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Abstract Two successive African easterly waves (AEWs) from August 2006 are analyzed utilizing observational data, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reanalysis, and output from the National Center for Atmospheric Research–National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) to understand why the first wave does not develop over the eastern Atlantic while the second wave does. The first AEW eventually forms Hurricane Ernesto over the...
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Context and setting A health link between Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the paediatric department of Queen Elizabeth’s Central Hospital, the main teaching hospital in Malawi, was established in 2004. The overall purpose of the link is to improve the health of children in Malawi through the education of health care staff. One of the most successful interventions has been a phlebotomy course for patient attendants. Evaluation of the entire link, undertaken in 2008, also provided valuable...
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ABSTRACT This paper provides CORE-OM intake norms for a South African university counselling service, and compares these to the United Kingdom counselling service data reported by Connell, Barkham and Mellor-Clark (2007). The South African norms are very similar to the United Kingdom norms, with no statistical differences in the total or domain scores. There were, however, statistically significant differences in the South African data between black and white clients: black clients report...
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The role of higher education in preparing youth for labour market is becoming more challenging in the modern society. The effort of higher education in producing relevant and skillful graduates to meet the needs and demand of modern world labour market is a great task for education management. This paper is a review of related literature; it also employed observation coupled with experience. This paper examines youth labour market and; the status of higher education graduates employment,...
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Our objective was to examine tracking patterns of body mass index (BMI) as well as their predictors between childhood and adolescence. A cohort of 452 Tunisian children aged 13 - 15 years was followed for 4 years (1999 - 2003). Tracking of BMI was defined as in individual maintaining a certain status or relative position (relative BMI quartile) overtime. After 4 years, almost 50% of the subjects had maintained their relative positions, but 25% had moved into a lower or higher quartile. The...
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The adoption of liberalization measures in Kenya culminated in a rise and spread of interest rates in the financial sector. The saving rate has however remained low. Most studies have not been conclusive on factors influencing savings in developing countries. This study adopted a microeconomic approach in investigating the factors that influence savings among households of teachers, entrepreneurs and farmers in rural parts of Nakuru District. The sample composed of 359 teachers,...
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Objective: To assess HIV-related knowledge and attitude among dental nursing students in South Western Nigeria.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey of the entire 97 final year dental nursing students from 4 colleges of health technology located in South Western Nigeria was conducted in University of Benin Teaching Hospital during their external clinical posting between June 2006 and June 2007.A self-administered questionnaire elicited information on demography, HIV/AIDS knowledge,...
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This paper examined the uses of computer and its relevance to teaching and learning in Nigerian secondary schools. The need for computer education and its objectives in Nigerian educational system were identified and discussed. The roles the classroom teachers would play and the challenges they would have to face in using computer for instruction were also highlighted. Possible solutions were suggested to ensure successful implantation of computer education programme in Nigerian secondary...
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Abstract: The Paleoproterozoic basin of Foulde´, in the northern part of the Ke´dougou inlier (eastern Se´ne´gal), comprises bothvolcanic and plutonic suites belonging to the same K-rich calc-alkaline series. Plutonic and volcanic rocks are coeval and they showstrong compositional similarities in major and trace elements including rare earths (REE). Clinopyroxene is ubiquitous in the maficrocks and has the same major-element (except CaO) and trace-element (except LREE, Th and U) contents in...
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This is a retrospective study of 104 cases of complicated induced abortion, seen at the University of Benin over a 5 year period. One hundred and four cases constituting 3.93% of gynaecological admissions were studied. This represents 27.4 cases per 1000 live births. The mean age of patients was 21.37 ± 5.7 years with almost 80% being between 16 and 25 years. About 90% of patients were nulliparae, unmarried and had at the most a secondary school education. Over 70% of the patients had at...
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Purpose Given the diversity which exists among various groups of consumers, the purpose of this paper is to explore students' consumption of non‐alcoholic beverages in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Three focus groups and 20 in‐depth interviews were conducted with students in three universities located in Lagos, Nigeria. Findings Initial findings indicate that these students' consumption of non‐alcoholic beverages is influenced in many ways. Nevertheless, the most striking of these...
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The incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Prospective Semen Donors where investigated using Standard Laboratory Procedures.30 Prospective Semen Donors were screened for
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This study was designed to assess the attitude of academic staff in Nigerian tertiary educational institutions to student evaluation of instruction (SEI) and to find out the variable factors that influenced the expressed attitude of members of the academic staff, using Cross River State University as a case study. The study was a survey and so a questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Academic staff in Cross River State University was sampled for the study, using a...
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The headteachers' role is to promote academic performance. The success of what is done in the school is attributed to the headteacher. He or she is the pivot around which many aspects of the school revolve, being the person in charge of every detail of running the school, be it academic or administrative. Schools can make a diff erence to student a chievement and the headteachers' leadership is one factor dete rmining that success. It is therefore important that the performance of a school...