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Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 499-513, July/August/September 2024.Abstract With the overwhelming “Anglocentric” or “alphabetocentric” science of reading, the current review aimed to add to the science of reading acquisition from the perspective of abugidic writing system, distinct from the well‐research alphabetic writing system in multiple dimensions of orthographic complexity, as proposed by Daniels and Share (2018)
Jialin Lai +2 more
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Nilo-Saharan Languages: Resources for language policy and planning
, 2021 A presentation at the 2021 Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 457-477, June 2024.Abstract Giving a precise definition of what an institution is raises epistemological dilemmas concerning its supposed universal applicability and the coexistence of different institutional regimes (e.g. state and customary). Scholars who have dabbled with this question often identify rules, behaviours, values, or social roles as the essence of ...
Giordano Marmone
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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A grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan language
, 2020 Firew Girma Worku completed a reference Grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan Language spoken in the Lower Omo Valley, in Southwestern Ethiopia. This is the first detailed documentation of this little-known language for its speakers. It is a valuable source material for linguists who are interested in the descriptive, documentation, and comparative studies ...
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Objectives Previous research revealed that in some African populations, food‐production strategies are associated with facial shape. Nomadic pastoralists living in the African Sahel/Savannah belt have a different facial morphology than their sedentary neighbors. We investigated whether the lifestyle associated with a subsistence pattern has an
Karel Kleisner +2 more
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Characterization of CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations
Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 115, Issue 3, Page 576-594, March 2024.Genetic variation in CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 is known to impact interindividual response to antiretrovirals, nicotine, and bupropion, among other drugs. However, the full catalogue of clinically relevant pharmacogenetic variants in these genes is yet to be established, especially across African populations. This study therefore aimed to characterize the star
David Twesigomwe +13 more
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Copy number variation in human genomes from three major ethno-linguistic groups in Africa
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Copy number variation is an important class of genomic variation that has been reported in 75% of the human genome. However, it is underreported in African populations.
Oscar A. Nyangiri +24 more
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Pediatric Diabetes, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Neonatal diabetes (ND) is a rare subtype of diabetes occurring in the first 6 months of life. High incidence has been reported among populations with high rates of consanguineous marriage. However, there is paucity of reported data from sub‐Saharan African countries.
Samar S. Hassan +9 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Distichodus is a clade of tropical freshwater fishes currently comprising 25 named species distributed continent-wide throughout the Nilo-Sudan and most Sub-Saharan drainages.
Jairo Arroyave +2 more
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