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S ummary . Twenty Nigerian Ibo children aged about 11 and 12 years, matched with a control group of the same age and number, were trained in classification, using a type of colour‐form‐size sorting test, and were tested on a transfer task of animal‐sorting. On being retested after training the experimental group showed significant improvement. No positive transfer was observed, however, on Kohs Blocks, which were administered as supplementary transfer task. The results indicate the need for...

Many investigators have reported that in guinea pigs the development of delayed hypersensitivity to a simple chemical allergen requires at least 5 days between initial exposure (sensitization) and the acquisition of a specific altered skin reactivity to the chemical; serum antibody to allergen is found some days later. We have studied the appearance in serum of antibody induced by allergen in guinea pigs sensitized to a simple chemical viz., 3-iodo-4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenylacetic acid (NIP)....

TRAINING MALAWI'S YOUTH: THE WORK OF THE MALAWI YOUNG PIONEERS Get access Community Development Journal, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 1970, Pages 130–138, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/5.3.130 Published: 01 July 1970

Background Locally advanced rectal cancer can be downstaged by neoadjuvant therapy and the resultant tumour response can be quantified histologically. This study aimed to assess clinical response of neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancers treated in Wad Medani Teaching Hospital (WMTH) & National Cancer Patients and Methods A total of 36 consecutive patients with locally advanced rectal cancer that were managed in WMTH and NCI during the period from...

BACKGROUND: Abdominal injury is among the major causes of trauma admissions. The aim was to determine etiology, commonly injured organs, indication and outcome of patients with abdominal injuries requiring laparotomy.METHODS: A retrospective study of all adult patients who underwent laparotomy for abdominal injury at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College was conducted from January 2014 to December 2016. The factors associated with outcome were identified with bivariate and...

This study describes the in-service training experience of perioperative nurses from the SickKids-Ethiopia Paediatrics Perioperative Nursing Training Program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study emphasizes specifically how nurses applied the knowledge and skills gained from the Paediatrics Perioperative Nursing Training program in their subsequent practice and consider the situational factors that facilitated or hindered implementing these new knowledge and skills.The first author led...

BACKGROUND: Disorders of pregnancy induced hypertensive are a major health problem in the obstetric population as they are one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that at least one woman dies every seven minutes from complications of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The objective of this study is to assess pregnancy induced hypertension and its associated factors among women attending delivery service at...

Background: Co-existence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and electrocardiography (ECG) abnormalities heightens the risk of sudden cardiac death. However, there is a gap in evidence of how ECG changes cluster among continental Africans with or without MetS.Methods: We included 491 participants with interpretable ECG tracings who were consecutively recruited into the Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Registry (CRP). CRP is a registry of newly presenting patients into cardiology clinic of the...

After a year of COVID-19 being distributed in all countries worldwide, several COVID-19 vaccines were invented by different companies. All of these vaccines got emergency approval from WHO because of critical conditions to fight this pandemic, but still, scientists work on clinical experiments to approve the safety of these vaccines and their adverse effects. This research tried to check the safety of vaccines imported from the Libyan Health Ministry. The comparison was among Sinovak,...

Pre-service ‘teaching practice’ is an essential aspect of teacher-training which provides pedagogical knowledge and experience on how to go about the business of teaching. It should be conducted properly so as to prepare pre-service teacher trainees to service their mandate effectively. It is with this understanding that this study assessed the effectiveness with which it is conducted in tertiary institutions in Kwara State. Data was collected using two structured questionnaires and analysed...

The strive for reducing conflict all over the world has necessitated the need to build the culture of peace in the individual. One of the strategies recommended for catching them young for promoting tolerance, solidarity and group understanding among people is cooperative learning. This paper therefore examined the effect of two cooperative learning strategies (Learning Together and Constructive Controversy) on building students’ culture of peace in Ogun State, Nigeria. Although, no...

BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that identification of aberrant palmar creases may give clues for an early and noninvasive method of diagnosis of certain disease conditions. Toward this purpose, awareness of the normal variants of palmar creases must be first recognized. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate the patterns of palmar creases in healthy Ethiopian population among Medical and Dental Students in Addis Ababa.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Right and left palm pictures from 318 (177...

Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life. Discourse analysis is used to understand discussion, conversation, talk, dialogue, debate, consultation and chat in the people perception and language. Therefore, this study aims to explore sexuality and sexual health perspectives among Wachemo University students in Ethiopia.This qualitative study was conducted in Hosanna Town among Wachemo University students. A criterion related sampling (purposive sampling) was used to select...

The study identified the perception of final year agriculture students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) and the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) towards farming as a means of sustainable livelihood. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 173 respondents for the study. Data was collected with the aid of a questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings show that 57.22% of the respondents were between the ages of 22-24...

Background: Intestinal parasitic infection is highly prevalent among children in the tropics. Identifying the most at risk group and subsequent targeted intervention will lead to cost effective and easy to implement control programme. We thus aim to determine the prevalence and pattern of intestinal parasite among pupils from public and private schools.Material and Method: This was a cross-sectional survey. Participants were recruited through multistage stratified random sampling....

This paper discusses the training of the Nigerian pedagogue. It contends that the curriculum used to prepare the Nigerian pedagogue must be enriched with the capacity to produce critical and creative teachers who will, in turn, produce critical and creative Nigerians. This will be beneficial to the education system, for the latter will henceforth be managed by stakeholders who possess the ability to innovate the system. Such a system will automatically be rid of robots and fuddy-duddies. The...