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Purpose This study explored the type and adequacy of cohesive devices that are produced by school-age children who use African American English (AAE). Method The language samples of 33 African American children, ages 7, 9, and 11 years, were transcribed, analyzed, and coded for AAE use and cohesive adequacy (e.g., personal reference, demonstrative reference, lexical, and conjunctive markers). Results There were 2 AAE features that child speakers used for cohesive purposes. Adequacy rates for...

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a strategy to reduce mortality and morbidity in children under-5 years by improving management of common illnesses at primary level. IMCI has been shown to improve health worker performance, but constraints have been identified in achieving sufficient coverage to improve child survival, and implementation remains sub-optimal. At the core of the IMCI strategy is a clinical guideline whereby health workers use a series of algorithms to...

Abstract: The present paper examines the changing climatic scenarios and associated effects on livestock farming (pastoralism) in the arid and semi arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya, which cover over 80% of the country. The study was carried out in the semi arid Mukogodo Division of Laikipia District in Kenya. This division received a mean annual rainfall of approximately 507.8 mm and the main source of livelihood was pastoralism. Questionnaire, structured interview, observation and literature...

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S603-S603 Poster presentations P663 The development of an obstetric fistula treatment and surgical training program in Eritrea A. Husain, A. HusainSearch for more papers by this authorF. Hassan, F. HassanSearch for more papers by this authorA. Sleemi, A. SleemiSearch for more papers by this authorH. Melecot, H. MelecotSearch for more papers by this authorM. Polan, M. PolanSearch for more papers by this authorM. Morgan,...

Objective and Background: The need to sanitize our environment from elements hazardous to life on earth is hereby high-lighted, as well as a properly organized and efficiently run prenatal health care system. Clinical Methods and Materials: From 1975 to 2008,17 spinal celes (including 2 meningoceles) were routinely repaired in Imo and Ebonyi States of Nigeria, and 5 in Jamaica,the West Indies; none in Basel, Switzerland. All 20 meningomyeloceles were incontinent of urine and faeces, had...

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S206-S206 Free communication (oral) presentations O401 Laparoscopic evaluation of infertile women in Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria: An update S.A. Ibrahim, S.A. IbrahimSearch for more papers by this authorI.A. Yakasai, I.A. YakasaiSearch for more papers by this authorI.S. Abubakar, I.S. AbubakarSearch for more papers by this author S.A. Ibrahim, S.A. IbrahimSearch for more papers by this authorI.A. Yakasai, I.A....

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S228-S228 Free communication (oral) presentations O475 Sustaining a gynecologic operative laparoscopic training program in Ghana J. Kim, J. KimSearch for more papers by this authorK. Patzkowsky, K. PatzkowskySearch for more papers by this authorX. Xu, X. XuSearch for more papers by this authorV. Dalton, V. DaltonSearch for more papers by this authorA. Advincula, A. AdvinculaSearch for more papers by this author J. Kim,...

Previous articleNext article No AccessTHE NAACP CAMPAIGN FOR TEACHERS' SALARY EQUALIZATION: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN EDUCATORS AND THE EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLEJohn A. KirkJohn A. Kirk Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of African American History Volume 94, Number 4Fall 2009Documenting the NAACP's First...

This study is based on field data originally collected for a PhD research project in a small district of Zimbabwe. The study attempts to answer the question about how AIDS orphaned children in a selected context in Zimbabwe construct their concept of self as members of their changed and recomposing families, and as members of their school and their community. Acknowledging and working with the real presence of deeply embedded social understanding about AIDS in this community, the article...

A qualitative single-case-study approach is used in this study to examine the lived experiences of an African American woman senior-level administrator in a predominantly White research university. The everyday, lived experience of the participant challenges the ideology that education and hard work are combinations that equal success. The findings in the study indicate that despite achieving advanced levels of education and holding high-ranking positions within academia, many African...

Hepcidin is a peptide produced by hepatocytes and detectable in blood and urine. Urinary hepcidin excretion appeared to be significantly increasing in humans with acute and chronic infections or inflammatory diseases. However, the effects of common tropical parasitic infections on hepcidin have not been sufficiently examined. We carried out a study in school children from Mali living in a neighborhood where Plasmodium falciparum malaria and Schistosoma haematobium infections are prevalent....

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S180-S180 Free communication (oral) presentations O304 Quality of birth care in labour rooms in selected teaching hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan D. Mahmoud, D. MahmoudSearch for more papers by this authorA. FazariBashir, A. FazariBashirSearch for more papers by this author D. Mahmoud, D. MahmoudSearch for more papers by this authorA. FazariBashir, A. FazariBashirSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20...

The current study examined the relation of a commonly used measure of mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale [MAAS]) and psychological flexibility (Acceptance and Action Questionnaire [AAQ]) to mental health-related variables within an African American college sample. The study also examined these constructs as potential mediators of the link between self-concealment and mental health variables. The AAQ did not show adequate internal consistency, and thus was not used in subsequent...

BackgroundEndemic transmission of measles continues in many countries that have a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden. The effects that HIV infection has on immune responses to measles and to measles vaccine can impact measles elimination efforts. Assays to measure antibody include the enzyme immunoassay (EIA), which measures immunoglobulin G (IgG) to all measles virus (MV) proteins, and the plaque reduction neutralization (PRN) assay, which measures antibody to the hemagglutinin...

Early childhood education in Kenya serves the critical purpose of preparing young children for primary education. Notwithstanding the associated benefits for society as a whole, the government of Kenya is involved minimally. Indeed, parents are responsible for planning, developing and managing different early childhood programs. Consequently, problems such as funding and lack of program consistency are common. Because early childhood programs are essential, the government should be involved...

article i nfo This study is a part of a wider investigation to evaluate how much can be learnt by using low-cost methods such as systematic moderate-resolution remote sensing to map and quantify geological structures at the regional scale on very large volcanic provinces only partly studied in the field. Volcanic-centre and cinder- cone distribution, faults and structural lineaments are mapped combining Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and Landsat...