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Sub-Saharan Africa has been one of the most affected regions in the world by the emissions-induced climate crisis. Even though the region is not the biggest emitter of CO2 globally it is important to understand the dynamics of emissions in the sub-continent. This study takes a look at one of those determinants –education. Specifically, the study attempts to unravel the role of education on C02 emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this aim, the study adopts a sample of 46 countries in...

The increasing use of personal protective equipment (PPE) as a sanitary measure against the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has become a significant source of many environmental risks. The majority of the governments enforce the use of PPE in public areas, such as beaches. Thus, the use and disposal of PPE have compromised most solid waste management strategies, ultimately leading to the occurrence of PPE polluting the marine environment. The present study aimed to monitor the PPE pollution...

This study aims to discuss how Egyptian learners of Korean perceive and categorize Korean vowels, how Koreans perceive Korean vowels they pronounce, and how Egyptian learners' Korean vowel categorization affects their perception and production of Korean vowels.In Experiment 1, 53 Egyptian learners were asked to listen to Korean test words pronounced by Koreans and choose the words they had listened to among 4 confusable words.In Experiment 2, 117 sound files (13 test words×9 Egyptian...

The present research paper highlights the importance of plurilingual competence to language education in pre-service teacher training at the Teacher Training College of Bouzareah-Algeria-. The study is designed to gain insight into the development of pluringual competence in the pre-service program that is addressed to the students of the departments of French and English. It aims at enhancing the teaching and learning of foreign languages in order to meet the universal requirements related...

Abstract Background The African continent currently experiences 25% of the global burden of disease with only 1.3% of the world’s healthcare workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to medical education systems, increasing the strain on already-vulnerable regions. Our study examines the impact of COVID-19 on medical students across 33 countries in the African continent. Methods A 39-item anonymous electronic survey was developed and distributed to medical students...

Surface water plays a fundamental role in supporting life and the functioning of various ecosystems. In this regard, its availability and variability influence the functioning of various ecosystems and most importantly human livelihoods. This becomes critical in drought prone and water-scarce areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The use of satellite remote sensing is increasingly becoming the primary data source for water resources monitoring. However, with emerging and advances in satellite remote...

Clinical trials have found that the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) is safe to use and effective at reducing women's risk of acquiring HIV infection. As countries prepare for the introduction of this novel long-acting, woman-controlled prevention method, an examination of key learnings from oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery will help programs leverage successful innovations and approaches to support DVR scale-up and expand the method mix for HIV prevention.Intensive efforts over...

Globally, scholarship around decentralised structures and devolved governance powers has been credited for 'giving power to the people'.Power to make governance decisions goes with ownership of those decisions and accountability to multiple stakeholders.Therefore, it is not surprising that when South Africa became a democracy, it adopted some form of decentralisation of management and governance structures and devolution of power as part of its transformation agenda.However, through its own...

This research focused on personal narratives of four school principals from different school contexts, how they experienced the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and how that experience influenced their leadership.The main question that guided the research, was how these principals made sense of their leadership during the COVID-19 crisis in their different South African contexts.International and national research confirm that policy implementtation during crisis situations is sometimes...

The aim of this study is to measure the trace metal pollution in surface waters, spring waters and groundwater found in the Djebel Onk. The samples were analyzed using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry method. The results show that the surface water, spring waters, and groundwater are contaminated by these trace metals, particularly lead, uranium, iron, lithium, selenium, and magnesium. The observed levels reflect the evidence of the bad quality of these waters (surface...

The COVID-19 pandemic begins in China in 2019 and because of the connections of China with the rest of the World in trade and businesses, the virus started to spread quickly around the World. This rapidly spread causes serious negative effects on education, small, medium, and large businesses, economic, health, food security, employment, traveling, environment, energy, market, even causes countries to take loans and their debt rises. The specific knowledge about COVID-19 also affects...

This article argues that the development of language policy for transformation and social inclusion has significantly failed to achieve the ideal order of things given lack of robust monitoring and systematic implementation. This article uses a framework for policy analysis to reflect on the language policy in South African Universities. It explores reasons why the national language policy was introduced and uses the “effect and implementation” two-pronged framework to show how the national...

This study assessed the temporal and spatial drought regimes in Kasungu Agricultural Development Division from 1977 to 2017.The previous studies in Malawi only used the Percentile Index such that other indices including the timescale standardized precipitation index were not considered for drought analysis.This study bridged this gap by using 3-month and 6-month Standardized Precipitation Indices in Drought Monitoring and Prediction software.This study found that the rainfall patterns are...

Adapting new learning and teaching practices during COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students’ learning in higher education. Using a cross-sectional research methodology, the study attempted to understand the cross-cultural impacts of COVID-19 on higher education students in Cambodia, Nigeria, Oman and Spain to determine the changes that COVID-19 has brought about in higher education students; examine how students' learning behaviour and attitudes have changed during COVID-19; identify the...

Adapting new learning and teaching practices during COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students' learning in higher education. Using a cross-sectional research methodology, the study attempted to understand the cross-cultural impacts of COVID-19 on higher education students in Cambodia, Nigeria, Oman and Spain to determine the changes that COVID-19 has brought about in higher education students;examine how students' learning behaviour and attitudes have changed during COVID-19;identify the...

Understanding rainfall processes is crucial in addressing several hydrological challenges that have both positive and negative impacts on agriculture, climate change, and natural hazards including floods and droughts. Statistical modeling is a key instrument for studying these processes. This study presents the trends and forecasted rainfall patterns from 2017 to 2035 in the Manga-Bawku area, northeastern Ghana using rainfall data spanning from 1976 to 2016. The simple seasonal exponential...

Drought has become more common and severe in recent decades due to increased global changes in climatic conditions and anthropogenic activities thereby analyzing drought at both regional and local levels is crucial.And so, this study aims at assessing drought risk in Northern Nigeria using NDVI and SPI.Data used included satellite images (Landsat OLI-TIRS, ETM+, TM, and MSS) meteorological data, and gridded precipitation datasets (1975 -2016) from the Climate Research Unit (CRU).The drought...

This study determined the occurrence and distribution of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) genotypes of E. coli isolates in Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana.A cross-sectional study.A single centre study was conducted at Ho Teaching Hospital of Ghana.Patients who visited Ho Teaching Hospital Laboratory with the request for culture and susceptibility testing.Escherichia coli were isolated, and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase genes were detected.Of the 135 isolates, 56(41.5%,95% CI: 33.1% - 50.3%)...