The word lottery has its roots in the Middle Dutch loterie, which itself comes from the root word loet, meaning “lot.” In the old days, lots were dripped or sprinkled onto a piece of paper to create a random selection of names or numbers; the winnings would then be awarded accordingly...
I talk about how advances like the green revolution and more fuel-efficient cars solved many of the problems I worried about as a college freshman in 1979. Yet these new solutions also cause new problems. For example, the invention of the gasoline engine made travel faster and easier but als...
In their discussion of the challenges facing gifted science education in the Philippines, Larroder and Ogawa (2015) provide some insights into the need for valid and reliable instruments that can be used to identify science-gifted students while also accounting for how giftedness is socially constru...
The RRNA was piloted in 2017 using a fictitious Lassa fever (LF) outbreak scenario. LF is an acute, viral illness first recognized in Nigeria in 1969 [12]. The causative pathogen, Lassa virus (LASV), is a zoonotic, single-stranded RNA arenavirus that is endemic in Guinea, Liberia, Sierr...
The primary goals of ASEAN, also known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, are to foster regional stability and economic progress among its members [49]. ASEAN consisted of ten nations, including Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei ...
An imperative element of optimizing existing resources involves embracing successful healthcare models tailored to oral health promotion within the Indian context. For example, the “Fit for School” program employed for school children in the Philippines, where handwashing, periodic deworming was inclu...
Nigeria, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines are examples of countries in which English is said to be spoken and used as a second language. The final classification of this model is EFL. EFL occurs in countries where English is not actually used or spoken very much in the normal course ...
Nowadays, a variety of approaches exist in the context of CIs’ resilience research. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review on the approaches that have a complete qualitative dimension, or that can be used as entry points for semi-quantitative analyses. The study aims to uncover the ...
20. The Philippines ranked 2nd in the world with the most mental health searches by country, comprising 14.64% as of March 2023. A total of 82.8k searches on mental health-related keywords came from the Philippines from April 2022 to March 2023. This comprises 14.64% of the total global se...
– Specific competitors: India and the Philippines, Romania, South America, Eastern Europe, and North Africa as notable regions that could pose a threat "given where most high-tech products are bought and sold" and Morocco did not figure in his mind as a potential player. – One interviewee...