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In Papua New Guinea extreme climate events have occasionally led to the collapse of normal subsistence food production systems causing large scale food shortages that threaten human health and survival (e.g. during the 1997 El Niño drought). Production of staple foods (e.g. sweet potato) and cash crops (e.g. coffee) are adversely affected by drought, water logging and frost. We investigated the association between El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), extreme climate events and reported food...

This case study analyzes the availability and uses of teaching techniques and computing technologies in Grades 10, 11, and 12 Computer Applications Technology classes in a remote town in South Africa. The technologies and techniques trialed showed promise of usefulness in being more engaging to student interest than those presently used. The technologies were a bit tricky in setting up and it was recommended that the researchers, in addition to special work sessions with the teachers, team...

Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a participatory approach to addressing open defecation that has demonstrated success in previous studies, yet there is no research on how implementation arrangements and context change effectiveness. We used a quasi-experimental study design to compare two interventions in Ethiopia: conventional CLTS in which health workers and local leaders provided facilitation and an alternative approach in which teachers provided facilitation. In 2012, Plan...

Abstract This paper is based on qualitative research undertaken in West Nile Uganda and Coastal Kenya as part of a broader development project. A wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, parents, and early childhood practitioners were involved in sharing their perspectives of what life is like for young children (birth to age 8) in their homes, communities, and institutions. Data gathered were then brought back to community members to solicit action plans. The author...

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are non-traumatic lesions of the skin on feet of diabetic patients. DFU require appropriate investigations, dietary placement and clinical management. These constitute huge healthcare costs in DFU care.This study sought to determine the prevalence of DFU in relation to clinical, socio-demographic variables and healthcare costs expended.This was a retrospective study. Hence, medical records and healthcare costs of 1573 DFU-diagnosed patients who visited the diabetic...

Background: Worldwide, at least 2.8 million people die each year due to overweight and obesity, and an estimated 35.8 million (2.3%) of global Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) are caused by overweight and obesity. Many studies in Ethiopia showed that overweight and obesity is caused due to increased intake of energy-dense food, physical inactivity, changing modes of transportation and increasing urbanization. However, there is no published article showing that short sleep duration...

The unprecedented changes in the university, to homogenizing the principle of identity in association with the dominant class [world-class universities] supports a very limited conception of higher education. The mantras of global rankings have permeated South Africa’s institutions of higher education, yet the rankings’ constructs are subjective, and inadequate in nature. This paper uses aspects of Jurgen Habermas’s ‘Critical Theory of Societal Development’ as its lens to account for the...

Dokali, Samia.June, 2016.Human capital development and its effect on economic growth in Algeria,Theses,Osaka, JapanOsaka City of University

Teachers who are employed to teach in the basic schools in Ghana, either ply their trade in the primary schools or the junior high schools (JHS). The primary classes comprise of classes 1-6, and the junior high schools are made up of JHS 1-3. The primary school teachers are termed as “classroom teachers”, because a teacher is allotted a particular class and he or she is responsible for teaching all the subjects on the time table to the pupils throughout the duration the class is assigned to...

Parkia biglobosa is an indigenous species which, traditionally contributes to the resilience of the agricultural production system in terms of food security, source of income, poverty reduction and ecosystem stability. Therefore, it is important to improve knowledge on its density, current and future spatial distribution. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the tree density, the climate change effects on the spatial distribution of the species in the future for better...

As countries design climate change adaptation policies, it is important to understand how workers alter behavior in response to changes in temperature. Nonetheless, the impact of temperature on labor markets is poorly documented, especially in Africa. We address this gap by analyzing panel surveys of labor choices by sector, contractual arrangement, and migration status in four East African countries. Merging survey information with high-resolution climate data, we assess how workers shift...

This study aims to identify the difference on work values and its constituent dimensions according to some variables: study sample (first sample immediately after the revolution, second sample 3 years after the revolution), gender (male and female), urban vs. rural, and interactions between these variables among a sample of teachers in Assuit. Sample of the study (N= 1121) includes male and female teachers (first sample N= 641, second sample N=480). Results show significant differences...

This study aims to identify the difference on work values and its constituent dimensions according to some variables: study sample (first sample immediately after the revolution, second sample 3 years after the revolution), gender (male and female), urban vs. rural, and interactions between these variables among a sample of teachers in Assuit. Sample of the study (N= 1121) includes male and female teachers (first sample N= 641, second sample N=480). Results show significant differences...

Teaching African Women in Cinema:Part Two Beti Ellerson (bio) The second part of this essay offers a primer on African women in cinema studies, which is based on actual courses, seminars, and lectures and draws directly from articles posted on the African Women in Cinema Blog1 since its inception in 2009. A longer version of this article was published in nine parts on the blog. Toward an African Women Cinema Studies A developing corpus of literature serves as primary texts in the study of...

It has been another fruitful year for the Kenya Australia Twinning Project, with 18 nurses from Kenya and one from Togo being trained in the Kenyan 2015 SWCNEP.

Results are reported for intelligence assessed with the Advanced Progressive Matrices of a sample of 1502 students at an Egyptian university. The men obtained a British IQ of 103.8 and the women a British IQ of 101.0. The men students had greater variability than the women students.

The development objective of Skills Development Project for Malawi is to increase access, market relevance, and results orientation of supported skills development institutions in agreed priority areas. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) compensation of all structures at full replacement costs; (2) compensation of land for land to project affected persons be the first priority; (3)compensation of all structures at full replacement costs; (4) compensation of...

Stroke is becoming an increasingly serious public health issue in Ethiopia and the paucity of data specific to the Ethiopian setting is limiting the formulation of an appropriate response. This study aimed to describe types, risk factors, management patterns, and outcomes among stroke patients treated at a tertiary teaching hospital in northern Ethiopia from 2012 to 2014. Medical record review with a standardized abstraction tool was used to obtain all data for this retrospective case study....