ABSTRACT In the study of modern chieftaincy in Africa, scholars have identified chiefs as important intermediaries for promoting increased voter turnout, new health policies and development initiatives. I add to this literature importance cultural intermediaries. Using recent child marriage reform efforts Malawi a case study, find that are key actors needed implement culturally embedded policy ...

Recent years have seen a high level of transaction activity in the U.S. healthcare sector. Driving this activity are the attractive growth profile of healthcare-related companies and need for many of middle market manufacturers to partner with larger companies or private equity firms for access to market and/or capital in order to fully realize the commercial potential of their products. Yet, i...

Transactional memory is an appealing technology which frees programmer from lock-based programming. However, most of current hardware transactional memory systems are proposed for multi-core processors, and may face some challenges with the increasing of processor cores in many-core systems, such as inefficient utilization of transactional buffers, unsolved problem of transactional buffer overf...

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BACKGROUND Healthy public policy is an important tool for creating environments that support human health and wellbeing. At the local level, municipal policies, such as zoning bylaws, provide an opportunity for governments to regulate building location and the type of services offered. Across North America, there has been a recent proliferation of municipal bylaws banning fast food drive-throug...