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Tunisia is a water-stressed country, which derives most of its surface water from its northern regions. Given Northern Tunisia’s role as a water provider, this study investigated the hydrological impacts of climate change on five catchments located in this region. Three hydrological models are considered: HBV, GR4, and IHACRES. Climate projections were derived from eleven high-resolution EURO-CORDEX regional climate models (forced by general circulation models; GCM-RCMs). A quantile mapping...
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This thesis investigates smallholder farmers’ cropping decisions under climate variability and change using the villages of Doggoh and Tie of North Ghana as a case study. With rainfall projected to decrease and temperatures expected to rise, it is essential to understand the impacts of farmers’ cropping decisions under climate variability and change on the availability and utilisation of culturally preferred foods. To that end, this study had three objectives: (i) to examine farmers’...
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Objective: To describe the computerized tomographic findings in children with head trauma who presented at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Methods: It is a retrospective review of patients aged 9 month to 12 years with suspected head injury following head trauma, who presented for CT scan at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria from January 2016 to December, 2017. Results: Sixty eight cases were reviewed retrospectively. They ranged from 9 months to 12 years with the...
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The study investigated factors that influence the teaching performance of teachers of English in Ibiono Ibom secondary schools. The factors that were isolated for study were knowledge of the subject matter, in-service training, utilization of ICTs for teaching, and job satisfaction. The study was an ex-post factor design. Four research questions were posed and data were collected through two researcher-designed questionnaires. The data were analysed using simple percentages and charts. The...
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We investigated into combining motherhood with academic life concentrating on the struggles of student-mothers.The study adopted the mixed method design affirming the qualitative data with quantitative data.The purposive and convenient sampling procedures were used to select the sample from the University of Cape Coast Distance Education, Oyoko Study Center.The study found that majority of respondents go through academic struggles such as inability to attend face-to-face lectures regularly...
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We investigated into combining motherhood with academic life concentrating on the struggles of student-mothers.The study adopted the mixed method design affirming the qualitative data with quantitative data.The purposive and convenient sampling procedures were used to select the sample from the University of Cape Coast Distance Education, Oyoko Study Center.The study found that majority of respondents go through academic struggles such as inability to attend face-to-face lectures regularly...
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The purpose of the study was to identify and meet the counselling needs of distance students, focusing on College of Distance Education (CoDE), University of Cape Coast (UCC) diploma students, in order to help shape students' academic success.The moderating roles of organisational culture and effective counselling service delivery were also considered.The descriptive survey design was used.The sample size of the study was 1110.Purposive sampling technique was used to select three regional...
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This study derives from the observed huge losses incurred yearly by students, parents, schools, exam bodies and government due to examination misconducts. Two research questions and two null hypotheses had been formulated to guide the investigation. The populace of the study comprised 6,165 teachers, which includes principals that had been made up of 4, 518 males and 1,647 females from 245 senior secondary school in Nasarawa State. The multi-stage stratified random sampling process was used...
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A growing body of evidence has shown that persons with physical disabilities experience substantial barriers in accessing primary healthcare (PHC) services in rural areas. Negative attitudes from healthcare providers and inaccessible healthcare facilities and equipment are common experiences that negatively affect access to quality healthcare for persons with physical disabilities. However, there is limited research that explores this issue from the perspectives of healthcare providers. This...
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Post-apartheid South Africa struggles to develop a sense of social cohesion and nationhood, which remain largely unfulfilled constitutional imperatives.The pre-amble of the post-apartheid constitution (1996) recognises amongst other things, the "injustices of our past, ... that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, and (to) lay the foundations for a democratic and open society".The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) creates space in the history curriculum to address...
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Underscoring the immense educational policy reform which accompanied the emergence of a democratic South Africa is an emphasis of the (re)alignment of rights, justice, and equitable access. It soon became apparent that, although educational reform aligned itself with notions of democratic citizenship education, inadequate attention was being given to, on the one hand, the capacity of teachers, and on the other hand, the willingness of teachers to assume responsibility for their roles as...
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The pastoral and agropastoral systems of the Borana in southern Ethiopia are highly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts.Assistance to enable these smallholders to successfully adapt to future climate change in locally relevant ways can be usefully informed by the analysis and better understanding of past and ongoing adaptation.We conducted farm household surveys, focus group discussions, expert consultations and secondary data collation in 2012 in the Borana.The study employed a...