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The objective of this study is to investigate the relationships between burnout, ill health, job demands and resources, and dispositional optimism in a higher education institution in South Africa. A survey design was used. The study population (N = 279) consisted of academic staff working in a higher education institution. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey, The Life Orientation Test – Revised, Job Demands-Resources Scale and the Health subscale of the ASSET were used as...
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Through political decisions – in the North mostly willed decisions, in the South decisions forced on them by monetary institutions in the North – governments have dismantled national controls with capital movements, profits and foreign investments. By this willed or enforced political choice – the consequences of which has seldom been spelled out to the electorates – political leaders have removed those legal and administrative tools which might have protected local economic and social...
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For indigenous peoples around the world, schooling and education are fraught with extreme challenges within the current realities of globalization. Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and pedagogy in Africa, Asia, and the Americas are rarely included in books and courses that deal with history and philosophy of education, and there is widespread belief that non-Western and indigenous educational traditions and realities are not comparable to Western educational traditions and have little to...
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The study investigated students' awareness, access and usage of E -journal resources at the library of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.It examined the level of awareness, access and usage of E -journal resources among the students; and the problems they encounter in their bid to use the resources.The study revealed that the level of usage of the E -journal resources was low, and that lack of skill to use the resources, power outage and inadequate computers were some of the problems...
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In 2005, 16.6% of South Africans between 15 and 49 years of age were HIV positive. The advent of anti-retroviral therapy has led to improved longevity, CD4 counts and clinical well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Physical impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions of PLWHA have profound effects on the Health-related Quality of Life and functional abilities of those with the disease, and understanding thereof may assist in the formulation of rehabilitation...
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The General Surgical Training Programmes worldwide are designed to ensure that the advanced surgical trainee in surgery achieves competency in knowledge, skill and attitude, both operative and non-operative in a wide range of common surgical conditions, enabling the trainee to practice competently as a surgeon.Therefore, the goal of the surgical training is to train broad-based, highly qualified surgical specialists who can provide excellence in the care of patients with a wide range of...
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Couched within a larger critique of assessment practices and how they are used to stigmatize African American children, the authors examine teachers’ instructional practices in response to demands of increasing test scores. Many mathematics teachers might be unaware of how these test-driven instructional practices can simultaneously reflect well-intentioned motivations and contribute to the oppression of their African American students. The authors further argue that the focus of assessing...
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The value of a health care intervention is judged by its impact on the quantity and quality of life (QOL) of an individual (Cella & Bonomi, 1996). When analyzing QOL data, results from the general population are often as- sumed to be equally representative of various subpopulations; however, establishing measurement invariance across different populations (e.g., racial and ethnic groups) is crucial for score interpretability. In this study, ordinal logistic regression (following Zumbo, 1999)...
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In KwaZulu-Natal disability and gender are associated with myths and stereotypes that exacerbate the vulnerability of people with disability (PWD) to HIV/AIDS. The present analysis results from a three year qualitative study of 25 people with disabilities and their caregivers. It outlines the interweaving patterns of stereotyping gender and disability and how this may increase the vulnerability of PWD to HIV/AIDS. The paper emphasizes that access to prevention and treatment is still an...
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This article aims to identify learning needs and continuing learning in information science at the ESI (Ecole des Sciences de lâ??Information which is the only school in Morocco which purpose is to ensure good training of librarians, archivists and librarians). 
 The first objective is to identify and understand the problems and obstacles faced by students at the school during their system of learning. Then, the present paper aims to identify and analyze the needs of professionals in...
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hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a well recognised occupational risk for dental health care workers in an endemic area like Nigeria. It is however effectively vaccine preventable. There had been a suboptimal uptake of this vaccination.This study assesed the knowledge of respondents on pre-exposure prevention and post exposure management of HBV infection. It also investigated level of compliance with the vaccination and factors associated with non-compliance.The study was conducted by...
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Abstract Aim Vicariance has played a major role in the evolution of the southern rock agama, Agama atra (Reptilia: Agamidae), and it is hypothesized that habitat shifts will affect small‐scale patterns of gene flow. The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is known for high levels of diversity and endemism; thus we set out to investigate whether genetic structuring of CFR populations of A. atra corresponds to regional environmental shifts. Location Cape Fold Mountains and the Cape Floristic Region of...