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Neural tube defects (NTDs), one of the most common congenital malformations, are potentially preventable cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality.To give baseline description of NTDs and their outcome at two teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.A retrospective cross sectional descriptive study conducted from September 2009 to August 2012.During the study period out of 28,961 deliveries 177 cases of NTDs were identified, giving an overall NTD prevalence of 6.1/1000. Only 12% (21/177)...
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An important immigration rise occurred in Spain during the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. The Spanishe ducation system has been affected by this phenomenon. As a result, both the national government and the governments of the autonomous communities in Spain have developed measures regarding the access and integration of this population into the educational system. In particular, we present a statistical analysis of the educational profile of...
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This study is related to the Volubilis project “Moroccan and European students: a comparative approach”, which aims to identify the challenges and expectations of Moroccan students. The purpose of this research was to provide data about the health status the effects of communication disorders and learning difficulties on self- esteem and academic performances within students from the University Hassan II Mohammedia–Casablanca. 350 students belonging to the University Hassan II...
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The process of alien plant invasion is complex and multidimensional. Opuntia stricta (var stricta), is one of the world's most invasive plants but evidence for the invasion process is limited to historical reconstruction and experiments. Here, we present data on the landscape spread of O. stricta into a high altitude dry savanna on the Laikipia Plateau of Kenya. Factors like species characteristics, ecosystem dynamics, habitat susceptibility, and system context are implicated. We propose...
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In the field of comparative education, there is a growing amount of research on how education policy agendas are formed at the transnational level and how these influence policy making in individual countries. This article focuses on learning outcome assessment that has gained prominence as a transnational agenda, constructed within a network of actors sharing a common belief in the necessity of measuring learning outcomes as a key precondition for improving education quality. This agenda is...
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The objective of this work was to identify some representations of the Moroccan college students in secondary electricity. However, school learning is an area where the contribution of the representations is necessarily linked to the performance and results of students, which complicates the task of the teacher and it drives him to seek methods and teaching techniques to help students overcome and change their misconceptions. It should be noted that the representations students develop every...
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Learners’ safety, social well-being and academic success are a product of a proactive and supportive school and home environments. This study investigated violence-related behaviours among rural learners in ten rural secondary schools within the Vhembe district of South Africa. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted using self-response questionnaires to collect data from a total of 334 randomly selected learners aged between 14 and 25 years. Data were analysed using...
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The significant gap between African American, Latino, and White students has been well documented in public education. Students of color lag behind their White counterparts in areas such as standardized testing, high school completion rates, academic achievement, and college attendance and completion (Gandara & Contreras, 2009; O'Connor, Horvat, & Lewis, 2006; Thomas, Caldwell, Faison, & Jackson, 2009; Valencia, 2000; Vega et al., 2012). The gaps between students of color and White students...