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M-learning plays a progressively significant role in the advancement of teaching and learning in higher education.However, the effective implementation of m-learning in higher education will be based on users' experiences and motivation to use this technology.Though m-learning has become global, developing countries such as Nigeria are yet to enjoy the full potential offered by m-learning.This study is focused on ascertaining students' experiences with m-learning, determining the influence...

Despite stroke is a major cause of disability, the predictors of the disability among stroke survivors has not been sufficiently delineated.To assess post-stroke disability and determine its predictors among Nigerian stroke survivors.This study involved 121 consecutive stroke survivors with at least 3 months of stroke from two tertiary health institutions in South-Western Nigeria. The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule was used to assess their disability....

Home gardens are an old agricultural practice playing a key role in household food security and diversity. Proximity of gardens to the home facilitates easy access to food and reduces household expenditure. Home gardens combined with nutrition education could improve household diets both quantitatively and qualitatively. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of a nutrition education intervention on families with home gardens in Morogoro, Tanzania. Two cross-sectional nutrition...

Due to the common objectives and similarities of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), their policy level integration has been gaining increasing attention. However, concise DRR and CCA definitions for policy integrate are yet to be provided. Drawing from the Environmental Policy Integration, this paper suggests definitions for the integration of CCA policy into DRR policy, further addressing the importance of its horizontal (inter-ministerial) and vertical...

We investigate the effect of female schooling on teenage fertility using an education reform in Ethiopia in 1994 as a natural experiment that led to a jump in female school enrollment and about 0.74 years of additional schooling for the first two exposed cohorts. Using a regression discontinuity approach we find that each additional year of schooling lowers the probability of both teenage marriage and teenage childbearing by about six percentage points. This casual estimate is consistent...

Several studies conducted in Morocco and other developing countries have shown that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) fail to achieve business goals for reasons related principally to lack of entrepreneurship knowledge and poor financial management. Indeed, most managers do not have the required educational background and skills, precisely in accounting and cash flow management. To manage these competences inside SMEs or to out-source them completely requires important investment from SMEs...

In post-apartheid South Africa museums have been challenged with the need to transform. This was done in various ways, in exhibition displays and education. Post 1994 one of the challenges facing the museum profession included a high illiteracy rate amongst adults in the country. The Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town took up this challenge by initiating and running an adult literacy programme using the museum displays. Since South Africa has a very high illiteracy rate, the museum was...

While new data is emerging regarding the epidemiology of emergency care in low income countries, there is limited evidence assessing the impact of introducing emergency medicine into a health care system. This study presents data collected during the introduction of non-physician emergency care providers (ECPs) into an urban Ugandan referral hospital. The objective of the study was to compare the care and three-day mortality outcomes for patients seen by ECPs to the care and outcomes for...

This article examines the challenges that may be particular to African American counseling students who identify as Christian in learning to provide competent and affirming counseling to lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients. The role and importance of the Black Church, race survival consciousness, and cultural constructions of sexuality and mental health may present unique barriers for these students in affirming LGB clients. Recommendations for counselor education programs are discussed.

Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of nocturnal enuresis (NE) among primary school children in Zarka district, Damietta governorate, Egypt. Background NE is a common medical and psychological problem worldwide among school-age children. Participants and methods The study was a nested case–control study that was conducted during the academic year 2013/2014 on 325 students aged 6–12 years in Damietta governorate. A questionnaire was designed...

Educationists need to understand what secondary school adjustment phenomenon and particularlywhat form one students require for adjustment and retention in school hence benefit from school during and after secondary.Student academic performance and adjustment are linked with interest in school environment particularly physical facilities.School adjustment refers to ability to adapt and successful survive in a new physical and social environment with new people, routines, rules and...

This project includes the planning, designing, and present implementation of a humanitarian engineering project named Simple Seat, Better Lives. The goal of this project is to address the problem concerning the use of pit latrines in Uganda, specifically Lira, by individuals who have been handicapped by landmines. The objective is to design portable, low-cost assistive devices that solve physical and socially stigmatic problems for handicapped individuals using a pit-latrine and be...

Textbooks play a very important role in many language classrooms, especially in the Egyptian EFL context. Therefore, the textbook used must surely be appropriate to its target users (i.e. learners, teachers, supervisors, etc.) and above all must be fit for the context in which it is used. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Time for English, the EFL textbook series used in Egyptian governmental primary schools from the perspectives of primary school EFL teachers in context. The study...

The development of competent technical staff for industrial companies is vital for a sustainable economy in Libya and is one of the key factors that will enable the industrial sector to grow. Thus, Libyan industrial companies (LICs) are able toidentify training needs for the preparation of training programmes for technicians. This study focuses on the verification of practice of Training Needs Analysis (TNA). According to the researcher's knowledge, no significant research has been conducted...

Abstract Based on the 2009 National Baseline Household Survey (NBHS), the objective of the paper is to analyse the education sector in South Sudan and to highlight its key role in reducing poverty and inequality in the country. The first estimation highlights the role of educational attainment on the risk of poverty based on a Probit model with marginal effects. The second performs estimates of returns for each level of schooling using an extended Mincerian earnings equation. The third...

The survival of neonates with surgical conditions has greatly improved in developed countries, but still remains poor in developing countries. Available evidence suggests that this is due to several challenges encountered in neonates requiring surgical care. The aim of this study was to determine causes and outcomes of neonatal surgical admissions.retrospective review of medical records of neonates who were admitted and treated at Tikur Anbessa Hospital between January1, 2010 and December...

The Impact of Race Racism, defined as the inherent belief in the superiority/ inferiority of one group over another (Roger & Kitano, 1970) has impacted the social, economic, and emotional well-being of African Americans (Asante, 2003; Better, 2007; Franklin & Moss, 2000; Karenga, 2002; Reid-Merritt, 2010). The construct of race, socially defined as the ability to separate and categorize individuals based on the color of their skin, has been used as a barrier to participation for the African...