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INTRODUCTION: The medical anatomy course has become a complex and complicated educational experience, in which dissection of the human body instructs not only in structure and function, but also in psychosocial areas critical to the development of the whole physician. Dissection is being sidelined in medical education. Computers and other alternative teaching tools are replacing cadavers in the modern anatomy curriculum. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the role of cadaveric...
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Nowadays, there exist many innovative daylighting technologies which could be used to enhance natural illumination for buildings that use more electric light during the day such as schools, industrial buildings. This study describes the passive zenithal light pipe daylighting technology’s performance through the scale model method. The yield of passive zenithal light pipe was improved and was achieved by incorporating a light collimator in the light pipe. Through the design and fabrication...
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The study examined the strategies for handling or curbing aliteracy in Nigerian Schools. Aliteracy is having the ability and capacity to read, but lack the interest and motivation to read on a regular basis. Aliterates read for functional reasons and not for pleasure or as a hobby. Lack of reading/literacy was identified as one of the principal causes of underdevelopment in many nations across the globe. The study identified and discussed some of the factors militating against reading...
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INTRODUCTIONThe demand for quality education in schools in South Africa is growing, as parents recognise the importance of education for their children to be successful in their future careers in an increasingly competitive environment (Read & Bick, 2014). Parents in South Africa can enrol their child at any school and are not forced to enrol their child at the nearest school, but have a choice to enrol learners at their school of preference (Van Wyk & Bisschoff, 2012) The South African...
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Cities in Asia are at risk from climate change, amplifying current hazards and introducing sea-level rise. Various efforts mitigating these challenges are framed in the context of building resilience. A challenge is that effort is directed at technical solutions, failing to recognize governance gaps that slow or prevent ‘mainstreaming’ resilience into government functions. Experience from Indonesia's malleable governance frameworks demonstrates that resilience-building measures need to be...
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Scarcity of food scientists in developing countries is a global and emerging critical problem requiring efforts to address global food security. The perception and awareness of Food Science and Technology (FST) amongst the majority of high school learners (HSL) in Limpopo province was low at about 25 percent. The present study covered 1,539 high schools in all the five districts of Limpopo. A structured questionnaire was used to capture information from the HSL. The results show that there...
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Introduction Electronics and information technology are now in most spheres of educational activities. This survey examines if Nigerian students at LASUCOM have joined the global trend. Methods Medical students (2013/2014 session; first‐last years of MBBS Program) completed a 23‐question survey within 10min by marking one/more choices from alternatives. Instructions were: “Dear Participant, Please treat as confidential, give your true view, avoid influences, avoid crosstalk, return survey...
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Understanding the effects of climate change is one of the cardinal issues within the natural resource management circles. Increased droughts are part of these changes. Afrotemperate forests, as well as their drier Afromontane counterparts suffer from periodic and seasonal droughts respectively. To better understand the effect of droughts on these forests, three key species namely Olea capensis (Iron wood), Podocarpus latifolius (Common Yellow wood) and Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus (Candle...
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Australia is a culturally diverse nation. The Arts provide a pathway that contributes to the rich tapestry of its people. Tertiary music educators have the responsibility to provide opportunities to effectively prepare and engage pre-service teachers in becoming culturally responsive. The authors discuss the importance and need to include guest music educators as culture bearers when preparing pre-service teachers to teach multicultural music. Drawing on data from student questionnaires,...
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Zimbabwe, like several low‐income countries, faces health worker shortages. Community Health Workers (CHWs) bridge this gap and help deliver essential health services and nutrition interventions. However, as CHW workloads increase, their ability to provide quality services is compromised. We studied determinants of CHWs' performance delivering nutrition and hygiene education in rural Zimbabwe. In the ongoing SHINE trial, 79 CHWs deliver household‐level lessons on infant feeding and hygiene....
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For more than a century, there has been an ongoing paradigm debate between qualitative and quantitative methodological communities that has led to a growing interest in the mixed methods approach. This article seeks to contribute to this ongoing discussion by presenting results of a mixed methods study employed to explore gender issues in the access, application, and attitudes toward information communication technology (ICT) in higher education institutions in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The...
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We estimate the impact of drought tolerant maize varieties in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using geo referenced farm-trial data from 49 locations in eastern and southern Africa. Planting dates were matched with rainfall data in order to generate better drought risk zones in each country. Maize drought tolerant varieties perform better than popular commercial maize varieties grown in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates are in the range of $132-$353 million to producers and consumer accruing...
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Mobile phones have become highly popular both in industrialised and developing world. In developing countries, previous studies of why people value mobile phones have focused on the financial benefits of mobile phone and user groups such as farmers or entrepreneurs. This paper presents a mixed-method study on how university students in Iringa, Tanzania value mobile phones. The study discovered a number of positive and negative value factors that define the worth of mobile phones for...