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Objective Globally, one third of deaths each year are from cardiovascular diseases, yet no strong evidence supports any specific method of CPR instruction in a resource-limited setting. We hypothesized that both existing and novel CPR training programs significantly impact skills of hospital-based healthcare providers (HCP) in Botswana. Methods HCP were prospectively randomized to 3 training groups: instructor led, limited instructor with manikin feedback, or self-directed learning. Data was...
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Abstract This paper questions whether the second Millennium Development Goal of achieving universal primary education targets by 2015 for all children to complete a full course of primary schooling, can be realised. A key contention of this paper is that this forecast is far-fetched when we take into cognizance refugee children's accessibility to education. As much as it has reported that enrolment in primary education is on the rise, refugee access to education remains a great challenge....
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An illustrative example of street theatre used in international development as an awareness-building tool is Nakai, a drama produced by the United Nation's Industrial Development Organization's Global Mercury Project (GMP) in Zimbabwe to increase knowledge of the hazards of mercury use amongst artisanal gold miners in the Kadoma-Chakari region, Zimbabwe. Nakai performed to almost 9000 people, but its influence on behavioral change in the GMP project area could not be studied due to the...
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This study aims to describe the oral hygiene practices and the oral health status of 12-year-old school children of Aden, Yemen.Multistage stratified cross-sectional survey.A cross- sectional survey of randomly selected schools in the city was performed. Four hundred 12-year-old students were recruited in the study from both private (N. 200) and government schools (N. 200). In total 219 boys (54.8%) and 181 girls (45.2%) participated in this study. Scoring of decayed, missing, filled teeth...
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Algerian teaching teachers, like their counterparts in most Muslims countries, face a paedagogical dilemma between, on the one hand, Islamic traditional paedagogy, on the other, Western paedagogy. The paper shows to what extent Islamic paedagogy has impacted on teachers’ paedagogy in Algerian universities despite efforts to keep up with modern teaching theories. It shows also that Algerian teacher’s folk paedagogy, mostly based on traditional practices, influences teaching. Given this...
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Mega sporting events, such as the Soccer World Cup, the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games attract the interest of millions of fans and generate widespread interest in different parts of the world. These events are critical because they have long term political, social and physical consequences for hosting nations. To ensure the success of these events, one major component involves the recruitment of competent volunteers who are ready to deliver relevant services. In spite of hosting...
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The number of people newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been decreasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but prevalence of the infection remains unacceptably high among young people. Despite the alarming pervasiveness of the virus, young people in this region continue to engage in risky sexual behaviors including unprotected sexual intercourse. In developed countries, parents can play important roles in protecting young people from such behaviors, but evidence regarding the...
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AbstractThis is a qualitative study that used interviews and observations in two provinces of South Africa. The investigation considered the views of various stakeholders of school governing of different focus groups at schools in two provinces of South Africa. The study explored the actual or theoretical involvement of learners in School Governing Bodies (SGBs); what barriers exist to learner participation; the key issue of training for learner involvement and whether SGBs have contributed...
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The main objective of this book is to establish the salient reasons why higher education was developed in East Africa and specifically why the Federal University of East Africa was constituted. The book will identify the factors responsible for the collapse of this regional institution in June 1970. Another objective of this book is to demonstrate how the history of the University of East Africa sheds light on colonial and post-colonial policies on education, especially higher education, as...
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This study aimed at recognizing the role of supervion in Palestine in supporting novice teachers, during the first year of choosing them as teachers in Palestine (the northern governorates). The population of the study included all novice teachers who were appointed during the first semester of the academic year 2009/2010, total number was (1590). The selected sample was random stratified. To achieve the purpose of the study, the researchers designed a questionnaire containing (47) items...
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Research reports and observations have indicated the absence of quality planning in the management of higher education in Africa. This appears to be one of the major constraints to the effective management of higher education in majority of the institutions all over Africa. The paper examined “strategic planning procedure as an imperative for effective management of higher education in Nigeria”. Two hundred respondents (i.e. 100 lecturers, and 100 administrative officers) from five Federal...
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The Kid Group is one of the few exposures of Neoproterozoic metavolcano-sedimentary rocks in the basement of southern Sinai in the northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield. It is divided into the mostly metamorphosed volcaniclastic Melhaq and siliciclastic Um Zariq formations in the north and the mostly volcanic Heib and Tarr formations in the south. The Heib, Tarr, and Melhaq formations reflect an intense episode of igneous activity and immature clastic deposition associated with core-complex...
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Abstract For students with visual impairments, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an important means through which they can learn and access learning materials at various levels of education. However, their learning experiences in using such form of technologies have been rarely documented, thus suggests society's lack of understanding and/or interest about the effectiveness of such technologies in responding to the learning needs of people with visual disability....
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Background: Information regarding body composition and television viewing in South African children is sparse. The purpose of this study therefore, was to determine the relationship between body composition and TV viewing among adolescents attending high schools in the Potchefstroom area of the North-West province of South Africa.