214 articles for “Risk Factors”

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordFactors Influencing Livestock Investment Decisions in West Sumatra: A Social Capital in Business Scheme Known as SeduaanFitrimawati, JafrinurThis study aimed to analyze the effect of social capital on investment decision making in the business of smallholder cattle breeding with the same system. The data of this research were gathered through surveys and interviews with farmers and investors in Cow business in the province of West Sumatra. Data collected is in the form of latent constructs analyzed through … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 2 · 21 May 2020 · 6,817 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordMacroeconomic Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: An Empirical Study of Some Arab CountriesMahmoud Abdelaziz Touny, Mohamed Abdelhameed ShehabThe issue of non-performing loans is one of the factors that reflect the soundness of the banking sector. The main objective of this study is to identify macroeconomic determinants of non-performing loans in some Arab countries through the period 2000-2012 using the dynamic panel data approach. The outcomes of this paper suggest that inflation rate has a negative impact on … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 9 May 2015 · 7,930 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA: NEEDS FOR PROACTIVE APPROACHES TO RISK MANAGEMENT AND ADAPTATIONAkinola A. Komolafe, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez Adegboyega, Adeleye Y.B. Anifowose et al.The significance of air pollution as one of the contemporary issues and accelerating factors that propel climate change in both developed and developing countries cannot be overemphasized. The problem of air pollution has seemingly become intractable with the incessant failure of both global and local environmental policies purportedly emplaced to address its devastating trend, particularly in growing megacities of the … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 12 Jul 2014 · 10,232 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordCocaine: A Catalyst for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated DementiaNavneet K. Dhillon, Milind Gadgil, Andy Rahardja et al.Injection drug use has been recognized as a major risk factor for AIDS from the outset of the epidemic. Cocaine, one of the most widely abused drugs in the United States can both impair the functions of macrophages and CD4+ lymphocytes and also activate HIV-1 expression in these cells. Cocaine is a multifactorial agent that acts globally to impair the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,587 accessesView PDF Cite