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Whilst there has been a lot of research on learners with physical, hearing and visual disabilities in Kenya, not much research has focused on learners with intellectual disabilities.The research from which this paper is drawn ventured into a relatively less researched area, namely, parental involvement in the education of learners with intellectual disabilities in Kenya.This paper presents partial findings of an in-depth phenomenological investigation into the state of parental involvement...

The 2015 El Niño-triggered drought in Southern Africa caused widespread economic and livelihood disruption in South Africa, imposing multiple physical and health challenges for rural populations including people living with HIV (PLHIV). We examined the economic, social and demographic impacts of drought drawing on 27 in-depth interviews in two cohorts of PLHIV in Hlabisa, uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal. Thematic analysis revealed how drought-enforced soil water depletion, dried-up...

acute urinary retention represents a significant and painful event in the natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This study was to determine the value of intravesical prostatic protrusion in predicting the outcome of trial without catheter in patients presenting with acute urinary retention from benign prostatic hyperplasia.this was a prospective observational study carried out over a one-year period among 78 patients with acute urinary retention from benign prostatic hyperplasia...

This paper explored the benefits of web-based information literacy programs for Open and Distance Education at tertiary institutions in Ghana.The purpose was to showcase the importance of developing a web-based information literacy program (WBILIP) for teaching and learning among distance education students and promoting Open and Distance Education at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS).This required a holistic perspective for in-depth findings, hence a qualitative method was...

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting the job satisfaction of teachers in secondary schools in Rwanda. The selected demographic factor, monetary incentives, and non-monetary incentives as independent variables were studied to if they influence the job satisfaction of secondary school teachers as the dependent variables. Statistical findings revealed a significant correlation at the level of 0.01of the relationship between the demographic factors and job...

although onchocerciasis is rarely a life-threatening disease, it causes chronic morbidity which ultimately leads to disability due to late detection and treatment of the infected people. Disability in Onchocerciasis results in activity limitation and social exclusion of the affected individuals through stigma. This study aimed at assessing the level of disability and its determinants among persons with onchocerciasis.multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit 340 respondents from the...

There is a global rise in shisha smoking amongst the youths. Information on the prevalence and knowledge of the constituents and the harmful effects of shisha smoking is important for the development of prevention strategies and policies.This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the knowledge and sociodemographic predictors of shisha smoking among the university students.A structured 12-item questionnaire was administered to the university students at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers...

This study compared the perceptions of orthodontists, orthodontic trainees, and young university undergraduate students in Nigeria regarding facial profile attractiveness and the need for orthodontic treatment.We used a photo-editing software to alter the lips on Ricketts' esthetic line (E-line) in a lateral silhouette to produce five silhouette profiles with 2 mm incremental changes in the upper and lower lips from the 'normal' position on the E-line (-4 mm/-2 mm to + 4 mm/+6 mm). Two...

E-learning was a major study area during COVID-19 pandemic. Practically, public and private higher education institutions worldwide have switched from traditional face-to-face teaching to online learning solutions in order to deal with the spread of the coronavirus. Hence, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-learning solution during COVID‐19 crisis. The research data were gathered using a self-administered online survey from Moroccan public university...

Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development plans requires sustained improvement of the political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legal aspects. International organizations have developed processes to support developing countries in mainstreaming climate risks into water development plans. However, the implementation of this process remains a significant challenge, while many adaptation projects are generally managed outside the existing processes of planning...

Learning analytic dashboards help instructors track, and supervise students in online or hybrid education in order to meet the needs of teachers and better understand their preferences and their expectations of the dashboards, an online questionnaire was conducted for Moroccan teachers in higher education to determine their needs and their uses of a dashboard in a scenario of blended learning, to learn more about the indicators they deem most relevant to their teaching activities.

Research in university pedagogy is constantly changing. The teaching–learning process in universities around the world is evolving in response to societal changes and new constraints. Teaching practices are subsequently changing under the influence of several factors: the integration of information and communication technologies, the diversification of teaching methods and approaches, the change in the relationship to knowledge, and the relationship between teacher and learner. De facto, new...

This paper investigates the impact of mass media education programs (MEP) on the adoption of security measures in the context of terrorism in Burkina Faso. Using a questionnaire and guided interviews, we collected information from a sample of 412 individuals living in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The results suggest that caution was the most important security measure learned by the participants through MEP (39,6%), followed by collaboration with the army (30%) and reporting suspected...

In Uganda, sorghum constitutes the second most widely grown cereal according to the latest statistics from the country's statistics body, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics.This notwithstanding, there has been, in the context of Uganda, very little research and published literature on its potential to sequester carbon.There is no sufficient data on the exact levels of carbon sequestered by this sorghum/legume intercropping system, which is widespread as a technology within Uganda's smallholder...

A competency-based curriculum has been adopted in the Kenyan education system. However, learners with disabilities in regular schools would be learning using two separate programs, that is an inclusive education program and a competency-based curriculum program. Implementing the two programs simultaneously to this category of learners could be challenging. Therefore, this study focused on the material resources adaptation influencing competency-based curriculum implementation for Early Years...