Education is a right for all children. Discriminating against either the boys or girls has serious consequences future national development. In Nigeria, there are alarming figures showing large percentage of and school age not attending formal education. The focus this paper therefore on girl child bearing in mind implications education them society. 2019, 10.19 million children were found to b...

A photoswitchable DFG-out kinase inhibitor has been developed. The activity of the can efficiently be regulated by light in both enzymatic and living cell assays.

Community economic development has achieved some enviable successes in both the US and Latin America. Community development corporations (CDCs) in the US are well networked among themselves and nurtured by a web of ® nancial intermediaries and technical assistance providers that channel resources and professional expertise to low-income neighbourhoods and communities across the country (see Wil...

P arkinson disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder in humans, but its cause in the majority of patients is unknown. Fewer than 10% of cases appear to be inherited, and only rarely are the known Mendelian mutations identified in patients with PD. In addition to genetic factors, environmental toxins— especially those affecting mitochondrial function—have also been impl...

We study three contractual arrangements – co-development, licensing, and co-development with opt-out options – for the joint development of new products between a small and financially constrained innovator firm and a large technology company, as in the case of a biotech innovator and a major pharma company. We formulate our arguments in the context of a two-stage model, characterized by techni...