In many developing countries (e.g., Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria), half the population lives in rural locations, where accessibility to school materials, medical supplies, mosquito nets, and clothing is restricted [2]. Distribution to these locations typically requires direct road transport, which is time consuming and requires bulk volume to be cost effective. In response to these limi...

The high-arctic Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) has recently undergone a sharp decline in numbers, and in Canada it is listed as "Endangered" under the Species-At-Risk Act. To test for circumpolar genetic distinctiveness, we examined 264 bp of the mtDNA Control Region Domain I from 127 museum specimens collected during the breeding season from northern Canada, Greenland, and Norway, and during t...

The spread of HIV in Ivory Coast is examined to evaluate Ivorian perspectives’ on which factors explicate the rising of HIV. This study reports the findings of an in-depth mixed method study with 39 teachers, 63 sixth grade students, eight school administrators, and 20 community elders. The study found that factors such as lack of condom distribution in school, high rates of sexual partner chan...

Black, first-generation doctoral students can be classified as those who belong to the African diaspora and come from families with parents do not have bachelor’s degrees. Data shows that over half of Black degree recipients, across all fields, status, literature has shown these experience several challenges during their journey peers not. This paper details six for research in social work prog...

Mercury (Hg) is increasing in marine food webs, especially at high latitudes. The bioaccumulation and biomagnification of methyl mercury (MeHg) has serious effects on wildlife, and is most evident in apex predators. The MeHg body burden in birds is the balance of ingestion and excretion, and MeHg in feathers is an effective indicator of overall MeHg burden. Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea), whic...

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS or NOS3) is the main responsible for nitric oxide (NO) production in vascular system and different polymorphisms have been identified in epidemiological studies. Trying to test the eNOS genetic variation in general populations we studied the 27-bp VNTR in intron 4 and G894T substitution in exon 7 markers in 6 Western Mediterranean populations (3 from Iber...

Education, child nutrition, adult health/nutrition, and labor mobility are critical factors in achieving recent sustained growth in factor productivity. To compare the contribution of these four human capital inputs, an expanded specification of the wage function is estimated from household (LSMS) surveys of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Specification tests assess whether the human capital inputs ...