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The HIV and AIDS epidemic will continue to impact medically, socially and financially on sub-Saharan Africa. Opsomming Die MIV/VIGS-epidemie sal voortduur om ‘n mediese, sosiale en finansiële impak op Afrika, suid van die Sahara, te maak.
Michelle McLean, Linda Hiles
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Zukunftstechnologien bei der Stromerzeugung: Elektrizität im internationalen Vergleich
Welche Technologien setzen sich bei der Stromerzeugung gerade durch? Die Antwort sieht man eindeutig in den Trends von weltweiten Stromerzeugungsdaten. Analysiert man diese Daten mithilfe der Theorie der Diffusion von Innovationen, dann zeigt sich, wie Photovoltaik und Wind sich weltweit durchsetzen.
Axel Kleidon, Harald Lesch, Russ Conser
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Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy
Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis +1 more
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Mr President, His Majesty King Zwelithini, Professor Coovadia, Nkosi, friends... good evening. We have come to Durban to break the silence - To break the silence, stigma, indifference and ignorance surrounding the Aids epidemie.
Peter Piot
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Lagrangian atmospheric models were used in conjunction with ecophysiological factors to reconstruct the path and meteorological conditions of a long‐range migration flight of spruce budworm moths to Newfoundland, Canada. Moths travelled under high winds and warm temperatures that favoured their migratory flight until encountering cooler temperatures ...
Philippe Barnéoud +3 more
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Une épidémie de kératoconjonctivite granuleuse ovine, d'origine chlamydienne, en Côte-d'Ivoire
Au cours de la saison sèche 1990-1991, une épidémie de kératoconjonctivite granuleuse ovine a sévi en Côte-d'Ivoire. L'étiologie chlamydienne de l'affection a été démontrée.
Pierre Formenty, Joseph Domenech
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Hyperspectral imaging has a limited ability to remotely sense the onset of beech bark disease
Although hyperspectral imaging is a powerful remote sensing tool, it proved ineffective in predicting the progression of beech bark disease, except in its later stages, both at the canopy and leaf levels. While some alterations in chlorophyll, water content, and canopy structure may have influenced foliar reflectance at the canopy scale, as suggested ...
Guillaume Tougas +3 more
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Implications of Tobacco Use on Pathogen‐Driven Diseases: A Public Health and Policy Perspective
ABSTRACT The tobacco epidemic remains one of the most significant global public health challenges, responsible for over 8 million deaths annually, with a substantial portion occurring among non‐smokers exposed to second‐hand smoke. While cigarette smoking remains the most prevalent form of tobacco use worldwide, the rise of electronic nicotine delivery
Nadine Kabbani, James L. Olds
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Le Canada est confronté à une épidémie nationale de surdoses d’opioïdes, le nombre de décès associé étant en constante augmentation. Les expériences relatives aux opioïdes des collectivités de Kingston, du comté de Frontenac et du comté de Lennox et ...
Anees Bahji, Daenis Camiré
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Risk awareness and sexual relationships among youth in the Johannesburg area
The increase in the reported rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and sexually transmitted infections among the youth of South Africa has led to a rise in awareness campaigns to combat these epidemics.
F G Netswera
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