Your search

As globalization has become a complex force that affects all aspects of life, no nation can deny its importance, and no community is immune from its effects. Hence, globalization greatly concerns higher education. Consequently, higher education has moved from a peripheral to a central position in the responses of governments to globalization. It is a key factor in developing countries based on evidence from the World Bank's Task Force Report on Higher Education in Developing Countries...

Abstract Background Aswan and Luxor Governorates are characterized by multifaceted activities such as cement, chemicals, fertilizers, detergents, nitrogen fertilizer factory at Aswan, the sugar and diary factory at Kom Ombo, and several other factories such as the sugar, pulp, paper, ferrosilicon, and phosphate factories at Edfu, urbanization and agriculture. In addition, there is a main sewage station which is used for irrigation of many crops. Assessing the pollution of soil and sediment...

Different heavy metals accumulate in the environment due to intensive human activities, which adversely affect wildlife. Biota usually develops different biological responses to face such stress; analysis of these biological responses could be used as a biomarker of pollutants. The current study aimed to compare hematologic and biochemical parameters in cattle egret collected from industrial and rural sites in New Damietta City, Egypt, to assess the effect of heavy metal pollution. Selected...

Auditory performance outcome of children with hearing impairment has been widely studied, and the related factors of the performance have been explored among different age groups for English speaking hearing impaired children. The objective of this study was to construct Arabic questionnaires for the evaluation of the auditory abilities of hearing impaired Egyptian Arabic-speaking children. Three Arabic questionnaires targeting the auditory abilities were constructed by selecting items from...

De novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia is one of the diseases from which many people die each year. It is the most common type of all types of cancer and causes death of people all over the world. Classification methods are an efficient means to separate data. Especially in the field of medicine, where these methods are widely used in diagnosis and analysis for decision-making. In this paper, we consider group feature selection in a multiclass classification of other ways. The performance will be...

In the light of the increasing importance of education in achieving progress and sustainable development for any nation, improving education quality appears to be important for both developed and developing countries. Therefore, this research aims to study the effectiveness of the quality approach in improving the basic education schools in Egypt, and to assess the importance of standards in the quality of education system in the Egyptian basic education institutions, and to analyze the...

The image of the destination is a very important concept in the field of tourism management as well as in the field of destination marketing. It is important to evaluate the image perceived by tourists because this image affects their behavior and their choice of destination. A certain destination can achieve its tourism objectives if it has a favorable perceived image. Through this paper, we try to examine the image of Egypt as a tourist destination as it is perceived by French-speaking...

On entering the teaching profession, beginner teachers in South Africa are expected to comply with requirements underlying the National Policy Framework for teacher education in South Africa (NPF 2006). These requirements are stipulated as follows: A teacher needs to be a specialist in a particular learning area, subject or phase; a specialist in teaching and learning; a specialist in assessment; a curriculum developer; a leader, administrator and manager; a scholar and lifelong learner; and...

Entrepreneurship drives every national or regional economy. Therefore, in fostering entrepreneurship need of a nation, researchers should focus on both the regional and local prospect of entrepreneurship. Although many scholars and policy makers devote their attention on the holistic entrepreneurial situation of a nation’s economy, it is equally important to predict the entrepreneurial determinants of various cultural groups. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to determine the impacts...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT), is an essential aspect of the primary and secondary education system in Africa. It is a well-known fact that ICT improves the quality of learning and teaching curriculum in schools, while serving as an agent of change by bringing growth and development to the economy. The aim of this paper is to highlight the positive impact of ICT in primary schools across the African continent. It discovers that this new world order is under-utilized in...

Poor cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is linked to cognitive deterioration, but its effects on lipid heterogeneity and functional properties in older African American (AA) subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) need elucidation. This study determined whether exercise training-induced changes in blood lipid particle sizes (LPS) were associated with CRF determined by VO2Max in elderly AAs with MCI. Given the pivotal role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on glucose metabolism,...

British Journal of Special EducationVolume 46, Issue 4 p. 511-512 Book Review Singal, N., Lynch, P. & Johansson, S. T. (eds) (2019) Education and Disability in the Global South: new perspectives from Africa and Asia. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Dr Violet Gachago, Dr Violet Gachago Violet.gachago2019@my.ntu.ac.uk Nottingham Trent UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Dr Violet Gachago, Dr Violet Gachago Violet.gachago2019@my.ntu.ac.uk Nottingham Trent UniversitySearch for more...

<h2>Abstract</h2> Despite a population of nearly 60 million, there is currently not a single interventional radiologist in Tanzania. Based on an Interventional Radiology (IR) Readiness Assessment, the key obstacles to establishing IR in Tanzania are the lack of training opportunities and limited availability of disposable equipment. An IR training program was designed and initiated, which relies on US-based volunteer teams of IR physicians, nurses, and technologists to locally train...

Ceftazidime is nowadays one of the most commonly used antibiotics due to its high antibacterial potency, wide spectrum of activity, and low potential for toxicity. However, the global trend shows huge misuse of ceftazidime.This study was conducted to assess the appropriateness of ceftazidime use and to identify areas of intervention to prevent inappropriate use in different wards of Ayder Compressive Specialized Hospital, a tertiary teaching Hospital, Mekelle-Ethiopia.A facility-based...