Biophysical, histological, and bioaccumulation properties of Tilapia muscle affected by water pollution with heavy elements and microbes at the El-Rahawy drain in Egypt [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The leakage of sewage and agricultural drains has led to the contamination of freshwater branches with toxic heavy elements. This raises concerns about their toxic effects on aquatic ecosystems, especially on fish.
Abdel-Fattah B. Dawood +13 more
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The diversity of Maa (Nilotic) adverbs
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 Maa linguistic varieties (Maasai, Parakuyo, Chamus, Samburu, among others), of the Eastern Nilotic family (Nilo-Saharan phylum), have words which can modify a predicate or predication and have the function of what cross-linguistically are called adverbs.
Doris Payne
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Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the "endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt". [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2019 Populations in sub-Saharan Africa have historically been exposed to intense selection from chronic infection with falciparum malaria. Interestingly, populations with the highest malaria intensity can be identified by the increased occurrence of endemic ...
Mateus H Gouveia +33 more
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Whole genome population genetics analysis of Sudanese goats identifies regions harboring genes associated with major traits [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2017 Background Sudan is endowed with a variety of indigenous goat breeds which are used for meat and milk production and which are well adapted to the local environment.
Siham A. Rahmatalla +6 more
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Античная древность и средние века, 2022 This article addresses the problem of the cross-cultural dialogue between Egypt and Rome on the example of the image of the Nile, visually embodied in the Nilotic scenes. The geographical scope of the research is limited to the territory of Italy, since
Mark Sergeevich Chistalev
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The Syntax and Semantics of Clause-Chaining in Toposa
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 Some languages make extensive use of clause-chaining. According to Payne (1997: 312), clause-chaining has been documented for languages in the highlands of New Guinea, Australia and the Americas. In Africa it is found in Ethiopia (Völlmin et al.
Helga Schröder
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Dynamics of interacting populations language contact in the Lwoo languages of Bahr el-Ghazal
Studies in African Linguistics, 2003 Number inflection systems in Western Nilotic languages appear highly complex and diverse. Comparative work on Nilotic and other Nilo-Saharan families has shown that these languages have a morphologically tripartite system with marked plurals and a bare ...
Anne Storch
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Conditional constructions in Lopit, an Eastern Nilotic language
Studies in African Linguistics, 2017 Lopit is an Eastern Nilotic language of South Sudan. It has a number of ways of expressing conditionals. The most common way involves the use of the subordinate clause marker l- on the clause-initial verb which introduces the protasis.
Jonathan Moodie
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Potentiality of Growth Traits for Selection to Improve Productivity in Nilotic Cattle
Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023 Selection for traits of economic importance is crucial for improving productivity and reproductivity in livestock, including cattle. We investigated the prospects of using growth traits; viz: live-body weight (BW), absolute growth rate (AGR), relative ...
Milla Pitia, Jackson Muso, Muna Ahmed
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Dholuo Kincepts in Western Kenya
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 The Luo are a Nilotic people living in western Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania and in western Uganda. Their language, Dholuo, forms part of the Western Nilotic group of languages. This article presents the traditional kincepts (kinship terminology) of the
Washington Onyango-Ouma +1 more
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