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Improving Health and Safety (H&S) performance in the construction industry is dependent on the prevailing culture of an organization. Culture development is also dependent in part on communication between all the parties within an organization. In the construction organization, critical communication occurs between top management and the workers mediated by the supervisors. Consequently, initiatives to develop the right H&S culture may fail if the construction supervisor competencies are...

The present thesis is entitled ?Ecosystem services valuation for improved water resource management under climate change in Africa?. Through four chapters, ecosystem services valuation is used as a tool to inform water resource management. After a first chapter at continent-level, the geographic focus of the remainder chapters shifts to Ghana and its northern region.The research draws links to the existing literature on ecosystem based adaptation, smallholder farmers? livelihoods strategies...

Objective: The present prospective study was aimed to target the antihypertensive drug regimen for HBP associated with modifiable cardiovascular risk factors such as stressful and sedentary lifestyle, obesity, diabetes and chronic ethylism among hypertensive patients. Material and Method:This study was conducted among outpatients and inpatients attending the department of cardiology of Campus Teaching Hospital for hypertension conditions associated with comorbidities (stressful, sedentary...

There is a deficit of published data on the prevalence and intensity of intestinal parasitic infections in Osogbo metropolis, although there exist some reports for few of the local government areas of Osun state.Post primary school students are at high risk of acquiring gastrointestinal parasitic infections in Osogbo metropolis.A total of one hundred and fifty fecal samples were examined microscopically from post primary school students aged 9 -18.Direct microscopic examination,...

For ages, depression was described in literature and arts. Many definitions were developed through centuries; in the 19th century depression was seen as an inherited weakness of temperament. In the first half of the 20th century, Freud linked the development of depression to guilt and conflict. John Cheever, the author and a modern sufferer of depressive disorder, wrote of conflict and experiences with his parents as influencing his becoming clinically depressed.

This study investigated work status of mothers as a factor of child delinquency among primary school pupils in Borno State, Nigeria. The study determined the differences of mothers work status and the nature of delinquencies associated with children of working and non-working group of mothers. The populations of the study were all mothers of delinquent pupils in primary schools in Borno State and their delinquent children. Data was collected from eight hundred mothers of work and non working...

Previous research has focused on stable developed economies to predict that human capital and entrepreneurship education (EE) provision at the higher education (HE) level will positively affect entrepreneurial success. This article draws on the outcome of recent EE projects in two HE institutions in a conflict-torn northern Nigeria as a proxy to advocate the introduction of entrepreneurship as a compulsory component into the secondary school curriculum in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using...

How do we equip future teachers to create a more sustainable world? This study follows one teacher educator from the US seeking to bring change and support new pedagogical ideologies within Kenya. The research question is, Can one class on transformative teacher education make a difference in training future teachers?

Abstract Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood disability worldwide, and evidence shows that children with CP are at an increased risk of malnutrition due to feeding difficulties. This qualitative study explores caregiver experiences of feeding before and after a community‐based training program in Ghana. Methods Thirteen caregivers of children with CP, who were severely undernourished, were interviewed at the start of the training program. Eleven of these were...

The potential ecological and human health risk of heavy metal pollution in sediment and Benthic Fauna (Chrysichthys auratus and Tympanotonus fuscatus) of Benin River, Southern Nigeria, was evaluated. Three sampling sites associated with heavy anthropogenic activities along the course of the river were sampled. Heavy metals concentrations were determined in the samples using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Model 210 VGP, Buck Scientific). In all sediment samples, only Pb exceeded the...

In most underdeveloped and developing countries, the anthropometric dimensions of users are not deployed in classroom furniture design.This has severe health as well as learning implications.The aim of this study was to determine the ergonomic suitability of classroom furniture at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.261 (133 males and 128 females) randomly selected students participated in the study.Their anthropometric measures were taken after fully explaining the purpose...

Little is known about the respiratory health damage related to household air pollution (HAP) in survivors of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). In a population-based cross-sectional study, we determined the prevalence and associated predictors of chronic cough and hemoptysis in 441 randomly selected PTB survivors living in 13 remote health zones with high TB burden in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Trained community and health-care workers administered a...

Sonuç ve Öneriler: Araştırmanın bulgularına dayalı olarak, Suriyeli öğrenciler için planlı bir eğitim ve uyum programı hazırlanması ve öğretmenlere hizmet içi eğitim verilmesi önerilmektedir. Bulgular: Araştırmanın bulgularına göre, Suriyeli öğrencilerin yaşadıkları en büyük problemin Türkçe bilmemeleri ve akranları ile uyum sorunu yaşamaları olduğu; sınıfında Suriyeli öğrenci bulunan öğretmenlerin yaşadıkları en büyük problemlerin ise, Suriyeli öğrencilerle iletişim kuramamak ve onları...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive status disclosure is an essential component of Pediatric care and long term disease management. Children have a right to know their HIV diagnosis result. However, Pediatric HIV disclosure is complex and varies in different communities. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of HIV-positive status disclosure to infected children and associated factors among caregivers of infected children.A facility based mixed methods research design study was...

This study contributes to intellectual discuss on consumer preference and satisfaction for GSM service providers in the context of students of tertiary institution in Lagos State, Nigeria.Using primary data, the study provide answer to four research questions and tested four hypotheses with a view to establish the influence of consumers' preference and satisfaction of GSM service providers in Nigeria.The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between service assurance, service...

This article addresses the complex ways through which Basotho herders acquired indigenous knowledge (IK) through their herding practice. For centuries, Basotho males have practiced livestock herding as an alternative form of employment while also perceiving it as a quicker way of accruing personal livestock wealth. This socio-economic discourse has further rendered male Basotho at a disadvantage in terms of education access because of the semi-nomadic nature of herding and the...

Ubuntu-inspired leadership is substantial for responding, in an African way, to the needs of schools seeking to improve their performance. Evoking practices, such as letsema and social cohesion, underpins an African panacea in executing work for desired outcomes. With little extant research on the concept of ubuntu leadership, this article reports on a pioneering study that examined the extent to which infusing the value of ubuntu influences the practices of schools seeking to improve their...