40 research outputs found
Rural Electrification and Its Impact on Households' Welfare
No full textElectricity is the key input for urban and rural development which directly effects households’ welfare in micro-level. Least developed countries policy focus on electrifying rural area through off-grid electricity because of high cost in connecting remote areas to national grid. This research estimates the welfare effects of Shorabak small hydropower in Fayzabad city of Badakhshan province, considering the wellbeing of residences in Taliqan city of Takhar provice that obtained from imported electricity from Tajikistan. The dependent variables of education, saving, health, employment, information and environment used as determinant of welfare in linear regression models. Residences of Fayzabad and Taliqan cities constituted the target population, who interviewed through 400 questionnaire using purposive samplings. For the purpose of analysis, regression models run in SPSS version 25. It was found that full access to electricity in Taliqan city positively changed study hours, saving via cheap per kW fee, decreased illness caused by utilizing wood, fuel for cooking and heating purposes. Furthermore, the level of information increased because of access to media particularly TV. A positive notion seen in keeping environment green by removing wood in households as result of using electricity instead. Generally the findings show, by Shorabak hydropower plant inauguration which is 90% completed the same welfare increase will be felt in Fayzabad city as well
Exporting dried fruits and nuts from Afghanistan to Finland : Busniess plan for a new company
Full text linkLaurea University of Applied Sciences Abstract
Laurea Leppävaara
Degree Programme in Business Management
International Business-to-Business Marketing
Ajmal Zarmal
Exporting Dried Fruits and Nuts from Afghanistan to Finland; Business Plan for a New Company
Year 2009 Pages 51
The objective of this thesis is to create a business plan for a small-sized company named Paktia that will be specialised in export of dried fruits and nuts from Afghanistan to Finland.
The main purposes of this study are to define whether this business plan is profitable and to function as a manual for inaugurating and operating a company. The author of the thesis is planning at evaluating different aspects that are related to business planning in international trade organisation. He intends to obtain a wider picture of business planning in general and its practical part. The author’s own learning objective is to use in practice the knowledge obtained during the study in Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
The fundamentals of business planning are outlined in the theoretical framework. This study’s theoretical objective is to define the concepts of business planning, to create a general understanding of the relevant theories of a business plan and the offer a theoretical base for the empirical section. This study’s empirical objective is to construct a business plan for a new company by analyzing the theoretical section, literature, Internet sources and the author’s own knowledge. The thesis represents the main objectives and strategies of business plan, defines the possible competitors and potential customers. The market and industry analysis, financial plan, marketing plan and SWOT-analysis are included in the plan as well.
As this study is a qualitative research, it was operated as a dissertation-type case study. The sources used in the research are formed of interviews, literature and internet sources related to the topic.
As a learning process the study was beneficial to the author. Most possibility the knowledge gathered through analysis of this topic and writing the business plan for a new company will be used by the author in the future when establishing the company.
Key words Business plan, new company, export and import process, international trade, SWOT analysis, customer analysis, strategic analysi
Determinants of Poverty among Urban Households in Afghanistan: Case study of Mazar-e-Sharif
Full text linkThis paper appraised urban poverty determinants in Afghanistan considering Mazar-e-Sharif as a case study. The data was collected from 326 households using a multi stage sampling approach. The logit model was applied to estimate the influencing factors on poverty status among targeted households. The findings reveal that age of household head, remittances, number of male employed and number of female employed are negatively correlated with poverty status. While, household size and number of illiterate households member have positive impact on poverty in the study area. Thus, current research suggests government to invest more on education sector in order to increase the literacy among different social segments to finally reduce poverty through supply of literate manpower to the market “Policy implication”
Growing in public relations: lessons from the past
Full text linkGrowing In Public Relations—Lessons from the Past is a book specially written for young PR practitioners and all Communication and Public Relations students.
The author is currently Director of Corporate and Communications & Business Liaison of the Public Investment Bank and Chairman of Federation of ASEAN Public Relations Organization. She writes from the heart and shares 20 Unforgettable Episodes as a Public Relations Practitioner in her more than 25 years experience in the field, revealing some of the secrets of the communication process in the real world. She also writes about historical and new developments within the PR industry during her five-year term on the Council as President of the Institute of Public Relations Malaysia (IPRM). The importance of global networking for the industry through the Federation of ASEAN PR Organisation (FAPRO) and the Global Association for PR and Communication Management is also emphasized. Some personal conclusions have been drawn on theories in relation to Ego Management in Public Relations and a chapter on the importance of networking in the public relations business is also included.
This book also provides a case study of volunteerism as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) exemplified by her employer, The Public Bank Group, who supported and encouraged her involvement in championing best practices for the PR industry in that five-year term period which culminated in the launch of the first group of Accredited Public Relations practitioners in the country
Childhood amblyopia and, the effect on quality of life: a scoping review
No full textBackground: Amblyopia, often known as lazy eye, is a vision problem brought on by the eye and brain not functioning properly. It causes a seemingly normal eye to have impaired vision. It is the most typical reason for reduced vision in one eye in children and younger people. It is a common condition, and it can affect up to 3-4% of the general population. Early intervention is necessary for infants with amblyopia to prevent permanent visual loss and reduce other potential quality of life issues such as poor educational outcomes.
Methodology: A scoping review was conducted on, relevant articles, searched between 2011 to October 2022 to examine how childhood amblyopia affects the quality of life. The pertinent studies were found based on the stated inclusion and exclusion criteria. I systematically reviewed databases from PMC (US National library of medicine national institutes of health), BMC Health Services Research, Ophthalmology Journal of Biomedical Science and Technology and also from Ophthalmic Epidemiology. The first author, year, and study objectives were the data extracted from pertinent studies. Thematic analysis and tables were used to map out data derived from published works of literature.
Results: The review contained a total of 11 papers. There are 11 quality-of-life issues related to amblyopia found in the studies. Even though Amblyopia normally affects only one eye, it may impair reading speed in normal binocular reading by 20% to 50% and significantly influence educational achievement in children. The effects of amblyopia on HRQoL were specifically connected to how the condition was treated. These include effects on relationships with family members, social interactions, challenges completing everyday tasks, and feelings and behaviour. Some researchers created their own HRQoL measures, whereas others used proxy measures to calculate HRQoL.
Conclusion: This scoping review identifies that childhood Amblyopia can have significant impact on quality of life. When thinking about managing amblyopia, it\u27s important to consider the documented findings of the HRQoL implications. The difficulties noted in the review are explored regarding how HRQoL is measured (treatment compliance vs. proxy measures) and whether HRQoL is viewed from a child\u27s or a parent\u27s perspective.
 
FACIES AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS OF CROSS-BEDDED AND PLANE-BEDDED SANDSTONE
Full text linkMost of Malaysia reservoirs are coming from sandstone formation. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed when loose are laid down and with time, these sediment might located thousand of thick feet. Due to compression of accumulate overlying sediments, with the increase of heat and pressure, the physical and chemical are altered to form sedimentary rock. One of the features of sedimentary rock is stratification. The stratification can be categorized into two departments, planar stratification and cross stratification. There are terms that always be used to explain the stratification. For example like stratum (plural is called strata) which is defined as individual layer in a sediment or sedimentary rock that is produced by deposition. The terms like lamina (laminae) and bed (beds) can be defined as a stratum that is less than one centimetre thick and greater than one centimetre thick respectively. Correspondingly, stratification is termed either lamination or bedding.
Cross-bedded and plane-bedded of sandstone are the sedimentary structures to be study in this research. The area of study is included the facies analysis and reservoir characteristics. A facies is defined by a particular set of sediment attributes like lithology, texture, suite of sedimentary structures, fossil content and others. In the field and during the early stage of study, facies should be referred to only the descriptive sense and the interpretations in term of process and environment come later. The specifications of reservoir rock are the capacity to store hydrocarbon and the ability to allow hydrocarbon to flow through a conduit. The properties that affected the capacity and flows are porosity, permeability, fluid saturation and capillary pressure.
The fieldtrip and laboratory examinations are several of activities had been proposed to be implementing in the project. Fieldtrip to the area of study which is south region of Bintulu is believed can help the author to collect samples from there and exposed to the area of study. Laboratory examinations are important in analysing samples and hence solve the questions of uncertainty issues during the early fieldtrip. The uncertainty issues are like porosity, permeability, grain size and others. The
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laboratory equipments that suggested to use are Rotap shaker for sieving, SME for observing the unseen particles, and POROPERM for determining porosity and permeability.
Keyword: Cross-bedded, Plane-bedded, Sandstone, Facies, Reservoir characteristics, Fieldtrip, Laboratory works
Electronic Journal of Information System in Developing Countries (2014-2021): A Bibliometric Study
Full text linkElectronic Journal of Information System in Developing Countries (EJISDC) has already published a bibliometric study from 2000-2013, and this study is a further continuation of the pervious study from 2014-2021. The data retrieved from the Scopus database was analyzed through VOS viewer, biblioshiny, Microsoft Excel, and MS Access. This bibliometric study found the different aspects of the EJISDC, i.e., document types, publishing trends, authorship patterns, most productive countries, prolific authors, organizations, frequently used keywords, and country collaboration during 2014-21. The result found that total 346 publications having 1513 citation and most of the documents type was published research articles. The maximum publication was 51 in 2017 and received 313 citations in 2014. Authorship patterns showed that two author patterns produce maximum publications (142) with 666 citations. Heeks was the most prolific author in terms of paper publication (8 papers). South Africa and the University of Cape Town are at the top of the list to produce maximum articles during 2014-21. ICT4D was the most used keyword by the authors, and Tanzania is the top country to collaborate with other countries. Results for this study showed that the publications trend had been changed during 2014-21
حافظ محمود شیرانی کا لسانی نظریہ: ایک پنجاب اور دو زبانیں(لسانی وتنقیدی مطالعہ)
No full textThis article reflects that Mr. Sheerani was very first man in the history of Indo-Pak sub-continent linguistics who with strong arguments said that Punjab is a region where at least two languages are spoken Punjabi amp; Saraiki. This article discusses this idea with new facts and research. The author has tried to make a comparative study of Punjabi and Saraiki phonetics too. He has proved that not one but two languages are spoken in Punjab region, i.e. Punjabi and Saraiki. Although these two languages have some similarities but these are totally different from one another. Both these languages have their own phonetics, syntax and other linguistic characteristics
Determinants of poverty among urban households in Afghanistan: Case study of Mazar-e-Sharif
Full text linkAbstract. This paper appraised urban poverty determinants in Afghanistan consider-ing Mazar-e-Sharif as a case study. The data was collected from 326 households using a multi stage sampling approach. The logit model was applied to estimate the influencing factors on poverty status among targeted households. The findings reveal that age of household head, remittances, number of male employed and number of female employed are negatively correlated with poverty status. While, household size and number of illiterate households member have positive impact on poverty in the study area. Thus, current research suggests government to invest more on education sector in order to increase the literacy among different social segments to finally reduce poverty through supply of literate manpower to the market “Policy implication”.Keywords. Urban poverty; Logit model; Afghanistan.JEL. I3; I32; I38
Moving beyond bimetallic-alloy to single-atom dimer atomic-interface for all-pH hydrogen evolution
No full text© 2021, The Author(s).Single-atom-catalysts (SACs) afford a fascinating activity with respect to other nanomaterials for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), yet the simplicity of single-atom center limits its further modification and utilization. Obtaining bimetallic single-atom-dimer (SAD) structures can reform the electronic structure of SACs with added atomic-level synergistic effect, further improving HER kinetics beyond SACs. However, the synthesis and identification of such SAD structure remains conceptually challenging. Herein, systematic first-principle screening reveals that the synergistic interaction at the NiCo-SAD atomic interface can upshift the d-band center, thereby, facilitate rapid water-dissociation and optimal proton adsorption, accelerating alkaline/acidic HER kinetics. Inspired by theoretical predictions, we develop a facile strategy to obtain NiCo-SAD on N-doped carbon (NiCo-SAD-NC) via in-situ trapping of metal ions followed by pyrolysis with precisely controlled N-moieties. X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicates the emergence of Ni-Co coordination at the atomic-level. The obtained NiCo-SAD-NC exhibits exceptional pH-universal HER-activity, demanding only 54.7 and 61 mV overpotentials at −10 mA cm−2 in acidic and alkaline media, respectively. This work provides a facile synthetic strategy for SAD catalysts and sheds light on the fundamentals of structure-activity relationships for future applications.11Nsciescopu
