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This paper sought to examine the effects of training on corporate financial performance of commercial banks. The paper was informed by the Resource-Based Theory, Human Capital Theory and Agency theory. Explanatory research design was adopted. The target population was 869 Employees from 42 commercial banks operating in Kenya according to the CBK supervisory report in 2014. 267employees were selected using Simple random sampling method. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data....
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The purpose of this study was to investigate selected goal-setting as a predictor of mathematics performance among students in public secondary schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study was guided by the Social Development Theory (1978) by Levi Vygotsky and the Theory of Education Productivity by Walberg (1981). The study employed the Solomon Four pretest-posttest two group design with posttest only control design. The study population included 1665 form 3 students and 41 form 3...
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The increase in industrial activities and vehicular movement along the northern industrial area of Windhoek has vastly increased the amount of traffic noise and other noise pollution in the area.Noise pollution has an adverse health effect to human population, when exposed for a long period.Residence in proximate communities along the north industrial area and those working in the various industries located in the area may be affected, when the noise pollution level exceed the permissible...
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Introduction: Severe preeclampsia and eclampsia are pregnancy-specific diseases associated with increased maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and outcomes of pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA). Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients managed for severe preeclampsia/eclampsia from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2017. Registers were...
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The importance of education to mankind cannot be over emphasised, most especially in the critical moment of technological breakthrough.The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed.The roles of students have a corresponding change from passive participants to positive participation.Flipped classroom is an instructional strategy which provides a new methodology and modality for teaching and learning, which one-to-one...
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Abstract The significance of career choice in human life cannot be overstated. Many law students upon graduation do not proceed to mainstream legal practice. They pursue careers in public administration, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), as corporate secretaries, and so on. The aim of this study is to confirm the readiness of law students to proceed to legal practice upon graduation and to assess their level of career awareness in relation to law-related careers. The study also...
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This book analyzes the educational rights and challenges that impede access to education and development in Africa. The author introduces a comparative analysis of the right to basic education through case studies in Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda.
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The article explored the linkages between patriarchy and the high rate of women’s vulnerability to climate change. It examined how traditional beliefs, which underpin cultural division of roles between men and women, also increase the vulnerability of women to the adverse impacts of climate change. The article argued that the centralization of activities of women to occupations such as small-scale and rain-fed agriculture makes them more vulnerable to climate-related problems than the men....
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Introduction: Lack of adequate knowledge has been a major reason for fear and unwillingness by many laypersons across the globe to provide bystander CPR while the training technique could be an important factor in knowledge acquisition. This study aimed at assessing the pre-training and post-training theoretical CPR knowledge of two cohorts of Nigerian University students. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study design was used involving two cohorts of 70 participants each. During...
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The changing climate is adversely affecting the productivity and livelihoods of Nigerian smallholder rural farmers. Several studies predict worsening outcomes for future climate events, for example heat waves, drought and intense precipitation. Farmers are required to adopt several measures to thrive, given the observed or expected climate change events. Existing studies about the interaction between climate change the agriculture sector has focused evaluating the bi-directional causal...
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The study analyzed reality television programmes and ascertained Nigerian students’ perception of the programmes. Data were also generated with a 22-item self-developed questionnaire with a reliability of 0.81 established using Cronbach’s coefficient alpha. The instrument was administered on 388 respondents drawn from six different Universities across the six states in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria using a simple random sampling technique. The results show that reality...