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(2021). The cost and benefit analysis of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder crop producers in the case of Sekela district, West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia. Cogent Economics & Finance: Vol. 9, No. 1, 1999590.

Formaldehyde is the most frequently used chemical for the preservation of a cadaver. However, its toxicity in the dissection hall is frequently ignored.To assess the acute adverse effects of formaldehyde treated cadaver on preclinical new innovative medical students and anatomy staff members in the dissection hall at Wollo University, Ethiopia.This institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out from January 20 to February 25, 2020. A total of 88 study participants were surveyed at...

Introduction: intestinal parasitic infections are global public health problems. It causes clinical morbidity and mortality largely in developing countries. About 25% of the world´s population are chronically infected with intestinal parasites and 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths annually. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated factors among Dawudo elementary school children.

Background Research about learning in youth activism has generated important findings about how young people learn to critique inequality and exercise collective agency. This emerging line of research, however, has been limited by its geographic focus in North America, a tendency to assume single bounded groups as sites of learning, and limited engagement with theories of power and social change.Methods We draw on data from a three-year ethnography of a South African youth-led organizing...

This quantitative study analysed gender, age and faculty differences in the learning practices and other pertinent factors as perceived by the undergraduate students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL).The quota sampling method was used to select 312 students (n = 312) from the seven faculties.Adopting the constructivism theory of learning, a validated and reliable questionnaire was constructed for data collection through a survey.The questionnaire had thirty seven items on the four...

This book on self-directed learning (SDL) is devoted to original academic scholarship within the field of education, and is the 6th volume in the North-West University (NWU) SDL book series. In this book the authors explore how self-directed learning can be considered an imperative for education in a complex modern society. Although each chapter represents independent research in the field of self-directed learning, the chapters form a coherent contribution concerning the scholarship of...

The higher education landscape has arguably become one of the most arduous to traverse. More so in the African context, where a host of variables continiously challenge educators to reflect critically on their philosophies and practices as they engage an ever-changing audience. In this book, a critical engagement with theological education in Africa is offered. As the book originates from South Africa, it is presented as a South African perspective, although contributors are situated accross...

the rising rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections has caused perceptible strain on the global health system. Indeed, this disease is also a litmus test for the resilience of the structures in the African health system including surgery. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical practice, training and research in Nigeria.it was a cross-sectional study conducted over three weeks in Nigeria among doctors in 12 surgery-related specialties. Consenting...

Reviewed by: Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education by Raja Adal Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (bio) Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education. By Raja Adal. Columbia University Press, New York, 2019. xviii, 268 pages. $65.00, cloth; $64.99, E-book. Raja Adal's Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education is a historically grounded critique of aesthetic education...

This book deliberates on developments related to Knowledge Pathing: Multi-, Inter- and Trans-Disciplining in Social Sciences. The book explores the value of this vexed concept in advancing the course for multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, theories and epistemologies of knowledge pathing. The discourse on knowledge pathing remains critical in advancing debates and dialogues in the humanities and social sciences spaces of research and studies. This book makes a...

Food security is a common discourse across the globe. Drought affected Gamo rural lowland households are predisposed to food shortfalls. The study, therefore, mainly aimed to investigate the rural households' drought vulnerability perceptions and food security status in the Gamo lowlands. Primary data were obtained from 285 survey respondents, key informants, focus group discussants, agricultural professionals, and field observations. Secondary data were drawn from the published and...

Climate changes reflect an increase in temperature and a decrease in annual rainfall, with high variability between regions, which will generate hotter, drier environments. Under these conditions, it is projected that forest ecosystems will be severely affected, and recent studies have accumulated evidence for drought-induced tree mortality, especially in North Africa (Tunisia). Consequently, many studies have attempted to explain mechanisms of survival and mortality in forest species....

Background: Achieving and maintaining glycemic targets are a challenge for health practitioners around the world.We aimed to study the factors associated with prolonged poor diabetes control in the cohort of T2DM patients monitored and treated in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yalgado OUEDRAOGO Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou in order to optimize therapeutic education in these patients.Methodology: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study combining...

The right to education is a fundamental human right itself, and an important tool for the realization of other rights. It enhances the realization of all human rights and freedoms when guaranteed while jeopardizing them all when violated or abused. Education therefore builds the human capacity to claim all other human rights. Although the right to education is not solely enjoyed by children, it is mainly enjoyed by them and it is important, and to children in numerous instances such as their...

In teaching learning process, there are a number of assessment approaches employed to help learners achieve and improve desired objectives (Gibbs etal. 2004). Use of feed forward approach in education makes unflinching assertions of efficiency, interactivity and ability to enhance student’s achievement in physics at secondary school. This is simply because, while feedback focuses on a student’s current achievement (grade in a test, exam), feed forward goes ahead to the subsequent assignments...