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Ex-ante adaptation strategies for climate challenges in sub-Saharan Africa: Macro and micro perspectives

Environmental Challenges, 2021
Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are facing serious consequences from climate change, which pose obstacles to meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as zero hunger, ending poverty, ensuring healthy lives, and promoting wellbeing.
Dil Bahadur Rahut, PhD, Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, PhD, Paswel Marenya, PhD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Possible welfare benefits of basic income support: Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The study investigates the potential welfare effect of basic income support (BIS) in reducing poverty and inequality in South Africa. Using the 2017 labour force survey and a benefit incidence analysis, we consider three BIS scenarios: (i) universal income support for those aged between 18 and 59; (ii) only those who are unemployed receive the
Carolyn Chisadza, Margaret Chitiga‐Mabugu, Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Nicky Nicholls, Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso, Eleni Yitbarek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Housing Price Prediction - Machine Learning and Geostatistical Methods

Real Estate Management and Valuation
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly often used to predict real estate prices because they generate more accurate results than conventional statistical or geostatistical methods.
Cellmer Radosław, Kobylińska Katarzyna
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical predictive value of 20-minute residual rate of diuretic renal scintigraphy in the timing of pyeloplasty

Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao. Yixue ban
Objective·To explore the predictive value of diuretic renal scintigraphy parameters such as 20-minute residual rate (R20) for pyeloplasty in children with congenital unilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO).Methods·The clinical data and ...
JI Xueli, GOU Jinyu, CHEN Suyun, FU Hongliang, ZOU Renjian, WANG Hui   +5 more
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Changes in Housing Availability Indicator in Selected Polish Cities in the Years 2006 to 2018

Economics and Culture, 2019
Research purpose. Housing availability indicator shows the area of residential real estate possible to purchase for the average monthly wage in the enterprise sector.
Martyniak Marta
doaj   +1 more source

M2-brane Perspective on N=6 Super Chern-Simons Theory at Level k

, 2008
Recently, O. Aharony, O. Bergman, D. L. Jafferis and J. Maldacena (ABJM) proposed three-dimensional super Chern-Simons-matter theory, which at level k is supposed to describe the low energy limit of N M2-branes.
Ahn, Changrim, Bozhilov, P.
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of forced oscilometry technique's parameters in severe obstructive sleep apnea patients without breathing disorder

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Forced oscillometry technique (FOT) is a noninvasive technique that measures reactance and resistance capacity of the lung and is a practical and less time-consuming technique for respiratory effort assessment.
Besharat Rahimi, Maryam Edalatifard, Khosro Sadeghniiat Haghighi, Hossein Kazemzadeh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deflection of light by black holes and massless wormholes in massive gravity

, 2018
Weak gravitational lensing by black holes and wormholes in the context of massive gravity (Bebronne and Tinyakov 2009) theory is studied. The particular solution examined is characterized by two integration constants, the mass $M$ and an extra parameter $
Banerjee, Ayan, Hansraj, Sudan, Jusufi, Kimet, Rahaman, Farook, Sarkar, Nayan   +4 more
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Post‐Release Survival of the Pelagic Stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Bonaparte, 1832) in French Longline Fisheries in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bycatch remains a critical challenge in global fisheries, even when using selective gears such as longlines. In the French longline fishery targeting Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Lion, the common pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is the primary bycatch species.
Antoine Landreau, Vincent Kerzérho, Olivier Derridj, Bertrand Wendling, Nolwenn Cosnard, Tristan Rouyer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Investment Market of Non-Corporate Developers in Poland – Survey Analysis

Real Estate Management and Valuation
The paper presents an analysis of the private-sector developers’ investment market in Poland focusing on its spatial effects. Initial observations showed an increase in the share of small developers in the Polish market.
Kleszcz Justyna, Szczegielniak Anna, Wanago Radosław, Kubus Mariusz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source