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Mar 20, 2024 | repository.library.noaa.gov | Nina D |John R

Journal Title: Global Ecology and Biogeography Personal Author: Asbury, Mollie ; Schiettekatte, Nina M. D. ; Couch, Courtney S. ; Oliver, Thomas ; Burns, John H. R. ; ... More + Asbury, Mollie ; Schiettekatte, Nina M. D. ; Couch, Courtney S. ; Oliver, Thomas ; Burns, John H. R. ; Madin, Joshua S. Less - Description: AimHabitat complexity plays an important role in the structure and function of ecosystems worldwide. On coral reefs, habitat complexity influences ecosystem services such as...

Jul 3, 2023 | serp-p.pids.gov.ph | John R

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) attributes persistent poverty in the Philippines to “weak macroeconomic management, employment issues, high population growth, an underperforming agricultural sector and unfinished land reform agenda, governance issues including corruption and a weak state, conflict and security issues, particularly in Mindanao, and disability” (Asian Development Bank [ADB], 2005, xvii).

Jul 3, 2023 | serp-p.pids.gov.ph | John R

Rapid population growth is deemed by economists as one of the root causes of the Philippines’ underdevelopment, economic stagnation, resource depletion, and high crime rate, among others. According to Todaro and Smith (2008), it gives rise to poverty since economic growth cannot outpace and sustain the rate at which population expands. Citations This publication has been cited time(s).

Jun 28, 2023 | serp-p.pids.gov.ph | John R

Reduction of the severity of poverty has been an overaching goal of past administrations. Literatures have dubbed poverty in the Philippines as the basket case in Southeast Asia due to the persistence of severe economic and socialdistress. It reflects income inequality across regions, and efforts to eradicate it are apparent. The country remains sluggish in reducing poverty incidence as compared to neighboring economies.

Jun 20, 2023 | academic.oup.com | John R |Oakfield House |Oakfield Grove |Qin Qin

Delayed puberty (DP) is a common clinical presentation that often causes psychological distress to affected individuals and is associated with adverse health outcomes later in life (1, 2). Its most common form is self-limited DP, in which pubertal onset occurs at the extreme end of normal and before age 18 years and is followed by normal reproductive hormone activity (3).