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Finding cultural similarities within the different geographical regions of Africa by studying proverbs.

open access: yes, 2003
The focus of our research project is to develop a better intercultural communication understanding of the uses of proverbs in Africa. Our group has divided the continent into five different regions: North, South, East, West, and Central Africa.
Lyms, Natalie   +4 more
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Do Big Data Applications and Financial Innovation Lead to Enhanced Banking Performance? Evidence From the United Kingdom

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Big data and financial innovations are vital to enhancing the performance of banking institutions. However, limited evidence exists on the effects of big data applications and financial innovation on bank performance. This study addresses this gap by constructing a theoretical framework linking big data applications and financial innovations ...
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magána hausa. Native literature or proverbs, tales, fables and historical fragments in the Hausa language. To which is added a translation in English.

open access: yes, 1885
English translation (195 p.) has special t.-p.: African proverbs, tales and historical fragments.Introductory sentences.--Proverbs.--Letters of Dorŭgu.--The life and travels of Dorŭgu, accompanying the late Dr. Barth in Africa, England, and Germany, as
Dorŭgu.   +1 more
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Central Bank Unconventional Monetary Policy and Bitcoin Activity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates whether the unconventional monetary policy (UMP) measures pursued by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are associated with an appetite for cryptocurrency.
Niamh Wylie, Martha O'Hagan‐Luff
wiley   +1 more source

A formative evaluation of the poverty hearings programme in South Africa, 2008 (PHPSA)

open access: yes, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-84)
Makamanzi, Buhle
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions and experiences of midwives' regarding the use of the labor care guide at two state hospitals in Khomas region, Namibia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The labor care guide (LCG) is a new tool for monitoring labor, introduced to replace the partograph, which had been used improperly and inconsistently across various contexts. Early research suggests that healthcare practitioners view the LCG as a tool that enhances the quality of care during labor and delivery.
Amalia N. N. Ilonga   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the Nexus Between Climate Risk, Energy Consumption, and Financial Market Performance in Emerging Countries

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the link between climate risk, energy consumption, and financial market performance in a sample of emerging countries over the period 2000–2024. The objective is to model the dynamic interactions between these three dimensions, in order to understand the extent to which energy dependence and exposure to climate risks ...
Abdelkader Mohamed Derbali
wiley   +1 more source

Education as a Common Possession

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on Will Kymlicka's account of solidarity and membership through the lens of conflict over public schooling in San Francisco. It contrasts a Marshallian vision of society as a shared possession capable of sustaining democratic solidarity and welfare institutions with an anti‐Marshallian politics that sees the language of ...
Margaret Kohn
wiley   +1 more source

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