A critical review on techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy resources-based microgrids by Munish Manas, Shivi Sharma, K. Shashidhar Reddy, Abhinav Srivastava

“…This paper gives a combined review of various research papers that discuss some case studies and some research on various models designed on software like HOMER Pro, how microgrids become economic barriers, optimal power supply solutions with CFPS, distributed and centralized microgrid components, the technical and economic feasibility of EV charging stations, and the analysis of various combinations of power systems at various locations like Bangladesh, Canada, the Republic of Djibouti, China, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, some rural sites in India, and some developing countries. …”
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Skin Mycetoma in an 11-Year-Old African Boy: Case Presentation with Emphasis on Histopathological Features and Differential Diagnosis by Gerardo Cazzato, Anna Colagrande, Antonietta Cimmino, Lucia Lospalluti, Aurora Demarco, Caterina Foti, Paolo Romita, Francesca Arezzo, Vera Loizzi, Paola Parente, Leonardo Resta, Giuseppe Ingravallo

“…Here, we present a case of Mycetoma in an 11-year-old patient who emigrated from Djibouti, Somalia, and showed the essential histopathological features of this rare and forgotten nosographic entity in the industrialized world and briefly discuss the major and most important differential diagnoses.…”
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COVID-19 Impact on DTP Vaccination Trends in Africa: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis by Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, Sara Guillen-Aguinaga, Laura Guillen-Aguinaga, Rosa Alas-Brun, Luc Onambele, Enrique Aguinaga-Ontoso, Francisco Guillen-Grima

“…There were 26 countries (Angola, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eswatini, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) where the vaccine coverage during the two years decreased. …”
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Longitudinal trend of urolithiasis incidence rates among world countries during past decades by Nasrin Borumandnia, Payam Fattahi, Atefeh Talebi, Maryam Taheri, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Sadra Ashrafi, Hamid Alavimajd

“…Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, and Djibouti were in the next rank in terms of decreasing rate (decreasing rate of -92.3 per 100000, p-value < .001). …”
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Observed changes in wet days and dry spells over the IGAD region of eastern Africa by Paulino Omoj Omay, Nzioka J. Muthama, Christopher Oludhe, Josiah M. Kinama, Guleid Artan, Zachary Atheru

“…In Kenya, Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, the probability of surpassing 7, 14, 21, 28 days (1, 2, 3, 4 spells) was less than 5%. …”
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A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: A molecular epidemiological study by Walker, T, Merker, M, Knoblauch, A, Helbling, P, Schoch, O, van der Werf, M, Kranzer, K, Fiebig, L, Kröger, S, Haas, W, Hoffmann, H, Indra, A, Egli, A, Cirillo, D, Robert, J, Rogers, T, Groenheit, R, Mengshoel, A, Mathys, V, Haanperä, M, Soolingen, D, Niemann, S, Böttger, E, Keller, P

“…</p> <h4>Interpretation</h4> <p>Our data suggest that source cases are linked to an M tuberculosis clone circulating in northern Somalia or Djibouti and that transmission probably occurred en route before arrival in Europe. …”

Monitoring Extreme Agricultural Drought over the Horn of Africa (HOA) Using Remote Sensing Measurements by Carolyn Qu, Xianjun Hao, John J. Qu

“…The Horn of Africa ((HOA), including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia) has been slammed by extreme drought within the past years, and has become one of the most food-insecure regions in the world. …”
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A Simplified Spatial Methodology for Assessing Land Productivity Status in Africa by Barasa Bernard, Majaliwa J. G. Mwanjalolo, Banduga Moses, Katwere James, Magaya Paul, Sadadi Ojoatre, Wanjiru Lydia, Margaret N. Walusimbi

“…Rainfall was significantly correlated with standing biomass in most of the studied countries (<i>p</i> < 0.05) except Djibouti and Rwanda. Therefore, monitoring soil health, use and land reforms are key to sustaining vegetative biomass.…”
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How do countries along the Maritime Silk Road perform in sustainable use of natural resources? Progress of natural resources-related SDGs by Yixuan Chen, Chao Liu, Haofeng Li, Xiongzhi Xue

“…As for the overall performance in SUNR, the top five performers are Croatia, Italy, Greece, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore, while Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen rank last. The regional ability of SUNR is, in descending order, Europe, Asia, and Africa, related to the economic development level and resource endowment. …”
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Predicting suitable breeding areas for different locust species – A multi-scale approach accounting for environmental conditions and current land cover situation by Igor Klein, Sietse van der Woude, Frederic Schwarzenbacher, Nadiya Muratova, Bart Slagter, Dmitry Malakhov, Natascha Oppelt, Claudia Kuenzer

“…The presented methodology was applied for the Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus, CIT) in Pavlodar oblast, Northern Kazakhstan, for the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus, DMA) in Turkistan oblast, South Kazakhstan and for the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in Awash river basin, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia. The main novelty is based on implementing results from ecological niche modelling (ENM) with time-series analyses of high spatial resolution remote sensing data (Sentinel-2) and further auxiliary datasets in a fused HSI model. …”
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Nutrition Profile for Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region with Different Income Levels: An Analytical Review by Hanna Leppäniemi, Eman Ibrahim, Marwa M. S. Abbass, Elaine Borghi, Monica C. Flores-Urrutia, Elisa Dominguez Muriel, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Richard Kumapley, Asmus Hammerich, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh

“…This analytical review studies the nutrition situation of the EMR during the past 20 years by dividing the region into four groups based on their income level—the low-income group (Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen), the lower-middle-income group (Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, and Tunisia), the upper-middle-income group (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya) and the high-income group (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates)—and by comparing and describing the estimates of the most important nutrition indicators, including stunting, wasting, overweight, obesity, anaemia, and early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding. …”
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Les Jeux de la jeunesse de l’océan Indien : la francophonie au service de la fraternité régionale (1995-2020) by Julien Fuchs

“…Ils rassemblent, selon les éditions, entre 500 et 1 000 jeunes de 14 à 18 ans représentant l’union des Comores, la république de Madagascar, la république de Maurice, la république des Seychelles, La Réunion ainsi que, depuis 2003, la république de Djibouti, et, depuis 2005, Mayotte. Bâtis sur le principe d’une complémentarité entre activités sportives et culturelles et de l’échange entre jeunes, ils font de la francophonie un pilier. …”
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Geothermal energy prospect for decarbonization, EWF nexus and energy poverty mitigation in East Africa; the role of hydrogen production by Olusola Bamisile, Dongsheng Cai, Humphrey Adun, Michael Taiwo, Jian Li, Yihua Hu, Qi Huang

“…A central renewable energy grid is proposed/modelled to meet the energy demand for seven East African countries namely; Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, Comoros, Eritrea, and Rwanda. This study considers 2030, 2040, and 2050 as the timestamp for the implementation of the proposed models. …”
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Identifying critical migratory bottlenecks and high‐use areas for an endangered migratory soaring bird across three continents by Evan R. Buechley, Steffen Oppel, William S. Beatty, Stoyan C. Nikolov, Vladimir Dobrev, Volen Arkumarev, Victoria Saravia, Clementine Bougain, Anastasios Bounas, Elzbieta Kret, Theodora Skartsi, Lale Aktay, Karen Aghababyan, Ethan Frehner, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu

“…The most important sites were located at the southeastern Red Sea coast and Bab‐el‐Mandeb Strait (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Djibouti), the Suez Canal zone (Egypt), and the Gulf of Iskenderun (Turkey). …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Escherichia coli</i> with Resistance against Third-Generation Cephalosporines Isolated from Deployed German Soldiers—A Retrospective Assessment after D... by Frederik Pankok, Frieder Fuchs, Ulrike Loderstädt, Martin Kaase, Carsten Balczun, Simone Scheithauer, Hagen Frickmann, Ralf Matthias Hagen

“…Returnees from the Sahel region (Djibouti, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda) comprised a proportion of 52.9% (27/51). …”
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Ambient Air Quality Standards and Policies in Eastern Mediterranean Countries: A Review by Sasan Faridi, Sasan Faridi, Michal Krzyzanowski, Aaron J. Cohen, Aaron J. Cohen, Aaron J. Cohen, Mazen Malkawi, Heba Adel Moh’d Safi, Fatemeh Yousefian, Faramarz Azimi, Kazem Naddafi, Kazem Naddafi, Fatemeh Momeniha, Sadegh Niazi, Heresh Amini, Nino Künzli, Nino Künzli, Mansour Shamsipour, Adel Mokammel, Vahid Roostaei, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand

“…To estimate the potential health benefits of reaching the NAAQS and AQG levels for PM2.5, we used the average of ambient PM2.5 exposures in the 22 EMR countries in 2019 from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) dataset and AirQ+ software.Results: Almost all of the EMR countries have national ambient air quality standards for the critical air pollutants except Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen. However, the current standards for PM2.5 are up to 10 times higher than the current health-based WHO AQGs. …”
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