BACKGROUND For the past three decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been the country reporting the highest number of cases of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). In 2012, DRC continued to bear the heaviest burden of gambiense HAT, accounting for 84 % of all cases reported at the continental level (i.e., 5,968/7,106). This paper reviews the status of sleeping sickness in DRC b...

We describe here a comprehensive study of solution and solid-state properties of self-assembling triblock molecules composed of a hydrophilic dendron covalently linked to an aromatic rigid rod segment, which is in turn connected to a hydrophobic flexible coil. These dendron-rod-coil (DRC) molecules form well-defined supramolecular structures that possess a ribbonlike morphology as revealed by t...

Rampant sexual violence is one of the most horrendous human rights abuses taking place within Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) armed conflict. The UN has called these abuses “strategic” and a “weapon of war.” Both labels carry specific implications within the human rights discourse. However, there is a lack of structured data exploring these concepts in the context of the DRC. To addres...

The dynamics of the early stage reaction between benzyl alcohol and Fe(acetylacetonate)3 is studied by exploiting the Dynamic Reaction Coordinate (DRC) approach, at the PBE0/6-31G* level of theory. Analysis of the DRC trajectory provides a detailed molecular insight into the catalytic effect observed in the acidic reaction environment, compared to the neutral one. The presence of an additional ...

The correlation between ICT-supported education system and economic development of a developing country has been documented by several studies (Anderson, 2009; Selwood et al, 2003; and Unwin, 2009). Today’s Information and Communications Technology can significantly and positively impact the educational and economic landscape of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This paper investigates ho...

Background Chemotherapeutically induced myocardial injury continues to pose a major problem. The exact mechanism of drug-related cardiomyopathy (DRC) is still poorly understood. An early diagnosis of cardiotoxicity and the ability to predict patients at risk are important for preventing chronic heart failure. The guidelines for noninvasive cardiac imaging to screen for DRC show limitations in e...

CONTEXT Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women, with over 1 million new cases diagnosed every year worldwide. Over recent decades, considerable interest has emerged regarding whether vitamins and/or other supplements can lower the risk of BC. However, previous epidemiologic studies that investigated the association between intake of multivitamin and supplements of single vitamins...

The Dodd-Frank Act imposes reporting requirements on US companies regarding supply chain links to conflict minerals. Previous research uses within–Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) variation in location mineral mines identify act’s effect conflict. Due presence spillovers, these previous studies may underestimate effect. Moreover, act regulates minerals mined DRC and all surrounding countr...

We wish to thank Jane Hecksher, Linda Erb, Loriel Caprio, as well as several DRC research interns, for help with data collection. We are also grateful to Francys Subiaul, Josep Call, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful discussions and comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Finally, a special thanks to Tanner, AJ, Kibby, and all the other dolphins and staff at DRC for their cooperation ...