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Spirulina (Athrospira platensis) is very rich in protein, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals and its incorporation into foods will enrich their nutritional values. The objectives of this study were to incorporate spirulina into traditional Egyptian cookies as a source of natural bioactive molecules and to evaluate the effect of the amount of added spirulina on their sensory properties (texture, shred, color, odor and taste) and acceptability using a panel of 10 members. The...

In Africa, there is growing knowledge regarding the use of data obtained by remote sensing and analysed while using Geographic Information Systems for solving myriad problems. The awareness has largely arisen through the efforts of the Programme on Space Applications (PSA) of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), and the subsequent UN resolutions for the establishment of Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education, to train scientists and researchers in...

This study investigated the impact of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial intentions (EI) of students enrolled at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Studies located in the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. It employed a cross-section survey design using a questionnaire adapted from Turker Selcuk (2009). A comparison of the mean EI scores of 82 final-year and 68 second-year students revealed that there was no significant difference in entrepreneurial...

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Premarital sexual practice is sexual intercourse experienced before marriage. It usually leads to sexual and reproductive health problems that are the main causes of death, disability and disease among young people in the world particularly in Africa including Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of premarital sexual practice and associated factors among Adigrat high school students, Ethiopia, 2015. OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnitude of premarital sexual...

Business schools across have been criticized for their low emphasis on students’ ethical behavior and therefore, they are being blamed for the widespread corporate scandals across the world. The paper seeks to ascertain evidence or otherwise of academic misconduct from a business school context. The survey research method based on 300 sample size was employed. The study employed hierarchical and logistic regressions to examine the topic. Among the key findings are that, as regards the...

Policy makers have questioned the ability of universities to equip students with the skills and competence needed by employers. The study employed 200 managers who have worked with and supervised undergraduate students to explore the adequacy of the employability skills of the fresh graduates. The result form the study confirmed the general notion that graduate students do not meet the basic employabilit y skills expected of employers. Using the paired t-test as the main analytical tool, the...

Some cues used by humans and animals during human-animal interactions may have significant effects, modulating these interactions (e.g., gaze direction, heart rate). This study aimed to determine whether an animal in human-animal interactions is capable of “perceiving” its human partner’s potential developmental “disabilities”. To test this hypothesis, we studied guinea pigs (GP) behaviours in the presence of 44 6-to-12-year-old children with either typical development (TD children) or with...

The poor quality of diet in adolescents contributes to the occurrence of nutritional diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study was to describe the food offer and behavior of adolescents and to examine their relationship to the type of secondary school in the city of Cotonou in Benin. The study was transversal with a descriptive and analytical purpose. It was conducted in 140 adolescents aged 10 to 19, randomly selected from one public school and two private in Cotonou. The diversity of...

This study presents a building classification scheme for residential houses in Malawi by focusing upon informal construction, which accounts for more than 90% of housing in the country with the highest urbanisation rate in the world. The proposed classification is compatible with the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) method and can be used for seismic vulnerability assessments of building stock in Malawi. To obtain realistic proportions of the building classes that...

In developing countries, cities urbanization usually lack planning processes and quantitative consideration of impacts on aquatic receptors. This work evaluates by defining a nutrient quality index, the link of urban increasing with surface water resources quality. Four basins of different levels of urbanization in the Parakou city in West Africa served as a framework for the study. For headwater basins, which are essentially urban extension area (Ganre in the North and Dama in the South),...

This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study on the causes of school decline at two schools located in Chipinge Education District, Zimbabwe. Specifically, the study focussed on schools that were previously known for excellent academic learner performance but had since declined. The data was generated through semi-structured interviews and observations with school heads, the school management team members and parents at each school. Content analysis was used to analyse the...

The increasing industrialization and agricultural developments in suburban areas of Kenya, has increased the threat of heavy metal contamination in soil. Until now, there are limited studies evaluating metal pollution in suburban towns. This study, therefore, investigated the concentration, distribution and environmental risk of lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in five townships. Heavy metal source apportionment was...

The Universal Human Rights Declaration, the Convention on the Children Rights and the Convention on the disabled persons Rights recognize an equal right to the enjoyment of the right to education for all valid and handicapped children. This research aims at find out if the handicapped child of Kolwezi in the D.R. Congo actually enjoys this right to education. That is to say the handicapped with access to school. Accessibility to this right has three overlapping dimensions: no discrimination,...

Grandmothers are often referred to as the spiritual learners and leaders within families and often pass their religious teachings on to their children and grandchildren. This qualitative study investigated learning and human capital development among rural African American grandmothers ( n = 10) caring for their grandchildren. The findings revealed the participants’ perception of the Black Church, an agency for learning. The findings further revealed the benefits of religious education in...

Meteorological drought indicators are commonly used for agricultural drought contingency planning in Ethiopia. Agricultural droughts arise due to soil moisture deficits. While these deficits may be caused by meteorological droughts, the timing and duration of agricultural droughts need not coincide with the onset of meteorological droughts due to soil moisture buffering. Similarly, agricultural droughts can persist even after the cessation of meteorological droughts due to delayed hydrologic...