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Night-Lights and Nearsightedness (A)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Zadnik, KarlaCase DARDEN-QA-0842-EDecision AnalysisResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania were interested in whether exposure to light early in life might affect eye growth and lead to an increased risk of myopia (nearsightedness). Eyes grew rapidly after birth, but myopia usually did not develop until later in life and arose from excessive postnatal eye growth. They knew that the duration of daily light had been shown to increase eye growth in chicks and wondered whether the same might b...Starting at €8.20
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Night-Lights and Nearsightedness (B)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Zadnik, KarlaCase DARDEN-QA-0843-EDecision AnalysisAs part of her ongoing research program, Karla Zadnik, dean of the Ohio State University College of Optometry, had access to data on the eyesight of well over 1,000 children from the multicenter Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error (CLEERE) study. In reaction to the Quinn study, she quickly administered a her own survey asking parents to report both their prior use of nighttime lighting and their own refractive ...Starting at €5.74
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Programa Mujeres y Desarrollo Económico Local (MyDEL): Apoyo a Mujeres Emprendedoras en la Base de la Pirámide
Benetti, Sara; Schill, Ryan; Cátedra René Morales Carazo de EmprendimientoCase INCAE-31220_SDecision AnalysisEl Programa Mujeres y Desarrollo Económico Local (MyDEL) surgió como una iniciativa de promoción del desarrollo entre la cooperación italiana y el Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer, UNIFEM (hoy ONU mujeres), en el marco de promoción del desarrollo local a nivel de América Latina. el objetivo general del programa era ¿contribuir a la construcción de igualdad de género y combate de la pobreza, reconociendo y promoviendo el em...Starting at €8.20