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Background: Barley was planted in more than hundred countries worldwide in 2013.The world output in 1974 was around 148 million tons, ever after, there has been a trivial come down in the produced amount of barley worldwide.Mycotoxins are one of the most important groups of anti-nutritional substances found in feed.Materials and Methods: Thirty barley feeding samples and 12 of Human Consuming (HC) samples were collected from 6 regions, each region was represented by a withdrawal of five...

Organic molecular markers determined in a sediment core (V95-1A-1P) from Lake Victoria (East Africa) were used to reconstruct the history of human impact and regional fire activity during the Early Iron Age (~2400 to ~1100 yr BP). Fire history was reconstructed using levoglucosan and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as markers for biomass burning that demonstrate two distinct fire periods peaking at 1450–1700 and 1850–2050 cal. yr BP. A partial correlation between levoglucosan and...

To meet the demands of the twenty-first century, most educational institutions across the world made critical thinking one of their primary goals.Very recently, some Moroccan universities, such as University of Moulay Ismail in Meknes, have also included critical thinking as a major course.Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the pedagogies Moroccanteachersuse, the challenges they face, and their conception of how to effectively teach and assess critical thinking in...

This study takes a sociocultural approach to teacher professional identity to explore how a small group of teachers of English in Senegal see themselves as teachers, the different contextual elements that might influence their perceptions and the relationship which exists between the latter and their practice. As shown in the literature, teacher professional identity has been of interest to educational researchers for a number of years (Beijaard et al. , 2004; Day et al. , 2006 and Cross &...

To assess iodine status among pregnant women in rural Zinder, Niger and to compare their status with the iodine status of school-aged children from the same households.Seventy-three villages in the catchment area of sixteen health centres were randomly selected to participate in the cross-sectional survey.Salt iodization is mandatory in Niger, requiring 20-60 ppm iodine at the retail level.A spot urine sample was collected from randomly selected pregnant women (n 662) and one school-aged...

Background: Peripheral inflammatory markers are elevated in obese patients.Controlling inflammation and reducing inflammatory markers by diet and losing weight may help to slow down the cognitive dysfunction accompanying the aging process.Objective: We examined whether high sensitivity C-reactive protein hs.CRP level in midlife is correlated to cognition and subsequent cognitive functions improvement with diet modification and weight loss.Methodology: Ninety one obese volunteer women...

Background: Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) productivity is very low in the Sahel mainly because of drought caused by low and erratic rainfall.End-of-season drought is the most important factor limiting groundnut production in the Sahel.Identification of genotypes that have a greater ability to use limited available water is important to enhance productivity of the crop.Objective: The study was conducted to identify tolerant groundnut genotypes to end of season drought.Methodology: About 100...

This experimental study is intended to uncover how the meaning-checking procedure is conducted by Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and explore the perceived impact of metacognitive strategy instruction on the way they monitor their comprehension act in textual processing.Predicated on a pre-post-test design, the study is a manifestation of the extent to which the learners' monitoring behaviour during the reading process can be subject to utter improvement through the...

Open and Distance Learning could not only help in gender equality and women empowerment, but also may facilitate the effectiveness and strengthening of women education. However, there is little knowledge on how gender roles affect performance of girls/women education. The paper set out to examine whether inequality in gender roles affect women’s education, find out types of domestic chores that women normally engage with and how they affect their academic progress and assess whether women...

The impact of climate change continues to be experienced worldwide.Treaties such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of 1992 and the UNFCCC Paris Agreement of 2015 demonstrate the value that UN Member States attach to reaching consensus on climate change mitigation steps.In this thematic report, the author looks at the issue of climate change mitigation technology transfer (TT) from a Kenyan perspective, specifically with reference to Kenya's National Climate Change...

The impact of climate change continues to be experienced worldwide. Treaties such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of 1992 and the UNFCCC Paris Agreement of 2015 demonstrate the value that UN Member States attach to reaching consensus on climate change mitigation steps. In this thematic report, the author looks at the issue of climate change mitigation technology transfer (TT) from a Kenyan perspective, specifically with reference to Kenya’s National Climate Change...

Inclusive education forms the ethos of the education system in South Africa and resonates with the Constitution of the country, which recognises diversity and resists exclusivity. Inclusive education is also reflected in education policies such as the Education White Paper 6: Special Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) document. Pivotal to inclusive education is the provision of support for all...

Inclusive education forms the ethos of the education system in South Africa and resonates with the Constitution of the country, which recognises diversity and resists exclusivity. Inclusive education is also reflected in education policies such as the Education White Paper 6: Special Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) document. Pivotal to inclusive education is the provision of support for all...

Inclusive education forms the ethos of the education system in South Africa and resonates with the Constitution of the country, which recognises diversity and resists exclusivity. Inclusive education is also reflected in education policies such as the Education White Paper 6: Special Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) document. Pivotal to inclusive education is the provision of support for all...

Inclusive education forms the ethos of the education system in South Africa and resonates with the Constitution of the country, which recognises diversity and resists exclusivity. Inclusive education is also reflected in education policies such as the Education White Paper 6: Special Education – Building an Inclusive Education and Training System and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) document. Pivotal to inclusive education is the provision of support for all...

Private institutions in Nigeria are constantly challenged to improve on the quality of their facilities with a view to continually satisfy students, their primary consumer. This research examined the demographic factors that determine students’ satisfaction with academic facilities in private universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study is an exploratory cross-sectional survey which sampled seven hundred and seventy (770) students in selected universities. Five hundred and twenty-two (522)...

The aim of this paper is to investigate some semantic interlingual errors in the writing performance of Libyan English as Foreign Language Learners (LEFLLS).The study seeks to analyze these errorsthat appear in the learners' written production.The data was gathered from 25 essays written by 25 Libyan postgraduates majoring in different fields.It was collected and organized according to the errors committed.Errors taxonomy adapted from James' (1998) and Al-Shormani and Al-Sohbani's (2012) was...

The objectives of the research are to provide country specific data/information and sources on climate, climate change, soil, hydrology; agricultural land and production; agricultural trade and food security; challenges, opportunities, policies and institutional arrangements. The mapping found that data on climate collected in meteorological stations across the country for over 30 years are available but there are gaps. Observed average annual temperature has been increasing since 1960 at an...