Assessing the reliability and uncertainties of projected changes in precipitation and temperature in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 models over the Lake Chad basin
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.5717
Abstract: Lake Chad lost more than 80% of its surface area over the past decades as a result of environmental change and climate variability. It is not yet known how climate change will affect water resources… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; precipitation; coupled model; model intercomparison ... See more keywords
Treatment of human and livestock helminth infections in a mobile pastoralist setting at Lake Chad: Attitudes to health and analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients of locally available anthelminthic drugs.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.05.012
Abstract: Mobile pastoralists face challenges in accessing quality health care and medication for managing human and animal diseases. We determined livestock disease priorities, health seeking behaviour of people bearing helminthiases and - placing particular emphasis on… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; anthelminthic drugs; livestock; treatment ... See more keywords
Contribution of time domain electromagnetic and magnetic resonance soundings to groundwater assessment at the margin of lake chad basin, cameroon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2019.103840
Abstract: Abstract At the edge of a semi-arid sedimentary basin, the Piedmont plain of the Mandara mountains is potentially a key area for the recharge of the Lake Chad Quaternary aquifer. We conducted two geophysical surveys… read more here.
Keywords: aquifer; lake chad; magnetic resonance; time domain ... See more keywords
Soil water balance in the Lake Chad Basin using stable water isotopes and chloride of soil profiles
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DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2019.1647194
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) is an endorheic transboundary catchment highly vulnerable to drought. For effective groundwater management, recharge areas need identification and replenishment quantification. At present, little research exploring unsaturated zone water flow… read more here.
Keywords: water; lake chad; chad basin; soil profiles ... See more keywords
Engagement in licit ventures by terrorist organisations and terrorism financing in the Lake Chad region
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DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2021.1920708
Abstract: Despite efforts by countries in the Lake Chad region and their partners to suffocate the insurgency in the region, insurgents have continued to execute deadly attacks on civilians and military posi... read more here.
Keywords: chad region; engagement licit; lake chad; ventures terrorist ... See more keywords
Human and livestock trematode infections in a mobile pastoralist setting at Lake Chad: added value of a One Health approach beyond zoonotic diseases research
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx051
Abstract: Background At Lake Chad in Central Africa, mobile pastoralists face economic losses due to livestock trematodiases. Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma bovis-trematodes that affect livestock-share transmission ecology traits with Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni that cause… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; human schistosomiasis; livestock; lake chad ... See more keywords
Challenges of Combating Terrorist Financing in the Lake Chad Region: A Case of Boko Haram
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244020934494
Abstract: Does counterterrorist financing (CTF) support the entire process of the global fight against terrorism? Finding answers to this question helps to address the difficulties facing relevant actors in defeating the Boko Haram (BH) terrorist group.… read more here.
Keywords: chad region; boko haram; lake chad; relevant actors ... See more keywords