DETERMINANTS OF MARKET PARTICIPATION DECISION AND INTENSITY AMONG DATE PRODUCERS IN AFAR REGION, ETHIOPIA: A DOUBLE HURDLE APPROACH

Determinants of Market Participation Decision and Intensity among Date Producers in Afar Region, Ethiopia: A Double Hurdle Approach

Date palm production and marketing contribute substantially to food security, reduction of malnutrition, mitigation of poverty, and income diversification for poor agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia.However, marketing systems are not sophisticated and well functioning, and producers do not as such benefit from date market participation due to different

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Challenging clinical management of a patient with Gaucher disease type IIIC homozygous for the D409H mutation, aortic valve calcification and porcelain aorta

Background.Gaucher disease is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by glucocerebrosidase enzyme deficiency resulting in the cumulative deposition of glucocerebroside in macrophages, predominantly effecting bone marrow, liver and spleen.Gaucher disease type IIIC is a rare simply boho classroom subtype that is characterized by cardiovascular invo

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