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The COVID-19 pandemic has a great impact on the eating habits, dietary intake, and purchasing behaviours of students. At this critical moment, there is an urgent need to identify the eating habits of school students, in particular, who live in low-income countries, during the lockdown period. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the influence of COVID-19 on the eating habits, quality and quantity of food intake among school students in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. A cross-sectional...

This paper aims to review the impact of climate change on Nigeria's agribusiness value chain.In this study, the researcher reviewed recent and popular academic journals in the area of climate change and agricultural value chains.This review process aims to strengthen the existing literature in this field of study.After carefully reviewing the literature, the paper revealed that the change in the global climate has a significant impact on the agribusiness value chain.The Nigerian agricultural...

This article analyzes education activists' resilience in emergencies, building on life story interviews with Syrians who engaged in civil society initiatives for schooling in the aftermath of the 2011 uprising. It investigates the meaning that education acquires under extreme adversity and how it inspires individuals to act. Finding that these activists think of education as a means to resist authoritarianism and transform society, the article brings the change agendas of local education...

Abstract Maize production in Zambia is characterized by significant yield gaps attributed to nutrient management and climate change threatens to widen these gaps unless agronomic management is optimized. Insights in the impacts of climate change on maize yields and the potential to mitigate negative impacts by crop management are currently lacking for Zambia. Using five Global Circulation models and the WOFOST crop model, we assessed climate change impacts on maize yields at a 0.5° × 0.5°...

Technological innovation over the past years has reshaped the water sector, allowing conservation and optimized use of this valuable commodity as well as protect nations against water related disasters. Water adaptation has now become primordial in the face of climate change since it is one of the most important resources on which human life depends in addition to economic activities and societal well-being. Yet, smart water application is not simply adhering to technological paraphernalia...

Background: Research that identifies and celebrates the positive attributes of women educational leaders advancing a social justice agenda in traditionally male-dominated, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) societies is sparse. Studying female educational leadership in SSA conceptually brings to the fore issues associated with the intersectionality of gender, leadership, pervasive abject poverty, and cultural mores from a critical theory lens that runs counter to the White, western, male conceptions...

Background Marijuana use among adolescents, including high school students, has been consistently reported to be associated with a high incidence of suicidal behaviours. Little empirical research has been conducted on the propensity impact of marijuana use on suicidal behaviours in Africa. Aims To assess factors associated with marijuana use and further quantify marijuana use as an associated factor of suicidal behaviours, including repeated attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and suicide...

The prevalence of drought in the Horn of Africa has continued to threaten access to safe and affordable water for millions of people. In order to improve monitoring of water pump functionality, telemetry-connected sensors have been installed on 480 electrical groundwater pumps in arid regions of Kenya and Ethiopia, designed to improve monitoring and support operation and maintenance of these water supplies. In this paper, we describe the development and validation of two classification...

In this paper, I propose to peek inside a classroom by studying how teachers in a third world country practice entrepreneurship education, when they are given a curriculum designed by an international organization based in Europe. As part of a one year long ethnographic study, I specifically examine how this curriculum is used by teachers in three vocational higher secondary schools in Madagascar. My findings suggest that teachers will anchor their decisions to adapt the curriculum according...

BACKGROUND: Medical students may need to understand their personal CVD risk factors, CRF level and PA level in order to not only maintain or improve their health but to also assist patients in lifestyle behavior modification. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) and physical activity levels of medical students at a South Africa University. METHODS: Medical students (3rd year of study), in the...

The Chew Bahir Drilling Project (CBDP) aims to test possible linkages between climate and hominin evolution in Africa through the analysis of sediment cores that have recorded environmental changes in the Chew Bahir basin (CHB). In this statistical project we used recurrence plots (RPs) together with a recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) to distinguish two types of variability and transitions in the Chew Bahir aridity record and compare them with the ODP Site 967 wetness index from the...

Objective To assess the prevalence of spontaneous preterm births and to identify the associated risk factors. Methods This single-centre cross-sectional study enrolled women that experienced a preterm birth as registered on the neonatal log-book between 30 December 2019 and 30 December 2020. A pre-tested structured checklist was used to collect data (sociodemographic characteristics; obstetric-related factors; medical history; and pregnancy-related factors). Bivariate logistic regression...

<h2>Abstract</h2> Proven and sustainable practices like climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) need to be prioritized and promoted for uptake especially by the farmers to achieve sustainable development. These are capable of contributing to the realization of sustainable development goals through averting food and nutritional insecurity, increasing and sustaining yields that translate into increased incomes and later reduced poverty. This is because CSAPs enable farmers to adapt and...

In this report, drought adaptation measures were analyzed for the Afar and Somilai regions in Ethiopia in terms of cost-efficiency and risk mitigation effectiveness. A total of 26 measures (13 options of measures in each region) were successfully assessed using the modelling platform CLIMADA. The Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) framework is set out to develop practical recommendations that enable national and local decision-makers to build a comprehensive assessment of the climate risk...

Health professionals are the front-line agents to realize tuberculosis (TB) Infection Control (TBIC) in health facilities and in turn to achieve the targets of the End TB strategy. Despite this, evidence on their knowledge and attitude regarding TBIC is inadequate. As a result, this study aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitude of health professionals regarding TBIC, and associated factors in Mizan Tepi University Teaching hospital.An institution-based cross-sectional study was...

Despite their recognizable role in the political arena and resultant gender mainstreamed policies, women in Ethiopia face day-to-day obstacles to ensure gender equity, and academia is no exception. In the past few decades, higher education in Ethiopia has rapidly expanded, resulting in increased enrollment of female students and faculty employment in various academic fields. Although the progress in the sector is highly promising, ensuring gender equality has still been a significant...

COVID-19 has brought about significant change in a global dispensation. One of these changes is the catalysed use of fourth industrial revolution interventions 4IRI. In South Africa, among the industries that have been influenced by the catalysed use of 4IRI is that of the Higher Education industry. Apart from the fact that South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) were restructured during the mid-2000s (e.g. Technikons transforming to Universities of Technology), most curricula...