In Nigeria, the government is implementing the Free Maternal and Child Health Care Programme (FMCHCP). The policy is premised on the notion that financial barriers are one of the most important constraints to equitable access and use of skilled maternal and child healthcare. In Ebonyi State, Southeastern Nigeria the FMCHCP is experiencing implementation challenges including: inadequate human re...

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a decision aid frequently used in the field of forest management planning. It includes the evaluation of multiple criteria such as the production of timber and non-timber forest products and tangible as well as intangible values of ecosystem services (ES). Hence, it is beneficial compared to those methods that take a purely financial perspective. Accor...

OBJECTIVES To conduct a needs assessment of all aspects of food provision in a residential home and to evaluate a subsequent nutrition intervention. DESIGN An intervention study using a before and after design. A participatory approach was adopted and quantitative and qualitative methods used throughout. The intervention involved a revised menu, kitchen equipment, and establishing wholesale s...

In this paper I trace the origins of “neogeography” (a constellation of new mapping practices and populations on the geospatial web) to its roots in computer hacker culture, notably through early mapping mashups, known originally as “map hacks”. I argue that a return to the figure of the hacker—via the proposed concept of hacker cartography—offers a productive lens for understanding the afforda...

Analysts often use financial variables to help predict real activity and inflation. Financial variables offer readily accessible information and, because market participants base their investment decisions on their forecasts of real activity and inflation, the information in financial market variables is deemed to be reliable. One of the most popular financial market variables is the spread bet...

The food insecurity faced by many Native American communities has numerous implications for the health and welfare of families. To identify and address upstream causes of food insecurity in a rural California reservation, we conducted a community assessment using the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE). Guided by a community-based participatory research orientatio...

1 Charlotte Scarf, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia, [email protected] 2 Kelly Hutchinson, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia, [email protected] ACKNOWLEDGMENT Charlotte Scarf would like to thank the Smart Internet Cooperative Research Centre for its financial support. Abstract  International development organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme ...

Our paper is a synthesis of the practical achievements of a research programme financed by the Ministry of Education and Research of Romania, focused on auditing by information-based means the financial statements of different business establishments. It is well-known the fact that since the financial auditor is not an employee of the audited company the financialaccounting information is submi...