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Managing Child Labor Risk in Ghana World Bank Projects

This report was prepared by the Ghana Social Sustainability and Inclusion (SSI) team to shed light on the prevalence and risks of child labor in Ghana and provide a step-by-step approach that can help project teams
World Bank
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Basado en los Indicadores del Desarrollo Mundial

, 2018
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 is a visual guide to the trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
World Bank
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the effectiveness of satellite image super-resolution for road quality monitoring

Scientific Reports
Monitoring road infrastructure is essential for accessibility and economic development, yet data scarcity remains a major constraint in many developing countries.
Aaron Thegeya, Thomas Mitterling, Clifford Njoroge, Arturo Martinez, Yohan Iddawela, Joseph Albert Niño Bulan, Ron Lester Durante, Oshean Lee Garonita, Jayzon Mag-atas   +8 more
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Health awareness of rural households towards COVID-19 pandemic in India: Evidence from Rural Impact Survey of the World Bank. [PDF]

J Public Aff, 2022
Ali J, Singh S, Khan W.
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Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support (Approach Paper)

This evaluation focuses on the preparedness of the World Bank Group, including the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to support epidemic- and pandemic-related health emergencies. A health emergency is defined as an extraordinary
World Bank
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Galinstan Liquid Metal/Polyurethane Composite as a Multifunctional Stretchable Electrode and Piezoresistive Strain Sensor With Minimal Drift

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Liquid metal additives are processed in elastomer host resulting in highly conductive and stretchable composites. The material functions as a piezoresistive sensor with minimal drift, low stiffness, and enhanced operating range. The film can replace wires to charge a mobile phone at ∼350% strain and monitors bodily motion in real‐time via a portable ...
Patryk Wojciak, Neeraj Kumar, Toby Hallam, Shayan Seyedin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral savings sessions increase the pursuit of solar products among refugees in Uganda

npj Climate Action
De facto exclusion of vulnerable populations from markets for energy-efficient technologies can result in multiple barriers to access. For example, exclusion can lead to limited knowledge about available products, an inability to distinguish high-quality
Sarah Elven, Jorge Luis Castañeda Núñez, Samantha de Martino, Michelle Dugas, Sayan Kundu   +4 more
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Real-world assessment of attenuated dosing anti-PD1 therapy as an alternative dosing strategy in a high-income country (as defined by World Bank). [PDF]

Front Oncol, 2022
Low JL, Huang Y, Sooi K, Chan ZY, Yong WP, Lee SC, Goh BC.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Superlubricated Magnetically Steerable Microcatheter with Integrated Optical and Fluidic Channels

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetically steerable microcatheter with integrated optical and fluidic channels is developed for multifunctional navigation in tortuous anatomical environments. A surface‐grafted hydrogel coating enables low‐friction actuation. The device demonstrates stable light and fluid delivery during magnetic manipulation, offering a compact platform for ...
Yuntian Du, Ruokun He, Luqi Li, Hesheng Wang, Zhuo‐Chen Ma, Bing Han   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source