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This research aims at analyzing the variability of rainfall over Osogbo between 1960-2010 and the associated impact on the design of road projects within Osun State. While Mann Kendall analyses showed a positive trend in annual rainfall, ANOVA tests showed that the inter-annual variability of rainfall was not statistically significant. Rainfall variability of 15.6% was obtained for the study area while the mean annual Standardized Precipitation Index value of -0.1198 indicated that the...

E-learning in South Africa and African countries is generally increasing and dramatically growing. However, while there is a great deal of knowledge about how e-learning is being used in developed countries, there is not much information on its usage by teachers in developing countries. Hence this study was to appraise the assessment of the usage of e-learning facilities by Economics teachers in secondary schools in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The study adopted a survey research...

Exercise training (ET) has been recommended as an adjunctive therapy in chronic heart failure but the role of ET in people with biventricular heart failure (BVF) has not been explored in Nigeria. This study aimed to investigate the role of ET on functional walking capacity and activity level of Nigerians with BVF. Sixty-six patients with chronic BVF in New York Heart Association Class II and III (mean age 54.0 ± 1.6 years) recruited from a Nigerian tertiary hospital participated in the...

Exercise training (ET) has been recommended as an adjunctive therapy in chronic heart failure but the role of ET in people with biventricular heart failure (BVF) has not been explored in Nigeria. This study aimed to investigate the role of ET on functional walking capacity and activity level of Nigerians with BVF. Sixty-six patients with chronic BVF in New York Heart Association Class II and III (mean age 54.0 ± 1.6 years) recruited from a Nigerian tertiary hospital participated in the...

This paper investigated the influence of three distinct variables; driver educational attainment, driving experience, and form of driver training on drivers’ self-reported attitudes towards the frequency of commission of traffic safety violations in Kumasi, Ghana. A total of 285 participants were sampled from public transport terminals, work places, market places and other social centres within the Kumasi Metropolis using both interviewer-administered and self-administered questionnaires....

The purpose of this study was to find out factors that influence University students’ purchasing preferences for sports shoes. Several factors from literature such as comfort, advertising, brand, price, style and quality have been identified as influencing university students to purchase sports shoes. A sample (N=120) of University of Botswana sport marketing students participated in the study. The Lyons and Jackson Athletic Shoe Survey questionnaire was modified and used to gather responses...

The aim of the study was to know the effect of using a strategic of quintet learning cycle in teaching a Mathematics Unit for seventh grade in improving mathematical achievement and thinking for students in the Abyan governorate- Republic of Yemen. The researchers follow experimental approach with the pre post tests. The study sample composed of (80) students, who were divided into two groups, experimental, and control groups. The researchers being sure that the two groups were equivalent in...

Abstract Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo are two of the most active volcanoes in Africa, but their eruptive histories are poorly known. Assessing lava flow volumes in the region remains difficult, as field surveys are often impossible and available Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) do not have adequate spatial or temporal resolutions. We therefore use TerraSAR‐X add‐on for Digital Elevation Measurement (TanDEM‐X) interferometry to produce a series of 0.15 arc sec (∼5 m) DEMs from between 2011 and...

Viewed through the concept of cultural hybridity, the approach to language learning and communication triggers cultural contacts among language users. It places the Algerian learner in the position of a multi-language user (mother tongue, national language, school languages). This creates cultural diversity fostered by the existence of a diversity of understandings of the local, regional, national and international environments. Compared to a monolingual speaker, a language learner who...

Syphilis affects 1.4 million pregnant women globally each year. Maternal syphilis causes congenital syphilis in over half of affected pregnancies, leading to early foetal loss, pregnancy complications, stillbirth and neonatal death. Syphilis is under-diagnosed in pregnant women. Point-of-care rapid syphilis tests (RST) allow for same-day treatment and address logistical barriers to testing encountered with standard Rapid Plasma Reagin testing. Recent literature emphasises successful...

Teacher preparedness is one of the basic requirements which enable teacher trainees to engage themselves successfully in their daily teaching activities. Teacher training determines the child's success in school, and eventual career development. The purpose of this study was to establish if there were factors responsible for the poor ECDE teacher trainees' performance in Kisumu Central Sub-county, Kisumu County. The objectives that guided the study were to: find out the performance trends of...

Lake Nyos is located at the summit of a stratovolcano in the Oku Volcanic Group (OVG) along the Cameroon Volcanic Line. The sudden release of magmatic CO2 trapped at the bottom of Lake Nyos in August 1986 caused historical casualties of 1750 people and over 3000 cattle. New geochemical data of volcanic rocks from the Nyos volcano and the first available data for volcanic rocks from other maar-bearing volcanoes (Lakes Elum, Wum and Oku) in the OVG are presented and compared. Lavas from the...

The Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) is a two years competency based masters program adapted from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program. Addis Ababa University, the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia/Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ethiopia and Regional Health Bureaus run the program...

Study Objective The study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of primary dysmenorrhea management and coping strategies for dysmenorrhea among adolescents and young adults who were in school. Design The study adopted a qualitative exploratory approach using a descriptive phenomenology to explore the phenomenon of interest. Setting The study was conducted in two educational institutions in Accra, Ghana: a Senior High School (SHS) and a University. Participants and Data Collection Sixteen...

We assessed the quality of many internal services and other external services of the Faculty of Kenitra (Morocco). This evaluation was carried out, according to the opinion of students studying in the Professional License and its goal is to educate policy makers develop a national system of quality assurance in universities. The opinion of the students obtained based on a questionnaire distributed to students. The results have showed that many administrative and educational services need an...

We use data for a group of sub-Saharan African, North African and Middle Eastern countries to explore the impact of gender inequality in education on levels of income per capita. Two gender inequality indicators are used: the gap in female to male primary education enrolment ratios and the gap in female to male secondary education enrolment ratios. Estimation results indicate that gender inequality in primary and secondary education has a statistically significant negative effect on income,...

This study was conducted purposely following various initiatives and programmes by the Government of Tanzania to incorporate ICT in education since 2007 with the National ICT policy theme "ICT for improved education".The study provides insights regarding secondary school students' skills and attitudes in effective use of information and communication technology.The study was a co-relational and cross-sectional survey biased to the quantitative approach involving students, ICT teachers and...

Mention 'Angola' and many might think of a Third World, corrupt and war-torn African country that occasionally hosts football tournaments, where English is a foreign language and people drive on the 'wrong' side of the road. What many don't realise is that this 1,246,700 km2 country is quietly going places. Road-, housing- and other infrastructure is developing rapidly, thanks largely to investment from China. Internet and mobile phone companies are scrambling to get a foothold and tourism...