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This paper reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region in education attainment over the past four decades (1970-2010). It documents the following main findings: (a) all countries in the region experienced significant improvements in educational attainment over this period; (b) most countries in the region did better in this regard than comparators that had roughly the same education stocks in 1970; (c) collectively, the region achieved a greater percentage increase in...
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Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction is a novel perspective of managing natural hazards. Risk analysis consists of four basic analytical modules – hazard, exposure, vulnerability and risk to determine risk metrics. Risk metrics are losses corresponding to different return periods and their likelihood derived from stochastic evaluations of historical and simulated loss data – this process is called risk profiling for a given natural hazard in a given region. The U.S. Agency for International...
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The impact of drought stress (DS) on eight Eurasian and North African genotypes of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum) was evaluated by analysis of chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence fast induction curves using the JIP-test.Three-week-old, pot-grown plants were exposed to a DS treatment by withholding water for nine days.The genotype-specific impairment of the functionality of the photosynthetic electron transport chain was quantified using the relative decline of the performance indices (PI abs...
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In light of South Africa’s high unemployment rate and restoration of past inequalities, the pivotal role of career guidance is increasingly highlighted to facilitate the match between supply and demand factors in the labour market. This paper examines predictors of the perceived subject satisfaction of 430 Grade 10 learners from 7 secondary schools in the Free State province as an extension to understanding prospective career choice processes. By underscoring the role of Life Orientation and...
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This audit in chronically anaemic adult patients assesses whether red cell concentrate is transfused according to guidelines, and evaluates the impact of training interventions, compared with a similar audit conducted in 2010. Retrospectively, 25 transfusion episodes were audited for appropriateness, the investigation of anaemia, threshold achievement, wastage, and informed consent. After training interventions, a further 25 episodes were prospectively analysed. The effects of current...
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Scholars in the fields of community engagement contend that the service-learning (SL) policy implementation in higher education is more likely to be successful when there is a strong institutional commitment and the policy implementation is well conceptualised. Research indicates that most higher education institutions in South Africa failed to operationalise the national SL policy, which mandates the incorporation of social responsiveness in their academic programmes. This quantitative...
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Globally, as well as in South Africa, postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) due to uterine atony is the number one direct cause of maternal mortality associated with the postpartum period. Active management of the third stage of labour has been thought to prevent PPH in women. This study assesses uterine fundal massage in the postpartum period as part of active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL) and its outcome on the number of PPH cases at a level 2 maternity hospital. A...
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Dissertation submitted to the directorate of research and graduate training in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Degree of Masters of Arts in Educational Policy and Planning of Makerere University, Kampala Uganda
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Ogretmenlik meslek gelisimi (OMG), 21. yuzyilda okullari sekillendiren degisiklikler ile birlikte ogretmenleri gelistirmek acisindan onemlidir. Ancak OMG, ogretmenler onu onemli olarak algilar ise deger kazanir. Bununla birlikte ogretmenlerin, ogretmenligin mesleki gelisimine dair algilarinin cesitliligi, onlarin OMG’ye olan goruslerini de muhtemelen etkiler. Bu arastirmada ortaokul ogretmenlerinden elde edilen verilerden yola cikilarak, ogretmenlerin “ogretmenlik meslek gelisimi” kavramina...
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Poverty is a deficiency in political, social and economic resources. This is caused by lack of employment, capital to establish businesses to earn income, cultural factor, tradition and religion. Women are supposed to be players in assisting their households and in economic growth and development of any nation. Unfortunately, they are prevented as a result of poverty. Microfinance institutions were established for the past decades to help women in fulfilling their dreams of getting out of...
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South Africa has the highest HIV and AIDS epidemic statistics in the world, especially people under 25 years of age. University students are implicated, thus support groups in this context are crucial to help them cope with their unique circumstances. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of support groups for students living with HIV/AIDS (SLWHA) at the University of Fort Hare, Alice campus, South Africa. Interviews were used to explore the experiences and challenges of...
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In determining how best to improve learner-centeredness and academic performance of Psychology students at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), an Action Research (AR) was employed. Research indicates that overcrowding, lack of resource, poor command of English and poverty- stricken background impact adversely on the academic performance of most black South African students at tertiary institutions. The study was underpinned by Vygotsky’s theory which advocates scaffolding and ZPD for...
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This thesis examines how the quintile system outlined in the National Norms and Standards for School Funding of 1999 (NNSSF) is formulated and implemented in South African public schools, and its implications for the achievement of equity and redress. The quintile system is a redistributive strategy of resources that calls upon provincial education departments to categorise (rank) all public schools according to their level of economic and social disadvantage, with poverty levels,...
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Relatively little has been written on Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, although there are over 170 medical schools in the region. A number of initiatives have been started to support medical education in the region to improve quality and quantity of medical graduates. These initiatives have led to curricular changes in the region, one of which is the introduction of Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME).This paper presents two medical schools, Makerere University College of...