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Do Financialization and Innovation Enhance Environmental Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses the perception of Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region with limited financial capabilities and technological advancement to enhance environmental sustainability. Conducted across 24 SSA countries from 2000 to 2021, the research employs instrumental IV and panel quantile regressions.
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Maria L. Gorbunova, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi, Simplice A. Asongu, Aïda Kammoun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence of postpartum depression among women with postpartum haemorrhage in Kano, northern Nigeria. [PDF]

NPJ Womens Health
Tsiga-Ahmed FI, Umar MU, Adamu AL, Sulaiman SK, Gboluwaga AT, Jalo RI, Ibrahim UM, Ayaba AK, Ahmed ZD, Sunusi SM, Abdullahi NT, Kabir HS, Abu SM, Galadanci HS.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Revisiting the Association of Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease (PD) is substantial, but heterogeneity in methodology and lack of categorization according to the type of exposure and pesticide classes in previous meta‐analyses impair the interpretation of data. This study aims to update evidence of the association between pesticide exposure
Pedro Henrique Passos da Silva, Jadson Silva Abreu, Rafael Sidônio Gibson Gomes, Hemengella Karyne Alves Oliveira, Artur F. S. Schuh, Ignacio F. Mata, Bruno Lopes Santos‐Lobato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing measles vaccination coverage through supplementation with an SQ-LNS incentive in children aged 6 to 23 months: study protocol of NutriVax-Measles, a superiority pragmatic parallel cluster-randomized controlled trial in Yobe State, Northern Nigeria. [PDF]

Trials
Cazes C, Goni BW, Muhammad NS, Gabillard D, Balonda PK, Feuzeu L, Atanga I, Yapi B, Habiyambere GG, Danho S, Balestre E, Adams KP, Plazy M, Phelan KPQ, Becquet R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the adoption of multiple Integrated Striga Management (ISM) technologies among smallholder maize farmers in rural Northern Nigeria. [PDF]

Heliyon
Baiyegunhi LJS, Hassan MB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Microplastics and the Endocrine–Metabolic Interface: Novel Diagnostic Tools Targeting Thyroid–Adipose Axis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as major environmental contaminants that can affect organisms directly and act as carriers of particles and chemical additives, thereby aggravating endocrine networks that coordinate metabolic homeostasis.
Sunday Amos Onikanni, Babasola Aiyeku, Marjorie Dardis Murucci, Temitope Aribigbola, Kenia Bispo, Oluwatosin Stella Olayinka, Rômulo Sperduto Dezonne, Sara Gemini Piperni, Paula Soares, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Leandro Miranda‐Alves   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing desertification vulnerability and mitigation strategies in northern Nigeria: A comprehensive approach. [PDF]

Heliyon
Yahaya II, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Inuwa AY, Zhao Y, You Y, Basiru HA, Ochege FU, Na Z, Ogbue CP, Muhammad M, Mihertu YF, Tanko IA, Shoukat W.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What can be done virtually? A modified Delphi study offering guidance on virtual companion animal physical examinations

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The inability to adopt a hands‐on approach can be viewed as a limitation to provide veterinary care virtually. The objective of this study was to establish guidance to support the remote delivery of a companion animal physical examination by video. Methods A modified approach to the Delphi method was followed.
Rosalie Fortin‐Choquette, Jason B. Coe, Cathy Bauman, Lori M. Teller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source