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The presence of newly arrived students from countries on the continent of Africa poses specific challenges for inner-city schools, but their presence also provides the unprecedented opportunity to bring African and African American students together around their shared heritage and to restore connections that were severed long ago by slavery. In many school settings with African and African American students, strained relations are the norm. Myths, misperceptions and negative stereotypes...

Introduction of more effective and standardized assessment methods for testing students' performance in Africa's medical institutions has been hampered by severe financial and personnel shortages. Nevertheless, some African institutions have recognized the problem and are now revising their medical curricula, and, therefore, their assessment methods. These institutions, and those yet to come, need guidance on selecting assessment methods so as to adopt models that can be sustained locally....

Cisplatin (CDDP), an anticancer drug used extensively to treat a broad range of neoplasms, has strong ototoxic side effects. Sodium thiosulfate (STS) has been described as a protective agent against CDDP toxicity, but it also reduces CDDP's antitumoral cytotoxicity. To maintain the antitumoral effectiveness of systemic administration of CDDP, a strategy has been developed to apply STS directly into the cochlea. Perfusion of STS into the cochleae of guinea pigs completely prevented...

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This study is an exploratory investigation of parent effectiveness among 135 single, low-income African American mothers. This study investigated two aspects of parenting: satisfaction with one's ability to parent and parent effectiveness or ability. The Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale (James, Schumn, Kennedy, Grigsby & Shectman, 1985) and the Parent Success Indicator for Parents (Strom & Strom, 1998) were used to evaluate these concepts. Results from the study indicate high...

TESOL JournalVolume 12, Issue 3 p. 29-34 Access to Higher Education in South Africa: Bridging the Divide Through Academic Literacy Arlys Van Wyk, Arlys Van Wyk Holds a PhD in applied language and is a lecturer University of the Free State, in South AfricaSearch for more papers by this author Arlys Van Wyk, Arlys Van Wyk Holds a PhD in applied language and is a lecturer University of the Free State, in South AfricaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 30 December 2011...

Using narrative reports of peer conflicts among a sample of African–American children and adolescents from inner-city schools, this study investigated the development and social functions of four types of aggressive behaviors: social, direct relational, physical, and verbal aggression. A total of 489 participants in grades 1, 4, and 7 were interviewed (220 boys and 269 girls). Results showed that low levels of social aggression and high levels of physical aggression were reported in peer...

Some preliminary investigations of the precipitation and storm structure of the major climatic regions in Africa have been conducted using a 3-year data set of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Precipitation Radar (TRMM PR). There is marked seasonal dependence of dominant rainfall type over land in comparison to the South Atlantic Ocean. During the period of maximum rainfall, the convective type of precipitation at 4 km altitude is higher than that at 2 km by more than 60% in all the...

Abstract One major issue in human resource development (HRD) is to determine factors that predict the performance of employees. The primary purpose of this study was to determine how level of education, training, and the working conditions of matatu (public service vehicle) drivers determined their job performance in terms of reduced road traffic accidents. Proportionate and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 143 drivers who completed and returned the questionnaires....

This paper describes an analysis of different ways of constructing climate change scenarios using output from three climate models. It focuses on using the HadRM3H regional climate model applied across southern Africa and a macroscale runoff model operating at a scale of 0.5 × 0.5° to simulate river runoff. HadRM3H has a spatial resolution of 0.44 × 0.44° and is driven by boundary conditions from HadAM3H, a global atmosphere general circulation model with a spatial resolution of 1.875 ×...

This paper describes an analysis of different ways of constructing climate change scenarios using output from three climate models. It focuses on using the HadRM3H regional climate model applied across southern Africa and a macroscale runoff model operating at a scale of 0.5 × 0.5° to simulate river runoff. HadRM3H has a spatial resolution of 0.44 × 0.44° and is driven by boundary conditions from HadAM3H, a global atmosphere general circulation model with a spatial resolution of 1.875 ×...

This paper describes an analysis of different ways of constructing climate change scenarios using output from three climate models. It focuses on using the HadRM3H regional climate model applied across southern Africa and a macroscale runoff model operating at a scale of 0.5 × 0.5° to simulate river runoff. HadRM3H has a spatial resolution of 0.44 × 0.44° and is driven by boundary conditions from HadAM3H, a global atmosphere general circulation model with a spatial resolution of 1.875 ×...

This paper describes an analysis of different ways of constructing climate change scenarios using output from three climate models. It focuses on using the HadRM3H regional climate model applied across southern Africa and a macroscale runoff model operating at a scale of 0.5 × 0.5° to simulate river runoff. HadRM3H has a spatial resolution of 0.44 × 0.44° and is driven by boundary conditions from HadAM3H, a global atmosphere general circulation model with a spatial resolution of 1.875 ×...

The Insulator Pollution Severity Application Map (IPSAM) for South Africa is being developed to identify pollution severity levels throughout the country. Directional Dust Deposit Gauges (DDDG's) and Equivalent Salt Deposit Density Gauges (ESDD's) are installed at various sites to measure the aggressiveness of the environment. A Geographic Information System (GIS) map was developed to accurately determine the location of pollution monitors progressively inland from the coast in order to...

Modern scholars of natural hazards predict that in developed countries with complex, state-level social organisations, disasters can be mitigated through aid programmes, redistribution of resources, etc., whereas egalitarian societies with smaller social networks have a wide range of responses, but are more likely to fail to adapt and will abandon their homeland (e.g. Chester, 1993: table 8.4). Anthropologists have often painted quite a different picture in which traditional societies are...

Lord Denning played an important role in the establishment and development of legal education and lawyers' training in Africa from the late 1950s onwards. By exploring this involvement it is possible to add to existing work on Denning's vision of the role of law and legal professionalism. In post‐colonial Africa, order and stability were best assured by a cadre of lawyers imbued with the virtues characteristic of English practitioners over the centuries. These ineffable qualities could only...

Summary. Objective. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between a professionally derived index, the Dental Aesthetic Index, and some indications for orthodontic treatment as perceived by potential patients. Methods. An epidemiological survey of 614 secondary school students, 327 males (53·3%) and 287 females (46·7%) was carried out in Ibadan, Nigeria. Children aged 12–18 years (mean age, 14·9 ± 2·9 SD) were randomly selected, none of them had received previous...

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