38 articles for “exclusion”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContextualizing Microcredit in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Hungary: A Focus Group ExplorationDomenica Federico, Andrea Calzolari, Antonella Notte et al.Microfinance is gaining importance as a toolto reduce poverty and promote financial and social inclusion. The main goal ofthe paper is to analyze the role of microcredit to solve the problem of the creditaccess to vulnerable people. The paper focuses on the direct experience ofpeople who have used microcredit living in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Hungary toanalyze the use of microcredit in … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 17 Aug 2022 · 5,959 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinancial and Social Inclusion and Financial Sector Development: An Outline in the EU28Domenica Federico, Maria Adele Milioli, Antonella Notte, Lucia PolettiThe paper describes the status of the European Union member countries, from the point of view of both financial and social inclusion and the development of the financial sector. The aim is to identify clusters of countries, with internally homogeneous but externally heterogeneous characteristics. The analysis shows if social exclusion and financial exclusion coexist in the same countries, considering the … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 21 Jan 2020 · 8,680 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCharacterization of the Earth's Surface State by Unsupervised Classification: Case of Vegetated, Aquatic and Mineral SurfacesJean-Claude Okaingni, Sié Ouattara, Adles Kouassi, Alain ClémentIn this study, we propose an unsupervised classification scheme based on the Dempster-Shafer Theory (TDS) and the Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) to characterize vegetated, aquatic and mineral surfaces. From pre-processed ASTER satellite images (georeferencing, geometric correction and 15 m re-sampling), neo-channels were produced by determining the spectral indices NDVI, MNDWI and NDBaI, considered as sources of information for classification of a … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 7 · 27 Aug 2018 · 8,183 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstract"Ebola Ça Suffit!" is not enough to Prove Efficacy of an Ebola VaccineDavid R CroweA recently published Ebola vaccine trial claimed an almost perfect result with no cases of Ebola after the vaccine had time to take effect - a vaccine efficacy of 100%. This article is a detailed review of the information published about the trial and, particularly, this claim. The trial design was sub-optimal because randomization was only partial (and one treatment … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 8 Jul 2017 · 17,832 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractField Scale Modeling to Estimate Phosphorus and Sediment Load Reductions Using a Newly Developed Graphical User Interface for Soil and Water Assessment ToolAaron R. Mittelstet, Erin R. Daly, Daniel E. Storm et al.Streams throughout the North Canadian River watershed in northwest Oklahoma, USA have elevated levels of nutrients and sediment. Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to identify areas that likely contributed disproportionate amounts of Phosphorus (P) and sediment to Lake Overholser, the receiving reservoir at the watershed outlet. These sites were then targeted by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC) … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 28 Dec 2012 · 6,473 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOligoglucans as Elicitors of an Enzymatic Antioxidant System in Zucchini Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) Seedlings at Low TemperatureAbel Ceron-Garcia, Gustavo Adolfo Gonzalez-Aguilar, Irasema Vargas-Arispuro et al.Abstract: Problem statement: Non-controlled low temperatures affect physiological and biochemical processes leading to Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) accumulation in plants, which normally are stabilized by the antioxidant system. Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Ascorbate Peroxidase (APX) and Catalase (CAT) are the most important ROS-detoxification enzymes in stressed plants. Approach: The activity of these enzymes were examined in response to fungal Oligoglucans (OG) … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 15 Dec 2010 · 8,308 accessesView PDF Cite

Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractSocio-Economic Inequalities and their Impact on Health in PakistanSana Sehar VincentThis article critically reviews published literature on the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and health outcomes in Pakistan. Studies are systematically assessed in terms to find the relationship between the social, economic, political and biological determinants to health. The studies shown that the genetical abnormalities, malnutrition and terrorism have significantly affected the quality of life. Moreover, international relations and the national … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 23 Jul 2016 · 8,815 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAetiology of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage in Young Adults Admitted at a Tertiary Care Hospital in DhakaMohammad Enayet Hussain, Quazi Deen Mohammad, Monsur Habib et al.Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage (SICH) in young adult occurs due to multiple risk factors. The purpose of the present study was to determine the aetiological factors of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage in the young adult patients. This case control study was carried out in the Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Internal Medicine at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka … …Neuroscience International, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 2 Oct 2015 · 7,053 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Model for Resolving Flow Parameters for MRI-Neuroimaging ApplicationMoses E. Emetere, M.L. AkinyemiThe functionality of recent neuroimaging using the MRI machine has generated errors which are peculiar to all kinds of MRI processes. Though hardwares are used to complement the MRI process, the problems are not completely solved due to its fundamental errors. The fundamental error is in the exclusion of molecular interaction in the ab-initio Bloch NMR. A new mathematical concept … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 9 · 29 Sep 2015 · 6,731 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTotal Occlusal Convergence and Margin Design in Relation to Survival of Glass-Ceramic Crowns: A ReviewJanine Tiu, J. Neil Waddell, Basil Al-Amleh, Michael V. SwainThis review aims to report on preparation geometry parameters and their relation to crown failures in complete glass-ceramic clinical studies. A review of the literature was conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed with an additional manual search. The articles were screened through an inclusion and exclusion criteria and information regarding the Total Occlusal Convergence (TOC) angle and margin design was extracted along with … …Current Research in Dentistry, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 1 Jun 2015 · 8,620 accessesView PDF Cite