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Climate change may damage road infrastructure to the potential detriment of economic growth, particularly in developing countries. To quantitatively assess climate change consequences, we construct a climate-infrastructure model based on stressor-response

Climate change may damage road infrastructure to the potential detriment of economic growth, particularly in developing countries. To quantitatively assess climate change and its consequences, we construct a climate-infrastructure model based on stressor-response relationships and link this to a recursive dynamic economy-wide modelto estimate and compare road damages to other climate change impact channels. We apply this framework to Mozambique and simulate four future climate scenarios. Our...

This position paper is a philosophical discourse on the place of autonomy of learning in education. The topic is informed by a reflection on the various problems that beset education, ranging from examination malpractice, poor performance in public examinations and false admission into higher institutions of learning, among other things. The writer tries to consider the place of autonomy in learners' activities. It is not uncommon to narrow down the consideration of autonomy to issues...

Abstract Given the need for major reform of the higher education programmes in Syria, and answering the voices that question the role of European Union (EU) in assisting the development of the higher education sector, this study presents an analysis of the contribution of (TEMPUS) Programme in modernising higher education in Syria. The study compares the national priorities of the Syrian higher education sector, and the objectives of TEMPUS projects implemented in Syria. Based on the number...

Adequacy diets play an important role especially for primary school children aged from 6 to 12 years, to support normal growth and development. Appropriate amounts of amino acids, vitamins and minerals are required since a deficient intake of certain minerals can produce diseases and lead to abnormal development. In this way, the amount of amino acids, vitamins and minerals must be suitable with the edible portions of diets prepared for children. A school meal (pie) was prepared in this...

Due to the increasing incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes, there is an increasing need to adequately pre-screen and identify athletes at risk for cardiac events/disease. Sixty University of Johannesburg (UJ) athletes were drawn randomly from the UJ athletic department (30 males and 30 females) and analyzed using personal and family history, physical examination (including blood pressure, fasting cholesterol and glucose measures) and 12-lead resting electrocardiography to detect...

Appraisal of teacher attitudes towards computers has gained importance following the widespread availability of microcomputers in schools all around the world. This study aims at investigating Egyptian teachers' attitudes towards computers in terms of gender and years of teaching experience. Attitudes of a sample of 118 public school teachers, 53 (45%) male and 65 (55%) female, were assessed using ‘The Attitude Towards Computer Instrument’ (ATCI), developed by Shaft et al (2004), which is a...

This study assessed Zambian Junior High School pre-service science teachers’ understanding of the particulate nature of matter. A sample comprised 30 pre-service science teachers at a teacher training college. Data was collected through a questionnaire adopted from Ozmen and Kenan (2007). Results show that most teachers had correct views on the effect of phase change on speed, spaces and number of particles in a substance. However, most pre-service teachers had poor understanding about the...

Abstract The aim of this article is to develop and test a systematic framework for conceptualising and analysing dysfunctions in schools. Based on the Explanatory Model of School Dysfunctions (EMSD) developed by Bergman, Bergman and Gravett (2011), dysfunctions as experienced by teachers and learners were analysed. Data for this research are non-representative and include 40 essays written by teachers and approximately 1 500 open-ended responses by recently matriculated students. It was...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe a profile of students seeking counselling at a racially diverse university in post-apartheid South Africa as a means to demonstrate the importance of routinely collecting and analysing student counselling data at university-based centres across the country. Methods: Student data were extracted from the only two counselling centres based at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg that provided services to 831 students during...

Abstract In South Africa, critical thinking is a prominent aim of education. Argumentation (the processes and products of arguing) is central to critical thinking and important in science and technology, but teachers have not been trained in classroom methods. This article reports an evaluation of the university-based part of a programme to train science and technology student teachers to teach argumentation. Observations of the university sessions produced detailed descriptions of the...

Numerous scholars have illustrated how African American teachers’ past experiences provide them a philosophical vision committed to teaching for social and educational change for African American students. This article draws from this body of work by looking at the diverse ways five African American male teachers used their past experiences to shape their vision for working with African American male students. However, this article also extends this body of work by illustrating that while...

The projected impacts of climate change are likely to reverse social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa, exacerbating the challenges of advancing sustainable development and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Given the rapid and widespread urbanization occurring throughout sub-Saharan Africa, in particular Malawi, these challenges will be increasingly concentrated in cities. However, climate change and sustainable development policies in Malawi focus largely on...

Abstract In-depth interviews were conducted with African-American public relations students to explore their perceptions of public relations and the role race may play in their career success. The motivations for pursuing public relations and perceptions of the field are not different than those of other groups of students found in previous studies. However, the findings provide insights that are helpful in recruiting African-American students, and also in retaining them in the major....

Advances in science and technology confront us with many of the pressing questions and challenges of today. This article describes the course ‘Science, Faith and Culture’, a new course in the 2012–2013 Academic Year for the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences at St. John's University of Tanzania, and demonstrates its significance to Christian higher education, the focus being on the Tanzanian context. A course evaluation by students indicates that it has helped students to think...

Journal Article Factors associated with mortality and default among patients with tuberculosis attending a teaching hospital clinic in Accra, Ghana Get access Nicole T. Burton, Nicole T. Burton ⁎ aDepartment of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Box GS121, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02906, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA ⁎Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 978 857 0078; fax: +1 401 793 4704. E-mail address:nicole_burton@brown.edu (N.T. Burton)....