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Objective To evaluate penile fasciocutaneous flap urethroplasty for complex anterior urethral strictures in circumcised West African men. Methods Between January 2002 and December 2006, 26 patients with anterior urethral strictures underwent penile fasciocutaneous flap urethroplasty (PFU), using a modification of the technique described by Quartey (Quartey JKM. J Urol. 1985;134:474-475). Of these patients, 21 had dorsal onlay patches and 5 had tubularize patches. Average follow-up was 19...

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S86-S86 Invited presentations I347 Setting of circuit of clinical management of FGM complication in health center in Mali training the personel M. Toure, M. ToureSearch for more papers by this author M. Toure, M. ToureSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20 November 2009 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7292(09)60347-7AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare...

The Refuge is an after‐school care programme in the southeastern USA that caters to the academic and psychological needs of impoverished African–American children. This study evaluated the Refuge through interviews with staff, small group discussions with children and persistent observation. By evaluating the after‐school care services they receive, children expressed their need for safe and secure environments to grow, their vulnerability to family relationships, their need for fair...

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S364-S364 Free communication (oral) presentations O951 Age at menarche amongst rural school girls in Sokoto, Northern Nigeria K. Tunau, K. TunauSearch for more papers by this authorA. Adamu, A. AdamuSearch for more papers by this authorM. Hassan, M. HassanSearch for more papers by this authorB. Ekele, B. EkeleSearch for more papers by this author K. Tunau, K. TunauSearch for more papers by this authorA. Adamu, A....

This article presents practical perspectives on mathematics teacher change through results of collaborative research with two mathematics secondary school teachers in order to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in Rwanda. The 2006 national mathematics curriculum reform stresses pedagogies that enhance problem-solving, critical thinking and argumentation. Teachers need to use new teaching strategies. This article is a case study looking at issues around developing teachers’ use...

Lack of environmental awareness is one of the underlying causes of severe environmental degradation in Ethiopia. As teachers' colleges are a seedbed of such awareness, assessment of college curricula should shed light on the possibilities they offer to develop capacities to address environmental degradation. This small‐scale study is based on the assessment of the curricula of the Kotebe and St Mary's teachers' colleges, Ethiopia, and the knowledge and opinions of a sample of teaching...

ABSTRACT This study assesses and compares business training attitudes of female African American and Caucasian small business owners. The growth in entrepreneurs hip by African American women requires a better understanding of their professional development needs. Results reported here indicate that African American females place greater importance on business training than their Caucasian counterparts. This is consistent with previous studies which have shown that minority small business...

ABSTRACT This study assesses and compares business training attitudes of female African American and Caucasian small business owners. The growth in entrepreneurs hip by African American women requires a better understanding of their professional development needs. Results reported here indicate that African American females place greater importance on business training than their Caucasian counterparts. This is consistent with previous studies which have shown that minority small business...

ABSTRACT This study assesses and compares business training attitudes of female African American and Caucasian small business owners. The growth in entrepreneurs hip by African American women requires a better understanding of their professional development needs. Results reported here indicate that African American females place greater importance on business training than their Caucasian counterparts. This is consistent with previous studies which have shown that minority small business...

A study in three countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda) assessed progress against the Paris Principles for Aid Effectiveness (AE) in three sectors – water, health and education – to test the assumption that the water sector is lagging behind. The findings show that it is too simplistic to say that the water sector is lagging, although this may well be the case in some countries. The study found that wider governance issues are more important for AE than having in place sector-specific...

Abstract Multiple studies explore the issue of the absence of teachers of color in the profession at large. Few studies, however, address the issue from the angle of the teacher candidate of color. With so many competing professions, why do they ultimately make the decision to join the profession? What are the contexts that influence and support that choice? What are the challenges that make that choice questionable? Here, the authors examine from these and other angles African American teacher candidates' decisions to teach.

Abstract This is the first report from the JAGUARS ( JA panese- G erman U nderground A coustic Emission R esearch in S outh Africa) project, the overall aim of which is to observe ultra-small fracturing in a more or less natural environment. We installed a local (∼40-m span) network of eight acoustic emission (AE) sensors, which have the capability to observe up to 200 kHz at a depth of 3.3 km in a South African gold mine. Our specific objective was to monitor a 30-m thick dyke that remains...

To examine diabetic retinopathy, dilated eye examination, and eye care education among African Americans before and after a community-level public health intervention. We analyzed data from Project DIRECT (Diabetes Interventions Reaching and Educating Communities Together) participants with self-reported diabetes (617 in 1996-1997 and 672 in 2003-2004) in Raleigh (intervention community) and Greensboro (comparison community), North Carolina. All analyses were weighted to adjust for the...

This paper examined ethical issues as they relate to leadership and accountability in Nigeria with emphasis on the implications it has for the teacher, science and technology. Every leader at whatever level is expected to give account of his/her stewardship to the led. The led have their expectations of the leader who in trying to satisfy the demands upon him/her and to meet the daily needs, are under the microscopic view of the led. Sometimes, the led are powerless and the leader takes...

This paper examined principals’ management of conflicts in public secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. As a descriptive survey, the study population comprised all the 281 public secondary schools in the State. Out of this population, a sample of 80 schools was drawn while 340 respondents (80 principals and 260 teachers) were selected through the stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using...

This study assessed heavy metals pollution of soil by slag from an automobile battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria to ascertain the potential danger they pose on the environment. 84 soil samples were randomly collected at 0 - 15 cm and 15 - 30 cm depths from the premises of the plant and an uncontaminated site as control for both dry and wet seasons. Samples were analyzed for lead, cadmium, chromium and nickel using standard analytical methods. Lead level in soil ranged from 243 to 126000...