Editorial Introduction — Migration and (In)Equality in the Global South

Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality

According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect fertility and education decisions, and...

Cholera, Migration, and Global Health – A Critical Review

Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The causative agent of this disease was originally described by Filippo Pacini in 1854, and afterwards further analyzed by Robert Koch in 1884. It is estimated that each year there are 1.3 million to 4 million cases of cholera, and 21 000 to 143 000 deaths worldwide ...

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

Editorial: Introduction and Motivations

If you google for “open system” you get plenty of information about security services and consulting firms, as well as IT companies and industries. They explain about firewalls, vpn, intrusion detection, security standards, violations, protection of corporate assets, anti-spam, anti-virus, authentication, service and maintenance, proxy, and audits. Their mission is “to build and foster relation...

Introduction [Poverty and Inequality]