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Alcohol, babies and the death penalty: Saving lives by analysing the shape of the brain
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)
Alcohol can damage the brains of unborn babies. Shape analysis can assess the damage in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Kanti Mardia, Fred Bookstein and John Kent explain how it works, and how it can help babies and even ...
Posterior consistency of bayesian quantile regression based on the misspecied asymmetric laplace density
(International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2013)
We explore an asymptotic justication for the widely used and em-pirically veried approach of assuming an asymmetric Laplace distribution (ALD) for the response in Bayesian Quantile Regression. Based on empirical ndings, ...
Creativity in research and development laboratories: A new scale for leader behaviours
(2013)
In this paper, we report an inventory of leader behaviours that can promote creativity among R&D professionals. Specifically, we constructed and quantitatively validated a scale that was previously developed using a ...
Methods and models for costing carbon mitigation
(2013)
Using the results of more than 20 different global models with a particular emphasis on two rapidly growing large countries (China and India), this paper discusses the cost estimation methods that are used in setting up ...
The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - A grounded theory approach
(2013)
Background: Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid ...
The limitations of markets
(Morris, Sebastian (2013) "The limitations of markets "Farmers’ Forum, 13, 4 (2013) , 20 - 36
https://issuu.com/Farmersforum/docs/ff_aug-sep_2013_final_full_low_res, 2013)
Influential multilateral agencies and
economists have for long been urging
laissez-faire in agriculture that has met with
limited success even in the rich countries.
This is despite commitments under the WTO.
Worse, ...
The effect of Self-Help Groups on access to maternal health services: Evidence from rural India
(2013)
Introduction. The main challenge for achieving universal health coverage in India is ensuring effective coverage of poor and vulnerable communities in the face of high levels of income and gender inequity in access to ...
Exploring the role of HRM in service delivery in healthcare organizations: A study of an Indian hospital
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013)
The new service management school of thought acknowledges a set of new human resource management (HRM) practices, underpinned by the concept of satisfaction mirror between customers and front-line workers. HRM practices ...
Grassroots Innovations for Inclusive Development: Need for a Paradigmatic Shift
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013)
Tapping the entrepreneurial potential of grassroots innovation
(Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2013)
The article discusses the author's views on the complex challenge of tapping the social entrepreneural potential in developing countries to leverage grassroots innovation. He explains that the imperative search for inclusive ...