A multicountry evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children using alternative specimens (nasopharyngeal aspirate and stool): A prospective cohort study conducted in Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Cameroon (TB KIDS project) by Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Mathurin Tejiokem, Niaina Rakotosamimanana, Valérie Donkeng Donfack, Verlaine Bolyse Mbouchong, Mirella Randrianarisoa, Aina Harimanana, Jean Voisin Taguebue, Suzie Tetang Ndiang, Valère Itchy, Annick Robinson, Lovaniaina Ravelomanana, Mbola Rakotomahefa, Dina Ranoharison, Man-Koumba Soumahoro, Brigitte Gicquel, Raymond N'Guessan, Sara Eyangoh, Voahangy Rasolofo, Emery Flavien Akpafi, Marius Irie Bi Irie, Anabelle Bai-Orsot, Jaudel Francis Yuya Septoh, Serge Abogo, Mamy Serge Raherison, Andrianantenaina Rakotoson, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Patrice Piola, Paulo Ranaivomanana, Jean-Marc Collard, Gabrielle Prisca Emmylou Andrianah, Turibio Razafindranaivo, Reziky Tiandraza Mangahasimbola, Kathleen Victoir

“…This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF test on NPA and stool samples for detecting intrathoracic TB in children from Madagascar, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast. Methods: Children under 15 years with suspected intrathoracic TB were enrolled in hospitals in these countries’ capitals. …”
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Deux programmes d’éducation environnementale pour la conservation des grands singes africains: Club Ebobo et Club P.A.N. by Claudia Borchers, Julia Riedel, Christophe Boesch, Thomas Breuer

“…Club Ebobo is based around the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo and Club P.A.N. around the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. In both projects, children learn about the importance of the conservation of their regional ecosystems and the protection of the endangered great apes living close to them – the west African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Ivory Coast, and the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the Republic of Congo. …”
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La folie de l’arc-en-ciel ou la longue errance de Bwila by Claudie Haxaire

“…The Guro people in the Guo territorial unit in Ivory Coast practice a divination dance called Dawa, which we analysed in detail. …”
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Les « associations villageoises de jeunesse » en pays bété, Côte d’Ivoire by Léo Montaz

“…This article examines the “village youth associations” that exist throughout Bété country, in the western centre of the Ivory Coast. In this lineage society strongly structured by primogeniture, the emergence of youth as an autonomous political category raises questions about the restructuring of the powers that run through the entire region. …”
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La pédagogie des compétences dans le primaire catholique ivoirien by Rodrigue N’sanman

“…When you look at the results, the catholic primary school system of the Ivory Coast Republic seems to rank at the top. Despite precarious and unsatisfactory conditions, teachers are earnestly zealous at work. …”
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Les enquêtes ethnobotaniques de Germaine Dieterlen (1903-1999) by Dominique Juhé-Beaulaton

“…She has thus done ethnobotanical surveys among the Dogon and Bambara in Mali but also in the south-east of the Ivory Coast. This interest led her to contact pharmacological laboratories and even to work for them by collecting medicinal plants for analysis. …”
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Racoleus, a new genus of sterile filamentous lichen-forming fungi from the tropics, with observations on the nomenclature and typification of Cystocoleus and Racodium by D.L. Hawksworth, R. Santesson, L. Tibell

“…The genus, which is known from China, the Ivory Coast, and Peru, is of uncertain systematic position; on the basis of morphological similarities, however, it may be referred to "? …”
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Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gary J. Steck

“…The fly is a serious pest in smallholder and commercial mango across sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded in Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where it is more destructive than either Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly; Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)) or the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa Karsch) (Malio 1979; Labuschagne et al. 1996; Javaid 1979; De Lima 1979; Rendell et al. 1995; Lux et al. 1998). …”
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Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gary J. Steck

“…The fly is a serious pest in smallholder and commercial mango across sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded in Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where it is more destructive than either Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly; Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)) or the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa Karsch) (Malio 1979; Labuschagne et al. 1996; Javaid 1979; De Lima 1979; Rendell et al. 1995; Lux et al. 1998). …”
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Réponse de quatre variétés de Anacardium occidentale L. aux techniques de greffage horticole en pépinière by Touré Mamoudou Abdoul, Faye Elhadji, Goudiaby Ramatoulaye

“…The nuts Production of Anacadium occidental L. in Senegal is low and the quality is also poor compared to its competitors (Bissau Guinea, Ivory Coast, etc.). This situation is due to some factors including use lack of selected and improved varieties, aging plantations, and lack of farmers’ training. …”
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Étudiants, sitters, nouchi et bakoroman by Muriel Champy

“…Firstly, this contribution offers successive accounts of three ethnographies concerning “young people”, in Burkina Faso (Jacinthe Mozzocchetti, 2008, Être étudiant à Ouagadougou : itinérances, imaginaire et précarité), in Gambia (Paolo Gaibazzi, 2015, Bush Bound: Young Men and Rural Permanence in Migrant West Africa) and in the Ivory Coast (Sasha Newell, 2012, The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption and Citizenship in Côte d’Ivoire). …”
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Impact of strategic orientation on sustainable competitive advantage: the mediating role of organizational capabilities by Mohammed Majeed, Ahmed Tijani, Kwame Simpe Ofori, Aidatu Abubakari, George Oppong Appiagyei Ampong

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Changements climatiques, migrations et défis de la gestion de l’environnement : le cas d’un village au cœur de la tourmente au Burkina Faso by Ibrahim Ouattara, Omer Chouinard, Carole C. Tranchant, Vanderlinden

“…A large part of the latter resulted from migrations related to the drying out of neighbouring regions and from displacements related to the Ivory Coast’s crisis. Conservation of land production potential and access to water, have thus become the cause of tensions and conflicts in the village populations. …”
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Dynamiques spatiales récentes du Parc National du Banco (PNB) et stratégies de gestion communautaire durable de ses ressources forestières (District d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire)... by Nakouma Sako, Gérard Beltrando

“…The recent space-time dynamics of the forest of the National Banco Parc, located inside the administrative limits of the district of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, caracterised by the post-classifying comparison of the classes of two multispectral images Spot 1 and 2 catches in January 1992 and 2002 (scene of 60 X 60 km² centered on the town of Abidjan, analyzes of three multispectral channels, XS1, XS2, XS3, pixel 20 m). …”
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A never-ending story: updated 3D cyber-taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) for the Afrotropical region by Francisco Hita Garcia, Kiko Gómez, Roberto A. Keller, Bernhard Schurian, Evan P. Economo

“…(Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda), Z. kouakoui Hita Garcia & Gómez, sp. nov. (Ivory Coast), Z. lolae Hita Garcia & Gómez sp. nov. …”
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Optimization of the Formulation of Rice Biscuits Supplemented with D. Edulis (L.) Powder Using Response Surface Methodology by Eliane Flore Eyenga, Hippolyte Tene Mouafo, Mercy Bih Loh Achu, Wilfred F. Mbacham, Sali Atanga Ndindeng

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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…Clinical diseases, as well as high seroprevalence, have been documented in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Upper Volta, Gambia, and Mali. …”
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Dynamique forestière et pression urbaine dans le Parc national du Banco (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) by Nakouma Sako, Gérard Beltrando, Koffi Lazare Atta, Hyppolite Dibi N’da, Télesphore Brou

“…Since 1960s, the Ivorian government care about his forest conservation. Thus, the Ivory Coast has set up a network of protected areas to conserve its forests and biodiversity. …”
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