Ammodesmidae are represented in western Africa by two species of a single genus, Ammodesmus Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus Cook, 1896, syn. n.). The type-species Ammodesmus granum Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus volutus Cook, 1896, syn. n.) is redescribed, based on neotype selection, as well as on additional samples, often containing numerous specimens, from Liberia, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. A new ...

Agriculture is a vital part of the economy in many parts of developed countries as well as in developing countries. Its importance varies with the resources bases and stages of a country. It also varies with world economic conditions and may be influenced by the political system and asset ownership patterns of the country. This paper describes the specific contributions of agriculture to econom...

BACKGROUND Patent ductus arteriosus surgery is well documented. Hospital Mortality has reduced to almost 0%. Yet, with adults, this surgical cure is likely to be difficult and require some technical skills METHOD A retrospective study of surgical procedures and results after surgery of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in adults. RESULTS Since 1978 to 2000 we have reported 16 operated cases. T...

A population of Glossina longipalpis studied in the Southern Guinea savanna zone, Ivory Coast, showed marked differences between non-infected and infected females. Each fly was examined for age, reproductive condition, wear and tear, size and nutritional status. Infected flies were generally and sometimes significantly more active with lower fat reserves, residual bloodmeal and higher residual ...

Polymorphism in populations of pearl millet from the Northern Ivory Coast was studied t o determine the variability of three enzymatic proteins, alcohol dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase and phosphoglucoseisomerase, coded by three loci. The results show significant linear variation of frequencies associated with an eastwest axis for two of the loci. No significant variability for phosphoglucose...

The Bible Translator’s Assistant (TBTA) is a natural language generator (NLG) designed specifically for field linguists doing translation work in minority languages. In particular, TBTA is intended to generate drafts of the narrative portions of the Bible as well as numerous community development articles in a very wide range of languages. TBTA uses the rich interlingua approach. The semantic r...

Metabolic syndrome is a particular state of morbidity characterized by the association of several factors contributing to the increase in the cardiovascular risk. This constellation of factors associates the glucose intolerance and its corollary the hyperglycemia, the overweight, the hypertriglyceridemia, the fall of the HDL-cholesterol and arterial hypertension. In Africa, it is difficult to e...

In the past decade Diaspo youths – second generation immigrants in Côte d’Ivoire who were forced to migrate to their parents’ country of origin, Burkina Faso, during the Ivorian civil war – have become a visible presence in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’s second largest city. By consciously displaying their Ivorian origins, they have provoked both the admiration and resentment of local youths, w...

While precautionary efforts are being made to minimize human health problems associated with agricultural pesticides, the continued occurrence of occupational poisoning from these chemicals raises major concerns among stakeholders. Information gap on human health problems associated with pesticides poses major obstacles to making informed policy decisions, particularly in developing countries w...

Health constitutes a sufficiently solid entrance to reduce poverty and promote economic growth. Yet, in most African countries and particularly in Côte d’Ivoire, the populations’ state of health has seen a real deterioration over the last decade. This study seeks to explain this decline by determining the explanatory factors of recourse to health care providers. To this end, the multinomial log...