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Twenty five male students aged 18 – 28 years were studied to determine their activity pattern and energy expenditure. Activity pattern was determined by use of activity diaries on a 24 hours basis for a period of 7 days. Energy expenditure was calculated using factorial method. Food energy was determined by weighed inventory method to enable the computation of energy balance. The subjects spent more than 45% of their time on energy sapping activities such as walking, washing, farming...
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Munhuweyi Peresuh, Senior Lecturer in Special Education at the University of Zimbabwe, and Lesley Barcham, Distance Learning Co‐ordinator, with the British Institute of Learning Disabilities, examine issues of policy, provision, facilities and human resources characterising special education in Zimbabwe, and analyse the key opportunities and difficulties in providing special education in a developing country. Their article examines the impetus for growth in integrated provision for children...
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The population in South Africa represents a microcosm of the world. The music of various cultural groups and countries is heard daily. A typical South African style is being developed by the blending of these various styles. The Unit for Telematic Teaching and Learning and the Department of of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) have designed a music program on CD-ROM, Music in South to expose students in music education to the various styles. This paper describes the purpose of this...
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Although it is generally believed that circulating exogenous pyrogens [e.g., lipopolysaccharides (LPS)] induce fever via the mediation of endogenous pyrogens (EP) such as cytokines, the first of these, tumor necrosis factor-α, is usually not detectable in blood until at least 30 min after intravenous administration of LPS, whereas the febrile rise begins within 15 min after its administration. Moreover, although abundant evidence indicates that circulating LPS is cleared primarily by liver...
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with the academic success of predominantly, middle‐class African American preadolescent students. This study proposed an ecological model that considered the interaction of family environment, teacher perceptions of social skills, and student characteristics. The estimated model explained 58% of the variance in grade point average. Path analysis revealed three direct effects on grade point average, (a) grade level...
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Abstract What distinguishes the “Picnic” model for research training at African universities from more classical models is reviewed and it is shown how the “Picnic” model deals with remaining drawbacks from the now popular “Sandwich” model. Starting with managerial experiences, criteria guiding this evaluation are used as sub-headings: realistic planning; adequate resource provision; partnership instead of aid; long term impact; high quality supervision; quality and quantity of student...
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The authors present the results of a study carried out within the context of a diagnosis of the state of dental health among 300 twelve years old students in school in the province of Kadiogo (Burkina Faso). The data collected by questionnaires explore the range of behaviours linked to dental health: dental hygiene, eating habits, use of fluoride and use of dental health services. Half of students report that they brush their teeth at least once a day. Among them, there are 2 girls out of...
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Abstract The use of churches as recruitment sites of African Americans into health promotion activities is a popular theme in the 1990s literature. This research measured the impact of previous exposure to cancer on participation in an educational program and a free prostate cancer screening. Cues to action from the Health Belief Model provided the conceptual framework. Over 500 men attended a prostate cancer educational program at their church. Men who participated in the educational...
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Summary This paper explores the forgotten legacy of white labour and socialist culture from the first two decades of the twentieth century in South Africa. It investigates the strikes, marches and processions in terms of carnival and an oral and public culture in which the trade union leader or party leader as orator, on the one hand, and the The Red Flag as song and banner, on the other, played an important role. The focus then shifts to the newspapers and the doggerel which appeared in the...
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Abstract This article analyses the role of action research (‘critical practitioner inquiry’) in furthering the implementation of democratic educational reforms in the southern African country of Namibia. The focus is on action research that is carried out by school and college-based teacher educators as part of a staff development course organised by Umea University (Sweden) and the Namibian Ministry of Education and Culture [MEC]. Three of the authors were participants in this course and...
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Wendy Winters examines here the role of parental involvement in the education of African-Americans, as well as the effect such involvement has in actualizing African-American mothers' personal growth. Culled from first hand research in some of America's most at-risk communities, Winters combines vignettes with analysis and discussion of viable inner-city programs to magnify the link between one's contributions to society and one's personal growth.
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Cree en 1953, l’Institut d’ophtalmologie tropicale de l’Afrique appartient a l’Organisation de cooperation et de coordination des grandes endemies (OCCGE) dont le siege est a Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso). L’IOTA est un centre collaborateur de l’Organisation mondiale de la sante (OMS) pour la prevention de la cecite. La formation est une des vocations de l’Institut avec la prestation de soins oculaires de niveau tertiaire, la recherche clinique et operationnelle, l’expertise au profit des...
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Education for the workers has long been the most specifically targeted policy area of our society. This springs from the specialization and fragmentation of tasks characteristic of modern production methods. There is continuing debate as to whether personnel should be trained for particular jobs, or educated in skills and knowledge which may be adapted to a range of tasks as circumstances require. Thus, workers’ education directed at employees as a body and organized through their trade...