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Appearance is a critical dimension of communication which almost always comes before verbal transactions. Dress is a form of non-verbal communication which can communicate a person’s identity. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between dress and identity. A qualitative case study approach was used. The population of the study comprised Bachelor of Education Undergraduate students in the Textile Technology and Design section at the Great Zimbabwe University. Ten...

Abstract Background Globally, the medical and teaching professions are two major professions with the highest prevalence of burnout, and academic physicians bestride the two professions. This study investigated the prevalence and associated factors of burnout among academic physicians working in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. Methodology This was a self-administered online survey. Burnout was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators (MBI-ES) on Google Form and sent to 256...

<p>In this era of a global economy, education systems are changing to rethink the teaching-learning process in order to prepare better individuals to be able to meet the changing social and economic demands. It is against this backdrop that in 2019 Kenya adopted the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) in an effort to reform her education system and make it globally competitive with regard to human resource development. The new curriculum is being implemented within a 2-6-6-3 system of...

<p>Indigenous languages face extinction in the near future despite the important role they play in communication, cultural preservation, and identity of indigenous people. The threat is the direct consequence of colonialism and colonial practices and is currently exacerbated by globalization. Article 13 of the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples guarantees rights to these peoples to revitalize, use, develop, and transmit to future generations their languages,...

Abstract Background In Sub-Saharan Africa, drought is one of the prevailing climatic conditions that has led to the modification of improved seeds to be resilient enough to improve yield and increase farm households' welfare. However, like most climate-smart agricultural practices, the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties is low. This study examines the simultaneous adoption decisions of drought tolerant maize varieties and other climate-smart agricultural practices such as...

Abstract Background Despite growing recognition of essential human rights, people with mental health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, or cognitive disabilities’ rights are known to be frequently violated in mental healthcare worldwide, with common use of coercive practices and limited recognition of people’s right to exercise their legal capacity and make decisions for themselves on treatment and other issues affecting them. To tackle this issue, Ghana adopted the WHO QualityRights...

The stigma associated with wearing hearing aids, known as the "hearing aid effect," remains a significant issue in hearing healthcare. Despite notable changes in the look and feel of hearing aids over the last decade, little is known about the influence of socioeconomic factors on the perception of different hearing devices in a socioeconomically diverse setting.To determine the hearing aid effect across a range of hearing devices and its association with socioeconomic factors, namely area...

Food insecurity is among one of the greatest risks posed by climate change in Africa, where 90 to 95% of African food production is rainfed and a large proportion of the population already faces chronic hunger and malnutrition. Although, several studies have found robust evidence of future crop yield losses under climate change scenarios, there is wide variation among crops and regions as well as large modeling uncertainties. A large part of this uncertainty stems from climate projections,...

The Government of Malawi put in place a mechanism that enables its flagship unconditional cash transfer program—the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP)—to scale up response to additional beneficiaries when shocks occur. Making the SCTP shock-responsive is a key strategic pillar of the government’s Disaster Risk Financing Strategy. The SCTP scalable mechanism was first implemented during the 2021/22 rainfall season in three initially selected districts (Blantyre, Ntcheu, and Thyolo). It...

The study investigated students’ post-Covid-19 experiences with e-learning platforms among undergraduate students of public universities selected in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The study respectively drew 289 respondents from two public universities, i.e., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Business School, and the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) Business School in Ghana. Given that the population from the two public universities was fairly high, sampling had to...

Outreach Training and Supportive Supervision (OTSS) of malaria services at health facilities has been adopted by numerous malaria-endemic countries. The OTSS model is characterized by a hands-on method to enhance national guidelines and supervision tools, train supervisors, and perform supervision visits. An independent evaluation was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of OTSS on health worker competence in the clinical management of malaria, parasitological diagnosis, and prevention of...

Abstract Background Substance use among adolescents is on the rise on the African continent in general, and specifically in Cameroon. However, data on this subject remain scarce, thereby making it difficult to develop context-relevant policies. Methods Between January to May 2022, we conducted a study which retrospectively documented lifetime substance use among students of two high schools in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Data on socio-demographics, psychosocial parameters, and history of substance...

This study explored the integration of ICTE in the Moroccan education system, focusing on the potential adoption of flipped classrooms for teaching French. 106 teachers participated, showcasing strong technological skills. However, most of them were not familiar with the pedagogy of flipped classrooms. Nevertheless, they expressed eagerness for training, indicating the potential for successful adoption and bridging the gap between technology and effective teaching in Moroccan schools.

Abstract The need for renewable energy sources is recently necessitated by attaining sustainability and climate change mitigation. Accordingly, the use of renewable energy sources has be growing rapidly during the last two decades. Yet, the potentials of renewable energy sources are generally influenced by a number of climatic factors that either determine the source of energy such as wind speed in the case of wind power or affect the performance of system such as the reduction in solar PV...

This study was carried out to ascertain the quality assurance of teachers in implementing the content of the pre-vocational curriculum of primary school. Two research questions were formulated and answered by the study. The study was carried out in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Evaluation and survey research designs were adopted for the study. Sample for the study was 42 teachers of primary school in the area of study. A 35-item psycho-productive multiple choice test...