scholarly journals My Book Buddy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Spierenburg
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Active Reading ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Sense ◽  
Insight Into

In 2010, the My Book Buddy foundation started the first children’s library at a primary school in the slums of Nairobi in Kenya. Not a children’s library in the traditional sense of the word, but an evidence based concept which is already embraced by 18 countries, and which has allowed 22,500 children to participate in active reading. This paper gives an insight into the various aspects of the concept, the success factors in the different developing countries, and the necessity to realize more My Book Buddy children’s libraries in co-operation with expert librarians who have knowledge of knowledge of children’s literature and insight into the reading process of children. A window to the world has been opened for children who are usually deprived of books because they are too expensive or out of reach for them, not only figuratively speaking, but also in the literal meaning of the word.

Application of E-Government Principles in Anti-Corruption Framework

2017 ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Arjun Neupane ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
Kishor Vaidya ◽  
Sunil Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) plays a significant role in the economic, technological and social progression of a country. Corruption in government agencies and institutions is a serious problem in many countries in the world, especially in under-developed and developing countries. The use of ICT tools such as e-governance can help to reduce corruption. In this chapter, the authors discussed the application of e-government principles to mitigate corruption. Based on the available literature, this study identified some potential elements of e-government, which are currently practised around the world and how they are interrelated to fight against corruption. Finally, the authors present an evidence-based e-government anti-corruption framework.

scholarly journals Impulsive but Fatal Self-Poisoning with Pesticides Among South Asians in Nickerie, Suriname

Crisis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.A.J. van Spijker ◽  
T. Graafsma ◽  
H.I.A. Dullaart ◽  
A.J.F.M. Kerkhof
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Intentional self-poisoning with pesticides is a serious problem in many developing countries. It is a commonly used method among South Asians all over the world. Aims: To describe the circumstances and characteristics of suicides in Nickerie, e, in order to gain insight into why South Asians commonly use self-poisoning. Methods: An exploratory psychological autopsy study was conducted among 19 survivors of 13 suicides in the Nickerie district in Suriname. Results: Impulsivity plays an important role in self-poisonings, as well as aggression and easy accessibility of pesticides. Conclusions: Possible answers to the question why South Asians often use self-poisoning as a method for suicide may be found in culture, upbringing, styles of communication and genetics. However, more research is needed to further explore these hypotheses.

Global impact of a clinical informatics system: Scalable delivery of on-time access to evidence-based multidisciplinary expert treatment decisions for all cancers.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6502-6502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra A. Badwe ◽  
Pramesh CS ◽  
Sudeep Gupta ◽  
Nita S. Nair ◽  
Nancy Renee Feldman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Treatment Decisions ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Informatics System ◽  
The World ◽  
Simple Language

6502 Background: There is a scarcity of expert oncologists in the world. Patients in nonurban areas have poor access to evidence-based treatment decisions and worse outcomes. In India, there are ~1600 experts for 1.8 Million patients. Created in May 2014, “TMC NCG Navya Online” is an expert opinion service based on an informatics system. We prospectively study its real-world impact. Methods: Navya exhaustively searches and outputs evidence and experience based treatment options for an individual patient. Its accuracy was validated in trials at TMC (one of the world’s largest tertiary care centers) and UCLA-OVMC. Navya’s patient data summary and treatment options are rapidly reviewed and vetted (1-2 minutes) on mobile by experts from TMC and NCG, (consortium of 104 cancer centers in India). Expert decisions are converted into a simple language report for patients. System generated evidence based information on diagnostics, regimens, side effects etc are also provided. To prospectively assess impact, from July to December 2016, all patients were asked via phone follow-up: 1. If report was shared with treating provider, 2. Final treatments delivered. Results: 9361patients from 22 developing countries registered with TMC NCG Navya Online. 3402 expert decisions were provided and converted into 2614 simple language reports. 5229 patients received system generated evidence based information. Median time to deliver a report was 24 hours. The prospective sample was 582 decisions with a 75% (n = 436) follow-up rate. 74% of reports were shared with treating providers. 73% of TMC NCG Navya’s decisions, (n = 306), were the final treatments delivered. Common reasons for non-implementation included decline in ECOG status and not testing biomarkers (ER/PR etc). Conclusions: Expert oncologists use Navya to provide rapid online opinions to patients across 22 developing countries. Patients shared the expert opinions with their providers and received evidence-based treatments. Expanding the reach and impact of such a service to nonurban USA and the world, can maximize outcomes for patients without ready access to expertise.

scholarly journals E-Learning in TVET: An Opportunity for Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Makworo Edwin Obwoge ◽  
Okemwa Stela Kwamboka
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Insight Into

<div><p><em>Education systems in the world today are undergoing major shifts in their delivery systems to be able to accommodate shifting demands in the lifestyles of people. ICT has greatly influenced the way institutions operate in reaching and providing services to their clients. Many educational institutions have adapted their situations to meet the work demands and changing trends in education by adopting e-learning as a mechanism to reach the students who may have no time to sit in class due to their nature of work. TVET systems in Africa are slowly and steadily also starting to move towards implementing e-learning in their teaching learning process. This paper gives insight into the potential and situation of e-learning in TVET institutions in developing countries in Africa and points out major recommendations on how to improve in order to inform policy makers and other stakeholders in the TVET sector.</em></p></div>

scholarly journals Dziecięce konstrukcje świata w rozmowach z dorosłymi

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Nowak-Łojewska
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Part ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
The World ◽  
Interactionist Theory ◽  
Linguistic Relativism ◽  
Moral Nature ◽  
Social Interactionist ◽  
Insight Into

The text is based on research carried out among schoolchildren of third class of primary school. It shows a way of thinking about the world typical of children and constructing their social knowledge. The text was produced as a result of series of meetings with schoolchildren of 1–3 classes and the struggle to find answers to their questions of social, existential, ethical and moral nature. It reflects childlike concepts of social knowledge. It is based on quality tests results conveyed with the usage of dialogue method. In the theoretical part there are assumptions of interpretive paradigm and theses about social interactionist theory, linguistic relativism and social and psychological constructivism as a background for the discussion. The concept of the research includes the characteristics and justification for the application of the dialogue method and in addition to that, it gives insight into the results of the research which is the reconstruction of the image of the world typical of children and reconstruction of the meanings given to social ideas by children during their conversations with adults. The research part includes the image of the world constructed by children with excerpts from their utterances, from their ways of understanding the world, their perception of their environment. It is divided into parts entitled: ‘Children search’, ‘Children think’, ‘Children speak’, ‘Children construct’. Each part is packed with children’s hot knowledge, their experience and their ways of understanding the world.

scholarly journals Research at an undergraduate level - An insight into its importance

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 528
Author(s):  
Pradhum Ram ◽  
Akshay Sethi ◽  
Mohammed Madadin ◽  
Ritesh G Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Insight Into

<p>In the world of evidence-based medicine, the need for research cannot be overstated. While the helm of such research if being conducted by trained scientists in secluded labs, one often forgets that these scientists were students too at one point in time. If their interest was not honed then, we might still be fighting polio today. Thus with this editorial we hope to usher more students into research at the undergraduate level.</p>

Labor and Global Commodities: Introduction

2012 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Mae Ngai ◽  
Mary Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
World Market ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Productive Method

Conventionally defined, “global commodities” refer to raw materials and basic foodstuffs—sugar, bananas, cotton, coal, bauxite—that are extracted or grown in one area of the world and sold on the world market for industrial or consumer use elsewhere. Labor historians focusing on the point of extraction/production or tracking the production and circulation of specific global commodities have gained insight into the development of global capitalism, in particular relations between colonized and colonizer, developing countries and advanced industrial countries. From Sidney Mintz's Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (1986) to Mark Kurlansky's Cod: The Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1998) scholars and general readers alike have found in studies of a single commodity a productive method for understanding social relations in the making of the modern world.

scholarly journals Research at an undergraduate level - An insight into its importance

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 528-29
Author(s):  
Pradhum Ram ◽  
Akshay Sethi ◽  
Mohammed Madadin ◽  
Ritesh G Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Insight Into

In the world of evidence-based medicine, the need for research cannot be overstated. While the helm of such research if being conducted by trained scientists in secluded labs, one often forgets that these scientists were students too at one point in time. If their interest was not honed then, we might still be fighting polio today. Thus with this editorial we hope to usher more students into research at the undergraduate level.

scholarly journals Dementia: Risk Factors and Updated Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Nepal ◽  
B Jeffrey ◽  
M Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Modifiable Risk Factors ◽  
Neurocognitive Disorder ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Dementia Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Global Health Problem

 With the tremendous rise in the aging population around the world, the prevalence of Major Neurocognitive Disorders is skyrocketing. In the same manner, the burden of the morbidity and mortality associated with the such disorders has been a global health problem. Most of the time, the cause of Major Neurocognitive Disorder is unknown. Our review article is an attempt to summarize the likely modifiable risk factors associated with the disorder. In this manner there could be insight into further confirmatory and exploratory evidence based studies of these factors for early intervention to prevent and delay the progression of full blown disease. Among the modifiable risk factors, the ones that have been discussed here are smoking, activity both physical and cognitive, cardiovascular risk factors, depression, traumatic brain injury and sleep.J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, Page: 3-7

A Survey of Critical Success Factors in Implementing KM in ASEAN Service-Based SMEs

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Alan Eardley ◽  
Elahe Mohammadi ◽  
Bridget Merliza
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Insight Into

This paper explores the critical success factors (CSF) for implementing knowledge management (KM), in service-based Southeast Asian (ASEAN) small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs. An empirical approach is proposed to determine the importance level of seven identified KM critical success factors (CSF). The study is of 57 SMEs in Technology Parks and SME ‘Technopreneur’ Centres in Malaysia. It is concluded that the service-based SME sector, as a sizable business sector in the ASEAN region, needs to pay more attention to its intellectual assets and to KM, which is rapidly becoming integral to gaining competitive edge. The study of KM in such fast-developing countries brings useful insight into KM in other ASEAN countries. The results of this study reinforce previous findings on the importance of the various KM CSFs and can help service-based SMEs to understand more fully the discipline of KM, to facilitate its adoption and to prioritize its implementation.

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