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Child malnutrition in Ifanadiana district, Madagascar: associated factors and timing of growth faltering ahead of a health system strengthening intervention

Global Health Action, 2018
Background: Child malnutrition, a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, is particularly severe in Madagascar, where 47% of children under 5 years are stunted (low height-for-age) and 8% are wasted (low weight-for-height).
Sarah McCuskee, Andres Garchitorena, Ann C. Miller, Lara Hall, Mohammed Ali Ouenzar, Victor R. Rabeza, Ranto H. Ramananjato, Hery-Tiana Rahaniraka Razanadrakato, Marius Randriamanambintsoa, Michele Barry, Matthew H. Bonds   +10 more
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Central limit theorems for eigenvalues in a spiked population model [PDF]

, 2008
In a spiked population model, the population covariance matrix has all its eigenvalues equal to units except for a few fixed eigenvalues (spikes). This model is proposed by Johnstone to cope with empirical findings on various data sets.
Bai, Zhidong, Yao, Jian-feng
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Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

4-D-VAR assimilation of disdrometer data and radar spectral reflectivities for raindrop size distribution and vertical wind retrievals [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2016
This paper presents a novel framework for retrieving the vertical raindrop size distribution (DSD) and vertical wind profiles during light rain events. This is also intended as a tool to better characterize rainfall microphysical processes.
F. Mercier, A. Chazottes, L. Barthès, C. Mallet   +3 more
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Finding One's Place: ESL Teachers' Experiences of Language and Identity in the School Spaces of Quebec

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers navigate their professional and linguistic identities within Quebec's complex linguistic landscape. Drawing on critical approaches to conceptualizing space, we examine physical and metaphorical spaces in schools as sites of identity negotiation and community building. Data
Philippa Parks, Caroline Riches, Katherine Hardin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Management and intensity of medical end‐of‐life care in people with colorectal cancer during the year before their death in 2015: A French national observational study

Cancer Medicine, 2019
The care pathway of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) 1 year prior to death, their causes of death and the healthcare use, and associated expenditure remain poorly described together. People managed for CRC (2014‐2015), covered by the national health
Audrey Tanguy‐Melac, Anne‐Sophie Aguade, Anne Fagot‐Campagna, Christelle Gastaldi‐Ménager, Jean‐Marc Sabaté, Philippe Tuppin   +5 more
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Healthcare use by 30,000 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in France: a 5-year retrospective and one-year prospective national observational study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2019
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be responsible for alteration in quality of life and economic burden. The aim of this study was to evaluate healthcare use related to this disorder in France. Methods The French health data system was used to
Jean-Marc Sabaté, Sébastien Rivière, Pauline Jouet, Christelle Gastaldi-Menager, Anne Fagot-Campagna, Philippe Tuppin   +5 more
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Compte rendu du colloque ``L'enseignement des statistiques en sciences humaines et sociales'' [PDF]

Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 2018
Ce texte présente un compte rendu du colloque sur l'enseignement des statistiques en sciences humaines et sociales qui s'est tenu à Chicoutimi le 10 mai 2018 dans le cadre de la rencontre annuelle de l'Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). Cinq
Lemay, Catherine, Laporte, William
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‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source