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Distance learning is developing at high speed in Morocco as well as in the rest of the world.With the inability to move from home due to the COVID 19 outbreak, it may seem obvious that it represents a solution and a good way to develop skills and knowledge and to guarantee academic continuity.As we live now in a society with constant social and cultural change, information and communication technologies have been contributing towards the construction of a new kind of society-the information...

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common healthcare-associated infections and associated with prolonged hospital stays, additional financial burden, and significantly hamper the potential benefits of surgical interventions. Causes of SSIs are multi-factorials and patients undergoing gastrointestinal tract procedures carry a high risk of bacterial contamination. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, associated factors, and causing microorganisms of SSIs among...

Universities have become stressful institutions for female students, with cases of violence against women so rife that it has become petrifying. Owing to this, this study investigated the escalation of sexual harassment towards female students across four universities in the Eastern Cape Province. The study used the qualitative approach and the exploratory research design whilst the snowball sampling method was employed to select participants. Forty females (10 from each university in the...

A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV) viruses among forensic autopsy cases at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka Zambia. The study enrolled three hundred and three adult decedents with a median age 34 (interquartile range: 28 - –42) years, age range (18–67). Males predominated (87.1 %). The seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and HIV and HBV co-infection was 32.7 %, 7.9 %, 1.3 %...

Drought is defined as an insidious hydrometeorological hazards with a potential to negatively impacts on society, economy and environment. The current study aimed at analysing the drought potential risks in the study area for the protection of economy, environment and human lives. A 42-year long rainfall/precipitation data were collected from an online database. Dataset was subjected to quality check, where outliers were detected, removed and replaced by Expectation Maximum algorithm aided...

The study investigated teachers’ awareness of knowledge management and knowledge sharing behaviour in secondary schools-Nigeria. Three objectives/ purposes guided the study and the hypothesis was tested at significance level of 0.05. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 283 teachers. The sample of the study was the 283 though 244 returned copies were fit for analysis. One formulated hypothesis was tested with t-test statistical technique. ...

The study focused on economic influence of climate change variables on net income of agribusinesses, particularly on crop production in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It estimated and projected economic impacts of rainfall and temperature on the net income of crop farmers. Then it was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. This study relied on secondary data from 129 previous studies sampled purposively. Data were collected using structured document review guide. Data were...

Anthropogenic activities causing a transformation of the natural nitrogen and phosphorus cycle are considered as one of the most fundamental environmental issues. In this study, nitrate and phosphate concentrations in waterbodies such as Abadaba river, Agulu lake, Njaba river, Oguta Lake, and Nike Lake located in Southeast, Nigeria was determined in both dry and wet season by spectrophotometric technique and modeled for pollution and health risks assessment. Result revealed that nitrate...

This study was designed to explore Libyan EFL students' written corrective feedback preferences regarding their gender to explore the relationship between their gender and their preferences.The data were collected by applying a quantitative method by using a questionnaire.The main objective of this study was to investigate students' preferences on six types of Written Corrective Feedback and investigate which of these types they preferred the most.The researcher administered the...

This paper seeks to develop a “Strength-based proactive approach for building resilience in school children” under political crisis to be used by counsellors within Gaza schools to advance social and emotional learning programmes that enhance students' resilience and wellbeing. A mixed- methodological approach was used to collect and analyse data. The qualitative methods included data collection using literature review, (12) interviews with school principals and psychologists and (12) focus...

Community engagement professionals experience numerous barriers even though community engagement is the third mission of the university alongside first, teaching and learning, and second, research. Community engagement professionals often refer to community engagement as the “stepchild” of higher education. Yet there are also inter-related successful drivers. This article identifies the barrier–driver duality and makes a case for their systemic interconnectedness, an area that has thus far...

Purpose: African Americans with life-limiting illnesses experience significant health inequities. Lay health workers (LHWs) may help overcome existing challenges of communicating with African Americans about advance care planning (ACP) and end-of-life decision-making. Church-based LHWs have some advantages over other LHWs but no curriculum exists to fully prepare them. This article describes the development, content, format, and implementation of a curriculum designed to meet this need....

In 2015 a wave of protest swept South Africa’s university campuses as students demanded free higher education, a decolonised curriculum and the dismantling of apartheid- and colonial-era symbolic structures—in particular the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the centre of the University of Cape Town campus. To understand this moment, which has reverberated around the world, and in particular here in the United Kingdom, Mark Hunter’s study of primary and secondary schooling in the city...

Abstract Background Ensuring access to accurate and actionable health information is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in low-resource settings. Among marginalized groups, there are disparities in access to information, along with significant mistrust of government sources. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in community-level health education can play an important role in bridging mistrust and targeting information to reach vulnerable populations. There is a lack...

The volcanic Rooiberg Group represents the extrusive phase of the Bushveld Magmatic Province in South Africa, forming the roof as well as the floor of the mafic-ultramafic 2057 Ma Rustenburg Layered Suite. Typically, the volcanic rocks of the Rooiberg Group vary from mafic compositions in the oldest unit (the Dullstroom Formation) to felsic compositions in the younger overlying units (the Damwal, Kwaggasnek and Schrikkloof formations). The lower parts of the Dullstroom Formation (including a...

During the pandemic, information is inevitable and important, and having knowledge on pertinent information is very crucial for health-care professionals in order to deliver sustainable and quality health services to their clients, and to combat the virus. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the health-care providers' information seeking behavior on COVID-19 pandemic.A descriptive cross-sectional study had conducted among 291 respondents. The participant's characteristics were...

Abstract Palestinian student filmmakers based in the West Bank and Gaza tell stories of daily life in a collected set of short films which provide valuable insights for classes on the Middle East.