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The West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) is a week-long program for university science students and teachers from West Africa to develop their interest in astronomy. The first summer school was held in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2013; the second Summer School was held in Nsukka, Nigeria, in July 2015. West Africa has a large number of students interested in science, but a paucity of facilities or interest from funding bodies in developing West African astronomy....
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Are they healthy yet? The statistics are jolting and the need for initiating change in health among African American college students, apparent. In response to this issue, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) strategic plan includes improving nutrition and health by providing nutrition education and promotion (USDA, 2014). USDA (2010) data show that typical American diets include too much solid fats and added sugars, refined grains, sodium, and saturated fats. Health...
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Understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of maars and their diatreme growth processes has been a subject of contention. While there is no direct evidence of the presence of diatremes beneath most of the young maars, their existence is inferred based on the amount and type of country rocks excavated at different depths and deposited as pyroclastic ejecta around their craters. Properly tracing fragmented country rocks in ejecta to interpret their depths of origin and thus the...
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the Degree of Master of Education, Early Childhood Studies, in the school of education of Kenyatta University
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IntroductionInformation is the hub of human around which knowledge revolves. Information is regarded as a vital resource with which an individual functions effectively in the society.Information needs are at the centre of all areas of life because human wants are insatiable. Information needs, according to Balorinwa (2002), are desires or wants of needs to be transferred for use which prompt man to ask questions about happenings in the past, things to be done, sources and services available,...
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Technical vocational education and training (TVET) plays an important role in shaping a nation's intellectual human capital. In today's world, TVET has undergone several transformations in fulfilling its tasks to produce excellent, competitive and skilful human capital. The paper identifies strategies to be used in enhancing skills-acquisition of undergraduate TVET students through improved collaboration with industries in Nigeria. It reviewed two prominent forms of technical cooperation...
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We propose the use of a statistical model to predict the highest grade most likely to be reached by a learner in the South African school system. The method is based on promotion, repetition and dropout rates of learners, and makes a valuable contribution in the context of claims against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) as well as in medical malpractice cases. Forensic psychologists are likely to derive value from this method during the process of compiling reports for such claims.
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A research thesis submitted to the department of educational foundations in partial fulfillment for the award of masters Degree in education of Kenyatta University. August, 2015
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<h3>Background</h3> Findings from several studies (Kirigia <i>et al</i>., 2005; Milford <i>et al</i>., 2006) indicate a need for increased and ongoing research ethics training for African REC members. Research Ethics Capacity Building (RESCAP)-Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) is a minor component of a training grant awarded to UKZN by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and Fogarty International Centre (FIC). The aim of RESCAP is to build and strengthen research ethics...
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Group Dynamics is perceived by many, as one of the very critical sub disciplines in the social sciences for language teachers. Cohesiveness refers to the mutual support and commitment of group members to the group and to one another. In this paper, the author endeavors to explore factors with the potential to develop a cohesive language classroom environment. In this environment, initializing and sustaining co-operation and commitment is primarily sought. For reasons of convenience, 10...
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Abstract Using a network of sensitive high‐frequency acoustic emission sensors, we observed foreshock activity of an Mw 2.2 earthquake (main shock) in a deep gold mine in South Africa. Foreshock activity, which selectively occurred on a part of the rupture plane of the forthcoming main shock, lasted for at least 6 months until the main shock. Rock samples recovered from the main shock source region showed evidence of ancient hydrothermal alteration on the main shock rupture plane, suggesting...
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The present socio-economic crisis situation in Nigeria has affected so many facets of life of the people generally not least of all the life of nomadic children with disabilities. Presently, a lot of focus is being directed at the provision of educational services for children with special needs (including nomadic children) through inclusive education. This paper attempts to identify some of the ways that teaching and learning can be effectively carried out for nomadic children with...
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The objective of the paper is to contribute to the body of knowledge in the area of climate change and agriculture by examining the effect of carbon dioxide concentration (CO2) on cereal yield using autoregressive distributed lag models (ARDL). The research is based on quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research using secondary data obtained from World Bank data base for the period of 1961-2010. The co-integration test indicates the series are co-integrated. The results on the...