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Growing international debates surround the notion of inclusive tourism development. The objective in this paper is to examine the issues around inclusive tourism development in South Africa through a locality study. The analysis focuses on the small town of Dullstroom which has experienced considerable tourism growth over the past decades as a consequence of its rich tourism products of fly-fishing, agritourism and second homes tourism. Findings are reported from qualitative interviews with...

Objective: To evaluate the anatomical and functional results of reconstructive surgery in oncology at the Teaching Hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso. Population and method: It came from a retrospective study conducted in the orthopedics and trauma surgery at the Teaching Hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012. He was recruited eight patients with a bone tumor of lower limbs. They all benefited from a conservative surgery with bone reconstruction by cementation associated...

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders in youth. To date, the applicability of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) in youth from a low or middle income country (LMIC) setting on the African continent has not been assessed. A representative sample of 1149 secondary school learners from 29 schools in Cape Town, South Africa, participated in the study. Participants completed the CASI on a single occasion. One-, two-, and four-factor models...

We present zircon rare earth element (REE) compositions integrated with U-Pb ages of zircon and whole-rock geochemistry from 29 volcanic tuffs preserved in the Karoo Supergroup, South Africa, to investigate the history of magmatism in southern Gondwana. Whole-rock compositions suggest a subduction-driven magmatic arc source for early (before 270 Ma) to middle Permian (270–260 Ma) Karoo tuffs. After ca. 265 Ma, the magmatic source of the volcanic deposits transitioned toward intraplate...

Geosphere, February 2016, v. 12, p. 1-14, doi:10.1130/GES01215.1, Supplemental File - Four data tables that provide: (1) Whole-rock geochemistry from ICP-MS and XRF analysis; (2) U-Pb and REE from zircon SHRIMP analyses; (3) Ti in zircon temperatures; and (4) UTM Sample locations (WGS84).

While adaptation has received a fair amount of attention in the climate change debate, barriers to adaptation are the focus of a more specific, recent discussion. In this discussion, such barriers are generally treated as having a uniform, negative impact on all actors. However, we argue that the precise nature and impact of such barriers on different actors has so far been largely overlooked. Our study of two drought-prone communities in rural Ethiopia sets out to examine how female- and...

Population genetic studies are effective ways of researching the origin of, and genetic variation within, crop species, with a view to breeding for increased tolerances or novel traits. This is particularly important now that we are facing climate change and an increasing global population. Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet (hyacinth bean) is an underutilised legume that has the potential of being an important crop species in the future due to its enhanced environmental tolerances relative to...

Climate change is a major factor impacting upon local economic development futures. South Africa is one of the most vulnerable parts of the world in terms of projected climate change. This article examines issues around climate change impacts for South Africa’s tourism sector and in particular implications for local economic development. It is argued that, whilst tourism represents one of the main drivers of local economic development in small towns and peripheral areas, as a result of...

Youth from immigrant communities may experience barriers to connecting with schools and teachers, potentially undermining academic achievement and healthy youth development. This qualitative study aimed to understand how educators serving Somali, Latino, and Hmong (SLH) youth can best promote educator-student connectedness and positive youth development, by exploring the perspectives of teachers, youth workers, and SLH youth, using a community based participatory research approach. We...

The education system in Kenya is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious than it once was due to the massive investment in education by successive governments over the last two decades. Today, most Kenyans expect schools to prepare all students to succeed in postsecondary education and to prosper in a complex, fast-changing global economy. To identify the most important measures for education and other issues and provide quality...

In Senegal, school-based sexuality education has evolved over 20 years from family life education (FLE) pilot projects into cross-curricular subjects located within the national curriculum of primary and secondary schools. We conducted a literature review and semi-structured interviews to gather information regarding the scale and nature of FLE scale-up. Data were analysed using the ExpandNet/WHO framework, conceptualising scale-up from a systems perspective as composed of interrelated...

Comparative education is not merely a subject area or a discipline. It is the multidisciplinary study of educational phenomena in social and cultural contexts. It also studies the interconnectedness of education and society at many levels, including individual, classroom, and global levels. I can sum up our concern in Egypt in studying (researching) and teaching comparative education through major social science paradigms like ethnomethodology, structural functionalism, feminist paradigms,...

Music education can be defined as a process of training and study in the acquisition of skills and knowledge in music for effective functioning in the society. It has a greater impact to play in the life of a prisoner for effective participation in the society. It has been observed that prison that is meant for correctional, rehabilitation and transformation of prisoners have been shifted to mere punishment. There is a need to prepare prison inmates for life outside prison and to facilitate...

Enormous researches have emerged in the usage of E-learning.E-learning is so important to today’s educational system.The use of e-learning in educational institutions can ease the burdens associated with both teaching and learning processes, thereby improving the overall standard of education.Meanwhile, despite, its numerous benefits, its adoption in Wadi-Alhayat higher education institutions, Libya still remain unsatisfactory.Most educators in the institution have not seen the reason to...

The aim of this paper is to discuss, with evidence from literature, the options, potential and constraints to climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe's agricultural sector.The desk research was conducted in Zimbabwe, and took place in July 2014.A multipronged approach was adopted to identify relevant literature.A web-and e-mail based search for documentation and a desktop review of printed literature was used to enable analysis of secondary data on adaptation to climate change in the...

Evaluation of the contents levels of chlorophylla, chlorophyll b and Carotenoid, which are essential plant compounds that convert light energy into chemical energy that powers the biosphere, was carried out in terms of their responses to ambient air pollution. This involved using ten species from three different locations(Ogba, UNIBEN and Saponba Forest Reserves) over a selected period of time. Results showed that Termilinacatapa had the highest value of Chlorophyll-a content with a value of...

Entrepreneurial education course were introduced into the undergraduate curriculum of University students in Nigeria in 2006.The focus was to equip graduates with requisite skills for entrepreneurial success after school.The overarching objective of the program was to reduce youths unemployment; especially among school leavers, in Nigeria.Over the years, while graduates unemployment has not abated, there is a growing national discontentment on the socio-economic relevance of the course in...