Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping in the Hadejia River Basin, Nigeria, Using Hydro-Geomorphic Approach and Multi-Criterion Decision-Making Method by Abdulrahman Shuaibu, Jean Hounkpè, Yaovi Aymar Bossa, Robert M. Kalin

“…The risk mapping of the basin integrated seven hydro-geomorphological indicators influencing extreme events (elevation, mean annual rainfall, slope, distance from rivers, soil type, and drainage density) and six socio-economic vulnerability indicators (population density, female population density, literacy rate, land use, employment rate, and road network) using a multi-criterion analysis. …”
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Sources of Total-Factor Productivity and Efficiency Changes in China’s Agriculture by Jianxu Liu, Changrui Dong, Shutong Liu, Sanzidur Rahman, Songsak Sriboonchitta

“…The disaster rate significantly reduces TE but promotes TC and TFP. The literacy rate significantly improves TC and TFP. However, government expenditures in “agriculture, forestry, and water” significantly reduce TE, TC, and TFP. …”
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Towards Sustainable Retirement Planning of Wageworkers in Thailand: A Qualitative Approach in Behavioral Segmentation and Financial Pain Point Identification by Chavis Ketkaew, Martine Van Wouwe, Ann Jorissen, Danny Cassimon, Preecha Vichitthamaros, Sasichakorn Wongsaichia

“…Considering that Thailand has a low literacy rate, a fractured pension system, and no regulations that could provide sufficient income to cover basic needs after retirement, there will be economic repercussions if the situation is not handled soon. …”
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Intra-urban differences underlying leprosy spatial distribution in central Brazil: geospatial techniques as potential tools for surveillance by Amanda G. Carvalho, Carolina Lorraine H. Dias, David J. Blok, Eliane Ignotti, João Gabriel G. Luz

“…By mapping the GWR coefficients, we identified that low literacy rate and low mean monthly nominal income per household were associated with a high NCDR of leprosy, especially in the neighbourhoods located within high-risk areas. …”
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Knowledge and Practice of Screening Methods Regarding Breast Carcinoma Among Reproductive-Aged Women by Mamta Chhetri, Muniraj Chhetri, Amrita Poudel, Amrita Poudel, Subash Koirala, Moni Subedi, Sumnima Shrestha

“…Conclusions: More than half of respondents had a satisfactory level of knowledge regarding breast cancer, despite that only a few participants had practiced screening methods. Increasing the literacy rate, improving socioeconomic status would increase knowledge and practice of screening methods regarding breast carcinoma. …”
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DISPARITAS DAN KONVERGENSI PEMBANGUNAN MANUSIA DI PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR, 2004-2010 by , Ady Prianto, , Prof. Dr. Tri Widodo, M.Ec.Dev.

“…The result of sigma and absolute beta convergence shows that there is a convergence in HDI, in health component (Life Expectancy), and educational component (Literacy Rate and Mean Years of Schooling). For income component (Purchasing Power Parity), the sigma convergence result shows that there is a convergence, whereas the result of absolute convergence shows that there is no convergence. …”

FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI DERAJAT KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT (FAKTOR EKONOMI, PENDIDIKAN IBU, LINGKUNGAN, DAN PELAYANAN KESEHATAN) Studi Kasus di Aceh, Papua, Bangka Belitung, Sula... by , TUTIK SRI HANDAYANI, , Dr. Nunuk Dwi Retnandari, MS.

“…Educational factors influence are indicated by the relationship between the average length of school study and female literacy rate of the public health index. The influence of environmental factors is shown by the relationship between household with adequate water sanitation and community health status index. …”

Evaluation of country infrastructure as an indirect measure of dog-mediated human rabies deaths by Sarah C. Bonaparte, Janae Moodie, Janae Moodie, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Ryan M. Wallace

“…A novel index was developed to estimate infrastructural rabies elimination capacity and annual case-burden for dog-mediated rabies virus variant (DMRVV) endemic countries.FindingsFive country-level indicators with superior explanatory value represent the novel “STOP-R index:” (1) literacy rate, (2) infant mortality rate, (3) electricity access, (4) political stability, and (5) presence/severity of natural hazards. …”
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Solid Waste Management in Saudi Arabia—Analysis of Growth Dynamics and Mitigation Opportunities by Muhammad Muhitur Rahman, Syed Masiur Rahman, Mohammad Shahedur Rahman, Md Arif Hasan, Syed Abu Shoaib, Sayeed Rushd

“…The methane (CH₄) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) increased with an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and urban population, and an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and literacy rate was likely to reduce CH₄ emissions from municipal solid waste and vice versa. …”
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Towards the future – Telerehabilitation in stroke care in Pakistan by Anusha Anwer, Maham Fatima, Aabia Zakai

“…However, this advancement in the use of telehealth has been hindered by several factors since its inception in 2003, including a lack of legal framework and laws for the establishment of new programs, lack of sustainable support from the government, deficiency of funds and resources for the organization of infrastructure, distant rural areas with poverty, low literacy rate, limited cell phone ownership, and internet access. …”
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Time series analysis of malaria cases to assess the impact of various interventions over the last three decades and forecasting malaria in India towards the 2030 elimination goals by Mrigendra P. Singh, Harsh Rajvanshi, Praveen K. Bharti, Anup R. Anvikar, Altaf A. Lal

“…Important factors influencing malaria incidence included tribal population density, literacy rate, health infrastructure, and forested and hard-to-reach areas. …”
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Breast Cancer Risk Stratification and Screening Practices of Women in South Kerala, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Susanna John, Regi Jose, Anil Bindu Sukumaran, Manju Leelavathy, PV Benny

“…Conclusion: Despite Kerala being a state with high female literacy rate, the screening practices for breast cancer were found to be very low (17.36%). …”
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Adverse Mentions, Negative Sentiment, and Emotions in COVID-19 Vaccine Tweets and Their Association with Vaccination Uptake: Global Comparison of 192 Countries by Jungmi Jun, Ali Zain, Yingying Chen, Sei-Hill Kim

“…Such tweets and covariates (COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates, GDP, population size and density, literacy rate, democracy index, institutional quality, human development index) were tested as predictors of vaccination rates in countries. …”
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A comprehensive India-wide social vulnerability analysis: highlighting its influence on hydro-climatic risk by Vittal H, Subhankar Karmakar, Subimal Ghosh, Raghu Murtugudde

“…An interesting result is that SoV has decreased over past decade, which is primarily due to an increase in literacy rate and conversion rate of marginalized groups to main working population, and a decrease in child population due to use of birth control. …”
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Socio-Economic Analysis of Wood Charcoal Production as a Significant Output of Forest Bioeconomy in Africa by Isaac Nyarko, Chukwudi Nwaogu, Hájek Miroslav, Prince Opoku Peseu

“…The correlation matrix showed that WCH production for the three decades had a significant positive correlation with all the measured parameters (such as areas of forest cover, export quantity, export value, GDP, human population, climate season, average income per citizen, and literacy rate). Wood charcoal is an essential livelihood support system. …”
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The role of vaccination and environmental factors on outbreaks of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 in Bangladesh by Ariful Islam, Sarah Munro, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Jonathan H. Epstein, Marcel Klaassen

“…Variables resulting in small but significant increases in outbreak rate were relatively low ambient temperatures for the time of year, literacy rate, chicken and duck density, crop density, and presence of highways; this may be attributable to low temperatures supporting viral survival outside the host, higher literacy driving reporting rate, density of the host reservoir, and spread of the virus through increased connectivity. …”
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Awareness of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa by Eugene Budu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Joshua Okyere, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Sanni Yaya

“…To raise women’s awareness of obstetric fistula, there is the need for sub-Saharan African countries to consciously raise community literacy rate, increase access to mass media platforms and invest intensively in formal education for women.…”
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Konbit : bridging social, cultural, and political worlds by accelerating job growth and creation for the illiterate, disconnected workers by Elliott, Greg (Gregory Talcott)

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Community based Appraisal of Healthcare Service Utilisation and Determinants of Health Seeking Behaviour among the Elderly Population of Rural Western Maharashtra by Sachin B Jadhav, Kalpak S Kadarkar, Harshawardhan N Mujumdar

“…Conclusion: Quality of health seeking behaviour can be improved by narrowing gender gap, increasing literacy rate and giving social assistance to elderly persons. …”
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Gender differences in premature mortality for cardiovascular disease in India, 2017–18 by Jhumki Kundu, K. S. James, Babul Hossain, Ruchira Chakraborty

“…To understand the variation in YLL due to CVD at the state level, nine sets of covariates were chosen: share of elderly population, percentage of urban population, literacy rate, health expenditure, social sector expenditure, labour force participation, HDI Score and co-existence of other NCDs such as diabetes, & obesity. …”
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