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Deciding to Urban-Migrate and Agricultural Development: Evidence from the Millennium Challenge Account (MCC)-Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Intervention Zones, Ghana

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52204#.VIj7sMnQrzE Author(s) Eric Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah 1 , Robert Darko Osei 2 , Isaac Osei Akoto 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of IT Business, Ghana Technology University College, Accra, Ghana . 2 Economics Division, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, Accra, Ghana . ABSTRACT The decision to migrate involves both “push” and “pull” factors. Push factors forces migrants out of rural areas while pull factors attracts rural folks to the urban areas. The information set which displays the realities on the ground, if positive will motivate a potential migrant to move to an urban area and vice versa. Movement of labour for...

Incidence of Stroke among Swedish-Born and Migrant Women —The Role of Socio-Economic Status, Smoking, and Physical Activity

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50844#.VE3WkFfHRK0 Author(s)   Raj Kumar Nayak 1 , Mohammod Easin Rahaman Kahn 2 , Ellis Janzon 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Frederiksberg hospital KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark . 2 Health and Society, Department of Public Health, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden . ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of stroke has decreased in Sweden as well as in most developed countries, but a high number of migrants have arrived in Sweden, during the last decades, which may have influenced the incidence. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of stroke in women, born outside as well as in Sweden. Furthermore, the aim was to examine how s...

Repair Mechanisms in Articular Cartilage—A Porcine in Vitro Study

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50836#.VE3DA1fHRK0 Author(s)    Peter Storgaard Skagen 1* , Hanne Aagaard Kruse 2 , Thomas Horn 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Interface Biotech A/S, Horsholm, Denmark . 2 Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark . ABSTRACT Explants are excellent systems for studying homeostasis in cartilage. The systems are very useful in pharmacological studies involving OA-treatment and in studies of repair mechanisms during injury to hyaline cartilage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reparative processes occurring in a young age porcine cartilage explant model examining tissue by Light (LM) and Transmiss...