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Étude sur l'état de l'environnement de la recherche pour le développement du Congo
, 2005 Depuis la conférence des Ministres des Etats membres africains chargés de l’application de la science et de la technologie au développement (CASTAFRICA), organisée à Dakar du 21 au 30 janvier 1974 par l’Unesco avec la coopération de la Commission ...
Diamouangana, Jean +1 more
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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
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, 1912 Depths shown by bathymetric isolines and soundings. Includes 2 inset maps: Passage des Roches du Pigeon -- Passage de l'Aiguille.Grayscale;1:10,000 (E 18°32ʹ57ʺ--E 18°36ʹ54ʺ/N 3°50ʹ04ʺ--N 3 ...
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Tropical dry ecosystems (TDEs) cover half of the tropics and play a key role in global carbon dynamics. TDEs present distinct canopy and ground layers that often exhibit contrasting phenological patterns. On‐the‐ground observations of phenology by the human eye, though valuable, may suffer from limited temporal resolution and observer biases ...
Desirée Marques Ramos +35 more
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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn +4 more
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Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante +3 more
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Non‐Alzheimer Aβ deposits in the human CNS: Implications with hypoxia and related conditions
Brain Pathology, EarlyView.An Aβ deposit in a non‐Alzheimer's brain from an individual who experienced hypoxia/energy failure. Abstract We recently reported the deposition of Aβ in the frontal cortex of individuals who died of acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), or who did not have COVID‐19 but had respiratory distress, or infants with severe cardiac malformations.
Esma Karlovich +5 more
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Congo Red Unmasks the Culprit Behind Gastrointestinal Bleeding. [PDF]
CureusRussell CC +4 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Climate change has reached unprecedented levels, causing frequent extreme events like droughts and fires. These changes are driving a sharp rise in extinction risk for mammals and threatening key Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) such as clean water, air quality, and climate regulation.
Marta Cimatti +2 more
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Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic evaluation of ternary metal-selenide-chitosan microspheres for the degradation of Congo red dye. [PDF]
RSC AdvKhan N +8 more
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