Evaluating Strategies to Reduce Arsenic Poisoning in South Asia: A View from the Social Sciences
Asian Development Review, 2020 The World Health Organization has labeled the problem of arsenic contamination of groundwater in South Asia as “the largest mass poisoning in human history.” Various technical solutions to the problem fall into one of two broad categories: (i) cleaning ...
Matthew Krupoff, A. Mobarak, A. Geen
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Histopathological pattern of thyroid diseases in Zaria: A 10-year review
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2018 Context: Majority of the previous studies on thyroid diseases in Northern Nigeria focussed mainly on neoplastic lesions. The non-neoplastic lesions are more common and constitute more public health burdens. Aim: To determine the histopathological pattern
Nasir Raheem, Saad A Ahmed, M. Samaila
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Translating a walking intervention for health professional delivery within primary care: a mixed methods treatment fidelity assessment [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectivesExisting fidelity studies of physical activity interventions are limited in methodological quality and rigour, particularly those delivered by healthcare providers in clinical settings. The present study aimed to enhance and assess the fidelity
Dale, Jeremy +5 more
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Social disorganization and history of child sexual abuse against girls in sub-Saharan Africa : a multilevel analysis [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a considerable public health problem. Less focus has been paid to the role of community level factors associated with CSA.
A Martin +40 more
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Aloma, 2019 The objective of the text Research traditions in social sciences and their methodological rationales is to clarify and systematise. Order is always welcome — in the academic world and elsewhere.
Francesc Salvador-Beltran
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System dynamics advances strategic economic transition planning in a developing nation [PDF]
, 2007 The increasingly complex environment of today's world, characterized by technological innovation and global communication, generates myriads of possible and actual interactions while limited physical and intellectual resources severely impinge on ...
Davidsen, Paal +2 more
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Coupling functions: dynamical interaction mechanisms in the physical, biological and social sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2019 Dynamical systems are widespread, with examples in physics, chemistry, biology, population dynamics, communications, climatology and social science. They are rarely isolated but generally interact with each other.
T. Stankovski +3 more
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The uniting of Europe and the foundation of EU studies: revisiting the neofunctionalism of Ernst B. Haas [PDF]
, 2005 This article suggests that the neofunctionalist theoretical legacy left by Ernst B. Haas is somewhat richer and more prescient than many contemporary discussants allow. The article develops an argument for routine and detailed re-reading of the corpus of
Balassa B. +29 more
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On ceteris paribus laws in economics (and elsewhere): why do social sciences matter to each other?
, 2012 Stipulating universal propositions with a ceteris paribus clause is normal practice in science and especially in economics. Yet there are several problems associated with the use of ceteris paribus clauses in theorising and in policy matters.
Menno Rol
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Environmental Research Letters, 2019 Social-ecological network (SEN) concepts and tools are increasingly used in human-environment and sustainability sciences. We take stock of this budding research area to further show the strength of SEN analysis for complex human-environment settings ...
J. Sayles +8 more
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