POINTS OF CONTENTION: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IDENTIFYING WHERE RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES DISAGREE ABOUT CONSENT WAIVERS FOR SECONDARY RESEARCH WITH TISSUE AND DATA.

Points of contention: Qualitative research identifying where researchers and research ethics committees disagree about consent waivers for secondary research with tissue and data.

BackgroundThis is a multi-method, in-depth, three part qualitative study exploring the regulation and practice of secondary research with tissue and Rubber Foot Pad data in a high-income country.We explore and compare the perspectives of researchers, research ethics committees (RECs) and other relevant professionals (e.g.pathologists and clinicians

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Designing a Pest and Disease Outbreak Warning System for Farmers, Agronomists and Agricultural Input Distributors in East Africa

Early warnings of the risks of pest and disease outbreaks are becoming more urgent, with substantial increases in threats to agriculture from invasive pests.With geospatial data improvements in quality and timeliness, models and analytical systems can be used to estimate potential areas at high risk of yield impacts.The development of decision supp

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