Shakespeare à l’écran : Makibefo d’Alexander Abela, un exemple extrême d’appropriation culturelle by Anne-Marie Costantini-Cornède

“…Alexander Abela’s Makibefo (1999) shot in Madagascar and played by non-professional actors. The use of the Antandroy people or “an ancient tribe” who had never even seen a film before, is an example of cultural appropriation or a “transcultural” approach to the play, a complex process of rewriting which consists in a narrative and aesthetic remoulding of the play adapted. …”
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Bismarckia nobilis: Bismarck Palm by Timothy K. Broschat

“… The Bismarck palm is a native of Madagascar that grows to a height of 30 to 60 feet with a spread of 12 to 16 feet. …”
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Freeze-Drying for the Reduction of Fruit and Vegetable Chain Losses: A Sustainable Solution to Produce Potential Health-Promoting Food Applications by Dario Donno, Giovanna Neirotti, Annachiara Fioccardi, Zoarilala Rinah Razafindrakoto, Nantenaina Tombozara, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Gabriele Loris Beccaro, Giovanni Gamba

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Pomodori e pesticidi. (In)giustizia alimentare, sanitaria e ambientale nelle Regioni ultraperiferiche: il caso di Mayotte by Paola Schierano

“…Some of the most frequent activities to be carried out by migrants – mainly from the Comoro and Madagascar – stand out the cultivation and street vending of fruit and vegetables, especially tomatoes. …”
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Le site funéraire d’Antsiraka Boira (Acoua, Grande Terre) : Islamisation et syncrétisme culturel à Mayotte au XIIe siècle by Martial Pauly, Marine Ferrandis

“…They reveal connections to be found in the surrounding of the Comoros archipelago (Africa, Madagascar). They also set questions about the existence of a proto-malagasy cultural area.…”
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La part oubliée de l’étude des pharmacopées traditionnelles africaines by Claudie Haxaire

“…In French-speaking Africa, the pioneers of the study of “traditional pharmacopoeias” were essentially military pharmacists, such as Joseph Kerharo in Senegal, Pierre Boiteau in Madagascar, Armand Bouquet in the Côte d'Ivoire or in the Congo, in connection with the laboratory founded by Portères. …”
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Slang in animated cartoons: Translation peculiarities by Kateryna Bondarenko

“… The research focuses on analysing the function of slang in modern cartoons (Madagascar 2, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, Open Season, Cars) as well as translation strategies used to convey accurate meaning. …”
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Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) by Christophe Dufresnes, Daniel Jablonski, Johanna Ambu, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Kumudani Bala Gautam, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Stephen Mahony, Sylvia Hofmann, Rafaqat Masroor, Bérénice Alard, Angelica Crottini, Devin Edmonds, Annemarie Ohler, Jianping Jiang, Janak R. Khatiwada, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Amaël Borzée, Leo J. Borkin, Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Konstantin D. Milto, Evgeny L. Konstantinov, Sven Künzel, Tomasz Suchan, Dmitriy V. Arkhipov, Alexei V. Trofimets, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

“…Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the historical biogeography of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), a toxic commensal amphibian that currently threatens two biodiversity hotspots through biological invasions (Wallacea and Madagascar). The results emphasize a complex diversification shaped by speciation and mitochondrial introgression that comprises two distinct species. …”
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LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design. by Bess Hardwick, Deirdre Kerdraon, Hanna M K Rogers, Dimby Raharinjanahary, Eric Tsiriniaina Rajoelison, Tommi Mononen, Petteri Lehikoinen, Gaia Banelyte, Arielle Farrell, Brian L Fisher, Tomas Roslin, Otso Ovaskainen

“…We present the selection and characteristics of international sampling locations for urban and natural sites, as well as the nested scale design in the Nordic countries and Madagascar. We describe the steps to collect sequences of animal images (.jpg) from infrared triggered camera traps, audio data (.WAV) of environment sounds from audio recorders, invertebrate samples in ethanol from Malaise traps for DNA metabarcoding, as well as both soil samples and 24-hour air samples obtained from cyclone samplers for fungal DNA metabarcoding. …”
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Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages by Hong Qian, Shenhua Qian

“…Regions exhibiting notably high endemism are predominantly found in tropical Asia, Madagascar, eastern Australia, and the Andes, while those with notably low endemism are generally in temperate Eurasia and North America, parts of Africa, and eastern South America. …”
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Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot. by Riley A Pollom, Jessica Cheok, Nathan Pacoureau, Katie S Gledhill, Peter M Kyne, David A Ebert, Rima W Jabado, Katelyn B Herman, Rhett H Bennett, Charlene da Silva, Stela Fernando, Baraka Kuguru, Robin W Leslie, Meaghen E McCord, Melita Samoilys, Henning Winker, Sean T Fennessy, Caroline M Pollock, Cassandra L Rigby, Nicholas K Dulvy

“…South Africa has the highest national conservation responsibility, followed by Mozambique and Madagascar. Yet, while fisheries management and enforcement have improved in South Africa over recent decades, substantial improvements are urgently needed elsewhere. …”
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Floods of 18 and 19 November 2016 in Batouri (East Cameroon): Interpretation of the Hydro-Meteorological Parameters and Historical Context of the Post-Event Survey Episode by Paulin Sainclair Kouassy Kalédjé, Jules-Rémy Ndam Ngoupayou, Alain Fouépé Takounjou, Mireille Zebsa, Felaniaina Rakotondrabe, Joseph Mvondo Ondoa

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Utilisation des sécrétions de myriapodes chez les lémurs et les sapajous : fonction curative ou signalisation sociale ? by Bruno Simmen, Laurent Tarnaud

“…Opportunistic data were collected in a prosimian species (a hybrid form of Eulemur sp.) in a gallery forest South of Madagascar (occurrences in January 2005) and in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) in a tropical rainforest in French Guyana (occurrences in March-April 1996). …”
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Characterising the scale-up and performance of antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study using growth curves by Benjamin Bigelow, Stéphane Verguet

“…We fitted non-linear regressions for the two models, assessed goodness of fit using the Bayesian information criterion (BIC), and ranked countries based on their estimated performance drawn from the fitted model parameters.Results We extracted country performance in rates of scale-up of ART coverage, which ranged from ≤2.5 percentage points per year (South Sudan, Sudan, and Madagascar) to ≥8.0 percentage points per year (Benin, Zimbabwe and Namibia), using the Gompertz model. …”
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Any better? A follow-up content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health inclusion in Global Financing Facility country planning documents by Ulla Walmisley, Mary V. Kinney, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Yamba Kafando, Asha S. George

“…Methods Content analysis was conducted on publicly available GFF planning documents for Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Vietnam. …”
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Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece by Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christos Barboutis, Anastasios Bounas, Christina Kassara, Ben J. Mans, Anastasios Saratsis, Ala Tabor

“…Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839) is a well-known long-distance migrant of the Afro-Palaearctic flyway, a summer breeder of the Mediterranean region and North-west Africa and a winter resident of Madagascar and surrounding areas, thus characterized as a double endemic. …”
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Association of female genital schistosomiasis and human papillomavirus and cervical pre-cancer: a systematic review by Amy Sturt, Tanvier Omar, Isaiah Hansingo, Paul Kamfwa, Amaya Bustinduy, Helen Kelly

“…However, a study in Madagascar did not show increased odds of any HPV among women with visual-FGS compared to women without FGS (OR 1.0 [0.82 – 1.2). …”
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Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Mastewal Yami, Oyewale Abioye, Sougrynoma Zainatou Sore, Aline Mugisho, Tahirou Abdoulaye

“…The desk review was supplemented by 30 interviews with key informants in FNSSA projects across Africa including Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda, and an interactive workshop with key stakeholders working on gender and youth integration issues across Africa. …”
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 Increasing the resolution of malaria early warning systems for use by local health actors by Michelle V. Evans, Felana A. Ihantamalala, Mauricianot Randriamihaja, Vincent Herbreteau, Christophe Révillion, Thibault Catry, Eric Delaitre, Matthew H. Bonds, Benjamin Roche, Ezra Mitsinjoniala, Fiainamirindra A. Ralaivavikoa, Bénédicte Razafinjato, Oméga Raobela, Andres Garchitorena

“…Methods This study developed a hyper-local MEWS for use within a health-system strengthening intervention in rural Madagascar. It combined bias-corrected, village-level case notification data with remotely sensed environmental variables at spatial scales as fine as a 10 m resolution. …”
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