Evolutionary information on the greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) in Eastern and Southern African regions is scarce, making population management conservation of species challenging. We studied T. swinderianus populations from two spatially isolated Arc Mountains Tanzania to link molecular geometric–morphological evidence characterize these populations’ diversity. Fecal samples (n = 50...

Raphionacme vignei E. A. Bruce (Apocynaceae) is a plant of the traditional African pharmacopoeia, whose parts are used in treatment various pathologies. Water-soaked R. tubers edible. The objective this study was to isolate triterpenoids from acetonic extract tubers, evaluate analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities each molecule. isolated compounds, characterized by NMR mass spectrometry, co...

Abstract In Sub-Saharan Africa, African giant pouched rats ( Cricetomys gambianus ) are trained to identify TB patients by smelling sputum. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the data see if this novel method is comparable traditional laboratory screening detection methods like Ziehl–Neelsen stain-based assays (ZN) bacterial culture. The search processing strategy registered ...

Background There is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the United States (U.S). Nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the U.S.   Methods We conducted three Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) involving twenty-four male migrant worke...

Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.

OBJECTIVE Exposure to racial discrimination has been identified as an adverse biopsychosocial stressor that may be related to the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans. The overall objective of this research was to estimate aspects of the effects of self-reported exposure to stress-related racial discrimination and hypertension likelihood in a sample of African Americans. DATA Physi...

On average, the parental practices adopted by African American parents of young children are much less cognitively stimulating than those of their white counterparts. This paper argues that these differences stem from the low rates of return to human capital historically experienced by African Americans. To study the relationship between the race-specific returns to skill and parenting, I use i...

conclusions large-scale studies on the healthy black african population could assess the relationship between diastolic dyssynchrony and changes in myocardial performance related to racial differences. results the frequency of some dyssynchrony markers was similar to that of other studies. the difference between maximal time-to-peak systolic velocity and minimal time-to-peak systolic velocity w...

In order to study the signs of œstrus in the West African Dwarf goat, 28 non pregnant females younger than 24 months of age were used. Most of them (94.7%) had waggled the tail during heat. The frequency of micturition was higher in the presence of the male. The swelling of the vulva was observed in 68.4% of goats in heat. The cervico-vaginal mucus was significantly (P≤0.05) abundant and elasti...