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With the advent of the cyber world around us today and how students are immersed and became to it, there is growing concern on how it affects their life. Social network sites (SNSs) like Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook are now popularly used among students especially in tertiary institutions in Northern Nigeria. This paper basically attempts to investigate the impacts of Social Network Addiction among the students of tertiary institutions in Northern Nigeria and the level at which the...
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This study titled: challenges of the Implementation of Universal Basic Eduction programme in Yobe State, Nigeria and prospects for 2015 and beyond has largely been shaped by the recent events in the country, specifically the problems confronting the education sector and the Nigerian government responses; the government efforts in initiating various measures through its policies, programmes and institutions to improve the education sector in Yobe state and Nigeria generally have become a...
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Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a global public health concern for many nations in the 21st Century with approximately 246 million people worldwide living with diabetes. A large number of research studies have it that nurses’ knowledge on diabetes mellitus is poor and that there is the need to increase their knowledge level for effective management of patients with diabetes mellitus. In some cases, nurses’ knowledge was adequate but they lacked knowledge in certain aspects of diabetes...
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African and African American Children's and Adolescent Literature in the Classroom: A Critical Guide by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Mary Napoli, Peter Lang, 2011, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-4331-1195-2Yenika-Agbaw and Napoli present a thorough and rich discussion of issues in and adolescent literature that focuses on African and African American cultures. The contents of this book, divided into sections that target pre-K through elementary, middle, and high school levels, provide readers with an...
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The purpose of this research study was to explore the intersectionality of race and gender for African American women through their lived experiences of how they developed as leaders. This qualitative study aimed to research the implications of race and gender for African American women in academia. A phenomenological research method was employed to capture the essence of the participants’ stories and to fully understand their common experiences. Results show that the women in the study...
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This study investigated and described the status and quality of biology teaching and learning in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Research questionnaires were used for gathering data from 10 public secondary schools involving 21 biology teachers and 200 students in Senior Secondary (SS1), Senior Secondary (SS2) and Senior Secondary (SS3). The study hypothesised the following: (a) HO
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Studies of “young carers” in sub-Saharan Africa have increased in recent years. A focus on “children” caring for parents with HIV, and other chronic illnesses, has meant the role of older youth has often been neglected in discussions of caregiving, particularly how caring influences their futures and life transitions. This is despite evidence which suggests that “young adults” (aged 18–24) are more likely than children to undertake informal care work within the family as well as to head...
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The study was aimed at determining the status of heavy metal pollution of soil around open landfill of Shashemane city and its potential impact on environment and local community. Accordingly, forty (among which four were control samples) soil samples and one leachate sample were collect following two meter circular diameter. The collected soil sample were allowed to dry under normal temperature within soil sample preparation room of Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural resources. The...
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This prospective survey was conducted from February to December 2014 about the use ceftriaxone (ceftriaz) for antibioprophylaxy concerning 300 patients by the surgery staff in the Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital in Mali.The quantity of drug used was based on the weight of the patient.One dose was administrated in intravenous at the anesthesiology induction time.For more than 2 hours of intervention time, 4 (1.3%) patients received a second dose.The majority of cases (189, 63%) were out of...
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Students learning experiences were investigated in geometry lesson when using Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) tool in geometry learning in 25 Ethiopian secondary students. The research data were drawn from the used worksheets, classroom observations, results of pre- and post-test, a questionnaire and interview responses. I used GeoGebra as a DGS tool with research questions relating to the aspects of (1) motivation, (2) interactions and discussions, (3) student-centered learning, (4)...
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Background: Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical parasitic infection.The aim of this study was to determine how frequently different structures within the pelvis and perineum were infected with schistosomiasis and its association with cancer, in surgical pathology specimens in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Materials and methods:We reviewed all surgical pathological cases from January 2004 to December 2011 for tissue schistosomiasis.Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 18...