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This book is multi-disciplinary, hence useful to varied readers. It addressed a central theme in the Nigerian economy. Oil Pollution in Nigeria is of paramount importance to the nation, as it now determines to a large extent other key oil activities of the country especially those of exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources; which is incessantly being sabotaged by aggrieved victims of environmental degradation from the oil activities. This prevailing scenario has substantially...

This paper critically examines the context under which public universities are implementing series of predominantly government initiated and controlled reforms. Accordingly, it attempts to unpack those political, professional, and epistemological factors contributing to the decline of the quality of teaching and learning. Focus group discussions, official government documents and views, proclamations, pertinent national and international studies, informal discussions with university...

Orientation: Technology enhanced training is becoming popular as a means for the training of soft skills, especially in work-related environments. Men and women who use this type of training encounter some challenges with regard to their usage.Research: The objective of this study was to investigate trainees’ acceptance of electronic coursework as an instruction and learning technique in various industries in the South African context.Motivation for the study: A persistent gender imbalance...

Medical students from resource-rich countries who rotate in resource-limited settings have little pre-departure experience performing procedures, and lack familiarity with local equipment. The risk of blood and body fluid exposures during such rotations is significant.1) Determine whether a simulation-based intervention reduced exposures among US medical students on a rotation in Botswana; 2) determine whether exposures were underreported; 3) describe exposures and provision of human...

This study, which was funded by the office of research and development (ORD) in the University of Botswana, surveyed 65 primary schools in South Central region in Botswana, which aimed at establishing the perceptions of senior management teams dominant leadership style. The study was done in three phases; the first phase started in June 2008 to May 2009. Data was collected using questionnaires filled by a total of 412 SMTs. The conclusion that could be drawn from the study is that senior...

The use of computers in the classroom could allow both educators and learners to achieve new capabilities. There are underlying factors, however, that are obstructing the adoption rate of computer use for instructional purposes in schools. This research focused on these problems with a view to determining which critical success factors promote a higher adoption rate of computer usage in education. To investigate the secondary school educator’s perceptions of the use of computers for teaching...

The seroprevalence of syphilis in students from a tertiary institution in Benin City, Nigeria was investigated. Venous blood samples (5 mL) were collected from 214 apparently healthy students aged 19–38 years (118 males and 96 females) between February 2009 and October 2009 and the serostatus of syphilis determined qualitatively using the rapid plasma reagin test. Seropositive sera were confirmed using the Treponema pallidum hemagglutination test. The total seropositivity for syphilis was...

Violence is not a new phenomenon in the modern educational system.  It is manifested in the form of rioting, sexual violence, fighting and bullying. The purpose of this study is to establish teachers’ and students’ perceptions of psychological factors contributing to violent behavior among public secondary school students in the western province of Kenya. The study was based on the social learning theory by Albert Bandura and a descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study...

본 연구는 ‘교육을 매개로 한 국가 간 협력 가능성’을 주제로 원격교육 분야에서 한국방송통신대학교의 선진적인 경험에 콩고민주공화국이 접속하는 가능성을 현지에서 직접 확인하고 그 방안을 마련하기 위해 시도되었다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 연구자가 직접 콩고민주공화국에서 장기연수를 진행하면서 킨샤사대학과 개방대학의 사례를 중심으로 면담을 통해 수집된 자료를 분석하였다. 콩고민주공화국은 원격교육의 경험이 전무하다. 국민들은 광활한 국토에서 경제적으로 어렵게 살아가며, 절대적으로 부족한 교통수단과 교수수의 부족으로 배움에 대한 갈망을 충족시키지 못하고 있다. 이러한 문제에 대한 대안으로 복지차원에서 고등교육 기회를 제공하는 원격교육체제의 도입을 고려해 볼 수 있다. 다수의 분교를 가지고 있고, 수많은 조교를 활용하고, 저렴한 등록금 정책을 유지하고 있으며, 라디오와 TV 방송국을 활용할 수 있고 휴대폰과 같은 기기의 보급률이 높다는 점에서 원격교육체제의 도입여건이 전혀 주어져 있지...

This article reports on the researchers’ findings 20 years after Lord Gifford’s inquiry into race relations in the city after the 1980s Toxteth riots. Gifford reported on the prevalence of racial attitudes, racial abuse, and racial violence directed against the Black citizens of Liverpool. The authors’ research focused on education and specifically the low percentage of Black teachers compared to the whole teaching workforce and the percentage Black population in the city. Accessing complete...

Health impacts related to climate change are potentially an increasing problem in Cameroon, especially during hot seasons when there are no means for protective and adaptive actions.To describe environmental conditions in schools and to evaluate the impact of heat on schoolchildren's health during school days in the Cameroon cities of Yaoundé and Douala.Schoolchildren (N = 285) aged 12-16 years from public secondary schools completed a questionnaire about their background, general symptoms,...

Background: It is now widely accepted that climate change is occurring as a result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. With the prospect of a warmer world, increased attention is being devoted to the implications for worker well-being and work performance.Objectives: The ‘high occupational temperature health and productivity suppression’ (HOTHAPS) programme is a multi-centre health research and prevention programme aimed at characterising and quantifying the...

Objective: the aim of this work was to evaluate the possible different impacts of genetic and environmental factors in childhood deafness in northern Cameroon. GJB2 mutations are responsible for more than half of all cases of prelingual nonsyndromic recessive deafness in Caucasians, representing the most important deafness-causing factor in the industrialized world. Other genes such as MTRNR1 are also involved. In sub-Saharan Africa, environmental factors seem to dominate genetic...

This was an intervention study to assess the effects of health education on the knowledge and attitudes to emergency contraception (EC) by female students of University of Nigeria in southeast Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 337 female students of a tertiary educational institution (150 in the study group and 187 from the control group) who were selected by multistage sampling. Subsequently, health education was conducted only among students in the study...