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Understanding Afghan healthcare providers: a qualitative study of the culture of care in a Kabul maternity hospital. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
To analyse the culture of a Kabul maternity hospital to understand the perspectives of healthcare providers on their roles, experiences, values and motivations and the impact of these determinants on the care of perinatal women and their ...
Arnold, R.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI IN CYBER DEFENSE: PRIVACY RISKS, PUBLIC TRUST, AND POLICY CHALLENGES

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah Dinamika Sosial
The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into cybersecurity systems, particularly AI-based cyber defense systems, is reshaping the landscape of digital security.
Abdullah Azizi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Book review: British foreign policy: the new Labour years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Matthew Partridge finds that Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth’s strong collection of essays on Blair and Brown’s foreign policy highs and lows is strong enough to justify its place on reading-lists, covering the Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on ...
Partridge, Matthew
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Overcoming barriers? The mixed results of social innovation accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Care‐Seeking Behavior for Reproductive Tract Infections Among Afghan Women: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges
Background In Afghanistan, providing care for reproductive tract infections (RTIs) is challenging, among other factors, due to the extreme scarcity of reliable data.
Cecilia Acuti Martellucci   +30 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bactrian Gold: Challenges and Hope for Private-Sector Development in Afghanistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Based on interviews with Afghanistan's business and economic stakeholders about developing the country's private sector, outlines obstacles to business growth, including security, corruption, and infrastructure; their implications; and ...
Erik Malmstrom, Jake Cusack
core   +1 more source

Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Quest for an Honorable Self

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
How do people who identify as friendless make sense of their condition in a moment when friendship is extolled for the support and satisfaction it offers? This article draws on interviews with 21 adults in an Atlantic Canadian city. We argue that our interviewees were rarely at ease with their friendlessness and were at pains to recover an honorable ...
Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
wiley   +1 more source

Global Fluoride Toxicology Landscape: Bibliometric Approaches and Scientific Mapping

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed research trends in the 100 most‐cited articles on fluoride toxicology, a topic widely debated due to the toxic effects associated with levels deemed safe for human exposure. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Web of Science‐Core Collection, extracting data such as citation count, authors, keywords, journal ...
Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minerals in Afghanistan : rare-metal deposits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In Afghanistan rare metals (lithium, caesium, tantalum and niobium) occur in three main deposit types: pegmatites, mineralised springs and playa-lake sediments (Figure 1).
Benham, Antony John, Coats, Stan
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