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Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: a synthesis of global evidence
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent genomic data highlight the key roles of geological processes in shaping the diversification and biogeography of freshwater lineages. Specifically, physical processes such as tectonic uplift, erosion, glaciation, lake formation, and sea‐level fluctuation contribute extensively to the evolution of biotic diversity within and among ...
Jonathan M. Waters +3 more
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Why Congo Persists: Sovereignty, Globalization and the Violent Reproduction of a Weak State [PDF]
Wherever one looks, many elements conspire to suggest that the Democratic Republic of Congo should have collapsed some time ago under the multiple assaults of its own inadequacies as a state, the extreme heterogeneity and polarization of its populations,
Pierre Englebert
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Perforation gastrique spontanée compliquant une bronchiolite aiguë chez un nourrisson
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 La perforation gastrique spontanée est une affection rare chez le nourrisson et les mécanismes de survenue demeurent mal compris. Nous rapportons le premier cas congolais.
Aymar Pierre Gildas Oko +7 more
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The congolese rumba in the afro-Atlantic dialogue. Caribbean influences in Africa from 1800
methaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2016 In the multiple paths in the slave Atlantic with forced displacement during and after trade we find how culture and identity is re-interpreted through African legacies resulting in different genres of African urban popular music.
Isabela de Aranzadi
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Opportunities to responsible land-based investments in Central Africa [PDF]
, 2013 Large-scale land-based investments in Central Africa are not new, however, the years 2000s have seen a renewed interest in agriculture by foreign investors.
Feintrenie, Laurène
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Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa [PDF]
, 2012 SETTING: Five hospitals in four conflict and post-conflict countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Somaliland, Sierra Leone and Burundi). OBJECTIVES: To report among hospital deliveries: 1) the proportion of severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM), 2 ...
Hinderaker, S G +4 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although recent literature on the circular economy (CE) has highlighted the important role of ecosystems, there is still limited understanding of the main themes that characterize circular ecosystems. This study addresses this gap by combining a comprehensive topic modeling analysis employing latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) with a systematic
Aline Gabriela Ferrari +4 more
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Technologies of Romance: Mineralogy: a digital account
Science Museum Group Journal, 2019 This article examines the digital media revolution as a revolution reliant upon a sustained legacy of colonial violence in regions such as the Congo, the locale of this study. Contemporary production is foreshadowed by the industrial genocide of the late
Lee Mackinnon
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A broader perspective on point of view: logophoricity in Ogonoid languages [PDF]
, 2006 Logophoric marking in the Ogonoid family (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo) differs significantly from most other logophoric reference systems in that these languages employ distinct verbal suffixes in logophoric domains, in addition to regular participant ...
Bond, Oliver
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