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241 African-American college students (94 men and 147 women, mean age = 20.3 +/- 3.4 yr.) completed the 1994 Disgust Scale of Haidt, McCauley, and Rozin and a modified form of Parisi-Rizzo's 1987 Attitudes Toward Organ Donation Scale (negative subscale only) as well as a behavioral measure of intention to donate organs after death. Analyses indicated that the higher the disgust sensitivity, the more negative the attitude toward organ donation and the less likely the student was to indicate...

The objectives of this study are to review the current literature on the application of distance education in reforming Technical/Vocational Education and Training (TVET), describe and assess the various technology assisted models of distance education, describe any technological, pedagogical and policy issues associated with the application of distance education to TVET, and derive conclusions.

A Research Project Report by Were Christina M., Submitted to the Chandaria School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master in Management and Organization Development

Promotion of a reading Culture aims to publicize reading among members of the general public. It is an activity that is meant to popularize reading and make it a lifelong hobby. The main objective of cultivating and promoting a reading culture is to make reading a habit that is appreciated and loved by citizens. It is therefore important to create awareness on the importance of reading for leisure and not necessarily to pass exams and to develop reading as a habit and culture. Without the...

De par sa position geographique, situe en zone aride a semi-aride, le Maroc a vecu depuis des millenaires une evolution fortement liee au climat et a sa variabilite. Le bilan hydrique et les ressources en eau de cette region sont conditionnes par trois principaux facteurs : la pluviometrie, la temperature de l'air et les evenements climatiques extremes, en particulier les secheresses, frequentes et parfois dramatiques pour les populations locales. La ville de Casablanca, capitale economique...

This paper examines the second language teaching experience in Nigeria. It discusses mother tongues, official second languages, indigenous second languages, and foreign languages. It critically evaluates the Six Year Primary Project, a model study which examined the effectiveness of one Nigerian mother tongue, Yoruba, as a medium of instruction in Nigerian schools and colleges. It also evaluates the Communication Skills Project, which investigated how to best teach English in order to...

During 1997 Papua New Guinea (PNG) experienced an intense drought. Emergency famine relief operations provided many subsistence agricultural communities with food, water and health provisions during the height of the drought. The locations of relief operations were based on a rapid and spatially explicit extensive field survey conducted at the height of the drought for all PNG. We have tested the utility of composite Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data to assist in a rapid...

According to a survey, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents were the most popular analgesic used in South Africa for management of peri-operative pain, acute post-operative pain and chronic pain. The most popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents are flunixin meglumine and phenylbutazone. The most popular opioid type drug is buprenorphine, followed by morphine. In the peri-operative setting, analgesic agents were not actively administered to 86.3 % of cats and 80.7 % of dogs....

We have previously demonstrated a strong relationship between low serum retinol concentration and mortality in Zambian AIDS patients with diarrhoea, but were unable to detect any benefit from oral micronutrient supplementation.To test the hypothesis that this is related to impaired availability of vitamin A, we analysed serum retinol concentration changes over 6 h following oral mega-dose therapy (60, 120 or 180 mg retinol).Twenty-four men without diarrhoea, 15 adults with persistent...

ABSTRACT This study was designed to assess the utility and impact on perinatal mortality of a model traditional birth attendant (TBA) training program in rural Mozambique by comparing birth attendance and outcomes in similar communities with and without trained TBAs. Birth attendants and pregnancy outcomes were compared in 1) communities with good access to trained TBAs, 2) randomly selected, comparable communities with no access to trained TBAs, and 3) communities with good access to...

There is a rapidly growing body of research focusing on how people use language to construct personal meaning and identity (de Certeau 1984, Miller et al. 1990, Rosaldo 1993). Accordingly, scholars have renewed their interest in life story narratives as a way to access the construction of self (Gee 1991, Linde 1993, Sun 1998). Life stories are a type of narrative, providing a window through which we can examine the ways that individuals actively interpret and negotiate their reality. In the...

The key theme of this paper is the impact of societal transition on the regulation of legal education. We will briefly examine the nature of the transition in RSA and consider the role of law and lawyers within this. We will then describe what we take to be important similarities between RSA and the UK considering in particular the development of a rights based culture in each jurisdiction and argue that the UK is equally in transition although the resources which shield us from the impact...

Poverty has emerged as the focus of concern for international agencies and the Kenyan Government. However this paper argues that defining and targeting poverty are complex issues calling for complex responses, involving the holistic improvement of the quality of education, as well as improving access. The paper draws its evidence primarily from the 1998 Kenyan National Primary Baseline.

Diversity in higher education is a systematic blending of academic programs, recruitment, retention, policies, and curriculum that provide college students with an enriched multicultural environment for learning. Among those who administer, teach, and conduct research in higher education, there is a general consensus that diversity is a necessary component of a well-rounded education. Future college graduates will face not only a diverse American society (Population Reference Bureau, 1997)...

Abstract Research on the demographic consequences of environmental stress (drought and famine, in particular) has not been conclusive. Using primary survey data on the demographic consequences of drought and famine in the drought‐prone areas of northern Ethiopia, this study argues that growing environmental stress and persisting food insecurity have stimulated changes in the demographic behaviours and attitudes of farming communities, including: an increase in acceptance rates of family...