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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of a model of behaviour analysis in a residential service for children with autism

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2003
Taylaughlan House is a Fife Council social work residential resource and it currently provides full-time placements for three children who have a diagnosis of autism and display extremely challenging behaviour.
Lindsay Barrie, Vivienne Richardson
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Evaluation of the NCD Risk Calculator for Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Elderly Patients: A Validation Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study investigated the utility of the Japanese NCD risk calculator for preoperative assessment in elderly patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), using a validation study design. In the training cohort, two preoperative factors—the predicted incidence of postoperative ADL decline ≥ 44.8% and Clavien–Dindo grade IV or higher complications
Nana Kimura   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the divide between education and social work in order to improve the prospects of looked after children

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014
In the same period that British researchers have revealed a lack of effort to promote looked after children's ability to cope with academic challenges, extensive and efficient methodologies have been worked out within the field of education.
Terje Halvorsen
doaj   +1 more source

LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES ON BOOKS BEING DELIVERED TO THE HOME DURING THE LETTERBOX CLUB SCOTLAND PROJECT

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2017
The low educational achievement of looked after children — children in the care of a local authority — is well documented in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Andy Hancock, Juliet Hancock
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence‐Enhanced, Closed‐Loop Wearable Systems Toward Next‐Generation Diabetes Management

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Recent advancements in wearable healthcare have brought accessible continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMs) for diabetes management. To address the limitations of CGMs, closed‐loop systems utilizing monitored glucose levels for insulin dosing are being developed.
Wei Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Three strong women: from care to university

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2005
Poor educational 'outcomes' of looked after children have been a matter of increasing concern. This article explores some of the factors that might make for educational success by looking at the experiences of three young women who have been in care in ...
Ian Milligan
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligences: A Bridge Toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity's Future

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Many discussions of artificial intelligence fail to address deeper questions being raised by advances in developmental biology, neuroscience, bioengineering, and philosophy of mind. Novel beings, including technologically and biologically augmented humans, engineered life forms, hybrots, and others, require tools of the emerging field of diverse ...
Michael Levin
wiley   +1 more source

Kilbrandon - then, now, and in the future

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014
The 50th anniversary of the publication of the Kilbrandon report provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact that the report has had on vulnerable children in Scotland and consider the system's future prospects. The Kilbrandon vision and values have
Malcolm Schaffer
doaj   +1 more source

Educational outcomes of children in contact with social care in England: a systematic review

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background In England, the state intervenes in the lives of children through Children’s Social Care (CSC) services with the aim of supporting and maintaining their welfare.
Matthew A. Jay, Louise Mc Grath-Lone
doaj   +1 more source

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