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Cyclic Trends of Wildfires over Sub-Saharan Africa
Fire, 2023 In this paper, the patterns of the occurrences of fire incidents over sub-Saharan Africa are studied on the basis of satellite data. Patterns for the whole sub-Saharan Africa are contrasted with those for northern sub-Saharan Africa and southern ...
Reason L. Machete, Kebonyethata Dintwe
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Conflict and Health, 2021 Background Both conflict and non-conflict sexual violence have been well described in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, there is little empiric data comparing sexual violence patterns for males and females in the DRC, and little is known ...
Justin Paluku Lussy +5 more
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The health impact of Saharan dust exposure
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2019 Air pollution is a high priority global health concern. The health damaging effects of ambient particulate matter (PM), a component of air pollution, are extensively documented, with 1.4% of deaths worldwide resulting from exposure to PM.
Michail Kotsyfakis +2 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 Helianthemum caput-felis is an Endangered plant species growing in the western Mediterranean basin. Its distribution is well known to the European and Moroccan regional populations, but no data from its distribution in Algeria have been reported since ...
Jonás C. Agulló +4 more
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Models for Migrant Leadership: The Cape Town Women's Platform
African Human Mobility Review, 2021 Since 2011, South Africa has increasingly moved toward an immigration system of enforcement and exclusion, seeking to discourage immigration through punitive policies that make daily life for migrants difficult to bear.
Leah Mundell, Emma Carone
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Academic Engagement through Moodle Analytics: A Geo-Educational Approach to Early Detection of At-Risk Students in South African Higher Education [PDF]
Journal of Education and Learning TechnologyGhana’s education system has undergone significant reforms since independence, with policies aimed at increasing access and improving quality. While initiatives such as Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and the Free Senior High School ...
Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye +2 more
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Diet Culture and Obesity in Northern Africa [PDF]
The Journal of Nutrition, 2001 The etiology of obesity in North Africa is not well understood and few studies shed any light on its development among women. This study compiles what is known about the prevalence of obesity and its determinants in Morocco and Tunisia. Results from the authors' two surveys on nutrition-related disease among reproductive-age women (sample size: 2800 ...
N, Mokhtar +7 more
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Does Teacher Availability Matter?-Evidence from Uwezo East Africa Study Data
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2016 Student academic achievement is a confluence of many variables. Among the most debate is the impact of teachers on students overall academic success.
Ishmael I. Munene, Sara J Ruto
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Three-dimensional dust aerosol distribution and extinction climatology over northern Africa simulated with the ALADIN numerical prediction model from 2006 to 2010 [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2015 The seasonal cycle and optical properties of mineral dust aerosols in northern Africa were simulated for the period from 2006 to 2010 using the numerical atmospheric model ALADIN (Aire Limitée Adaptation dynamique Développement InterNational) coupled to ...
M. Mokhtari +5 more
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Veterinary and Animal Science, 2021 Northern Sudan is an important corridor cluster between pools of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in East and North Africa. It involves almost the whole border area with Egypt and represents a considerable part of a projected disease-free zone in ...
Nussiba H Ahmed +4 more
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