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Background Much discussion and debate has surrounded the role that low-income minority parents can play in their children's education. Research focusing on parents’ roles has stressed parents’ sense of self-efficacy, cultural background, socio-economic factors, and the context of school to explain not only what motivates parents to become involved in their children's education, but also how, why, and in whose interests. However, few researchers have examined parents’ roles in the context of...

Urinary schistosomiasis is a serious disease in Cross River State, Nigeria. Dearth of information on its distribution has hampered the implementation of focused control of the disease. The availability of a rapid method for mapping the disease necessitated this research to provide data for control of Urinary schistosomiasis in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study used a rapid validated school-based questionnaire method in mapping schistosomiasis. Geographical information system (GIS)...

ObjectiveTo estimate the burden of HIV neurocognitive impairment (NCI) among adult patients on and off antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsEstimates were derived from a random effects meta-analysis of prospective studies reporting HIV status, utilization of ART, and the presence of NCI determined using the International HIV Dementia Scale.ResultsSixteen studies with quality data from seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa up to June 2012 were included. Among HIV...

The late Kenyan philosopher, Henry Odera Oruka, identified six schools of thought on what African philosophy is or could be, namely, ethno-philosophy, philosophic sagacity, nationalistic-ideological philosophy, professional philosophy, hermeneutic philosophy, and artistic or literary philosophy. The first four are the generally well known and well explained schools of African philosophy. In this article, we seek to reflect on the implications of the four trends on education in Africa. This...

This research assesses different strategies for reducing methane emission from rice cultivation that might reduce climate change. The methane emission is calculated during the period from 1990 to 2010, based on the Egyptian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory of year 1990. Management of the produced rice straw is also covered to combat methane emission from burning rice residues in the field. The proposed mitigation strategies for methane emission from rice cultivation are water management,...

Cysts morphologically resembling Balantidium coli were identified in the feces of a mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Confirmatory PCR and sequencing revealed two distinct B. coli-specific sequences (ITS-1, sub-types A0 and B1). This represents the first report of B. coli in this species, raising the possibility of infection from a reservoir host.

Hypothesis Using an appropriate dose of an aminoglycoside antibiotic cotreated with a loop diuretic a guinea pig model of high-frequency loss can be obtained mimicking cochlear implant candidates with low-frequency residual hearing. We examined the stability of this model over time. Background A well-established method to create an animal model for profound deafness is cotreatment with an aminoglycoside antibiotic and a loop diuretic. Recent data indicated that reduction of the...

Aims: Analyse the curse profile of a 600 Tunisian patients with MS followed prospectively between 2000 and 2010.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POC US) is a safe, inexpensive and effective form of diagnostic technology in developing countries. There has been increasing interest in introducing ultrasound training programs in resource-limited settings worldwide. To date, few programs have completed an intensive follow-up program and assessment of a novel POC US program in a resource-limited setting. We sought to determine the relative frequency of ultrasound applications being used, the impact of a novel...

La variabilite et le changement climatique ont un impact sur l’agriculture dans la region tropicale semi-aride de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (WASAT). A l’heure actuelle les agriculteurs de cette region sont les plus concernes par la variabilite du climat qui a des consequences importantes a l’extremite nord, plus seche, de cette zone. La variabilite relative, le nombre de secheresses, la disparition des especes et le changement des varietes sont courants. Cet article presente les experiences et...

In order to correct for the initial gender blindness of the Paris Declaration and related aid modalities as general and sector budget support, it has been proposed to integrate a gender dimension into budget support entry points. This paper studies the ef

This study examined equity in admission to Teacher Education program for peace and sustainable development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Adopting the survey method, the study sampled major stakeholders in Nigeria education sector. In addition, existing national admission records into teacher education programs were statistically analysed. Results show some disparity in access to teacher education program, which was not necessarily due to faulty admission policy. It was accordingly...

This cross-cultural study compared explanations of sleep paralysis (SP) in two countries and two groups with different levels of education in one country. Comparisons were made between individuals having experienced SP at least once in a lifetime from Cairo, Egypt ( n = 89), Copenhagen, Denmark ( n = 59), and the American University in Cairo, Egypt ( n = 44). As hypothesized, participants from the general Egyptian population were more likely to endorse supernatural causal explanation of...

In 1994, Ethiopian constitutions underwent an amendment in which each regional state was given a right to choose, use, and diffuse its language from both cultural and educational perspectives.This amendment marked the welcoming sign of multilingual education in Ethiopia, but the current pattern of multilingual education has caused more harm than good to the end users (students) in terms of learning and mastering English language to an optimal level.The paper hypothesizes that multilingual...

This research describes the predicted outcomes of a Kenyan Cloud School (KCS), which is a MOOC that contains all courses taught at the secondary school level in Kenya. This MOOC will consist of online, ongoing subjects in both English and Kiswahili. The KCS subjects offer self-testing and peer assessment to maximize scalability, and digital badges to show progress and completion to recognize and validate non-formal learning. The KCS uses the Moodle LMS with responsive web design to increase...

Research Article| October 01 2013 An Advocate for a Lost Cause: Prudence Crandall, African American Education and School Reform ANDREA JOHNSON ANDREA JOHNSON Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Connecticut History Review (2013) 52 (2): 202–225. https://doi.org/10.2307/44370194 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ANDREA JOHNSON; An Advocate for a Lost Cause: Prudence Crandall, African American Education and...

This study considered the limiting response of Nigeria cassava expansion initiative to climate changes, economic growth and some policy instruments. The presidential initiative to make cassava a foreign exchange earner as well as ensuring that national demand are satisfied has made cassava a significant economic crop and resource input of industrial and international status. Currently, its derivatives such as animal feed, starch, ethanol, cassava chip, cassava flour, cassava liquor etc are...