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Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is becoming ever more prevalent in Sudan, and the proportion of MRSA to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) seems to be increasing. New strains of MRSA are ever-developing resistance to antibiotic treatment, increasing morbidity and mortality rate.
 Objectives: To detect the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal cavity of medical students at Shendi University and to detect...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has led to a debate between teacher-centred and student-centred approaches to teaching and learning in academia. While some teachers view ICT positively and think it makes teaching and learning exercises easier, others view it negatively and think it replaces the traditional teacher-centred approach, making teaching and learning exercises more challenging as respect for the teachers are eroding because students are using current technology to...

Noise pollution, though not a new problem, has increased in recent times in reflection of human activities. Noise is an unpleasant sound capable of causing psychological and physiological problems for human health and society. This study aimed to assess the impact of noise pollution on the health of residents in the capital cities of Calabar, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Yenagoa. Data was obtained through a structured questionnaire designed to get firsthand information from respondents on...

It's highly probable that climate change will impact food security on a global, regional, and local scale. Climate change can disrupt food availability, reduce access to food, and affect food quality. Accordingly, climate change’s impacts on both the agricultural sector reflected on food security and pose a serious threat to sustainable development. Furthermore, the total energy demand of Egypt is marked by an exponential growth of demand on electricity, at a pace much faster than that of...

Purpose Providing student housing designed to support students living with a disability is a global challenge. This study assesses buildings' physical health condition systems and drivers of physical health condition effects on students living with disability (SWD) in purpose-built university housing in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study used quantitative design and methods based on the theory of supportive design premises. Using the partial least square structural equation model,...

Purpose: Clinicians are tasked with using culturally and linguistically appropriate tools to evaluate oral and written language development accurately. However, limited tools account for linguistic diversity in writing. This gap can lead to under- and overdiagnosis of students who speak nonmainstream dialects. This study addressed that gap by developing a writing task to identify nonmainstream dialect features in the writing of early elementary school students. We describe the development,...

The study investigated the relationship between planning strategies and learning reflection practices among pre-service teachers in upper basic education in Tai Local Government, Rivers State, Nigeria. Two (2) specific objectives and research questions posed were answered, and corresponding null hypotheses were formulated, stated, and tested at the 0.05 level of significance. A correlation research design was adopted for this study, and the population consisted of seventy-three (73)...

Architectural education comes from a long tradition of technical and artistic apprenticeship which is evolving in Nigeria and around the world. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between design education (what), learning styles (how) and personality types (who) in a bid to develop sustainable, inclusive teaching strategies for the 21st century and beyond. The quantitative study assessed the preferred learning styles and predisposition for the five genetic personality traits...

A 2018 United Nations report [Citation need] highlights the growing need for funding and assistance to the Lake Chad Basin (LCB). The food security crisis in the LCB is a blend of complex factors relating to the declining water of Lake Chad and protracted insecurity fanned by Boko Haram insurgency. Unfortunately, development agencies sometimes focus less on how the climate change-insecurity nexus is becoming increasingly consequential in explaining the LCB’s profile in fragility. This paper...

The earthquake catalogue of Ghana since the first recorded earthquake and recently collected seismic data in earthquake-prone locations of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana’s capital, are covered in this chapter. This study lists the locations, periods, magnitudes, and intensities of 44 earthquakes and tremors from the past 408 years using the country’s seismic inventory. The HoliSurface approach was also utilised to conduct Multichannel Analysis of Surface Wave (MASW) surveys to collect...

This study reports on a small-scale, qualitative evaluation of learning through teaching in two undergraduate modules in accounting at the Mangosuthu University of Technology, together with analysing systemic factors influencing the teaching and learning of financial accounting within South Africa. This study outlines my narrative self-study stance in the form of reflexive praxis toward research and pedagogy to explore my personal lived experience as a novice higher education financial...

Humans and animals maintain accurate discrimination between communication sounds in the presence of loud sources of background noise. In previous studies performed in anesthetized guinea pigs, we showed that, in the auditory pathway, the highest discriminative abilities between conspecific vocalizations were found in the inferior colliculus. Here, we trained CBA/J mice in a Go/No-Go task to discriminate between two similar guinea pig whistles, first in quiet conditions, then in two types of...

The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ characteristics and their impact on students’ professional training in some teacher training schools in Fako Division, the south west region of Cameroon. This study employed a descriptive survey research design with a target population of 100 teachers in two teachers’ training colleges as respondents. Three research objectives were formulated for that purpose which was later transformed into research questions. Data was gathered through the...

Abstract Background and Aim: Dental diseases present a global health issue, impacting both individuals and economies. Despite preventive measures, dental diseases remain neglected, contributing to systemic health issues and socioeconomic burdens. This study aimed to assess the risk behaviors and oral health practices among Rwandan school children in urban and rural communities. Materials and Methods A quantitative cross-sectional approach was employed, collecting data from two public primary...

Abstract Consistent drought modelling under plausible shared socioeconomic–representative concentration pathways (SSP–RCPs) are crucial for effectively managing future drought risk in agricultural environments. The Western Cape (WC) is one of South Africa’s main agro-based provinces and faces a mounting threat of water insecurity due to recurrent drought. The objective of this study was to predict meteorological drought hazard for 2021–2050 based on three CMIP6 scenarios: SSP5–8.5, SSP2–4.5...

The development and practice of inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities is complex, revealing challenges and lessons that inform innovative and novel methodological approaches. In Africa, inclusive research still lags for various reasons. First, due to societal misconceptions that portray people with intellectual disabilities as unable to self-advocate or as lacking agency and self-determination; second, due to a lack of trained researchers and ethics committees on...