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This chapter examines the livelihood strategies of young people living in three villages near the town of Bole in the Northern Region of Ghana, looking at their farming and fishing activities, nonfarm businesses in the village, and the role of migration in business establishment. The fieldwork on which the chapter is based was conducted in Bole District, one of 20 districts in the Northern Region,
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has become one of the EUs most contested policy areas. But despite widely observed patterns of rural resentment and farmers’ resistance to environmental policies, few studies have examined the CAPs political consequences beyond recent farmers protests. Drawing on policy feedback theory, Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic fields, and scholarship on sociotechnical ima
This chapter looks in detail at the role of young female entrepreneurs in the handicraft industry, and examines why young women choose to enter the sector and the capitals on which they draw in operating their enterprises. Handicraft production by young women in western Uganda is typically based on both informally and formally learned skills and makes use of locally available and/or purchased raw
This chapter contributes to debates concerning university entrepreneurship education in sub-Saharan Africa by examining who studies entrepreneurship education and why, their career paths after graduating, and how their studies have impacted on their entrepreneurial intentions. It draws on a study of recent graduates from two universities in Uganda who had studied entrepreneurship. Governments, don
The industrial sector, also called secondary sector, is in charge of transforming materials into goods. An important workforce is employed in the industrial sector not only in modern industrial countries, but in all modern societies. Since many of these jobs entail working under wet conditions, heat, or with hazardous chemicals, both irritant and allergic occupational contact dermatitis are of utm
The use of the home as a workplace has persisted throughout the world, challenging established notions of economic progress and resulting in home-based work being seen as an integral and lasting part of the capitalist organisation of production. Many different types of work are conducted in the home, including production, retail, and service activities. Home-based workers are a heterogeneous group
Att skapa fasta förbindelser mellan länder genom att bygga broar eller tunnlar är mycket kostsamt, men politiska beslutsfattare hoppas i allmänhet att dessa gigantiska infrastrukturprojekt ska öka internationella handelsflöden. Vi utnyttjar öppnandet av Öresundsbron för att testa om det stämmer. Vårt forskningsprojekt visar att Sverige och Danmark handlar ca 25 procent mer med varandra än man skul
PurposeThis study investigates the anchoring effect in property valuation among students from different educational backgrounds, aiming to determine whether an engineering education mitigates cognitive bias compared to a social science education.Design/methodology/approachAn experimental design was implemented during the final examinations in property valuation courses at two Swedish universities.
port framstår gärna som något spontant, kroppsligt och i någon mening frikopplat från ekonomi: prestationer på planen, publikens jubel och dramatiken i en direktsändning. Men modern idrott är i själva verket nära sammanvävd med marknadsekonomins förutsättningar. Exempelvis är den utrustning som används av såväl amatörer som professionella idrottsutövare ofta resultatet av betydande investeringar i
The expansion of e-commerce and the consequent spatial changes raise questions about how accessibility and liveability for older people is considered in increasingly ageing societies. The aim of this article is to enhance the understanding of how digitally literate older people perceive e-commerce as a tool to accommodate their needs. The study therefore poses the question: How do digitally litera
Projektet har demonstrerat hur man kan tillverka mätutrustning för att mäta fönster- och dörröppningar och ett antal förslag presenteras för att göra mätningarna säkrare. Dessutom har projektet mätt öppningsvinklar i 15 bostäder under ett år varje minut, med kvantitativa resultat. Mätningar har gjorts för att koppla luftflöden till öppningar med små vinklar. Det har gjorts systematiska, förenklade
Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is the benchmark oxygen-ion conductor and is widely regarded as electronically inert under oxidizing conditions. Yet its electrical behavior at the nanoscale remains unsettled. While bulk YSZ exhibits predominantly ionic transport, electronic contributions have only been reported under highly defective, porous, or strong-field conditions. Here, we demonstrate that
Sustainability standards and ratings do not generate enough information for businesses to understand their environmental impacts across scales and create mitigation plans to avoid further transgression of planetary boundaries.
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the 2018 switch from PCV13 to PCV10 in Sweden’s childhood immunisation programme on the serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae.MethodsRespiratory tract (RT) S. pneumoniae isolates (n=1615; 2020–2023) were serotyped, tested for antimicrobial susceptibility and compared with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) isolates (n=397) and PCV13-era data (2016
Background: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are commonly used in patients with haematological diseases but are associated with infectious complications. The CVC Anti-infection Double Lumen Bundle was introduced in December 2020 to reduce this risk. The bundle included a double-lumen noble metal alloy–coated CVC and chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings. This study evaluated whether the bundle was as
