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Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an increase in temperatures inside urban areas compared to areas outside the city, affecting human health and energy consumption.UHI is usually measured by the difference in air temperature (A-UHI) or surface temperature (S-UHI).Cairo, Egypt's capital is a big city with a hot arid climate.Its metropolitan region hosts 20 million people on 1471 km 2 area (2021), so UHI is expected in such a mega city, but UHI in Cairo was not studied much and it is not fully covered...

Over the past few decades, significant research efforts have been devoted to establishing a relationship between African Philosophies of Education (APE) and School Leadership (SL).Such efforts have revealed how important African Union Philosophies of Education (AUPE) have been, or could be, in shaping School Leadership (SL) policies and practices.To achieve the above, this paper reviews contemporary literature on African Indigenous Education (AIE) and school leadership (SL) research.A...

The study assessed the quality of groundwater sourced from nearby abandoned landfills in an industrial city in Nigeria. Nine (9) groundwater samples were collected from three (3) abandoned landfills in Port Harcourt city and analysed for physicochemical and heavy metal parameters. Water pollution indices such as water quality index (WQI), Pollution load index (PLI), heavy metal evaluation index (HEI), and heavy metal pollution index (HPI) were computed for groundwater quality analysis. The...

The study aims to identify the effectiveness of distance learning of mathematics from the perspective of the public-school teachers during the COVID pandemic. Differences of statistical significances between the answers of the participants were registered. To achieve the desired goals, researchers employed the descriptive approach; a questionnaire was designed to collect the necessary information from the research sample (125) teachers. Results show that effectiveness of distance learning of...

Advanced nations have focused a lot of attention and effort on establishing effective STEM educational practices and preparing students to enter the STEM workforce in recognition of the importance of the STEM workforce. Within the current educational paradigms, learning concepts like STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) continue to emerge. With its integrated approach that involves students in systematic inquiries that call for cross-disciplinary knowledge, STEM education...

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory autosomal recessive disorder common among individuals of Mediterranean descent. It is characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, pericarditis, and/or arthritis, sometimes accompanied by an erysipelas-like rash. Mimicking manifestation of other inflammatory conditions and the diversity of symptoms leads to insufficient knowledge and understanding. General knowledge about this disease is considered low...

Teaching mathematics as a STEM subject in this 21<sup>st</sup> century must be challenging enough to inspire learning, especially in the basic schools. This also depends on the pedagogical content knowledge and skills of the teachers handling the subject. Therefore, there is a need to design modern instructional strategies for training future teachers handling the pupils at the primary schools. Flipped classroom approach is one of the emerging pedagogical strategies that has...

Abstract The use of a learning management system (LMS) is believed to be significant for students’ academic performance, but students’ attitudes regarding its use are divided. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to apply a modified version of the technology acceptance model to determine the motivators for University of Professional Studies Accra students’ behavioural intentions (BIs) and actual use of LMSs using a convenient sampling technique to elicit data from first-year students in...

The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods.1IPCCClimate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, 2022Google Scholar These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased...

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present and future impacts of climate change The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods (IPCC, 2022IPCCClimate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth...

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present, and future impacts of climate change. The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods.1Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeClimate change 2022: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution...

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present, and future impacts of climate change. The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods.1 These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality.

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present, and future impacts of climate change. The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods.1 These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality.

The current study aimed to identify the extent of the use of information and communication technology on the quality of higher education at Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, where a sample was selected deliberately from the deans of faculties and quality staff at the university and the study sample consisted of (12) of a dean and an employee. The descriptive analytical approach was used through the formulation of an open paper questionnaire to obtain information, and the results were...

Many African students are not usually exposed to the analytical experience with data and computing skills they need to be successful in the workplace after graduation. Also, students often have limited exposure to team-based data science and the principles and tools that are encountered outside of school. In this paper, we describe the ADA Global Academy-Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (AGA-LISA) program, a LISA 2020 Global Network data science development project in...

Provision of weather and climate services are expected to improve the capacity for rural households' preparedness and response plans to weather shocks. With increase in public investments in developing and communicating weather information on local scale in Nigeria, uncertainty in timescales that meet farmers' needs and economic value of the information is still poorly understood. It is now a policy concern on whether farmers' preferences and demands might increase its uptake. This study...

This paper examined swearing as a verbal act among undergraduate students of the University of Cape Coast.It specifically explored the kind of linguistic items used as swear words by the students, the sources of the swear words and contexts in which they were used, the role gender played in swearing and why students at the university of cape Coast swear at all.A sample of data was taken using both questionnaire and interview, supplemented with participant observation.This was analyzed using...