Publications (8053)
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Forage harvesting using branch pruning compromises sustainable use and conservation of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir., an endangered species
Bossila Séraphin Hien, Loyapin Bondé, Mohamed Mahamoud Charahabil, Sié Sylvestre Da, Joseph Issaka Boussim, Oumarou Ouédraogo
Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. is a leguminous tree species with huge forage value. It is subjected to heavy pruning pressure in dry season for livestock feeding, resulting in yearly decline of forage production and vulnerability of the species which is currently classified as endangered species. This study aimed at: (i) identifying factors influ(...)
Foliage production, habitat conditions, human pressure, livestock, sustainable use
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Artificial intelligence tool for cassava viral diseases diagnosis using participatory surveillance in Burkina Faso
Sawadogo S, Tiendrebeogo F, Tibiri EB, Name PE, Djigma F, Traoré L, Pita JS and Eni AO
In the area of plant health, there has been little work using participatory approaches to control emerging infectious diseases such as cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). These diseases cause significant yield losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. The current study provided low cost and early detection method of cassa(...)
participatory surveillance, artificial intelligence, cassava virus diagnosis, smartphone, Burkina Faso
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Assessing antibiotic use practices on central Burkina Faso cattle farms and the associated risks to environmental and human health contamination: A pilot study
Djifahamaï Soma, Fatimata Bintou J. Diarra , Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou , Namwin Siourimè Somda , Evariste Bako , Marguerite Edith M. Nikiema , Souleymane Sore, Natéwindé Sawadogo , Nicolas Barro , and Daouda Kassié
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global health, driven largely by antibiotic misuse in livestock farming. This pilot study explores cattle farmers’ antibiotic use practices and their implications for environmental and human health in peri-urban area of Ouagadougou. This study aimed to identify risky antibiotic use b(...)
antibiotic use, antimicrobial resistance, burkina Faso, cattle farming, environmental contamination, one health
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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of metronidazole formulations using a low-cost near infrared transmission spectrophotometer and chemometric tools
Moussa Yabre, Abdoul Karim Sakira, Moumouni Bande, Kouka Luc Delma, Isaïe Nyamba, Loconon Y. Achille Yemoa, Souleymane Fofana and Touridomon Issa Some
For effective drug quality control and detection of falsified and substandard medicines in developing
countries, there is an urgent need to develop reliable, rapid, and inexpensive analytical methods. In this
work, a methodology combining a low-cost near infrared transmission spectrophotometer with
chemometrics and sample analysis in soluti(...)
Metronidazole, spectrometry, Infra red, Chemometry, Burkina Faso
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Human Pegivirus (HGV) Prevalence among Blood Donors in Burkina Faso: New Data after 2013
Issoufou Tao, Prosper Bado, Edwige Yelemkoure, Alice Kiba, Leslie Marie Elé, Albert T Yonli, Florencia Djigma, Jacques Simpore
Introduction: Human pegivirus (HPgV), initially identified as hepatitis G virus in the 1990s, predominantly causes acute hepatitis and may persist particularly in individuals with compromised immune systems or those co-infected with HIV, HBV, or HCV. Despite its potential public health implications, particularly in transfusion contexts, compre(...)
HPgV/VHG, RT-PCR, Transfusion Safety, Burkina Faso
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Konaté, Ibrahime; Ouaro, Stanislas. Nonlinear elliptic problem involving natural growth term, $L^1$-data, variable exponent and Neumann boundary condition.
I. Konaté, S. Ouaro
In this paper we study a class of multivalued Neumann boundary problem governed by the general p(.)-Leray-Lions type operator and involving a natural growth term and L1 data. Using the technique of maximal monotone operator in Banach spaces and the approximation method via Yosida regularisation and penalizing term, we firstly prove the existen(...)
Generalized Lebesgue-Sobolev spaces, Leray-Lions type operator, Yosida regularisation, maximal monotone graph
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Studying multiple causes of death through verbal autopsies: Contribution of an index of similarity
Ariane Sessogo, Géraldine Duthé, Bruno Lankoandé, Kassoum Dianou
Background: The analysis of multiple causes of death was developed in high-income countries to study complex morbid processes leading to death. In other countries, such studies are severely limited by the lack of death certificates. Some cause-of-death statistics are produced at the local level through verbal autopsies (VAs): the collecting of(...)
Multimorbidity, HDSS, Verbal autoposy, cause of death, Ouagadougou
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Pastoral livestock farming constraints and adaptation strategies in response to institutional reforms in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa
Basnewindé Ilboudo, Alhassane Zaré, Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré, Loyapin Bondé, Reginald Tang Guuroh and Oumarou Ouédraogo
Livestock farming is one of the main socio-economic activities in West Africa, predominantly extensive and reliant on natural rangelands. In Burkina Faso, the pastoral zone creation process began in 1980 to sedentarize livestock farmers, reduce social conflict, and strengthen livestock production. Therefore, these areas were subjected to insti(...)
agropastoralism, atypical transhumance, pastoral zone, range shrinkage, Yallé
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An Agroecological Zoning Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Moussa Waongo, Ousmane Aly Yabyouré Ouedraogo, Abdoul Azise Sodoré, Sanoussi Atta
Agriculture in West Africa faces multiple challenges, such as climate variability, soil degradation, and limited access to reliable agroecological information for agricultural planning. In this context, traditional zonation approaches have often relied solely on rainfall patterns, potentially overlooking critical biophysical factors that influ(...)
Agroecological Zones, k-Means Clustering, Climate Variability, Agricultural Planning, Burkina Faso, West Africa
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Epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis in 16 districts of Burkina Faso after two decades of mass treatment
Dramane Zongo, Josiane Marie Agathe Tiendrebeogo , Wendegoudi Mathias Ouedraogo , Mohamed Bagayan , Sidwaya Hamed Ouedraogo, Clarisse Bougouma , Christophe Nassa, Mamadou Serme, Dieudonné Naré, Adama Zida, Ibrahim Sangaré, Micheline O. Ouedraogo, Patricia Houck, Steven Reid, Anna E. Phillips, Jennifer Magalong, Angela M.Weaver, Yaobi Zhang, Joseph Kouesyandé Soubeiga
After two decades of mass drug administration (MDA) for schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso,
an impact assessment was conducted in 16 health districts (HDs) between February 2023
to March 2024 to determine the epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis in schoolaged children and facilitate the decision for sub-district level treatment decision(...)
Schistosomiasis, school children, mass treatment, Burkina Faso
COMMUNICATION
Archéologie du colonialisme et monuments à la gloire des troupes noires de la Grande guerre et "créateurs de l'AOF"
Boubié BAZIE
La Grande guerre fait partie d’une histoire partagée entre la France et ses colonies au regard des sacrifices collégialement consentis en hommes et en biens pour vaincre l’ennemi. De ce fait, les monuments coloniaux érigés en Afrique Occidentale Française au lendemain de cette guerre pour rendre hommage aux soldats tombés pour la « Mère Patrie(...)
Monuments-Grande guerre-histoire coloniale
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Ultrasensitive Screen-Printed-Electrodes for p-aminophenol Analysis and Applications in Bioremediation and Photodegradation Processes
Jean-Philippe Théodore Silga, Serge Mbokou Foukmeniok, Yibor Fabrice Roland Bako, Assia Chaouch Ramdane, Maryam Nazerifar, Habibollah Younesi, Issa Tapsoba, Pontié Maxime
A screen-printed electrode (SPE) was successfully activated and modified by electrodeposition of nickel (II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine film (poly-NiTSPc) for the electrochemical analysis of para-aminophenol (PAP). Cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, optical microscopy and scanning el(...)
3-methyl*4-nitrophenol, nanofiltration, layer-by-layer, microbial fuel cell
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A comprehensive analytical model for assessing parameters affecting terracotta tubular direct evaporative cooling systems
Zoungrana Windnigda , Boukar Makinta , Coulibaly Ousmane , Tubreoumya Guy Christian , Bere Antoine
The increasing energy demand for air-conditioning underscores the need for sustainable and cost-effective cooling technologies. This study presents a comprehensive analytical model for terracotta tubular direct evaporative cooling systems, addressing the gap in parametric analysis and design optimization for these eco-friendly
systems. The mo(...)
Analytical modeling, Porous terracotta tube, Direct Evaporative Cooling, Heat and Mass Exchanger, Influential parameters
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A conceptual framework for the contextualization of crop model applications and outputs in participatory research
Timothée Cheriere, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gatien N. Falconnier, Aminata Ganeme, Juliette Lairez, · Hamado Sawadogo, · Myriam Adam
Contextualization of generic scientific knowledge to context-specific farmer knowledge is a necessary step in farmers’ innovation
process, and it can be achieved using crop and farm models. This work explores the possibility to simulate a large
number of scenarios based on farmers’ descriptions of their environment and practices in order to(...)
Participatory research · Agroecology · Contextualization of knowledge · Sub-Saharan Africa · Smallholder farming
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Challenges and opportunities of developing bioinformatics platforms in Africa: the case of BurkinaBioinfo at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Ezechiel B. Tibiri, Palwende R. Boua, Issiaka Soulama, Christine Dubreuil-Tranchant, Ndomassi Tando, Charlotte Tollenaere, Christophe Brugidou, Romaric K. Nanema, Fidèle Tiendrebeogo
Bioinformatics, an interdisciplinary field combining biology and computer science, enables meaningful information to be extracted from complex biological data. The exponential growth of biological data, driven by high-throughput omics technologies and advanced sequencing methods, requires robust computational resources. Worldwide, bioinformati(...)
Bioinformatics, BurkinaBioinfo, Challenges, Training