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Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists

Annals of Human Biology, 2017
Background: The origin of Western African pastoralism, represented today by the Fulani nomads, has been a highly debated issue for the past decades, and has not yet been conclusively resolved. Aim: This study focused on Alu polymorphisms in sedentary and
Martina Čížková, Zuzana Hofmanová, Mohammed G. Mokhtar, Václav Janoušek, Issa Diallo, Pavel Munclinger, Viktor Černý   +6 more
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Tending to the Particular: Navigating Tensions Around Principles of Alternativity Through an Ethics of Care

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Alternative organizations must continuously address conflicts that emerge regarding diverging prioritizations and interpretations of autonomy, solidarity, and responsibility. We explore how tensions around alternative moral principles can be navigated through relational processes that attune to others' needs, emotions, and concerns.
Jonas Friedrich, Christina Lüthy
wiley   +1 more source

Haematological parameters, natural regulatory CD4 + CD25 + FOXP3+ T cells and γδ T cells among two sympatric ethnic groups having different susceptibility to malaria in Burkina Faso

BMC Research Notes, 2012
Background Fulani ethnic group individuals are less susceptible than sympatric Mossi ethnic group, in term of malaria infection severity, and differ in antibody production against malaria antigens.
Sanou Guillaume S, Tiendrebeogo Régis W, Ouédraogo André L, Diarra Amidou, Ouédraogo Alphonse, Yaro Jean-Baptiste, Ouédraogo Espérance, Verra Federica, Behr Charlotte, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Modiano David, Dolo Amagana, Torcia Maria G, Traoré Yves, Sirima Sodiomon B, Nébié Issa   +15 more
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Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
wiley   +1 more source

Lactase persistence genotypes and malaria susceptibility in Fulani of Mali

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background Fulani are a widely spread African ethnic group characterized by lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum, clinical malaria morbidity and higher rate of lactase persistence compared to sympatric tribes.
Dolo Amagana, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Maiga Bakary, Israelsson Elisabeth, Järvelä Irma, Lokki A, Doumbo Ogobara K, Meri Seppo, Holmberg Ville   +8 more
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Exploring the Dynamics of Identity Based Conflict and the Possibility for its Sustainable Management: A Study of the Persistent Ethno-Religious Conflict in Wukari Area of Taraba State, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2013
This article explores the dynamics of identity-based conflict and the possibility for its management. The study in particular focuses on the persistent ethno-religious conflicts in the Wukari Area of Taraba State, Nigeria.
Matudi, G.I., Momodu, Abiodun L., Momodu, Jude A.   +2 more
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Dread in the Homeland: Symbolic Politics and Ethnonationalist Struggles for Self‐Determination in Nigeria

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The revival of Biafran separatism in contemporary Nigeria is often explained with three leading theoretical frameworks: relative deprivation, political economy and state repression. Whereas relative deprivation and political economy perspectives posit that the resurgent separatism derives from the perception and empirical reality of ...
Promise Frank Ejiofor
wiley   +1 more source

Change in population and land use intensity under the aspect of the physical environment and accessibility [PDF]

, 2007
The land use in the Tangale-Waja area is analysed according to the two basic categories of geography: Firstly the manifold interaction between men and environment which form the spatial characteristics of an area, and secondly the decrease of influence ...
Fricke, Werner, Heinrich, Jürgen, Kaufhold, Dieter   +2 more
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Ethnicity and the dilemma of ethno-communal conflicts in North-Central Nigeria : the case of Nasarawa State [PDF]

, 2018
This paper considers the contemporary phenomenon of ethno-communal conflict and its dilemmas in north-central Nigeria, with particular reference to Nasarawa State. By way of a synthesis of primary and secondary research, enabled by a combination of field
Nlewem, Onyebuchi Daniel
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In perennial Arabis alpina, CONSTANS and FLOWERING LOCUS T have common and distinct effects on flowering and inflorescence architecture

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Flowering of perennial Arabis alpina is differentially regulated on primary and axillary shoots. Although contributions of vernalization and ageing pathways have been analysed, those of photoperiodic flowering genes CONSTANS (CO), FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), and TWIN‐SISTER OF FT (TSF) remain unexplored.
Niharika Sashidhar, George Coupland
wiley   +1 more source