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A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Stacy Carolin, Louise Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg, Zorzeta Bakaki, Jessica Di Salvatore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bonds, Bounds, and Borders: Crafting Hospitality with Unauthorized Migrants in Southern France

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the everyday politics of migrant hospitality in rural Southern France. Drawing on four years of fieldwork alongside benevolent residents hosting unauthorized migrants at their home or volunteering in migrant shelters, I consider how residents attempted to make up for the state's abandonment of migrant lives, the ethical ...
Céline Eschenbrenner
wiley   +1 more source

Forty years of fertility changes in the Sahel

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: Despite much discussion on the fertility changes in sub-Saharan Africa, the countries of the Sahel have received only limited attention. Their comparatively high and stable fertility levels contributed them being labeled as an exception in ...
Thomas Spoorenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and functional validation of a novel disease‐causing variant in the noncoding region of NYX

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders, with ~30% of cases remaining genetically unsolved. Complete congenital stationary night blindness (cCSNB) is a subtype of IRD, usually associated with reduced visual acuity, nystagmus and high myopia.
Filip Spanic, Christelle Michiels, Julien Navarro, Aline Antonio, Christel Condroyer, Camille Andrieu, Billy Gipsy, Sylvie Berthémy‐Pellet, Mathilde Gallice, Isabelle Audo, Christina Zeitz   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quand la route de la méditerranée transite par Dori, une ville du Sahel Burkina

Akofena, 2022
Dori est la capitale de la région du sahel du Burkina Faso, pays n’ayant aucun débouché sur la mer. Cette localité vit au rythme du passage des migrants à destination de la Lybie ou de l’Algérie via le Niger.
Moumini OUEDRAOGO
doaj   +1 more source

Centering geospatial data uncertainty and the potential for injustice in pastoralist rangeland conservation prioritization

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Procedural, distributional, recognitional, and epistemic justice aspects of conservation interventions are well documented in contexts where pastoralism is a key livelihood and way of life. Geospatial analyses and representations of wildlife conservation and restoration that are increasingly applied in pastoralist rangeland socioecological ...
Ryan R. Unks
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation statistique des données du vent à partir de la distribution de Weibull en vue d’une prédiction de la production de l’énergie électrique d’origine éolienne sur le Mont Tinguelin à Garoua dans le Nord Cameroun

Revue des Énergies Renouvelables, 2016
La situation énergétique au Nord Cameroun est caractérisée par un faible taux d’accès à l’électricité. Au vu du potentiel énergétique éolien existant sur le Mont Tinguelin, son utilisation pour le développement de l’énergie électrique de la région semble
J.L. Nsouandélé, D.K. Kidmo, S.M. Djetouda, N. Djongyang   +3 more
doaj  

Premenstrual sub-occlusive episodes as initial presentation of metastatic breast cancer: a case report of a previously undescribed entity

Discover Oncology
Across the globe, breast cancer remains the most common malignancy in women. Although novel therapies introduced during the last years have helped reducing its mortality, nevertheless it remains a major public health problem associated with considerable ...
Wassim Hamadeh, Hassan Kanaan, Hamze El Husseini, Mohammad H. Abbas, Leila Akil, Hammam Farhat   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source