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This study aims to evaluate the effect of climate change on water availability in the Bilate catchment, Southern Ethiopia. The bias-corrected outputs of five climate models and their ensemble mean were used for the baseline (1976–2005), the 2050s, and 2080s under Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) for both RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. A semi-distributed physically-based Hydrologic Engineering Center of Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) was used to perform rainfall-runoff...

adolescent in-schoolgirls often experience stigmatization, physical and psychological stress during their menstrual period that causes them to miss school. Menstruation-induced school absenteeism is preventable. The purpose of the study was to assess the factors associated with school absenteeism by both urban and rural school-going adolescent girls during their period.adolescent female students in Junior and Senior Secondary classes, who have attained menarche, participated in the study. A...

Higher Education institutions (HEIs) exist within technological and social contexts worldwide. Universities have invested in technology and built the capacities of their staff for the improvement of faculty scholarship. Social media platforms such as social media that were initially designed and used for social interactions now have a considerable stake in higher education. University faculty members use social media platforms in their academic research. This study investigates the...

The impact of climate change on Malagasy amphibians remains poorly understood. Equally, deforestation, fragmentation, and lack of connectivity between forest patches may leave vulnerable species isolated in habitat that no longer suits their environmental or biological requirements. We assess the predicted impact of climate change by 2085 on the potential distribution of a Critically Endangered frog species, the golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca), that is confined to a small area of the...

The graduate employability has seen most governments, institutions of higher learning and industries engaging each other, as industries feel universities and colleges are churning out graduates that are not work ready. This has led to many strands to the discourse of graduate employability. One strand of the discourse is whether the higher education institutions should produce work-ready graduates. Another strand of the discourse is on how these institutions can make their graduates work...

This study examined perception of farmers on climate change and adaptation strategies used to enhance rice production in Taraba State. Specifically, the study sought to determine the awareness level of rice farmers about climate change, perception of rice farmers regarding climate change and adaptation strategies used by the farmers in rice production in Taraba State. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. The study employed survey research design. The...

• Teachers in both low and high performing schools use the same four metaphors to describe their school organisation: family, factory, hospital and warzone. • These vary however according to their lived experiences, including those outside of the school (e.g. family relations). • Metaphors also vary within the school according to teacher's wider roles and responsibilities and students they teach, while different metaphors are used for different aspects of the school organisation. • Given...

Rural poverty poses a significant developmental challenge in Kenya. Using a panel survey in rural Kenya and qualitative material from focus groups and life history interviews from the regions of Makueni and Vihiga, we investigate the changing role of how agriculture and farming practices have contributed to sustained escapes from poverty since 2000. In this study we analyse environmental, social and personal structures that facilitate conversion of agricultural strategies that enable poverty...

AbstractThis study compared the effect of utilizing multiple intelligences teaching strategies at two levels and the direct instruction method on pupils’ basic science achievement in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental design that adopted pretest, posttest, and control group was used for the study. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select four schools from forty-four public primary schools in Calabar. One hundred and twenty (primary IV)...

In order to achieve a highly accurate estimation of solar energy resource potential, a novel hybrid ensemble-learning approach, hybridizing Advanced Squirrel-Search Optimization Algorithm (ASSOA) and support vector regression, is utilized to estimate the hourly tilted solar irradiation for selected arid regions in Algeria. Long-term measured meteorological data, including mean-air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, alongside global horizontal irradiation and extra-terrestrial...

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Subclinical hypothyroidism (SHT) is characterized by a normal range of free thyroxin concentrations together with increased serum TSH levels. SHT is defined as serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration above the upper limit of the reference range in the face of normal free FT4 and FT3 levels. The effect of SHT on cognitive function has been investigated in several preclinical studies, and a growing body of evidence has suggested...

Hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could benefit from decision support technologies to reduce time to triage, diagnosis, and surgery for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Corticosteroid Randomization after Significant Head Injury (CRASH) and International Mission for Prognosis and Clinical Trials in Traumatic Brain Injury (IMPACT) are robust examples of TBI prognostic models, although they have yet to be validated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Moreover, machine...

Introduction: Stroke is considered a growing health issue with high burden.The study was conducted among 258 participants in Soba university hospital, Ibrahim Malik teaching hospital, and Bahri teaching hospital. The study aimed to compare the clinical practice of the management protocol to the NICE guidelines for stroke 2016, and to determine the level of appropriate reporting of stroke management in the medical records.

Technology skills are now an important factor in closing the social gap between individuals. Are they also important in higher education? This work aims to analyze the impact of the use of ICTs on the university performance of Moroccan students. For this, we study the behavior of 1958 students spread over 8 regions, while taking into account regional disparities, which is not commonly used in previous work. Using an ordered Probit model, we find that technological skills have a positive...

This chapter provides a brief introduction to the geographical location of Libya, its population and the current political system. We highlight the levels of the education system in Libya (primary, basic and higher education). This includes the number of enrolled students and the number of dropout rates per year. Training and development in some schools and universities that have established eLearning and emerging technologies to enhance science education teaching or learning are discussed....

Postgraduate Medical Education is 'the constellation of learning activities carried out to enable doctors to develop relevant competencies and deeper knowledge in specific subject areas after completion of basic medical education'. The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of surgical resident doctors of their training in accredited institutions in Nigeria, using the Surgical Theatre Educational Environment Measure (STEEM) inventory.The study was a cross-sectional observational...

AbstractIn this study, located in the Great Man-Made River region, meteorological drought analysis were conducted for five monitoring stations in Northern Libya, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) method and the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) method were used to determine meteorological drought using monthly total precipitation data, and using mean monthly temperatures data and total monthly precipitation data, respectively. The drought analysis using DrinC software of the Great...