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This paper is a conceptual paper aimed at examining the effect of corruption on the development of vocational education in Nigeria. The paper reviews the relevant literature such as the concept, different levels, forms and origin of corruption. The concept of vocational education, the relationship between vocational education and corruption and the consequences of corruption on the development of vocational education in Nigeria are also examined. Some strategies for combating corruption and...

Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all of humanity.However, the world's poor, the majority of whom are women, are encumbered disproportionately.Adaptation is, therefore, considered as an important response, especially for those groups who are most exposed to and affected by its adverse effect.Hence, this study assessed the determinants of women's choices of adaptation strategies to climate change in Yeki Woreda, Sheka Zone of South Western Ethiopia using a multinomial logit...

The decline in female participation in school sports is undesirable because of the fact that it is considered to be for boys only. It is in light of this, the study was carried out to examine socio-cultural determinants of female students’ participation in school sports in Kogi State, Nigeria. The population was 3,290 female students while 310 respondents were sampled for this study. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested using inferential statistics of Chi-square to analyze the data....

Introduction: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a double-stranded circular DNA virus, it is one of the major blood transmissible infections. The prevalence of HBV is highest in sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia, where 5-20% of the adult population are infected. In Africa, up to 15 to 60% of the population are positive for at least one of the serological markers of HBV. This study aimed to determine the prevalence markers of HBV among prospective blood donors in Sokoto. Materials/methods: About 170...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Suriyeli sığınmacı öğrencilerin yaşadıkları sorunları, ilkokul yöneticileri ve sınıf öğretmenlerinin görüşleri ışığında ele almaktır. Araştırmanın yürütülmesinde, nitel araştırma desenlerinden durum çalışması deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma, 2019 yılında İstanbul ili Beyoğlu ilçesindeki bir ilkokulda görev yapan on iki sınıf öğretmeni ve iki ilkokul yöneticisi ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın katılımcıları ölçüt örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilmiştir. Ölçüt örnekleme...

Yemen has witnessed decades of political unrest and the current armed conflict has significantly impacted human development. The economic activity has been severely disrupted which in turn affected the delivery of public services including the financing and operation of the higher education system (HE), where efficiency was negatively impacted. The purpose of this research is to investigate the extent of which the internal efficiency of the Yemen HE has been affected. This will be achieved...

Abstract The adoption of eLearning in developing countries is rare when a comparison is made against the developed nations. Therefore, this study answered calls from numerous literature demanding for more research to investigate the adoption, usage, and application of eLearning systems and applications in Libyan higher education institutions (LHEIs) to contribute to this crucial knowledge gap. Thus, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted focusing on the eLearning technology...

This study assesses the relevance of mobile phone technology in complementing gender inclusive education (i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary) to promote public accountability (i.e. involving horizontal, vertical and diagonal accountability dynamics). The study utilizes the generalized method of moments (GMM) technique to establish the empirical evidence based on 48 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2005–2018. The following findings are documented from the linkages between mobile...

Objective To assess the prevalence of hypertension, impaired fasting capillary glucose (IFCG) and coexistence of both as well as determinants of these conditions among rural adolescents. Design A retrospective cross-sectional population-based study. Setting Three rural communities in southeast Nigeria. Participants A total of 401 adolescents (10 – 19 years) selected through a five-stage sampling technique completed the study. Sick adolescents, pregnant and nursing adolescent mothers were...

Many studies have pointed out different variables as factors determining the student achievement in biology.Such factors include parental, students, teachers and school factors.Previous studies show that these factors prevent students to actively involve in the teaching and learning process.Teachers' qualification, teaching experience and teachers' gender have been established to facilitate the teaching and learning process.This study therefore examined the influence of teacher's academic...

Globally, for individuals infected with HIV, the presence of other infections including TB tends to increase the rate of HIV replication. Of the 8.8 million TB cases worldwide, an estimated 1.1 million (13%) were found to be co-infected with HIV. This research was conducted with the objective to identify potential predictors for the status of TB and CD4 cell count under PLWHIV at Felege Hiwot Specialized Hospital, North-west Ethiopia.A retrospective repeated measurement was taken from a...

<h2>Abstract</h2> The notion of limit is one of the fundamental concepts which underpins advanced calculus of one or more variables in the field of analysis. However, understanding the concept of limit has been an impenetrable problem for many students in Ethiopian Universities. Only very few literatures were documented focusing on overcoming the difficulty of learning the concept of limit. For this reason, the overarching aim of the present study is to enhance students' conceptual...

This study was conducted to investigate the selection and implementation of literary texts for teaching of reading skills in English as a foreign language classes in preparatory schools in Ethiopia. In doing so, descriptive survey design was employed. To collect data, observation, questionnaire, interview and text analysis were used as data collection tools. Using simple random sampling technique, 30 grade 11 English teachers for questionnaire and 6 teachers for observation and interview...

We report two cases of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) of the cervix in teenagers presenting to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana within one month of each other. Between October and November 2019, two patients presented with ERMS of the cervix. They both underwent fertility-sparing surgery followed by chemotherapy with vincristine, actinomycin-D, and cyclophosphamide. Preoperative workup for the two patients was minimal due to limited availability and high cost of imaging in...

To assess the magnitude of disability and its associated factors among patients with schizophrenia in North West Ethiopia in selected hospitals, 2019.Multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study.Gondar, Felege Hiwot, and Debre Tabor hospitals.We recruit 420 participants for interviews using a systematic random sampling technique.We collect the data by face-to-face interview. Disability was measured using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale 2.0. Coded variables were...

The present study was conducted to assess the impact of agricultural intensification and the spreading of untreated wastewater on the physical and chemical quality of groundwater in Kénitra (Gharb, Morocco).The physico-chemical parameters monitored were: T°C, pH, EC, NH 4 + , NO 2 -, NO 3 -, Cl -, SO 4 2-, HCO 3 , and the total hardness (TH) of raw water from boreholes on the Maâmora aquifer.The groundwater of the kenitra water table showed the following mean values: Temperature (20 ° C), pH...

The imperative to mitigate climate change is one of the biggest challenges that confront mankind in the present millennium and investment in renewable energy source is one of the most viable options. This study examines the dynamic causal relationship between renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, economic growth and climate change for a sample of 16 selected African countries. It applies the Panel Pooled Mean Group-Autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL-PMG), Panel Mean...

Just behind wheat and rice, maize is the third most important grain crop in the world, grown in many agricultural areas. In Mozambique, rainfall is declining, posing serious threats to national food sovereignty and security, particularly in southern regions of the country. Despite this fact, few research studies have been conducted on the performance of Mozambique´s maize germplasm under drought stress conditions. A randomized design combining eight maize genotypes (six traditional...