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Abstract A shift towards ecosystem-based management in recent decades has led to new analytical tools such as end-to-end marine ecosystem models. End-to-end models are complex and typically simulate full ecosystems from oceanography to foodwebs and fisheries, operate on a spatial framework, and link to physical oceanographic models. Most end-to-end approaches allow multiple ways to implement human behaviours involving fishery catch, fleet movement, or other impacts such as nutrient loading...

Education and Anti-Racism Education.At the heart of these developments, are efforts, within and through education, responding to cultural, religious and ability differences, racism, intolerance, conflict, political illiteracy, discrimination, socio-economic rights and a general knowledge of human rights and responsibilities.In the light of globalizing processes and the mobility of human beings between and within national borders, the ontological make-up of communities and educational...

Education and Anti-Racism Education.At the heart of these developments, are efforts, within and through education, responding to cultural, religious and ability differences, racism, intolerance, conflict, political illiteracy, discrimination, socio-economic rights and a general knowledge of human rights and responsibilities.In the light of globalizing processes and the mobility of human beings between and within national borders, the ontological make-up of communities and educational...

The chequered path of the development of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM of SA) started with animosity towards any form of training in favour of the presumed equipment provided by the anointment with the Spirit. Later it led to recognition of the need for better training in the form of Bible school equipment for ministering in assemblies. Finally, the need for proper theological training was acknowledged. The composition of the church’s membership and...

Education and Anti-Racism Education.At the heart of these developments, are efforts, within and through education, responding to cultural, religious and ability differences, racism, intolerance, conflict, political illiteracy, discrimination, socio-economic rights and a general knowledge of human rights and responsibilities.In the light of globalizing processes and the mobility of human beings between and within national borders, the ontological make-up of communities and educational...

Universities present the foundation for socio-economic and political development. Without structures and processes to fight HIV, there is no prospect of enhancing treatment, prevention, care and support services. Copperbelt University HIV and AIDS response was initiated in 2003 with the aim of building capacity of students and employees in HIV and AIDS.The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate how the CBU HIV response has evolved over time and provide a timeline of important...

This study determined the prevalence of substance abuse amongst rural secondary school learners in a selected province of South Africa.The study adopted a quantitative approach using a descriptive survey design. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from a total of 338 randomly selected learners, age 14 to 18 years, from 10 secondary schools that make up a rural Vhembedzi circuit in the Limpopo Province. Permission to enter the circuit and the schools was obtained from...

Background: Acute poisoning is considered a major health problem worldwide and is a frequent cause of hospital admission. It is estimated that poisons are responsible for more than 1 million illnesses worldwide annually.Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the pattern of acute poisoning in teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia.Materials and methods: This was an observational, retrospective study. The study population includes all patients who visiting Gondar teaching hospital emergency...

Background: Infections of the upper limb are common and account for up to 35% of patients admitted to a hand surgery service. The majority of patients with acute hand infections are healthy and active young adults who have neglected or delayed appropriate treatment for minor trauma. More severe infections with significant morbidity are seen in patients with impaired immune status. Objectives: To study the hand infections: precipitating factors, clinical presentation, management and outcome,...

Plastic beads have recently become of importance in the lives of women with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Using a materialist approach that focuses on such specific items, this article deviates from most materialist approaches to disability that are focused on the built environment, medical objects, or assistive technology. Rather, the focus is on “things” (this term is to be understood as items being alive in meshworks of social relations) that are...

Although numerous studies provide evidence that active patient engagement with health care providers improves critical outcomes such as medication adherence, very few of these have been done in low resource settings. In Namibia, patient education and empowerment trainings were conducted in four antiretroviral (ART) clinics to increase patient engagement during patient-provider interactions. This qualitative study supplements findings from a randomized controlled trial, by analyzing data from...

We investigate whether the occupational productivity and employment status of individuals living in a household with migrants differ from those living in non-migrant households using the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6) and the Africa Sector Database (ASD). We find that rural households and households with a head in more productive occupations are more likely to have migrant members, and that rural households and households with a head who are waged-employed are more...

Magmatism and faulting operate and interact in continental rifts at a variety of scales. The East African Rift, an example of an active magmatic continental rift, provides the ideal location to study the interplay between these two mechanisms. Previous work has shown that the distribution of volcanic vents and the shape of volcanic fields are linked to their tectonic environment and their magmatic system. In order to distinguish the impact of each mechanism, we analyzed four distinct...

Background: Visual impairment and blindness are major public health and social problems worldwide. The problem is worse in the developing countries due to ignorance, infections, malnutrition and lack of adequate eye care services especially in the rural areas. The misfortune of losing one’s eyesight is worsened by dearth of rehabilitative and supportive facilities. Public information systems, epidemiological data and funding for blindness programmes are often lacking and have hampered...

Friends of the Earth (FoE) Uganda (also known as the National Alliance for Professional Environmentalists, NAPE Uganda, http:// nape.or.ug/) launched its advocacy initiative 'Sustainability Schools' (SS) in 2010, acting as hubs for community organising and training. The SS model of advocacy seeks to support communities to become active participants in driving sustainable local level development.

Abstract. Here we investigate the changes of temperature, precipitation, river runoff and sediment transport in the Wadi Abd in northwest Algeria over a time series of 40 hydrological years (1970–2010). Temperature increased and precipitation decreased with the reduction in rainfall being relatively higher during the rainy season. A shift towards an earlier onset of first rains during summer was also found with cascading effects on hydrology (hydrological regimes, vegetation, etc.) and thus...