DOES IT MATTER WHERE I LIVE? COMPARING THE IMPACT OF HOUSING QUALITY ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN SLUM AND NON-SLUM AREAS IN GHANA

DOES IT MATTER WHERE I LIVE? COMPARING THE IMPACT OF HOUSING QUALITY ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN SLUM AND NON-SLUM AREAS IN GHANA

Deteriorating physical characteristics and limited access to social services are said to typify a substantial number of the housing types in Ghana.The impact of these on vulnerable groups such as children remains largely unresearched.This paper comparesthe quality of houses in a slum (Old Fadama) and a non-slum (Asylum Down) community and its impac

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Self-Sensing Control of Nafion-Based Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator in the Extremely Low Humidity Environment

This paper presents feedforward, feedback and two-degree-of-freedom control applied to an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) actuator.It presents a high Brain and Liver potential for development of miniature robots and biomedical devices and artificial muscles.We have reported in the last few years that dehydration treatment improves the electric

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