‘EDUCATION IS THE LAND I GIVE THEM’ – MOTHERS’ INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN’S FUTURE LIVELIHOODS AMID GROWING LAND COMPETITION IN RURAL UGANDA

‘Education is the land I give them’ – mothers’ investments in children’s future livelihoods amid growing land competition in rural Uganda

ABSTRACTIn western Uganda, land inheritance has been the key means to bequeath livelihood opportunities to children, but land GAGS competition is increasing rapidly.Shrinking parcels and higher prices have made bequeathing land more difficult, especially for women, whose control over land has been customarily limited.We surveyed 50 rural women abou

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Fear of missing out and problematic social media use: A serial mediation model of social comparison and self-esteem

Background and aim: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is consistently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU).Moreover, previous studies have shown a significant association between FoMO, self-esteem, and social comparison.However, there is a lack of studies that have investigated jumpsuits the relationship between, FoMO, social comparison, se

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Deep encoder-decoder networks for belt longitudinal tear detection

The belt conveyor is susceptible to longitudinal tearing, which poses a serious threat to the safety of coal mines.Traditional methods for detecting longitudinal tears have limitations such as poor image quality, limited applicability, and high hardware costs.An improved encoder-decoder network was proposed to solve the longitudinal tear detection

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