Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality (Publications)
We find that childhood poverty and death of a parent are associated with lower openness to experience. Furthermore, openness to experience mediates 93% of the negative association between death of a parent [...] Future work should continue to examine the biological and psychosocial pathways that determine openness to experience and other personality traits, as well as their role in shaping important life outcomes
Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality (Publications)
We find that childhood poverty and death of a parent are associated with lower openness to experience. Furthermore, openness to experience mediates 93% of the negative association between death of a parent [...] Future work should continue to examine the biological and psychosocial pathways that determine openness to experience and other personality traits, as well as their role in shaping important life outcomes
Analytics and Intervention Modelling (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/eph/health-interventions/analytics-and-intervention-modelling
different scenarios. Read more OpenMalaria Workflow and OpenMalariaUtilities R Packages The work of the Analytics and Intervention Modelling Group is based on OpenMalaria : an open-source C++ program for simulating [...] enables to use OpenMalaria for applied country-specific scenario simulations. At the core of our OpenMalaria Workflow is the OpenMalariaUtilities R package which is developed to allow the use of OpenMalaria directly [...] Melinda Gates Foundation President's Malaria Initiative...
We are Zambians -Don't tell us how to fish! Institutional Change, Power Relations and Conflicts in the Kafue Flats Fisheries in Zambia (Publications)
Many scholars claim that open access due to the effective absence of state control is the major reason for the overuse of common-pool resources such as fisheries. Based on data from the Kafue Flats fisheries [...] fisheries in Zambia, we argue that the main problem in open-access situations is the paradox of a state that is simultaneously absent and present: present in actions that dismantle local fishery institutions [...] notion of citizenship) strengthening the bargaining power of external...
We are Zambians -Don't tell us how to fish! Institutional Change, Power Relations and Conflicts in the Kafue Flats Fisheries in Zambia (Publications)
Many scholars claim that open access due to the effective absence of state control is the major reason for the overuse of common-pool resources such as fisheries. Based on data from the Kafue Flats fisheries [...] fisheries in Zambia, we argue that the main problem in open-access situations is the paradox of a state that is simultaneously absent and present: present in actions that dismantle local fishery institutions [...] notion of citizenship) strengthening the bargaining power of external...
Library and Documentation Services | Swiss TPH (Page)
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using the book drop at the library entrance. Opening times Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. External users must leave the library by closing time. Special Opening Times The library will be closed in the [...] Library and Documentation Services The library offers 18 workstations, which are open to the general public from Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm. About 600 books are available for borrowing in our
Dogs for Hunting Tiger Mosquitoes (Page)
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seven openings at each repetition. The other six openings contain the control odor. The dogs then check the openings and indicate a detection by keeping the nose for several seconds in the opening, where [...] detection dog training system (DDTS). The device has seven openings. Behind each opening there are two containers that can be moved to the opening by a movable sledge. The target odor, in our case tiger mosquito [...] for the odor. The upper end leads to one of the seven openings shown on...
Claims categorization using Artificial Intelligence (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/claims-categorization-using-artificial-intelligence
The goal of this project is to develop an automatic claims categorization module for openIMIS based on state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, standards, and methodologies which will [...] nt claim. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) based claims categorization prototype application for openIMIS platform (www.openimi.org) will automatically update the claim’s status to accepted, rejected [...] undertake the research and development of the AI algorithm for claims categorization...
Claims categorization using Artificial Intelligence (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/claims-categorization-using-artificial-intelligence
The goal of this project is to develop an automatic claims categorization module for openIMIS based on state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, standards, and methodologies which will [...] nt claim. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) based claims categorization prototype application for openIMIS platform (www.openimi.org) will automatically update the claim’s status to accepted, rejected [...] undertake the research and development of the AI algorithm for claims categorization...
Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of <em>Anopheles </em>sp. mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period (Publications)
total 151 km2 of central Dar es Salaam, the biggest city of Tanzania, were systematically searched for open mosquito breeding sites. Ecologic parameters, mosquito larvae density and geographic location were [...] factors explaining the different densities of mosquito larvae. RESULTS: A total of 405 potential open breeding sites were examined. Large drains, swamps and puddles were associated with no or low Anopheles [...] requirements of Anopheles sp. larvae could not be identified in this...
