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This study sought to contribute to knowledge by assessing the extent to which industrylinkage strategies influence performance of universities in Kenya.  Resource based viewwas used as the main theory anchoring the study.  Cross-Sectional survey was adopted asthe research design.  The population of the study consists of sixty five (65) public andprivate universities incorporated in Kenya.  Out of this, a sample of forty seven (47)universities which had undergone at least one graduation cycle...

Academics’ engagement in Open Educational Practices (OEPs) is critical for opening up higher education. It is in this perspective that the willingness to engage in such practices among academics in Rwandan public higher education was investigated with an agenda to trigger responsive actions. Via convenience/availability and volunteer sampling, 170 academics were invited to participate in the study and 85 of them completed and returned an email self-completion questionnaire. The results...

Mathematics, being the core subject that has its application in every other subject should be given special attention. Despite the importance of mathematics, students are not performing in the subject. Students view mathematics in abstract form. Ways of improving the teaching and learning of mathematics should be the concern of the stakeholders. A lot of research work were reported on teaching strategies, but the problem of poor performance has not been reduced to minimal level. Students...

يعنى ها البحث بالوقوف على أهم المتغيرات الداخلية والخارجية, التي تتناول واقع المؤسسات الاقتصادية السورية, كذلك أهمية الاستثمار برأس المال البشري, هذا الاستثمار الذي يعتبر اليوم المقياس الحقيقي لمدى قدرة الإدارة على النجاح وتحقيق أهدافها من خلال قدرتها على تنظيم وتطوير وإنجاح البرامج التدريبية لعناصرها البشرية في ظل بيئة الأعمال المتغيرة من ناحية, ومدى التطور والوعي الإداري الذي وصلت إليه عمليات التنمية الإدارية بداخل هذه المؤسسات من ناحية أخرى.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Climate Change (CC) in the Central African Republic (CAR). Many researches on strategies to fight CC and reduce Green House Gas (GHGs) emissions have been conducted. However, implementation poses a serious problem at different levels including political, economic and socio-environmental. CC is seen as one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The CAR, like other countries of the world, has ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 1st...

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development with substantial risk for initiating substance use. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude of the secondary school and college students about drug abuse and participation in prevention programs. Design and Methods: descriptive comparative study. The study was carried out in technical secondary school in Tanta city and Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. The sample consisted of two groups...

In this paper, we aim to illustrate different approaches we followed while developing a forecasting tool for highway traffic in Morocco. Two main approaches were adopted: Statistical Analysis as a step of data exploration and data wrangling. Therefore, a beta model is carried out for a better understanding of traffic behavior. Next, we moved to Machine Learning where we worked with a bunch of algorithms such as Random Forest, Artificial Neural Networks, Extra Trees, etc. yet, we were...

People’s knowledge of awareness, attitudes and practices towards motor vehicle emissions that are dangerous and a requirement is paramount for reducing exposure among people, their impact and response of interventions that are aimed at encouraging behavioral change. This study evaluated the knowledge, awareness, attitude and practice on motor vehicle pollution among the traffic police officers in Nairobi city. The study was directed by the following the objectives: To appreciate the level of...

Abstract This study hopes to compare levels of anxiety and depression in the maxillofacial and orthopedic injured patients over a period of 12 weeks. This was a prospective, repeated measure design. A total of 160 participants (80 with maxillofacial and 80 with long bone fractures) had repeated review follow‐ups within 1 week of arrival in the hospital (Time 1), 4–8 weeks after initial contact (Time 2) and 10–12 weeks thereafter (Time 3), using hospital anxiety and depression scale...

The aim of this study was to explore the learning of mathematics word problems by African immigrant early learners in the Western Cape Province of South Africa (SA). Phenomenology was used as the philosophical underpinning for this study and also informed the research method. Purposive sampling methods were used to select 10 African immigrant early learners and their 5 South African teachers as participants from a target population of 1453 learners and their 52 teachers in township schools...

SUMMARY In most Sub-Saharan countries, children grow up in a local environment attached to a culture and an identity which are embraced by a local language. However, when they start compulsory school at the age of six, they have to face a curriculum which is taught and assessed from the first year in a European language foreign to them and, in most cases, culturally far from their own reality. According to Heugh (2006; 2011b), these children must face a language barrier in monolingual...

The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, measures cognitive processing, includes non-verbal sub-tests, and is increasingly used in low- and middle-income countries. While the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, has been validated in the United States, a psychometric evaluation has not been conducted in Southern Africa. This study aims to establish the reliability and validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, among a...

Global research suggests that persons with disabilities face barriers when accessing health care services. Yet, information regarding the nature of these barriers, especially in low-income and middle-income countries is sparse. Rural contexts in these countries may present greater barriers than urban contexts, but little is known about access issues in such contexts. There is a paucity of research in South Africa looking at "triple vulnerability" - poverty, disability and rurality. This...

The need to climate proof Zimbabwe’s socio-economic development sectors is now a central theme in the country’s climate policy discourse. This stems from the realisation that most of the country’s areas and sectors are already showing signs of vulnerability to the change and variability in the climate system. Accordingly, climate change adaptation is no longer an option but an urgent requirement. However, scholarly attention to the topic has largely remained fragmented in synchrony with the...

This paper studies evidences from community relocations in Papua New Guinea and Fiji that have shown that loss of culture are unavoidable results of relocation if customary land tenure is not considered at very early stage at relocation process. Good governance and best practice addressing limits to adaptation should include this dimension. Post-relocation vulnerability associated to land-based conflicts and the loss of customary land systems need to be considered when planning for...