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To estimate the prevalence and predictors of illicit drug use among school-going adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe.We used data from the Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in 2003 in Harare to obtain frequencies of a selected list of characteristics. We also carried out logistic regression to assess the association between illicit drug use and explanatory variables. For the purpose of this study, illicit drug use was defined as marijuana or glue use.A total of 1984 adolescents...
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SURVIVAL IS NOT AN ACADEMIC SKILL”: EXPLORING HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE GRADUATES OF A PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL CRAFT AN IDENTITY by Tiffany Simpkins Russell This qualitative study explores the private boarding school experiences of eight African American female graduates, the forms of identity they crafted and the survival skills they developed while navigating this unique terrain. A life history methodology grounded in the womanist tradition was used to develop a portrait of the women’s...
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This study sought to access pupils' knowledge on their rights as children, establishing the common violations experienced with emphasis to understanding the forms of child sexual abuse acts in Ugandan primary schools. Quantitative data were collected from 30 schools covering 442 pupils (male= 223; female= 219) and 81 teachers (24=male and 57=female). A total of 30 pupils from 2 schools participated (males=15, females=15; age range=12 to 14) participated in the focus group discussion. In...
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Introduction Medication-related problems in the ICU are an important but poorly understood phenomenon. Many patients admitted to i ntensive care units consume long-term medi cation. N ew drugs may be co mmenced during i ntensive care intended for the short term or longer. Patients are often cared for by several teams during hospital admission and long-term medication may inadvertently be permanently discontinued. Aim: We sought to evaluate the frequency and incidence of medication- related...
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This study examined the extent to which postgraduate students of the Universities of Agriculture libraries in Nigeria utilize journals in their libraries for research purposes. Survey research design was adopted. A total of 1,275 copies of a questionnaire were distributed among the postgraduate students of the three Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria of which there were 914 (71.69%) responses. The questionnaire sought for information on how often they use journals, constraints to the use...
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The study examines the factors that account for the increase in malaria cases in Dvokolwako area (Swaziland), which in the past was generally malaria free. The two main aspects examined in the study area are climate change patterns and sugar cane cultivation under irrigation. Climatic data of the area was obtained from the Mbabane National Meteorological Service, whilst retrospective inpatient malaria data was obtained from Dvokolwako and Mliba clinics. Data on sugar cane growing was...
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Despite recent reforms and developments in Medical Education worldwide, a recent commentator described a significant decline in the quality of Libyan Medical Education, due to the lack of curricular reform and leadership [1], which is evidenced by a failure rate of over 50% in some exams [2]. Although this may simply be a reflection of the assessment process used, such failure rates must entail a huge waste of valuable resources for both students and schools. Our aim in this paper is to...
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This report presents the establishment of appropriate method of synthetic unit hydrograph to generate ordinates for the development of design storm hydrographs for the catchment of eight selected rivers located in the South West Nigeria. Unit hydrographs were developed based on Snyder, Soil Conservation Service (SCS) and Gray methods; while the SCS curve Number method was used to estimate the cumulative rainfall values for storm depth of different return periods. The peak storm hydrographs...
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This paper presents a comparative study of private returns to schooling of urban men in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey using similar survey data and a uniform methodology. We employ three surveys for each country that span nearly two decades, from the 1980s to 2006, and, to increase the comparability of the estimates across surveys, we focus on urban men 20–54 years old and in full time wage and salary employment. Our aim is to learn how the monetary signals of rewards that guide individual...
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This paper presents a comparative study of private returns to schooling of urban men in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey using similar survey data and a uniform methodology. We employ three surveys for each country that span nearly two decades, from the 1980s to 2006, and, to increase the comparability of the estimates across surveys, we focus on urban men 20-54 years old and in full time wage and salary employment. Our aim is to learn how the monetary signals of rewards that guide individual...