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Background: Institutions of higher education are hubs for student-athletes pursuing dual careers, in sports and higher education. The concepts of dual careers, transition models and support systems for student sports provide the conceptual framework for this study. Objectives: The study investigated the dual sports career experiences of South African track and field student-athletes who studied at universities in South Africa and the United States of America (USA). Objectives determined...

This chapter employs an original, geocoded dataset of social service investments to estimate the effect of precolonial centralization on a village's likelihood of receiving a new local public good between 2002 and 2012. I find robust evidence that falling within the territory of a precolonial state increases a village’s chance of receiving local infrastructural investments from the local state. This result is robust to a number of alternative explanations and model specifications, affirming...

Abstract Introduction: This study explored the involvement of community resources in education planning and delivery in Ghana. It focused on how the involvement of community resources have had an impact on educational planning and development in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Methods: A qualitative method was used, and data collected through structured interview from fifteen participants of parents, teachers, and education officers. The participants were selected...

Background: Comprehensive high quality of care is critical in preventing diabetic complications and improving quality of life. This needs compliance with guidelines and focused therapy. There is no data in Ethiopia evaluating the quality of diabetes care using standard guidelines (American diabetic association and international diabetic federation) as a reference. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College (YHMC) to assess the process and outcome...

We utilized a high-resolution tailored gravity dataset to investigate the geological structure beneath the Southern Benue Trough of Nigeria and along the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL). The tailored gravity data was obtained by applying a stochastic combination technique to integrate global gravity field model, terrestrial gravity data, and residual gravity data over the study area. We then carried out gravity techniques to compile the Bouguer gravity map and to estimate the crustal thickness....

The Clinical Practice Reflection Questionnaire (CPRQ) for Nursing Students is a reliable assessment tool used to evaluate students’ reflective practice in clinical settings. However, its validation in the French and Moroccan context and its utilization in nursing education require further investigation. This study aims to verify the validity of the French version of the CPRQ, specifically translated and adapted for nursing students. The study included two purposive samples of nursing...

Community-based approaches to landscape governance are considered more legitimate, equitable, and inclusive ways to manage natural resources and more effective in achieving conservation and livelihood goals than centralised and top-down approaches. In Ghana, the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission devolved decision-making authority over natural resources through the Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) governance system. While there is a growing body of literature on the CREMA...

Gedemsa caldera is a peralkaline volcanic depression located in the Central sector of the Main Ethiopian Rift. An integrated volcanological study of stratigraphic sections was carried out in order to constrain the eruptive history of Gedemsa caldera volcano (GCV), Ethiopia. Textural analyses on plagioclase crystals together with field observations shed light on magma chamber processes feeding the volcanic complex. A multi-vent eruption is ascribed to the pre-caldera volcanic products, as can...

Ethiopia, despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, is consistently cited as one of the most vulnerable countries, not only in Sub-Saharan Africa regions but also globally, to climate variability and change. The country's farming households are most vulnerable because of their climate-sensitive livelihoods and limited resources to finance adaptation measures. This study aimed to assess the livelihood vulnerability of communities reliant on a mixed crop-livestock...

Abstract Agriculture in the Sahel and much of sub-Saharan Africa remains to a large extent rainfed. At the same time, climate change is already causing less predictable rainfall patterns in the region, even as rising temperatures increase the amount of water needed for agricultural production. We assess to what extent irrigation can strengthen the climate resilience of farming communities. Our study sample consists of nearly 1,000 distinct locations in Mali in which small-scale, river-based...

Developing teachers' professional identity is an ongoing process requiring multiple factors. However, the literature lacks a relationship between measures for clinical supervision practices and predictive indicators of teachers' professional identity development. Therefore, the study explored the opinions of school heads and teachers on measures for better school heads' clinical supervision practices and predictive indicators of teachers' professional identity development in Tanzania public...

The Southern Highland Fold and Thrust Belt (SHFTB), the boundary of the Australian plate and the New Guinea Highland block, significantly contributes to the convergent deformation along the plate boundary. However, due to the lack of observation data, the detailed slip pattern of the SHFTB and the orogenic mechanism beneath the New Guinea Highlands remains controversial. On 25 February 2018, the MW7.5 Papua New Guinea (PNG) earthquake struck the southeastern segment of the SHFTB. The...

Education and migration intertwine as complex issues, impacting historical, social, cultural, economic, and political domains. While migration studies in the global north have extensively explored education trends among migrants, research in the global south, particularly in Morocco, where public schools host a significant number of Sub-Saharan migrant students, remains scarce. This study seeks to delve into the experiences of four Sub-Saharan students in Moroccan public schools, examining...

To identify potential geothermal reservoirs in the Kenyan Great Rift, we analyzed ambient noise data to reveal seismic velocities and map azimuth-based Rayleigh-wave phase velocities. We extracted phase velocity dispersion curves from the ambient noise cross-correlation using the zero-crossing method and constructed S-wave velocity models using 3D surface-wave tomography. S-wave velocities were lower under Silali and Paka volcanoes (i.e., in magmatic regions) and in fractured areas (i.e.,...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge and perceptions of 145 teachers from three regions in Ghana regarding inclusive education. The results show that the teachers have moderate knowledge of inclusive education practices and processes. Additionally, slight moderate positive relationships were found between participants’ level of training in inclusive education and their knowledge of inclusive education. From the findings, we argue for stakeholders in teacher...