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Genotyping the BCL11A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Associated Levels of Fetal Hemoglobin in Mauritanian Sickle Cell Patients

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major heritable genetic disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritania. Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) can affect the pathophysiology, moderate the clinical course, and offer prospects for curative treatment of SCD.
Aminetou Taleb Brahim, Mariem Taleb, Harouna Soumaré, Sidi Mohamed Ghaber, Aminetou Mohamed, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping and Nutrient Profiles of Commercially Produced Complementary Foods in West Africa. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
ABSTRACT Commercially produced complementary foods (CPCFs) are increasingly preferred over home‐prepared foods but do not always comply with international recommendations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the compliance of CPCFs sold in West Africa with the World Health Organization (WHO) European Nutritional and Promotional Profile Model (NPPM ...
Diongue A, Mama OM, Souho T, Kouton SLE, Fofana A, Diagana YS, Issa MY, Sadou H, Kou'santa AS, Hounkpatin WA, Laillou A, Nanama S, Faye MH, Diouf A, Idohou-Dossou N.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

‘Missing persons’: Ancient legacies of human–environment interaction in tropical natural properties inscribed under the 1972 World Heritage Convention

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
wiley   +1 more source

Osteoporosis-Pseudoglioma in a Mauritanian Child due to a Novel Mutation in LRP5

Case Reports in Genetics, 2016
Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma (OPPG) syndrome is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder, caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene.
Noura Biha, S. M. Ghaber, M. M. Hacen, Corinne Collet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges in population monitoring: Bar‐tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) on the East Atlantic Flyway defy assumed population structure

Ibis, EarlyView.
Estimating and monitoring migratory bird populations involves significant challenges, even in the most well‐studied and easily‐counted species, and can be further complicated by long‐held but unverified assumptions and by shifting distributions in changing flyway conditions.
Jesse R. Conklin, Roeland A. Bom, Åke Lindström, Pierrick Bocher, Theunis Piersma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

International Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

From External Governance to Energy Diplomacy: The European Pursuit of Green Hydrogen

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and its Member States are faced with the double imperative of ensuring energy security whilst reaching decarbonisation goals. A number of authors have suggested that we are observing a geopolitical Commission that is shifting to more active ‘energy diplomacy’, as opposed to its
Silvia Weko, Rainer Quitzow
wiley   +1 more source