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Despite Egypt’s limited water resources, more lands in the western desert of the Nile Delta are currently being reclaimed to increase the agricultural area to feed its fast-growing population and provide jobs for new generations. These reclaimed lands are prone to drought since they are located in arid regions with limited water resources for irrigation. Moreover, a high rate of landholdings fragmentation was observed with the migration of large numbers of new farmers to the newly reclaimed...

Abstract The conceptualised and critically examined the thinking behind the quality of services rendered to undergraduate students at a state-owned institution in South Africa. The population was 106 and 106 questionnaires were administered and 87 were returned. The approach used for this study was a quantitative and a survey research method using a questionnaire to elicit information from the third-year undergraduate students of the Business Management Department at the University was...

The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods. These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality. To avoid these catastrophic health effects across all regions of the globe, there is broad agreement as 231 health journals...

The importance of and need for digital curation has increased significantly in recent years owing to the myriad of risks facing digital assets. These risks include problems of hardware and software obsolescence, media fragility, rapid technological developments and the frequent absence of sufficient metadata. Additionally, digital records face risks of improper handling, corruption and alteration, unauthorized access and accidental erasure. These issues necessitate continuous discussions...

The Apapa and Badagry creeks in Nigeria are a corridor of long-term anthropogenic activities, including mangrove removal, urban expansion, and industrialization. Consequently, this uncontrolled development led to the release of untreated effluents and wastes, which resulted in sediment and water quality degradation. This area has the highest degree of pollution (Enrichment and Contamination Factors) especially north of Tincan Island where potentially toxic element (PTE) depocenters occur....

While certain models predict tens of millions of people will be on the move in West Africa as a result of climate change, most existing studies tend to focus on regions that have comparatively less migration flows compared to this particular region. This article investigates the patterns and complex root causes of migration in West Africa. It shows that unlike some other places, involuntary migration of the region‘s vulnerable populations is mostly intraregional. It also presents the common...

Although post-independent Mauritius has witnessed the evolution of the history curriculum, the discipline has still not been accorded the status as in some countries in Europe and Africa. The evolution also marks change and continuity in the content of the history curriculum and how the teaching is transacted in classrooms. This paper informs on the current state of teaching history in primary schools in Mauritius. An interpretivist qualitative methodological approach was adopted to...

Abstract Climatological data suggest that the key driver of drought in Highland Ethiopia, and in the wider Indian Ocean World, during the early 1780s was an El Niño Southern Oscillation anomaly. Ethiopia during this period—an early decade in the zemene mesafint (1769–1855)—endured considerable political instability. The lack of documentary evidence and an over-reliance on the Ethiopian Royal Chronicles has led historians to view reports of “famine” during the early zemene mesafint as...

The study explores evolving farm-level adaptations of smallholder farmers to climate variability and change (CVC), their determinants and barriers in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana. Using a mixed-method approach, the study obtained primary data from 300 sampled farm household heads, and other selected lead farmers across six rural communities in the Offinso Municipality of Ghana. The survey results show that smallholder rural farmers have observed climate variability and...

Abstract To the authors’ knowledge, not much has been said or done in African philosophical circles with regard to providing a theoretical framework from which the discrimination against African women with disabilities can be addressed. In this article, the authors show how such a framework can be grounded in Innocent Asouzu’s complementarism. Their contention, one grounded in this framework, is that this discrimination has its roots in an isolationist, elitist, and exclusivist...

Organic geochemical and basin modeling methods were used to investigate the potential of thermogenic gas generation from the source rock of the Miocene Salif Formation. The analyzed Salif shales were collected close to the intrusive volcanic rocks intersected by the Kathib-01 well in the offshore Tihamah Basin, Yemeni Red Sea. Generally, the analyzed Salif shale samples have total organic matter (TOC) values up to 3.4 wt %, overall, indicating organic matter richness capable of generating...

Abstract Southern Madagascar recently experienced a severe food security crisis, made significantly worse by well below average rainfall from July 2019 to June 2021. This exceptional drought has affected a region with high pre-existing levels of vulnerability to food insecurity (subsistence agriculture and pastoralism in the region is rain-fed only), while impacts have been compounded further by COVID-19 restrictions and pest infestations. The rainy seasons of both 2019/20 and 2020/21 saw...

The low rates of thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in our country and other developing countries can be attributed to delays in arrival at the hospital. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the early hospital arrival of patients with acute ischemic stroke to the hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.This is a cross-sectional study conducted at a teaching hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Adult patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to the emergency department (ED) between...

New lithostratigraphical and structural data provide a better assessment of the still controversial metallogenetic context of the world-class Ag–Hg Imiter deposit, located in the north-eastern part of the Saghro massif (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Three Ediacaran volcano-plutonic cycles separated by two major angular unconformities are identified: (1) early plutonic bodies (Imider and Igoudrane) intruding the Middle Neoproterozoic (NP2) of the Saghro Group and overlain by, (2) the monoclinal...

<h3>Objectives</h3> In order to explore perceived inequities in post-graduate medical education between high and low income countries, we evaluated the average minimal procedural requirements between a U.S. and Zambian Ob/Gyn residency programs. <h3>Methods</h3> Each respective program’s metrics related to their minimum procedural requirements were recorded, and included the following indicators: vaginal deliveries; C-sections; abdominal hysterectomies; laparoscopic hysterectomies;...

This research aims to examine and analyse some of the problems that women in leadership positions face in South African higher education. Women have been denied leadership positions in higher education. This became increasingly clear in developing countries such asSouth Africa. However, in recent years, there has been a great increase in the achievement of women in leadership roles in higher education.. South African higher education has undergone a gender stereotype reversal, largely due to...

The study aimed to identify the preferred teaching methods and their relationship to the habits of mind of physical education teachers in Palestine. The study population consisted of all physical education teachers in public schools in Palestine, who numbered (1067) male and female teachers. The study was conducted on a sample of (407) male and female physical education teachers in Palestine, including (130) male and (277) female teachers; They were chosen by stratified random method, where...

Oral diseases mainly caused by poor oral hygiene are a major public health problem affecting over half of the world's population. Oral hygiene education targeted at children and teenagers in schools is an important approach in addressing this problem. Folk songs in the language and cultural context children and teenagers are familiar with appears to be a promising tool and alternative to traditional oral hygiene education. This paper aims to report how a local traditional song on oral...