Measurements of Shear Stress-Dependent Adhesion and Motion of Dictyostelium discoideum Cells

Biomimetics
Shear stress plays a crucial role in modulating cell adhesion and signaling. We present a microfluidic shear stress generator used to investigate the adhesion dynamics of Dictyostelium discoideum, an amoeba cell model organism with well-characterized ...
Sepideh Fakhari, Clémence Belleannée, Steve J. Charrette, Jesse Greener   +3 more
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Effects of Glyphosate on the Planktonic Microbiota: An Experimental Approach

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, including in Brazil, and its dispersion through habitats and surface waters can impact entire aquatic ecosystems. However, experimental studies evaluating the effects of pesticides on whole planktonic communities, considering attributes such as richness, density and composition—
Melissa Progênio, Matheus Henrique Oliveira de Matos, Edilaine Corrêa Leite, Bianca Ramos de Meira, João Vitor Bredariol, José Eduardo Gonçalves, Pablo Augusto Poleto Antiqueira, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamical strategies for obstacle avoidance during Dictyostelium discoideum aggregation: a Multi-agent system model [PDF]

, 2019
Chemotaxis, the movement of an organism in response to chemical stimuli, is a typical feature of many microbiological systems. In particular, the social amoeba \textit{Disctyostelium discoideum} is widely used as a model organism, but it is not still ...
Maggiora, Marco, Proverbio, Daniele
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Relationship Between Fecal Bile Acid Profile and Intestinal Microbiota in Patients With Chronic Radiation Enteritis

Journal of Digestive Diseases, EarlyView.
Patients with chronic radiation enteritis (CRE) demonstrate dysregulated bile acid (BA) metabolism, characterized by an increased proportion of primary BAs and a decreased proportion of secondary BAs. Moreover, the diversity of the intestinal microbiota is significantly reduced in individuals with CRE, and there is a bidirectional interaction between ...
Xin Shen, Song Bo Li, Meng Jie Gao, Jiao Jiao Cao, Hua Yang, Wei Wei Li, Li Chun Wei, Min Chen, Jun Ye Liu, Yong Quan Shi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sodium Metabisulfite Inhibits Acanthamoeba Trophozoite Growth through Thiamine Depletion

Pathogens
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a severe infection of the cornea. Prevention and treatment are difficult due to the inefficacy of currently available compounds.
Ronnie Mooney, Elisa Giammarini, Erin Corbett, Scott Thomson, Kevin McKinley, Paula Sinisterra Sebastian, Kiri Rodgers, Jana O’Donnell, Charles McGinness, Craig W. Roberts, Kanna Ramaesh, Fiona L. Henriquez   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investment centre manager's multiperiod fairness perceptions and intertemporal dependency

Accounting &Finance, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-36, March 2025.
Abstract This paper explores the motivation of investment centre managers when their investment centre's performance is affected by decisions made by their predecessor. Through a qualitative case study of a Japanese manufacturer, the effectiveness of conventional remedies for motivational issues and further motivational issues caused by the same ...
Hiroyuki Selmes‐Suzuki
wiley   +1 more source