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The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on whether anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating the malaria problem, especially in areas of high altitude where P. falciparum transmission is limited by low temperature. The International Panel on Climate Change has concluded that there is likely to be a net extension in the distribution of malaria and an increase...

The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on whether anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating the malaria problem, especially in areas of high altitude where P. falciparum transmission is limited by low temperature. The International Panel on Climate Change has concluded that there is likely to be a net extension in the distribution of malaria and an increase...

The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on whether anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating the malaria problem, especially in areas of high altitude where P. falciparum transmission is limited by low temperature. The International Panel on Climate Change has concluded that there is likely to be a net extension in the distribution of malaria and an increase...

The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on whether anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating the malaria problem, especially in areas of high altitude where P. falciparum transmission is limited by low temperature. The International Panel on Climate Change has concluded that there is likely to be a net extension in the distribution of malaria and an increase...

AUTHOR Hughes, Robin L. TITLE Whistling Dixie, Raising the Confederate Flag and Other Welcoming Mats: African-American Students Talk about Change at Big Texas State University. PUB nATR 2002-02-00 NOTE 22p.; Paper presented at the Joint National Conferences of the National Association of African American Studies, National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, National Association of Native American Studies, and International AssociatiOn of Asian Studies (Houston, TX, February 11-16,...

This study examines the effectiveness of breast cancer screening education programs on mammography rates among African-American women 40 years of age and over. We conducted two types of educational programs in community settings, primarily in African-American churches. Three-month follow-up interviews were used to determine whether women who participated in programming were more likely to get a mammogram if they had not had a mammogram in the last year. Our results demonstrate that the...

To determine baseline antibody responses to H and O antigens of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi (A, B and C) in school aged Nigerian children.Cross-sectional study involving 175 children. Using both rapid slide and tube agglutination techniques in dilutions of sera (1:20 to 1:320), agglutination reactions with various antigens were determined.Community based study involving primary school pupils in Benin City.Apparently healthy school children (5-16 years) selected systematically,...

The objective of the present study was to further characterize cochlear recovery after cisplatin damage. We equipped albino guinea pigs with permanent round window electrodes. Cisplatin was injected i.p. on a daily basis at either 1.5 or 2.0 mg/kg/day. Treatment was stopped when the criterion of > or =40 dB loss in the compound action potential iso-response level at 8 kHz had occurred. Either shortly (1-3 days) or long (4 weeks or more) after this stop, the endocochlear potential (EP) was...

Executive Summary This study examined the self-reported leadership practices of a group of principals in South Africa. All subjects completed the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), which measured five characteristics of leadership practice; challenging the process, inspiring a shared vision, others to act, modeling the way, and the heart. ANOVA procedures revealed no differences (.05 level) between two groups of school leaders based on higher institution attended. Age range was related to...

PHILIP HUYSE: Die dreisprachige Inschrift šābuhrs I. an der Kaba-i Zardusť (šKZ). (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, Pt. III) 2 vols. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1999. - Volume 65 Issue 1

Although globalisation and internationalisation of higher education in Africa have borne many benefits, some problems that face the South African public higher education today may be associated with them. Private colleges are growing very rapidly and more and more students enrol annually, whilst previously disadvantaged higher education institutions experience a serious decline in student numbers. The reasons for this proliferation together with its impact on higher education will be...

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and impact of a health education intervention promoting partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Methods: The research setting was a busy public health clinic in a rural district in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. A before/after quantitative study design was used to measure the effect of an audiovisual presentation of a compelling love drama, posters, and pamphlets. Measures collected from all consenting STD index patients during a 6...

Dans cet article , l'A evoque son parcours et son travail au sein d'une organisation non gouvernementale et son engagement influence par les pensees de Paolo Freire. L'A revient ici sur son experience au Mali et son implication au sein du programme d'education populaire

Extracted from text ... Guest Editorial National plan for higher education in South Africa: a programme for equity and redress or globalised competition and managerialism? I M Ntshoe Human Sciences Research Council I feel greatly privileged to be given an opportunity by this journal to write this Guest Editorial on the newly released National Plan for Higher Education in South Africa (NPHESA). This editorial comment situates debates on the transformation of the Higher Education...

This study examined the relationship between self-concept and academic performance of Nigerian students. The study made use of 1000 participants (500 males and 500 females) whose ages ranged from 15-18 with a mean of 16.7 and a standard deviation of 1.12. The study used an indigenous self concept scale developed by Exile (1988) to assess the self concept of students while 20 questions pertaining to mathematics (5 questions) English or literary ability (5 questions) and current issues (10...

The purpose of the study was to describe the state-of-the-art of the education of children with special needs in Ghana with special reference to policies, assessment and teacher training. The study, therefore, was a purposive descriptive sample survey. Data for the study were collected using questionnaires and interview schedules at the University of Cape Coast, the National Assessment Centre and three special schools among others. Interviews were also held with major stakeholders including...

We report here novel field spectroscopic measurements of the proportions of H2O, CO2, CO and SO2 in gas emissions from Oldoinyo Lengai, the world's unique, active carbonatite volcano. We found that CO2 constitutes <40 mol% of emissions from a lava lake, and 25 mol% from a cooler fumarole vent. These results suggest that H2O is the predominant gas phase rather than CO2, as reported in previous studies based on conventional sampling (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 69 (1998) 1466; J. Geophys. Res....

A retrospective study of paediatric eye surgeries at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital was carried out to determine the frequency and pattern of eye surgeries in children in order to provide a database for such operations. During the study period, January 1996 to December 2000, a total of 757 ophthalmic surgeries were performed, out of which 113 (14.9%) were children. There were 75 males and 38 females, giving a male to female ratio of approximately 2:1. Eye surgery was most frequent...