Abstract Background Gender-based violence (GBV) particularly against women is unfortunately common during armed conflicts.No rigorous and comprehensive empirical work has documented the extent of GBV and its consequences that took place during the two years of devastating armed conflict in Northern Ethiopia.This study aims to assess GBV and its con
Introduction The Government of India has taken several steps to reduce tobacco use, including legislation in the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) requiring health warnings on tobacco products.This study assessed compliance with the legislation on warnings, and awareness of these warnings and their perceived impact in preventing tob
Dung beetle assemblages were monitored using baited pitfall traps from January to Parking Sensor Kit December 2006 in Northern Tunisia.4,965 beetles belonging to 37 species were trapped.Aphodius lineolatus and Onthophagus taurus dominated the assemblages.Results showed a significant seasonal variation in assemblage composition, and diversity.There
Cylindrocladium buxicola is a fungal pathogen of Buxus spp.in Turkey; the pathogen was first noted in 2011 on the native populations of B.sempervirens in forests in Trabzon in the Black Sea region.Surveys Activity Equipment conducted in November 2012 revealed a devastating impact of the pathogen on natural B.sempervirens populations, in which the t
This article argues that a more critical approach to innovation policy within planning is needed and offers recommendations for achieving this.These recommendations entail rethinking the values, focus, speed, and legitimacy of innovations.It takes a critical perspective on how contemporary societies treat rapid innovation as having necessarily posi