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The current covid-19 pandemic that the world is experiencing is leading us to unexpected and complex context. The Covid-19 crisis has brought the disruption of higher education systems in Mozambique, affecting approximately 239 600 students and 5716 teachers by closing all institutions. The emergence of COVID-19 awakened controversy over the role of HEI. Questions have been raised about the role of HE in Mozambique to reach certain societal agendas – democratization, economic development and...

Purpose This study investigates the effect of shadow economy on environmental pollution and the role of institutional quality in moderating the impact in African countries between 1991 and 2015. Design/methodology/approach The study employs three pollutant variables namely: carbon dioxide emissions per capita, methane emission and nitrous oxide emission as robustness check. Also, battery of methodologies; ordinary least squares, fixed effects and system generalised method of moments are used...

Objective: This study aimed to assess the psychosocial effects and coping strategies of university students during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Between 30 May and 6 June 2020, an online cross-sectional survey was fulfilled by 612 university students. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, version 3, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Brief COPE scale were used. Results: Different degrees of depression, anxiety, and stress were reported by 74.5%,...

This study was necessitated due to the need for post-graduate students to complete their programmes within the stipulated time. It examined the extent teaching and supervision determine post-graduate studies completion time in vocational and technical education programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities. One research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population...

Objective:to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of child adoption among men and women attending the infertility clinic at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.Methods:This was a cross-sectional descriptive stthstudy conducted between 1 October, 2018 and 30 May, 2019 among 264 men and women attending the infertility clinic at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, a major tertiary referral Centre in southern Nigeria. Ethical approval for this study was...

This study assessed the performance of modeling approaches to estimate personal exposure in Kenyan homes where cooking fuel combustion contributes substantially to household air pollution (HAP). We measured emissions (PM2.5, black carbon, CO); household air pollution (PM2.5, CO); personal exposure (PM2.5, CO); stove use; and behavioral, socioeconomic, and household environmental characteristics (eg, ventilation and kitchen volume). We then applied various modeling approaches: a single-zone...

Estimating the economic risks of climate shocks and climate stressors on spatially heterogeneous cities over time remain highly challenging. The purpose of this paper is to present a practical methodology to assess the economic risks of climate change in developing cities to inform spatially sensitive municipal climate response strategies. Building on a capital-based framework (CBF), spatially disaggregated baseline and future scenario scores for economic wealth and its exposure to climate...

Attrition of teachers has been a challenge facing most public secondary schools in Uasin Gishu County Kenya. Research studies have been conducted to check on the factors that influence the attrition trend in Kenya but none has focused on specific teacher characteristics relating to their demographic features. This paper looks at various personal characteristics of teachers’ influences attrition in public secondary schools in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. The target population comprised of all...

Abstract Background: It was estimated that over a billion people have a disability and around 110 to 190 million experienced significant difficulties in functioning. Similarly, there were over 5 million and 32,630 individuals with disability in Ethiopia and Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, respectively. Health care is a human right, yet access barriers to healthcare remain one of the major challenges among people with disabilities. Community pharmacists are often the health system...

In the Abstract, in Methods: Ultrasound CIMT imaging was done using the SonoSite Micromaxx. Physical activity was done over seven consecutive days. In the Abstract, in Results: The prevalence of obesity according to BMI and sedentary behaviour was above 30%; hypertension was 38.9% and low-grade inflammation (CRP) was 41.1%.

Background: Underserved sub-Saharan countries have 0.1 to 1.4 anesthesia providers per 100 000 citizens, below the Lancet Commission's target of 20 per 100 000 needed for safe surgery.Most of these anesthesia providers are nurse anesthetists, with anesthesiologists numbering as few as zero in some nations and 2 per 7 million in others, such as Sierra Leone.In this study, we compared 2 simulation-based techniques for training nurse anesthetists on the Universal Anaesthesia Machine...

Climate change is seriously affecting households who are mainly depending on rain-fed farming agriculture and pastoral/agro-pastoral way of life in different agro-ecosystems.Hence, households' level of vulnerability analysis to climate change is very important to know the vulnerability of local households in different agro-ecosystems so as to tap their potentials for climate change adaptation at the grass root level.Accordingly, this article examined climate change vulnerability of...

Abstract Introduction Training surgeons is expensive and relies on expert supervision. Virtual reality (VR) may enhance acquisition of knowledge and skills. There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of VR in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the technical feasibility of mobile phone VR in LMICs and the feasibility of conducting a full-scale randomised controlled trial. Method A prospective randomised controlled feasibility study was...

The role of the English Language in the development of the Nigeria as a country is major and crucial to the fulfilment of SDG 2030 goal in the nation as a whole.The English language is used for education, trade, unity and link with the entire world.Lack of proficiency in English language therefore is equivalent to illiteracy or worst still poor educational achievement; consequently, the Nigerian child will find it difficult to compete in the world of work and employment.This paper highlights...

The aim of the study is to explore the impact of interaction between two active learning strategies (random excitement and the rolling stone) and the learning styles (auditory and visual) in developing the oral, and performance aspects of the English conversation skills among ninth graders in Gaza. The mixed approach was used. The sample contained (207) ninth graders and was chosen randomly from Al-Aysheya Basic Elementary School for Girls. To collect data, a conversational skills rating...

The Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges in South Africa is a relatively new phenomenon.The colleges in their current format was implemented about 15 years ago.The level of performance of these institutions are overall not at the required level, with some colleges performing better than other.The performance of these institution has a direct impact on the economic development of South Africa as colleges are not producing the necessary vocational and technical skills.As part...

Wind power assessments as well as forecast of wind energy production potential are key issues in the wind energy industry.One of the necessary conditions for the development of wind power generation is to choose the optimal site.Alternative energy plays a great role for climate change mitigation, environmental protection and sustainable development.The objective of this study was to assess the distribution of wind resource based on WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model and its...

The study assessed farmers’ perception for effective extension teaching methods in Niger State. The specific objectives were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of farmers in the study area, identify the extension teaching methods used by extension agents in and examine the farmers’ perception of effectiveness of the extension teaching methods. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for this study. A total of 114 respondents were randomly selected from Badeggi, and Katcha in...

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA

Many are strategies to ensure disability in areas of education and health and access to place and information, but in this experience, we are in the role of civil society organizations in providing possible services in the community integration of an important chip, especially the time of crises and wars (The subject of this experience). We aimed to prepare a model for an inclusive and supportive summer club for children with disabilities with ordinary children from 7 to 14 years old, taking...