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International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesBackground: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) involving motorcycle taxi operators (Bodaboda drivers) represent a significant and growing public health crisis in Tanzania. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), RTAs are a leading cause of death and
Margaret P. Nyangi, Gilbert Waria
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Chloroquine resistance before and after its withdrawal in Kenya
Malaria Journal, 2009 Background The spread of resistance to chloroquine (CQ) led to its withdrawal from use in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s. In Malawi, this withdrawal was followed by a rapid reduction in the frequency of resistance to the point where ...
Marsh Kevin +10 more
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El cuerpo en el símbolo. Materialidad y percepción en la constitución de lo simbólico y lo poético desde las perspectivas cognitivistas de Gilbert Durand, Mark Johnson y Margaret Freeman [PDF]
Archivum, 2020 Este artículo traza las conexiones teóricas existentes entre el pensamiento de Gilbert Durand y los estudios cognitivos aplicados a la teoría de la literatura. Concretamente, revisa las nociones de esquema de imagen de Mark Johnson y de iconicidad poética de Margaret Freeman a la luz de las anticipaciones teóricas que realizó Durand a mediados del ...
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A comparative analysis of the information content in long and short SAGE libraries
BMC Bioinformatics, 2006 Background Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is a powerful tool to determine gene expression profiles. Two types of SAGE libraries, ShortSAGE and LongSAGE, are classified based on the length of the SAGE tag (10 vs. 17 basepairs).
Haines Jonathan L +7 more
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Associations between toenail arsenic concentration and dietary factors in a New Hampshire population
Nutrition Journal, 2012 Background Dietary factors such as folate, vitamin B12, protein, and methionine are important for the excretion of arsenic via one-carbon metabolism in undernourished populations exposed to high levels of arsenic via drinking water.
Gruber Joann F +8 more
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Prenatal lead exposure and elevated blood pressure in children
Environment International, 2018 Growing evidence suggests that environmental exposures can influence blood pressure over the course of a lifetime. Exposure to toxic metals, such as lead (Pb) and arsenic (As), has been associated with increased blood pressure in adults, but few studies ...
Shohreh F. Farzan +7 more
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Shared Agency on Gilbert and deep continuity
Journal of Social Ontology, 2014 I compare Bratman’s theory with Gilbert’s. I draw attention to their similarities, query Bratman’s claim that his theory is the more parsimonious, and point to one theoretical advantage of Gilbert’s theory.
Thomas H. Smith
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Antjie Krog en haar literêre moeders: die werking van ’n vroulike tradisie in die Afrikaanse poësie
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 This article looks at the way in which the Afrikaans poet Antjie Krog positions herself with regard to her female precursors or literary mothers in Afrikaans literature.
Louise Viljoen
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in the West region of Cameroon
Health Research in AfricaIntroduction. Prevention of Mother to Child transmission of Hepatitis B is crucial in mitigating the 95% the burden of acquiring the disease in childhood.
Kum Jerry Ngha +8 more
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BMC Genetics, 2004 Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex disorder that is responsible for the majority of central vision loss in older adults living in developed countries. Phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity complicate the analysis of genome-wide
Weeks Daniel E +10 more
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