Privatisation Policy and the Ghanaian Gold Mining Industry

Occupational Health and Safety and Organizational Commitment: Evidence from the Ghanaian Mining Industry

BACKGROUND This study seeks to examine the relationship and impact of occupational health and safety on employees' organizational commitment in Ghana's mining industry. The study explores occupational health and safety and the different dimensions of organizational commitment. METHODS A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random...

Silicosis in the gold mining industry in Rhodesia.

UK Renewable Energy Policy since Privatisation

The aim of this paper is to look at the UK’s renewable energy policy in the context of its overall decarbonisation and energy policies. This will allow us to explore the precise nature of the ‘failure’ of UK renewables policy and to suggest policy changes which might be appropriate in light of the UK’s institutional and resource endowments. Our focus is on the electricity sector both in terms o...

Mercury Exposure Assessment and Spatial Distribution in A Ghanaian Small-Scale Gold Mining Community

Mercury is utilized worldwide in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and may pose a risk for miners and mining communities. While a number of studies have characterized mercury in ASGM communities, most have focused on a single media and few have taken a holistic approach. Here, a multiple media exposure assessment and cross-sectional study of mercury was conducted in 2010 through 2012...

the clustering and classification data mining techniques in insurance fraud detection:the case of iranian car insurance

با توجه به گسترش روز افزون تقلب در حوزه بیمه به خصوص در بخش بیمه اتومبیل و تبعات منفی آن برای شرکت های بیمه، به کارگیری روش های مناسب و کارآمد به منظور شناسایی و کشف تقلب در این حوزه امری ضروری است. درک الگوی موجود در داده های مربوط به مطالبات گزارش شده گذشته می تواند در کشف واقعی یا غیرواقعی بودن ادعای خسارت، مفید باشد. یکی از متداول ترین و پرکاربردترین راه های کشف الگوی داده ها استفاده از ر...