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Background: The training of food handlers with regard to the hazards associated with their products, its safe handling, and the preparation of food following good hygienic practices, as practicable under local street-vending conditions, is an essential part of any strategy to improve the safety and quality of street-vended food. People are becoming increasingly concerned about the health risks posed by microbial pathogens and potentially hazardous chemicals in food, especially those that may...

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common causes of arthritis in human, with the knee joint being the most commonly affected. Knee OA patients often present with knee pain and varying degree of functional limitation in activities of daily living. The incidence and prevalence of knee OA increases with age and is poised to increase even further in tandem with an expected increase in life expectancy, rise in population age, and increased prevalence of obesity. Obesity is associated...

Neonatal deaths contribute significantly to slower progress in under-5 mortality reduction. Lack of sufficiently trained birth assistants partly contributes to early neonatal deaths. Resuscitation training equips frontline health-care workers (HCWs) with requisite knowledge and skills to prevent birth asphyxia.The objective of this study was to evaluate the immediate impact of newborn resuscitation training on cognitive ability of HCWs.This is a descriptive observational study using pre- and...

Background: Assessment of patterns of drug to detect performance problems and compliance with standards facilitates objective comparisons and impact evaluation. Children are at higher risk of consequences of irrational prescribing and antibiotic misuse. Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the prescribing pattern and utilization of antibiotics for children using standard prescribing indicators and indices of rational drug prescribing. Materials and Methods: This was a...

Objective: There is a global dearth of clinical pharmacologists despite the critical role clinical pharmacology plays in health-care delivery, not only in developing economies like Nigeria but worldwide. There is also a growing negative attitude among undergraduate medical students towards pharmacology. In a bid to control this trend, there is a need to assess the attitude and feedback of medical students in teaching and learning of pharmacology. This will provide a platform from which...

Having a multifaceted complex structure, language is a combination of a pile of mental states or thoughts which are transferred by means of shared rules or principles created on the grounds of phonology, morphology, and semantics. Language, being such a humanly and complicated formation, is highly in touch with a group of pertinent scientific zones like psychology and sociology, and this interaction may mirror the morpho-syntactic features of people. That is to say, selecting and forming any...

Choosing and structuring a word, making a statement, and comprehending the formulated statement require complex principles and processes. Within this context, complicated procedures and processes might be faced in the second language learning as well. Learning a second language means grasping the syntactic principles of a language and transforming these principles into language skills. In our very specific study, ten Syrian primary school students coming from diverse psychological and...

Choosing and structuring a word, making a statement, and comprehending the formulated statement require complex principles and processes. Within this context, complicated procedures and processes might be faced in the second language learning as well. Learning a second language means grasping the syntactic principles of a language and transforming these principles into language skills. In our very specific study, ten Syrian primary school students coming from diverse psychological and...

The study showed that the noise pollution levels measured at some locations in Ota exceeded the standards and limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), Federal Environment Protection Agency (FEPA). Results revealed that there was a considerable increase in noise pollution in Oju-ore and Toll-gate due to high numbers of vehicular movement and road congestion within Ota. The study therefore concluded that there should be an enforcement and adherence to the regulation regarding noise pollution limit.

The study explored the Newman’s modified error hierachical model as a diagnostic approach in the teaching and learning of quadratic equation at the senior secondary school level in Zaria, Nigeria. A total of 120 Senior Secondary 2 mathematics students randomly selected from two private schools in Zaria with a mean age of 17 constituted the sample size for the study. The Mathematics achievement tests (MAT) and Quadratic diagnostic test (QDT) were used as the instruments of this study that...

This study sought to determine value-based education, empowerment of Vocational Education Student for economy diversification in Nigeria. The study adopted survey design approach and was conducted in Vocational Education, University of Uyo. The population of the study was 98 consisting 46 lecturers and 52 year three vocational education students. Since the population was manageable the sample for the study was of “convenience type”. The researchers developed a27-item instruments for data...

Transformational leadership and school environments are among the pertinent factors that will potentially influence the effectiveness and excellence of the school. Challenges as well as changes in the educational system mandate principals to exercise more creative and innovative leadership practices for the success of their organizations. A conducive and sound academic environment help to initiate new concepts and deep understanding regarding teaching and learning process, which will provide...

Literature shows that women remain underrepresented in management positions in South Africa. While several studies have been conducted on the subject of the causes of underrepresentation of women in such positions, most of these studies tend to ignore the views of males. This article explores the views of educators (both male and female) with regard to the underrepresentation of female educators in management positions at primary schools in the Lulekani Circuit in the Mopani District,...

Literature shows that women remain underrepresented in management positions in South Africa. While several studies have been conducted on the subject of the causes of underrepresentation of women in such positions, most of these studies tend to ignore the views of males. This article explores the views of educators (both male and female) with regard to the underrepresentation of female educators in management positions at primary schools in the Lulekani Circuit in the Mopani District,...

The study was carried out to investigate the use of mother tongue usage in teaching primary school pupils as a desideratum for actualizing EFA in Ebonyi State.The population of the study was 1,149 made up of 1,109 teachers and 40 Head teachers of the schools in the study area.Out of the population of teachers, 160 was sampled using stratified random sampling technique, while the 40 Head teachers was taken for the study.Cronpuch alpha method was utilized to ascertain consistency of the...