In this paper we first intend to examine the probability of falling into the realm of child labor by using conditional probability theorem. Furthermore, we will compare the extent of each factor’s effect on boys and girls using a TOBIT regression model. Finally we will analyze aspects of Iran’s labor market to assess the future ahead of the children who work at present. As the results will show...

nigeria represents one of the paradoxes of development in which case the nation is rich but her people are poor. this study examines the rate of poverty among rural households in south western, nigeria. a random multistage sampling was employed for the study. ekiti and osun states were randomly selected from the six states in south-western nigeria. this was followed by random selection of two l...

This paper presents the design of TOBIT, an infrastructure to support Web-based simulations. TOBIT provides a subnet grid, which is partitioned into web server tier, database server tier and simulation server tier. This grid is self-managed through the simulation manager (SimMan) extended from the Oracle Grid Control [3]. TOBIT is currently being used to support autonomic computing of two web-b...

The health care sector depends to a large extent on human labour. Poor workers’ motivation can greatly affect health outcomes and patient safety. This study examines the influences of motivation on the performance of health care workers using University of llorin Teaching Hospital as case study. 150 questionnaires were administered out which 105 were returned. 59.05% of the workers experienced ...

this study analyzed the effectiveness of cassava women processors in value addition technologies in abia state, nigeria. purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select ninety (90) women. data for the study were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics such as: frequency, mean scores and percentages and inferential statistics (tob...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to collect information that will help enhance the social networks and improve the quality of life among elderly people by observing the relationship between their social network and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and by analyzing social network factors affecting HRQoL. METHODS This study was based on the 2008 Community Health Survey in Yeoncheon County. Thr...

Over recent years, interest has been growing in Bitcoin, an innovation which has the potential to play an important role in e-commerce and beyond. The aim of our paper is to provide a comprehensive empirical study of the payment and investment features of Bitcoin and their implications for the conduct of ecommerce. Since network externality theory suggests that the value of a network and its ta...