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Purification of residual glycerol recovered from biodiesel production

South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019
Transesterification is the most widely used reaction in the production of biodiesel. It involves the breaking of the triglyceride structure and the exchange of alkyl groups with the hydroxide groups of the alcohol to obtain the new ester (biodiesel).
Fernando D. Pitt, Anabela M. Domingos, A.A. Chivanga Barros   +2 more
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The Origins, Context and Political Significance of the Mushala Rebellion against the Zambian One-Party State [PDF]

, 2007
The article focuses on the origins, context, and political significance of Adamson Mushala's rebellion against the Zambian one-party state. While making no substantial military gains, Mushala succeeded in destabilizing the North-Western Province, the ...
Larmer, M., Macola, Giacomo
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Overcoming Institutional Immobility? Evaluating Employment Outcomes of Repatriated Chinese Migrants From Overseas Civil Engineering Projects

Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 64-78, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines variations in the post‐repatriation employment outcomes of returnees from employer‐administered cross‐country assignments in a Chinese state‐owned enterprise. Analysis of interviews and documents led us to question whether and how the repatriates, including individuals on continuous and temporary employment, made use of ...
Yu Zheng, Meng Xing, Chris Smith, Ling Eleanor Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reasons and circumstances for the late notification of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases in health facilities in Luanda

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
INTRODUCTION: As the polio eradication effort enters the end game stage, surveillance for Acute Flaccid Paralysis in children becomes a pivotal tool. Thus given the gaps in AFP surveillance as identified in the cases of late notification, this study was ...
Arciolanda Macama, Joseph Okeibunor, Silvia Grando, Karim Djibaoui1, Robert Koudounoaga Yameogo1, Alda Morais, Alex Ntale Gasasira, Salla Mbaye, Richard Mihigo, Deo Nshimirimana   +9 more
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Luanda Leaks – A Conceptual Approach

, 2020
The international Media in the last days is giving news about a possible appropriation of money belonging to Angola State in advantage of a misconduct of the PR of Angola, favouring a familiar. I believe necessary to make a framework of the conceptual definitions about the facts announced by the media in order to make an opinion about what it is ...
openaire   +1 more source

Transport Connectivity and Urban Development: The Case of Africa (1880–2020)

Geographical Analysis, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the interplay between population dynamics and transport connectivity in African municipalities from 1880 to 2020. Using an original historical dataset spanning African countries, we examine how proximity to railways and ports has shaped population dynamics over time.
Bárbara Polo‐Martín, Daniel Castillo‐Hidalgo, César Ducruet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

High stakes and low bars: How international recognition shapes the conduct of civil wars [PDF]

, 2018
When rebel groups engage incumbent governments in war for control of the state, questions of international recognition arise. International recognition determines which combatants can draw on state assets, receive overt military aid, and borrow as ...
Azevedo Mario J., Bell Anthony, Bell Anthony, Chivvis Christopher S., Decalo Samuel, Field Michael E., Foltz William J., For, General Assembly UN, Gerdes Felix, Griffin Matthew, Halabi Sam Foster, Humphreys, Jackson Robert H., Jhabvala Farrokh, Kalley Jacqueline Audrey, Le Mon Christopher J., Marika Landau-Wells, Paul Collier, Rondos Alex, Simons Anna, Simons Geoff, Summers Chriso, Talmon Stefan A.G., U.S. Department of State, UN Security Council   +25 more
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Evidence‐Based Behavioral Interventions to Improve the Double‐Duty Actions Impacting the Dual Burden of Malnutrition: A Scoping Review

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
No scoping review summarizes evidence‐based behavioral interventions that improve double duty actions to prevent stunting and obesity. Inclusion criteria included articles from 2010 to 2024, behavioral interventions to improve breastfeeding, young child nutrition, and antenatal care, and were set in sub‐Saharan Africa or Asia.
Mary O. Hearst, Elizabeth Weinfurter, Lillian Norman, Clara A. Normile, Hussen Mekonnen, Melissa N. Laska   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

TERRITORIALIZING POWER: The Politics of Presidential Projects in Antananarivo, Madagascar

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 6, Page 1378-1398, November 2025.
Abstract Large‐scale infrastructure projects have become a defining feature of African urbanism. The study of the surge in infrastructure investments has largely been conducted against the backdrop of a purported ‘neoliberal global modernity’ in which cities compete to attract international investments.
Fanny Voélin, Lars Buur
wiley   +1 more source

Results from RV Utafiti research cruises [PDF]

, 1999
Monthly fish surveys were made from 1997-1999 in the Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria in order to estimate the magnitude of fisheries resources. Sample sites were defined using GPS while thirty minute hauls in alternate grid squares were made.
Getabu, A., Nyaudi, J.
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