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Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a wide spread syndrome among children especially in the developing countries due to malnutrition, infection or inflammation. The aim of our study was to determine the concentrations of serum trace elements as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), and selenium (Se) in IDA Egyptian school children. The work was extended to estimate the concentration of heavy metals; lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) as well as the concentrations of vitamin A and D. This...

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a wide spread syndrome among children especially in the developing countries due to malnutrition, infection or inflammation. The aim of our study was to determine the concentrations of serum trace elements as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), and selenium (Se) in IDA Egyptian school children. The work was extended to estimate the concentration of heavy metals; lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) as well as the concentrations of vitamin A and D. This...

A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Political Science and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Master in Public Administration. Citation: Nkwe, Doreen O. (2015) Evaluating the effectiveness of performance management system (PMS) on teachers’ performance in junior secondary schools of Botswana: a case study of Kweneng region, University of Botswana.

This paper investigates the economic impacts of climate change on cereal crop production in Northern Ghana using 240 households comprising maize and sorghum farmers.The Ricardian regression approach was used to examine the economic impacts of climate change based on data generated from a survey conducted in the 2013/2014 farming seasons.Forty-year time-series data of rainfall and temperature from 1974 to 2013, together with cross-sectional data, were used for the empirical analysis.The...

A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Science. Citation: Sehurutshi, B. (2015) Development of a prototype for an integrated students projects management system for University of Botswana, University of Botswana.

This study was designed to examine urban African American girls’ participation in physical education and its association with academic performance. One hundred eighty four participants completed questionnaires assessing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and learning engagement in physical education while their academic performance was based on individual grades in core academic classes. Quantitative analyses revealed that physical education played a critical role in enhancing physical...

A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Political Science and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Masters in Public Administration. Citation: Thekiso, Neo L. (2015) Junior secondary school pupil dropout in Botswana: the challenge to universal basic education, University of Botswana.

Spatial and temporal characteristics of traffic related air pollutants (CO, NO, NO2 and SO2) in Ijebu-ode, Nigeria were determined using replicate portable gas detectors (Land Duo Multi Gas Monitor) at selected road junctions, motor garages and markets. Mapping of different concentration of air pollutants was carried out using kriging type of interpolation method in GIS environment. Concentration of CO ranges from 4.8 ppm at Erinlu/Molipa Roundabout to 137ppm on Sagamu/Ore Expressway....

The study determined the levels of parent-school and school-community partnerships in lower primary school in Southwestern Nigeria, and examined the joint influence of parents’ characteristics (age, gender, levels of education and the level of their involvement in community-school partnerships) on pupils’ learning outcomes in Southwestern Nigeria. These were with a view to providing information on the roles of parent-school and community-school partnerships in enhancing learning outcomes of...

This study addresses the question what school-based factors influence enrolment and attainment in physics in the senior school certificate examinations in Rivers State, Nigeria? In Nigeria, low enrolment in physics is coupled with concerns about levels of attainment. One outcome of this situation is interest in effective teaching and learning in the subject in Nigeria. Purposive sampling was utilized to select 8 schools in high and low performing local government areas of Rivers State to...

This article seeks to identify and proffer solutions to the problems confronting the theatre arts teacher training in Nigerian colleges of education.It also advances the prospects of effective theatre arts teacher training in the educational sector and the society at large.In doing these, the researcher adopts the interview, focus group discussion (FGD) and observation methods to collect data.Given that many colleges of education in Nigeria offer theatre arts as a course, the researcher...

Human schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease of poverty caused by the cercariae of digenetic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality in 77 low- and middle-income countries in the tropics where 700 million people are at risk. In a bid to provide relevant epidemiological information to boost control of urogenital schistosomiasis at the state level in Nigeria, we conducted this study with the aim of investigating the disease’s...

The making of career choice is seen as an important decision in an individual’s life. Research in South Africa suggests there is little yet growing empirical focus on the career development processes of individuals termed as ‘previously disadvantaged’ by the apartheid policy of racial separation. The goal of this study was to investigate the factors that influence distance learning students’ career choices among a sample of previously disadvantaged distance learners in South Africa. Data...

We set out to determine the predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors that influence cannabis use in young people aged 13 to 19 years in Shamva District, Zimbabwe.A descriptive cross-sectional study focusing on the correlates of cannabis use was conducted among 311 school-going adolescents who were selected using multistage sampling.Eight percent of the students in our sample reported current use of cannabis. Associations were found between cannabis use and alcohol consumption (P <...

Academic faculty involved in public health teaching and research serve as the link and catalyst for knowledge synthesis and exchange, enabling the flow of information resources, and nurturing relations between 'two distinct communities' - researchers and policymakers - who would not otherwise have the opportunity to interact. Their role and their characteristics are of particular interest, therefore, in the health research, policy and practice arena, particularly in low- and middle-income...

The paper discusses language planning at a cross-border university (a Zimbabwean university) that offers academic programmes to the Kingdom of Swaziland in the Southern African region. The paper is situated within the micro-level language planning framework, and discusses language decisions that govern three areas of university business, namely: teaching and learning, research, and institutional administration. The following served as sources of data for the study: newspapers, the university...

There is no governmental support designed to promote refugee education at tertiary level due to treating refugee tertiary students as if they are international students. The same treatment also has the potential to exclude them from existing financial aid and assistance schemes designed to assist needy and deserving students for the promotion of representivity and equal access to tertiary education.This book, therefore, argues that exclusion of refugees from such positive measures flies in...