Essays on current account dynamics and fiscal rules in sub-Saharan Africa by Ayot, Kenrick Otieno

“…The fiscal rule index was based on the updated IMF's fiscal rules dataset. Baseline regression examined the effect of fiscal rules on fiscal performance and a fiscal policy reaction function was estimated on 1997-2015 data from 24 sub-Saharan Africa countries that implemented these rules. …”
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Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Africa by Kargbo, Santigie Mohamed

“…Countries with human capital capacity far below the threshold, however, will not experience productivity gains from these investments.…”
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Improved estimates and understanding of interannual trends of CO₂ fluxes in the Southern Ocean by Gregor, Luke

“…Improving the estimates of CO₂ was achieved by investigating: the impact of increasing the gridding resolution of input data and proxy variables, and Support vector regression (SVR) and Random Forest Regression (RFR) as alternate machine learning methods. …”
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Political Economy of Gender and Sustainable Development: African Evidence by Enchill, Gifty Ewurama

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Public debt in sub-Saharan African countries: determinants and economic effects by Okwoche, Princewill U

“…While most of the debate centres on the advanced and emerging market economies, only a limited number of studies have looked at the case of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. This is despite the fact that many countries in the sub-region have been through debt crises in previous decades and are currently facing the imminence of another crisis. …”
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Electron microscopic morphometry of podocyte foot process effacement as a tool to distinguish primary from secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) by da Costa, Nelson

“…The NS group had a calculated median FPW of 3076nm, while the NNS group had a median FPW of 1322nm (p=0.003). 83% of the NS group had diffuse FPE, whereas 78% of the NNS group had focal FPE (p=0.003). Logistic regression revealed a FPW threshold value of 2550nm correlated with an 80% probability of a NS diagnosis. …”
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Integrated life-cycle cost & risk optimization framework for coastal protection structures by El Hakea, Ayman Hassan Abdel-Wahab

“…Further, the suggested framework was observed to be more cost-efficient than the common maintenance and repair strategies, in terms of keeping the maximum acceptable PI threshold.…”
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Protection of river embankments downstream of low-level river crossings using stepped chute energy dissipation structures by Cloete, Pierre Lourens

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Quantifying Soil and Nutrients Losses under Different Soil Amendments and Cropping Systems on a Plinthic Vetic Lixisol in Ghana by Bigabwa, Janvier Bashagaluke

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Loan growth and risk: evidence from microfinance institutions in Africa by Moyi, Eliud Dismas

“…Microfinance markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have experienced remarkable growth, particularly after the early 2000s. …”
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Functional Genome-wide Association Studies (fGWAS) and genomics landscape of signatures of polygenic adaptation in Botswana populations with HIV-1 C infection by Choga, Wonderful Tatenda

“…Although utilizing autosomal chromosomes failed to reveal any population sub-structuring, mtDNA diversity confirms variety and substantial sub-structure in the population of Botswana. …”
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Estimating minimum thresholds of natural vegetation for the integrated management and protection of water quality in South African catchments by Locke, Kent

“…To answer these questions, regression analysis was used to model relationships between water quality (measured using a composite pollution index) and metrics of natural vegetation (estimated from national land cover maps) at multiple scales across a sample of sub-catchments located within South Africa's Berg-Olifants, Breede-Gouritz, and Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Water Management Areas. …”
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Aeolian dust emission dynamics across spatial scales: landforms, controls and characteristics by von Holdt, Johanna R C

“…Such an analysis can be used to identify critical thresholds for dust emission and standardise testing protocols. …”
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Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV in Khayelitsha: a contemporary review of services 20 years later by Phelanyane, Florence Malehlabathe

“…Continuous variables were converted to categorical variables according to pre-set thresholds, all categorical variables were described using proportions, and frequency tables were used for comparison. …”
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