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Five hundred and sixty high school students from five secondary schools in Calabar, Nigeria were studied for antibiotic usage. Questionnaires where administered to determine the following parameters: Knowledge of antibiotics, types of infections for which antibiotics were taken, sources of prescription and procurement of antibiotics, antibiotic dosage and first part of call on taking ill. Analysis of responses using Chi Square showed that the most patronized sources of antibiotics where...
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The primary of needs in language syllabus design hardly needs emphasis. In seeking these needs, however, extra-pedagogical factors come to interact wit learner’s experience to affect teacher and learner’s perception of their needs. The strongest of these factors relate to socio-economic circumstances of the learners. Since the provision of relief to these factors are not within the competence of the teachers either within the classroom, as part of the curriculum or inclusive in the...
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In Morocco, at least 10,000 children under the age of 15 suffer from Type 1 diabetes. Due to the lack of appropriate management and care, these children are highly susceptible to repeated hospital admission and long-term disabling degenerative complications. With the aim of reducing the frequency of complications, a specialized outpatient clinic was created in the children’s hospital in Rabat in 1986. A multidisciplinary team provides medical care as well as initial training and continuing...
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The principles of Object-Oriented Software Engineering are employed to model a software application known as Undergraduate Registration and Examination Processing System (SPERU) for Nigerian Tertiary institutions. Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools are utilized in its implementation to achieve an excellent software system. SPERU is herein presented , as a typical instance of a well modelled software system, that testifies to the beauty, power and supremacy of the Object-Oriented...
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In this phase, a study was conducted on the institutional preparedness to cope with future el nino-induced risks on agriculture. Although people suffered shortages of food and water, each community had various coping strategies. This paper documents the indigenous coping strategies used by people in six worst affected districts in the highlands and lowlands of PNG.
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Higher learning institutions in Tanzania, like others worldwide, need to take advantage of ICT to remain competitive. It is believed that organisations can save up to 70 per cent of their training budget when instituting e-learning courses. One obvious importance of e-learning is that the lecturers will not have to physically appear in the lecture theatres; students may cut down the cost of commuting to the colleges and save costs related to their accommodation and the enrolment may be...