Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement

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Oxidative Stress, Trace and Toxic Metal Levels In Alzheimer’S Disease In Sub-Sahara Africa

Abstract BackgroundAlzheimer’s disease (AD), an age-related neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of memory has been attributed to oxidative stress induced …

2020 Open Access

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Models for Predicting Bulinids Species Habitats in Southwestern Nigeria Using Geographic Information System

Abstract Background: Schistosomiasis prevalence is high in southwestern Nigeria and planorbids of the genus Bulinus had been implicated in the …

2020 Open Access

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Assessment of Micronutrient Status of Electronic Waste (E-waste) Recyclers at Agbogbloshie (Ghana) Using Dietary Information and Biomarker Data

Abstract Background: Growing evidence suggests that heavy metals (e.g., cadmium, lead and arsenic) negatively influence micronutrient status. Electronic waste (e-waste) …

2020 Open Access

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Types of Stove in Use and Respiratory and Eye Health of Nepal Rural Housewives: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract BackgroundsHealth benefits of energy transition from solid fuels to cleaner fuels can be evaluated in field study of developing …

2020 Open Access

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Soil organic carbon stock and retention rate among land uses along Didessa toposequence in humid Western Ethiopia

Abstract Background There is scarcity of scientific information on stocks and retention rate of soil organic carbon (SOC) among mixed …

2020 Open Access

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of tertiary education students in regard to air pollution in Windhoek, Namibia: a cross sectional study

2020 Open Access

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Determination of The Curie Point Depth, Thermal Gradient and Heat Flow of Parts of Central And North-Eastern Nigeria Using Spectral Analysis Technique

Abstract Radially power spectrum was applied to the aeromagnetic data covering an area 36,300km2 and bounded by latitudes 7.5o N …

2020 Open Access

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Physiological and molecular characterization of active fungi in pesticides contaminated soils for degradation of glyphosate

Abstract Understanding the physiological and molecular characteristics of naturally occurring fungi in glyphosate pesticide contaminated environment is crucial to managing …

2020 Open Access

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Allometric equation for aboveground biomass estimation in moist Afromontane forest in Gesha and Sayilem district in Kaffa zone, southwestern Ethiopia

Abstract Background: Allometric equations which are regressions linking the biomass to some independent variables are used to estimate tree components …

2020 Open Access

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Implications of COVID-19 on The of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Ethiopia

Abstract Background: The novel coronavirus pandemic, namely COVID-19, has become a global public health problem. COVID-19 was first reported in …

2020 Open Access

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Structural features derived from a Multiscale Analysis and 2.75D Modelling of Aeromagnetic Data over the Pitoa-Figuil Area (Northern Cameroon)

Abstract. In the Pitoa-Figuil area (Northern Cameroon), an interpretation of aeromagnetic data was conducted. The aim of this investigation was …

2020 Open Access

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Changes in Soil Chemical Properties Under Different Land-Use Systems and Soil Depth Layers: A Case Study from the Central Highlands of Ethiopia

Abstract Background: Soil chemical properties have changed under different land-use systems and soil depth layers either by increasing or decreasing. …

2020 Open Access

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Bio-Sorption for Effective Removal of Chromium (VI) from Wastewater Using Moringa Stenopetala Seed Powder (MSSP) and Banana Peel Powder (BPP)

Abstract Chromium is an extremely toxic heavy metal that causes severe environmental and health problems. Therefore, the aim of this …

2020 Open Access

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Ethnozoological Study of Traditional Medicinal Animals and Their Products Used by The People of South Achefer District, Northern Ethiopia

Abstract Background: There is an ancient history that human beings are familiar with use of animals and plants for food, …

2020 Open Access

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Accessibility of Urban Green Infrastructure in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia: Current Status and Future Challenge

Abstract Background: Many studies have been conducted on the challenges underpinning the depletion and inaccessibility of urban green infrastructures (UGI) …

2020 Open Access

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Adsorptive removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solution onto activated carbon of Catha edulis stem as a low cost bio-adsorbent

2020 Open Access

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Sexual Dimorphism in Inorganic Mercury Toxicokinetics and the Attendant Lipotoxic and Non-Lipotoxic Dyslipidemia in the Rat

Abstract BackgroundThe influence of variability in the biology of living organisms is poorly appreciated in toxicology. However, multiple lines of …

2020 Open Access

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Author Correction: Bioprocessing strategies for cost-effective simultaneous removal of chromium and malachite green by marine alga Enteromorpha intestinalis

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the …

2020 Open Access

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Extreme flow variability analysis at the Bianouan hydrometric station on the Bia River watershed in Côte d'Ivoire

Abstract. Extreme hydrological phenomena recurrence in West Africa in recent decades is a problem in the anthropized watershed management. Link …

2020 Open Access

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Extreme Rainfall and Temperature Changes Assessment on late-twenty-first-century over the Mono River Basin, Togo (West-Africa)

Abstract. This study assessed the extreme rainfall and temperature changes over Mono river basin by the end of 21st century …

2020 Open Access