the study investigated the effects of communal crises on selected crops production among farmers in langtang north local government area of plateau state, nigeria. multi-stage sampling technique was adopted; four local government areas were selected in each of the local government selected, four villages affected by communal crises were selected purposively. in two of the villages selected, 24 ...

The Italian National Centre for Information Technology in Public Administration (CNIPA) introduced the concept of Local Alliances for Innovation (ALI) as the tool for the inclusion of small municipalities in the spread of E-Government in Italy. Based on the CNIPA’s definition, the paper discusses the concept of ALI as an organizational model that can be resorted to in order to reduce the admini...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure and with inferior health outcomes following diagnosis. METHODS Data for hospitalisations and deaths due to heart failure in the Sydney metropolitan region were extracted from New South Wales hospital records and Australian Bureau of Statistics databases for 1999-2003. Standardised rates were...

In this paper, an invasive weed optimization (IWO) scheduling algorithm is presented for optimization no-idle flow-shop scheduling problem (NFSP) with the criterion to minimize the maximum completion time (makespan). Firstly, a simple approach is put forward to calculate the makespan of job sequence. Secondly, the most position value (MPV) method is used to code the weed individuals so that fit...

Social funds are well-suited for working with decentralized government to deliver local services and strengthen local institutions. This manual sets out the implications of decentralization for the design of social funds both as institutions and as bundles of processes for project selection and implementation. It also discusses how social funds can strengthen community and local government inst...