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Introduction Indoor and outdoor activities play an important role in enhancing the health and well-being of people with and without disabilities in developed countries. The status of recreational activities, however, is not a priority in many developing countries—those in which people struggle daily to eke out a living. This study investigates the recreation and leisure experiences of employed adults with visual impairments (those who are blind or have low vision) who live and work in...
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Abstract This study investigated the attitudes of dental and medical students toward disability issues in Nigeria. The setting was the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria. The researchers surveyed two groups of 500-level students (i.e., 142 medical and 42 dental students). Participants voluntarily and anonymously completed a survey in July 2013 after a year-long exposure to disabilities in class modules and community-based experiences. An exploratory...
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The Nyos maar-diatreme volcano on the Oku Volcanic Group (OVG) in NW Cameroon carries yet the most infamous maar lake in the world because the lake exploded in 1986 releasing CO2 that killed ~1,750 people and over 3,000 livestock. A process of safely getting rid of accumulated gas from the lake started in 2001. Even though ~33 % of it has been removed, gas continues to seep into the lake from the mantle, so the lake still poses a thread. Available data on basaltic lava from the maar-diatreme...
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To raise awareness of the existence of cryptococcal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Ghana.Detailed postmortem gross and histopathological analysis of an HIV/AIDS patient suspected to have cryptococcal meningitis was carried out and histopathological findings correlated with clinical findings.showed disseminated Cryptococcosis in an HIV/AIDS patient which was confirmed with special stains.cryptococcal infection occurs in HIV /AIDS patients in Ghanaian and when clinically suspected the diagnosis should be pursued vigorously.
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A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the award of master degree in Education Kenyatta University, December, 2015
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A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the award of master degree in Education Kenyatta University, December, 2015
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The study investigated the impact of substance abuse on adolescent on academic performance in colleges of education in Kwara State.. The design used for the study was the survey. A sample of 150 adolescent students was randomly selected form selected departments in three colleges of education in the State. A validated instrument, Drug Habit Inventory (DHI, Fayombo, 1998) was used to collect relevant data and objective tests on Educational and General Studies were also used to test academic...
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This study aimed at investigation of the roles of the laboratory in students’ academic achievement in chemistry in secondary schools in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Four research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 240 students selected through simple random sampling technique from ten secondary schools in the 3 Education Zones in Ebonyi State was used for the study. A questionnaire instrument developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The instrument was...
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This study investigated the levels of possession of science process skills by final year Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) Students in colleges of Education in South-Eastern States of Nigeria. The skills that were assessed were observation, experimentation, measurement, communication, and inference. The research was guided by five research questions and one hypothesis. The research adopted the descriptive survey design. A sample of 200 out of 1000 final year NCE students who studied...
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Little is known about the full impacts of marine litter, especially in the open ocean where there is almost no information.The ocean is a vital source of nourishment, especially to the people in the world's poorest nations.Many depend on fish for their source of protein; fisheries and aquaculture support the livelihoods of about 540 million people directly or indirectly [1].Overfishing, loss of biodiversity and possible extinction of species put stress on these limited resources.Some beaches...
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There has been increasing research and policy interests in understanding Marijuana smoking around the world. Many of the existing studies on illicit use of Marijuana, however, did not focus on students' marijuana smoking in Africa at institutions of higher learning, thereby leaving a gap in knowledge on the topic and more specifically the focus of this article. In the last ten years in the developed countries (for example in the United States of America), while there have been numerous...
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University is one of the places where a systematically organized and scientifically oriented education is offered. It is through such an organized manner that the knowledge, skill and desired attitude of the learner develop, but in a given class it is sometimes seen that there is a difference in achievement as a result of different factors that affect the academic achievement of students. This study was conducted to examine different factors influencing the academic performance of students...
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A shift from the traditional to a progressive mode of education in the past years had led to an increase interest in learners’ individual differences. The new paradigm is student-centered, based on inclusiveness, collaborative learning, critical thinking, creativity, innovation and encourages diversity of reception and processing of information. Hence, this study investigated the effects of learning styles and instructional strategies on students’ achievement in the concept of electricity in...