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The project consists in combining population census data and climate data to estimate the volume of migrations induced by the drought events that have hit Mali since the late 1980s (A WP describing the research objectives, related literature, methodology and main results can be found here: https://ideas.repec.org/p/dia/wpaper/dt202001.html). All the datasets used in the paper are provided here, i.e. data on net migration rates and international emigration rates at the locality level computed...

The aim of the study is to explore the impact of interaction between two active learning strategies (random excitement and the rolling stone) and the learning styles (auditory and visual) in developing the oral, and performance aspects of the English conversation skills among ninth graders in Gaza. The mixed approach was used. The sample contained (207) ninth graders and was chosen randomly from Al-Aysheya Basic Elementary School for Girls. To collect data, a conversational skills rating...

<div>The northern Main Ethiopian Rift (MER), which forms the northern part of the East African Rift System, offers an excellent tectonic setting to study the transition from continental to oceanic crust and also from tectonic to magmatic rifting. Opening of the rift started at 11 Myr ago. Until about 7 Ma, deformation was mainly accommodated at the rift border faults. Between 7 and 3 Ma, deformation migrated from the border faults to 20-30 km wide, 60 km long ...

Vegetation is vital, and its greening depends on access to water. Thus, precipitation has a considerable influence on the health and condition of vegetation and its amount and timing depend on the climatic zone. Therefore, it is extremely important to monitor the state of vegetation according to the movements of precipitation in climatic zones. Although a lot of research has been conducted, most of it has not paid much attention to climatic zones in the study of plant health and...

The negativity associated with the extreme experience of job-related stress most often reflects as poor work efficiency and effectiveness. This has overtime made the job roles of secondary school teachers cumbersome with gender variations in the forms of such stressors. The study thus examined the extent to which coping ability influence job-related stress among male and female secondary school teachers separately. Two hundred and thirty secondary school teachers (Male-120, female-110; Mean...

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is regarded as one of the most imminent disease outbreaks which threaten public health on various levels worldwide. Because of the unpredictable outbreak nature and the virus’s pandemic intensity, people are experiencing depression, anxiety, and other strain reactions. The response to prevent and control the new coronavirus pneumonia has reached a crucial point. Therefore, it is essential—for safety and prevention purposes—to promptly predict and...

This paper investigates the prospects in the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction in Nigeria’s primary level of education. With the multilingual nature of Nigeria, many scholars have continued to clamour for the use of indigenous languages as a medium of instruction in Nigeria’s primary schools. This paper also seeks to justify the reasons why mother tongue education may not be feasible in the nearest future especially with the numerous roles that the English...

<p>Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL) is located in the western part of equatorial Africa and consists of volcanoes which were active from Eocene to recent, stretching ca. 1700 km from the Atlantic in the SW into the African continent in the NE. The continental part of the CVL is located on the Neoproterozoic Central African Orogenic Belt and is situated between the Congo craton and Sahara/Western Africa craton. Mantle peridotite xenoliths which occur locally in lavas of the CVL come...

The Education Human Resources Strategic Plan 2008 -2020 set 'Quality Education for All' as vision of the Mauritian Education Sector to support Sustainable Development Goals.The reliance on education, trade-led development, total factor productivity, increased export and human development measures allowed economic diversification in Mauritius.The successful economic diversification allowed Mauritius to move from sugar to textiles to a broader service economy with major responsibility on its...

<p>Droughts have always been part of Earth climate, yet today these phenomena are becoming more alarming due to their increasing severity and their disastrous socio-ecological impacts. Different scientific definitions or diverse understanding of drought risk have been proposed also because of the simultaneously social and ecological complexity which characterizes droughts relative to other hazards and/or vulnerabilities. This work sets out to confront the distinctive complexity...

Orientation: There is a rise in health-related challenges within the confines of the organisation. Strategies are needed not just from a human resources practitioner but also a theoretical basis in finding solutions to such challenges. Research purpose: Firstly, to determine the effects that work resources have on employee health and its two facets of physical and mental health. Secondly, to determine if career adaptability moderates the relationship between work resources and employee...

<p>The cause of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction remains debated between an asteroid impact and volcanism. Precise geochronology showed that the extinction coincided with a voluminous phase (Poladpur eruption) of Deccan volcanism (Schoene et al., 2019). Paleontological evidence indicates that microfossil diversity declined about 300,000 years before the K-Pg boundary, synchronous with the onset of Deccan volcanism (Keller et al. 2009). High concentrations of Ir in the K-Pg...

<p>Caves are an excellent natural laboratory for understanding the transfer processes of the region’s environmental signals to speleothems. At least eight speleothems have produced high resolution paleoclimate and paleoenvironment records from Anjohibe Cave, NW Madagascar. However, due to the remote and difficult access to many caves in Madagascar, no studies have yet been done to understand the transfer of climate and environmental changes of the region to the...

Abstract Purpose Poor quality of sleep has a negative effect on academic performance of medical students. Quantity and quality of sleep in addition to average sleep time are strongly linked with students’ learning abilities, poor academic performance and poor interpersonal relationship which predispose them to mental illnesses. This study is aimed to assess magnitude and correlates of sleep quality among medical students in Ethiopia. Method An institutional based cross-sectional study was...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) have both an educational and professional function. Although employer engagement is necessary to execute the latter function effectively, employer engagement remains a problem for most TVET institutions. This research investigates employer engagement in upper secondary TVET schools in Ghana. The analysis of this paper is based on existing employer engagement literature and empirical data collected through semi-structured interviews with...

Background Blood is an important and crucial component in the management of patients presenting with severe accident injuries, surgical conditions, malignancies, pregnancy-related complications, and other medical conditions. Objectives To assess intention to voluntary blood donation among private higher education students in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia, 2019. Methods Institution-based cross-sectional study with quantitative methods was conducted in private higher education students in...

This chapter is about a group of designers, from the Piracema Lab that works with traditional craftspeople trying to avoid any imposition or direct intervention on the artisans in order to foster the development of the creative process. The process is initiated through workshops to make craftspeople aware of their personal history, of each other's experiences and local history. A local historian is always invited to talk about the town. The education process is based on research of the...

BackgroundStress is the way in which the body reacts to uncomfortable situations. The University Of Zambia School of Medicine (UNZA-SoM) is the first medical school in Zambia established in 1965 and is located at the Ridgeway Campus. Students at the campus face a number of challenges, including inadequate accommodation, struggling to pay university fees, demanding learning load and alcohol and substance abuse.
 Methods:The study was a quantitative cross-sectional design. Third to...