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Background/Objective: The study is aimed at evaluating the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who presented with infections involving the cervico-facial region in a Nigerian tertiary hospital Patients and Methods: All patients that were managed for cervico-facial infections, over a 4-year period, at the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria were retrospectively studied. The information obtained were the demographics,...

Pharmacists in community or hospital setting play a key role in reporting Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs) during practice. Under reporting is considered as a profession malpractice worldwide.To determine the level of knowledge and perception about phramacovigilance and ADRs reporting among final year pharmacy students of Universities in Sana'a Yemen.A cross-sectional study design was conducted among 385 final year pharmacy students. One public and four private universities were selected...

This report provides an overview and illumination of key institutional incentives that can optimize smallholder agricultural productivity, market access, food security and poverty alleviation in rural Kenya. Analysis is by extensive literature review, stakeholder interviews emanating from international training, seminars, workshops and general observations in the Netherlands. The results inform the existing opportunities and obstacles for the transformation of the Kenyan smallholder...

The paper focuses on the steady development of the Adventist Girls Senior High School (ADGISS) Ntonso Ashanti, Ghana. It specifically discusses the teething challenges that bedeviled the School and the concerted efforts by transformational leaders, both within the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church and the State to ensure the accelerated development of the School. The study further seeks to highlight the point that effective leadership and consensus-building are pivotal to the establishment,...

The paper discusses the general organization and operation of Asante Bekwai United Schools’ Arts and Crafts Centre as a model of TVE in the country during the 1940s.  In particular, it focuses, inter alia, on the positive consequences of judiciously utilizing the “top-down change” and “bottom-up change” to use the words of  Fullan (2007) in TVE educational policy formulation and implementation in colonial Ghana.  This feat was achieved through the leadership efforts of  the British colonial...

Globally there are 34 million people living with moderate to severe disabilities, 80% of whom live in developing countries. For instance, 10% of the Kenyan population has disabilities, while Kisumu County has 4.8%, the highest proportion in Kenya. In addition, Kisumu County records 15.3% prevalence rate of human immune deficiency virus (HIV), double the national rate of 7.4%, and is ranked 3rd in HIV prevalence rate in the region and highest at 1.6% among people with physical disabilities....

A Research Project Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements of the Degree Of Master of Arts in Sociology, Criminology and Social Order, University of Nairobi

This article examines the interaction of Catholic missionary education with the French mandate state in Syria and Lebanon in the 1920s. Taking a short cross-section of the Mandate era, the article argues that Catholic missionaries’ activity in the educational sphere must be considered from a meso-level analysis to complement micro-level focus on school activity and macro-level examination of imperial relations. Such an approach begins by acknowledging the particularity of the Levantine...

This paper investigates the difficulties that Moroccan pupils (18–19) of the second Baccalaureat year encountered in solving chemical equilibrium problems relating to ethanoate ions' reactivity with water and methanoic acid, and to copper–aluminum cells. The pupils were asked to provide answers to questions derived from two problems. The questions were classified into different tasks according to whether their answers required declarative and (or) procedural knowledge. The written responses...

This paper aims to cross knowledge and skills in analyzing theperformance of Moroccan pupils (15-16 years) of third year classesof college in solving problems of electricity (Ohm’s low, electricalpower and electrical energy). The analysis of succeeded, failed anduntreated tasks by pupils was carried out in terms of declarative,conceptual and procedural knowledge involved in (appropriate,analyze, achieve) skills relating to (1st, 2nd, 3rd degree) skills. Forproblems built with explicit...

In this study, 11 varieties were grown in the experimental chamber in order to determine the morphological, anatomical and physiological characteristics of each. The experimental protocol was carried out under controlled conditions of irrigation, temperature and hygrometry. The values obtained of the thickness, the cuticle, length of the ostiole, density and size of the stomata and then of stomatal and cuticular sweat have made it possible to calculate the stomatic resistance of each variety...

Objective: To describe the indications and the prognosis of the hysterectomy operation in the obstetrics and gynecology department at the UTH-YO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Methodology: It has been a descriptive cross-sectional study over a period of 18 months from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2015 in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the UTH-YO.The variables studied were demographics, clinical and prognostic aspects.Results: During the study period, we recorded 128 cases of...

Objective: To investigate the intra-hospital delay in the treatment of gynecological and obstetric emergencies in the obstetrics and gynecology department at the UTH-YO.Patients and methods: It has been a prospective and descriptive study over a period of four months from 1 May to 31 August 2015 in the obstetrics and gynecology department at the UTH-YO.All patients and their escorts were included in our study, admitted to gynecological or obstetric emergencies who have accepted to...

Sorghum production in Burkina Faso relies on small scale farmers. Unfortunately, many suffer from drought caused by erratic rainfall during the rainy season. The importance of understanding farmers' perception on impact of drought and different ways to manage it is necessary. Participatory rural approach (PRA) using a focus group discussion and semi-structured interviews with 340 farmers was conducted in six districts located in two agro ecological zones. The study investigated famers'...

The purpose of this study was to document the influence of peer instruction and conventional methods of instruction on students’ motivation to learn vectors. It was guided by the social learning theory propounded by Bandura (1977). The study used an after only, with control experimental design.  The design was chosen because it is objective, logical and a systematic method that can be used to demonstrate the influence of peer instruction on motivation to learn vectors. The form three class...

This article aims at analyzing the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in the learning process among university students of History and Civilization at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Morocco. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire that was distributed among 187 students. The results reveal that there is still a digital divide regarding unequal access to ICT and its limited use by the students. Hence the need for multiplying efforts to ensure an effective...