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Facing with limited resources and human support, children in remote areas encounter
many difficulties in learning and reading with the use of modern technological
devices. To help these children experience mobile reading activities with…

Predominate cooking fuel in majority of developing countries continues to be biomass
fuel (agricultural wastes, wood, charcoal, sawdust, wood chip). In most cases,
cooking is done on open fires and the incomplete combustion of the fuel during…

The use of social media in governments is growing rapidly all over the world. Social
media provides public agencies with diverse tools that facilitate their engagement
with the public. However, social media raises different privacy, security and…

Evidence suggests that the excessive use of mobile communication technologies may
lead to uncontrollable emotional attachment to the device and various other
problematic behaviours. Therefore, a gap exists in identifying the extent to…

Depletion of fossil fuels and oncoming impacts of global warming reveal the vitality
of utilizing renewable power generation systems for future generations of humanity.
Investing in those systems also has several incentives in Europe for…

Burning of biomass is an important source of acid aerosols and black carbon
emissions into the atmosphere. In the tropics, the formation of secondary organic and
inorganic aerosols depends on meteorological parameters. High humidity and…

This study suggests a broad approach to enhance the social sustainability through
socially innovative and inclusive governance when humanizing the urban landscape.
This approach requires both “top-down” and “bottom-up” strategies.…

Mining activities carried out by Transnational Corporations (TNCs) may cause
positive and negative impacts in developing countries, such as in Indonesia. The
positive impacts of TNCs may enhance economic growth in Indonesia , on the other
hand,…

This study estimates the impact of health on labour productivity in Nigeria from 1970
to 2012, applying the standard neo-classical growth framework. Using ordinary Least
Square (OLS) technique, Cointegration and Granger Causality test procedures,…

This paper explores the nature of collective action in the governance of transnational
common resources and proposes a private regimes approach for its study. Using the
example of the radio spectrum as a global resource – representing the…