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Validation of the Aldosteronoma Resolution Score as a Predictive Resolution Score of Hypertension After Unilateral Adrenalectomy for Primary Aldosteronism in a North-African Population
BackgroundUnilateral primary aldosteronism (UPA) is the most frequent surgically curable form of endocrine hypertension. Adrenalectomy is the...
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Male genitourinary schistosomiasis-related symptoms among long-term Western African migrants in Spain: a prospective population-based screening study
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is highly endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and frequently imported to Europe. Male urogenital manifestations are often...
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Pan-African genome demonstrates how population-specific genome graphs improve high-throughput sequencing data analysis
Graph-based genome reference representations have seen significant development, motivated by the inadequacy of the current human genome reference to...
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Age, growth, and population structure of the African cuttlefish Sepia bertheloti based on beak microstructure
In this study, we explored the feasibility of using the beaks of the African cuttlefish Sepia bertheloti for age estimation and growth analysis. The...
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Efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab on diabetic macular oedema in an African population
PurposeTo evaluate the short-term effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) injection on visual outcomes of patients with diabetic macular oedema.
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African American Centenarians
African American centenarians comprise 12% of all centenarians, similar to their ethnic/racial representation in the United States adult...
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Rare variants analyses suggest novel cleft genes in the African population
Non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs) are common birth defects with a complex etiology. While over 60 common risk loci have been identified, they...
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Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
The African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) is a wild bovid with a historical distribution across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic analysis can provide...
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Genic-SSR-based genetic diversity and population structure analysis in a global germplasm collection highlights the African origin of winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L.)
Winged bean ( Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L.) is an underutilized legume of the family Fabaceae. We assembled 58,811 unigenes from the publicly...
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Urbanization and transport energy consumption in African countries
Transport energy use contributes to pollution, so it generates negative externalities. This paper analyzes the effect of urbanization on the...
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Decolonisation through Digitalisation? African Languages at South African Universities
Many South African universities aim to implement one or more African languages into formal and digital structures, in a process known as...
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Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers
Multiple lines of genetic and archaeological evidence suggest that there were major demographic changes in the terminal Late Pleistocene epoch and...
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Linking African ancestral substructure to prostate cancer health disparities
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a significant health burden in Sub-Saharan Africa, with mortality rates loosely linked to African ancestry. Yet studies...
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Population Change
Population changeChange, population is of particular interest to demographers. This chapter describes the process of population change and...
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Interconnected dynamics of CO2, inflation, imports, agriculture, economic growth, foreign direct investments, and population growth in the East African Community
The EAC member countries are now on the move towards industrialization and other strategies to boost economic development and growth. This has shown...
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Addressing the disparities: the approach to the African American patient with multiple myeloma
There are significant disparities with regards to incidence, timely diagnosis, access to treatment, clinical trial participation and health care...
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Exploring cranial macromorphoscopic variation and classification accuracy in a South African sample
To date South African forensic anthropologists are only able to successfully apply a metric approach to estimate population affinity when...
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African Eco-feminisms: African Women Writing Earth, Gender and the Sacred
The chapter’s exposition highlights that African eco-feminisms are founded upon African cosmologies; African histories; and contemporary experiences...
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Application of Micronucleus Test in African Toad as Biomarker of Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Assessment of Contaminants in the African Environment
Xenobiotics are constantly discharged into the environment due to unprecedented anthropogenic activities. Xenobiotics including radiation, chemical...