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Applications of N─F─Based Reagents in the Synthesis of Organochalcogen Compounds

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2025.
Herein, we provide a comprehensive review of recent advances in synthetic strategies to access organochalcogen‐decorated compounds using N─F reagents as efficient oxidants for converting chalcogen–chalcogen bonds into electrophilic chalcogen‐based species.
Thiago Anjos, Mateus W. Rambo, Damiano Tanini, Alan Diego C. Santos, Ricardo F. Schumacher, Filipe Penteado   +5 more
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Empowering African Rural Women Through Indigenous Technologies and Knowledge-Based Farming Systems for Sustainable Food Production [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
This study analyses how Ugandan rural women use indigenous knowledge (IK) to sustain agrobiodiversity and food security. Qualitative data from 42 semi-structured interviews, six focus-group discussions (FGDs), and participant observation in Zombo, Gulu,
Daniel Pikisa, Ntombozuko Rose Nobumba, Pius Shaun Warlimont   +2 more
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Genetic Determinants Associated With the Biofilm Formation Impairment in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 6, December 2025.
Numerous studies have reported biofilm formation impairment in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates, however, the genetic basis of this phenomenon remains largely unexplored. In this study, we aimed to identify associations between impaired‐biofilm formation and loss‐of‐function mutations in biofilm regulatory and effector genes.
Andrei V. Vvedenskii, Alina S. Ivkina, Dmitry N. Konanov, Tatiana A. Savinova, Ludmila S. Fedorova, Elena N. Ilina   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sigtuna Think Piece 6: A Case of Exploring Learning Interactions in Rural Farming Communities of Practice in Manicaland, Zimbabwe

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2009
Food insecurity is one of the major threats to sustainable development in Africa, and particularly southern Africa. Climate change is increasingly having negative impacts on food production, further increasing the vulnerability of resource-poor ...
Tichaona Victor Pesanayi
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Is geothermal and biomass energy a better alternative for seven renewable energy courteous countries: Evidence from Fourier ARDL, Fourier Bootstrap Toda‐Yamamoto and wavelet coherence

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, Volume 44, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
Abstract This study examines geothermal and biomass energy as cleaner alternatives in seven renewable‐focused countries in the context of sustainable development and global carbon‐neutrality objectives. Geothermal power provides significant emission reductions, with facilities around 99% less CO2 and 97% less SO2 compared to equivalent fossil‐fuel ...
Shweta Kumari, Akanksha Singh, Shiv Lal, Magdalena Radulescu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

TERRITORIALIZING POWER: The Politics of Presidential Projects in Antananarivo, Madagascar

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 6, Page 1378-1398, November 2025.
Abstract Large‐scale infrastructure projects have become a defining feature of African urbanism. The study of the surge in infrastructure investments has largely been conducted against the backdrop of a purported ‘neoliberal global modernity’ in which cities compete to attract international investments.
Fanny Voélin, Lars Buur
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An investigation into the factors influencing inter-urban freight mode choice decisions in the Southern African Development Community region

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2019
Background: Two recurring issues in freight research regard the determination of the decision-makers in terms of freight mode choice and the modal attributes that shippers consider when making such mode choice decisions.
Abisai Konstantinus, Mark Zuidgeest
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Transboundary water rights and conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: conflict prevention through functional transboundary river basin institution-building in the Southern African Development Community region

Frontiers in Water
Many scholars of conflict and hydropolitics argue that not all cooperation is good, and neither is all conflict bad. Hydro-diplomacy scholarship also presents these two phenomena as co-existent and oftentimes manifest in the same river basin.
Dumsani Mndzebele
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Trade Balance, Exchange Rate Performance and Economic Growth: Evidence from Southern African Development Community

Expert Journal of Economics, 2023
This study explores the relationship between trade balance, exchange rate performance, foreign direct investment and economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using quarterly data from 1970 to 2022. The results demonstrate that
Kazeem Abimbola SANUSI, Sune FERREIRA-SCHENK, Zandri DICKASON-KOEKEMOER   +2 more
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Inflation, Indebtedness and Human Development: Panel Evidence From Southern Africa

SAGE Open
While it is hypothesised that inflation and external debt stifle human development, empirical findings on this relationship have been equivocal. This study investigated the impact of inflation and external debt on human development (proxied by the Human ...
Tamisai Chipunza, Lungile Ntsalaze, Brian Wiston Kunaka, Tapfumanei Chikosha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source