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Knowledge transfer is recognised as a key determinant of organisational competitiveness. Existing literature on the transfer of knowledge and skills imply diminutive return on investment in training and development due to the low application of learnt knowledge. Following devolution of health services provision to new counties in Kenya in 2013, Strathmore Business School designed an experiential facility improvement project-based leadership training programme for healthcare managers in the...

A Thesis Submitted to Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Education in Science Education of Chuka University

Smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian Highlands face increasingly difficult farming conditions. Agricultural intensification to feed the growing rural population, livestock pressure on native vegetation, and climate change converge to exacerbate soil erosion, creating a significant threat to crop productivity and rural livelihoods. Farmer trainings can be a potent strategy to increase farmer awareness of the larger causes of soil loss, help farmers adapt to or mitigate environmental...

Despite the increasing interest in microplastic (MP) research, the accurate prevalence, distribution and fate of these materials in the environment is yet poorly known and, consequently, a focus of debate. Hence, to better ascertain the presence of microplastics in specific environments, samples from 35 random sites distributed across a 4200-meter long section from the area of Sidi Mansour, Sfax-Tunisia, were collected and analyzed. MPs were extracted, digested with potassium hydroxide and...

Lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant haemopathies characterized by ganglionic and extra ganglionic infiltration of lymphoid cells. Their occurrence during the HIV infection had a specific clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary particularities.

Abstract One of the adverse impacts of climate change is drought, and the complex nature of droughts makes them one of the most important climate hazards. Drought indices are generally used as a tool for monitoring changes in meteorological, hydrological, agricultural and economic conditions. In this study, we focused on meteorological drought events in the High Ziz river Basin, central High Atlas, Morocco. The application of drought index analysis is useful for drought assessment and to...

Cameroon was partitioned between France and the United Kingdom after WWI and then reunited after independence. I use this natural experiment to investigate colonial legacies in education, using a border discontinuity analysis of historical census microdata from 1976. I find that men born in the decades following partition had, all else equal, one more year of schooling if they were born in the British part. This positive British effect disappeared after 1950, as the French increased...

There is an increasing evidence that education generally and vocational education particularly in Nigeria is facing serious challenge of financial resource mismanagement, which seem to be traceable to high level of corruption or corrupt practices exhibited by school administrators. This unpleasant situation has contributed to lack of effectiveness and efficiency, accountability, transparency, and integrity in the utilization of funds for execution of projects. However, the quest to achieve...

Chapter 2: Youth unemployment and high school dropout: The second chapter of this thesis provides a general description of the nature of high school dropout and youth unemployment in South Africa. This chapter is set as a motivational chapter for subsequent chapters. I defined a high school dropout in the data as an individual who was enrolled in high school at the beginning of the survey but failed to complete the last year of high school education (i.e., grade 12 in South Africa) before...

Abstract This study examines the problematic of oil production and water pollution in selected oil-bearing communities in Bayelsa State. The design of the study was descriptive survey. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. The data were analyzed using chi-square. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between the role of the Nigerian State, multinational oil companies as well as the community leadership and the negative effects of...

Numerous of lava rise plateaus and tumuli developed in the medial and distal portions of the Al-Halaq al Kabir lava flow field during the last (Holocene) eruption in the central part of the Al Haruj Volcanic Province (AHVP). These inflation structures provide important data on the lava-emplacement mechanism in this part of the Al Haruj region where the widespread occurrence of tumuli and lava rise plateaus are good indicators of the mode of emplacement. We report the results of detailed...

Objectives:Cognitive impairment is when a person has suffered recalling, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions that affect his/her everyday life.Hypertension induces vascular alteration and lead to cognitive impairment by leading to hypoperfusion, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and white matter injury.This study aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of cognitive impairment among hypertensive patients on follow up at Jimma University Medical centre, Jimma,...

In sub-Saharan Africa, 160 million grid-connected electricity consumers live in countries where hydropower accounts for over 50% of total power supply. A warmer climate with more frequent and intense extremes could result in supply reliability issues. Here, (i) a robust framework to highlight the interdependencies between hydropower, water availability, and climate change is proposed, (ii) the state-of-the art literature on the projected impacts of climate change on hydropower in sub-Saharan...

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that affect the security behavior of Kenyan University Students. Using Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and Theory and Planned Behavior (TPB) as the theoretical base, data was collected from 125 Kenyan university students through an online survey. Data Analysis was carried out using structural equational modeling (SEM) in SmartPLS 3.2. The analysis showed that among PMT constructs, only self-efficacy played a significant role towards...

Abstract An often overlooked element of the history of schooling in colonial Africa is the role of the space of the school as an area where different understandings of education competed. This article examines how chiefs, students, teachers, and local residents in colonial Ghana mediated the experience and meaning of school through their own engagements with the physical environment and the standards imposed by the British. It does so through an exploration of the pedagogical implications of...