As one of the three West African countries highly affected by the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic, Liberia reported approximately 10,000 cases. The Ebola epidemic in Liberia was marked by intense urban transmission, multiple community outbreaks with source cases occurring in patients coming from the urban areas, and outbreaks in health care facilities (HCFs). This report, based o...

Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article investigates the cooperative consolidation Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), a rebel movement that in 1999-2003 sought to rid Liberia President Charles Taylor. The LURD faced many obstacles consolidation, including history ethnic fragmentation infighting, leadership conflicts, lack territory inside Liberia, pau...

Nineteen new country records for Liberia, eleven Ivory Coast, two the Democratic Republic of Congo, and three from Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) are presented. The following combination is proposed: Entosthodon cam eruniae (Dixon) N.Wilding ex Frank Müll., comb. nov. (Basionym: Funaria Dixon). Figure plates presented Trachypodopsis normandii. latter one, an endemic mountainous areas West Africa hit...

Despite the comparatively few cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) that arose outside of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia in 2014, public health response partners around the world developed a patchwork of plans and policies to monitor thousands of people exposed to EVD, quarantine suspected cases, isolate confirmed cases, and close borders to prevent further spread of the disease. Deeply affecte...

This position paper presents an approach to computational narrative based in cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics accounts of conceptual blending, metaphor, and narrative, multimedia semantics, human-centered interface design, and digital media art practice. In particular, as a case study, we describe the Living Liberia Fabric, an AI-based interactive narrative system developed in affilia...

The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa is the worst epidemic of Ebola since the first case was officially reported in 1976. The “traveling” of the infection from Guinea and Liberia to other parts of West Africa, Europe, and America has caused anxiety and panic. To control exportation and importation of EVD, the World Health Organization recommends exit screening in Guinea...

The effective reproduction number, R t , of Ebola virus disease was estimated using country-specific data reported from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to the World Health Organization from March to August, 2014. R t for the three countries lies consistently above 1.0 since June 2014. Country-specific R t for Liberia and Sierra Leone have lied between 1.0 and 2.0. R t <2 indicate that control ...