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Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
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The Validation of the sickle scan technique used to diagnose sickle cell disease

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Sickle cell disease is a multifactorial haemoglobinopathy that causes various abnormalities in affected individuals. Several diagnostic methods exist, but most require sophisticated techniques that are not available in Congolese ...
Magain Mihatano Barihuta, Guelord Inkalaba, Jocelyn Kakumba Mankulu , Olivier Nzingula, Maguy Luvandu Mbenza, Nicole M. Misengabu, M Ndeme, Michel Diyi, Mbembe Bitengeli, Tresor Bayebila Menanzambi, Nsimba Miezi, José Lami Nzunzu, Fridolin Kodondi Kule-koto   +12 more
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PMA2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa, Kongo Central) Round 6 Household & Female Survey (2017)

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 6 Household and Female survey (HQFQ) included a sample of 58 enumeration areas (EAs) was drawn (PPS) in Kinshasa. Each EA was listed and mapped; 33 households were randomly selected.
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, Tulane University School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo   +2 more
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The morphological affinities of the fossil cranium from Kabua, Kenya Affinités morphologiques du crâne fossile de Kabua (Kenya)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range
Abel Marinus Bosman, Laura Tabitha Buck, Hugo Reyes‐Centeno, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Chris Stringer, Rainer Grün, Qingfeng Shao, Katerina Harvati   +7 more
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Undiversity, inequity, and exclusion in supply chains: The unintended fallout of economic sanctions and consumer boycotts

Production and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin, Ajay Kumar, Tyson R. Browning   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalising people-centred community-led self-help groups to improve mental health and wellbeing for people with skin-neglected tropical diseases: a case study from Kasai, DRC

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionPeople affected by skin-neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) may experience stigma and discrimination due to visible physical impairments, negatively affecting their mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life.
Motto Nganda, Maaike Seekles, Jacob Kadima, Pierre Luhaka, Junior Kukola, Joy Kim, Yvonne Kuavo, Christian Bulambo, Raphael Mulamba, Stephanie Ngenyibungi, Florent Ngondu, Louis Sabuni, Laura Dean   +12 more
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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with the use of curative healthcare services in Bunia Health Zone facilities, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Access to quality curative care remains a challenge in many low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies healthcare utilization as a key determinant of public health outcomes.
C. F. Kpane, K. F. Bisingurege, M. Zawadi, Amuda Baba, N. H. Chelo, K. Z. Tsongo, O. S. Wembonyama   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

PMA2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 3 Household & Female Survey (2015)

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Round 3 Household and Female (HQFQ) survey included a sample of 58 enumeration areas (EA) was drawn (PPS) in Kinshasa.
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, Tulane University School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, Democratic Republic of Congo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Micrographic profiling and bio-optimisation of the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Solanum lycopersicum L. (1753) by combining it with Curcuma longa L. (1753) extract

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Oxidative stress and antibiotic resistance are currently a major public health problem; hence, the search for new sources of anti-infective agents is essential. Purpose The aim of the present study was to determine the micrographic
Odette Kabena Ngandu, Yolie Yasombe Koizo, Olivier K. Mpungi, Lionel S. Asamboa, Jean-Jacques D. Amogu, Jeff B. Iteku, Francis F. Mubigalo, Jonathan M. Mukania, Franklin M. Nzembo   +8 more
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