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The aim of this study is to investigate students’ attitudes toward disabled people in Palestine as compared to the attitudes of their peers in Norway. The instrument used is the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale toward Persons with Disability (MAS); a self-report multidimensional inventory consisting of 34 items, that measures affects, cognition, and behavior toward the physically disabled people. A total of 100 students from Palestine participated in this study, in addition to a comparison...

الملخص:      يعد الموقع الأثري في بني حسن ذات قابلية للتغيرات المناخية الموسمية، بالإضافة إلى تعرضه لبعض الأخطار الناجمة عن التفاعلات ما بين المناخ والبيئة. ويشير البحث إلى أن کلا من کمية ونوعية البيانات عن الحالة الراهنة مهمة للغاية لوضع استراتيجية للحفاظ على المواضع الأثرية في بني حسن. هذا وترتکز أهداف البحث على محورين الأول: إظهار أهمية وجود منظور طويل الأجل على ديناميکية التفاعل بين المناخ والبيئة، والثاني: إظهار أهمية التأثيرات المناخية من خلال دراسة حالة لتحديد العمليات وعناصر التغير...

Diabetes patients must be equipped with the necessary knowledge to confidently undertake appropriate self-care activities. We prepared a diabetes self-management education (DSME) intervention and assessed how it affected patients' self-reported levels of diabetes knowledge, self-care behaviors, and self-efficacy.A before-and-after, two-group intervention study was conducted at Jimma University Medical Centre among adult patients with type 2 diabetes. At baseline, we randomly assigned 116...

Abstract Background Previous studies have associated certain risk factors with hazardous drinking in students. However, big cultural and geographical differences exist regarding alcohol use. In this study, we compare the alcohol use and hazardous drinking in Belgian (BE) and South African (SA) university students. Methods An online survey assessing alcohol use among university students in South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Belgium (University of Antwerp) was conducted, using the...

Agriculture must raise productivity while addressing climate change in order to ensure the food security of a growing population. Adding fossil fuel energy to the agricultural system can increase productivity through the use of manufactured fertilizer but creates greenhouse gas emissions. This study quantifies an alternative in which energy is added to the agricultural system through a substitution of solar energy for fossil fuel energy by the tree species Faidherbia albida. This...

American EthnologistVolume 46, Issue 4 p. 540-541 Book Review Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty. Hannah Hoechner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 286 pp. JOSEPH HILL, JOSEPH HILL University of AlbertaSearch for more papers by this author JOSEPH HILL, JOSEPH HILL University of AlbertaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 21 November 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12855Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF...

Research has suggested mixed results regarding the relations between dimensions of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and academic outcomes. Furthermore, little scholarship has explored the mechanisms that underlie these relations. In the current study, we investigated the longitudinal relations of 2 dimensions of ERI (embedded achievement, and ethnic affirmation and belonging) with achievement approach goal orientations, and we tested whether these relations were mediated by valuing of school...

The SPM+ was administered on a sample of 5189 school children from Sudan in 2016. Data about age, sex, locality, school type and stage, parental education and profession, family size and birth order were collected. Results for intelligence are congruent with the literature, giving the sample a mean IQ of ≈80 on British norms. Sex-differences are largely negligible. Differences in intelligence were found between three locations and are consistent with differences in parental education and...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem affecting more than 1 in every 10 of the adult population.1Mills K.T. Xu Y. Zhang W. et al.A systematic analysis of worldwide population-based data on the global burden of chronic kidney disease in 2010.Kidney Int. 2015; 88: 950-957Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (475) Google Scholar The leading causes of CKD are diabetes mellitus and hypertension. End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) requires kidney replacement therapy (KRT)...

A dissertation submitted to the college of education, open, distance and learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of arts in history of Kampala International University

A Research Thesis Submitted to the Department of Special Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of a Degree of Masters of Education of Kenyatta University, November, 2019

Abstract The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is one of the most important of all conservation indicators, but most developing countries do not have enough information with which to make assessments. The use of species distribution models (SDMs) to predict habitat suitability, both currently and in the future under the effects of climate change, offers a potential solution for estimating extinction risk. With a set of validated observations, we used SDMs to make preliminary evaluations of...

Given high rates of student mental health difficulties globally, the need for universities to have a student mental health policy has been increasingly recognised. In the South African context, such policies must not only balance the mental health needs of students with the realistic constraints of university resources in a time of austerity, but also engage with complexities posed by the Global North foundations of the fields of psychology and psychiatry and the systemic determinants of...

Abstract Aging is a global phenomenon, and the population of elderly persons continues to increase in many communities around the world. Ghana is not an exception. As the demographics are changing, it is vital that health care providers are trained to effectively diagnose, care for, and manage aging-related conditions to improve the quality of life of the elderly. The aim of this study is to explore the underlying reasons for medical students’ interest in geriatrics and their intentions,...

Appears in: ICERI2019 Proceedings Publication year: 2019Page: 11612ISBN: 978-84-09-14755-7ISSN: 2340-1095doi: 10.21125/iceri.2019.2899Conference name: 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and InnovationDates: 11-13 November, 2019Location: Seville, Spain

Appears in: ICERI2019 Proceedings Publication year: 2019Pages: 10053-10057ISBN: 978-84-09-14755-7ISSN: 2340-1095doi: 10.21125/iceri.2019.2464Conference name: 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and InnovationDates: 11-13 November, 2019Location: Seville, Spain

Faced with a critical shortage of physicians in Africa, which hampered the efforts of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) was established in 2010 to increase the number of medical graduates, the quality of their education, and their retention in Africa. To summarize the accomplishments of the initiative, lessons learned, and remaining challenges, the authors conducted a narrative review of MEPI—from the...

Air pollution is one of the largest environmental and public health challenges in the world today. It leads to adverse effects on human health, climate and the ecosystem. Many techniques for monitoring air pollution have been applied over the years. This paper discusses a survey of air pollution monitoring and what has been done to alleviate its effects. Various air polluting methods are discussed based on recent literature. A further discussion is included to expose the ills of air...

This paper examines patterns of school choice in Egypt from primary through higher education. We use a mixed-methods approach, combining survey data with qualitative in-depth interviews to explore schooling decisions. We find that attendance of private education institutions has increased over time but only at the university level. Azhari (Islamic religious) school attendance at the pre-university level has increased over time. Multivariate models show that girls are more likely than boys to...