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ABSTRACT Savings and Credit Co‐operative Societies (SACCOS) increasingly recognized as the valuable tool for economic development in low‐income countries. However, recently researchers reported that one of their primary challenges to their expansion is the high level of inefficient. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between growth and efficiency of SACCOS using economies of scale concept. Then we address the role of management of the capital structure and allocation of resources in...
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This study investigates the influence of class instruction (GST 111 – use of library) on University of Benin (UNIBEN) first year students’ information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills. The study adopted the survey research method using the questionnaire as research instrument. First year students in the 2013/2014 academic session constituted the population of study. Simple random and total enumeration sampling methods were used to collect data from students in five out of...
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A major feature of any progress-prone human setting is the capacity to reflect on its acts.Reflection entails retrospectively evaluating one's actions with the intent to encourage what works and halt what does not.This paper reflects on vital issues in journalism and mass communication training in Nigeria by highlighting and discussing these issues from the standpoints of where we are and where we could be.Using the Reflective Practice theory as a framework, the author examines issues around...
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Background: ABO blood group system plays a vital role in transfusion medicine, genetics understanding, inheritance pattern, and disease susceptibility; therefore, it is fundamental to have information on the distribution of these blood groups among any population. There is very slim published data about distribution of ABO blood groups in Sudan and lesser about subgroups. Methods: Blood samples were collected from 100 students in faculty of Medicine, Al imam Al Mahdi university, Kosti,...
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In 1914, Blaise Diagne was elected as Senegal's first black African representative to the National Assembly in France. Education as Politics reinterprets the origins and significance of this momentous election, showing how colonial schools had helped reshape African power and politics during the preceding decades and how they prepared the way for Diagne's victory. Kelly M. Duke Bryant demonstrates the critical impact of colonial schooling on Senegalese politics by examining the response to...
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Social learning processes can play an important role in enabling communities to sustainably manage the natural resources they depend upon.We examine how a community in the highlands of Ethiopia has succeeded to manage its communal pasture sustainably over the past decades.We identified three processes that played a key role in enabling the community to take the window of opportunity offered by a radical policy change to transform their management approach.Firstly, traditional leaders...
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Droughts can cause significant damage to agricultural and other systems. An important aspect of mitigating the impacts of drought is an effective method of forecasting future drought events. In this study, five methods of forecasting drought for short lead times were explored in the Awash River Basin of Ethiopia. The Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) was the drought index chosen to represent drought in the basin. Machine learning techniques including artificial neural networks (ANNs) and...
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Background: In order for nursing education to prepare nurses for holistic patient care, it is critical that educators become more aware of the religious and spiritual dimensions in patien tcare and be able to provide adequate knowledge and skills for nurses to offer spiritually-basedc are in an ethical way. Furthermore, spiritual care is an essential component in the nursing context, as nurses have to care for patients who may often turn to the spiritual dimension to cope and heal. These...
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Background: In order for nursing education to prepare nurses for holistic patient care, it is critical that educators become more aware of the religious and spiritual dimensions in patien tcare and be able to provide adequate knowledge and skills for nurses to offer spiritually-basedc are in an ethical way. Furthermore, spiritual care is an essential component in the nursing context, as nurses have to care for patients who may often turn to the spiritual dimension to cope and heal. These...
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In Tanzania, there have been conceited efforts to integrate various technologies, particularly, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the education system.The key stakeholders for these efforts are teachers who are working at the very base of the Tanzanian education systems which include primary schools and secondary schools.The private sector has embarked the same initiatives to utilize ICT in teaching and learning processes.In this paper, a comparison in the extent of the...