Agent-Based Modelling of Social-Ecological Systems: Achievements, Challenges, and a Way Forward

Containing artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum in Myanmar: achievements, challenges and the way forward.

Artemisinin resistance is a major threat to global malaria control and elimination efforts. Myanmar detected the first indication of the resistance in 2009 in the eastern part of the country, bordering Thailand. Since 2010, WHO has played a vital role in ensuring that a comprehensive programme on the containment of the resistance is in place. This paper documents achievement made in terms of ou...

Lady health workers programme in Pakistan: challenges, achievements and the way forward.

OBJECTIVES To review the Lady Health Workers programme and critically explore various aspects of the process to extract tangible implications for other similar situations. METHODS A descriptive study was carried out over a period of one year (2007-08). A detailed desk review of project documents, interaction with relevant stakeholders, performance validation and extensive feedback from the co...

Health Systems Research in Pakistan: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward.

Modelling Social Behaviour with Petri net based Multi-Agent Systems

An important issue regarding the deeper understanding of social and organisational phenomena is the interaction and the linkage between micro and macro layers. The micro-macro-link deals with the emergent aggregation of processes and actions on the micro-level and with structures, rules and roles on the macro-level. This paper presents recent results of the “socionics” project ASKO, which is a ...

Ecological Restoration, Global Challenges, Social Aspects and Environmental Benefits

This book consists of 14 chapters covering important aspects in regards to various terrestrial ecosystems, wetlands, river systems, mine site rehabilitation, marsh ecology and heavy metals pollution. Also aims to fill some of the information gaps in ecological restoration, particularly in under-researched ecosystems around the world. Restoration ecology emerged as a separate field in ecology in...