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1. ECC Analyzer: Extract Trading Signal from Earnings Conference Calls using Large Language Model for Stock Performance Prediction

Author

Cao, Yupeng, Chen, Zhi, Pei, Qingyun, Lee, Nathan Jinseok, Subbalakshmi, K. P., and Ndiaye, Papa Momar

Subjects
Computer Science - Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Computation and Language, Quantitative Finance - Risk Management, Quantitative Finance - Trading and Market Microstructure
Abstract

In the realm of financial analytics, leveraging unstructured data, such as earnings conference calls (ECCs), to forecast stock volatility is a critical challenge that has attracted both academics and investors. While previous studies have used multimodal deep learning-based models to obtain a general view of ECCs for volatility predicting, they often fail to capture detailed, complex information. Our research introduces a novel framework: \textbf{ECC Analyzer}, which utilizes large language models (LLMs) to extract richer, more predictive content from ECCs to aid the model's prediction performance. We use the pre-trained large models to extract textual and audio features from ECCs and implement a hierarchical information extraction strategy to extract more fine-grained information. This strategy first extracts paragraph-level general information by summarizing the text and then extracts fine-grained focus sentences using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). These features are then fused through multimodal feature fusion to perform volatility prediction. Experimental results demonstrate that our model outperforms traditional analytical benchmarks, confirming the effectiveness of advanced LLM techniques in financial analysis., Comment: 9 pages, 1 figures, 2 tables

Published
2024

2. RiskLabs: Predicting Financial Risk Using Large Language Model Based on Multi-Sources Data

Author

Cao, Yupeng, Chen, Zhi, Pei, Qingyun, Dimino, Fabrizio, Ausiello, Lorenzo, Kumar, Prashant, Subbalakshmi, K. P., and Ndiaye, Papa Momar

Subjects
Quantitative Finance - Risk Management, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Quantitative Finance - Portfolio Management
Abstract

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, particularly large language models (LLMs), in finance has garnered increasing academic attention. Despite progress, existing studies predominantly focus on tasks like financial text summarization, question-answering (Q$\&$A), and stock movement prediction (binary classification), with a notable gap in the application of LLMs for financial risk prediction. Addressing this gap, in this paper, we introduce \textbf{RiskLabs}, a novel framework that leverages LLMs to analyze and predict financial risks. RiskLabs uniquely combines different types of financial data, including textual and vocal information from Earnings Conference Calls (ECCs), market-related time series data, and contextual news data surrounding ECC release dates. Our approach involves a multi-stage process: initially extracting and analyzing ECC data using LLMs, followed by gathering and processing time-series data before the ECC dates to model and understand risk over different timeframes. Using multimodal fusion techniques, RiskLabs amalgamates these varied data features for comprehensive multi-task financial risk prediction. Empirical experiment results demonstrate RiskLab's effectiveness in forecasting both volatility and variance in financial markets. Through comparative experiments, we demonstrate how different data sources contribute to financial risk assessment and discuss the critical role of LLMs in this context. Our findings not only contribute to the AI in finance application but also open new avenues for applying LLMs in financial risk assessment., Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, 1 algorithm

Published
2024

3. Synthesis of Polyglobalide by Enzymatic Ring Opening Polymerization Using Pressurized Fluids

Author

Guindani, Camila, Jaramillo, Wilfred A. G., Candiotto, Graziâni, Rebelatto, Evertan A., Tavares, Frederico W., Pinto, José Carlos, Ndiaye, Papa M., and Nele, Márcio

Subjects
Physics - Chemical Physics
Abstract

Here, the synthesis of polyglobalide (PGl) by enzymatic ring-opening polymerization (e-ROP) is investigated, using pressurized carbon dioxide (CO2), pressurized CO2 + dichloromethane (DCM), and pressurized propane as solvents. Particularly, the effects of phase equilibrium on the course of e-ROP and PGl final properties are discussed. The partition coefficients of CO2, DCM, propane, globalide and PGl were calculated with help of thermodynamic models, providing proper understanding of monomer partitioning in the reaction system. Reactions performed in pure CO2 resulted in monomer conversions of 100%. Besides, when only one liquid phase was present inside the reactor, PGl samples presented low polydispersities and high average molecular weights. When carried out in CO2 + DCM, e-ROP resulted in lower monomer conversions and PGl samples with higher polydispersities and lower average molecular weights. Finally, reactions carried out in pressurized propane (200 bar) produced PGl samples with the highest average molecular weights among the analyzed products., Comment: 41 pages, 9 figures, 8 tables

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2024
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8. History and Current State of Neurosurgery in the Gambia

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Bah, Momodou G., Elahi, Cyrus, Vaughan, Kerry A., Dampha, Lamin, Manneh, Ebrima K., Jabang, Isaac, Zainab, Jallow, Badiane, Seydou B., Thiam, Alioune B., Ndiaye, Papa I., Gaye-Sakho, Mayguette, Nyan, Ousman, Roberts, Charles A., Gail, Rosseau, Dilan, Ellegala, Lawton, Michael T., Youssoupha, Sakho, and Jabang, John N.

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2024
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16. Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect and Anderson Chern Insulating Regime in Noncollinear Antiferromagnetic 3Q State

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Ndiaye, Papa Bireme, Abbout, Adel, and Manchon, Aurelien

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract

We investigate the emergence of both quantum anomalous Hall and disorder-induced Anderson Chern insulating phases in two dimensional hexagonal lattices, with antiferromagnetically ordered 3Q state and in the absence of spin-orbit coupling. Using tight-binding modeling, we show that such systems display not only a spin-polarized edge-localized current, the chirality of which is energy dependent but also an impurity-induced transition from trivial metallic to topological insulating regimes, through one edge mode plateau. We compute the gaps' phase diagrams, and demonstrate the robustness of the edge channel against deformation and disorder. Our study hints at the 3Q state as a promising building block for dissipationless spintronics based on antiferromagnets., Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures

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2018
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17. Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

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Eppley, Timothy M., primary, Reuter, Kim E., additional, Sefczek, Timothy M., additional, Tinsman, Jen, additional, Santini, Luca, additional, Hoeks, Selwyn, additional, Andriantsaralaza, Seheno, additional, Shanee, Sam, additional, Fiore, Anthony Di, additional, Setchell, Joanna M., additional, Strier, Karen B., additional, Abanyam, Peter A., additional, Mutalib, Aini Hasanah Abd, additional, Abwe, Ekwoge, additional, Ahmed, Tanvir, additional, Ancrenaz, Marc, additional, Andriantsimanarilafy, Raphali R., additional, Ang, Andie, additional, Aureli, Filippo, additional, Barrett, Louise, additional, Beehner, Jacinta C., additional, Benítez, Marcela E., additional, Bezerra, Bruna M., additional, Bicca‐Marques, Júlio César, additional, Bikaba, Dominique, additional, Bitariho, Robert, additional, Boesch, Christophe, additional, Bolt, Laura M., additional, Boonratana, Ramesh, additional, Butynski, Thomas M., additional, Canale, Gustavo R., additional, Carvalho, Susana, additional, Chapman, Colin A., additional, Chetry, Dilip, additional, Cheyne, Susan M., additional, Cords, Marina, additional, Cornejo, Fanny M., additional, Cortés‐Ortiz, Liliana, additional, Coudrat, Camille N. Z., additional, Crofoot, Margaret C., additional, Cronin, Drew T., additional, Dadjo, Alvine, additional, Dakpogan, S. Chrystelle, additional, Danquah, Emmanuel, additional, Davenport, Tim R. B., additional, de Jong, Yvonne A., additional, de la Torre, Stella, additional, Dempsey, Andrea, additional, Dimalibot, Judeline C., additional, Dolch, Rainer, additional, Donati, Giuseppe, additional, Estrada, Alejandro, additional, Farassi, Rassina A., additional, Fashing, Peter J., additional, Fernandez‐Duque, Eduardo, additional, da Silva, Maria J. Ferreira, additional, Fischer, Julia, additional, Flores‐Negrón, César F., additional, Fruth, Barbara, additional, Neba, Terence Fuh, additional, Gamalo, Lief Erikson, additional, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., additional, Garber, Paul A., additional, Gnanaolivu, Smitha D., additional, Gonder, Mary Katherine, additional, Bi, Sery Ernest Gonedelé, additional, Goossens, Benoit, additional, Gordo, Marcelo, additional, Guayasamin, Juan M., additional, Guzmán‐Caro, Diana C., additional, Halloran, Andrew R., additional, Hartel, Jessica A., additional, Heymann, Eckhard W., additional, Hill, Russell A., additional, Hockings, Kimberley J., additional, Hohmann, Gottfried, additional, Hon, Naven, additional, Houngbédji, Mariano G., additional, Huffman, Michael A., additional, Ikemeh, Rachel A., additional, Imong, Inaoyom, additional, Irwin, Mitchell T., additional, Izar, Patrícia, additional, Jerusalinsky, Leandro, additional, Kalema‐Zikusoka, Gladys, additional, Kaplin, Beth A., additional, Kappeler, Peter M., additional, Kivai, Stanislaus M., additional, Knott, Cheryl D., additional, Kolasartsanee, Intanon, additional, Koops, Kathelijne, additional, Kowalewski, Martin M., additional, Kujirakwinja, Deo, additional, Kumar, Ajith, additional, Le, Quyet K., additional, Lewis, Rebecca J., additional, Lin, Aung Ko, additional, Link, Andrés, additional, Loría, Luz I., additional, Lormie, Menladi M., additional, Louis, Edward E., additional, Lwin, Ngwe, additional, Maisels, Fiona, additional, Malaivijitnond, Suchinda, additional, Marisa, Lesley, additional, McCabe, Gráinne M., additional, McGraw, W. Scott, additional, Mekonnen, Addisu, additional, Méndez‐Carvajal, Pedro G., additional, Minhós, Tânia, additional, Montgomery, David M., additional, Morelos‐Juárez, Citlalli, additional, Morgan, Bethan J., additional, Morgan, David, additional, Etingüe, Amancio Motove, additional, Ndiaye, Papa Ibnou, additional, Nekaris, K. Anne‐Isola, additional, Nguyen, Nga, additional, Nijman, Vincent, additional, Nishuli, Radar, additional, Norconk, Marilyn A., additional, Oklander, Luciana I., additional, Oktaviani, Rahayu, additional, Ostner, Julia, additional, Otali, Emily, additional, Perry, Susan E., additional, Ramos, Eduardo J. Pinel, additional, Porter, Leila M., additional, Pruetz, Jill D., additional, Pusey, Anne E., additional, Queiroz, Helder L., additional, Ramírez, Mónica A., additional, Randriatahina, Guy Hermas, additional, Rasoanaivo, Hoby, additional, Ratsimbazafy, Jonah, additional, Ratsirarson, Joelisoa, additional, Razafindramanana, Josia, additional, Razafindratsima, Onja H., additional, Reynolds, Vernon, additional, Rizaldi, Rizaldi, additional, Robbins, Martha M., additional, Rodríguez, Melissa E., additional, Rosales‐Meda, Marleny, additional, Sanz, Crickette M., additional, Sarkar, Dipto, additional, Savage, Anne, additional, Schreier, Amy L., additional, Schülke, Oliver, additional, Segniagbeto, Gabriel H., additional, Serio‐Silva, Juan Carlos, additional, Setiawan, Arif, additional, Seyjagat, John, additional, Silva, Felipe E., additional, Sinclair, Elizabeth M., additional, Smith, Rebecca L., additional, Spaan, Denise, additional, Stewart, Fiona A., additional, Strum, Shirley C., additional, Surbeck, Martin, additional, Svensson, Magdalena S., additional, Talebi, Mauricio, additional, Tédonzong, Luc Roscelin, additional, Urbani, Bernardo, additional, Valsecchi, João, additional, Vasey, Natalie, additional, Vogel, Erin R., additional, Wallace, Robert B., additional, Wallis, Janette, additional, Waters, Siân, additional, Wittig, Roman M., additional, Wrangham, Richard W., additional, Wright, Patricia C., additional, and Mittermeier, Russell A., additional

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2024
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20. Coupling an Agent-Based Model with a Mathematical Model of Rift Valley Fever for Studying the Impact of Animal Migrations on the Rift Valley Fever Transmission

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Python Ndekou Tandong, Paul, Ndiaye, Papa Ibrahima, Bah, Alassane, Dione, Dethie, Ndione, Jacques André, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Gervasi, Osvaldo, editor, Murgante, Beniamino, editor, Misra, Sanjay, editor, Garau, Chiara, editor, Blečić, Ivan, editor, Taniar, David, editor, Apduhan, Bernady O., editor, Rocha, Ana Maria A.C., editor, Tarantino, Eufemia, editor, Torre, Carmelo Maria, editor, and Karaca, Yeliz, editor

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2020
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22. Intrinsic non-adiabatic topological torque in magnetic skyrmions and vortices

Author

Akosa, Collins Ashu, Ndiaye, Papa Birame, and Manchon, Aurélien

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract

We propose that topological spin currents flowing in topologically non-trivial magnetic textures, such as magnetic skyrmions and vortices, produce an intrinsic non-adiabatic torque of the form ${\bf T}_t\sim [(\partial_x{\bf m}\times\partial_y{\bf m})\cdot{\bf m}]\partial_y{\bf m}$. We show that this torque, which is absent in one-dimensional domain walls and/or non-topological textures, is responsible for the enhanced non-adiabaticity parameter observed in magnetic vortices compared to one-dimensional textures. The impact of this torque on the motion of magnetic skyrmions is expected to be crucial, especially to determine their robustness against defects and pinning centers., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures

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2016
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30. Design of a Low-Cost Wind Turbine Controller for Decentralized Rural Electrification Through the Small Wind Turbine

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Ndiaye, Ababacar, Ali, Mohamed El, Sow, Salif, Kébé, Cheikh M. F., Sambou, Vincent, Ndiaye, Papa A., Akan, Ozgur, Editorial Board Member, Bellavista, Paolo, Editorial Board Member, Cao, Jiannong, Editorial Board Member, Coulson, Geoffrey, Editorial Board Member, Dressler, Falko, Editorial Board Member, Ferrari, Domenico, Editorial Board Member, Gerla, Mario, Editorial Board Member, Kobayashi, Hisashi, Editorial Board Member, Palazzo, Sergio, Editorial Board Member, Sahni, Sartaj, Editorial Board Member, Shen, Xuemin (Sherman), Editorial Board Member, Stan, Mircea, Editorial Board Member, Jia, Xiaohua, Editorial Board Member, Zomaya, Albert Y., Editorial Board Member, Bassioni, Ghada, editor, Kebe, Cheikh M.F., editor, Gueye, Assane, editor, and Ndiaye, Ababacar, editor

Published
2019
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35. Eyelid Wounds: Epidemiological, Clinical and Etiological Aspects

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Mbara Ka, Aly, primary, Pierre Diagne, Jean, additional, Aw, Aissatou, additional, Malick Sy, El Hadji, additional, Mbaye, Soda, additional, Madina Diallo, Hawo, additional, Samra, Audrey, additional, Sadikh Sow, Aboubacry, additional, Mass Ndiaye, Joseph Matar, additional, Ndiaga Senghor, Ousmane, additional, Ndiaye, Lamine, additional, Ndiaye, Mohamed, additional, Sohibou Gaye, Serigne, additional, and Amadou Ndiaye, Papa, additional

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2024
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38. 216 Tissue nanomechanical signature as a novel, clinically translatable predictor of response to immunotherapy combined with low-dose radiation

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Nizzero, Sara, primary, Srivastava, Gitika, additional, Puebla-Osorio, Nahum, additional, Wasley, Mark, additional, Mitchell, Joylise, additional, Huang, Ailing, additional, Riad, Thomas, additional, Ndiaye, Papa Diogop, additional, Gachechiladze, Mariam, additional, Oertle, Philipp, additional, Appenzeller, Tobias, additional, Cristini, Vittorio, additional, Loparic, Marko, additional, Plodinec, Marija, additional, and Welsh, James, additional

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2023
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40. Plk1, upregulated by HIF-2, mediates metastasis and drug resistance of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

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Dufies, Maeva, Verbiest, Annelies, Cooley, Lindsay S., Ndiaye, Papa Diogop, He, Xingkang, Nottet, Nicolas, Souleyreau, Wilfried, Hagege, Anais, Torrino, Stephanie, Parola, Julien, Giuliano, Sandy, Borchiellini, Delphine, Schiappa, Renaud, Mograbi, Baharia, Zucman-Rossi, Jessica, Bensalah, Karim, Ravaud, Alain, Auberger, Patrick, Bikfalvi, Andréas, Chamorey, Emmanuel, Rioux-Leclercq, Nathalie, Mazure, Nathalie M., Beuselinck, Benoit, Cao, Yihai, Bernhard, Jean Christophe, Ambrosetti, Damien, and Pagès, Gilles

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2021
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42. Study of the Correlation Between the Dust Density Accumulated on Photovoltaic Module’s Surface and Their Performance Characteristics Degradation

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Ndiaye, Ababacar, Kébé, Cheikh M. F., Bilal, Boudy Ould, Charki, Abdérafi, Sambou, Vincent, Ndiaye, Papa A., Akan, Ozgur, Series editor, Bellavista, Paolo, Series editor, Cao, Jiannong, Series editor, Coulson, Geoffrey, Series editor, Dressler, Falko, Series editor, Ferrari, Domenico, Series editor, Gerla, Mario, Series editor, Kobayashi, Hisashi, Series editor, Palazzo, Sergio, Series editor, Sahni, Sartaj, Series editor, Shen, Xuemin Sherman, Series editor, Stan, Mircea, Series editor, Xiaohua, Jia, Series editor, Zomaya, Albert Y., Series editor, M. F. Kebe, Cheikh, editor, Gueye, Assane, editor, and Ndiaye, Ababacar, editor

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2018
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43. Investigation of Degradation in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules After 10 Years Exposition in Senegal by Infrared (IR) and Electroluminescence (EL)

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Ndiaye, Ababacar, Kébé, Cheikh M. F., Bilal, Boudy Ould, Charki, Abdérafi, Sambou, Vincent, Ndiaye, Papa A., Akan, Ozgur, Series Editor, Bellavista, Paolo, Series Editor, Cao, Jiannong, Series Editor, Coulson, Geoffrey, Series Editor, Dressler, Falko, Series Editor, Ferrari, Domenico, Series Editor, Gerla, Mario, Series Editor, Kobayashi, Hisashi, Series Editor, Palazzo, Sergio, Series Editor, Sahni, Sartaj, Series Editor, Shen, Xuemin (Sherman), Series Editor, Stan, Mircea, Series Editor, Xiaohua, Jia, Series Editor, Zomaya, Albert Y., Series Editor, Kebe, Cheikh M.F., editor, Gueye, Assane, editor, Ndiaye, Ababacar, editor, and Garba, Aminata, editor

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2018
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44. An Agent Based Model to Study the Impact of Intra-annual Season’s Variability on the Dynamics of Aedes Vexans and Culex Poicilipes Mosquito Populations in North Senegal (Ferlo)

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Paul, Python Ndekou Tandong, Bah, Alassane, Ndiaye, Papa Ibrahima, Ndione, Jacques André, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series editor, Pal, Nikhil R., Advisory editor, Bello Perez, Rafael, Advisory editor, Corchado, Emilio S., Advisory editor, Hagras, Hani, Advisory editor, Kóczy, László T., Advisory editor, Kreinovich, Vladik, Advisory editor, Lin, Chin-Teng, Advisory editor, Lu, Jie, Advisory editor, Melin, Patricia, Advisory editor, Nedjah, Nadia, Advisory editor, Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh, Advisory editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory editor, Silhavy, Radek, editor, Silhavy, Petr, editor, and Prokopova, Zdenka, editor

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2018
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45. An Agent Based Model for Studying the Impact of Rainfall on Rift Valley Fever Transmission at Ferlo (Senegal)

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Paul, Python Ndekou Tandong, Bah, Alassane, Ndiaye, Papa Ibrahima, Ndione, Jacques André, Hutchison, David, Series Editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series Editor, Kittler, Josef, Series Editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series Editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series Editor, Mitchell, John C., Series Editor, Naor, Moni, Series Editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series Editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series Editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series Editor, Tygar, Doug, Series Editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series Editor, Gervasi, Osvaldo, editor, Murgante, Beniamino, editor, Misra, Sanjay, editor, Stankova, Elena, editor, Torre, Carmelo M., editor, Rocha, Ana Maria A.C., editor, Taniar, David, editor, Apduhan, Bernady O., editor, Tarantino, Eufemia, editor, and Ryu, Yeonseung, editor

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2018
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47. Savannah chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) nesting behavior in the unprotected area of Tikankali near to a mining exploitation and the Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal.

Author

Diallo, Dame, Ndiaye, Papa Ibnou, Badji, Landing, Pruetz, Jill D., Kone, Inza, and Matsuzawa, Tetsuro

Subjects
NEST building, CHIMPANZEES, NATIONAL parks & reserves, ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature, GOLD mining, GOLD industry
Abstract

This work focuses on the nesting behavior of the West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in the anthropized habitats of the village of Tikankali and its surroundings. Studies on chimpanzee nesting behavior are carried out at several sites of Senegal but never in Tikankaly. Thus, proximity with the Niokolo Koba National Park and the presence of a gold mining industry mean that data on chimpanzee nesting behavior and anthropogenic impacts in their habitats for decisions-making about chimpanzee conservation in this area. We recorded a total of 213 chimpanzee nests during two surveys over a distance of 47.81 km (i.e., 47.81 km x 2). Data were collected in October 2020 and October 2021. The majority of nests (63%) were found in wooded savannah, 19% in bamboo savannah, 09% in gallery forest and 07% in open forest. The results showed that 22 plant species belonging to 08 families are used for chimpanzee nests in and around Tikankali. However, half of the nests were in Pterocarpus erinaceus (53%); followed by Hexalobus monopetalus (8%); Diospyros mespiliformis (6%), Piliostigma thonningii (6%), Lannea acida (6%); and Grewia bicolor (4%). The average height of trees used as chimpanzee nest supports was 9.88 m (SD=3.60) and the average height of nests was 7.46 m (SD=3.23). Linear regression analysis (r=0.84; N=213; p< 0.05) suggested a preference for nesting at a particular height but also that nest height is a function of the supporting tree's height. The current study contributes to the knowledge of chimpanzee nesting behavior in Tikankali, the anthropogenic disruption and will help in the implementation of a good chimpanzee management and conservation strategy in Senegal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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49. El dossier copia/sur: problemas económicos, políticos, e ideológicos del copyright (derecho de autor) en el sur global

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Story, Alan, Darch, Colin, Halbert, Debora, Mannan, Adam, Ngenda, Akalemwa, Busaniche, Beatriz, Nicholson, Denise, Heinz, Federico, De Beer, Jennifer A., Mugambi, Norah, Smiers, Joost, Torres-Reyes, José Antonio, Triana Cordoví, Juan Publio, Liang, Lawrence, Stephan, Maud, Verzola, Roberto, Lemos, Ronaldo, Jha, Shishir Kumar, Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín, Pereira de Souza, Carlos Affonso, Ndiaye, Papa Toumané, Yar, Majid, Hackett, Teresa, La-Rosa, Jumersi, Research Group, Copy/South, Halbert, Debora, Carreño, Rafael, Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intellectual, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Story, Alan, Darch, Colin, Story, Alan, Darch, Colin, Halbert, Debora, Mannan, Adam, Ngenda, Akalemwa, Busaniche, Beatriz, Nicholson, Denise, Heinz, Federico, De Beer, Jennifer A., Mugambi, Norah, Smiers, Joost, Torres-Reyes, José Antonio, Triana Cordoví, Juan Publio, Liang, Lawrence, Stephan, Maud, Verzola, Roberto, Lemos, Ronaldo, Jha, Shishir Kumar, Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín, Pereira de Souza, Carlos Affonso, Ndiaye, Papa Toumané, Yar, Majid, Hackett, Teresa, La-Rosa, Jumersi, and Research Group, Copy/South

Subjects
ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access., B. Information use and sociology of information
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In 2005, a group of scholars and activists, mostly from the global South, created the Copy/South Research Group to analyse, criticise, and confront the oppressive nature of current global copyright regimes, such as those defended by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and similar ones around the globe. In May 2006, 22 of us, including 15 people from the global South, published THE COPY/SOUTH DOSSIER: Issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South. The aim of the Dossier was to open up a critical and radical debate on the real impact of copyright laws and how they affect the daily lives of people living in more than 150 developing countries of the global South. We also highlighted issues that are not unique to the Global South, but also affect both sides of the North-South divide. This publication of more than 50 articles was addressed to researchers, educators, librarians, musicians, activists, organizations concerned about access to knowledge, and all of those who want to learn more about the oppressive global role of copyright laws and, in particular, their largely negative role in the developing countries of the global South. Given the democratic objectives of the Copy/South Research Group, the Dossier was not restricted by copyright. Therefore, it has been accessed openly and freely in both electronic and paper formats by thousands of readers from around the world in English. But English is not spoken by all citizens in the global South. With this in mind, the entire 200-page Dossier was translated into Spanish in late 2007 by an enthusiastic team of voluntary translators from Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela. As for this Spanish version, made with the support of the Intellectual Property Automous Service (SAPI), from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we must acknowledge the prior SAPI's General Director Eduardo Samán for promoting the making of this translation. Besides the general revision of Gerardo Cárdenas and his labor as main translator, some other volunteers translated or revised important sections of the Spanish edition: María Jesús Morillo (Spain), Oscar Pérez Peña and Gilda Gil (Cuba), Edgardo Civallero (Argentina) and Rafael Carreño (Venezuela), who coordinated the process of translation in 2007. Also it is worth to mention the additional colaboration of Ana Lía López (Bolivia), Richard Castro, Rafael Bellota and Carmen Chirinos (Venezuela), Zapopan Muela and Gonzalo Lara (Mexico), and Lilian Álvarez (Cuba). But what is still more extraordinary about this Spanish translation is that it was completely coordinated and edited by the Servicio Autonomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI) of the democratic government of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Republic. The Dossier provides “useful material to introduce this topic to teachers and students” and does a good job of “summarizing a complex and conflicting situation” for developing countries, Jumersi La Rosa, SAPI’s new director, said last week in announcing the release of the Spanish edition. She has written a special new introduction for the Spanish-language edition. The Copy South Research Group is very pleased that the radical message of resistance found in the Dossier can now be read by thousands of Spanish-language speakers who are questioning the current copyright regime and who hopefully will be ignited by the ideas in the Dossier to take up the fight against oppressive regimes based on copyright. You can get a copy of the Dossier in Spanish and English by downloading it, free of charge, at http://www.copysouth.org . We also still have a limited number of printed and bound copies of the English-language version of the Dossier. If you would to be mailed a copy of the English-language version, which contains eight posters, send us an e-mail (contact@copysouth.org) and include your full postal details. COPY/SOUTH RESEARCH GROUP, 28 April 2008.

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2008

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