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The advance of the age and the want of higher education resources result in the development of distance higher education.This has become a common way in Kenya,where institutions of distance higher education are departments and/or faculties affiliated to universities,and a cost-sharing system is practiced in the tuition.For the time being,there are still many problems with Kenya's distance higher education,such as its national system,funding and cultural tradition,but the government's...
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Abstract Ground-motion relations are developed for peak ground acceleration (PGA) and response spectra (Pseudo-acceleration, 5% damped) for stiff sites in Addis Ababa (near-surface shear-wave velocity, β ≥ 760 m/s), as a function of moment magnitude (M) >5 and closest distance to the fault rupture (<100 km) considering uncertainties in seismological parameters. Because of the non availability of recorded ground motions in this magnitude-distance range, ground-motion relations are derived...
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This thesis seeks to enhance a better understanding of the concept of cookstoves and their associated repercussions on health and the environment. A three tier methodological approach was used in this study. Firstly, questionnaires were distributed in the study areas and results analysed. Secondly, a laboratory based water boiling test was conducted using three stoves (open fire, rocket stove and “skirt” stove) to assess the effect of wood moisture content on combustion and heat transfer...
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Aflatoxins are common contaminants of staple foods in sub-Saharan Africa. These toxins are human hepatocarcinogens, especially in combination with chronic infection with hepatitis B virus. Exposure to aflatoxins begins early in life and recent studies in West Africa demonstrated an association between exposure and slowed growth, particularly stunting, in young children. The underlying mechanisms for these latter effects are unknown but may include impairment of immunity, altered intestinal...
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In this essay, I draw on my own experiences over the last thirty-seven years as a primary school teacher and teacher educator in the United States, and my experiences from 1994–2004 participating in and then studying the educational reforms in Namibia. Specifically, I compare educational reforms in the United States and Namibia to examine two dichotomies that have been a central part of debates about teacher quality throughout the world (teachers as technicians vs. teachers as reflective...
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Abstract: African university students have long engaged in political activism, responding to changing political, social and economic circumstances through protest that has at times exerted considerable influence on the national stage. Student activism employs highly spatialised strategies yet has received minimal attention from geographers. Drawing on case studies from Senegal and Zimbabwe, we identify four phases of activism in which students have mobilised distinctive relational...
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This paper aims to study the latest advance of the informationization of basic education in South Africa since 2000, which include its policy planning, information technology infrastructure, the status quo of training of teachers and curriculum reform in information technology in order to provide useful experience and reference for he informationization construction of basic education in china, through analyzing many online documents.
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This article begin with the preparations for more enrollment of the African exchange students,using various forms of education to educate the African talents,and thinkings of universities and colleges how to put into practice the serious promises by Chairman HU Jintao and Premier WEN Jiabao at Summit Meeting Forum of Sino-African Cooporation and Sino-African economic forum.
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Based on the samples collected by bottom trawl in the seawaters of Guniea-Bissau during 31 Jan. to 17 Apr. 2006, the species composition and diversity of zooplankton were analyzed and compared to the four sub-areas with different features of sediment. The highest and lowest mean biomass of zooplankton appeared in Area 1 (16°30′～17°00′ W, 11°30′～12°20′N) (2 992 mg/m3) and Area 3 (16°40′～17°20′W, 10°00′～11°00′N) (1 069 mg/m3) respectively. The species of zooplankton were consisted of...
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There are numerous books devoted to the question of language policy and literacy in Morocco, but they deal only with certain aspects of the field. To my knowledge, so far there seems to have been none that is devoted to multilingualism, culture, gender, identity, and education, and which are comprehensively presented in one book. Moha Ennaji's book is worth reading for anybody who is interested in linguistics, literacy, and language policy. It may be useful for linguists and non-linguists....
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Researchers and policy makers agree that studying the relationship between school qualityand academic achievement will benefit public investment in education. An important turningpoint in educational delivery in Africa came during the 1990 World Conference on Educationfor All where renewed commitments to quality basic education were made. Against thisbackground, interest in how African education systems are progressing has increased. Thisthesis contributes to this understanding in three...