Sensitivity experiments of RegCM4 simulations to different convective schemes over Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.4707
Abstract: In this study, version 4 of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) regional climate model named RegCM4 is used to perform 6 years simulation including 1 year for spin-up (from January 2001 to December 2006) over… read more here.
Keywords: sensitivity experiments; experiments regcm4; central africa; scheme ... See more keywords
Evaluation of remotely sensed rainfall products over Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1002/qj.3547
Abstract: An intercomparison of seven gridded rainfall products incorporating satellite data (ARC, CHIRPS, CMORPH, PERSIANN, TAPEER, TARCAT, TMPA) is carried out over Central Africa, by evaluating them against three observed datasets: (a) the WaTFor database, consisting… read more here.
Keywords: evaluation remotely; central africa; rainfall products; remotely sensed ... See more keywords
Diamondiferous lamproites of the Luangwa Rift in central Africa and links to remobilized cratonic lithosphere
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120019
Abstract: Abstract Mesozoic diamondiferous lamproite pipes occur along the Kapamba River within the Luangwa Valley of eastern Zambia, which is a ca. 300–200 Ma old Karoo-age precursor branch to the East African Rift System. The Luangwa Rift… read more here.
Keywords: luangwa rift; mantle; central africa; kapamba ... See more keywords
The roles of climate and human land-use in the late Holocene rainforest crisis of Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.10.016
Abstract: Abstract There is increasing evidence that abrupt vegetation shifts and large-scale erosive phases occurred in Central Africa during the third millennium before present. Debate exists as to whether these events were caused by climate change… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; congo basin; late holocene; vegetation ... See more keywords
Estimates and determinants of stocks of deep soil carbon in Gabon, Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.01.004
Abstract: Abstract Despite the importance of tropical forest carbon to the global carbon cycle, research on carbon stocks is incomplete in major areas of the tropical world. Nowhere in the tropics is this more the case… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; carbon stocks; soil; gabon ... See more keywords
Reassessment of historical sections from the Paleogene marine margin of the Congo Basin reveals an almost complete absence of Danian deposits
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.06.002
Abstract: The early Paleogene is critical for understanding global biodiversity patterns in modern ecosystems. During this interval, Southern Hemisphere continents were largely characterized by isolation and faunal endemism following the breakup of Gondwana. Africa has been… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; congo; absence danian; paleogene marine ... See more keywords
The release of petroleum from Central Africa rift basins over geological time as deduced from petroleum systems modelling
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104319
Abstract: Abstract The Cretaceous basins within the Central Africa Rift sub-system (CAS) share similar tectonic processes, histories, and styles of basin fill, raising the question of the extent to which oil and gas generation is synchronised… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; africa rift; time; rift ... See more keywords
Where there is no brain imaging: Safety and diagnostic value of lumbar puncture in patients with neurological disorders in a rural hospital of Central Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.08.004
Abstract: Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by lumbar puncture (LP) is an essential step for the diagnostic approach of neurological disorders, in particular neuro-infections. In low-resource settings, it is even often the only available diagnostic… read more here.
Keywords: lumbar puncture; safety diagnostic; central africa; rural hospital ... See more keywords
Increasing proportions of relapsing parasite species among imported malaria in China's Guangxi Province from Western and Central Africa.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102130
Abstract: BACKGROUND Travel-related malaria in non-endemic areas returning from endemic areas presents important challenges to diagnosis and treatment. Imported malaria to newly malaria-free countries poses further threats of malaria re-introduction and potential resurgence. For those traveling… read more here.
Keywords: central africa; imported malaria; western central; vivax ... See more keywords
The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867 by Daniel B. Domingues da Silva (review)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0001972019000263
Abstract: to Otta, forcing women to renegotiate their positions as traders and ritual experts, at which they had excelled in the absence of their husbands. During the colonial period, then, women increasingly enacted their influence on… read more here.
Keywords: trade west; central africa; west central; slave trade ... See more keywords
The Political Economy of American Businesses in British Central Africa, 1953–1963
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007680523000065
Abstract: This article details how and why officials in the United States and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland developed policies and initiatives to promote US capital investments. It analyzes these policies in the context of… read more here.
Keywords: africa; american businesses; british central; central africa ... See more keywords