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This study was carried out to evaluate the injuries in pediatric earthquake victims due to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes with computed tomography and determine the anatomotopographic distribution of injuries.The material of this retrospective study consisted of the computed tomography findings of 257 pediatric cases injured in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes, and those were divided into subgroups based on their age group, i.e., 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, and 15-18 years, and the type of injury,...

On the Kenyan coast, many school buildings are characterized by the presence of murals, made with the aim of transmitting messages with strong educational value. These images have an energetic communicative power, inserted in the space intended as a third educator. In these paintings we are witnessing a curious use of elements of Euro-American culture, which are transformed, introjected or rejected according to specific needs. In school spaces so densely populated by images that children can...

The stability of measures of teaching quality is essential for making generalizations of results stemming from these measures to other teaching situations. However, no research has examined the effects of unexpected situational factors on the stability of these measures. Therefore, the purpose of this two-phase quantitative research study was to examine the following aspects among secondary school teachers in Rwanda, using a score-validated, multiple-dimension measure: (a) perceptions of...

Through the study of Physics, technological advancement promoting standard of living, creation of wealth, health and industrialization has been realized. The Kenyan government has put much effort to reduce gender disparity in achievement in physics in secondary schools. However, and despite these efforts, the desired outputs have not been realized. Though a number of factors may be responsible for this prevailing situation in secondary schools in Kenya, it is envisaged that inappropriate...

Through the study of Physics, technological advancement promoting standard of living, creation of wealth, health and industrialization has been realized. The Kenyan government has put much effort to improve Physics performance in secondary schools. However, and despite these efforts, the desired outputs have not been realized. The fundamental challenge facing the teaching of physics is how to enhance students’ self concept in physics which is an important aspect of academic performance in...

Stakeholder participation is crucial for the success and well-being of any organization. The study aimed to explore challenges facing stakeholder’s participation in improving teaching and learning process in public secondary schools. The study employed an explanatory sequential mixed method design under a mixed research approach where the information was collected through questionnaires, interview guides and documentary reviews. The sample size of this study was 195, and simple random...

A child’s early years are widely recognized as a critical stage in life in which social, motor, emotional, language, cognitive, and perceptual skills develop. This study aimed to examine the influence of physical learning resources on learner’s educational outcomes in public pre-primary schools in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study embraced Bronfenbrenner’s (1997) Theory of Human Development and a mixed methods research design for the study. Stratified, simple random and purposive sampling...

Inventory planning is a critical function in FMCG companies, and forecasting is important to determine future demand accurately. Demand forecasting helps FMCG companies anticipate short- and medium-term risks. However, the real-time benefits of machine learning techniques within demand forecasting within South African FMCG companies are under-explored. The main goal of this study was to compare the forecasting ability of statistical forecasting methods and machine learning models in demand...

Abstract Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of rainfall extremes. Understanding future changes in rainfall is necessary for adaptation planning. Eastern Africa is vulnerable to rainfall extremes because of low adaptive capacity and high future population growth. Convection-permitting climate models have been found to better represent moderate (yearly) rainfall extremes than parameterized convection models, but there is limited analysis of rare extremes that...

The study surveyed the self-study habits among Grade 12 learners in senior secondary schools in the Zambezi region, Namibia.Using the quantitative research approach, a structured survey questionnaire was used to collect data on wide issues related to learners' self-study habits as observed from the researchers' experiences in dealing with diverse learners and literature.A total of 750 Grade 12 learners (consisting of 420 males and 330 females) selected using the simple random sampling...

Inclusive education implies increasing participation of learners in the culture, curricula and communities of their neighborhood learning centers that respond to learner differences; hence, leading to improved education quality. This article draws upon inclusive education experiences mainly from Malawi and Zimbabwe, while drawing on examples from other African countries. Thus, this article provides a critique of the definitions of inclusive education, evidence-based information on practices...

The study was conducted in Tanzania using Njombe Region as a case study. The region is located in Southern Highlands; its land area is 21,299 Square kilometres, and its water area is 3695 Square kilometres. The government of Tanzania started to supervise secondary schools through a clinical supervision approach in 2008. The essence of employing a clinical supervision strategy is to enable teachers to develop fundamental shifts in how they view themselves as professionals in the teaching...

All over the world, secondary school students are losing interest in the physical sciences. The causes of this problem are diverse. To increase the motivation of learners, pedagogues recommend the integration of practical work in an effective way in the teaching process of experimental disciplines such as physical sciences. However, this work does not fill the gap between theory and practice. Simulation is of great interest in electricity, as it allows for the simplification of the real...

We evaluate the effects of an online tutoring program that started in 2016 and continued during the pandemic despite the schools being closed for 9 months in Kenya. We find no effect when the schools are open, but a large effect when the schools are closed (0.4 SD increase in grade in the treatment group versus control group). Since we have data from before the pandemic, we are able to quantify the learning loss due to covid: 0.8 SD. We conclude that online tutoring compensates half of the learning loss.

• Urban green spaces’ CE tends to be bigger in drier cities. • AT dominates CE in most cities while WS dominates CE in cities with larger WS. • CE responses oppositely to meteorological variables after Fc turning point. Increasing land surface temperature (LST) is one of the concerns of urbanization consequences. Urban green spaces are gaining more attention given its well documented heat mitigation effects. However, the cooling efficiency (CE) of green spaces, which can be quantified as the...