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In recent years, the accelerated rate of urban growth in hot climate cities highlights the critical necessity of creating more outdoor spaces for different activities of citizens from leisure or recreation. Thermal sensation of users have not been fully explored in outdoor environments of hot and humid climate specially in early stages of design which affects thermal comfort in negative ways. This fact elucidates the need for considering human thermal comfort in outdoor spaces design with...

In this dissertation, I explored the tensions that arise when Northern concepts of inclusive education and disability rights are imported to countries in the global South. Specifically, through this project I examined the development of a sustainable inclusive education system in western Kenya through community-based participatory research (CBPR) and critical disability studies (CDS). Through three cycles of qualitative interviews with a variety of stakeholders in inclusive education,...

This paper provides one example of forming an inclusion committee in Kenya toward the vision of creating inclusive primary school campuses. We suggest the development of inclusion committees as a potential innovative strategy and a critical element of community reform toward disability awareness, and to increase access to primary school education for students with disabilities. The formation of the inclusion committee followed a member-driven process for identifying barriers to...

This paper is aimed to show statistically the contribution of Cameroon to global warming. In addition, it reviews the government and firm's contributions to the stabilization of global climate. Three variables (CO2 emission, industrial contribution to GDP and forest land) were descriptively used to analysis and present arguments showing Cameroon's contribution to and her struggles to stabilize global climate. Data was obtained from World Bank data base for year 2000 and from 2006 to 2011....

Introduction : This paper reviews issues affecting the empowerment of people with disabilities inNigeria so they can be productive and contribute to the development of the nation. The questions of concern are: What is known about the extent people with disabilities are empowered to contribute to national development inNigeria? What challenges do people with disabilities inNigeria encounter in their attempt to contribute to national development? What are the implications of these challenges...

The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that influence retention of teachers in primary schools in Ilemela district, the objectives of the study were, To investigate the relationship between motivation and job satisfaction among primary school teachers in public primary schools in Ilemela district, To examine how working environment and incentives contribute to the attrition of public primary schools teachers and To identify the influence of professional training and development...

Social networking media are becoming popular among students and teachers in higher education.Researchers have also started to explore the use of social networking media for teaching and learning in higher education.Social networking media have offered new opportunities for sharing, creating and interacting between students and teachers.However, to implement and adopt such technology, there is a need to investigate the factors that influence the acceptance of the students and the teachers...

There is an emerging need to include sustainability–related performance features within the conceptual design stages of a building, especially for parameters such as daylighting and energy usage. Advances in digital architectural design now mean there are innovative possibilities for designing and evaluating dynamic facades capable of generating predetermined environmental performance criteria within a space. It is possible to update the traditional concept of the building envelope from...

Teaching African Women in Cinema:Part Two Beti Ellerson (bio) The second part of this essay offers a primer on African women in cinema studies, which is based on actual courses, seminars, and lectures and draws directly from articles posted on the African Women in Cinema Blog1 since its inception in 2009. A longer version of this article was published in nine parts on the blog. Toward an African Women Cinema Studies A developing corpus of literature serves as primary texts in the study of...

Background School aggression has become an increasing concern to public health professionals, clinicians, policy makers, educators, and the general public. It is a multifaceted problem with biological, psychological, social, and environmental roots.Aim The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and the influence of social, family, and school environments on the development of school aggression.Patients and methods A multistage stratified sample of 574 students of both sexes aged...

In today’s world, citizenship is linked to the modern nation-state system. Although there is a rich literature on the concept of citizenship, in Somalia, it is a new idea that is contested and poorly understood by the political classes. In conducting this study, I consulted with the text of the Somali constitution, various legislations, and secondary literature. Additionally, I used the speeches and media interviews of Somali politicians and clan elders. While conducting research on...

The main objective of this study is to qualitatively evaluate the degree of implementation of actions and educational activities for health facilities in the Fes-Boulemane region, Morocco; and an analysis of contextual factors facilitating or hindering the implementation process. The target population is represented by officials of the Department of Education and professional managers and operational health. Data were collected through direct observation, document analysis and...

Background: Many patients diagnosed with breast cancer receive chemotherapy. The need for education is especially elevated among these patients and their families. Oncology nurses are responsible for educating patients prior to the chemotherapy experience. Sufficient and appropriate information to patients and their families constitute a part of comprehensive cancer care. Aim of the study: the aim of this study was to assess the effect of implementing a prechemotherapy education programme...

This study advances the state of the art in country-level computable general equilibrium analysis for climate change impact and adaptation analysis by incorporating forward-looking expectations. The analytic framework is used to explore the long-run growth prospects for Egypt in a changing climate. Based on a review of existing estimates of climate change impacts on agricultural productivity, labour productivity and the potential losses due to sea-level rise for the country, the model is...