Publications (169)
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Paleoproterozoic collision tectonics in West Africa: Insights into the geodynamics of continental growth
Kalidou Traoré, Dominique Chardon, Séta Naba, Ousmane Wane, Mamadou Lamine Bouaré
In order to decipher the collision processes between the Eburnean (Paleoproterozoic) accretionary orogen and its flanking Archean craton, photointerpretation was combined with the extraction of structural data from geological quadrangle maps to draw the structural pattern of the southern West African craton. This pattern reveals multi-scale tr(...)
Hot orogen, Accretionary orogen, Transpression, Eburnean, Transamazonian
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Caractérisation des structures de déformation éburnéennes dans la ceinture de roches vertes et les granitoïdes de la région de zorgho (centre du Burkina Faso)
Saga SAWADOGO, Adama Ouédraogo YAMEOGO, Seta NABA
L'évolution structurale des formations d'âge Paléoprotérozoïque durant l'orogenèse Eburnéenne est évaluée dans la présente étude qui concerne la région de Zorgho située au centre du Burkina Faso. Les travaux de terrain et de laboratoire ont permis de mettre en évidence trois phases de déformation D1z, D2z et D3z. La D1z correspond à un raccour(...)
Burkina Faso, Zorgho, Paléoprotérozoïque, Eburnéen, Phase de déformation, Couloir de Cisaillement
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Disputed paternity presumption in Burkina Faso: determination of the biological fathers of children using ABO-rhesus/hemoglobin electrophoresis and STR assays
Missa Millogo, Serge Théophile Soubeiga, Bapio Valery Jean Télesphore Bazié, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Albert Théophane Yonli, Jacques Simpore
Background: In resource-limited countries, ABO, HLA, MNS, Kells, and hemoglobin electrophoresis are classic tests for the resolution of paternity disputes due to their affordable cost. The limitations of these tests in cases of disputed paternity require the use of Short Tandem Repeats (STR) for their certification. This study aimed to determi(...)
ABO-rhesus ; Burkina Faso ; Hemoglobin electrophoresis ; Short Tandem Repeat ; Paternity ; West Africa
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Breast cancer in West Africa: molecular analysis of BRCA genes in early-onset breast cancer patients in Burkina Faso
Michela Biancolella, Nabonswindé Lamoussa Marie Ouédraogo, Nayi Zongo, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Barbara Testa, Barbara Rizzacasa, Andrea Latini, Chiara Conte, Tégwindé Rebeca Compaore, Charlemagne Marie Rayang-Newendé Ouedraogo, Si Simon Traore, Jacques Simpore, Giuseppe Novelli
Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Africa after cervical cancer. Even if the epidemiological data are now aligned with those relating to industrialized countries, the knowledge concerning breast cancer in Africa, particularly in Western Afric(...)
BRCA1 ; BRCA2 ; Breast cancer ; Burkina Faso ; NGS ; West Africa
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Carriage of HLA-DRB1*11 and 1*12 alleles and risk factors in patients with breast cancer in Burkina Faso
Abdou Azaque Zouré, Lanyo Jospin Amegnona, Nayi Zongo, Isabelle Touwendpoulimdé Kiendrebeogo, Pegdwendé Abel Sorgho, Fabienne Ingrid Zongo, Albert Théophane Yonli, Herman Karim Sombié, Aboubacar Hierrhum Bambara, Alexis Yobi Sawadogo, Marie N. L. Ouedraogo, Lassina Traoré, Sidnooma Véronique Zongo, Doriane Tatiana Lallogo, Bapio Valery Jean Télesphore Elvira Bazié, Théodora M. Zohoncon, Florencia W. Dijgma, Jacques Simpore
Several factors contribute to the development of breast cancer, including the immune system. This study is aimed to characterize the carriage of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*11 and 1*12 alleles in patients with breast cancer. This case-control study consisted of 96 histologically diagnosed breast cancer cases and 102 controls (cases with(...)
Burkina Faso ; HLA-DRB111 ; HLA-DRB112 ; breast cancer ; risk factors
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Recalibrating plant water status of winter wheat based on nitrogen nutrition index using thermal images
Ben Zhao, Traore Adama, Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim, Yan Guo, Zhandong Liu, Junfu Xiao, Zugui Liu, Anzhen Qin, Dongfeng Ning et Aiwang Duan
Accurate and timely assessment of crop water status is imperative for in-season irrigation scheduling in crop production. The canopy water stress index and water deficit index have been widely used to appraise crop water status using spatial thermal images. However, the inter-relationships of CWSI, WDI and crop nitrogen status have been rarely(...)
Winter wheat; Plant water status; Nitrogen nutrition index; Thermal image
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Analyse pétrographique, structurale et métallographique de l’environnement minéralisé de Boulgou-Kodisare, Burkina Faso, Afrique de l’Ouest
Pasuk-Wendé Elie SALAMBERE, Hermann ILBOUDO , Abraham Seydoux TRAORE et Martin LOMPO
This study aims at highlighting the Birimian lithofacies of the Boulgou-Kodisare area and identifying the possible key structures that are responsible of the mineralization. The methodology integrates literature that allows the positioning of a series of geological traverses, (04 traverses), field work in order to collect data for subsequent d(...)
Boulgou-Kodisare, Birimian, shear zone, sulfides, mineralization.
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Effects of extracts and molecules derived from medicinal plants of West Africa in the prevention and treatment of gynecological cancers. A Review
Bagora Bayala, Abdou Azaque Zouré, Théodora M. Zohoncon, Bienvenu L. Tinguerie, Silvère Baron, Youssef Bakri, Jacques Simpore, Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro
Medicinal plants are a potential source of drug discovery and development of new pharmacological compounds for cancer chemoprevention. More than 80% of the West African population uses medicinal plants. It is estimated that over 60% of approved anti-cancer agents are derived from plants. The plant raw material used in African traditional medic(...)
Gynecological cancers ; West Africa ; compounds ; medicinal plants ; plant extracts
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Predicting Equivalent Water Thickness in Wheat Using UAV Mounted Multispectral Sensor through Deep Learning Techniques
Adama Traore , Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim , Aiwang Duan , Mukesh Kumar Soothar , Seydou Traore and Ben Zhao
The equivalent water thickness (EWT) is an important biophysical indicator of water status
in crops. The effective monitoring of EWT in wheat under different nitrogen and water treatments
is important for irrigation management in precision agriculture. This study aimed to investigate
the performances of machine learning (ML) algorithms in r(...)
Equivalent water thickness; UAV; deep learning; vegetation indices; multispectral images
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Understanding the Artisanal Mining of the Pissy Granite Quarry Using the Problem-in-Context Framework (PiC)
Michelline Marie Regina Kansole, Moussa Compaore, Anselme Bagoro, Maryam Tamboura, Kpiebote Palenfo, Seta Naba
The Pissy granite quarry of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso exists since 2006, and it is a source of financial incomes for many poor families working there. The Problem-In-Context framework (PiC), lead the current study to understand better the quarry exploitation and structuration. Different motivations guide the quarry actors. Through those moti(...)
Burkina Faso, Granite Mining, Quarry, Ouagadougou
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Petrology, geochemistry, and source of the emplacement model of the Paleoproterozoic Tiébélé Granite Pluton, Burkina Faso (West-Africa): contribution to mineral exploration
Herman Ilboudo, Sâga Sawadogo, Nicolas Kagambega, Toufik Remmal
The Tiébélé Granite Pluton (TGP) and the associated Pink Granite (PG), in southern Burkina Faso (West-Africa), are investigated based on petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology, to establish their relationship with volcanic-hosted mineral occurrences and their intrinsic capability to build up ore-forming metallic components. They can then b(...)
Burkia Faso, Tiébélé, I type granite, Partial Melting, Oxidized magma, Metal, U-Pb ages
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Hydrogeochemical and spatial assessment of groundwater quality from basement aquifers in the Central Plateau Region of Burkina Faso, West Africa
Aboubakar Sako, Sayoba Kafando.,
People in the semi-arid region of central Burkina Faso rely heavily on groundwater resources from basement rock aquifers for potable uses. In this study, the hydrogeochemical processes that control groundwater quality and contribute to better water resource management were characterised using major ion geochemistry, the calculation of water qu(...)
Water quality index · Basement aquifer · Hydrogeochemistry · Semi-arid region
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Mapping Contaminant Plume at a Landfill in a Crystalline Basement Terrain in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Using Self-Potential Geophysical Technique
Abdoul Azize Barry 1, *, Suzanne Yameogo 1 , Meryem Ayach 2 , Meryem Jabrane 3 , Abdessamad Tiouiouine 2 , Samuel Nakolendousse 1 , Hajar Lazar 2 , Ahlam Filki 2 , Meryem Touzani 2 and Ismail Mohsine 2
The delineation of pollution plumes generated by household waste landfills is not easy, particularly in the case of discontinuous or intricately extending water tables, such as those developed in a fractured crystalline bedrock context. In Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), there are many uncontrolled landfills throughout the urban area. The water ta(...)
plume; landfill; mapping; self-potential; crystalline basement; geostatistics
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Identification par imagerie satellitaire et caractérisation pétrochimique de la structure circulaire de Tambogo, ceinture birimiennne de Kaya-Goren, Centre Nord du Burkina Faso.
Zongo, W. P. P., Wenmenga, U., Sawadogo., S.
La présente étude a pour objectif de montrer l’utilité de l’imagerie satellitaire en cartographie des structures circulaires endogènes, en particulier celle de Tambogo dans la ceinture birimienne de Kaya-Goren au CentreNord du Burkina Faso. A cet effet l’imagerie ASTER a été impliquée dans sa détection, sa caractérisation morphomologique et gé(...)
Structure, circulaire, image ASTER, méta-microgabbro, ceinture birimienne
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Occurrence, behaviour and environmental risk assessment of trace metals in stream sediments from southwestern Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Aboubakar Sako, Mamadou Nimi, Sâga Sawadogo, Abdoul-Azize Kafohé Héma
In this study, the influence of source area weathering and provenance on the stream sediment geochemistry as well as the environmental impacts of selected potentially toxic trace elements (PTE) were evaluated. Four components derived from the R-mode factor analysis of additive logratio-transformed data pointed to the combined influence of weat(...)
Sediment geochemistry, Weathering, Provenance, Adverse biological effects, Potentially toxic trace elements