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Improved climatological precipitation characteristics over West Africa at convection-permitting scales

open access: yesClimate Dynamics, 2019
The West African climate is unique and challenging to reproduce using standard resolution climate models as a large proportion of precipitation comes from organised deep convection.
S. Berthou   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Agriculture Development, Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction in West Africa

open access: yesOpen Agriculture Journal, 2019
The problem of poverty eradication has been limited to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region, which accounts for more than 40% of the world's poor population. The majority of these people are rural farmers who depend solely on
Romanus Anthony Osabohien   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transparent Design Approaches to Enable Equitable Student Gains and Success in Higher Education: A Scoping Review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Education and Learning Technology
As student populations in higher education become increasingly diverse, the need for equitable and inclusive teaching approaches has never been more urgent.
Raymond Emekako   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Economic and Social Burden of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa.

open access: yesJournal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background The 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was more devastating than all previous EVD outbreaks combined; however, many estimates of its economic burden did not capture its significant social costs.
C. Huber, L. Finelli, Warren Stevens
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The relationship between teachers’ professional wellbeing and principals’ leadership styles

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2020
Challenges and changes in the South African education system could have an impact on teachers’ professional wellbeing, which, in turn, results in changes in teacher retention rates.
Cornelius Petrus Van der Vyver   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Declining incidence of malaria imported into the UK from West Africa

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2008
Background Two thirds of all falciparum malaria cases reported in the United Kingdom (UK) are acquired in West Africa (WA). To ensure recommendations and guidelines for malaria prophylaxis in travellers to West Africa correlate to the risk of infection ...
Smith Valerie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey of magnetic resonance imaging availability in West Africa

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
Introduction The availability and utilization of MRI units across sub-Saharan Africa countries remain poor and its distribution is largely unknown. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the distribution and utilization of MRI facilities ...
Godwin I. Ogbole   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hairy Stalagmites, a new biogenic root speleothem from Botswana

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2015
Ngamiland in northwestern Botswana hosts the Gcwihaba Caves which present unique subterranean environments and host speleothems never before recorded.
Gerhard C. Du Preez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Renewable energy consumption and economic growth nexus: A fresh evidence from West Africa

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2019
This paper estimates the impact of renewable energy on economic growth in West African countries using panel dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) by employing a sample of 15 West African countries covering the 1995-2014 period.
Ibrahim Kabiru Maji   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A quantitative review and classification of empirical models for predicting global solar radiation in West Africa

open access: yesBeni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2018
The knowledge of the global solar radiation is of particular significance in reliable evaluation of the solar energy potential in a given locality. However, ground measurement of global solar radiation (GSR) is not available in most locations in West ...
Samuel Chukwujindu Nwokolo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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