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Introduction: psychoactive substances are chemicals that affect the nervous system and alter the activity in the brain. Such substances include alcohol and other illicit drugs. This research study is aimed to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychoactive substance use among students at a government secondary school in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

The Syrian education sector has faced many challenges since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011, due to displacement, the destruction of educational institutions, and the emigration of school and university staff. This is reflected in the quality of education from primary school to university, as highlighted in several UN reports published between 2015 and 2019. Consequently, gaps in foundational knowledge hinder students’ progression through their degree courses. This research explores two...

The monitoring of network measures, such as degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and clustering coefficient is performed, aiming to identify the periods during which the earthquake network has distinct evolution before the main shock of the 24th of June 2015 in Egypt. As nodes the 42 square cells that constitute a normal grid superimposed onto the study area are considered and the connections are drawn whenever earthquake succession is observed between the node areas of seismic...

The present investigation aimed to assess metal pollution status (Fe, Al, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cd and Pb) in sediments of four cities along the northeastern coast of Libya.The mean metal concentrations in sediment samples from highest to lowest showed the following order Al > Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > Pb > Cd.All metal concentrations were lower than their background values except for Cd at sites 1, 2 and 3. Sediment quality guidelines showed that biological hazardous effects are related to 25% of Cd...

The study investigated the effect of metacognitive learning strategies on academic performance in English language among students in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study adopted Solomon four-group experimental design. The participants comprised 283 Grade 11 students from four public secondary schools. The study utilised a modified standardised metacognitive learning strategy questionnaire (MLSQ) to measure the use of metacognitive learning strategies by students in English language....

The rapid advance of the new coronavirus imposes several drastic measures on the authorities to contain the virus and prevent its spread.The Ministry of Education has decreed the suspension of face-to-face classes in all schools.The pedagogical continuity, now a priority, must be carried out remotely through video conferencing, platforms, video capsules The main questions of this research are: What are the success factors of distance learning and training in Moroccan context?This raises a...

Background: Protozoan and helminthes infections are common parasitic infections in Nigeria associated with fatal complications if not detected early or neglected. This work, therefore, investigated parasitic infections among pupils in Kwara Senatorial Districts for useful information for preventive healthcare. Methods: Stool, urine, and blood samples of 638 subjects (Kwara Central: 152; Kwara South: 263 and Kwara North: 223) were examined for parasites using concentration techniques, Giemsa...

Volcanic scoriae from the southern part of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (Limbé, Loum-Tombel, Yamba, Doupé, Njinkouo, Foumbot, Manjo-manengollé, Galim and Djoungo) were investigated in order to determine their chemical and mineralogical composition, to deduce their origin and to identify their natural characteristics which may be useful to the cement industry. The mineralogical composition was determined by X-ray Diffractometer (XRD); X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass...

For residential universities, the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 academic year necessitated the suspension of in-person lectures and a swift transition of classes and other in-person activities to emergency remote teaching (ERT). This included the academic module mentoring programme, cognisant of the potential challenges experienced by first-year students during a period of ERT. The role of an in-person module mentoring programme before ERT was only to provide academic support to first-year...

All economies of the world possess four essential elements, viz, land; labour; capital and entrepreneurship, though they are not evenly distributed. Entrepreneurship education seeks to provide students with knowledge, skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success. The highest pool of potential workforce for any nation is its university students. This study was carried out in the University of Uyo, Nigeria, to investigate the appropriate strategies for integrating...

The study investigated the burden and severity of depression in relationship with visual impairment in Nigeria.Four hundred (400) male and female in and outpatients with various degrees of visual impairment attending a clinic in the department of ophthalmology, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane Enugu were used.They were selected through the purposive sampling method.The socio-demographic questionnaire, Beck depression inventory and WHO-VFQ (visual function questionnaire were...

the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns restricted movement with non-essential hospital trips discouraged to prevent spread of the virus. Disruption of medical services can lead to increased seeking of medical advice and symptom management online. With COVID-19 known to worsen existing cardiovascular disease or precipitate a new one, we sought to explore online search trends of the Nigerian public regarding cardiac events before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.using Google...

This chapter investigated the impact of climate variability on droughts across East Africa. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) was applied to the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) over various subperiods selected between 1900 and 2020. The analysis also comprised assessment of the covariation of scPDSi with four large-scale oceanic-atmospheric circulation indices, namely, the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO), Niño 3 index (an El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)...

This paper reports on the linguistic repertoires and language ideologies of a small group of Business Studies teachers at a high school in Cape Town, South Africa. Using language portraits and focus group interviews to collect data, we found through a thematic analysis that teachers talked about their own repertoires as performative, playful, and innovative. By contrast, the repertoires of their students are not described in the same manner. Instead, the teachers either erase big parts of...

Climate change is causing great impact on water resources in Eastern Africa, and there is need to establish and implement effective adaptation and mitigation measures. According to IPCC, less rainfall during the months that are already dry could increase drought as well as precipitation, and this has great impact on both permanent and seasonal water resources. Increased sea surface temperature as a result of climate change could lead to increased drought cases in Eastern African and entire...

The Coronavirus pandemic has extremely affected various activities worldwide including school sports.Despite this, little has been done on the consequences of the cancellation of school sporting activities due to the pandemic on the well-being of students.The present study ascertained how cancellation of school sports due to the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the general well-being of students and suggested appropriate interventions to bring back school sports.The purposive sampling technique...