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Impacts of ICT diffusion, foreign direct investment, trade openness, and globalization on growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past three decades, there has been a significant increase in information and communication technology (ICT) investments around the world, resulting in a rise in the use of modern ICT packages. Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries, however, face different challenges.
Ijeoma Christina Onuogu, Abubakar Hassan, Seyi Saint Akadiri, Abdulwahab Ahmad Bello, Joshua Sunday Riti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Runoff concentration decline for Tarim river due to a dramatic increasing of runoff in cold season and hydro-junction regulation: Past and future

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: The three headwaters of Tarim river, south of the Xinjiang Province, China. Study focus: Temporal runoff concentration variations are crucial for water resources utilization and management, particularly in arid regions.
Shan Qianjuan, Gong Yanming, Ling Hongbo, Liu Yong, Zhang Guangpeng, Liu Wei, Hao Xingming   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study on the fairness of resource-environment system of Jiangxi Province based on different methods of Gini coefficient [PDF]

, 2012
黄和平 HUANG Heping
openalex   +1 more source

Using posterior probability informed thresholds to develop best practice recommendations for MorphoPASSE using the innominate, cranial, and combined traits

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract MorphoPASSE is a free program that estimates sex based on morphological traits of the innominate, cranium, or a combined set of traits; however, MorphoPASSE does not provide recommendations on which set of traits performs best or recommend a posterior probability (PP) threshold for sex classification in modern forensic casework.
Kate M. Lesciotto, Alexandra R. Klales
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating Income Inequality in China Using Grouped Data and the Generalized Beta Distribution [PDF]

Gini coefficient, generalized beta distribution, urban and rural ...
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Prasada Rao, D.S., Tang, KamKi   +2 more
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Trends in oral health inequality in 12-year-old Korean children: A study using the Gini coefficient [PDF]

, 2013
Cheoul-Sin Kim, Ji-Eun Jeon
openalex   +1 more source

Examining the influence of lifestyle variables on the accuracy of skeletal age estimation via the pubic symphysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated links between skeletal age estimation error and lifestyle variables to better elucidate sources of interpersonal variability in the rates of skeletal aging. Skeletal age for 180 individuals from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database was estimated by applying the Suchey–Brooks method and transition analysis to 3D models
Natalie Moss, Elizabeth Craig‐Atkins
wiley   +1 more source

Objective homogeneity quantification of a periodic surface using the Gini coefficient. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Lechthaler B, Pauly C, Mücklich F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Market orientation and national homicide rates

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
wiley   +1 more source

Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia [PDF]

We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars.
Boriss Siliverstovs, Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Vyacheslav Dombrovsky   +2 more
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