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The aim of the present study was to identify the administrative problems that school principals face at schools in the city located in the east of Turkey with high Syrian student population and to provide suggestions for overcoming these problems. The city is a province in Turkey having the highest ratio of Syrian to Turkish population with 95.61 %. Therefore, the city is an important topic for the education and social integration of Syrian students. Based on the findings, it has been...

Objective Examine how disability status among adolescents is associated with the following domains of personal well-being: schooling, livelihoods, health, violence and psychosocial well-being. It is hypothesised that adolescents with a disability will have greater deficits in these areas of well-being compared with their healthier counterparts. Design Cross-sectional data from 2018 were obtained from the second round of an on-going study of adolescents living in poor households in two...

Dementia, diabetes, and African American race are three factors that are independently associated with emergency department (ED) use. This study tested the hypothesis that ED use is associated with worse cognitive function in African Americans with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and poorly controlled diabetes.This study examined differences in ED use among African Americans with MCI and diabetes in a secondary data analysis of baseline data from a one-year randomized controlled trial (N =...

A design build studio approach is a design process that involves the users, local community, and professionals in the entire development of a project -from the conceptual ideas generation to the implementation phase.This paper aims at analyzing techniques of involving the school students directly in the process of improving their school built elements performance -with focus on social spaces such as playgrounds -from the design and planning phases to the implementation phase.The main goal is...

This study aimed at exploring the philosophy of digital minimalism, and put forward its importance for an effective online learning in higher education during the lockdown. The long quarantine that the COVID 19 pandemic imposed on most countries of the world has brought radical changes in the way schools, colleges and universities operate. In Algerian higher education, creating online platforms for students was the only solution to move on. However, ignoring that most Algerian students often...

BackgroundHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global public health threat, and all frontline Health care workers (HCWs) are at a higher risk of exposure to body fluids from potential HIV patients and to sharp instruments. Though timely Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) decreases the possibility of seroconversion to HIV after occupational exposure, most HCWs rarely adhere to the PEP protocol. This study aims to determine the predictors of adherence to PEP among frontline healthcare workers...

Objectives Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death in low- and middle-income countries, and training in PPH management is a research priority of the World Health Organization. Most studies showing benefit of obstetric simulation as a teaching modality used high-fidelity simulators in high-resource settings. Our goal was to evaluate low-fidelity simulation as a feasible and effective method of improving resident knowledge and confidence in managing PPH. Methods We...

Worldwide, amblyopia prevalence among children is in the range of 0.13% to 12.9%. However, there are no known community-based data regarding amblyopia prevalence and its associated factors among school age children in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of amblyopia and to identify factors associated with amblyopia among school age children in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia.A cross-sectional study among a school age community of Bahir Dar city was conducted...

The knowledge of basic medical science could help to remember a fact and be used to understand causal mechanisms of disease process that improve the accuracy of diagnostic formulations.To assess the perception and attitude of medical students towards basic medical science subjects along with retention rate and clinical relevance in Wollo University.Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed in Wollo University from September, 2020 to October, 2020. A pre-tested and...

The future of the nursing profession in Rwanda in large part depends on the students who join the workforce and the education they have received. Preparing students with the necessary knowledge, values and judgement requires practice settings to be learner-centered. This study aimed at exploring strategies that might improve the current practice-based learning environment. A focused ethnographic approach was used. Nursing students, staff nurses, clinical instructors and nurse leaders from...

Schistosomiasis (S. mansoni and S. haematobium) is an important neglected tropical disease in sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, Schistosomiasis has been prioritized as neglected tropical disease and remained among major public health burden on school age children of the country. Few studies conducted on the association between prevalence of Schistosomiasis and gender of school age children have inconclusive finding about the association between these two variables....

There are many climatic changes facing South Africa which already have, or are projected to have, a detrimental impact on human health. Here the risks to health due to several alterations in the climate of South Africa are considered in turn. These include an increase in ambient temperature, causing, for example, a significant rise in morbidity and mortality; heavy rainfall leading to changes in the prevalence and occurrence of vector-borne diseases; drought-associated malnutrition; and...

On July 13, 2019, a moderate earthquake shook the Jijel region of Algeria, ~300 km east of Algiers (Capital of Algeria). In the past, the Jijel region experienced a destructive earthquake (I0: X) on 21–22 August 1856, triggering a moderate tsunami in the western Mediterranean region. The 2019 event is the second important event to have occurred along this part of the Algerian margin, which has been undergoing an inversion process since the Pliocene Epoch. The event occurred 40 km to the...

Significance This follows an earlier downgrade from Fitch. Morocco’s principal exports -- automotive, phosphates and tourism in particular -- are vulnerable to global market volatility. Besides the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has also experienced a drought that hit agricultural yields and caused a rise in unemployment. Impacts The government will prioritise investments in sectors that will boost job creation to contain the risk of social unrest. Morocco’s automotive sector...

Climate change is the main environmental issue all over of the world. Temperature is the main climate change indicator. The warming is the main feature of the climate change. Libya is one of the driest and the semi driest regions in the world, therefore the climate changeresearch should be the main research issue.The area of study is located in the north western region of Libya, where the most population of Libya is concentrated. The monthly basis historical temperature for long term data...