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Adjustment constraints in developing countries: A comparative study [PDF]

, 2008
The debt crisis of the eighties has compelled many developing countries to catch up on a painful adjustment backlog. In addition to traditional stabilization measures sponsored by the IMF, many countries are now acquainted with the structural adjustment ...
Shams, Rasul
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Ornamental Exterior versus Therapeutic Interior of Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): The Two Faces of a Versatile Herb

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Catharanthus roseus (L.) known as Madagascar periwinkle (MP) is a legendary medicinal plant mostly because of possessing two invaluable antitumor terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs), vincristine and vinblastine. The plant has also high aesthetic value as an evergreen ornamental that yields prolific blooms of splendid colors.
Naghmeh Nejat, Alireza Valdiani, David Cahill, Yee-How Tan, Mahmood Maziah, Rambod Abiri, Da C. Hao   +6 more
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La suite voyelle-/R/ en créole et en français mauricien : analyses acoustiques

Études Créoles
This study investigates /VR/ sequences in Mauritian French and Mauritian Creole (e.g. French persil, lire – Creole. persi, lir). Using acoustic analyses of the first two formants (F1 and F2), we investigated not only the presence or absence of /R ...
Rachel Sapermal, Elisabeth Heiszenberger
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Embarrassing Anecdotes and Recovery: Language Attitudes and the Consequences of Haiti's Language Policy

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Only 5% of the Haitian population is fully bilingual in French and Kreyòl. On the contrary, 95% of the population is monolingual in the native language, Kreyòl. The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes of Haitian high school students toward Kreyòl and French, particularly as official languages, and investigate the effects of ...
Gerdine Michel Ulysse
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A Quantitative Ethnopharmacological Documentation of Natural Pharmacological Agents Used by Pediatric Patients in Mauritius

BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
The pediatric population constitutes the most vulnerable patients due to a dearth of approved drugs. Consequently, there is a pressing need to probe novel natural pharmacological agents in an endeavour to develop new drugs to address pediatric illnesses.
M. Fawzi Mahomoodally, D. Priyamka Sreekeesoon, Kota V. Ramana   +2 more
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Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma in French Guiana (1990–2019): Epidemiology, clinical features, and HTLV‐1 genetic diversity in the two main ethnic populations

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 158, Issue 6, Page 1528-1540, 15 March 2026.
What's new? Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a rare and aggressive malignancy caused by human T‐cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‐1). The authors comprehensively analyzed the epidemiological and clinical features of ATL over a 30‐year period in French Guiana, a region with high HTLV‐1 endemicity and a multiethnic population.
Jill‐Léa Ramassamy, Patricia Tortevoye, Balthazar Ntab, Gabriel Carles, Jean‐Pierre Droz, Pierre Couppié, Giovanni Begliomini, Jean‐Francois Carod, N'detodji‐Bill Wankpo, Karim Abdelmoumen, Philippe V. Afonso, Olivier Cassar, Antoine Talarmin, Olivier Hermine, Loïc Epelboin, Ambroise Marçais, Antoine Gessain   +16 more
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(Re)Pairing With Water: Climate Finance and the Prefigurative Positions of an Ocean Counter‐Politics

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper takes up recent calls to work ‘for and against climate capitalism’ to foreground the possibility of strategic engagements within capitalist structures that could destabilise its long‐standing exploitative dynamics. In doing so, it locates prefigurative positions of an ocean counter‐politics generated through novel blue financial ...
Carlo Ceglia
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Disciplining Desire: Rethinking Racial Capitalism Through Black Queer Resistance

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In Black communities, heteronormativity installs the belief that Black people are inherently straight, erasing Black Queer histories. Despite its significance, homophobia remains underexamined in racial capitalism discourse, which neglects the interplay of race, gender, sexuality, and capital.
Seon Yuzyk
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Contact and Language Change: Using the Present to Explain the Past1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 409-427, November 2025.
Abstract Although we may know the outcome of language changes that could have resulted from language contact in the past, we are unlikely to know how and why these changes occurred unless we also know about the individual speakers who came into contact and the nature of their interactions—information that all too often is impossible to uncover.
Jenny Cheshire
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Reconstructing historical catch trends of threatened sharks and rays based on fisher ecological knowledge

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 5, October 2025.
Abstract Small‐scale fisheries often lack historical shark and ray catch information, hampering their management. We reconstructed historical catch trends and current fishing pressure by combining local ecological knowledge, satellite‐based vessel counts, and a short‐term landing‐site survey.
Guido Leurs, Rima W. Jabado, Assana Camará, Lilísio Dos Santos, Diosnes Manuel Nonque, Thije J. Zuidewind, Iça Barry, Pierre Campredon, Benja Blaschke, Karin de Boer, Nadia Hijner, Han Olff, Samuel Ledo Pontes, Aissa Regalla, Matthew Bjerregaard Walsh, Laura L. Govers   +15 more
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