Social Sciences and Humanities

This study estimates the technical, allocative and economic efficiency of maize-producing farms in Benin and identifies the determining factors of these efficiencies in a context of adaptation to climate change. To achieve this, data was collected from a sample of 402 corn farmers randomly selected from the municipalities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and located within the Okpara watershed perimeters.

I will research John Searle’s (1) idea of a social causation as a collective intentionality and (according to my understanding) even more important notion of a background. Furthermore, I will compare Searle’s notions of the collective intentionality and the background of the social to Maurizio Ferraris’s (2) notions of a text as a replacement of the collective intentionality. The problems that Ferraris addresses are understood here in terms of practises. In this article I will look at more contemporary debates in social ontology and in a practise approach.

It's hard to continue believing that women aren't competent, just as it's absurd to hold the argument that all women are eternally incapable or unconcerned about the need to get involved in order to contribute to political governance. So, it's not uncommon to hear it said that women's low presence and participation in decision-making bodies, including political ones, is due to their unwillingness to get involved.

The study ascertained the best fit model for the attitude toward guns and violence of police officers in Region XII in relation to aggression, organizational control, and conflict management. This quantitative non-experimental research used the descriptive-causal design. Structural equation model (SEM) was employed in this study with 400 police officers as respondents selected through stratified sampling technique. Data were collected using structured, standardized instruments which were tested for content validity and reliability.

Antecedentes: Una adecuada reanimación hídrica en el paciente neuroquirúrgico, ha demostrado ser un factor relacionado directamente con el desenlace. Existen diferentes métodos y herramientas para guiar la administración de líquidos basado en metas u objetivos, derivado de lo anterior es necesario medir la eficacia y seguridad de la administración de líquidos guiada por Delta CO2 (∆CO2). Estudios reportan que ∆CO2 <6mmHg se correlaciona con mejores resultados. Objetivo.

Awareness of the prevalence Effective Human Resource Management practices such as training and development, reward management, employee recognition as well and health and safety are regarded as key components for any organisation/s employee retention success. The purpose of this research was to uncover how employees place significance in these said Human Resources practices on their retention. Data was collected using interviews which were done to the sample of 100 individuals.

Child labour compounds social inequality and discrimination. Unlike activities that help children develop, such as contributing to light housework or taking on a job during school holidays, child labour limits access to education and harms a child’s physical, mental and social growth. Trafficked children are often subjected to violence, abuse and other human rights violations. For girls, the threat of sexual exploitation looms large, while boys may be exploited by armed forces or groups child labour compounds social inequality and discrimination

The study's objective was to identify and assess unique cybersecurity challenges in academic institutions, including vulnerabilities in interconnected networks and the diverse user base. This study targeted students, faculty members, administration, and IT staff. The study showed that 68% expressed a high or concerned level of cybersecurity worry.

Social media advertisements have offered customers plenty of opportunities to adapt to various facets of life. At the same time, prospective students use a range of knowledge sources to go through search of private higher educational institutes in their decision-making and selection process. In fact, it was evident that traditional sources of information, such as print and broadcast media, higher educational fairs and websites of private higher educational institutes were thoroughly influential until the emergence of social media.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality. Timely identification of individuals at risk is paramount for effective interventions and prevention. This study endeavors to develop machine learning approaches for predicting the initial cardiovascular risk level analyzing the dataset encompassing patient demographics, medical history, lifestyle factors, and clinical indicators.