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In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while attending school. Using unique data from nationally representative surveys of schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper proposes a methodology to assess the effect of teacher subject content knowledge on student learning when panel data on students are not available. The paper shows that data on test scores of the student's current and the previous year's...

Introduction: The continuous development of the knowledge and skill of the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Ghana is important for the success of the pre-hospital system. Due to distance and time constraints, an online e-learning platform is a good way to educate the Emergency Medicine Technicians in Ghana. Aim: The study looked at the feasibility of developing a distant learning module for the training and continuous medical education of EMTs. Methods: EMTs in the Ashanti Region were...

Abstract The Oran earthquake of 9th October 1790 in NW Algeria caused heavy damage in that city, and originated a tsunami observed in Almeria and Cartagena, SE Spain. It occurred in a region of low seismicity in comparison with other regions east of Algeria. The abundant contemporary documentation analysed in the present study, some of it not used previously, confirms a maximum intensity of IX–X (EMS-98) for Oran city. The estimated focal parameters are: origin time 01 h 15 m or 01 h 30 m...

Sickle cell anemia may be associated with cognitive dysfunction, and some complications of sickle cell anemia might affect those with sickle cell trait (SCT), so we hypothesized that SCT is a risk factor for cognitive impairment.The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study enrolled a national cohort of 30,239 white and black Americans from 2003 to 7, who are followed every 6 months. Baseline and annual global cognitive function testing used the Six-Item...

Aims To outline knowledge acquisition by Rwandan pediatric residents, using the International In-Training Examination (I-ITE), during the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program from 2012–2018. Methodology Retrospective descriptive analysis. All Rwandan pediatric residents took the I-ITE for five of six academic years of the study period. Individual resident scores were weighted using the nine other global I-ITE sites to minimise confounding from annual variations in exam difficulty....

a Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Environmental Education) in the School of Environmental Studies of Kenyatta University May 2019

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2019. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development. Advisors: Roozben Shirazi, Frances Vavrus. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 302 pages.

Abstract Convection‐permitting models perform better at representing the diurnal cycle and the intermittency of convective rainfall over land than parameterized‐convection models. However, most of the previous model assessments have been from an Eulerian point of view, while key impacts of the rainfall depend on a storm‐relative perspective of the system lifecycle. Here a storm‐tracking algorithm is used to generate storm‐centered Lagrangian lifecycle statistics of precipitation over West...

Geochemical and Nd isotope data are presented for Palaeoproterozoic ultramafic to mafic rocks and granitoids which are associated with volcanic rocks in the southern part of the Ashanti greenstone belts of Ghana. The Prince's Town granitoids display subduction‐zone geochemical features, with some showing signatures similar to high‐SiO 2 adakites (HSA). Their initial ε Nd (2.1 Ga) values range from −1.01 to +2.92, and they have T DM2 of 2.17–2.51 Ga. The gabbros show slightly LREE‐depleted...

By drawing on the case study of Uganda, we challenge common assumptions about education, gender, regional differences and political agency. Comparing findings from four different regions, we scrutinize whether and how educational institutions empower Ugandan youth to participate in society as active, informed, critical and responsible citizens. Theoretically, we focus on four different aspects of individual political agency that education can foster, namely: understanding of political...

The most important part of geochemical studies of lavas along the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL) has so far focused on the southern and central segments of the line leaving behind the northern-most part of the CVL with few and incomplete data. This study presents the case of the Gawar, Zamay and Minawao volcanoes, for which, for the first time, petrological and geochemical data comprising major and trace elements, and Strontium-Neodymium-Lead isotopes have been used to investigate the mantle...

Abstract We utilize two waves of the National Income Dynamics Study in South Africa to estimate the returns to education in 2010 and 2012. We find that during this time period the returns to education were approximately 18% per year of education and that the returns were higher for females relative to males and higher for those living in urban relative to rural areas. The policy implications include a suggestion to continue investment in educational infrastructure, especially in rural areas,...

This research is focused on the composition of the sediments produced in volcanic islands when the climate does not favour weathering. The XRD mineralogy (bulk sample and fraction finer than 63 μm), petrography and geochemistry of a set of bedload stream and beach samples collected in the “old” Maio and the “young” Fogo islands of Cape Verde archipelago are used to investigate the compositional transformations promoted by exogenous processes during island denudation. The main factor...

This study examines whether telecommunications infrastructure promotes economic growth in countries with better access to education compared to those with less access. Using a panel of 45 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1993 to 2015, the results using the fixed-effects, two-step feasible efficient generalized method of moments estimator indicate that in countries with better access to education, the Internet contributes to economic growth, while mobile phones do not seem to do so. These...

Forest reserves in Ghana are the only significant refugia of natural tropical forests, but they are threatened by land use pressures that have led to widespread forest degradation. Additional stress from climate perturbations, such as droughts, can reduce fuel moisture and lead to fires that render the reserves more vulnerable to further degradation. Here, we explore recent drought-associated wildfires in the forest zone of Ghana to better understand the combined effects of forest...

Despite an elaborated framework on reasonable accommodations in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), persons with mental disabilities continue to face significant limitations to employment in East Africa. The aim of our study is to explore legal provisions related to reasonable accommodations in the employment-related laws regarding persons with mental disabilities in East Africa, and to suggest ways to bridge the gap between principles of international law...