This paper examines the impact of manufacturing employment on women’s health and decision-making power within households in Lesotho. Under US African Growth Opportunity Act 2000, women ready-made garment (RMG) factories new industrial zones greatly increased. Subsequent shocks to international demand for textile products created by phase-out Multi-Fibre Agreement 2008 Financial Crisis temporari...

BÖCKERMAN P. (2003) Unravelling the mystery of regional unemployment in Finland, Reg. Studies 37, 331–340. The study explores the determination of regional unemployment in Finland. The evaluation of regional labour markets is based on unique, linked panel data that is created by matching the conventional economic fundamentals with the measures based on gross flows of jobs and workers. The strik...

The function of angiotensin peptides is dependent upon the action of several aminopeptidases (APs) termed angiotensinases. Soluble (SOL) and membrane (MEM)-bound alanyl-AP (AlaAP) and cystinyl-AP (CysAP) are involved in the metabolism of angiotensins and related to the modulation of behavior and memory. To study the interactions between angiotensinase activity in the hippocampus and behavioral ...

The Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment and Support Act (ADATSA) created a treatment program for indigent clients in Washington State. This research assesses the relationship between the level of treatment services received and subsequent employment outcomes. Clients who completed their plan of treatment earned more than those who did not, controlling for other factors. Those clients who recei...

We examine whether the Colombian government’s expansion of publicly provided health insurance in the early nineties created incentives for people to become informal. Using variation in the onset of the Census of the Poor across municipalities and over time, we find robust and consistent estimates of an increase in informal employment between 2 and 5 percentage points after the expansion. As rob...

Plant tissue culture refers to growing and multiplication of cells, tissues and organs of plants on defined solid or liquid media under aseptic and controlled environment. Micropropagation allows rapid production of high quality, disease-free and uniform planting material. The micropropagation of high quality planting materials of ornamentals, and forest and fruit trees has created new opportun...

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Visit SCRC The SCRC welcomes visitors during its normal hours of operation. Before you make the trip, please take a moment to read our tips for visiting. You may be able to save yourself a trip. Depending on the nature and extent of your research, our staff can often supply you with the materials you need by mail or electronic mail. If you have any questions about items you locate through our o...