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Estimation of household income diversification in South Africa: A case study of three provinces

South African Journal of Science, 2017
We estimated household income diversification in settlement types of the poorest provinces in South Africa – the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.
Jabulani Mathebula, Maria Molokomme, Siyanda Jonas, Charles Nhemachena   +3 more
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Logistics outsourcing determinants and performance management: A theoretical model.

Moroccan Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 2019
While the principal objective of outsourcing was to reduce costs, organizations are now using this process to focus, their financial and managerial resources, on value-creating activities and improving the logistics performance for the company adopting ...
R. EL YAMANI, M. MOUTMIHI
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Corporate Social/Environmental Responsibility and Value Creation: Reflections on a Modern Business Management Paradigm [PDF]

Business Ethics and Leadership, 2020
The present article deals with a new, modern business management paradigm founded on both the social and the environmental responsibility of firms intended as powerful instruments to match the issue of sustainability with corporate performance and value ...
Marco Taliento, Antonio Netti
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Effects of community health interventions on under-5 mortality in rural Guinea-Bissau (EPICS): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: Evidence suggests that community-based interventions that promote improved home-based practices and care-seeking behaviour can have a large impact on maternal and child mortality in regions where rates are high.
Dr. Peter Boone, PhD, Prof. Diana Elbourne, PhD, Ila Fazzio, PhD, Samory Fernandes, BA, Prof. Chris Frost, MA, Chitra Jayanty, MA, Rebecca King, PhD, Vera Mann, PhD, Gilda Piaggio, PhD, Albino dos Santos, MA, Polly R Walker, PhD   +10 more
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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
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Impact of spatial resolution on multi-scenario WRF-ARW simulations driven by the CMIP6 MPI-ESM1-2-HR global model: a focus on precipitation distribution over Italy [PDF]

Geoscientific Model Development
We present the results of downscaling CMIP6 global climate projections to local scales for the Mediterranean and Italian regions, aiming to produce high-resolution climate information for the assessment of climate change signals, with a focus on ...
M. V. Struglia, M. V. Struglia, A. Anav, A. Anav, M. Antonelli, S. Calmanti, S. Calmanti, F. Catalano, F. Catalano, A. Dell'Aquila, E. Pichelli, E. Pichelli, G. Pisacane   +12 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market-Based Conservation for Better Livelihoods? The Promises and Fallacies of REDD+ in Tanzania

Land, 2018
Governments, multilateral organisations, and international conservation NGOs increasingly frame nature conservation in terms that emphasise the importance of technically managing and economically valuing nature, and introducing markets for ecosystem ...
Andreas Scheba
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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land use changes in the EU: Policy and macro impact analysis

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2007
This paper analyses the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and macroeconomy on land use changes in the EU. Three scenarios are simulated up to 2030: baseline, macro scenario and policy scenario. Simulation results indicate that GDP leads to a
P. Ciaian
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