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Abstract Oberlin College is generally thought of as the first institution of higher learning in the nineteenth century to which black youth could gain admission without incumbency. For this reason, Oberlin has long held an esteemed place in black educational history. There, in 1835, by a one-vote margin, members of Oberlin's Board of Trustees committed their institution open to students of color. While blacks were, in infinitesimally small number, admitted to other white colleges before...
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Selected cardiovascular risk factors, serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, presence of overweight, blood pressure and lifestyle patterns were assessed in 66 male medical students from Ethiopia aged between 18 and 26 years. Mean serum cholesterol concentration was 134.4 mg/dl with a standard deviation (SD) of 39.2 mg/dl; mean triglyceride concentration was 93.8 mg/dl (SD 43.6 mg/dl) and mean HDL-cholesterol in a subsample (n = 26) was 41.4 mg/dl (SD 14.2 mg/dl). Eight students (12.1%)...
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Since gaining independence, African governments have spent a substantial portion of their national budgets to develop the education sector. Investments of this magnitude were justified at the time as a means to produce rapidly the skilled manpower required for economic and social development. African education officials reiterated the important role of the university in Africa as an expression of national pride and sovereignty. Higher education in Africa as it is currently financed does not...
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This paper reports some of the results of a study into the development of procedural understanding for preuniversity students in South Africa. A number of students (n=237) in a science foundation year were given a preand post-test on their views of the quality of empirical data. This paper presents the analysis of one representative question about the use of control groups in biological experiments. Between, the pre- and post-test students had done practical work involving the use of control...
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WeatherVolume 53, Issue 12 p. 412-418 Evidence of climate change based on rainfall records in Nigeria Dr N. J. Bello, Corresponding Author Dr N. J. Bello University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, NigeriaDepartment of Agrometeorology and Water Management, University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria.Search for more papers by this author Dr N. J. Bello, Corresponding Author Dr N. J. Bello University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, NigeriaDepartment of Agrometeorology and Water Management,...
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A questionnaire was administered to 793 randomly chosen Standard ten Northern Sotho-speaking pupils whose ages ranged from 17 to 24 years. Pearson product-moment correlation of .7 suggested the association of early science experience with scores on attitudes towards science.
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In assessing the relationship between rated self-concept and scholastic achievement of 227 Grade 12 students (ages ranging from 15 to 35 years) in the Northern Province of South Africa, questionnaire scores had a Cronbach a of .81. Ratings correlated .22 with matriculation examination grades.
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Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium was the most common helminth infection in school-age children from a poor area in Bamako, Mali. Almost half (47%) of the boys and 40% of the girls were infected, 18% of the children being heavily infected. There was a significant decline in academic performance and in school attendance with increasing intensity of infection. When all sources of variation were taken into consideration, absenteeism was the main factor explaining the variation in...
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Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium was the most common helminth infection in school-age children from a poor area in Bamako, Mali. Almost half (47%) of the boys and 40% of the girls were infected, 18% of the children being heavily infected. There was a significant decline in academic performance and in school attendance with increasing intensity of infection. When all sources of variation were taken into consideration, absenteeism was the main factor explaining the variation in...
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Anaemia is considered a serious public health problem in Egypt, although updated population-based data are lacking. Similarly, data on prevalence and intensity of infection with intestinal parasites, which are considered one possible cause of anaemia, are available only from small, unrepresentative sample surveys. The present research was implemented on an entire Governorate representative sample. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia and intestinal parasites in the...
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A number of issues associated with exporting accounting education to East Africa are explored. There are four main themes, all of which relate to proper identification of needs. It is argued that the East African context is all-important and that programmes must be designed in the light of that context. However, programmes will be successful only if three other factors are in place. It is essential that those delivering a programme learn from their experiences since the nature of the needs...
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This study was part of the effort of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Steering Committee to evaluate the epidemiology of asthma and allergic diseases around the world. Three thousand and fifty eight randomly selected children aged 13-14 years were studied, using a standard questionnaire developed and field tested by the ISAAC Steering Committee, to establish the prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema....