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Gender differences in mobilization for collective action: case studies of villages in Northern Nigeria [PDF]

"Men and women participate in collective action for different purposes in northern Nigeria. Field work conducted in six villages show that while men engage in community activities such as road repairs, maintenance of schools and hospitals, refuse ...
Abdulwahid, Saratu
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Forecasting heart failure: Seasonal alignment of heart failure outcomes in New York

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 819-831, April 2025.
Abstract Background Seasonal variations have been observed in heart failure (HF) hospitalization. Numerous explanatory mechanisms have been proposed, but no prior studies have examined potential contributors directly. Our objective was to identify specific factors that could contribute to seasonal variability using a large longitudinal dataset of HF ...
Prerna Gupta, Ellen Brinza, Prateeti Khazanie, Pamela N. Peterson, P Michael Ho, David P. Kao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language and migration : the impact of the Jukun on Chadic speaking groups in the Benue-Gongola basin [PDF]

, 2006
Our paper deals with the problems of migration, culture and language in the wider Benue-Gongola basin. Here are mainly concerned the West-Chadic speaking groups Kwami, Kupto, Kushi and Piya as well as the Jukun who speak a language belonging to the Benue-
Dinslage, Sabine, Leger, Rudolf
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Recommendations for structural magnetic resonance imaging in infants with first afebrile seizure or new onset epilepsy: Evidence‐based recommendations from the ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Infants aged 1–24 months with new onset epilepsy frequently present with structural brain abnormalities, yet no updated evidence‐based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidelines exist for this population. The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Neuroimaging Task Force developed evidence‐based recommendations for structural brain MRI ...
Gavin P. Winston, Simone Salemme, Gaetano Cantalupo, Fernando Cendes, Felice D′Arco, Paolo Federico, William D. Gaillard, Eliane Kobayashi, Edward J. Novotny, Godwin Ogbole, Abdul Kareem Pullattayil, Domenico Tortora, Matthew T. Whitehead, Taoyun Yi, Francesco Brigo, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of HIV-Integrated Care on Uptake of Maternal Health and Routine Childhood Immunization Services at Primary Health Care Facility in Northern Nigeria: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care
Background: This study assessed the effect of HIV-integrated care delivered within routine primary health care (PHC) in Kano, Nigeria, on the uptake of maternal health and routine childhood immunization services.
Umar Muhammad Lawan, Robert Akparibo
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Multivariate test based on Hotelling's trace with application to crime rates

Scientific African, 2019
In this paper, crime rates comparison was made between the southern and northern regions of Nigeria using the multivariate test based on the Hotelling's trace. Data on armed-robbery attacks, stolen vehicle crimes and inmate population in the prisons from
O.D. Adubisi, C.E. Adubisi, I.J. David, C.C. Eleke, N. Njoku   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria [PDF]

We investigate the extent in which northern Nigerian households engage in internal migration to insure against ex ante and ex post agricultural risk due to weather-related variability and shocks.
Dillon, Andrew, Mueller, Valerie, Salau, Sheu   +2 more
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Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest Africa [PDF]

, 2012
Examines how climate change affects the number of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa traveling through Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, and Morocco; increased security risks in the region; how these factors exacerbate one another; and intercontinental ...
Laura Conley, Michael Werz
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Incidence and outcomes of childhood status epilepticus in Kano, northern Nigeria

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is a major neurological emergency in childhood, but population‐based data from low‐ and middle‐income countries remain limited. We estimated the incidence, mortality, neurological outcomes, and predictors of adverse outcomes among children with CSE in Kano, northern Nigeria.
Umar A. Sabo, Halima Kabir, Aminu T. Abdullahi, Halima Adamu, Auwal S. Salihu, Abba M. Abdullahi, Aminu Wada, Zubairu Iliyasu, Jamilu Zakari, Safiya Gambo, Binta W. Jibir, Muktar H. Aliyu, Usman J. Wudil, Donna J. Ingles, Heather L. Prigmore, Bryan E. Shepherd, Angela R. Paolucci, Edwin Trevathan   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sero-epidemiological survey and risk factors associated with bovine brucellosis among slaughtered cattle in Nigeria

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016
Bovine brucellosis is endemic in Nigeria; however, limited data exist on nationwide studies and risk factors associated with the disease. Using a cross-sectional sero-epidemiological survey, we determined the prevalence of and risk factors for ...
Victor O. Akinseye, Hezekiah K. Adesokan, Akwoba J. Ogugua, Folashade J. Adedoyin, Patricia I. Otu, Ayi V. Kwaghe, Noah O. Kolawole, Oyinye J. Okoro, Charity A. Agada, Adeniyi O. Tade, Olufemi O. Faleke, Anyanwu L. Okeke, Ibikunle M. Akanbi, Mofoluwake M. Ibitoye, Morenike O. Dipeolu, Emma J. Dale, Perrett Lorraine, Andrew V. Taylor, Emmanuel A. Awosanya, Eniola O. Cadmus, Judy A Stack, Simeon I. Cadmus   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source