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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study critically examines the relationship between the neo‐liberal economic ideas about development cooperation, overseas development assistance and foreign direct investment (FDI). Specifically, it explores how Germany's neo‐liberal Marshall Plan with Africa influences the investment decisions of German companies in Africa.
Kweku Adams +2 more
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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative study. [PDF]
Malar JLufele E +9 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study has investigated two objectives. First, it examines the unconditional impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on Africa's structural transformation. Second, it explores the conditional role of human resource development in the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and structural transformation.
Ekene ThankGod Emeka +2 more
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3D full‐field strain distribution across the osteochondral unit during osteoarthritis progression
VIEW, EarlyView.Strain patterns across the cartilage‐bone unit play an important role in the early changes that lead to osteoarthritis (OA). To investigate this, cartilage‐bone plugs from guinea pigs with a natural progression of OA were taken at different stages of the disease (pre‐OA, early‐stage OA and late‐stage OA) and subjected to loads equal to two (L1) or four
Sarah Davis +4 more
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The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Climate Change on Allergic Rhinitis and Lung Diseases
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental pollution and climate change seriously affect human health, leading to the onset and exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases, such as allergic rhinitis and lung diseases. Over the past several decades, increasing air pollution and environmental exposure owing to global urbanization, industrialization, and rapid economic ...
Xin‐Yan Liu +4 more
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A global review of the conservation status of true quails (Families Odontophoridae and Phasianidae)
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Understanding the conservation status of species is imperative to stem global declines. To better inform conservation, we summarized the global conservation status of New World (Family Odontophoridae) and Old World (Family Phasianidae) true quail species.
Kathan Bandyopadhyay, Jeffrey L. Beck
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Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) are among the most important insect prey for many vertebrate predators, including birds and mammals, owing to their large size and high nutritional value. Although the ecological roles of cicadas as prey for birds have been well documented, the interactions between mammals and cicadas are relatively unknown.
Kanzi M. Tomita
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Spectacled flying‐fox Pteropus conspicillatus populations have declined so seriously over two decades that they are now endangered. Inaction has allowed threats to increase. Extreme heat events are now a lethal reality, habitat loss continues almost unabated, and pressure to disperse roosts is ever‐present. Obtaining resources and taking action to help
Noel Preece
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Effective wildlife law enforcement is important in the drive for biodiversity conservation. This study examined the challenges of wildlife law enforcement in Oyo and Lagos States of Nigeria across four security outfits (Nigerian Police Force [NPF], Nigerian Customs Service [NCS], National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency ...
Oluwatosin Mercy Dada +2 more
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