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Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 3: Investment in social science research in neglected diseases of poverty: a case study of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Get PDFThis article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.BACKGROUND: The level of funding provides a good proxy for the level of commitment or prioritisation given to a particular issue. While the need for research relevant to social, economic, cultural and behavioural aspects of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) control has been acknowledged, there is limited data on the level of funding that supports NTD social science research.
METHOD: A case study was carried out in which the spending of a major independent funder, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) - was analysed. A total of 67 projects funded between October 1998 and November 2008 were identified from the BMGF database. With the help of keywords within the titles of 67 grantees, they were categorised as social science or non-social science research based on available definition of social science. A descriptive analysis was conducted.
RESULTS: Of 67 projects analysed, 26 projects (39%) were social science related while 41 projects (61%) were basic science or other translational research including drug development. A total of US 241 million) went to social science research. Although the level of funding for social science research has generally been lower than that for non-social science research over 10 year period, social science research attracted more funding in 2004 and 2008.
CONCLUSION: The evidence presented in this case study indicates that funding on NTD social science research compared to basic and translational research is not as low as it is perceived to be. However, as there is the acute need for improved delivery and utilisation of current NTD drugs/technologies, informed by research from social science approaches, funding priorities need to reflect the need to invest significantly more in NTD social science research
Block Card 4505 Dorr Street
No full textThis image was produced by the Auditor's Office in Lucas County, Ohio for tax assessment purposes. Associated dates are approximate. Descriptive terms related to this photograph include: 4505 Dorr Street (Toledo, Ohio) | Dwelling | Reynolds Corners Area (Toledo, Ohio) | Folk House Styl
Block Card 4505 Rambo Lane
No full textThis image was produced by the Auditor's Office in Lucas County, Ohio for tax assessment purposes. Associated dates are approximate. Descriptive terms related to this photograph include: Ranch houses | 4505 Rambo Lane (Toledo, Ohio) | Dwelling | Monroe Acres (Toledo, Ohio) | Franklin Park Area (Toledo, Ohio) | Trilby Area (Toledo, Ohio)
Identification of minerals of NWA 4505 meteorite by Raman spectroscopy
No full textOrdinary chondrite NWA 4505 was investigated by confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy. Olivine (Fa0–22), orthopyroxene (Fs6–26), anorthoclase, HT plagioclase, whitlockite, graphite and diamond have been identified. Olivine and orthopyroxene are common and exhibit wide range of Raman shift. Distributions of Raman peaks for olivines and pyroxenes have been analyzed. Narrow, well defined bands of low Ca pyroxenes and olivines indicate on the high structural order and on the high petrologic type of chondrite. The wide range of Fa content in olivine and Fs in pyroxene may indicate that NWA 4505 is an unequilibrated ordinary chondrite
Scintigraphic Detection of Bone and Joint Infections with Indium-111-Labeled Nonspecific Polyclonal Human Immunoglobulin G
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Linked collectors and determiners for: Plantas del municipio de Medina, Cundinamarca y San Juanito, Meta - Proyecto Colombia Bio.
No full textNatural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Plantas del municipio de Medina, Cundinamarca y San Juanito, Meta - Proyecto Colombia Bio". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="http://bionomia.net/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b">https://bionomia.net/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b">https://gbif.org/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package
Linked collectors and determiners for: University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Fish specimens (Arctos).
No full textNatural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Fish specimens (Arctos)". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="http://bionomia.net/dataset/c316dd38-04ee-4505-acab-4965176edb7b">https://bionomia.net/dataset/c316dd38-04ee-4505-acab-4965176edb7b</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/c316dd38-04ee-4505-acab-4965176edb7b">https://gbif.org/dataset/c316dd38-04ee-4505-acab-4965176edb7b</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Linked collectors and determiners for: Plantas del municipio de Medina, Cundinamarca y San Juanito, Meta - Proyecto Colombia Bio.
No full textNatural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Plantas del municipio de Medina, Cundinamarca y San Juanito, Meta - Proyecto Colombia Bio". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="http://bionomia.net/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b">https://bionomia.net/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b">https://gbif.org/dataset/6951400f-fdaa-4505-8f97-7d45bd3cd34b</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package
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