The prospect of an investigation into the death of a patient often raises apprehension among surgeons, even when there are no allegations of negligence. Although a focus on identifying system failures and prevention is promoted, investigations may be emotionally charged, examine events with the benefit of hindsight, removed from the context of the ‘lived experience’ and judged against the bench...

In Gambia, women groups are the core of developmental activities. The role of women in micro financing for poverty alleviation has long been recognized as vital approach to household welfare. Microfinance generally refers to the provision of financial services (e.g. savings, credit, insurance) to the poor especially women who normally do not have easy access to formal financial institutions. In...

The IEEE 802.15.4 has attracted time-critical applications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) because of its beacon-enabled mode and guaranteed timeslots (GTSs). However, the GTS scheme's security still leave the 802.15.4 MAC vulnerable to attacks. Further, the existing techniques in the literature for securing 802.15.4 either focus on non beacon-enabled 802.15.4 or cannot defend against inside...