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AbstractClimate change is increasingly emerging as the most significant environmental threat to sustainability of human livelihoods in Ghana, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. A participatory research study initiated in 2007 in Wenchi, Ghana, shows that farmers consider poor rainfall distribution and frequent droughts as the most commonly observed indicators of climatic variability in recent times. About 55% of the farmers considered 1980s as the decade of worst observed adverse...

AbstractClimate change is increasingly emerging as the most significant environmental threat to sustainability of human livelihoods in Ghana, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. A participatory research study initiated in 2007 in Wenchi, Ghana, shows that farmers consider poor rainfall distribution and frequent droughts as the most commonly observed indicators of climatic variability in recent times. About 55% of the farmers considered 1980s as the decade of worst observed adverse...

The purpose of this study is to explore the screen reading behaviour of LIS master's degree students in Nigerian Universities. Descriptive survey using questionnaire as data collection method was employed. The study reveals that mobile phone followed by lap top are the mostly used technologies by the students for screen reading/accessing digital resources, most of the respondents prefer to printout electronic document for reading while only a few of them engage in non-linear reading. This...

The effect of rescheduling irrigation on barley yield grown under heat stress as a result of future climate change was simulated using the CropSyst model. The model was calibrated and validated using data resulted from 2-year field experiments in 2007/08 and 2008/09 growing seasons using six barley cultivars. Two climate change scenarios (A2 and B2) from the CSIRO climate change model were incorporated with the CropSyst model to study the effect on barley yield and water requirements in the...

The aim of this study is to identify teachers’ perception on the most important causes for cheating among primary school children; and to study whether there is a significant difference between the variables: gender, educational qualifications and years of experience. The sample size is 174 teachers. The questionnaire employed in this study consists of 19 items categorized into three causes related to family, school and media. The study found that the most important causes related to:...

One crucial exercise which we are usually involved in is decision making. Educational decision makingin terms of selection of universities is one of such exercises that confronts the average candidate, andthis is dictated by one consideration or another. These considerations can be quite complex,particularly, when there is a large number of Universities to choose from. In the more developedcountries such as in the UK and US, such decisions are perhaps not difficult to make, although...

This is an non-invasive study involving. four hundred and eight (480) primary school pupils aged between 6 and 14 years (mean + SD; 8 + 6 years) enlisted into the study, were examined between September and November. Their height, weight and head circumference were measured in appropriate standard international units. Results showed that at 6 years, average weight of girls was 22.62 + 6.5kg compared to 20 .38 + 5.3 kg (p Keywords: Igbo girls, boys, growth dynamics

Background: More than half of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, occur among young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the most sexually active period of their lives. Understanding the contextual determinants of sexual behavior in this group is crucial in combating the pandemic. Aim: The overall aim of this study was to assess the impact of demographic, religious, social capital, mental health, and sexual coercion factors on risky sexual behavior...

The world is seemingly experiencing a third wave of social and technological transformation as thesociety is becoming more oriented to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT is oneof the various factors that are drastically influencing occupational success especially in the educationalsector. Adamu (2004) sees ICT as a set of technological tools and resources used to communicateand create, disseminate, to store and manage information. The information dissemination is...

CD4 count is an important immunological marker of disease progression in HIV seropositive patients. This study was carried out to determine the effect of malaria or fever of unknown origin on the population of CD4+ T lymphocytes of HIV seropositive patients attending the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) clinic of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. 36 subjects were selected for this study. Ongoing history of fever was used as a case definition for malaria...

Clinical depression is a common problem among patients who seek medical care, and diabetic patients with comorbid depression tend to have higher health care cost. A dearth of literature exists on depression among diabetics in Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of depression among diabetic patients and to determine the sociodemographic correlates of depression among diabetics.A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between December 2005 and April...

A two-part questionnaire was designed to elicit information on use of print and electronic resources by agricultural science students in Nigerian universities. 912 respondents from faculties of agriculture in three Nigerian universities completed the questionnaires. The results revealed that agricultural science students most prefer to use textbooks (42.1%) among print materials, while The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) is the most preferred among electronic resources...

The prevalence of malaria parasite was carried out among voluntary blood donors at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, Lagos. A total of 200 blood samples were examined for parasite using an improved method for microscopic diagnosis of malaria parasite. 56(28%) samples were positive for Plasmodium falciparum, with highest prevalence among the male donors (26.5%) and the blood group O (43.2%). However, there was no significant difference in malaria parasite in relation to the...

The success of integrating information and communication technologies into the educational system depends largely on the skills and knowledge of teachers. The study examined the availability of information and communication technology in secondary schools, knowledge of information and communication technology possessed by agricultural science teachers, utilization of information and communication technology by agricultural science teachers for teaching-learning and the challenges posed by...