background the lack of effective use of research evidence in policy-making is a major challenge in most low- and middle-income countries (lmics). there is need to package research data into effective policy tools that will help policy-makers to make evidence-informed policy regarding infectious diseases of poverty (idp). the objective of this study was to assess the usefulness of training works...

In finance, hedging strategies are used to safeguard portfolios against risk associated with financial derivatives such as options. For an option with an underlying asset, the risk can be measured in terms of the so-called Greeks. In particular, the derivative of the option price with respect to the value of the asset is referred to as the Delta. An alternative to optimize hedges for options is...

African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) is one of the invasive perennial grasses that continues to disturb natural ecosystems globally. Experiments were conducted in southeast Queensland, Australia, evaluate effects temperature, salt stress, water burial depth, and sorghum crop residue load on emergence efficacy postemergence herbicides two populations (Clifton Crows Nest) E. curvula. The optima...