• Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease among newborns in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria 

  Sadoh, Wilson; Okonkwo, Ikechukwu; Okonkwo, Chukwunwendu A. (CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2021-08-05)

  Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is an important cause of childhood morbidity. The birth prevalence and distribution of CHD among neonates in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria was determined. Methods: This descriptive, ...
• Between Drugs and Society: Moral Experiences and Drug Addiction in Ouagadougou 

  Dijk, Annigje van; Zerbo, Roger (Editions Karthala, 2021)

  This article engages with the local moral worlds and the reported experiences of people addicted to heroin and/or cocaine in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Drug users’ experiences were coloured by a continuous ...
• Pricing Multivariate European Equity Option Using Gaussians Mixture Distributions and EVT-Based Copulas 

  Hassane, Abba Mallam; Diakarya, Barro; WendKouni, Yaméogo (Hindawi, 2021-09-02)

  In this article, we present an approach which allows taking into account the effect of extreme values in the modeling of financial asset returns and in the valorisation of associated options. Specifically, the marginal ...
• Extremal Copulas and Tail Dependence in Modeling Stochastic Financial Risk 

  Mallam, Hassane Abba; Moutari, Natatou Dodo; Diakarya, Barro (European Journal of Pure and Applied Science, 2021-08-05)

  These last years the stochastic modeling became essential in financial risk management related to the ownership and valuation of financial products such as assets, options and bonds. This paper presents a contribution to ...
• The ARMA-APARCH-EVT Models Based on HAC in Dependence Modeling and Risk Assessment of a Financial Portfolio 

  Moutari, Natatou Dodo; Hassane, Abba Mallam; Diakarya, Barro (European Journal of Pure and Applied Science, 2021-11-10)

  Multivariate modeling of dependence and its impact on risk assessment remains a major concern for financial institutions. Thus, the copula model, in particular Archimedean hierarchical copulas (HAC) appears as a promising ...
• INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDRAULIC ROAD BINDER BASED ON MINERAL COAL BOTTOM ASH 

  Mahamadou, Saley; Mahamadou, Issiakou; Abdoulatif, Abass Saley (2021-02)

  The use of natural aggregates with suitable characteristics for road construction presents in some regions a real problem of availability or cost related to transport. However, the resources in place, which are naturally ...
• Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in hemodialysis patients in Senegal: a multicenter cross-sectional study 

  Seck, Sidy Mohamed; Mbow, Moustapha; Kane, Yaya (Springer, 2021-11)

  Background: Hemodialysis patients are among high-risk groups for COVID-19. Africa is the continent with the lowest number of cases in the general population but we have little information about the disease burden in ...
• Diagnostic Yield of Population-Based Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease in Low-Income, Middle-Income, and High-Income Countries 

  Tonelli, Marcello; Tiv, Sophanny; Anand, Shuchi (JAMA Network, 2021-10-04)

  Importance Population-based screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) is sometimes recommended based on the assumption that detecting CKD is associated with beneficial changes in treatment. However, the treatment of CKD ...
• The good life in rural and urban Senegal: A qualitative and quantitative study 

  Duboz, Priscilla; Macia, Enguerran; Diallo, Amadou H. (PLOS ONE, 2021-05-27)

  Very few studies have analyzed the influence of the environment, rural or urban, on the notion of good life and subjective well-being in sub-Saharan Africa and none, to our knowledge, has combined qualitative and quantitative ...
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): What Can Africa Learn from Ongoing Research in Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Chemotherapy and Prevention? 

  Sevidzem, Silas Lendzele; Koumba, Aubin Armel; Zinga-Koumba, Christophe Roland (Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2020-06-25)

  The world is experiencing an outbreak due to the new and mysterious SARS-CoV-2. Information regarding its source and transmission dynamics in different environments as well as medications for its prevention and cure is ...
• In Vitro Germination and Early Vegetative Growth of Five Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Varieties under Salt Stress Conditions 

  Sané, Abdou Khadre; Diallo, Bassirou; Kane, Aboubacry (Scientific Research Publishing, 2021-05-28)
• An Historical Assessment and Analysis of Economic Imperialism in West Africa 

  Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale; Sawadogo, Natewinde (BRILL, 2021-07-08)

  The West African political economy has been shaped by the policies, decisions and actions of dominant European imperialist countries since about over 500 years. Starting with imperial merchant capitalism along the West ...
• DETERRENCE OF THEFT IN A SITUATION OF COMPETITION BETWEEN FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS 

  Yerbanga, Antoine (L'Actualité économique, 2020-06)

  The aim of this article is to highlight important factors neglected in modelling the effects of deterrent policies on thieves' activities in the real world. The methodology adopted consists of defining a world with three ...
• Managing seasonality in West African informal urban vegetable markets: The role of household relations 

  Bellwood-Howard, Imogen; Ansah, Isaac Gershon Kodwo; Donkoh, Samuel Arkoh (Wiley, 2021-05-19)

  Seasonality influences African informal agricultural markets, but existing literature inadequately explores its interactions with market actors' social relations and livelihood outcomes. Thus, agricultural commercialisation ...
• Nigerian cultural beliefs about mental health conditions and traditional healing: a qualitative study 

  Jidong, Dung Ezekiel; Bailey, Di; Sodi, Tholene (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021-03-22)

  Purpose – This study aims to explore how cultural beliefs and traditions are integral to understanding indigenous mental health conditions (MHCs) and traditional healing (TH). However, Nigerian cultural beliefs about ...
• Péril terroriste et reconfiguration des relations forces de défense et de sécurité (FDS) et groupes de vigilantism au Burkina Faso 

  Soré, Zakaria; Côte, Muriel (L'Harmattan, 2021)

  Face à une certaine perception de la défaillance de l’État dans le domaine de la sécurité, des initiatives communautaires ont favorisé la résurgence de pratiques locales de défense et de sécurisation des territoires. Les ...
• Entre la rue et l’internet : pratiques revendicatives et stratégies de mobilisation de Y’en a marre, du Balai citoyen, Filimbi et de la Lucha, Afrique et développement 

  Dimé, Mamadou; Kapagama, Pascal; Soré, Zakaria (Afrique et développement, 2020)

  Cet article analyse les pratiques de mobilisation des mouvements citoyens Y’en a marre au Sénégal, le Balai citoyen au Burkina Faso et Filimbi et la Lucha en République démocratique du Congo. Il propose un éclairage qui ...
• Toxicity studies on the leaves of senna alata, a medicinal plant from Burkina Fas, in mice and rats 

  Léonard, Da Filkpièrè; Youssoufou, Ouedraogo; Abel, Somé Andouormwine (2020-11)

  The aim of the work is to study the acute and subacute toxicity of the aqueous extract of the leaves of Senna alata (ED-SA). Extracts doses of 500, 1000 and 2000 mg/kg of body weight (bw) were administered to the mice ...
• Detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in human diarrheic stool and drinking water samples in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

  Bonkoungou, Isidore Juste Ouindgueta; Somda, Namwin Siourimè; Traoré, Oumar (African Journal Online, 2021-07-22)

  Background: The presence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in drinking water, is a grave public health problem. This study was aimed at characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from drinking water ...
• Pathogens associated with acute diarrhea, and comorbidity with malaria among children under five years old in rural Burkina Faso 

  Lompo, Palpouguini; Tahita, Marc Christian; Sorgho, Hermann (The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021-03-12)

  Introduction acute diarrhea in children under five years is a public health problem in developing countries and particularly in malaria-endemic areas where both diseases co-exist. The present study examined the etiology ...

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