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Close to 19 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by severe food shortages, partly due to variations in the weather. Our understanding of meteorology is improving all the time, but can science really help the people at the sharp end of Africa’s weather?
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Given the shifting demographic composition of the U.S., and the need to have qualified ethnic minority professionals serving diverse communities in the hospitality industry, retention and matriculation of ethnic minority students are of paramount importance. Since many predominately White institutions (PWIs) experience challenges retaining these students, this exploratory study sought to better understand how social connectedness related to retaining African–American students in a...
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This study examined the role of hypermasculinity as a form of reactive coping among urban African American adolescent males (ages 12-17) and assessed the extent to which hypermasculinity is influenced by youth appraisals of how adults in their school and community perceive them. Two research questions were addressed: (a) Do adolescent males who report negative community and school experiences use hypermasculine attitudes as a coping response? (b) Do the effects of perceived negative school...
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Veterinary RecordVolume 172, Issue 16 p. 430-430 Letter History of the Animal Health and Industry Training Institute, Kenya Chris Daborn, Corresponding Author Chris Daborn [email protected] Tropical Veterinary Services, PO Box 266, Karatu, TanzaniaSearch for more papers by this authorJohn E. Cooper, Corresponding Author John E. Cooper [email protected] Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ESSearch for more papers by this authorMutua A....
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The mobilization of rural consumers’ potential savings to generate credit for inclusive lending to the rural/urban poor consumers in emerging market countries presents a strategic challenge for policy makers. Large-scale credit aggregation can only be achieved by the use of modern banks. However, rural consumers may resist the use of banks as objects of nonlocal origin. The authors rely on the classic theory of demand aggregation advantage to critically analyze the public policy framework...
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Introduction Experience both nationally and internationally have shown that conventional education cannot meet the demands of the present day socio-educational milieu, especially for developing countries like Nigeria. In Nigeria, the actual numbers of students admitted annually into conventional university are so low compared to the number of those yearning to have university education. This lack of capacity has necessitated the issue of open and distance learning (ODL) as an innovative and...
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Abstract Over the past decade, Mali has been engaged in a process of improving access and quality of education within the framework of the education for all of the Millennium Development Goals. An important aspect of that process is the participative schools' management of local authorities through teachers-parents-students associations. This paper analyzes the role and effectiveness of such institutional arrangement that involve the local community in the governance of primary schools in...
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The association of intestinal helminths with undernutrition varies by locality. The objective of this study was to investigate the nature of the association of helminth infection with the nutritional status of school children in Tikur Wuha Elementary School, northwestern Ethiopia. A total of 403 school children were examined for intestinal helminth infection (stool samples) and nutritional status, thick Kato-Katz and anthropometric techniques, respectively during a baseline survey. Among...
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The Gaza aquifer is the main source of water for agricultural, domestic, and industrial uses in the Gaza Strip. The rapid increase on water demand due to continuous population growth has led to water scarcity and contamination by seawater intrusion (SWI). Furthermore, current projections of future climatic conditions (IPCC, 2007) point to potential decreases in available water, both inflows and outflows. A numerical assessment of SWI in the Gaza coastal aquifer under climate induced...
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Pervading the Nigerian polity is the pauperization of the populace. The poverty problem manifests in highly unequal income distribution and differential access to basic necessities of life which have telling effects in ghetto neighborhoods where the signs of poverty are highly visible in all facets of life. This study sought to find the impact of deprivations in childhood on the academic performance of secondary school students in ghetto areas in Lagos, Nigeria. Four hypotheses were...
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Learners who are visually handicapped face unique challenges in the education system or precisely in the learning of art, particularly those who were born blind. Yet with more radical changes to teaching and medium of instruction, learners who are blind can perform to their maximum potential. This study focused on establishing how language as a medium of communication can enhance or impede the acquisition of art skills and content. It also aimed to establish which form and type of language...
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The Plan of Action (POA) document was produced at the Pan-African Conference on African Decade of Persons with Disabilities attended by representatives of all African countries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (4–7 February 2002). The POA is aimed at implementing priority activities to enhance the services provided to Africans with disabilities during the decade by formulating and implementing meaningful policies and programmes, creating national disability service coordination committees,...
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The study focused on the perceptions to climate change among rural farming households in the Niger Delta Area, Nigeria. The basic objective was to determine the rural farming household’s perception to climate change in the Area and the specific objective was to determine the direction of change of the climate change indicators (whether increasing, decreasing or constant). Multistage sampling procedure was sampled 739 rural farming households (respondents) for the study. Data were analyzed...
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The provision of a well-planned, modified, and articulated curriculum that would provide students with disabilities appropriate access to the general curriculum and effective instructional support is the thrust of this paper. The paper examined the various issues on the concept and objectives of special education and the role of a well-designed curriculum as a panacea to integration of the special-needs children. The paper highlighted the defining features of any good curriculum and examines...