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Prevalence and incidence of foodborne illness in developing countries has risen in recent times as a result of increased demand for Ready-To-Eat (RTE) foods.The current study assessed the microbiological quality of khebab sold at selected areas within the Kumasi metropolis.A total of 36 khebab samples were purchased and analyzed for Total Viable Count (TVC), Total Coliforms Count (TCC) and Thermotolerant Coliforms Count (TTC).The results showed that the mean TVC, TCC and TTC in beef khebab...

This quantitative study analysed the factors that cause poor performance and identified the possible ways to improve the performance of students in agriculture at primary schools in Botswana. Data was collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire through a survey of a randomly sampled 200 students in primary schools in Botswana. A One sample t-test determined the twenty-five causes of the poor performance of students in agriculture; the six most important causes were found to be the...

As the epidemiological transition progresses throughout sub-Saharan Africa, life lived with diseases is an increasingly important part of a population’s burden of disease. The burden of disease of climate-sensitive health outcomes is projected to increase considerably within the next decades. Objectively measured, reliable population health data is still limited and is primarily based on perceived illness from recall. Technological advances like non-invasive, consumer-grade wearable devices...

It is a well-established fact that adequate social security measures are used as a tool to allow persons a measure of financial security and support in the event of certain contingencies. Historically, disability has been one of the "core" contingencies, which is covered by social security schemes. The purpose of social security in providing for this contingency is to compensate for income lost or reduced as a result of disability. The fact that more women in South Africa have disabilities...

The aim of this paper is to unravel some of the controversies which have often shaped the findings drawn from prior studies germane to the area of male-female differences in relation to language learning. Educationalists in Morocco have hardly looked at the sex variable as a potential parameter which may explain some of the differential success of students in schools, and little if not daring to say none is known about it in the Moroccan context where there is still much to be done in terms...

This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between two variables: critical thinking skills and argumentative writing skills in Moroccan Preparatory Classes of Higher Engineering Schools (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles) ( CPGE), Omar Ibn Khattab Meknes . The participants were the 2nd year Maths and Physics (MP) students in CPGE, Omar Ibn Al Khattab Meknes. 60 students participated in the study from a total number of 120 students. The research adopted the correlation...

School violence is singled out by many researchers as an area of salient concern, both nationally and internationally. Moreover, learner-on-educator violence has become a phenomenon of great concern in schools worldwide; and no school is ruled out of this challenge. Various studies in the field of school violence focus on the safety of learners at schools, with inadequate attention paid to violence perpetrated against educators in school environments. Although some local studies on...

This paper aimed to investigate the teachers' implication of Socio-Cognitive Theory to promote EFL students' autonomy. It was significant in the sense that it attempted at investigating the teachers' implication of Socio-Cognitive Theory in promoting their students' autonomy and indicating the usefulness of Socio-Cognitive Theory in assisting teachers to promote their students' autonomy. The descriptive method was the one used in this research in which a teachers' questionnaire was addressed...

Providing people to acquire some skills and concepts, social studies lessons interact with various branches of science. One of them is citizenship education. When citizenship education is examined, it is seen that effective citizenship education comes to the forefront in present democracies. Concepts and issues such as respect for differences, empathy, globalization, cooperation, solidarity, identity, unity, and the feeling of togetherness are important considering immigrant students’...

Through this current study the effects of Cooperative Mastery Learning Approach in Physics for secondary school students have been measured.The research area is Kirinyaga County.Solomon's four quasi experimental group design was used.A sample of 180 respondents was obtained from an accessible population of 5850.Simple random sampling was used to draw the participating four schools from the purposively selected Sub-County schools.The assignment of selected schools to either experimental or...

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Reading knowledge and linguistic Reading skills achievement of Grade 1 learners in three schools that are close to the District Administrative centre and three schools that are far from the District Administrative centre. The study employed a mixed method paradigm of an embedded method and descriptive survey design that used purposive and simple random sampling to select 6 Head teachers, 6 teachers, 6 SICs, 2 Education standards officers and 80...

The steady decline in the amount of rainfall in the Sahel caused by natural and anthropogenic factors and especially the equator-ward spread of the dry sub-tropical high pressure system in the sub-region that influences the moisture laden tropical maritime air mass to be restricted to the southern part of the country. And the drought condition is enhanced through over-cultivation, deforestation and over-grazing, thereby leaving the soil bare that aids the free movement of desert sand...

Industrialisation generally accounts for wealth creation in the economy of a nation.A technician is needed in building an industry and the technician needs to be trained through technical education.Ghana as a developing nation aspiring to develop her industrial capability needs to strategically position its technical education as a key factor.The objective of this paper therefore is to review Ghana's industrialisation agenda and its technical educational system toward establishing an...

Diabetes is one of the major causes of morbidity and premature mortality globally with over 371 million people worldwide and more than 80% of morbidity and mortality due to diabetes occurred in the low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) including Nigeria, which has the highest burden of diabetes in Africa.The high number of medical admissions and deaths (15% and 22%) due to diabetes complications in Nigeria reflect the poor quality of care.Therefore, this review aims to discuss the...

Influenced by certain factors and motives, some educated Nigerian English speakers use high-sounding expressions, as well as dense, windy, and complex syntactic structures. This paper examines this linguistic habit in Nigerian English to show how entrenched it has become; explain the sociolinguistic, historical, and idiosyncratic factors that influence it; show its effect on its audience and readers; and determine its implications for teaching and learning English in English as a second...

The study sought to assess the influence of teaching skills and training methodology on the performance of learners with visual impairment in public primary schools in Narok West Sub-County, Kenya. The study analysed past theories related to the topic under the theoretical review that is Education Production Function (EPF) theory. The researcher used a descriptive research design to capture the information on the influence of teaching skills and training methodology. The findings indicated...

This research investigates the learners' and teachers' perceptions of the integrated-skill approach and explores the possible impact of this approach on the learners' communicative competence. To gather the required data, a qualitative study was conducted in the faculty of education, English department, University of Misrata/ Libya. Focus group discussions were used with thirteen students, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with four teachers. The questions asked were primarily...

This study explored the determinants of Scabies infections in Secondary Schools across Anambra State to understand the dynamics and identify measures that will help reduce disease burden. A survey of Scabies infection was conducted on 5000 Students selected from fifty (50) randomly selected secondary schools in Anambra State. Focus group discussions, direct clinical observations and microscopic examinations were employed in this study. Data were categorized based on clinical features and was...