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To counteract the growing risk of wildland fire outbreaks countries around the world continue to invest on fire suppression. But there are no clear trends in the reduction of fire catastrophes. Fire activity will intensify with increasing climate variability and extreme events that are projected under climate change. This makes it pertinent to review current fire management strategies and explore more sustainable approaches to fire risk. Botswana experiences frequent unplanned fires that are...

This study considers the behavioural impacts of the presence of international students on domestic students and lecturers and classroom effectiveness with the underlying theory being, learning does not take place in a vacuum but happens in a broad context with cultural sensitivity a major factor. Although cultural sensitivity can manifest in many forms, the focus is on the willingness of domestic students and lecturers to accommodate the special needs of international studentsby adapting...

One of the world millennium concerns is the reduction of poverty and acceleration in economics, social, physical growth, development and youth empowerment.This paper examines the need for incorporating entrepreneurship skills into social studies education curriculum with the views to attaining job creation, which will enhance youth empowerment. It is assumed that Nigeria has the highest rate of poverty, unemployment, corruption, among other social problems that need to be addressed. These...

Clays used for pottery education to physically challenged learners were mineralogically analysed to appraise their suitability both for usage in making pottery products and convenience for the learners. The suitability is alluded to the fact that the clays have undergone basic beneficiation which include grinding, removal of unwanted materials through sieving, prior to their usage. The clays were mineralogically characterised using Munsell Soil Color Chart, X-ray powder diffractometry (XRPD)...

Background: Renal diseases are increasingly common causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. Some of these diseases, if undetected and not treated early lead to debilitating chronic disease. Urinary tract infection are common in childhood ,may be subclinical or present with non specific symptoms and signs and have the potential for long term complication.  Objective: to assess the urine examination findings among a group of apparently healthy primary school aged Egyptian children between...

To investigate the short- and long-term career preferences of pharmacy students and evaluate the factors that influence their choices. Additionally, to explore attitudes of students toward community pharmacy, medical marketing, and clinical pharmacy. A questionnaire instrument was developed and distributed to final-year pharmacy students at Damascus university during the 2010–2011 academic year. Two hundred sixty-five students participated in the study. Although significant differences in...

The information technology educational programs at most universities in Egypt face many obstacles that can be overcome using technology enhanced learning. An open source Moodle eLearning platform has been implemented at many universities in Egypt, as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide the institution with various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. This paper shows that the use of interactive features of e-learning increases the motivation of the...

The study investigated the opinions of geography lecturers and students on the collaborative avenues created by e-learning in the study of geography in Nigerian universities. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study was 1,241 Stratified Random Sampling Techniques was used to draw a sample of 366. A structured questionnaire with 14 items was the instrument used for data collection that was duly validated, and its reliability ascertained...

Panic disorder is a common chronic illness that is often unrecognized, misdiagnosed, and untreated because it often presents to the physicians with symptoms that are similar to those of emergency medical conditions. One study of the prevalence of panic disorder in the general population in Nigeria has been published, but no studies have examined the prevalence of panic disorder in a sample of Nigerian patients with cardiac symptoms. This study investigated the 12-month prevalence of panic...

The civil rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s had a transformational effect on American society and on grassroots movements for social justice at home and abroad during that era and beyond. But much of the history of the push for racial equality in America is often told as if it is on a constant repetitive loop, when other accounts are given less attention. One less talked about story is the innovative way that the youthful Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) carried out...

The study was carried out to determine the benefits of collaborative learning Environment in Institutions of Higher Learning . This study is concern with the benefits of collaborative learning environment on students for better understanding. Collaborative learning represents a philosophy of life as well as learning strategy. It says that whatever people get together in groups their purposes are best served when they work together collaboratively to reach their goals versus using competition...

This article presents the results of the 2nd-year evaluation of an after-school program designed for an extended school day program serving African American middle school students in the city of Baltimore, Maryland (ACCESS-West). This study describes the effects of schoolwide reform especially as it relates to single-gender schools, educating African American males, and extending the school day. The ACCESS-West program goals included improving academic achievement, improving student attitude...

The purpose of this study was to report our neurosurgical experience with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at a departmental teaching hospital in Benin.This was a descriptive study performed from January 2008 to June 2010. It concerned patients who received surgical treatment after a brain trauma. Conditions for surgical care were based on imaging data or exclusively on clinical symptoms (disorders of consciousness associated with focal signs).Sixty-two patients underwent surgical management...

To develop an evidence-based maternal, newborn and child emergency training package for community-based frontline health workers (FHWs) in post-conflict South Sudan. In partnership with the new Republic of South Sudan, a multimodal needs assessment was conducted through purposive sampling, involving key informant interviews, focus group discussions, provider knowledge assessments and facility surveys. Data were analyzed using traditional qualitative techniques and compared with existing...

In today's educational systems, all students face obstacles and challenges.African Canadian students face unique challenges.This study investigates the perspectives of successful African Canadian students about their educational programs in Nova Scotia, Canada.The purpose of this study is twofold.The first objective is to examine the background and demographic characteristics, and socio-cultural experiences of ten African Canadian students in Nova Scotia.The second objective is to discuss...

Rungwe in southern Tanzania is an active volcanic centre in the East African Rift System, characterised by Plinian-style explosive eruptions of metaluminous to slightly peralkaline trachytic silica-undersaturated magmas during its late Holocene history. Variations in whole-rock major and trace element compositions of erupted products have been investigated, in combination with electron microprobe data for melt inclusions and phenocrysts comprising sanidine, biotite, clinopyroxene,...

The rapid scale-up of free antiretroviral therapy has lead to decline in adult mortality at the population level and reduction of vertical transmission. Consequently, some couples living with HIV are maintaining their reproductive decisions; marrying and having children. This paper analyses policies and guidelines on HIV, AIDS and sexual and reproductive health in Malawi for content on marriage and childbearing for couples living with HIV.A qualitative study using interpretive policy...

This study aims to identify, collect and critical review the research literature on Multilingual Digital Libraries in English language from 1997 to 2012.Design/methodology/approach: The present literature review has followed the rules of systematic review. In particular, the identified relevant papers were categorized based on their expressed aim on two core themes, that of system-centered and user-centered studies. The assigned papers were further analyzed and six sub-themes emerged for the...

The solar wind effects on the Earth's environment are studied for their basic scientific values and crucial practical impacts on technological systems. This paper reports results of Total Electron Content (TEC) changes during two successive ionospheric storms of 7–12 November 2004 using GPS data derived from dual frequency receivers located at African equatorial and midlatitudes. In the geographic coordinate system, equatorial TEC variability is considered over Libreville (0.36°N, 9.67°E),...

It is well accepted within the scientific community that a large ensemble of different projections is required to achieve robust climate change information for a specific region. For this purpose we have compiled a state-of-the-art multi-model multi-scenario ensemble of global and regional precipitation projections. This ensemble combines several global projections from the CMIP3 and CMIP5 databases, along with some recently downscaled regional CORDEX-Africa projections. Altogether daily...