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Abstract: An analysis of the business ethics of the African-American church during and after Reconstruction reveals that it is a conflicted ethic, oscillating between two poles. The first is the sacralization of the business ethic of Booker T. Washington, in which self-help endeavors which valorize American capitalism but are preferentially oriented to the African-American community are advanced as the best and only options for economic uplift. The second is the “Blackwater” tradition, which...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are significant differences between effective and ineffective urban schools based on (a) students' classroom behavior and (b) students' motivation and perceptions of their classroom learning environment. Students from four effective and four ineffective urban elementary schools that served predominantly African American students were systematically observed during the school year and completed three surveys about 6 weeks before the...
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El Nino (EN) is the increase in the surface temperatures (SST) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. EN results from changes in the pattern and direction of winds and ocean currents in the region, which have potentially catastrophic effects. Many researchers now believe that the occurrence of various droughts in Africa, especially in Southern Africa and the Horn, are caused by physical processes related to the occurrence of ENSO events thousands of miles away. If valid and...
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Summary Nigeria is one of the developing world countries that are committing themselves to the importance of environmental education (EE) as a means of improving the environment, which has suffered from considerable pollution and degradation. As part of the strategies’ for raising the level of awareness and engendering attitudes amongst the population through the formal school system, the Federal government has designed curricula with strong EE elements for a brand new subject called...
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While coronary heart disease (CHD) is responsible for about a quarter of deaths in South African white, coloured and Indian populations, the rate is very low in the black population. Dietary risk factors for CHD include high intakes of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, with low intakes of mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids. In a characterization study, plasma fatty acid profiles have been determined in seven groups of high school pupils aged 16–18 years, namely, white, rural black,...
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Historically, education in South Africa formed an important part of the government's plan to develop a racially segregated society. While there is a significant amount of research that describes the widespread problems of schooling in South Africa, there are few reports about the subjective qualities of education. The primary purpose of the present article is to provide a more personalized account of what it has meant to be educated as a student and to work as a teacher under the conditions...
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of MedicineVolume 27, Issue 1 p. 3-5 Free Access The gathering storm that is the HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea J. M. DWYER, J. M. DWYER Head of Division of MedicineSearch for more papers by this authorS. LOVELL-JONES, S. LOVELL-JONES Executive Assistant, AIDS Society for Asia and the Pacific, Division of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSWSearch for more papers by this author J. M. DWYER, J. M. DWYER Head of Division of MedicineSearch for...
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One of the major educational challenges in the United States is ensuring that all students graduate from high school. This article reviews research evidence on four facets of this issue: (1) the magnitude of the problem and trends over time; (2) the economic and social consequences of dropping out; (3) the causes of the problem, including individual factors and institutional factors associated with families, schools, and communities; and (4) solutions to the problem, ranging from...
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Over the years, the dental profession in most of the developing countries of the world has given the education of the dentist greater priority over the education of dental auxiliaries. There has also been a great tendency on the part of the profession in these countries to think that dental education involves the training of dentists alone. The training of dental auxiliaries forms an important core of dental education for the training of oral health workers in the developing countries. The...
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This paper reports on the electrification using photovoltaic power of 45 schools in the rural areas near Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. The project was funded by the state, coordinated by Eskom and implemented by Siemens Limited (Solar Division). The University of Port Elizabeth (Department of Physics) independently monitored the electrification process. As solar power is a relatively new concept for many of the rural people in South Africa, the University also...
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Automated systems, like manual systems, will not be successful without adequate training and preparation on the part of the staff. Some problems will arise where adequate training is lacking. The article discusses the structure and organisation of on‐site training of staff in the use of TINLIB software at the University of Ilorin Library. Particular attention is paid to the content of the training, trainers and what the programme is out to achieve. The article discusses some pitfalls in the...