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This chapter focuses on the relational nature of disability especially with respect to experiences of disabled students with access to assistive technologies particularly within the context of the fourth IR. The chapter presents a background on various interpretations relating to disability and implications to identities within an academic context. The chapter also highlights the various experiences by students in diverse university spaces. Using informal interviews and observations, the...

Speaking weight scale is an important low vision health aid that measures and announces the measured weight.It is valuable in numerous applications such as Bathroom scale, Kitchen scale, and more.Different talking scales have been developed for the blind community.Many talking scales have language options for English, German, French, or Spanish.However, only limited work exists for Self speaking visually impaired community in EAC given the fact that no talking scale can announce weight in...

Abstract Extreme climate change events such as frequent and prolonged droughts or floods associated with climate change can be very disruptive to peoples’ livelihoods particularly in rural settings, where people rely on the immediate environment for livelihood. Shocks in the people’s livelihoods can trigger diverse responses that include migration as a coping or adaption strategy. Migration takes many forms depending on the context and resources availability. Very few studies in Kenya have...

Abstract Extreme climate change events such as frequent and prolonged droughts or floods associated with climate change can be very disruptive to peoples’ livelihoods particularly in rural settings, where people rely on the immediate environment for livelihood. Shocks in the people’s livelihoods can trigger diverse responses that include migration as a coping or adaption strategy. Migration takes many forms depending on the context and resources availability. Very few studies in Kenya have...

Abstract Majority of Kenya’s citizens reside in the rural areas where wood fuel is still the primary source of energy for cooking. Continuing reliance on wood fuel against the backdrop of burgeoning population poses huge threats to the country’s forest cover, undermining capacity for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This study conducted in Machakos and Laikipia counties explored; (i) women’s perceptions of the health risks associated with dependence of firewood for cooking, (ii)...

Abstract Degradation of natural resources exacerbates a country’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change. IPCC projections suggest that countries within the horn of Africa, which include Kenya, will suffer most from extreme climate change events, particularly more frequent and prolonged droughts. Women and children suffer disproportionately from the consequences of environmental degradation. Public participation is one of the strategies governments pursue to combat environmental...

Abstract This paper was on Nigerian Youths, social media bill regulation and the gathering storm: where are the library services? The paper endeavors to review the flight between Youths of Nigeria and government on the issues of social media bill which did not augur well with them. The present government in the bid to censor social media made a bill to regulate all social media spaces, to the Youths that was unacceptable. The role of social media to everyday life cannot be pushed outside....

Scalp Tinea is the most common mycosis in children and adolescents. The objective of this work was to determine the epidemiological and etiological profile of Scalp Tinea in schoolchildren in Mauritania, during the year 2019.This is a descriptive cross-sectional study lasting four months, from May to September 2019, in a sample of schoolchildren from Nouakchott, included following a random survey at three levels, having benefited from a clinical examination, mycological and culture samples.A...

A significant number of parents are always in a rush that their children or wards should finish secondary at an age that learners have not attained cognitive maturity. The negative impact of unhealthy curriculum and class skipping syndrome has enormous effect on the educational system, cognitive and linguistic competence and the social and academic wellbeing of learners. The study examined parental perception towards unhealthy curriculum and class skipping syndrome among private schools in...

The Nigerian society has been faced with the menace of unemployment over the recent years.However this was not the case when Higher Education was introduced to the Nigerian society.The society at that time adapted education as a tool for social change and social mobility.Education paved way for people to gain employment with government and private firms.Hence, the Nigerian society benefited immensely from Higher Education which paved way for peace and tranquility to thrive.Nonetheless, today...

This study examines quality of life of medical students in Yemen by evaluating validity and reliability of the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL) and assessing potential influencing factors.This is a single-centered cross-sectional study conducted in Hadramout University College of Medicine, Mukalla, Yemen during the academic year of 2019. The WHOQOL questionnaire was distributed among medical students. For validity, item discriminate validity and confirmatory...

Neurosurgical education is undergoing serious challenges in the present climate of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Africa and other developing countries where the Halstedian style of medical education and training remains persistent due to a lack of infrastructural innovations and resources. Therefore, to ensure the continuity of training and services with guaranteed safety of the neurosurgical staff and patients, there is a need for a pedagogical change of the training and educational...

Global value chain (GVC) participation has been identified as one of the means by which developing countries can attain inclusive growth yet little attention has been paid to it in sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated by the dearth of studies on SSA, we investigate the effect of GVC participation on inclusive growth for 19 SSA countries for the period 1991 to 2017, using the system GMM estimator. The results show that GVC participation drives inclusive growth through employment creation. We...

Global value chain (GVC) participation has been identified as one of the means by which developing countries can attain inclusive growth yet little attention has been paid to it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated by the dearth of studies on SSA, we investigate the effect of GVC participation on inclusive growth for 19 SSA countries for the period 1991 to 2017, using the system GMM estimator. The results show that GVC participation drives inclusive growth through employment creation. We...

There are many programmes that will revitalize rural areas, improve their socio-economic well-being and slow the trend of rural-urban migration. One of such programmes is a qualitative and effective education (including adult education programme). Education brings up the need for capacity building of the Nigerian citizenry as human beings have critical role to play in the society. Therefore, the development of Nigeria depends mainly on the workforce needed for keeping farms and industries...

Deep learning-Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)) algorithms have made considerable improvements beyond the state-of-the-art records for automatic classification of satellite images for land cover mapping. However, its use brings forward significant new challenges for developing countries such as Nigeria. This is majorly due to the scarcity of labeled high resolution dataset, as training a high performing model requires images with fine details as well as huge amount of labeled data to learn...

Background: Hypospadias repair is one of the most common urologic surgeries performed in male children. Various surgical repairs and modifications of existing ones have evolved over the past decades. Notable among them is the Snodgrass tubularized incised plate (TIP) procedure. We document an appraisal of hypospadias repair performed at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu within a period of 6 years. Aim: The aim of this article is to determine the common presentations,...

Background: The aetiology and pattern of maxillofacail injuries vary in different parts of the world and even the same country.The purpose of the study was to determine the epidemiology of maxillofacial injuries at a tertiary Hospital in Ghana.Methodology: This is a six-month (January to June 2015) prospective study.Information on age, sex, aetiology, injury type etc. was collected using a specialized design data collection form.Data was analyzed using the SPSS 17th version.Ethical approval...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gabonese education system had to face an unprecedented situation. Distance education was the only alternative to ensure pedagogical continuity. This article examines the measures taken by the Gabonese government to manage the Covid-19 crisis, particularly in the area of distance education. He thus attempts to bring out a certain number of elements of analysis and proposals for action in the face of a rather gloomy diagnosis.