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Does ulnar curvature covary with locomotion and substrate use in cercopithecids?

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This study investigates ulnar curvature in cercopithecids in relation to locomotor behaviors, introducing an analysis of anteroposterior and mediolateral curvature, using geometric morphometric on 167 specimens (23 species). Although the two curvatures distinguish arboreal and terrestrial quadrupeds, their moderate covariation suggests that they ...
Nicolas Pappalardo, Laurent Pallas, Julian Karoui‐Canedo, Franck Guy, Guillaume Daver   +4 more
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Influence of employee’s intellectual wellness programmes on service delivery in faith-based hospitals in Nairobi metropolitan area

Research Journal of Education, Teaching and Curriculum Studies
This study sought to investigate the intellectual wellness programmes on service delivery in faith-based hospitals in the Nairobi metropolitan area. In the modern competitive business environment, organisations and their management have realised that ...
Beatrice Wairimu Karanja, David Gichuhi, Kellen Kiambati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating the In‐Laws: Class and Kin Support Within Marriage in Urban Kenya

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study compares affinal kin relationships in low‐income and higher‐income families in Nairobi, Kenya. Background In most studies of kinship structure and relationships in sub‐Saharan Africa, culture serves as the basis upon which norms and expectations of kin are differentiated.
Kirsten Stoebenau, Nikita Viswasam, Estelle M. Sidze, Sangeetha Madhavan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Basis risk, social comparison, perceptions of fairness, and demand for insurance: A field experiment in Ethiopia

Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract Index insurance lowers agricultural risk but covers only covariate risks. Since farmers do not have complete insurance, they may develop mistrust of insurance when experiencing crop losses and not receiving payouts. Although recent innovations in remote sensing enable the provision of more complete insurance including coverage for ...
Berber Kramer, Maria Porter, Solomon B. Wassie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review: Marcus Power and Ana Cristina Alves (eds.), China and Angola: A Marriage of Convenience? (2012) Buchbesprechung: Marcus Power und Ana Cristina Alves (Hrsg.), China and Angola: A Marriage of Convenience? (2012)

Africa Spectrum, 2013
Review of the edited volume: Marcus Power and Ana Cristina Alves (eds.), China and Angola: A Marriage of Convenience?, Cape Town, Dakar, Nairobi, and Oxford: Pambazuka Press, 2012, ISBN 9780857491084, 192 pagesBesprechung des Sammelbandes: Marcus Power ...
Jon Schubert
doaj  

Diets, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Nutritional Status in Tanzania: Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This scoping review summarizes evidence on diets, fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, and nutritional status in Tanzania to identify information gaps and to help with the design and targeting of potential interventions to improve F&V intake. While the majority of existing literature on diets and F&V intake was heterogeneous, evidence suggests that among ...
Dorcas A. Amunga, Sonja Y. Hess, Frederick K. E. Grant, Joyce Kinabo, Deanna K. Olney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some reflections from my wonderful career in Psychological Anthropology

Ethos, EarlyView.
Thomas S. Weisner
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Evidence Gaps: Diets and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Across Five Diverse Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This perspective article synthesizes findings from scoping reviews examining diet and F&V intake, and interventions to increase F&V consumption among population groups in five countries: Benin, Fiji, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. ABSTRACT Poor dietary quality, particularly inadequate fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, remains a significant ...
Manisha Tharaney, Sonja Y. Hess, Lilia Bliznashka, Dorcas A. Amunga, Fusta Azupogo, Nadia Koyratty, Taryn J. Smith, Imelda Angeles‐Agdeppa, Eva A. Goyena, Frederick Grant, Joyce Kinabo, Irene Medeme Mitchodigni, Anasaini Moala Silatolu, Renuka Silva, Mutinta Hambayi, Thushanthi Perera, Deanna K. Olney   +16 more
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Distance From Treatment Is Associated With Poorer Admission Status and Worse Outcomes Among Acutely Malnourished Children

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Distance from health facilities is an important predictor of treatment seeking and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the relationship between distance from care with admission characteristics and treatment outcomes among children admitted to malnutrition treatment.
Suvi T. Kangas, Abel Khisa, Zachary Tausanovitch, Bareye Ouologuem, Issa Niamanto Coulibaly, Koniba Diassana, Alhousseyni Haidara, Grace Heymsfield, Christian Ritz, André Briend, Jeanette Bailey   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses, from flower‐packing plants in Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes, Karien Labuschagne, Eric Maurice Fèvre, Matthew Baylis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source