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Differences in Fcgamma receptor IIa genotypes and IgG subclass pattern of anti-malarial antibodies between sympatric ethnic groups in Mali

Malaria Journal, 2008
Background The Ig Fc receptor family is an important link between the humoral and cellular immune systems. The association of a dimorphism in amino acid 131 (R/H) of the FcγRIIa with malaria severity, the R-allele being associated with a milder disease ...
Dolo Amagana, Iriemenam Nnaemeka C, Lysén Anna, Maiga Bakary, Vafa Manijeh, Israelsson Elisabeth, Doumbo Ogobara K, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Berzins Klavs   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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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

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

Educational Attainment and Early Marriage Practice: A Study of Hausa/Fulani Settlers in Southwest, Nigeria

Educational Process: International Journal
Background/purpose. The study explores how educational attainment among migrant communities in Lagos and Oyo states shapes perceptions and practices of early marriage.
Omolola Silva Asagba , Moses Metumara Duruji , Felix C. Chidozie, Goddy Uwa Osimen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivation and marketing of farm products in the hinterland of Gombe, NE-Nigeria [PDF]

, 2006
The study investigates elements influencing agricultural development in villages of the hinterland of Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. It aims to discover changes in socio-economic and socio-cultural interactions that exist among household, region, nation ...
Malchau, Gilbert
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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

Changes in the levels of cytokines, chemokines and malaria-specific antibodies in response to Plasmodium falciparum infection in children living in sympatry in Mali

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background The Fulani are known to be less susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum malaria as reflected by lower parasitaemia and fewer clinical symptoms than other sympatric ethnic groups.
Boström Stéphanie, Giusti Pablo, Arama Charles, Persson Jan-Olov, Dara Victor, Traore Boubacar, Dolo Amagana, Doumbo Ogobara, Troye-Blomberg Marita   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fifteen years of forest community management in Niger: From a technician's dream to social reality [PDF]

, 2010
Community forestry is based on the premise that local management by a community appropriating the resource on a delimited space guarantees a sustainable management.
Montagne, Pierre, Peltier, Régis, Rives, Fanny   +2 more
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Assessment of animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) vulnerability in cattle-owning communities of sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is one of the biggest constraints to livestock production and a threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Hagos, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Miruk, A Soudré, A Sow, A Teko-Agbo, APM Shaw, C Waiswa, C. Mumba, D Grace, D Muhanguzi, EH Waaij van der, G Cecchi, G Hendrickx, G Rowlands, G. B. Napier, GA Vale, GK Fuller, H Buyst, H Simukoko, H. R. Holt, J Bouyer, J McDermott, J Woodford, J. Guitian, L Sinyangwe, M Abdoulmoumini, M Chanie, M Pinder, M Simon-Grifé, MJB Vreysen, N Machila, N Machila, NE Anderson, OD Cardona, P Bossche Van den, P Solano, PP Simarro, R Fikru, R Selby, R. Selby, S Costard, S Tasew, V Delespaux   +45 more
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