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« The Symbolic Use of Palm, Figurines, and Hibiscus in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus»
André KaboréChimamanda Ngozi Adichie uses many symbols in her novel, Purple Hibiscus. An explanation of these symbols will lead readers to a deeper understanding of the message of the author. This paper focuses mainly on the symbols of palm, figurines and hibiscus which are used in Purple Hibiscus. It...
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Soil-Water Characteristic Curve Modeling at Low Water Content: Empirical and Semi-Empirical Approaches
Marcel Bawindsom Kebré, François Ouédraogo, Naon Betaboalé, Francois Zougmoré, Fabien CherblancIn this paper, we evaluate the performance of the most widely used semi-empirical models (van Genuchten (1980), Fayer and Simmons (1995) and Fredlund and Xing (1994)) and, an empirical model, the Modified Kovacs (MK) model for the determination of soil-water characteristic curve at the low water...
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Diversité et structure des cordons ripicoles le long de la sirba (Nord-Est du Burkina Faso)
Elice KABORE *, Oumarou SAMBARE, Amadé OUEDRAOGO et Adjima THIOMBIANOes Cordons ripicoles sont des végétations bordant les rivières à écoulement temporaire et qui possèdent des sols riches et une grande capacité en bois. Ces ressources sont anarchiquement utilisées par l’homme créant ainsi la fragmentation des berges. Cette étude s’inscrit dans le...
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Pseudo Almost Periodic Solutions of infinite class for Neutral Partial Functional Differential Equations with infinite delay
Khalil Ezzinbi and Issa ZabsonreThe aim of this work is to investigate the existence and uniqueness of pseudo almost periodic solutions for some neutral partial functional differential equations in a Banach space when the delay is distributed using the variation of constants formula and the spectral decomposition of the phase...
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Population structure of the widespread species, Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr. across the climatic gradient in West Africa semi-arid area
A. OUEDRAOGOIn the climate change context, widely distributed plant species can serve as relevant barometers of ecosystems' sensitivity or resilience to disturbances. This study aimed at assessing the population structure and individual morphological traits of Anogeissus leiocarpa, a widespread tree...
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O. Coulibaly ; A. Ouedraogo ; J. Koulidiati , P. Abadie: Etude thermique d’un bâtiment bioclimatique en double paroi dénommé « NEWANGO » : Inertie thermique, confort et consommation d’énergie
O. Coulibaly ; A. Ouedraogo ; J. Koulidiati , P. AbadieCette étude porte sur l’optimisation de l’enveloppe d’un bâtiment bioclimatique à sept étages en double mur, en recherchant les matériaux adaptés et le confort. Il s’est agi d’abord d’étudier l’effet de l’inertie thermique des différentes couches de ...
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Effects of marital breakdown on women’s living conditions in Burkina Faso
GNOUMOU THIOMBIANO Bilampoa et SCHOUMAKER BrunoCette étude examine l’effet du divorce et du veuvage sur les conditions de vie des femmes à partir des données d’une enquête biographique rétrospective (Enquête Migration, Insertion Urbaine et Environnement au Burkina Faso (EMIUB), réalisée en 2000. Cette enquête fournit des...
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« Essai méthodologique et étude de cas sur le patrimoine industriel au Burkina Faso »
COULIBALY Pon Jean-BaptisteCe texte est le fruit d’une communication sur les concepts de patrimoine et d’archéologie industriel au Burkina Faso. Notre propos visait à prouver que les notions d’archéologie industrielle et de patrimoine industriel peuvent bien s’appliquer à notre contexte même si les deux...
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Screening of Hepatitis G and Epstein-Barr Viruses Among Voluntary non Remunerated Blood Donors (VNRBD) in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Issoufou Tao, Cyrille Bisseye, Bolni Marius Nagalo, Mahamoudou Sanou, Alice Kiba, Guzin Surat, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaoré, Lassina Traoré, Jean Baptiste Nikiema, Virginio Pietra, Jean-Didier Zongo, Jacques SimporeAbstract. In most sub-Saharan countries screening of blood-transmitted infections includes mainly HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis. Many viruses such as Hepatitis G (HGV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) which also carry a risk of transmission by blood transfusion raise the question of the extent of...
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Performances of neural networks and LDPC decoders for OFDM high speed transmission in optical fiber
Serge Roland Sanou, François Zougmoré, Marcel Kebré, Zacharie Koalaga, Ali DoumouniaThis paper presents a comparison of the performances of coded OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for optical broadband transmission using Random Neural Network (RNN), a variant of RNN, Soft Decision Decoding (SDD) and LDPC channel decoding techniques. The performance evaluation is...
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The components of self-rated health among adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Yentéma Onadja, Simona Bignami, Clémentine Rossier, Maria-Victoria ZunzuneguiBackground
Although the relationship between self-rated health (SRH) and physical and mental health is well documented in developed countries, very few studies have analyzed this association in the developing world, particularly in Africa. In this study, we examine the associations of SRH with...
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Potential medicinal plants used by traditional healers in western areas of Burkina Faso
ZERBO P., COMPAORE M., MEDA N.T. R., LAMIEN-MEDA A. and KIENDREBEOGO MSince prehistoric times, plants have been used as source of remedies for the treatment of diseases. People of each continent have their own practices about medicinal plants. Despite the large scale environmental degradation and recurrent drought, medicinal plants are still playing significant...
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Optimization of copper indium gallium di-selenide (CIGS) based solar cells by back grading
S. Ouédraogo, R. Sam, F. Ouédraogo, M. B. Kebré, JM. Njaka, F ZougmoréWe performed modeling and simulation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cell, using SCAPS-1D device simulator, and we especially investigated the influence of absorber back surface region grading. The band-gap in the back surface region, as well as the thickness of the back surface grading...
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de lumière d'eau et de terre : empreintes de femmes
SARE/MARE Honorine et FARAH PolatoCet article analyse les pratiques décoratives architecturales des femmes du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie et du Burkina Faso. Ces décorations, delà de leur aspect esthétique sur le plan visuel est un véritable moyen de communication féminin.
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An empirical study of adoption of software testing in open source projects
T. BISSYANDETesting is an indispensable part of software development efforts. It helps to improve the quality of software systems by finding bugs and errors during development and deployment. Huge amount of resources are spent on testing efforts. However, to what extent are they used in practice? In this...