Nigeria was given a very low rating in humandevelopment by the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) for the year 2002. This is duepartly to the patriarchal nature of Nigeria, whichemphasizes male education more than that of thefemale. The result is that fewer educated womenthan men are available to contribute to nationaldevelopment activities. The recent introd...

Abstract Noble and commoner in the medieval China capital of Chang’an (modern-day Xi’an) engaged an intricately intertwined agricultural pastoral economy. The period represents peak integration nomadic populations early China. Here we firstly reported human collagen δ 13 C 15 N values for eight middle age nobles whose lifespans cover roughly a century (AD 503–604) who include Northern Zhou, Emp...

Examining characteristics of traditional nomadic herding cultures and traditional sedentary farming cultures, both of which are deeply established in Central Asian history, this paper provides evidence on the persistence of gender roles in culture, spillovers from one culture to another, and the impacts of efforts promoting gender equality. First, I investigate whether differences in gender rol...

absTRacT It is becoming blatantly clear that some key concepts used in computer science and information systems literature—most notably those of nomadicity, mobility, and interaction—cannot any more satisfactorily capture the present-day reality of advanced mobile technology environments. A paradigm shift from a strapped mobility to truly nomadic digital environments is underway. Peter Wegner, ...

Malaria control among nomadic populations has, in the past, posed serious logistic difficulties. Presented in this article are the results of a pilot study in which permethrin was sprayed on the tents of over 26000 nomadic Afghan refugees in an area of Pakistan where seasonal malaria outbreaks occur. In this area Anopheles culicifacies and A. stephensi are the malaria vectors. Population survey...

The complexity of modeling collaborative systems has been broadly recognized by the CSCW community. Mobile collaborative applications are a particular case of those systems, where design requirements and constraints are even more complex than in stationary solutions. Design complexity in mobile application increases because mobility changes the interaction requirements of nomadic users and the ...