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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

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

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

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

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

The affective affordances of frugal science using foldscopes during a Life Sciences water quality practical

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2020
Manu Prakash, the developer of the foldscope microscope reported on in this paper, stated that it is important to use tools that can support open-ended inquiry in the classroom, without dumbing down those tools.
Cherine Jackson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria chemoprophylaxis for travellers to West-Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: The importation of malaria to non-endemic countries remains a major cause of travel-related morbidity and a leading cause of travel-related hospitalizations. Currently they are three priority medications for malaria prophylaxis to West Africa:
Widmer, Lukas L   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Interaction of HS1BP3 with cortactin modulates TKS5 localisation, cell secretion and cancer malignancy

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Here, we demonstrate that HS1BP3 interacts with Cortactin through a proline‐rich region (PRR3.1) and show that this interaction, and HS1BP3 itself, promote cancer cell proliferation and invasion. Inhibition of this interaction leads to build‐up of TKS5 in multivesicular endosomes and altered secretion of CD63 and CD9, providing an explanation for the ...
Arja Arnesen Løchen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate-induced potential driver of water conflicts over natural resource and the role of land use and land cover change in the Lake Chad catchment

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges
With changing climatic conditions and land use patterns, communal conflicts over access to and control over natural resources are likely to intensify in the Lake Chad basin (LCB).
Samuel Che Nde   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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