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Red Blood cells (Erythrocytes) have an inherited combination of proteins, glycol-proteins, and glycol-lipids on their surfaces.These function as antigens that enable our immune system to distinguish our own cells from foreign invaders.Part of the immune response is the production of globulins called antibodies to combat the invader.In blood typing, the antigens of Red Blood Cell surfaces are also called agglutinogens because they are partially responsible for Red Blood Cell agglutination in...

Background . Long waiting time has been among the major factors that affect patient satisfaction and health service delivery. The aim of this study was to determine the median waiting time at the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic before and after introduction of an intervention of the systematic appointment system. Methods . Patient waiting time was measured before and after the introduction of an intervention; target population of the study was all adult HIV patients/clients who have...

Being born as a girl into this world seems to be a curse. Women have and continue to suffer various degrees of injustices and inequalities spanning from cultural, social, economic, religious, and political matters. These negative attitudes have affected their educational opportunities. But globally, education is recognized as the fundamental human rights—where every child has the right to receive quality basic education; it is a critical resource to reduce poverty, inequality, and the...

The notion of designing and implementing climate change response policies and projects that produce simultaneous positive outcomes for mitigation and adaptation is gaining grounds in the national and international research and decision making agendas.

Background: The Kenya Medical Training College is the leading and pioneer institution that trains radiographers in Kenya for over the last sixty years. Therefore, there is need for trainers of radiographers to explore on the milieu of teaching and learning strategies that could effectively impart the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitude on the trainees. Objectives: To find out the different teaching methods used in the training of radiographers at Medical Imaging Sciences (MIS)...

Author(s): Austin, James Paul | Advisor(s): Bazerman, Charles; Lunsford, Karen | Abstract: This study examines the experiences of five Egyptian undergraduate students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) from different educational, class and geographic backgrounds. This study finds that students from public schooling and lower socioeconomic backgrounds arrive at AUC with significant language, literacy and social deficits compared to counterparts from private schooling and high...

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme could not have been introduced at a better time than now that the nation is in dire need of all round National Development. The major objective of the UBE programme is the provision of free, universal and compulsory basic education for every Nigerian child aged 6-15 years. However, for the Universal Basic Education programme to be truly free and universal, efforts must be made to check those factors that are known to have hindered the success of...

Over the years, the transitional advancement in digital technologies and the increasing numbers of new media platforms have revolutionized the ways in which people communicate and share information. The new information and communication technologies have impacted on the society positively and negatively. These technologies have affected the socio-cultural, political and economic structures of the contemporary society. Advancement in technologies have eased and expanded the frontiers of...

The urgent need of breeding more drought tolerant crops in order to meet the future needs of the growing world population, requires better understanding of the drought adaptation mechanisms. Phenotyping remains one of the main factors limiting breeding advance. By using a novel non-invasive root and shoot phenotyping system, we were able to link root and shoot phenotype and study their detailed development in time. Kinematic analysis provided the cellular basis of the observed differences in...

The purpose of this study was to determine the Bachelor Science of Nursing (BSN), student's perceptions of the quality of nursing courses taught at Palestine College of Nursing (PCN), which were fundamentals of nursing course, adult nursing course, pediatric nursing course, maternity nursing course, community nursing course, mental health and psychiatric nursing course and nursing management and leadership course, and its relationship with their academic achievement.The Palestine College of...

Human societies are quickly drifting into serious moral decadence as various ills are plaguing the world. This situation makes the teaching of religious ethics, the academic discipline that studies the morality of human act based on the tenets of various religions, a necessity. In some parts of the world, the teaching of religious ethics is booming. Unfortunately, the opposite is the case in Nigeria. Teachers of religious ethics are few in the country. This chapter investigates the reason...

Background: Hand injuries are very devastating to the patients and can ruin patient’s ability to function as an independent human. This could also lead to depression and social isolation. It is a very common presentation at the emergency room. The incidence is on the increase worldwide. Methods: This is a retrospective clinical audit of patients with hand injuries to the Plastic Units of both Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) and ObafemiAwolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH)...

Research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of education in educational management, Kenyatta University

Given the huge requirements and very limited resources available to support adaptation to climatic impacts, adaptation funds should be deployed equitably. Vulnerability assessment is a possible criterion for efficient adaptation resource allocation. The determination of specific vulnerable locations and magnitude by which appropriate adaptation assistance should be rendered becomes matter of necessity. The present study focuses on the vulnerability of rice farmers to extreme climate events...

Background: Dento-alveolar trauma is a very common occurrence in childhood; however, there is a paucity of data about children's judgments in relation to dental status. There is a significant correlation between the children's incisor teeth status and the social judgments made by their peers.Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the social attributes of a school child would be influenced by his or her incisor teeth status. Also, it is aimed to determine the judgment between...

Environmental interlinked problems such as human-induced land cover change, water scarcity, loss in soil fertility, and anthropogenic climate change are expected to affect the viability of agriculture and increase food insecurity in many developing countries. Climate change is certainly the most serious of these challenges for the twenty-first century. The poorest regions of the world – tropical West Africa included – are the most vulnerable due to their high dependence on climate and...

The study aims at investigating the role of professionalism and regulation of financial services training on improvement of employees’ competence. The target population in this study comprised of persons working in the financial institutions in Kenya and more specifically the commercial banks. This study surveyed bank employees only after taking into consideration that banks are the only institutions whose total workforce could be reliably estimated. Population of bank employees in Kenya is...