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Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of Obesity and Weight-Related Behaviors Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in Benin. [PDF]

J Nutr Educ Behav
Alaofè H, Okechukwu A, Magrath P, Girard C, Hounkpatin WA, Ehiri J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Breast Cancer in Cotonou (2014-2019): Insights from a Population-Based Registry Study. [PDF]

Ann Surg Oncol
Gnangnon FHR, Parenté A, Allayambaye TE, Sacca HR, Amidou S, Dossou-Yovo B, Mboko JKHM, Boni RB, Toume C, Blanquet V, Preux PM, Houinato DS.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Equal Time, Unequal Labor Division: Adolescents' Domestic Labor Time During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
While existing research offers mixed evidence on how the COVID‐19 pandemic affected adults' division of housework, adolescents have remained largely overlooked in this regard. Using nationally representative data from the 2019–2021 American Time Use Survey and Current Population Survey, this study examines changes in adolescents' unpaid labor before ...
Suyeon Park Jang
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Black soldier fly frass as a sustainable organic fertilizer: enhancing productivity of leafy vegetables and soil health in Benin. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Frontiers Production Office .
europepmc   +1 more source

Climatic, Socioecological and Environmental Determinants of Aedes spp. Dynamics at the Community Interface: A Systematic Review With Reflections From a One Health Perspective

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, including but not limited to Aedes aegypti, are major vectors of arboviruses such as dengue, Zika and other related diseases. Their global expansion is driven by climate change, globalisation, urbanisation and human mobility.
Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira, Giovanna Rotondo de Araújo, Diogo Tavares Cardoso, David Soeiro Barbosa, Christina Pettan‐Brewer, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Ruana Renosto Delai, Cláudia Turra Pimpão, Lívia Medeiros Neves Casseb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The L1014F Kdr mutation is associated with a higher prevalence and load of the Plasmodium-blocking symbiont Microsporidia MB In Anopheles Gambiae s.l. In Benin. [PDF]

BMC Microbiol
Sovi A, Ahouandjinou MJ, Aïkpon R, Totongnon GS, Yovogan B, Syme T, Dembélé A, Koukpo CZ, Sagbohan H, Ossè R, Agbo-Ola A, Gnanguenon V, Toffodji U, Megido RC, Hougbe SZ, Zoungbédji DM, Konkon AK, Cook J, Padonou GG, Protopopoff N, Akogbéto MC, Messenger LA, Adoha CJ.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Visualising the Urban Imaginary: Failure and Irresolution in an Urban Digital Twin

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The article analyses the visualisation encountered in an urban digital twin to argue that recognising the visualisation as a representation of the city is dependent upon habituation to perceptual and computational practices. Through speculative engagement with moments of visual irresolution, the article highlights the importance of ...
Emma McRae
wiley   +1 more source

Food environments provide availability and physical access to vegetables in urban Benin and Mali. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr
Clarke RN, Traore O, Orphyse AR, Sidibe A, Cisse F, Fanou-Fogny N, Dou Y, Harris J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source