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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological, Clinical and Paraclinical Profile of Paediatric Malaria at University Hospital Centre Amissa Bongo in Franceville, Gabon

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Background: Malaria remains the deadliest parasitic disease and continues to cause more than half a million deaths across the world each year, mainly victims are sub-Saharan children. Malaria is a common reason for paediatric hospitalisation.
Roméo Karl Imboumy-Limoukou, Jean Claude Biteghe-Bi-Essone, Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui, Jean Jordan Ekogha-Ovono, D’Alva Noronha Ingrid Nascimento, Steede Seinnat Ontoua, Cherone Nancy Mbani Mpega Ntigui, Lady Charlène Kouna, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki   +8 more
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Transmission of human African trypanosomiasis in the Komo-Mondah focus, Gabon

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about transmission of sleeping sickness in a given focus is of a great importance since it governs the efficacy and the cost-effectiveness of control strategy.
Lisette Kohagne Tongué, Paulette Mengue M’eyi, Raceline Gounoue Kamkuimo, Dramane Kaba, Francis J Louis, Rémy Mimpfoundi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social policies of forest concessionaires in West and Central Africa [PDF]

, 2008
Timber concessions in West and Central Africa have traditionally left a dismal record in terms of social policies that go back to the colonial period, yet these same policies have undergone unprecedented change in a limited number of concessions over the
Jégou, Chloé, Karsenty, Alain, Singer, Benjamin   +2 more
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Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
wiley   +1 more source

Plasmodium vivax-like genome sequences shed new insights into Plasmodium vivax biology and evolution [PDF]

, 2018
Although Plasmodium vivax is responsible for the majority of malaria infections outside Africa, little is known about its evolution and pathway to humans. Its closest genetic relative, P.
Arnathau, Céline, Boundenga, Larson, Durand, Patrick, Franzon, Blaise, Gilabert, Aude, Makanga, Boris, Moukodoum, Nancy D., Ngoubangoye, Barthélémy, Okouga, Alain-Prince, Ollomo, Benjamin, Otto, Thomas D., Paupy, Christophe, Prugnolle, Franck, Renaud, François, Rougeron, Virginie, Rutledge, Gavin G.   +15 more
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Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi, Olufemi Gbenga Onatunji, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Added value of mean blood pressure and placental growth factor in the early detection of pre-eclampsia among gabonese women

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Objective: To evaluate the use of the Foetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) algorithm in routine practice for early pre-eclampsia (PE) screening in Libreville.
Elisabeth Lendoye, Ulysse Pascal Minkobame, Opheelia Makoyo Komba, Pamphile Assoumou Obiang, Luce Nkene Eya'a, Ulrich Bisvigou, Lydie Moukambi, Bénédicte Ndeboko, Jacques Albert Bang Ntamack, Edgard Brice Ngoungou, Joël Fleury Djoba Siawaya, Félix Ovono Abessolo, Jean François Meyé   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa. [PDF]

, 2020
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa, Zambia, and Gabon identified the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB; Rousettus ...
Amara, Emmanuel, Amman, Brian R, Bairoh, Fatmata V, Bakarr, Ibrahim A, Bangura, Abdulai A, Bangura, Camilla, Bangura, Doris, Bangura, James, Belaganahalli, Manjunatha, Bird, Brian H, Chow, Andrew, Conteh, Immah, Coomber, Moinya, Dhanota, Jasjeet, Edwin, Lavalie, Foday, Ibrahim, Gbakima, Aiah A, Gibson, Alexandra, Goldstein, Tracey, Graziano, James, Guetiya Wadoum, Raoul Emeric, Jambai, Amara, Johnny, Jonathan, Kamanda, Emmanuel S, Kamara, Sorie M, Kanu, Marilyn, Kanu, Osman, Kargbo, Dickson, Koroma, Alusine H, Lebbie, Aiah, Lungai, Victor, Mazet, Jonna AK, Mereweather-Thompson, Vanessa, Musa, Jonathan, Nichol, Stuart T, Ontiveros, Victoria, Osborne, Augustus, Patel, Ketan, Robert, Willie, Saidu, Emmanuel, Schuh, Amy J, Sealy, Tara K, Singh, Tushar, Taboy, Celine H, Towner, Jonathan S, Tremeau-Bravard, Alexandre, Turay, Joseph, Turay, Mohamed, Wadsworth, Richard, Williams, Samuel Maxwell Tom   +49 more
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Green Finance, Energy Transition and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa: A Dynamic Analysis of African Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the dynamic relationship between Green Finance (proxied by green Official Development Assistance) and the expansion of Renewable Energies on biodiversity conservation across 48 African countries over the period 2000–2017.
Mounkaila Gourouza Nana Hadiza, Mohamed Kouni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source