We used ancient DNA analysis of seven museum specimens of the endangered North American ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) and three specimens of the species from Cuba to document their degree of differentiation and their relationships to other Campephilus woodpeckers. Analysis of these mtDNA sequences reveals that the Cuban and North American ivory bills, along with the imperial...

The project of electronic corpora for Manding languages was launched in St. Petersburg in 2009. By now, it is carried out by an international team with an assistance by specialists in Manding languages from different countries. Tools have been developed taking into account the specifics of Manding languages (and adaptable to other languages). The Bamana Reference Corpus was put on line in 2012,...

In his American Psychiatric Association address, Alan A. Stone, MD provided a stimulating and controversial argument. I appreciate the candor and clarity with which he stated his position and his acknowledgement of its limitations. The purist in the ivory tower has a significant contribution to make concerning ethical problems in our profession but so has the practitioner in the marketplace. I ...

In this paper, the pole figures plotted from X-ray diffraction data are employed to analyze orientation of hydroxyapatite in ivory and mammoth for first time. The results present evidence lamellar structure appeared as tabular. A preferred was revealed terms calculated factor characteristics found figures. c-axes mainly oriented along growth direction. Both a-axes on left angle bisector Retzius...

The Chrysis leachii species group is recorded from sub-Saharan Africa for the first time with two species: rasnitsyni sp. n. (from Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, and Senegal) nilensis Linsenmaier, 1959 (Ivory Sudan). lectotype of leachi var. cyanea du Buysson, 1908 designated. Illustrations are presented.

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on public sector fiscal behaviour in Côte d’Ivoire. A special interest is the relationship between aid, debt servicing and debt, given that Côte d’Ivoire is a highly indebted country. The theoretical model employed differs from those of previous studies by highlighting the interaction between debt servicing and the other fiscal variables. This model...

International wildlife crime is burgeoning in this climate of global trade. We contend that the most effective way to contain this illegal trade is to determine where the wildlife is being removed. This allows authorities to direct law enforcement to poaching hot spots, potentially stops trade before the wildlife is actually killed, prevents countries from denying their poaching problems at hom...

The dried endosperm of the seed of Phytelephas sp is widely used for artisanal work in the Amazon region due to its favorable mechanical properties and pleasant appearance that resemble elephant ivory. While the seeds have enjoyed popularity and limited use by selected industries (e.g., military uniform buttons and piano keys) and handicraft applications, little is known about the mechanical pr...

This study leverages mobile phone data to analyze mobility patterns in developing countries, especially in comparison to more developed countries. Developing regions, such as the Ivory Coast, are marked by a number of factors that may influence mobility, such as less infrastructural coverage and maturity, less economic resources and stability, and in some cases, more cultural and language-based...

Radiographs of the left hand of 594 children from Ibadan, Nigeria were inspected for skeletal anomalies to determine differences in the incidence of cone and ivory epiphyses for the rich and poor children and differences in incidence for four hemoglobin types. Ivory epiphyses ovvurred more often in children in the lower socio-economic class and children with hemoglobin AA. The cone epiphyses ob...