Unacceptable health status indicators such as high infant and maternal mortality rates and low life expectancy have continued unabated inspite of government efforts to change it. This paper espouses the concept of stewardship as a selfless, ethical, cost effective and outcome oriented approach to governance. It is believed that through stewardship approach governments would improve the health s...

Emerging technologies offer exciting new ways of using entertainment technology to create fantastic play experiences and foster interactions between players. Evaluating collaborative entertainment technology is challenging because success isn’t defined in terms of productivity and performance, but in terms of enjoyment and interaction. Current subjective methods of evaluating entertainment tech...

Presynaptic calcium (Ca(pre)) has been studied extensively because of its role in triggering and modulating neurotransmitter release. Although calcium regulation and calcium-driven processes can be strongly temperature dependent, technical difficulties have limited most studies of Ca(pre) to temperatures well below the physiological range. Here we assessed the use of membrane-permeant acetoxyme...

Beierlein, Michael, Kyle R. Gee, Vladimir V. Martin, and Wade G. Regehr. Presynaptic calcium measurements at physiological temperatures using a new class of dextran-conjugated indicators. J Neurophysiol 92: 591–599, 2004; 10.1152/jn.00057.2004. Presynaptic calcium (Capre) has been studied extensively because of its role in triggering and modulating neurotransmitter release. Although calcium reg...

This paper presents an evaluation of the long-term impact of microfinance programmes on Acehnese children during the post-tsunami recovery. The study, conducted from June to August 2010, examined the impact of microfinance programming six years after the tsunami. The sample consisted of 185 microfinance participants, with a comparison group of 192 individuals who did not participate in microfin...