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This descriptive study utilized the strategy of primary health care in program development-especially a community-based health education intervention approach-in the control of guinea-worm in rural communities of Nigeria. Two closely related rural communities in two states served as target groups. Committee system approach, nominal group process, interview methods, audio-visual aids, and health care volunteer trainingship were the educational strategies employed in a control and experimental...
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An earthquake of magnitude Ms = 6.0 (CSEM, Strasbourg) occurred at Constantine (Algeria) on 27 October 1985. This seismic event is the strongest felt in the Tellian Atlas since the El Asnam seismic crisis of October 10, 1980. A team from the Centre de Recherche d'Astronomie, d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique (CRAAG, Algeria), utilising 8 portable stations, registered the activity a few days after the main shock. The aftershocks follow a N045° direction, and show the existence of three...
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The influence of cultural heritage on secondary school pupils in Nigeria has so far not been adequately explored especially as it affects the habit of questioning which encourages effective classroom interaction. For this reason, 12 science lessons were audio‐recorded, transcribed and the questions asked by the pupils and their teachers’ responses were isolated. Analysis of the questions and the teachers’ responses, showed the questions to be quite probing. Also, it was realized that the...
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The Rhenosterhoek Formation, composed chiefly of subaerial volcanic rocks, is part of the Dominion Group (∼ 2.8 Ga) which rests unconformably on older continental crust in South Africa. Chemical compositions of volcanic rocks from three drillcores of this formation do not show systematic differences either between or within cores. Major and immobile trace-element contents indicate that the volcanics are basaltic andesites and andesites with calc-alkaline affinities. Incompatible...
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Summary: A school survey of dermatophytoses was carried out during the period 1984–1985. A total of 2 353 primary school children aged 4–16 years were screened. Out of these, 133 were proved to be mycologically positive by microscopy and/or culture. Incidence was significantly higher in young children aged 4–6 years (4.6%) and 7–11 years (6.9%) than in older children 12–16 years (3.5 %). There was no significant difference in the incidence of dermatophytoses amongst children in the urban and...
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The incidence and distribution of micro-organisms commonly associated with urinary tract infections were studied in three groups of primary schools belonging to two different economic and social background in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Escherichia coli was predominantly recovered compared to other organisms isolated from the specimens and was closely followed by Enterobacter cloacae. The study also have established a significant relationship between bacteriuria and low socio-economal status (P<0.061).
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To assess the immunization coverage, a cluster sampling survey in Malagasy rural areas has been carried out at the occasion of an in-service training in Expanded Programme on Immunization (E.P.I.) organized for 15 Health Medical Inspectors. Leading results are: 17% of children have received B.C.G. immunization. 15% have received D.T.C. 4% have received oral poliomyelitis immunization.
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Abstract This study reports on the results of geological and seismological field studies conducted following the rare occurrence of a moderate-sized West African earthquake (mb = 6.4) with associated ground breakage. The epicentral area of the northwestern Guinea earthquake of 22 December 1983 is a coastal margin, intraplate locale with a very low level of historical seismicity. The principal results include the observation that seismic faulting occurred on a preexisting fault system and...
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Extrusive submarine volcanism must be influenced by magma–water interaction. In the continental areas, due to groundwater and hydrous fluids, uprising magma frequently interacts with water. The major effect of magma–water interaction is an increase in thermal energy flux and induction of a special type of magma fragmentation, i.e., phreatomagmatic fragmentation. The products of this process are typical and discriminative: angular, blocky particles with diameters between 30 and 130 μm, and...
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AbstractDietary intake analysis, over 7 days, of 120 randomly selected Nigerian University students aged 17-26 years, disclosed deviations from internationally accepted standards. The students were in residence at the University, where all meals were provided. Food preferences and habits were determined by questionnaire, and nutrient intake was calculated from weighed meals eaten over a 7-day period. Food intake of 95% of the students did not differ from that at home; 73% missed breakfast....
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Radiosonde data for thirteen summer months have been used to relate Richardson under Ri and vertical wind shear to storm occurrences at Kano. It is shown that thunderstorms occur most frequently in association with low-level shears, ΔUL, below the Africal Easterly Jet (surface to 700 mb) within −20⩽ΔUL⩽−5 ms−1 and for the 700-400 layer, ΔUm, in the range 0<ΔUm<10 m s−1. The Richardson number with which storm occurrences are most common is bi-modal in both lower and middle troposphere:...
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L'auteur degage les elements fondamentaux d'une bibliotheque scolaire ― a savoir les ressources, les utilisateurs, le personnel et l'environnement. Il identifie les facteurs responsables des mediocres performances de ces bibliotheques au Kenya
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A survey was conducted of 150 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) living in the peri-urban slum area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The purpose was to determine demographic characteristics as well as knowledge about midwifery practices prior to introducing a training program. The participants in the survey had volunteered for a free, 3-week training program in modern obstetrics. Information was collected by questionnaire which was read to the participants. The findings show that: (1) useful...