BACKGROUND With the aging of the population, dementia is increasing worldwide. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for dementia in an elderly population utilizing a primary health care service in Dakar, Senegal. METHODS Through a cross-sectional study conducted from March 2004 to December 31, 2005, 507 elderly patients aged ≥65 years who came to the Social and Medical Cen...

Who intends to leave Africa and what drives the pressure to emigrate? For four African countries (Ghana, Senegal, Morocco and Egypt) we evaluate the strength of push and pull factors in stating emigration intentions ‘out of Africa’. In general, one can say that the typical potential migrant is young, male, optimistic about attaining a higher living standard and finding a job and having relative...

Polyploidy is a common phenomenon in the evolution of angiosperms. It has been suggested that polyploids manage harsh environments better than their diploid relatives but empirical data supporting this hypothesis are scarce, especially for trees. Using microsatellite markers and flow cytometry, we examine the frequency of polyploids and diploids in a progeny trial testing four different populat...

CONTEXT Abortion is highly restricted by law in Senegal. Although women seek care for abortion complications, no national estimate of abortion incidence exists. METHODS Data on postabortion care and abortion in Senegal were collected in 2013 using surveys of a nationally representative sample of 168 health facilities that provide postabortion care and of 110 professionals knowledgeable about ...

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) virus (Family Bunyaviridae) is an arthropod-borne RNA virus that infects primarily domestic ruminants and occasionally humans. RVF epizootics are characterized by numerous abortions and mortality among young animals. In humans, the illness is usually characterized by a mild self-limited febrile illness, which could progress to more serious complications. RVF virus is wid...

Eric Mbuya Musapudi, Aimé Lukoba Bwalya, Igor Mujinga wa Mujinga, Didier Tshibangu Mujinga, Julien Ilunga Nikulu, Guy Nday Ilunga Département de Chirurgie, Cliniques Universitaires de Lubumbashi, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Republique Démocratique du Congo, Pathologiste Cliniques Universitaires de Lubumbashi, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbas...

The impact of credit quality on swap rates is determined under alternative netting assumptions. With counterparties of di erent default risk, swap valuation is non-linear in the underlying promised exchange of cash ows. The impact of credit risk asymmetry and of netting is presented through both theory and numerical examples, which include interest rate and currency swaps. Please address all co...

Following the implementation of two dams in the Senegal River, entomological and parasitological studies were conducted in three different ecological zones in the Senegal River Basin (the low valley of Senegal River, the Guiers Lake area and the low valley of Ferlo) every 3 month in June 2004, September 2004, December 2004 and March 2005. The objective of this work was to study the influence of...

Let A be a set of positive integers with gcd(A) = 1, and let pA(n) be the partition function of A. Let c0 = π √ 2/3. If A has lower asymptotic density α and upper asymptotic density β, then lim inf log pAn/c0 √ n ≥ √ α and lim sup log pA(n)/c0 √ n ≤ √ β. In particular, if A has asymptotic density α > 0, then log pA(n) ∼ c0 √ αn. Conversely, if α > 0 and log pA(n) ∼ c0 √ αn, then the set A has a...

The aim of this work is to contribute a better knowledge liverworts in the herbaria Senegal order provide basic for sustainable management. This study carried out firstly University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar/Senegal: herbarium Herbarium Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN UCAD) and DAKAR Department Plant Biology Faculty Sciences Techniques. Secondly, consultation different checklists databa...