Your search

As river basin authorities and national governments develop policies to achieve sustainable development outcomes, conflicting signals between existing policies are undermining cross-thematic integrative modes of policy planning. This raises fundamental questions over how coherent portfolios of policy interventions across vital themes can best be advanced and managed. Taking the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) as an empirical example, we analyse transboundary policies and intervention documents...

In Nigeria, electronic-learning (e-learning) resources have emerged as a modern tool for enhancing the quality of delivery and acquisition of education content. Yet, hardly has there been any meaningful research report on the application of this innovative and invaluable tool to counselling education service delivery efforts. This study, ‘awareness and utilization of e-learning resources by trainee Counsellors in counselling education in Calabar, Nigeria’ was designed to fill this literature...

Examination of footprints provides important evidence in crime scene investigations and helps in stature prediction of criminals. This study aimed to derive regression equations and multiplication factors for stature estimation from footprint dimensions in adult Nigerian medical students of the University of Lagos. Using an ink pad and a stadiometer, bilateral footprints and stature, respectively, were obtained from 230 subjects (100 males and 130 females) of Nigerian ancestry, aged 18-36...

International students’ enrollment in higher education in the U.S has expanded considerably in the last decades. In 2015, the United States hosted more of the world’s 4.1 million international students than any other country (Institute for International Education, 2015). With the number of foreign students that come to study in the U.S, 14.5% of international students are African students with the majority of the population coming from Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. The U.S. is often described as...

Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in Nigeria and represents a significant public health challenge especially among inhabitants of rural areas. Against this background, this study aimed at determining the prevalence and associated risk factors of urinary schistosomiasis among children in a rural community in Nigeria. A total of 214 primary school pupils consisting of 98 females and 116 males were recruited for this study. Participant`s age ranged from 5 years to 15 years. Urine samples were...

<b>Background:</b> Seminal fluid analysis (SFA) is the most important investigation of infertile males. It is however limited in revealing the aetiologies of the various spermatozoa abnormalities observed on microscopy. Increasing prevalence of male infertility and the challenges of diagnosis require biochemical investigations, such as assay of seminal malondialdehyde (MDA), a marker of sperm peroxidation and to support SFA in investigation of infertile males. <b>Aims:</b> The aim of this...

Eleyele Lake is a multipurpose lake in the metropolitan city of Ibadan. It receives wastes from the surrounding communities. The objective of the study was to determine the levels of metals in water from Eleyele Lake and compare them against standard drinking water quality guidelines. Water samples were collected for three months at two sites and analyzed for metals using standard methods. Samples were taken with proper measures such as preservation, storage, and labeling. Collected data...

Background: Tracheostomy is an important life-saving surgical procedure used in managing airway emergencies. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate indications, complications, and outcome of tracheostomy at a Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe in North Eastern Nigeria. Methodology: A 5-year retrospective review of 45 patients who presented to ear, nose, and throat facility of Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe and had tracheostomy done between November 2011 and October 2016 was carried...

Background: Food handlers play important roles in transmission of Salmonella infections in unregulated school food programs, most especially in settings where surveillance of foodborne disease is not routine. This study assessed the determinants and prevalence of Salmonella infections among food handlers and its implications for public school health in Southwestern Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study among 526 food handlers was carried out using...

This study was carried out to investigate students’ internet activities and its benefits on their learning outcomes in a secondary school in Ilorin South, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey; three research questions were raised to guide the study. There were 256 students for the study sample and the instrument utilized was researchers’ designed questionnaire with 20 items. The statistical tools used for data analysis included frequency count, simple percentage...

All Over the world, education has been seen as an indispensable whole instrument which transforms an individual's values, beliefs and behaviours.Consequently, it is regarded as an agent for change and a catalyst for modernization in any country of world.Education helps every society to preserve its cultural setting and acquire knowledge and skill so that adaptation to the prevalent environmental condition can be attained.Therefore, education is the process of developing the cognitive,...

in-service training of healthcare workers is essential for improving healthcare services and outcome.The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 Partnership for African Clinical Training (M-PACT) program was an innovative in-service training approach designed and implemented by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and West African College of Physicians (WACP) with funding from Eco Bank Foundation. The goal was to develop sustainable capacity to tackle MDG 6 targets in West Africa through better...

African-American college students are less likely to meet recommended physical activity guidelines to promote health, and are at risk of overweight, obesity, and elevated blood pressure. Text messaging is an emerging international technology shown to engage college students, promote physical activity, and reduce health risks.To determine the feasibility of using text messaging to promote physical activity among African-American college students enrolled in a unique course focusing on...

Background: Menarche signals reproductive maturity and the earlier the menarche, the earlier the initiation of sexual activity with the implication of increase in teenage sexuality and its complications. Aim: To determine the age at menarche among girls in Benin City and to establish its biosocial determinants. Method: This was a cross – sectional descriptive study of secondary school girls in Benin City. Data was collected with the aid ofself-administered questionnaires. Biophysical...

Language has a noteworthy role in the cognitive development and social ability of an individual.However, a delay in language could affect an individual ability to think critically.This could be breached through impactful method of instruction from elementary school.Thus, this study examined the differential effectiveness of Montessori didactic and Direct Instructional methods on reasoning ability of children with hearing impairment in Lagos State.The sample size was 29 pupils comprising 15...

Introduction: in view of training needs to drive more effective one-health action against rabies in West Africa, it is critical to review rabies surveillance programmes in higher education and improve their one-health action goals. In this paper, two lead questions were posed, namely: How can trained lay persons be better utilized to facilitate rabies surveillance program at the community level? And how can inclusive learning in one-health mode be applied to post-graduate programmes for surveillance of rabies in West Africa?