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Presented at the 2008 National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Convention, Washington, DC, April 18, 2008.

This paper was concerned with studying the job satisfaction of secondary school administrators in Kano state, Nigeria. Survey design was used and a random sampling was used to select the study sample of 421 subjects used for the study. The Job Descriptive Index was used to collect data. Five hypotheses were raised in the study and the data collected was analysed using t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Findings of the study showed that there was no significant difference in male and...

Purpose To provide an overview of library and information science education in Rwanda. Design/methodology/approach Description mainly through personal experience. Findings The history of library manpower development in Rwanda has been turbulent. Establishing the first ever formal library and information science program has had many challenges. However, graduates from the program are slowly and steadily changing the library landscape in Rwanda. Originality/value Library and information...

This research was a correlation study of value system and standard of university education in third generation universities in South-South geopolitical zone. It sought to answer five research questions which were derived from the five specific purposes of the study. Five research hypotheses were also formulated and tested. A sample of 200 students were randomly drawn from the population of 7620 first year and final year undergraduates of the Faculties of Education of the University of Uyo...

Means of achieving productive relationships between long-term refugees and their local host populations continue to tax governments, international agencies, development practitioners and academics.The common problems of tension, animosity, even outright conflict, in refugee-host relations add a substantial burden to the numerous other logistical difficulties faced by those engaged in refugee relief.Moreover, attitudes are hardening in many countries where the refugee problem shows little...

Abstract This study evaluates the ability of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) version 3 Regional Climate Model (RegCM3) to reproduce the observed rainfall amounts and distribution over the topographically varied region of the Horn of Africa. Simulations are performed for the widespread very dry 1984 and locally very wet 1996 years using all of the alternative convective schemes available in the ICTP RegCM3. Extensive comparisons of simulations for 1984 and...

Just after independence in 1956, Morocco had only one university, the Mohamed V University, in Rabat, the capital of the country. In 2008, it boasts of 14 universities including a private institution. From the beginning of university education, programmes in biology at the Faculty of Sciences initially focused on natural sciences, in which biochemistry comprised one of many subjects. Given the general nature of this training, the Moroccan system produced nonspecialized graduates. Indeed, the...

An urban school district developed strategies for recruiting and retaining minority teachers. Examination of data on teachers hired over a 3-year period found the retention rate for African American teachers was slightly higher than that of European American teachers. Teachers with at least 3 years' experience in the district were surveyed as to their satisfaction with various aspects of teaching. There was a significant difference by race on class size: African American teachers were more...

Summary Tinea capitis is the most common superficial mycosis in children of school age. Although it is of public health importance, it is not a reportable or notifiable disease; therefore, actual prevalence figures are unknown in many endemic areas. The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence of tinea capitis among primary school children in two states in central Nigeria, highlighting the main aetiological agents of the infection and possible predisposing factors. A total of 28 505...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the students\' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS as well as the impact of health education intervention on these. METHOD: A school-based interventional study using experimental and control design was carried out between May 2004 and January 2005 in Jos. A multi-staged sampling technique was used to select the study subjects in two Local Government Areas (L.G.A.s). One LGA was used as the...

Dissertation (MEd (Curriculum and Instructional Design and Development))--University of Pretoria, 2008.

Abstract Oil companies with global operations typically embrace a range of codes endorsing the inherent value of human rights. These include the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Global Compact and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Global oil companies also frequently work in frontier areas that may have past histories of alleged human rights abuses. Successful management at the local operations level can be critical to meeting the potential human rights...

Iron deficiency anaemia is the major public health problem encountered in the world. In Children this trouble has deleterious consequences on the global health and weak cognitive development. This study aims to determine the prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency and its association with socio-economic and anthropometric parameters of the Schoolchildren in a rural coastal region of Morocco. 295 students between 6 and 16 years old composed the study sample. The level of Haemoglobin was...

The fishes of the warm‐temperate East Kleinemonde Estuary (South Africa) have been sampled bi‐annually, in summer and winter, using seine and gillnets since December 1995 and a total of 19 families, represented by 38 species were recorded between December 1995 and July 2006. Indicative of a warming trend, six new species of tropical fishes ( Valamugil cunnesius, Valamugil robustus, Liza alata, Liza macrolepis, Glossogobius giuris and Terapon jarbua ) were recorded in the catches from 1999...

We sought to investigate renal function in previously untreated symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults with CD4(+) cell counts of <200 cells/mm(3) who were undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Africa.The study was an observational analysis within a randomized trial of ART management strategies that included 3316 participants with baseline serum creatinine levels of < or =360 micromol/L. Creatinine levels were measured before ART initiation, at weeks 4 and 12 of...

Leadership is one of the most underemphasized dimensions of high ability cited in the current federal definition of giftedness. This particular ability area is highlighted here in an effort to offer helpful information and recommendations to administrators, educators, parents, and policymakers who seek plausible solutions to the problem of underidentification among gifted secondary African American male student populations. Key topics and issues addressed include definitions of giftedness,...

This article explores the interaction between racial and ethnic identity, racial centrality, and giftedness and then uses an expectancy-value motivation model as a framework for understanding how the interplay among racial identity, centrality, and giftedness contributes to the motivation of African American gifted students. The analysis begins by defining racial and ethnic identity and discussing their relationship to racial centrality. Next, the interactions among racial and ethnic...