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The Instructional strategy is an important variable that affect students’ achievement in science in the classroom setting. The search for the effective strategies that would empower learners to exhibit improved science achievement is the purpose of this work. This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning strategy on the junior secondary school students’ achievement in Integrated Science in Adamawa State. Pre-test, Post-test quasi experimental research design was employed for...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease of veterinary, public health, and economic significance in most developing countries, yet there are few studies that show integrated human and veterinary health care intervention focusing on integration at both activity and actors levels. The aim of our study, therefore, was to explore community perceptions on integration of animal vaccination and health education by veterinary and public health workers in the management of brucellosis in Uganda.This study...

Correction: Due to an error in the online publication of this journal, the publication date of this issue was recorded as 2014. The publication date was corrected to 2015 on 3 rd September 2015. The date on the cover is correct. Background: Although some data existed suggesting that there was high prevalence of drug use among the general population in Kenya with 39-48% of 15-65 year olds having used alcohol and at least one other substance, there was a general absence of comprehensive data...

Although e-commerce and related technologies are regarded as tourism business' natural partners, opportunities emanating from their use may not be fully realized unless users are equipped with required information and communication technologies (ICT) knowledge. A need for capacity building is thus critical to providing developing countries with opportunities to capitalize on the opportunities offered by ICT. This study was carried in Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to investigate ICT...

The study examined impact of information communication technology and social presence on adult learners’ emotions in distance learning programme, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. One thousand, nine hundred and eighty-four (1,984)  respondents were selected from the University of Ibadan distance learning centre, Ibadan, Nigeria through purposive sampling technique. An instrument tagged Information Communication Technology and Social Presence on Adult Learners’ Emotions Scale’ (ICTSPALES) with r...

Flash floods occur due to rapid accumulation and release of runoff water from stream to downstream usually caused by very heavy rainfall. Calabar urban suffers from comparatively high flood risk because of changing population trends, diversity in and changing land use, obsolete drainage infrastructure and most significantly climate change effects. This paper examined the fragile geomorphic state of the city and thus its vulnerability to potential flood events. This enabled us to determine...

Global biodiversity is under threat from multiple fronts. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment predicts that climate change (CC) will be the “dominant direct driver of biodiversity loss” by the end of the 21st century. This project studies the impact of CC on the distribution and conservation status of antelopes found in Africa. Africa is an area of high climate variability and high vulnerability to CC, and most of the world’s antelope species are native to the continent. Various threats are...

To determine the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of ADHD among adolescents in Jos, Nigeria.A cross-sectional descriptive two-stage study of 487 randomly selected participants using Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), Raven's Standard Progressive Matrix (SPM) and the Children's Global Assessment Score (CGAS).The prevalence of ADHD was 8.8%. The subtypes found were inattentive (3.08%), hyperactive-impulsive (2.05%), and...

Dans un milieu heteroglotte, comme la Libye, ou tout contact avec la langue cible hors classe est quasi inexistant, et ou les etablissements institutionnels ne peuvent pas compenser a eux seuls ce besoin, il devient necessaire d'avoir recours a d’autres sources d'apprentissage moins formelles pour assurer une meilleure qualite d’apprentissage. Ainsi, plusieurs groupes destines a la pratique du francais sur le reseau social Facebook (desormais FB) ont ete formes par des apprenants. Dans le...

Abstract Access to potable water supply, sanitation and hygiene education remains relatively low both in the urban and rural areas in developing countries. The main aim of the study was to get an overview of the condition of the water and sanitary facilities in schools and of hygiene education. The method of investigation involved systematic random sampling with the use of questionnaires and interviews with the students and teachers and onsite inspection of the sanitation facilities...

During the last century, climate has increasingly become variable and changeable, with significant deviations from the observed normal averages, which often leads to disruptive consequences to ecosystems and livelihoods. Climate change induced environmental challenges are viewed to be particularly severe to economically challenged tropical societies including the Zimbabwean rural communities. We sought to determine local level climate change trends and associated biophysical implications in...

During the last century, climate has increasingly become variable and changeable, with significant deviations from the observed normal averages, which often leads to disruptive consequences to ecosystems and livelihoods. Climate change induced environmental challenges are viewed to be particularly severe to economically challenged tropical societies including the Zimbabwean rural communities. We sought to determine local level climate change trends and associated biophysical implications in...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of decentralization on the performance of public Colleges of Education after the introduction of decentralization policy.The study was conducted on three colleges of education, namely; Kitwe College of Education (KICE), Mufulira College of Education (MUCE) and Copperbelt College of Education (CBCE), now Mukuba University.The three selected institutions are all public teacher training institutions located on the Copperbelt Province of...

With international momentum to achieve ‘Education for All’ by 2015, global attention is being paid to those parts of the world where mass formal primary schooling is relatively new. Uganda is such a place. In the context of ethnographic fieldwork at a poor, undocumented, private primary school in rural Uganda, parents were interviewed in order to better understand their conceptualisations of education during this ‘massification’ era. The interviews reveal interesting contradictions between...

Following the introduction of the new democratic dispensation in South Africa, anxiety and fear were observed to permeate society, including the nursing profession. Nursing colleges have been constantly characterised by strife and conflict between nurse educators and nursing students. A qualitative study utilising in-depth phenomenological interviews was conducted to explore the nurse educator-student relationship at a Nursing College in Gauteng. The purpose of the study was to explore and...

Fingernail samples of young school children and selected adults were collected with respect to sex and ages in Ilorin Kwara state. The aim of this study was to determine the level of heavy metals (Fe and Cu) and trace elements (Mg and K) in the fingernails of young school children and some selected adults using atomic absorption spectrophotometer techniques for metal analysis. Soil samples were collected from the automobile workshop of the adults examined. Sample collection and preparation...