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Water is one of the most challenging current and future natural resources, which will directly affect the environment and development by the changes in its quantity, quality and regional distribution.However, Water quality is the critical factor that influences human health and irrigation proposer.This work aims to investigate hydrochemical analysis and geochemical processes influencing the groundwater of Al Wahat area (Jalou, Awjla and Jukherra), which is located in central east...
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The number of students enrolled in higher education outside their countries of origin increased from 0.8 million in 1975, to 2.1 million in 2000, and to 3.7 million in 2009 (Ryan, 2012). This growing trend of student mobility leads to increased university competition for students around the globe. However, little is known about the experiences of international students in Africa. This lack of understanding could leave the continent at a disadvantage for attracting and retaining international...
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As per the results gender is important in determining the level of financial literacy among NUL students. Consistent with literature, the results indicate that NUL male students are more financially knowledgeable than their female counterparts. This may be due to the fact that male students, on average, are the ones with less fear of engaging in financial commitments like borrowing from informal financial institutions. They, therefore, in the process get to acquire financial knowledge. In...
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Background Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional disorder worldwide and nearly two billion individuals have anemia. Iron deficiency is the most frequent cause of anemia, especially in infants, preschool children, and school-aged children; it is related to a variety of developmental and behavioral changes. Objective This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and identify possible risk factors of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) among a representative sample of primary school...
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The study focused on the impact of identifying training needs on application’s performance of the administrative leadership in Libyan commercial banks. The study’s sample consisted of Libyan commercial banks’ administrative leaders. The total sample size is (216) leaders who represent the members of the board of directors, general managers, heads of departments, heads of administration and office managers of Libya’s five largest commercial banks. The researcher used the descriptive...
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A number of factors such as gender, nationality; ethnicity and even family socio-economic status have been investigated in relation to their effects on language learning strategy (LLS) choice among learners of English as second language (ESL). However, fewer studies attempted to investigate the effect of school mode on LLS choice and especially as it relates to secondary school learners of ESL. This study investigated the LLS employed by Nigerian secondary school students in relation to...
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The change detection at country level was unidirectional trend analysis between two time periods of 1946 and 2006. Temperature shows increasing trend but rainfall shows fluctuation. Point analysis of climate data at local level (1980-2010), Mekelle town, Northern Ethiopia, one of the semi-arid areas, showed that minimum temperature for the months of October through January had an increasing trend while maximum temperature for the hot season (April- June) and annual rainfall had no...
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A 2-year U.S. Department of State-funded project* was conducted with the purpose of engaging health professionals from Malawi and Zambia who are actively involved in health care and health education for marginalized populations to develop, implement, and evaluate health education and public health interventions/programs. Twenty-six health professionals from Malawi and Zambia, referred to as Global Health Fellows, participated in the 2-year program, of which the main training component was...
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The objectives of the study were to assess the current status of the academic performance of females in grade seven and eight and to study how perception of parents affect the academic performance of female students in Kutto Sorfella Primary School, Sodo Zuria Woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia. To achieve the objectives of this research both qualitative and quantitative data were collected during the survey from primary as well as secondary sources. For this study 23 household heads were selected by...
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The disproportionate representation of African Americans in special education continues to be a prevalent, disturbing, and heavily debated problem, and possibly the most long-standing issue in the special education field. African American students are overrepresented in three disability categories (emotionally behavioral disorder, intellectual disability, and specific learning disability), all of which are prone to subjective judgment. The current literature indicates the following reasons...