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Empowering Three High-Risk Communities of Iligan City, Philippines in the Creation of Barangay Disaster Risk-Sensitive Shelter Plans

open access: yesIMCC Journal of Science, 2021
Barangays Hinaplanon, San Roque, and Santiago of Iligan City, Philippines, experienced the harsh tropical storm Washi, which claimed more than a thousand lives and rendered the people homeless.
Helen Tejero   +2 more
doaj  

Corruption scandals in six Asian countries: a comparative analysis [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Administration and Policy, 2020
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare and evaluate how the governments in six Asian countries have dealt with selected grand corruption scandals.
Jon S.T. Quah
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanistic Insights in Surface Engineering of Micro‐/Nanocomposite Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This review examines surface‐engineered phase change material composites as vital solutions for escalating thermal energy storage demands driven by urbanization. It elucidates their enhanced performance through chemical mechanisms, diverse compositions, and preparation strategies, emphasizing the role of carbon‐based additives in improving thermal ...
Laxman Singh   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Instructions to Authors for Use of Open Journal System (OJS)

open access: yesJournal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2015
The Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies (JAFES) is an OPEN ACCESS, internationally peer-reviewed, English language, medical and health science journal that is published two times a year by the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies ...
JAFES Philippines
doaj  

Social and historical aspects of the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from 1500-1900 with reference to Thailand and the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western societies, the literature has not dealt much with Southeast Asia.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas
core  

Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Capital Flight and Economic Performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Capital flight aggravates resource constraints and contributes to undermine long-term economic growth. Counterfactual calculations on the Philippines suggest that capital flight contributed to lower the quality of long-term economic growth.
Beja, Edsel Jr.
core   +1 more source

The Philippine “Tamarao” [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1888
IN 1878 I reported in a letter to Dr. Sclater, the existence of a species of Anoa in the Island of Mindoro, on the strength of an example of the Tamarao labelled Anoa depressicornis in a Museum at Manilla. Having since seen living specimens of the Celebean Anoa, I have no hesitation in affirming that the latter animal has not even a superficial ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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