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As a result of the high rate of urbanization and the attendant growth in housing demand and proliferation of informal settlements in sub-Saharan African countries such as Namibia, the development of cities has become a priority concern of the governments given the obvious socio-economic and environmental challenges that impact sustainable infrastructure/services, quality of life, health and well-being of the citizenry as referenced in the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG)...

Abstract Climate adaptation planning requires new ways of thinking and approaching the analysis of risks. Such thinking needs to be systemic in nature and practice/action-oriented while respecting the complexity of the physical and social sciences. Through this chapter on climate tipping points in Botswana, it is proposed that a generic and practice-oriented analysis framework be applied with a mathematical foundation including modeling methods based on complex science. The objective is to...

Abstract Climate adaptation planning requires new ways of thinking and approaching the analysis of risks. Such thinking needs to be systemic in nature and practice/action-oriented while respecting the complexity of the physical and social sciences. Through this chapter on climate tipping points in Botswana, it is proposed that a generic and practice-oriented analysis framework be applied with a mathematical foundation including modeling methods based on complex science. The objective is to...

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Introduction: psychoactive substance use (PSU) is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or methods which are harmful to themselves or others. Psychoactive substance use takes a considerable toll on financial status, academic achievement and health status of addicts. In Nigeria, PSU is on the increase, one of the most disturbing health-related problems and a leading cause of premature death among school aged population worldwide. We therefore,...

Web accessibility has become important as more governments leverage technology to provide digital services to their citizens. Making governmental services available online has the potential to improve public service delivery, while at the same time improving processes and thus optimizing public administration. The basic purpose of e-government is to make services easily accessible to citizens and businesses at local and national levels. However, accessibility of e-government remains a...

The role of School Based Assessment (SBA) emphasized the teacher as a facilitator and an assessor. The assessment strategies involved in SBA requires a lot of responsibilities on the side of the teacher. Therefore, the research is aimed to assess teachers’ competency towards the implementation of school based assessment in secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria with the objective to determine the level of teachers’ competency towards the implementation of school based assessment and...

Kidney dysfunction and failure account for increased mortality rates across most population groups globally. Kidney donation and transplantation is a process whereby individuals agree to donate a healthy organ that is then transplanted to a recipient with either a damaged, failed or dysfunctional organ to save their life and improve their quality of life. Currently, there is very little published evidence on the knowledge, attitude and perceptions regarding organ donation among nurses in...

The present chapter focuses on mathematics teacher professional development as an important process of a teacher’s contribution to learners’ achievements of learning outcomes. More specifically it describes the process of supporting mathematics teachers’ school-based professional development on applying mathematical instructional aspects in Rwandan primary schools. Participants to the research are 39 primary mathematics teachers from six purposively selected districts. This is in line with...

COVID-19 was first reported on 31 December 2019 and has so far claimed over 2,000 lives in Nigeria. Through global and national efforts, about 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was distributed and used in Nigeria from March 2021. Vaccine hesitancy could pose a serious problem for COVID-19 prevention and control.To estimate the proportion of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University community that is willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19; level of hesitancy and its associated factors.A...

The paper discussed that every individual in a school setting. Persons with disabilities needed to be considered in every school administrative styles. four administrative styles were discussed. They include: Lisssez- faire administrator, Autocratic administrator, Benevolent Dictator/Administrator, Democratic Administration. Many more leadership styles were also discussed. It was discussed that special education setting also requires some specific sets of administrative processes. Which...

Presently, the foremost strategic challenge facing the worldwide oil and gas industry is climate change. This is because the earth’s average temperature continues to rise with the build-up of greenhouse gases within the atmosphere, the stable functioning of earth’s natural systems adjusts to the new, high-carbon reality and society begins to witness the consequences of an altered natural environment and its impact on our lives and livelihoods. Most greenhouse emission emissions are caused by...

The analysis of the factors determining the high yield of tea grown in three regions: China, India and Kenya has been carried out.It is shown that only for Kenyan tea in 2010-2017 there is a fairly high correlation dependence of yield on geomagnetic activity, expressed by Ap and Dst indices.The low agricultural production level in the highlands of Kenya leads to a dependence on weather conditions.Therefore, inverse linear correlation of tea yield on the level of geomagnetic disturbance at...

Assessments are regularly used among clinicians within psychology, yet many are deemed too time-consuming and expensive. The Personality Inventory for— Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5)—Brief Form (PID-5-BF) was developed to measure maladaptive personality traits ( negative affect, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism), based on the “hybrid model” for personality disorders included in DSM- 5 Section III. Literature indicates that...

According to the AIDS Foundation of South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa is the region profoundly affected by HIV and AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses. There is also an increase in the rate of child sexual abuse around the world. To avoid children from being sexually abused, there is a need to provide awareness through a comprehensive sexuality education program at the school level. The Comprehensive Sexuality Education Program should start from the early grades. Comprehensive Sexuality Education...

Abstract Discussions of climate change and water security in Africa are often simplistic and indeed deterministic. They overlook not only ecological complexities but also the multitude of ways in which various population groups across the continent approach climatological variability, thereby challenging positivist modeling and external adaptation agendas. The current state of affairs for many often-silenced citizens is already one of hunger, uncertainty, and marginalization; the...