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Quality of type I Portland cement from Ghana and UK [PDF]

, 2015
Type I Portland cement is general purpose cement found in many countries and it is manufactured by different companies. This study sought to compare the properties of Type I Portland cements from Ghana (less economically developed country) and United ...
Boateng, Isaac, Danso, Humphrey
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Multiscale Architecture and Mechanics of the Cell Nucleus: Implications for Disease, Bioengineering and Nanomedicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nuclear mechanical properties are inherently scale‐dependent, arising from a hierarchical architecture that spans DNA, chromatin, the nuclear envelope, and condensates. Experimental techniques and theoretical models are integrated into a cohesive multiscale framework linking nanoscale structural features to organelle‐level mechanical behavior.
Xinran Liu, Xin Chen, Qingyang Zhao, Weikang Tan, Lingrui Zhu, Kin Liao, Vincent Chan, Nicolae Goga, Winfred O. Larkotey, Yang Li, Yinghui Shi, Wenya Shu, Lin Wang, Weiqing Wang, Tian Jian Lu, Yulong Han   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Literacy Matters: A Study of the Impact of English and Local Language Literacy on Income in Ghana [PDF]

, 2014
Ghana is a country with substantial language heterogeneity. In 2002, Ghana began a nationwide policy instituting English as the primary language of instruction in grade school.
McCullough, Amanda
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Eco‐Geography Reverses Dominant AMR Reservoirs in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Integron‐Rich Mobilomes and Cross‐Niche Connectivity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Dominant antimicrobial resistance reservoirs in Klebsiella pneumoniae vary across eco‐geographic settings rather than following a universal pattern. Integrated One Health and global genomic analyses show that lineage structure, integron load, and cross‐niche connectivity shape whether AMR burden accumulates primarily in human or nonhuman compartments ...
Hui Lin, Biao Tang, Hao Xu, Jiajie Qian, Feifan Shi, Junhui Zhao, Xiaorui Mao, Xiaohe Hu, Ruishan Liu, Wenhong Liu, Xiawei Jiang, Beiwen Zheng, Guoping Zhao   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering How Occupational Therapy Could Benefit Individuals Living with Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana [PDF]

, 2018
In 2017, with funding from a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), I spent ten weeks in Kumasi, Ghana conducting research on how occupational therapy may be beneficial for individuals living with sickle cell disease.
D\u27Olympio, Carolyn
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences of Children Living in Overcrowded Homes: A Case of Ghana

Journal of Social Development Studies, 2023
The study explored children's experiences living in overcrowded homes in Apewosika Community, a suburb of the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. The descriptive phenomenological research design was adopted for the study. A face-to-face
Eugene Adu Henaku
doaj   +1 more source

ICTD for Healthcare in Ghana: Two Parallel Case Studies

, 2009
This paper examines two parallel case studies to promote remote medical consultation in Ghana. These projects, initiated independently by different researchers in different organizations, both deployed ICT solutions in the same medical community in the ...
Aoki, Paul M., Ho, Melissa, Levine, Brian, Luk, Rowena, Zaharia, Matei   +4 more
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