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Background: Ocular coloboma is the product of an error in the fetal fissure closure, normally occurring between the fifth and sixth weeks of gestation [1].It may involve the cornea, iris, zonula, ciliary body, choroid, retina and optic nerve.The incidence of this syndrome is 0.7 per 10,000 live-births [1].The aim of this observation is to present the first case of bilateral coloboma of the iris [1].This case was associated with an ametropia causing a decrease in visual acuity.Case...
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This article is intended to show the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning of foreign languages and cultures.It is obvious that learning a foreign language is always accompanied by learning the culture.When speaking a language, we often refer to its culture which facilitates the communications with the other.Thus, we cannot speak a foreign language without knowing its cultural reference because the language and its culture are...
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Epistaxis is one of the most common otorhinolaryngological emergencies affecting the majority of the population in their lifetime, with some of them requiring serious medical attention. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of epistaxis among pre-college students in Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected using a pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaire. The study participants were selected by...
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In the past two decades, Senegal has made great strides towards the achievement of universal basic education. However, education opportunities remain unequal partly because of skewed allocation of education resources. Furthermore, poor teacher quality with inefficient use of public funding for education tend to compromise the effectiveness of programs to expand access and improve learning outcomes. The paper uses the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Cointegration approach introduced by Pesaran...
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Nursing is a major pillar for the achievement of national and global health goals, with a plethora of research documenting the effect of the state of nursing professional identity on different outcomes such as the quality of care, worker retention, and work satisfaction. This present paper examines the current state of professional nursing identity in the Moroccan context and introduces critical priorities for its progress. Using a logical inductive analysis, this article concludes that...
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The success of any educational system depends on how it is organised and the extent to which the stakeholders especially teachers accept and own it. The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' (N = 58) professional identities using a qualitative approach where teachers were asked to produce a pen portrait of the perceived identities using open-ended questionnaires and drawings. The result from this study shows that the individual teacher's personal characteristics are...
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The success of any educational system depends on how it is organised and the extent to which the stakeholders especially teachers accept and own it. The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' (N = 58) professional identities using a qualitative approach where teachers were asked to produce a pen portrait of the perceived identities using open-ended questionnaires and drawings. The result from this study shows that the individual teacher's personal characteristics are...
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The delimitation of so-called sensitive areas is one of the means adopted to prevent contamination of groundwater. This study aims to assess the vulnerability to pollution of Oued Laya shallow aquifer (Central Tunisia) using three parametric approaches linked to Geographic Information System: Standard DRASTIC, Pesticide DRASTIC and Susceptibility Index (SI) methods. According to Standard DRASTIC, the low vulnerability represents the major part of the aquifer, 97%, and the moderate...
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In West Africa (WA), there are high rates of poverty, population growth rate and food insecurity, and most agricultural productions are conducted at mostly an un-mechanized level, with almost a complete reliance on rain-fed conditions. This review provides an overview of climate change across WA and its impacts on key horticultural crop groups (vegetables, plantations, fruits, roots and tubers). The review also identifies areas within WA where these crops may be more or less vulnerable to...
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Despite the consensus on the vital role of human capital investment towards a country’s socio-economic development, school enrolment levels in South Sudan remain dismal with no empirical study conducted to unravel the same. Using the 2016 South Sudan Frequency Survey data, this study sought to unravel the determinants of primary school enrolment in South Sudan with a central focus on the role of the community characteristics. The study also aimed at exploring the disparities in primary...
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Climate change is one of the global problems, which has dominated the media headlines in recent times. It is a complex global problem because it is intertwined with many other issues such as economic development, poverty reduction, good health, and well-being. Climate change is one of the most important factors affecting the formation of soil with important implications for their development, use, and management perspective with reference to soil structure, stability, topsoil water holding...
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Background Indoor air pollution from different fuel types has been linked with different adverse pregnancy outcomes. The study aimed to assess the link between indoor air pollution from different fuel types and anemia during pregnancy in Ethiopia. Method We have used the secondary data from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. The anemia status of the pregnant women was the dichotomous outcome variable and the type of fuel used in the house was classified as high, medium,...