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Developing an undergraduate clinical training module in Early Communication Intervention (ECI) that provides sufficient opportunity for students' learning experiences, and that allows contextually relevant and ethically accountable services to clients, as well as the dissemination of the latest scientific findings to both students and clients, poses a significant challenge. The article describes the development of a clinical training block and the development of an appropriate instrument for...
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Some changes occur in world at the aegis of the 21st century like a revolution marked by the rapid and extraordinary expansion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This kind of revolution, by its velocity of propagation has hugely contributed to the growth productivity. Then, internet and multimedia appear as essential tools to the socio- economic development of any modern nation. In the current context of globalisation supervised by the developed countries with United States...
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Most often epidemiologic studies of violence during adolescence focus on aspects related to the perpetrator. The adolescent victims of violence are certainly at least as numerous, but too little is known about them. Our aim was to estimate the extent of this social phenomenon and to identify its various forms, through a descriptive, cross-sectional study of a sample of 685 teenagers (409 girls and 276 boys) from six public high schools in Sousse in 1999. A school physician conducted...
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Introduction Reform initiatives in education in South Africa follow similar trends to the rest of the world. These reform initiatives rest on the assumption that participation of educators, learners and parents can enhance the achievement of the desired transformation in education (Mosoge & Van der Westhuizen, 1998). They include the devolution of authority and responsibility from the central office to the school, the so-called school-based management of schools (Department of Education,...
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On 21 May 2003, a damaging earthquake of Mw 6.8 struck the region of Boumerdes 40 km east of Algiers in northern Algeria (Figure 1). The main shock, which lasted ∼36–40 s, had devastating effects and claimed about 2300 victims, caused more than 11,450 injuries, and left about 200,000 people homeless. It destroyed and seriously damaged around 180,000 housing units and 6000 public buildings with losses estimated at $5 billion. The main shock was widely felt within a radius of ∼400 km in...
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become central to education and training in Library and Information Science/Service (LIS) because of the great influence of these technologies on the professional world. This study on Kenya is part of a larger doctoral research project that aims to map and audit the types, nature and diffusion of ICTs in LIS education and training programmes in Africa. The findings indicate that all LIS schools in Kenya have embraced the use of ICTs, but...
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In 1962, at the Independence, there were in Algeria about 500 medical doctors to take care of a population of 10 million. The situation has slowly improved later on. Nowadays, there are 45,000 medical doctors in the country (26,700 in the public sector and 18,300 in the private sector) i.e. more than 1 medical doctor per 1,000 population. However, the improvement has been more apparent than effective. The geographic distribution of physicians evidences a profound shortage in the rural areas...
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Abstract In post-apartheid South Africa, the tenets of inclusivity, nondiscrimination, and tolerance are actively encouraged and legislated across all sectors of society, including education. However, in examining the coming out experiences of 18 South African gay and lesbian youth (1997-2000), it became apparent that they had all experienced discrimination, isolation, and nontolerance within their high school contexts. Due to the marginalized nature of the participants, a variety of...
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Abstract Objectives : The study documented facility‐based obstetric practices for normal labor in Egypt for the first time, to determine their relationship to evidence‐based medicine. This paper describes the labor augmentation pattern observed. Methods : 176 cases of normal labor were observed by medically‐trained observers using a checklist. Ward activities were also documented. Observed women were interviewed postpartum and all findings were shared with the providers for their feedback....