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<abstract> This study presents the relationships between ambient air pollutants and morbidity and emergency department visits among children and adults performed in Great Casablanca, the most populated and economic region in Morocco. This research was analyzed using conditional Poisson model for the period 2011–2013. In the period of study, the daily average concentrations of SO₂, NO₂, O₃ and PM₁₀ in Casablanca were 209.4 µg/m³, 61...

The teaching of differential equations is often viewed from an interdisciplinary perspective that justifies the rationale for this notion in the secondary cycle.The history of the teaching of this notion in the Tunisian educational system shows a diversity of approaches which seem to evolve in the direction of modeling extra-mathematical situations and dialectic between semiotics registers.This research is part of the anthropological theory of didactics and analyzes the didactic...

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of African American mentors and mentees about the mentorship experience and examine mentorship as a blueprint for success in a nursing school. Method: Using a concurrent nested mixed-method, purposeful, and criterion-sampling technique, we surveyed participants from a 4-year public institution's mentorship program about the impact of the program and its effects on college progression. Results: Four themes emerged from our...

Post-apartheid cities in South Africa such as Buffalo City, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Mangaung, Nelson Mandela Bay, eThekwini, and Tshwane exhibit a high scale of inequality in land ownership and access to economic and housing opportunities. The attainment of independence offered public policymakers the opportunity to restructure the urban space economy through the redistribution of urban land and the provision of low-income housing and economic opportunities in strategic...

This article expounds on findings of a qualitative case study was conducted in a South African Open Distance Learning university. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of postgraduate students Open and Distance Learning context. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and narratives written by the interviewees. Typical case sampling was used to select six doctoral graduates. Data analysis was conducted thematically, and predetermined themes from the literature and...

Arguably, one of the major achievements in post-genocide against Tutsi was triumph of unity and reconciliation and democracy over the unjust and unequal past legislation. Since then schools are some of the institutions that unity and reconciliation ideals into their policies, curriculum and other aspects of school life. The post-genocide against Tutsi education policy was formulated with direct links to the Constitution of the Republic. Education is a key sector because it can help the...

The realisation of gender equity through education and training has captured global and national attention.Despite the multiple strategies for achieving gender equity in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), studies have revealed that funding challenges continue to hamper its realisation in TVET institutes.Thus, this study explored funding avenues in TVET that promote gender equity of students in TVET institutes in Uganda.A descriptive survey design with quantitative and...

The study sought to find out the influence of school characteristics on the discipline of schools in Machakos County.The study adopted a correlational research design.The target population was the 153 secondary schools in Machakos County.The research used stratified sampling, random sampling and purposive sampling methods to determine the sample size.The study had a sample size of 231 respondents of which 168 were students, 21 principals and 42 teachers.Interview guides and questionnaires...

This research investigated the effects of indoor air pollution among women, in Northeastern, Nigeria, indoor air pollution refers to the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of air in the indoor environment, which include a home, building, an institution or commercial facility.Study was carried out in five wards: Benen Bayero, Karamar Tanda, Asibitin Agana, Goni Aji Street and Abdullahi Masaba Street.Questionnaires containing personal information, health status and household...

Entrepreneurship training is often cited as a key factor in analyses of job creation.However, its role in explaining the profit generated by the jobs created has been rarely discussed in the literature.The objective of this article is to verify whether the profit gaps observed between young male and female entrepreneurs in Congo are explained by entrepreneurial training.Based on data from a survey related to the Employability Skills Development Project (ESDP) conducted in Congo in 2015 by...

The main purpose of this study was to examine the role of heads of schools' supervision in improving quality of teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Ilemela District, Tanzania.The study was guided by three specific objectives which are to examine strategies used by head of schools in improving quality of teaching and learning, the challenges facing school heads in improving quality of teaching and learning, and possible initiatives used in addressing the challenges hindering...

Alkaline basalts of Bafang and its environs are consisted of feldspars, olivines, pyroxenes and oxides which appear as phenocrysts, microphenocrysts and microcrysts.Feldspars are plagioclases Or 20.59-1.51 ) and anorthoclases ).Plagioclases are the most abundant amount these feldspars.Anorthoclases appear only in mugearite (BAF 3 and BAF 37) the most differentiated of the studied alkaline-basalts.In High Magnesian basalt, (HMg-B) plagioclases are labradorites (An 67.97-59.30Ab 38.74-30.43Or...

Purpose:The purpose of this paper was to profile who the typical fraudster was in the general education sector. Materials and Methods:This was a cross-sectional design enlisting staff at provincial and district education offices were enlisted in this study.A standardised survey questionnaire was used.Findings: The sample mean materiality scores were 46.86 (± SD 12.9) and fell below the benchmark of 52 of which fraud could be considered consequential.One sample t test showed a statistically...

This research work focuses on the physico-chemical analysis of surface water from the Djiri River with the aim of preventing the population against possible water pollution. The analysis of samples taken from the Djiri river revealed the presence of lead in these waters at levels exceeding the WHO guideline values: an average annual pollution (0.93 mg/l) which is visibly higher than the value. WHO guide (0.01 mg/l) in situ data from the Djiri River revealed a significant drop in flow between...

Abstract It is a widely accepted notion that climate change affects men and women within agrarian populations differently; consequently, their adaptation strategies are gendered. Besides climate change, women’s vulnerability and their corresponding adaptation strategies are embedded within a complex web of social identities/status, agroecological location, gender norm/roles and power struggles within the plurality of normative orders governing land (property rights). This chapter focuses on...

Abstract Climate change hazards including droughts and floods are adversely affecting crop productivity and food security among Kenyan smallholder farmers. This article analyzes rainfall and temperature change effects on household food security in Kimandi-Wanyaga, in Murang’a County, Kenya. Both the meteorological and the community perceptions were analyzed. Monthly rainfall and temperature data for Thika Meteorological Station were analyzed for trends using MAKESENS procedure. The community...

Local communities’ perceptions of climatic changes can be used to complement meteorological data-scarce areas and places where climate changes are spatially highly variable, such as mountain environments. Local perceptions can also help identify adaptation strategies which are acceptable within, and work for, local cultures. Focusing on two mountains in the Bamenda Highlands (Mts. Oku and Mbam), the study investigated how livelihood strategy (farming vs. pastoralism) affected the perception...

Local communities’ perceptions of climatic changes can be used to complement meteorological data-scarce areas and places where climate changes are spatially highly variable, such as mountain environments. Local perceptions can also help identify adaptation strategies which are acceptable within, and work for, local cultures. Focusing on two mountains in the Bamenda Highlands (Mts. Oku and Mbam), the study investigated how livelihood strategy (farming vs. pastoralism) affected the perception...