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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In developing countries, where access to markets and services is limited, poor households often rely on social networks for support. We examine the correlates and outcomes of help‐seeking behaviour among impoverished households in Uganda. We use micro‐household data from the Living Standard Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture ...
Yuanhang Wang +2 more
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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mobile money—a digital financial service—has proliferated in many developing countries. Owing to its ability to reduce transaction costs and allow even the poor to be financially included, it has been widely adopted. While a growing body of literature has examined its welfare effects, its effects on diet quality of households and individuals ...
Francis E. Ndip +1 more
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Finding Street Gang Members on Twitter
, 2016 Most street gang members use Twitter to intimidate others, to present outrageous images and statements to the world, and to share recent illegal activities. Their tweets may thus be useful to law enforcement agencies to discover clues about recent crimes
Balasuriya, Lakshika +3 more
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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose (1) To evaluate the relationship between the Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) 2.0 score and post‐operative clinical outcomes following surgical repair of cartilage lesions in the tibiofemoral joint, and (2) to determine threshold values of the 1‐year MOCART 2.0 score associated with favourable patient ...
Hyun‐Soo Moon +8 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada +6 more
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Transdisciplinary Applications of Data Visualization and Data Mining Techniques as Represented for Human Diseases [PDF]
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and InformaticsData visualization and data mining are transdisciplinary tools for predictive and descriptive analytics. This presentation shows the abundance of data visualization tools currently available that are applicable for multi-disciplinary data.
Richard S. Segall
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Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017 Background We assessed the ability of the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF, a small not-for-profit foundation affiliated with Manitoba Blue Cross) to determine the best candidates for selection to receive research funding support among new ...
Gregory W. Hammond +5 more
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Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Exchanges in franchise systems are embedded in the level of trust that exists in franchisee–franchisor relationships. Although trust is essential in business relationships, it can unfold a negative side effect on the appreciation of exchange in these relationships as hidden costs of trust.
Matthias Glaser +2 more
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Dynamics of the Scope of Rice Farming by Farmers' Groups in Increasing Productivity
Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia EconomicsOne of the important parts of Indonesia's agricultural industry and the country's ability to meet the nutritional needs of its people is the cultivation of lowland rice.
Ahmad Nazar Faqih
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Has Europe been catching up? : An industry level analysis of venture capital success over 1985 – 2009 : [Version November 2012] [PDF]
, 2012 After nearly two decades of US leadership during the 1980s and 1990s, are Europe’s venture capital (VC) markets in the 2000s finally catching up regarding the provision of financing and successful exits, or is the performance gap as wide as ever?
Krause, Stefan, Kräussl, Roman
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