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This study examined the influence of personal variables (age, sex, academic-class and religion) on drug use behaviour among secondary school students in Osun State. Nigeria. Descriptive research design was employed. The sample for this study was 1800 students selected randomly from thirty secondary schools randomly selected from six Local Government areas of Osun state. The Local Government areas were: Ife North, Iwo, Orolu, Ife-South, Odo-otin and Atakumosa. Drug Use Behaviour Inventory...

A student information system provides a simple interface for the easy collation and maintenance of all manner of student information. The creation and management of accurate, up-to-date information regarding students' academic careers is critical students and for the faculties and administration ofSebha University in Libya and for any other educational institution. A student information system deals with all kinds of data from enrollment to graduation, including program of study, attendance...

Male circumcision is an age-old practice known to many cultures of the world. In South Africa, particularly among the amaXhosa, male circumcision is practised as a rite of passage to manhood, generally by boys aged 18 to 26. This study investigated perceptions of nine traditionally circumcised Xhosa male university students on their view on the relevance of traditional circumcision in face of calls for its abolition. Open-ended individual interviews were conducted among psychology university...

Background: Eighty percent of persons with disabilities (PWD) in the world are living in low-income countries, where rehabilitation is part of their numerous unmet needs. In 2011, Togo ratified the Convention for the Right of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which is calling member state to organize, strengthen and extend rehabilitation services (RS). This study will investigate PWD perceptions about accessibility to RS and what solutions they propose in order to give recommendations on the basis of implementation of the CRPD.

This study examined bullying in secondary schools in Nigeria.Six research questions were asked and answered using simple percentage and bar charts.A sample of 120 students and 224 staff participated in the study.Interview and questionnaire were the sources of data collection.Findings emerging from analyzed data revealed the common types of bullying in boarding and day schools to include hitting/flogging and extortion.Findings further revealed that the level of bullying was higher among boys...

Many studies in developing countries have found a negative association between breastfeeding duration and child growth. This finding creates a public policy dilemma given the widely accepted benefits of breastfeeding. Plausible causes for the negative association include reverse causality and omitted variables. Using the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey from rural Ethiopia, we find a downward bias in the estimated growth effect of breastfeeding duration before we control for the...

In Algeria, Arabic and French are the two most commonly spoken languages, sharing a contentious relationship with one another in relation to national identity. The centrality of French and its continued importance in Algerian society are due to the legacy of French colonialism, discussed in Section 1.1. The centrality of Arabic and its prominence is attributed to the spread of Islam and Arabo-Islamic culture, discussed in Section 1.2. The core of my research inquiry thus focuses exclusively...

Water quality deterioration remains a major problem in most fresh water lakes. This study was conducted to establish the extent of water quality deterioration in Kisumu Bay of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria. The overall objective was to assess the effects of point source pollution on water quality and phytoplankton community structure. Sampling stations were selected randomly all over the bay and marked with a global positioning system (G.P.S). Triplicate samples of dissolved oxygen...

The ethos of the academy in South Africa, as is the case in the West in general, has been shaped profoundly by the Enlightenment. Theological and religious studies in the secular academy have had to conform to this ethos. This has led to the anomalous situation of African students of theology being alienated from their faith at university level despite the fact that the sub-continent appears to be over-whelmingly Christian in its ethos. Theology departments need to take more seriously the...

Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, 100% participation) and focus groups in two informal urban communities in the Southern city of Shashemene, we identified locally relevant...

Background: Between 8 July and 27 August 2014, 2150 Palestinians, 66 Israeli soldiers and 7 civilians were killed. At least 10,000 Palestinians were injured and 65,700 displaced. Many Palestinians are now living in emergency shelters. On 26 August, an open-ended ceasefire was agreed between Palestine and Israel divisions.

Introduccion: las lesiones traumaticas dentarias constituyen en la actualidad un problema de salud. La literatura cientifica senala un grupo de factores predisponentes para los traumas dentarios, sobre los cuales se puede actuar preventivamente. Metodos: se realizo un estudio descriptivo transversal, en ninos y ninas de 7 a 12 anos de la escuela primaria “Republica de Angola” del Municipio Boyeros, en el periodo del 2012 al 2013. Las variables utilizadas fueron: edad, sexo, presencia de...

Background: According to the 2011 World Health Organization report an estimated 650 million people with disability live in the world, of which 80% is from the developing countries where rehabilitation services are poor. In the same year, an estimated 17.6% population (15 million people) lives with disability in Ethiopia, of which 3–4 million are children. Though, the community based rehabilitation and the health extension workers are the primary contact workforces in the community, these...

Given the resources (economic, human, social, political) applied to SfD programs, it is important to understand the objects and impacts of sport and development. Moving the Goalposts (MTG) in Kenya is one of these SfD organizations. The general aim of this research was to explore which elements of Moving the Goalposts (MTG) contribute to leadership development in Kenyan girls, with a specific focus on football and peer education. In-depth interviews, participant questionnaires, digital story...

Learning to use distributed business systems requires expensive and sustained training efforts. An approach to nurture local users to become mentors for colleagues has been developed as an alternative to training courses. A user level plus a mentor level distance learning course were evaluated amongst users of a health information system in Malawi. The user level course was adequate for users with some computer fluency, while IT novices required a mentor present. The mentor level course...