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Potential to attract people weighted by economic factors

In this study, we address the modification of Newton’s gravity model to explain the potential to attract people between cities. The variables introduced as a weighting factor were of economic nature, as follows: Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Industrial Activity, Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Services Activity, Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Agricultural Activity.

Microfinance in sub-saharan Africa: Will not ensuring capacity building be a potent tool for promoting structural transformation and sustainable development?

Many of current researches done in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as it regards the impact of microfinancing on entrepreneurship, livelihoods and poverty reduction, comes out with similar recommendation(s): the need for microfinance institutions (MFIs) and/or the government to focus on training, education, skill upgrading, or awareness creation for the MFI clients and the institutions themselves.

Factors affecting participation among women refugees living with disabilities in income generating activities: A case of Kakuma Camp in Turkana County, Kenya

Participation of Refugee Women Living with Disabilities in Income Generating Activities was curtailed by exclusion and limited opportunities which sustained dependence to development organizations. The study therefore assessed the factors affecting participation of women with disabilities in Income Generating Activities in Kakuma Camp. Social Model of disability explained how enablers or barriers were sustained by society. Descriptive survey design was used with mixed methods approach for data collection.

The internet of things (iot) in the restaurant industry

25 Years ago, the internet suddenly changed the way we do business: from one day to another, enterprises could work faster and be more cost efficient, thanks to the world wide web and all of its innovations. Today, we find ourselves once again on the verge of such a drastic shift in business opportunities. 250 years after the industrial revolution began, we have arrived at a critical threshold in the evolution of computing.

Industrial development and hospitalizations for neoplasms in Mato Grosso Do Sul– Brazil

Introduction: The process of industrialization and urbanization impacts the environment and consequently the human health. Among health problems is the development of chronic diseases, where the risk of cancer has been the subject of scientific interest. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between economic and industrial growth and the increase in hospitalization rates due to neoplasms. Method: Ecological study, with secondary data on the Gross Domestic Product – GDP, resident population, and hospitalizations for neoplasms.

Utility of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), progesterone receptor (PR), and her2 expression in primary breast carcinoma in Iraqi Women

Background: Immunohistochemical markers can be used to classify breast cancer into distinct biological subtypes that behave differently. The Hormone receptors (estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR)), and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) profile of breast carcinoma have a significant role in determining patient's prognosis, in addition to early detection of cancer, planning treatment and monitoring response to treatment. Increase use of tumor markers represents a shift in understanding of the basic biology of breast cancer, and treatment modules.

Factors associated to frailty syndrome in elderly hospitalized

Objective: to evaluate the frailty syndrome in the elderly hospitalized in a teaching hospital. Method: cross-sectional study with 107 elderly hospitalized in a teaching hospital at Campos Gerais, Ponta Grossa – PR, from October 2016 to April 2017. Data collection included the application of the Mini Mental State Examination, Fragility Scale of Edmonton and a sociodemographic and health questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Stata®12 Software. The association was verified through simple linear regression (Fisher's F and Student's T tests), significance level of p 0.05.

Difference of head nurses management competencies among public and private hospitals of Lahore

Introduction of the study: Nursing Profession is an important part of the health care system, which works for the Wellbeing of health, inhibition of illness, and care of persons who are physically, mentally ill and disable people in all ages (Althabe et al., 2015). According to the Armstrong et al., (2015), the best evidence of nursing care can be assessed by their competencies,. The nursing supervisor plays an important role organizing patient care activities. Objectives: To identify the difference in management competencies among head nurses of Public and Private Hospitals of Lahore.

Uranium mineralization from gudarukoppu, se-margin of the cuddapah basin, A.P., India and laboratory-scale mineral processing of its u-ore

U-mineralization in the Gudarukoppu area, close to the SE-margin of India’s Mesoproterozoic Cuddapah basin is of a low-temperature, remobilized, hydro (epi)-thermal vein-type that appears to be a consequence of regional deformation - metamorphism-K-Mg-Fe-P-B-metasomatism, all of which affected the area to different degrees within the structurally weak major shear zone. Its U-ore (quartz apatite cataclasite, assaying 0.29% U3O8 and < 0.01% ThO2) was subjected to a preliminary laboratory-scale mineral processing study.