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Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Public Policy and Administration
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Research Article| January 01, 2007 Little Ice Age drought in equatorial Africa: Intertropical Convergence Zone migrations and El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability J.M. Russell; J.M. Russell 1Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar T.C. Johnson T.C. Johnson 2Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota–Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55108, USA Search for other works by...
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In South Africa, like in most other countries, people become construction project managers by accident. The usual path to become a project manager is through expertise in a technical speciality - civil engineering, quantity surveying, architecture, water engineering, construction management and other related disciplines. From time immemorial those with these technical skills are told to run construction projects (as project managers under numerous titles) that are using them. However, the...
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This thesis presents palaeoenvironmental data from equatorial Africa covering two important time intervals; i) the warming period forming the Pleistocene/Holocene transition and ii) the last millen ...
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Abstract Students of Uganda's Makerere University currently find themselves in the middle of an emerging clash of sexual ideologies, perpetuated by different peer groups. Transactional sex is one of the most evident social dynamics around the campus. For most women, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, having sex with often older, wealthier men is the quickest and easiest way to secure the material goods and lifestyles exemplified by their wealthier peers. This dynamic, known as...
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This paper describes changes over the past 15-20 years in non-income measures of wellbeing education and health – in Africa. We expected to find, as we did in Latin America, that progress in the provision of public services and the focus of public spending in the social sector would contribute to declining poverty and inequality in health and education, even in an environment of stagnant or worsening levels of income poverty. Unfortunately, our results indicate that in the area of health,...
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Alice Saiti’s paper assesses the impact of university interventions in improving the teaching of science and mathematics in community day secondary schools in Malawi where the shortage of qualified teachers is a major problem. The majority of science teachers have only a primary school teaching qualification and an academic qualification equivalent to the O-Level. It is against this background that the Faculty of Education at Mzuzu University undertook an intervention, the Secondary School...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy to work attitudes of secondary school teachers in southwestern Nigeria. The sample consists of 475 secondary school teachers (males = 230, females = 245) randomly selected from southwestern Nigeria. Measures of demographic data form, career commitment, organizational commitment, emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and work-family conflict were administered to the teachers. Data...
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Objectives:: The aim of the stud y was to determine the prevalence of depression among HIV//AAIDS patients in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AAKTH)).. A second aim was to determine the socio - demographic,, medic al and psycho - social factors associated with depression in HIV//AAIDS patients at AKTH.. Design:: The study was a descriptive cross sectional study.. Setting:: Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AAKTH)),, North - western Nigeria.. Subjects:: Two hundred and fifty...
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Uganda’s higher education system has undergone a number of dramatic changes in recent years as part of a three-pronged effort to accommodate rapidly-expanding enrolments, improve the system’s economic efficiency and provide education opportunities that are better matched to the nation’s labour market needs. This paper examines these key developments in light of the country’s rapidly-expanding private higher education market. The economic rationale for government regulation of private...
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In this personal narrative, a dual degree student in divinity and social work explores how her understanding of the integration of Christian ministry and social work practice were enriched by a summer field education placement in South Africa. Encounters with language barriers highlighted the importance of building relationships based upon establishing rapport and listening with empathy. The lessons from this cross-cultural experience have implications for interdisciplinary education.