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West Africa is known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to high climate variability, high reliance on rain-fed agriculture and limited economic and institutional capacity to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, better knowledge of how climate will change in West Africa and how such changes will impact crop productivity is crucial to inform policies that may counteract the adverse effects. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of climate...

West Africa is known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to high climate variability, high reliance on rain-fed agriculture and limited economic and institutional capacity to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, better knowledge of how climate will change in West Africa and how such changes will impact crop productivity is crucial to inform policies that may counteract the adverse effects. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of climate...

West Africa is known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to high climate variability, high reliance on rain-fed agriculture and limited economic and institutional capacity to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, better knowledge of how climate will change in West Africa and how such changes will impact crop productivity is crucial to inform policies that may counteract the adverse effects. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of climate...

Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a promising practice for communities to engage in self-determination through the efforts residents invest in identifying community assets, framing and documenting the issues communities face, and taking action to advance quality of life. The ABCD literature does not report on the application of ABCD methods specifically involving children as leaders of community development efforts. This article begins to rectify this limitation by presenting and...

The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among the parenting styles, academic self concept, academic motivation and students' academic achievement.The sample for this research consisted of 136 from stratified random sampling of which 82 males and 54 females from a population of 970 students consisting grade 9 th and 10 th .Data analysis was done descriptively by using the means and standard deviations.Besides tha Pearson-r, Multiple Regression and independent t the...

Bu calismada Turkceyi yabanci dil olarak ogrenen ogrencilerin ogrenmede gucluk cektikleri konulardan biri olan Fiil-Tamlayici iliskisi (Valenz) uzerinde durulmustur. Calismanin amaci, durum ekli tamlayicilarin fiillerle munasebetinde ad durum eklerinin kullanimina yonelik ne gibi yanlislar yapildiginin tespit edilerek bu dogrultuda yanlislari onlemeye ve duzeltmeye yonelik olarak calismalar yapmak, kalici ogrenmeyi saglamak icin yapilmasi gerekenlerle ilgili onerilerde bulunmaktir. Calisma...

The study investigated the Effect of Brainstorming Learning Strategy on Junior Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Social Studies in Yola Educational Zone, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design, non-randomized pre-test, post-test control group comprising two groups made up of one experimental group and a control group. Four schools and two hundred and three (203) JS II Social Studies...

This study was carried out to determine the influence of professional development in Monitoring and result utilization in Meru Region; Kenya. Pragmatic approach was used to lay foundation for a mixed mode approach in methodology thus allowing for both descriptive and inferential analysis of data. The study targeted employees working in project organizations in the region and had an experience of over two years. The sample size was 218. In general, the study noted high level of M&E...

<p class="TPArtTexte"><em>Nowadays, the use of technologies has swept through every domain in human endeavor and particularly in the field of education. This phenomenon has been influencing everyday classroom practices over the world. Unfortunately, this has not been a reality yet in Benin classes. Therefore, this research work explored and shed light on the opportunities related to the use of the computer in Teaching English as a Foreign Language on the one hand. On the second...

<p class="apa">This paper examines Nigeria's democratization dilemmas and the imperatives of an educational framework against the backdrop of the Boko Haram insurgency. It identifies and connects the pattern, character and dynamics of the existing educational system. It also discusses the system’s failure in calling for a new approach to overcome the prevailing dearth of civic order and the increasing spread of dissent groups. This new method is about acculturating Nigerian youth into...

Previous cross-cultural studies find that cultures can shape how we look during scene perception, but don’t mention its condition and limited to the East and West. This study recruited Chinese and African students to testify the cultural effects on two phases. In free-viewing phase: Africans fixated more on the focal objects than Chinese, while Chinese payed more attention to the backgrounds than Africans especially on the first fourth and fifth fixations. In recognition phase, there was no...

Dermatophytes are worldwide in distribution and dermatophytosis is a common problem in developing countries. It can occur in both sexes and all ages but the diseases are more common in school children. This study attempted to determine the prevalence and etiological agents of dermatophyte infections of hair, skin, and nail among primary school children in Harari Regional State from April to June 2015. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 428 primary school children. Skin scrapings, hair...

The largest student revolt since Soweto 1976, the student movements of 2015, were historic, challenging the lack of serious reform in the university systems and bringing to the fore the question of decolonization. Named ‘the Fanonian moment,’ it was the latest expression of the disillusion of rainbow politics. Marked by the Marikana massacre and the death of Nelson Mandela, Fanon’s name is almost as popular as Steve Biko’s and his name is often referenced in newspaper articles. While Fanon’s...

The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a milestone in the recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, including the right to health and rehabilitation. South Africa has signed and ratified the CRPD but still has a long way to go in reforming policies and systems in order to be in compliance with the convention. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the literature by exploring what the barriers to the implementation of the health...

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The ongoing violence, accidents, and increased number of school leavers because of the current situation in Syria have increased the number of cases with traumatic dental injuries (TDI) with no or limited data estimating the exact prevalence of the problem. Delivering immediate and appropriate care might be a challenge for clinicians, and providing the best possible prognosis for the traumatized patient, might be far from optimal, if clinicians are not well prepared to provide the best...

This study examined the effects of brainstorming strategy on students’ prior knowledge and academic performance in chemistry. A sample of 148 participants (made up of 71 female and 77 male students) in their intact classes were drawn from four selected coeducational secondary schools in two states in south-south Nigeria. The schools were assigned into two instructional groups- the experimental (brainstorming strategy) group with 73 and control (lecture method) group with 75 students. Data...

Projected changes in precipitation for the 21st century using Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 Wm−2 are analysed over a limited domain of West Africa. These analyses are done to help address the challenges of climate change impact assessment over this highly vulnerable region. Thirty general circulation model historical precipitation simulations are evaluated using mean absolute error with optimum value of two standard deviations in CRU data. Relatively skillful...

The rapid development of third-generation (3G) mobile technologies has led to the emergence of a new kind of learning called mobile learning (m-learning). M-learning means the use of mobile devices to access learning materials at anytime and anywhere with the aid of mobile terminals and networks. This paper explores the possibility of applying m-learning for schools in Egypt through a proposed model of acceptance factors that may affect the students’ intentions to adopt m-learning. We use...