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Despite tremendous advances in the management of cardiovascular diseases and cardiac arrest, there is paucity of information regarding sudden cardiac death in sub-Saharan Africa.We present a two-year review of sudden cardiac death cases among patients managed at a Nigerian tertiary hospital.Patients admitted from January 2012 to December 2013 were prospectively followed-up and cases of sudden cardiac death identified.Diagnosis was based on records of events preceding death, direct interview...

Unfamiliarity with the language of teaching is blamed for the high illiteracy rate among people who live in nations in which hundreds of languages are spoken. For a critical test of the importance of the language in which initial reading is taught we took the Zambian situation as a natural experiment using a quasi-experimental design and through quantitative approach tested effects of a fit between the local language spoken in the homes and playground and the language officially designated...

Abstract Mantle xenoliths hosted by Oligocene alkaline basalts of the Kapsiki Plateau, northern end of the Cameroon Volcanic Line consist of group I spinel and plagioclase peridotites, mainly protogranular and accessorily porphyroclastic. The sub-continental lithospheric mantle here is heterogeneous and encloses both depleted and fertile components. Minerals exhibit wide range major element compositions compared to Nyos and Kumba grabens equivalent rocks. Spinel occurs as homogeneous brown...

African schoolgirls face considerable challenges as a result of the real biological phenomenon of menstruation and its management. Menstruation is seen as a secret and is regarded as taboo. As a result girls are not receiving adequate support from home, schools, or the community. They are left on their own to address the challenge which consequently affects their school performance. Development interventions that deal only with the supply of materials cannot resolve the problem in a...

African schoolgirls face considerable challenges as a result of the real biological phenomenon of menstruation and its management. Menstruation is seen as a secret and is regarded as taboo. As a result girls are not receiving adequate support from home, schools, or the community. They are left on their own to address the challenge which consequently affects their school performance. Development interventions that deal only with the supply of materials cannot resolve the problem in a...

African schoolgirls face considerable challenges as a result of the real biological phenomenon of menstruation and its management. Menstruation is seen as a secret and is regarded as taboo. As a result girls are not receiving adequate support from home, schools, or the community. They are left on their own to address the challenge which consequently affects their school performance. Development interventions that deal only with the supply of materials cannot resolve the problem in a...

African schoolgirls face considerable challenges as a result of the real biological phenomenon of menstruation and its management. Menstruation is seen as a secret and is regarded as taboo. As a result girls are not receiving adequate support from home, schools, or the community. They are left on their own to address the challenge which consequently affects their school performance. Development interventions that deal only with the supply of materials cannot resolve the problem in a...

Instructional resources are important factors during the implementation of curriculum. They help the implementers to realize their goals and give guidance to the teaching-learning process which leads to realization of good students’ academic performance and more so Makueni County. The declining performance of students in the county from mean grade C+ to a mean grade of C- in 2007–2010 was disturbing since many of them were to lose opportunities for further education, training and job...

The policy of trade liberalization and increased openness is seen as a means of stimulating economic growth for developing countries. However, there is argument from environmentalists side that trade has adverse environmental effects. Given the potential benefits of trade liberalization policies, it is important to examine whether such policies are in fact in conflict with the environment as they accelerate economic growth . This paper with aim of studying the impact of trade liberalization...

The policy of trade liberalization and increased openness is seen as a means of stimulating economic growth for developing countries. However, there is argument from environmentalists side that trade has adverse environmental effects. Given the potential benefits of trade liberalization policies, it is important to examine whether such policies are in fact in conflict with the environment as they accelerate economic growth.This paper with aim of studying the impact of trade liberalization on...

The policy of trade liberalization and increased openness is seen as a means of stimulating economic growth for developing countries. However, there is argument from environmentalists side that trade has adverse environmental effects. Given the potential benefits of trade liberalization policies, it is important to examine whether such policies are in fact in conflict with the environment as they accelerate economic growth.This paper with aim of studying the impact of trade liberalization on...

Since female learners in high schools in Cameroon fall within the age group hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, it is assumed that these learners might be exposed to sexual risk behaviours. However, little has been explored on the sexual risk behaviours of high school female learners in Cameroon. This study aimed at examining the sexual risk behaviours of high school female learners in Mbonge subdivision of rural Cameroon.A cross sectional design was adopted, using a self-administered questionnaire for...

Abstract In recent years, there has been significant growth in the use of e‐learning in Kenyan universities. However, despite this growth, universities in Kenya are still experiencing implementation challenges towards full utilization of e‐learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the preconditions necessary for successful implementation of e‐learning in Kenyan universities. Data was collected through questionnaires and in‐depth interviews from 525 respondents...

This thesis traces the trajectories of a group of young Cameroonian learners as they engage in new social and educational spaces in two South African primary schools. Designed as a Linguistic Ethnography and using data from observations, interviews and more than 50 hours of recorded interaction, it illustrates the ways in which these learners position themselves and are differentially positioned within evolving discourses of inclusion and exclusion. As a current study in a multilingual...

The growth of social media sites has been a phenomenon in the last few years.However, not much is known about how teachers have embraced the technology as the phenomenon is virtually unexplored in the extant literature in Ghana.The research therefore explored this issue by examining familiarity and usage of social media technology among teachers in Ghana.Teachers in Ghana were randomly selected from ten schools and pretested questionnaires were randomly administered to them.The empirical...

The United Nations policy on Universal Literacy is one of its MDGs that participating nations are to attain by 2015. Nigeria being a signatory to this policy is affected; hence she introduced a nine year compulsory Universal Basic Education programme in her Basic Education Schools, as a major effort in attaining the UN target. However, available evidence on implementation of mass literacy programmes in Nigeria indicates that inadequacy of educational facilities and low commitments of the...