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School buildings have an enormous impact on students' health, well-being and educational achievement; they also have an impact on energy consumption and other natural resources. Solar chimneys, solar walls, underground ducts for ventilation, shading, and building orientation were used to improve the indoor thermal environment in a pilot project school. A quantitative analysis was carried out based on field measurements by recording some thermal comfort parameters (mainly air temperature and...

Metal pollution in the marine coastal line environment is an important topical issue in the context of ecological disturbance.The concentration of nine trace elements: Cu, Co, Ni, Cr, Mn, Zn, Cd, Pb, and Fe was determined in water, sediments and the green alga Ulva lactuca (L.), which collected from several sites at three main area (Suez Gulf, Aqaba Gulf and Suez Canal).The abundance of metal concentrations in algae samples was in the following order: Fe> Zn> Mn> Pb> Cu> Ni> Co> Cr> Cd, Fe>...

Objectives To determine the prevalence of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) by ultrasound scanning, as well as associated clinical features and known risk factors, among medical and obstetrics–gynaecology inpatients in two Rwandan tertiary hospitals. Design Cross-sectional study. Settings Rwanda teaching hospitals: Kigali and Butare University Teaching Hospitals. Participants 901 adult patients admitted to the Departments of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics–Gynecology (O&G) who were at...

Increasing subspecialty surgical capacity in Rwanda requires innovative approaches to augment the skills of pre-existing surgical providers. Short-term, high-intensity training programs can be effective for surgical education, however, few studies have investigated the quality of skills acquired through a condensed surgical experience. This study aims to determine the efficacy of a 3-week surgical training rotation (STR) to teach plastic surgery skills to general surgery residents in Rwanda....

Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Award of the Degree of Master of Education (Special Needs Education) to the School of Education, Kenyatta University, November, 2019

The present research study was designed to assess off-hostel and on hostel factors affecting female students' academic achievement at Emdebir, Butajira and Buee Preparatory Schools in SNNPR, Ethiopia.The variables under consideration were the academic achievement female students as a dependent variable and social related factors (i.e.culture, economic status, etc.) perception of parents, school hostel, and accommodation trend were independent variables.Quantitative and qualitative data...

This paper is based on the research study that focused on Botswana's compliance with international Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies, regional policies and its own policies on DRR education. It specifically sought to explore and understand the missing link in between Botswana's policy direction and international policies on the inclusion of Disaster Risk Reduction in the school curriculum. Located within the interpretivist philosophy and based on a case study research design, a mixed...

A Thesis Submitted to the School of Economics in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Economics of Kenyatta University,November, 2019

The study explored the experiences and challenges of adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) presenting at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka.A qualitative descriptive study was conducted. The research relied on purposive sampling to select 28 participants for in-depth interviews. Participants were interviewed during clinical visits at UTH.Views from participants showed that some adults living with T2DM experienced physical and mental illnesses. Participants' views...

Guinea pigs have been used in diverse studies to better understand acquired hearing loss induced by noise and ototoxic drugs. The guinea pig has its best hearing at slightly higher frequencies relative to humans, but its hearing is more similar to humans than the rat or mouse. Like other rodents, it is more vulnerable to noise injury than the human or nonhuman primate models. There is a wealth of information on auditory function and vulnerability of the inner ear to diverse insults in the...

Quantifying the impact of vegetation cover change (VCC) on climatic variables is a gap that the fields of conservation and rehabilitation must address. This study aims to assess VCC and its impacts on rainfall and land surface temperature (LST) in a highly deforested and populated area of Ethiopia. We used (i) Landsat images to analyze VCC using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and threshold method and (ii) Climate Hazard Group InfraRed Precipitation (CHIRPS) and Moderate...

Given China's fast-growing economy, more people have been motivated to learn Mandarin; however, many encounter challenges in learning the complex characters and consequently abandon it. In view of South Africa's decision to introduce Mandarin as a second additional language in schools (by choice) and China having to cater for non-native Chinese learners in certain schools, the University of South Africa and the Zhejiang International Studies University agreed to embark on a collaborative...

Kenya lags behind other countries in adoption of mobile health (m-health) applications. Understanding factors affecting adoption of m-health by hospitals is required to inform strategic scale up and leverage m-health for sustainable development goals. This study investigated the moderating effects of Top Executives' (TEs) traits, namely sex, level of education and knowledge of m-health, on adoption of Patient Centered (PC) and Facility-Centered (FC) m-health applications.This study applied...

Drought poses a threat to socio-economic activities across most East African river basins. While there are indications that global warming may continue to enhance evaporation from basins and intensify droughts, most drought projections over East Africa are based on rainfall alone. The present study combines rainfall and Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) to examine the impacts of global warming on droughts in East Africa, with a focus on four major river basins. We characterised the drought...

Abstract Nigeria’s emerging economy is driven by young people who have discovered opportunities in new technologies that has given rise to entrepreneurial skills and enterprises. Architecture as a discipline and profession is technology driven and there is an urgent need to bridge the gap between architectural education and practice to make our young architects more relevant with this current trend. There is a strong observation that the existing curriculum structure for teaching and...

Abstract Objectives. To inform a preventive approach to mild depression among older Ghanaians and South Africans, this study will investigate the association and possible variabilities between mild depression, functional disability, accessing health care, sociodemographic, and socioeconomic factors across genders in both countries. Methods. Cross-sectional wave 1 (2007-2010) data from WHO’s Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) are used, and a sample of 3871 for Ghana and 3076 for...