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Averting a malaria disaster in Africa: where does the buck stop?

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
The serious threat posed by the spread of drug-resistant malaria in Africa has been widely acknowledged. Chloroquine resistance is now almost universal, and resistance to the successor drug, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), is growing rapidly. Combination
Christopher J.M. Whitty   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility Determination and the Potential ACA Employer Penalty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
[Excerpt] The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148, as amended) expands insurance coverage in the United States through its “shared responsibility” provisions: Employers either provide health coverage or face potential employer ...
Whittaker, Julie
core   +1 more source

A return to normality: A descriptive qualitative interview study exploring the patient experience of gout flare resolution

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives While the definition of a gout flare is well established, the state of gout flare resolution has not yet been defined. This study aimed to explore patients’ experiences and perceptions of gout flare resolution. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 24 people with gout, guided by open‐ended questions exploring their ...
Sarah Stewart   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of landscape morphometric indices and their importance in spatial planning. Case study - Bãiasu river basin (Tara Lovistei, Romania) [PDF]

open access: yesCinq Continents, 2022
The natural environment can be considered a favorable or restrictive factor for the development of anthropogenic activities, especially due to the litho-structural and morphological characteristics.
Iulian-Andrei BĂRSOIANU   +3 more
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Social Capital in Emerging Collaboration Between NPOs and Volunteers: Performance Effects and Sustainability Prospects in Disaster Relief

open access: yesVOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2019
Disaster management research increasingly focuses on how to collaborate with emergent volunteers in order to support formal disaster agents in the nonprofit sector (Whittaker et al.
K. Kaltenbrunner, Birgit Renzl
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigation of Laser Ablation and Brush Pre‐Treatments for AlCu Cold Roll Bonding in Oxygen‐Free Conditions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
It is shown that laser ablation pretreatment under oxygen‐free conditions enables copper–aluminium bonding at significantly lower deformation degrees and improved properties compared to mechanical brushing. Laser ablation further increases interface contact area and induces favourable residual stress states and microstructural compatibility ...
Khemais Barienti   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Observations and suggestions during COVID-19

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
Founded in 2019, Lettuce Harvest Foundation (LHF) is a grassroots urban agriculture nonprofit organization based in Vancouver, Canada. As an organization just launching as COVID-19 took hold, LHF’s programming has been designed to enable urban ...
Neil Cox, Zoe Beynon-MacKinnon
doaj   +1 more source

Reduction of Oxide Inclusions During the High‐Frequency Welding of Steel via a Nonthermal Ar/H2 Plasma Jet

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
High‐frequency (HF) welding of steel is limited by oxide inclusions that degrade weld quality. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the integration of a nonthermal Ar/H2 dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma jet into HF welding. Local plasma treatment provides effective shielding and in‐situ oxide reduction, resulting in markedly fewer and ...
Viktor Udachin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

DETERMINATION OF SOUTHERN ALTAI GEOGRAPHY PROPITIOUSNESS EXTENT FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2017
Relief has its personal significance for tourism development. This is natural component, indicating the type of touristic use, which is approved by its basic position as a landscape component. The object of the research of this article is a recreational
Nazgul Zh. ZHENSIKBAYEVA   +4 more
doaj  

Organizational Reengineering for Relief Agencies based on BPR Methodology

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2015
Nowadays, organizations conduct change projects based on reengineering processes because business processes reengineering (BPR) methodologies implement process-oriented approach.
Seyede Hadis Hojati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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