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Rice production is of paramount importance in Anambra State, Nigeria, as it plays a significant role in the local economy and food security. To better understand the dynamics of rice yield in the region, crop modelling has emerged as an essential tool in agricultural research. By integrating scientific insights into physiological and ecological processes, crop simulation models use mathematical equations to examine correlations between crop yield and environmental parameters. This study...

In order to succeed in Rwanda’s and the rest of the world’s competitive and rising market economies, TTC Kirambo students must have good oral communication abilities in English language. Given that TTC Kirambo students often perform poorly in speaking English, the study was conducted to assess students’ perceptions on the importance of speaking abilities and the urgency of engaging in language-enhancement activities. Based on the data obtained from instruments, the findings show that the...

Western-centric studies on opportunity-based entrepreneurship have dominated the literature on female entrepreneurs. Existing research has also tended to focus on the experiences of women in the formal rather than the informal sector. In this article, we examine female necessity entrepreneurs' experiences of learning financial and business skills in the informal street trade in South Africa. The theoretical framework for this research, which was located within a critical feminist paradigm...

Abstract Using empirical data from a nationally representative farm household survey in Senegal, this study evaluated the impact of different risk management strategies employed by farm households on technical efficiency (TE). The findings of the study suggest that risk management has implications for TE. We find that the use of ex-post risk management strategies is associated with relatively higher technical efficiencies with respect to the meta-frontier compared to other risk management...

The tabular and visual dataset focuses on South African basic education and provides insights into the distribution of schools and basic population statistics across the country. This tabular and visual data are stratified across different quintiles for each provincial and district boundary. The quintile system is used by the South African government to classify schools based on their level of socio-economic disadvantage, with quintile 1 being the most disadvantaged and quintile 5 being the...

The new challenge of the century is the development of sustainable projects. It is crucial to consider integrated solutions to evaluate project consequences at the social, geographical, physical, ecological, and technological levels in a future where climate hazards will increase owing to anthropogenic activities. As a result, the topic of this paper is the creation of a hybrid methodology for evaluating the aforementioned implications. The “Okyena for a Free Future” project in Manso Abore,...

Context and Objective: Cervicofacial cellulitis is a lethal infection without treatment. The aim of this study is to establish the bacteriological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of cervico-facial cellulitis at the Regional Teaching Hospital (RTH) of Ouahigouya, in order to guide practitioners in the development of effective probabilistic antibiotic therapy protocols. Subjects and Methods: This was a transversal descriptive study with prospective data collection from July 1 to...

Training of Specialist Nurses is of critical importance for the continued delivery of quality health services globally and in South Africa. In accordance with international trends, nursing education in South Africa has undergone significant educational reforms in the past few years. The aim of this paper is to critically reflect on current nursing education reform in South Africa and the implications for the postgraduate diploma in nursing programmes. The paper highlights some of the...

Osteomyelitis is a hematogenous bone infection; it poses therapeutic difficulties because of its evolution towards chronicity. The aim of this work was to determine the frequency, to describe the epidemiological, clinical, biological, radiological aspects and to evaluate the results of the treatments instituted as well as the prognosis after treatment. This was a prospective descriptive study, over a period of 19 months from June 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, in the department of...

Introduction: paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL) associated enzyme that has anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, and antioxidant functions. PON1 is noted to be a determinant of resistance to the development of atherosclerosis through hydrolysis of phospholipid and cholesteryl ester hydroperoxides. This study was designed to assess PON1 activity levels among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Southwest Nigeria.

This chapter describes literacy in Morocco’s multilingual environment. Schooling is in standard Arabic, but Moroccans are native speakers of various forms of spoken Arabic and of Amazigh (a language better known outside Morocco as Berber). French and Spanish are also present in the Moroccan school system as languages of instruction; they came to the country with the French and Spanish Protectorates (starting in the early twentieth century and ending with Independence in 1956). Arabicization...

This study sought to investigate demographical challenges confronting part time management studies students at the Ho Technical University of Ghana and also ascertain how these demographical challenges affect these adult students.Coffield & Moseley (2022) indicated that now many educators want to create equal opportunities for adult learners in every social setting but stated that, despite this paradigm shift, much has not been achieved in policy formulation and implementation to include...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become the main method of instruction. This study aimed to evaluate Moroccan medical students' perceptions of medical online learning experience and to list its probable related advantages and barriers.A cross-sectional study on 400 medical students randomly selected from the different national medical institutions was conducted. A questionnaire evaluating the online learning experience during the pandemic was distributed via institutional...

This study was carried out to evaluate inclusive education programmes for learners with special needs in Kano state, Nigeria. The researcher used a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 38 respondents, which include special education teachers and head teachers of the inclusive schools under the study. The same 38 respondents were used as the sample size of the study. A purposive sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents of the study. A questionnaire...