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The existing selection criteria and procedures applied at universities training occupational therapists in South Africa are not meeting the country's need for selecting students who adequately fulfill the demographic mix which represents the South African population. The aims of this research were: to investigate the existing criteria and procedures used for the selection of occupational therapy students; to establish recommendations with regard to how these criteria and procedures can be...
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It is often claimed that Africa has a myriad of mutually unintelligible languages, each of which is associated with presumably a distinct ethnic group or culture. Though no expert would question the claim that Africa is a multilingual continent, the question arises of the reality of the frontiers that have been drawn among some of her languages. This paper aims to address this question in the light of the language situation across the Zaire-Zambia border area, with a focus on the Bemba...
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It is often claimed that Africa has a myriad of mutually unintelligible languages, each of which is associated with presumably a distinct ethnic group or culture. Though no expert would question the claim that Africa is a multilingual continent, the question arises of the reality of the frontiers that have been drawn among some of her languages. This paper aims to address this question in the light of the language situation across the Zaire-Zambia border area, with a focus on the Bemba...
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MU CIKOSO Miakulu ne Politike wa Tulasa kunyima kwa apateide mu Afrike wa Kwinshi Afrike wa Kwinshi pakadipikulaye ku bupika bwa apateide mu 1994, lukonko lunene luvwa pa moyo wa bamfumu ba ditunga luvwa lwa ne ncini civwabo ne bwa kwenza ne miakulu ya batoke bavwa bakwata ditunga ku bupika, Angele ne Afrikanse. Mu dibeji edi ndi ngakula bwa politike udi bamfumu ba ditunga benza bwa kwandamuna lukonko elu, ne nangananga politike wa kulongesha bana mu miakulu ya bankambwa. Ne ndeja ne bwa...
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Lifestyle Incongruity has been shown to be associated with elevated blood pressure in various developing societies. We sought to test this model in an international collaborative study of hypertension in populations of African origin. Data were available for 4770 men and women, aged 25-74, from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. The main effects of lifestyle score (LSS) and education on hypertension prevalence were explored, as well as interactions predicted by the Lifestyle...
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Severe corporeal punishment is known to hamper the physical, emotional and psychosocial development of children. This cross-sectional study was, thus, undertaken to make a quantified preliminary investigation on the occurrence of the problem. Six hundred and forty nine elementary schools' students were interviewed in selected urban and rural schools in Ethiopia. Eighty percent and 76% of the urban and rural children, respectively, admitted being subjected to physical punishment. Almost 21%...