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This study investigated the perception of unwanted pregnancy among university students in south west Nigeria.A cross-sectional survey was conducted and data were analyzed on perception of unwanted pregnancy.The variables examined include, perception of the causes consequences and prevention of unwanted pregnancy.A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 400 subjects and a structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents.The findings revealed that all the three...

Educational provision in developing sub-Saharan Africa states has been severely hindered by the hydra-headed problems of access, cost and quality. Amidst these challenges is the pledge of regional and national education policymakers and development planners to ensure that there is maximum access equitable and qualitative education for all (EFA) in Africa. There is also a burning need for improved literacy levels and functional education, in order to overcome the development deficits that are...

Urinary tract infection in pregnancy leads to poor pregnancy outcome. Diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria markedly improves pregnancy outcome as well as reduce the incidence of acute pyelonephritis.To determine the prevalence and bacteriology of asymptomatic bacteriuria among Antenatal patients in our centre, and to know if routine screening will be justifiable.This was a prospective study carried out between April and August 2008. Sample size was statistically determined....

Debate about academic quality assurance has often tended to bring into the fore extensive dispute about the meaning of the phrase. However, many observers appreciate the importance of quality assurance and enhancement of degree programming. In this paper, I review issues in quality assurance of higher education in the Province of Alberta, Canada, Norway, and Kenya and outline possible lessons for Kenya and other developing countries.

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate instrument for assessing Malaysian and Nigerian serving and pre-service chemistry teachers' contextualization of science knowledge, skills and attitudes and their application outside classroom. Forty item test and twenty item inventory were initially developed. A panel of experts was used for content validity. Readability of the instrument was determined using a sample of 25. Data on pilot study were collected from administration of the...

The Archean basement in the northeastern part of the Kaapvaal craton is intruded by a large number of mafic dykes, defining three major dyke swarms, which collectively appear to fan out from the Bushveld Complex. Herein we present U–Pb baddeleyite ages for two of these dyke swarms, the northwest trending Badplaas Dyke Swarm and the east-west trending Rykoppies Dyke Swarm, and infer their correlation with tectonic events in the Kaapvaal craton. We also present a U–Pb baddeleyite age for a...

This study examines the issue of cultism and gangsterism in Nigerian tertiary institution, focused on Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education Oto-Ijanikin and Lagos State University, Ojo as case study. The currentaggressive tendencies and violent behaviours of Nigerian students were investigated the genesis, causes and their effect on moral development of the learners were equally considered. One hundred students, 50 from each institution were involved in the study. The findings reveal that...

Global warming and the consequent change in climate have posed and are posing threat to existence of life. Many nations including Nigeria lack the necessary coping capability required for coping with the impact of climate change. It has become necessary to integrate climate change concerns into spatial planning. This paper contributes to the dialogue on the linkage between changes in climate and the planning of man’s space. It examines the following specific issues; the incidence of change...

Resumen pt: Objeti vo: Este estudo epidemiologico analisou a prevalencia, distribuicao e associacao dos fatores eiologicos no desenvolvimento de defeitos do esmalte ...

Nigeria has embraced the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education in order to make education affordable and to reach the teaming population of qualified citizens yearning to have quality education but are left out of it. Most universities in the country run the single mode conventional system of education; some run the dual mode while two institutions run the single mode distance education. The groundswell of interest is how computers can best be used to improve the efficiency and...

For many years, people have migrated to other parts of their countries or across national borders. The reasons for the phenomenon of migration are many. People tend to migrate from poorer regions or countries to those that are comparatively better than their places of origin. Migration affects both host and destination countries in many ways. While there is evidence to support positive effects from migrations, mostly in developed countries, there is ongoing debate in most developing...

Giant African pouched rats recently have been used as mine-detection animals in Mozambique. To provide an example of the wide range of problems to which operant conditioning procedures can be applied and to illustrate the common challenges often faced in applying those procedures, this manuscript briefly describes how the rats are trained and used operationally. To date, the rats have performed well and it appears they can play a valuable role in humanitarian demining.

The study presented in this paper applies a genetic algorithm to solve the school timetabling problem for a South African primary school and high school. The overall algorithm makes use of domain knowledge in the form of low-level heuristics to guide the search. The genetic algorithm employed to solve the problems uses tournament selection and mutation operators for the purposes of parent selection and recreation respectively. The algorithm has produced a better quality timetable for the...

Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale, translated into an Ethiopian language, was administered to 391 students in Grade 8 and to 422 students in preparatory school (Grades 11 and 12). In the first sample, 32 items loaded above the 0.3 criterion of acceptable item-remainder correlations and Cronbach alpha of .84. In the second sample, Cronbach alpha was .84 for the 34 items, but only 19 items had acceptable item-remainder correlations. The internal consistency reliabilities were comparable with those...

David Dickinson. Changing the Course of AIDS: Peer Education in South Africa and Its Lessons for the Global Crisis. Ithaca and London: ILR Press, imprint of Cornell University Press, 2009. 252 pp. Bibliography. Index. Hardback. $39.95. - Volume 53 Issue 3

Occupational therapy in remedial education settings has been questioned by the South African Government as they see occupational therapy as a costly service and thus has challenged occupational therapy clinicians’ approach to assessment. This study was undertaken to establish whether the results of standardised tests of visual perception skills, relate to teachers’ observations in respect of primary remedial school age children (six to eleven years) attending a short term remedial school...