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Surgical site infection (SSI) is the commonest hospital acquired infection in surgical patients globally. It has remained a major cause of morbidity and mortality and a major source of worry to both the patients, doctors, hospitals and the community as a whole. This present study was aimed to investigate the phytochemical analysis and in-vitro antimicrobial activities of crude ethanol and methanol extracts of the Aloe barbadensis (Aloevera) leaf on five clinical wound isolates...

Introduction . HIV/AIDS remain a major public health problem in Uganda and 4% of individuals aged between 15 and 24 years are living with HIV. Few studies have examined HIV risk perception among adolescents in Uganda. Methods . We conducted a cross-sectional study among 379 secondary school students using multistage sampling techniques. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results . One hundred...

Children fitted with hearing aid, without appropriate placement on aural rehabilitation always find it difficult to benefit maximally from the use of such assistive listening device as well as experiencing difficulty in producing intelligible speech sounds. Therefore, most of them become discouraged and not interested to undergo aural rehabilitation. Thus, this study examined the effect of auditory training (AT) and aided language stimulation (ALS), moderated on onset and degrees of hearing...

Background . Youth populations are vulnerable to substance use particularly in developing countries where circumstances may be favorable for it. There is no published data on substance use among the youth in Sudan other than on tobacco use. Objectives . The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, circumstances, and factors associated with substance use. Methods . An institution-based survey was conducted on a sample of 500 students. Data was collected using a questionnaire...

The high rate of failure in external mathematics examination among secondary school students in Nigeria calls for great concern. The sole use of conventional methods by mathematics teachers in teaching could be one of the factors that lead to high rate of failure in mathematics examinations. Against this background, this study determined the effect of prior knowledge of behavioural objectives on Mathematics achievement of high and low mental ability secondary school students in Imo State,...

Poor performance of students in examinations is most times blamed on use of inappropriate teaching methods. Consequently, the search for appropriate methods for classroom instruction has continued to engage the attention of researchers. Hence, this study was aimed at investigating the ‘Effect of Nominal Group Technique of Brainstorming on the achievement of Secondary School Biology students in Anambra state Nigeria’. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The...

Academic self-efficacy is regarded as aneffective predictor of students' motivation and learning. It is a performance-based measure of perceived capability. In order to determine if Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students in Nigeria have a high level of academic self-efficacy, 600 ODL students from 12 study centres of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) were assessed. Two study centres from each of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria were randomly selected. A questionnaire...

The study investigated the extent to which computer skills and computer anxiety predict Internet use among distance learning students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The descriptive method of correlative type was used for the study and the sample comprised of one hundred and thirty four (134) distance learning students of the University of Ibadan.selected across eighteen (18) departments while the major instrumeny of data collection for the study was a structured questionnaire. Findings...

Environmental pollutions from road transport system in Nigeria poses serious health hazards to the ecosystem because of presence of heavy metals and other pollutants. There are researches on assessment of heavy metals contamination of road side soils but most of them investigated the concentration of the heavy metals at the edge of the road pavements but did not considered the concentration at various distances away from the edge of the road pavement. This research therefore focussed on the...

Opinions are varied on whether Nigeria is a failing or failed state. The inability of the ruling class to sustain the tempo achieved in the development of the country in the opening years of its independence has often agitated the minds of discerning and concerned citizens. Infrastructural decay, corruption, political ineptitude, declining economic conditions, social inequality, religious bigotry, and a general sense of insecurity have pervaded the country’s domestic landscape. In...

Context: Perception of one's physical appearance is important in the development of the concept of body image. Desire to achieve the unrealistic image of 'physical perfection' often make adolescents feel discontented; thus leading to mental health problems.Aims: To assess body image perception (BIP) and its relationship with mental health of secondary school adolescents in Benin City, Nigeria.Settings and Designs: The study was cross-sectional and descriptive, conducted in senior secondary...

This study was designed to determine the Planning Practices of Provosts of Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. A survey design was adopted in carrying out the study which was guided by three research questions. The population of the study was 7 provosts of colleges of education in the 7 colleges of education in South East Nigeria and they were all used for the study due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument for data collection was a 20-item researcher-developed...

Background: Low school completion rates for girls could be attributed to gender stereotypical biases and preferential treatments usually accorded to male as opposed to female gender in the education system. School health policies have been rolled out in primary schools in Kenya to ensure equity among boys and girls. However, girls still face challenges related to gender issues than boys. This study explored the extent of implementation of gender perspectives in school health policy for...

This paper examines the legal challenges librarians managing university libraries in Kenya experience when providing information services in support of distance learning. Kenya is experiencing enormous socio-economic changes. These changes have exerted serious pressure on higher education resulting to phenomenal expansion of university education. Unfortunately, the demand for university education has not translated into infrastructural expansion of universities. While university intake...