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Ethnographic fieldwork is a balancing act between distancing and immersing. Fieldworkers need to come close to meaningfully grasp the sense-making efforts of the researched. In methodological textbooks on ethnography, immersion tends to be emphasized at the expense of its counterpart. In fact, ‘distancing’ is often ignored as a central tenet of good ethnographic conduct. In this article we redirect attention away from familiarization and towards ‘defamiliarization’ by suggesting six...
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Natural hazard-related disasters, including those associated with climate change, displace millions of people.Those displaced across international state borders face particular challenges with regards to legal status and rights protection.This paper discusses to what extent, and how, this group of displaced people are protected, and indicates how their protection can be further strengthened.The discussion draws on case studies of Somalis displaced to Kenya and Egypt during the 2011 and 2012...
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This study sought to assess the role of diabetes on food intake and the psychological impact of living with diabetes among diabetics in the Tamale Teaching Hospital. A self structured questionnaire was administered among 97 sampled diabetic respondents at the diabetic clinic in the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The studies found out that diabetes does have a role to play on the food intake of diabetics in the Hospital. It was also found out that generally a healthy meal plan for the diabetic...
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This thesis argues that higher education systems in post-conflict states have the potential to contribute towards more effective post-war reconstruction and recovery. However, while the role of Higher Education in Development was emphasised in the post-WWII era, the specific experience of higher education in post-conflict contexts has escaped the attention of both academics and policy-makers engaged in reconstruction. Furthermore, donor policy attention has not been placed upon utilising the...
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTPollution Control on River Nile in the White Nile State Sugar Hub of SudanMohmmed Alnail†, Martin Kabenge*‡, Jianhua Li‡, Miao Zhu‡, Ali Abubaker§, and Aisha Magzoub∥View Author Information† Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Government of Sudan, P.O. Box 8178, Gadaref, 12217, Sudan‡ UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Study, Tongji University, Siping Rd...
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This paper discusses the nature of learner engagement with science content during small group discussions in which learners use their home languages. We observed that learners reverted to their home languages in small group discussions, yet very little is known about the dynamics of learner engagement when they use their home languages in classroom discussions in South Africa and elsewhere. We analysed transcripts of discussions by three small groups in a Grade 10 Chemistry class. Contrary...
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Each year, some hundreds of teachers (all levels and all disciplines) propose to the National Center for Educational Innovation and Experimentation their new digital products to facilitate the learning of their discipline with their students. Mathematics teachers regularly participate in this event. In this article, we evaluated the mathematics teachers participation in this contest during the first seven editions of the competition (2005-2011). We concluded that mathematics teachers are the...
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The study examined the use of library resources and services among postgraduate students in Babcock University Library. Questionnaire was used as the main research instrument. 100 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the students; the return rate was 76%. The major findings were; majority of the postgraduate students do not use the library regularly. Their main purpose of visiting the library is to consult research materials. They used more internet sources and their major...
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The hallmark of an organization’s success is effective employee performance. However, employees’ effort will be driven to this objective if their expectations of fair and just reward system are met. Reward system, therefore, falls into the broader process of performance management in the organization. This study examined the relationship between reward systems and teachers’ performance. Data was collected and analysed in terms of descriptive statistics and Pearson chi square was used to test...
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The prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in pre-school children below the age of 5 years in five settlements was investigated. Of the 1,402 children examined and screened for schistosomiasis, 573 children representing 40.8% were infected. Females between the ages of 3 to 4 years had the highest infection of 37% while the least percentage prevalence of 6.4% was recorded in females below one year. Similarly, males between the ages of 3 to 4 years had the highest percentage of 28.9% while 7.1%...
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Education helps men and women claim their rights and realize their potential in economic, political and social arenas. It is also the single most powerful way to lift people out of poverty. Yet, many people — especially women — are still excluded from education in Nigeria. Education should be an intrinsic part of any strategy to address the gender-based discrimination against women and girls that remains prevalent in our society. Hence, this paper offers an overview of women education in...
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The overall goal of entrepreneurial education is to impart on students and our youths with the right attitudes, knowledge and skills to act in an entrepreneurial way. Thus, empowering and preparing them to thrive in the unstructured and uncertain nature of today's environment. This paper therefore, examines the importance of entrepreneurial education in achieving youth empowerment in Nigeria; the challenges facing entrepreneurial education in universities and prospects. The reasons for...
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The drought in Ethiopian Highlands, source of the Nile flood, has been in the news off and on since the early 1970s, to such an extent that it can be inquired if the Nile basin users are exposed to a drought risk increasing in time. Based on a methodology developed by the author and previously used for flood risk assessment, this article aims to study the progressive modification of the likelihood of occurrence of a certain drought event in the Nile River, based on the annual record...