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| Akani,Godfrey C; Ebere,Nwabueze; Franco,Daniel; Eniang,Edem A; Petrozzi,Fabio; Politano,Edoardo; Luiselli,Luca. |
| Background Venomous snakes are among the most serious health hazards for rural people in tropical regions of the world. Herein we compare the monthly activity patterns of eight venomous snake species (Elapidae and Viperidae) with those of rural people in the Niger Delta area of southern Nigeria, in order to identify the periods of highest potential risk for persons, and the human group actually at greater risk of snakebite. Results We documented that above-ground activity of all venomous snakes peaked in the wet season, and that high snake activity and high human activity were most highly correlated between April and August. In addition, we documented that women and teenagers were at relatively higher risk of encountering a venomous snake than adult males,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Monthly activity; Venomous snakes; Rural people; Nigeria. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100301 |
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| Thamodaran, Varadaraju; Ramesh, Mahalingam. |
| Information and communications technologies are a device set of technological tools and resources used to communicate rural people about to disseminate awareness, create interest and to stimulate enroll intentions of insurance. It has enabled countries to leapfrog traditional modes of service delivery and make manifold improvements in process effectiveness and efficiency. Widespread adoption and application of information communication technology across the different fields of society and the economy is presently considered to be the key factor behind boosting competitiveness and developing an informed society. In general, information communication technology and its tools that people use to share, distribute, information gathering and to communicate with... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Insurance; ICT; Effectiveness; Rural people; Media.; Agricultural Finance; M17. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96026 |
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