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Women's empowerment in cotton growing: A case in Northern Benin [PDF]

, 2019
This article addresses the economic and social impacts for women growing cotton through the interrelated dimensions of resource, agency and achievements in women's empowerment.
Aboudou, Faridath Atchabi, Fok, Michel
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian, Katharine E. Roberts, Michelle Hall, Paula R. Beckenkamp, Angelo Sabag, Karoline Moe, Ana Paula Carvalho‐e‐Silva, Emily J. Callander, Paulo H. Ferreira   +8 more
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The role of community-level men's and women's inequitable gender norms on women's empowerment in India: A multilevel analysis using India's National Family Health Survey-5.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundLower empowerment of women is a critical social issue with adverse public health implications. In India, deeply ingrained gender norms shape a patriarchal structure that creates systemic disadvantages for women relative to men.
Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Alison El Ayadi, Nadia Diamond-Smith   +2 more
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Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index [PDF]

, 2012
This document presents women's empowerment in agriculture index. Women play a critical and potentially transformative role in agricultural growth in developing countries, but they face persistent obstacles and economic constraints limiting further ...

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End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
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Factors influencing women's participation in SHGs: An empirical evidence from mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India

Results in Control and Optimization
Women's empowerment is essential for fostering inclusive and sustainable development. In India, self-help groups are widely recognised as an effective strategy not only for women's empowerment but also tackling poverty. The main objective of the study is
Itishree Panda, Damodar Jena, S Naveen, Saismita Swain, Shusrisangeeta Das   +4 more
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Women Empowerment

, 2022
Abstract The study on women is one of the most diversified areas of study as it includes various areas, such as history of women struggle, the movements and various changes that has taken place in years. The study of multiple movements has always shown how women throughout the world has stood together raising their voices and attained the rights they ...
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Integrating Spatial Proteogenomics in Cancer Research

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Xx xx. ABSTRACT Background: Spatial proteogenomics marks a paradigm shift in oncology by integrating molecular analysis with spatial information from both spatial proteomics and other data modalities (e.g., spatial transcriptomics), thereby unveiling tumor heterogeneity and dynamic changes in the microenvironment.
Yida Wang, Yang Wu, Feng Zhang, Parthiban Periasamy, Haiyue You, Denise Goh, Rachel Elizabeth Ann Fincham, Xin Ning, Danping Wu, Lu Liu, Ying Jiang, Zhiwen Qian, Joe Yeong, Yan Zhang   +13 more
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Growth and economic opportunities for women: literature review to inform the DFID-IDRC-Hewlett Foundation research program on women's economic empowerment, gender equality and growth in low income countries [PDF]

, 2013
This is a background paper for a new research programme on women's economic empowerment. It is a comprehensive literature review on the state of the field.

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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
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