No matter who: What makes one a relativist?

When Women Deliver with No One Present in Nigeria: Who, What, Where and So What?

With the current maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 630/100,000 live births, Nigeria ranks among the nations with the highest mortality rates in the world. The use of skilled assistants during delivery has been identified a key predictor in the reduction of mortality rates in the world over. Not only are Nigerian women predominantly using unskilled attendants, one in five births are delivered wi...

Children and research participation: who makes what decisions.

The three federal research funding agencies in Canada— the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council—recently created the Panel on Research Ethics (announced November 9, 2001). The mandate of this inter-agency panel is, in part, to ensure that the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) on ...

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?

What Makes a Revolution

Although property rights are the cornerstone of capitalist economies, throughout history existing claims have been frequently overturned and redefined by revolution. A fundamental question for economists is what makes revolutions more likely to occur. A large literature has found contradictory evidence for the effect of income and income inequality on revolt, possibly due to omitted variable bi...

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