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The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic capacity is limited in defined communities, posing a challenge in tracking and tracing new infections. Monitoring student residences, which are considered infection hotspots, with targeted wastewater surveillance is crucial. This study evaluated the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 targeted wastewater surveillance for outbreak mitigation at Stellenbosch University's student residences in South Africa. Using...

Employee engagement, undoubtedly, is one of the top priorities for organizations today, especially for service organizations where labor accounts for a large ratio of what customers pay for. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the determinants of employee engagement at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital in Southwest Ethiopia.A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital from January 1-30, 2020. A total of 212 study participants were...

Responding to the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), 32 countries have committed to restoring more than 100 million hectares of land across Africa by 2030. Bamboo is being discussed as one of the nature-based solutions to achieve this ambitious target in the face of climate change. Major advantages are that it is a fast-growing versatile woody grass that can prosper in degraded lands. So far, landscape restoration strategies are driven by climate policy debates where...

Compliment response is among the most common speech acts used in everyday conversations. Recipients’ responses to compliments differ depending on distinct social variables, including power, the degree of intimacy, social distance, culture and gender. The current study investigates Compliment Responses (henceforth, CRs) among Moroccan male and female EFL learners based on four topics of compliments (ability, character, possession and appearance). Thence, the present paper aims to explore the...

This study attempted to capture stakeholders' views on the school history curriculum in Zambia. Stakeholders' views are an important aspect of curriculum development. Social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp have become platforms a section of Zambians uses to challenge the traditional education system. The study used a qualitative approach design by monitoring the e-comments of focus groups (teachers' forums) and individuals on Facebook on what some Zambians thought about the history...

Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a common neglected tropical disease in rural communities of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Among the several challenges besetting the control of SBE is inadequate access to high-quality care by snakebite victims, partly contributed by inadequate knowledge of SBE among healthcare professionals (HCPs). This narrative review examined the existing literature on the knowledge of snakebites among HCPs, the factors associated with their knowledge of snakebites and...

The objectives of this research are to investigate the effectiveness of the impact of early intervention to reduce the disorder behavior of pupils with simple intellectual disabilities. To achieve these objectives, the researcher used the quasi-experimental method. The population of the study consisted of (80) pupils, from which a purposive sample of (60) Pupils was selected, then divided into two groups; experimental and control groups; each group consisted of (30) pupils with intellectual...

The objectives of this research are to investigate the effectiveness of the impact of early intervention to reduce the disorder behavior of pupils with simple intellectual disabilities. To achieve these objectives, the researcher used the quasi-experimental method. The population of the study consisted of (80) pupils, from which a purposive sample of (60) Pupils was selected, then divided into two groups; experimental and control groups; each group consisted of (30) pupils with intellectual...

Objective This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of symptomatic dry eye (SDE) among undergraduate students at the College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Methods and analysis Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a systematic random sampling technique. A total of 311 undergraduate students were recruited to execute the study. Ethical clearance was obtained from the ethical review committee of the school of Medicine...

This paper aims to explore the developments and contemporary debates in relation to rurality and sustainable learning in the midst of the Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) in rural South African schools.The argument in this paper is that provision of remote learning, trimmed curricular and the use of rotational and staggered approaches during pandemics such as COVID-19 (and future pandemics) must not be seen as a panacea for all problems facing rural schools.To a certain extent, these measures...

People with disabilities face extra costs of living to participate in the social and economic lives of their communities on an equal basis with people without disabilities. If these extra costs are not accounted for, then their economic wellbeing will be overestimated. The Standard of Living (SOL) method is a way of generating these estimates and is thus useful for determining the economic impact of those costs in the current environment. However, previous studies have used different...

This paper contributes to accounting literature by reexamining the impact of the quantity and readability of annual report narratives on cost of capital. This study employs a machine learning technique, namely, the model-based (MOB) recursive partitioning, while the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator is used to select variables from a sample of 720 bank–year observations from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries between 2008 and 2019. The model-based (MOB) recursive...

Medication errors (MEs) are preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Annually 98,000 patients die because of avoidable MEs, and it is considered a financial burden on public health organizations. The purpose of our study was to examine the incidence rate, types, and causes of medication errors. We conducted a prospective, descriptive study from 1st November 2018 to 1st March 2019 at Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital in Morocco. We...

Medication errors (MEs) are preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Annually 98,000 patients die because of avoidable MEs, and it is considered a financial burden on public health organizations. The purpose of our study was to examine the incidence rate, types, and causes of medication errors. We conducted a prospective, descriptive study from 1st November 2018 to 1st March 2019 at Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital in Morocco. We...

Knowing the spatial and temporal suitability of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) is important for fitting them into marginal production areas and cropping systems under climate change. The current study used climate change scenarios to map the future distribution of selected NUS, namely, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), amaranth (Amaranthus) and taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, South Africa. The future distribution of NUS was...

The presence of an ostomy causes numerous alterations in the lives of individuals with ostomy. There is limited information on the experiences of persons with ostomy in Nigeria. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences and the coping strategies utilized by individuals with ostomy. A mixed method of qualitative and quantitative design was adopted. Using Johnson Behavioral Model, a semi structured interview guide was utilized to elicit responses on the experiences of participants...

The experiences of d/Deaf and hard of hearing children enrolled in a mainstream school in Zimbabwe are explored. The study used a qualitative approach and a narrative case study design. A sample consisting of two boys and three girls whose ages ranged from 13 to 14 years was purposively selected. Face-to-face semistructured interviews were employed as a data collection tool. The narrative analysis revealed that although d/Deaf and hard of hearing children in the school communicated through...

Scientific studies about the role of urban green spaces (UGSs) in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation are limited in developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the role of UGSs in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Using a systematic sampling method a total of 137 sample plots of various sizes were laid per cluster. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was undertaken among clusters using the Honestly Significant Difference (HSD)...