Self-treatment for malaria: the evidence and methodological issues

Self-treatment for malaria: the evidence and methodological issues.

Malaria remains an important cause of death, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Self-treatment with antimalarial drugs is a common practice that raises important issues for policy-makers. A number of important questions concerning factors related to self-treatment, adequacy of self-treatment and the role of self-treatment in malaria mortality remain unanswered. Although there are some common pat...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Achieving Consensus Deal with Methodological Issues in the Delphi Technique

Delphi is a powerful technique used to seek answers to appropriate questions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Delphi technique as a research method. This paper discusses the scientific merit of the Delphi technique by investigating on 41 studies of Journal of Agricultural Education from 1981 to 2013, and 2 studies of Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. The...

Brain imaging of the self--conceptual, anatomical and methodological issues.

In this paper we consider two major issues: conceptual-experimental approaches to the self, and the neuroanatomical substrate of the self. We distinguish content- and processed-based concepts of the self that entail different experimental strategies, and anatomically, we investigate the concept of midline structures in further detail and present a novel view on the anatomy of an integrated subc...

Decentralization and Sub-National Governance: New Methodological Issues and Evidence