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The earthquake swarm that struck Shadwan Island at the entrance of the Gulf of Suez in 2001 August included 408 events.Almost all of these events (94 per cent) were microearthquakes and only 6 per cent had small measurable magnitudes (5.0 > M L ≥ 3.0).Most of the earthquakes were weak and followed each other so closely in time that they could not be identified at more distant stations.The fault plane solutions of the strongest events of the swarm show almost identical focal mechanisms,...

The situation of schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo in matters concerning new information and communication technologies remains alarming. Given the primary role of these technologies in teaching and learning, as well as the concern of giving Congolese rural schools access to these tools, considering the problems of lack of electricity, telephones, ventilation, the cost of computer equipment, etc. we propose the following strategies which may facilitate the introduction, access and...

The AIDS epidemic threatens Kenya with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to the formation of human capital and economic growth. To investigate this possibility, the authors develop a model with three overlapping generations, calibrate it to the demographic and economic series from 1950 until 1990, and then perform simulations for the period ending in 2050 under alternative assumptions about demographic developments, including the counterfactual in...

Journal Article Cultural Resources and School Engagement among African American Youths: The Role of Racial Socialization and Ethnic Identity Get access M. Daniel Bennett, Jr. M. Daniel Bennett, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Children & Schools, Volume 28, Issue 4, October 2006, Pages 197–206, https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/28.4.197 Published: 01 October 2006 Article history Accepted: 01 June 2006 Published: 01 October 2006

(2006). Complex Alliances: The Institutionalization of Comparative Education in South Africa in the Context of Apartheid and the Cold War. European Education: Vol. 38, Post-Cold War Studies in Education (I), pp. 60-81.

As I sit here watching a pre-recorded interview on CSPAN's Washington Journal with Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter of Louisiana, I am amazed that it was slightly more than one year ago that the city I had come love-the city in which I was introduced beignets and the phrase, Laissez les bon temps roulez (Let the good times roll)-would become the focus of our national attention for weeks come. Like many of my colleagues, I would remain transfixed the television screen watching a...

Abstract The history of art and design education in Botswana has evolved in a unique way and reflects its British colonial history and post‐independence development. It has involved constant exchange and dialogue with other countries through the employment of teachers, teacher trainers and university lecturers from a variety of European, Asian and other African countries. This dialogue has continued as locally trained art teachers pursue their degrees overseas and return with new ideas and...

The existing body of scholarship on of African American in higher education dates back to early twentieth century, and an analysis of it helps lay foundation for adoption of relevant pedagogies for new millennium. In this article, author (a) conceptualizes African American as well as its educational value and goals, (b) critically explores and historicizes significant scholarship on and learning of African American history, and (c) suggests strategies for African American at introductory...

This article addresses the issue of Caribbean cultural under-representation in school art departments. It argues that diasporic subjects are not seen and their cultures not recognised precisely because their contributions to the way we live are indivisible from the mainstream. This in contradistinction to some groups whose cultures and heritages are relatively distinct and separate from Western mores. Our ways of understanding culture do not take this into account. Yet diasporic...

Abstract This article addresses the issue of Caribbean cultural under‐representation in school art departments. It argues that diasporic subjects are not seen and their cultures not recognised precisely because their contributions to the way we live are indivisible from the mainstream. This in contradistinction to some groups whose cultures and heritages are relatively distinct and separate from Western mores. Our ways of understanding culture do not take this into account. Yet diasporic...

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2) encouraging students to debate the role of condoms and to write essays on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; and (3) reducing the cost of education. Their primary measure of the effectiveness of these interventions is teenage childbearing, which is associated with unprotected sex. The...

Multi-organ involvement by opportunistic infections and neoplasms is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV/AIDS. We determined the spectrum/frequency of hepatic histopathological lesions in a prospective study of postmortem liver biopsies from 100 patients (50 females and 50 males, age range 18-55 years) who died from HIV/AIDS in Jos university teaching hospital, Nigeria. The majority of the patients, 65 (65%), had clinical tuberculosis. Granulomatous...

Les auteurs exposent la gestion d'une patiente presentant une alloimmunisation severe, a partir d'une methode, certes tres efficace, mais difficilement accessible dans les pays en voie de developpement: la spectrophotometrie. Au-dela des examens paracliniques restrictifs ne permettant pas une surveillance efficiente de cette pathologie, les auteurs demontrent que l'absence de prevention de l'alloimmunisation au cours des avortements clandestins et le manque d'informations sur les dossiers...

Eight hundred and twenty primary school children were examined to assess the spectrum and prevalence of skin diseases in rural Tanzania. In all, 55% of the children had one or several skin disorders, but only 33% of all diagnoses in a cluster of 14% of the children required treatment. Tinea versicolor was found in 26.2%, pyoderma and dermatophytoses in less than 10%, while few children had scabies or eczematous lesions.

Purpose Education delivery via electronic media is becoming relevant in Nigeria educational systems, especially the universities. In spite of this, there are hindrances affecting the total acceptability of this technology. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, we investigated these critical factors by analyzing the questionnaires collected from three sampled universities in Nigeria: private, public and state owned universities. Findings The results obtained indicated that mass...

In some African countries, time of clean environment with no air pollution belongs to the past. From now on, pollution is a problem of public heath in addition to malnutrition and infectious diseases still badly controlled. The sanitary consequences induced by pollution is now a cause for concern in the population. Yet, very few data are available to develop awareness of the population and convince the authorities to implement urgent policy in order to put a brake on the phenomenon. The...

A combined school- and community-based campaign targeting the entire school-age population of Burkina Faso with drugs against schistosomiasis (praziquantel) and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (albendazole) was implemented in 2004-2005. In total, 3,322,564 children from 5 to 15 years of age were treated, equivalent to a 90.8% coverage of the total school-age population of the country. The total costs of the campaign were estimated to be US 1,067,284 dollars, of which 69.4% was spent on the...

To Determine pregnancy outcome between term and post term deliveries and to assess the proportion of post maturity syndrome among neonates in the two groups.Cross-sectional comparative study of pregnancy outcome among term and post term mothers.Two teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.376 post-term mothers compared to 376 term mothers.Fetal distress, caesarean section rates, neonatal intensive care unit admission, perinatal mortality, congenital anomalies, low birth weight, Apgar...

This book, commissioned by the Batlagae Trust, is the first on the history of the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, SOMAFCO. SOMAFCO was established by the ANC in Tanzania in 1978 for exiles who fled South Africa in the post-1976 period. It operated as an educational institution until 1992, when the ANC decided to return to South Africa after it had been unbanned.