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Abstract The variant of peace and coexistence education in Israel between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs and between the former and Palestinians is typical of such programs in regions of intractable conflict and prolonged intense interethnic tension: Northern Ireland (“Education for Mutual Understanding”), Bosnia‐Herzegovina (“Education for Peace”), Kosovo, Congo (International Peace Education Development), and such. Some see this brand of peace education as the prototype of the field...
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Distance learning has flourished in Sudan during the last two decades; more and more higher education institutions offer distance learning programmes to off-campus students. Like on-campus students, distance learners should have access to appropriate library and information support services. They also have specific needs for library and information support services as a result of their distance from their university libraries. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) and...
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The culture of mass education has become an enduring tradition in Western Nigeria.The root of this culture is traceable to the mid-nineteenth century when the Christian missionary bodies began a process of systematic evangelization, using Western education as a medium and an indispensable tool.Early converts were taught how to read the Bible in vernacular -a measure that helped produce the first widespread literate class in Western Nigeria.Thereafter, mass education was promoted through the...
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The culture of mass education has become an enduring tradition in Western Nigeria. The root of this culture is traceable to the mid-nineteenth century when the Christian missionary bodies began a process of systematic evangelization, using Western education as a medium and an indispensable tool. Early converts were taught how to read the Bible in vernacular – a measure that helped produce the first widespread literate class in Western Nigeria. Thereafter, mass education was promoted through...
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Context Several oral diseases and conditions are associated with tooth loss. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral health problems seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in one year with the view to highlighting causes of tooth loss in this environment. Methods This study utilised data from the Record book of the Oral Diagnosis unit of the Dental clinic in UNTH, Enugu. Records of patients seen from January to December 2008 with complete...
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Academic persistence among African American college students has become an important issue due to the consistent lack of increase in the retention rates of these students. Despite the importance of this issue in the field of education, little has been done to study how family factors may influence college student’s academic success from a family science perspective. Further, students attending HBCUs are rarely utilized in empirical research even though HBCUs have proven to be effective in...
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Water pollution is a major problem in the global context. Yet aquatic resources consists of extremely wide range of floral and fauna resources which offer a broad array of goods with potential utilitarian application in agriculture, innovative industry and the pharmaceutical industry which renders valuable benefits and services. The slow poisoning of the waters is witnessed in Nigeria and the destruction of vegetation and agricultural land by oil spills which occur during petroleum...
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Context Knowledge of different HIV testing modules is necessary to make an informed consent. The basic conditions of confidentiality, voluntary and counseling (pre-and-post) should apply in all HIV testing. Objective To assess the knowledge and preference of HIV counseling and testing types among antenatal women at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. Methodology The study is a descriptive cross-sectional type. A systematic sampling method was used in the sample...
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Tracheostomy remains a very important life saving surgical procedure worldwide and particularly in our environment where patients present late in upper airway obstruction. Little work has been done on this subject in our environment and therefore it was necessary to conduct this study to describe our own experiences with tracheostomy, outlining the common indications and outcome of tracheostomized patients in our setting and compare our results with those from other centers in the world.This...
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In the past decade, several studies have been conducted to investigate communication apprehension (CA) among learners of new languages. In the literature, communication apprehension was investigated among different learners of languages from different backgrounds and nationalities including Iran and the USA. Unfortunately, very few studies have been conducted among Libyan learners of English in general and Libyan postgraduate students in particular. The main goal of this study is to...
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Surveillance and proper hygiene have been identified as key components in the fight against HAIs and antimicrobial resistance in hospital setting.This study assesses the pattern of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and state of hygiene in a tertiary hospital in southwest, Nigeria.Data collected routinely between January 2000 and December 2009 by the infection control committee on HAI and primary data generated on hygiene in the wards were analysed using appropriate statistical techniques.A...
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Background: In South Africa, youths aged 15–24 years are at a higher risk of HIV infections than other age groups, and female youths are at a greater risk than their male counterparts. An essential step in controlling the pandemic of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is to help adolescents to reduce or avoid unsafe sexual practices.Objective: This study was designed to establish risky sexual practices amongst female undergraduate students.Method: This was a descriptive...
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The issues discussed in this article have arisen from the authors’ concern about primary school teachers’ ability to use English as the language of instruction in their classrooms. Teachers in primary schools who are English second language speakers were asked to comment on the three main problems that they experience in using English as the medium of instruction in their classrooms. From the teachers’ responses it was deduced that their main problems in using English as...