ABSTRACT Groundwater constitutes the main sources of water supply in part of lower Benue Trough (mainly Gboko area). Sustainable development and management of the resources require an understanding of its holistic characteristics. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the groundwater quantitative potential distributions, its geochemical evolution, geochemical characteristics, and quality. The methods of investigation employed included pumping tests, static water level measurement,...
ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to examine maternal mortality and access to Primary Health Care (PHC) in Niger East Senatorial Zone, Niger State Nigeria. The study adopted a cross sectional survey design. The sample size of 1,445 respondents (women of reproductive age) was selected using multi-stage sampling techniques. The major survey instrument was questionnaire, complemented byFocus Group Discussions (FGD) and In-Depth Interviews (IDI). Quantitativedata were analyzed usin...
ABSTRACT The natural environment has progressively been endangered by the activities of man over the past decades. Attention was first drawn to this by the romantic poets who were alarmed by the obvious danger posed to nature by the dynamics of the Industrial Revolution. Several poets of succeeding epochs have sustained this concern in different ways. Previous studies explored the ways different poets engaged this concern with the natural environment. However, no study that we are aware o...
ABSTRACT The paper observes the use of pentecostal language as a positive trend in the resolution of conflicts within the African family setting. It specifically notes the element of negativity embedded in verbal violence and its attendant psychological effects that is contained in interpersonal relationships within the family setting. It further notes the increasing disappearance of such negativity in the light of Pentecostal influence on the lifestyle of the people. A major point of concent...
ABSTRACT This study examined personality, length of service and gender as determinants of conflict resolution style among workers. 174 participants comprising of 79 males and 95 females from public service were randomly selected by means of simple random sampling among the workers. Conflict Resolution-Individual Protective Factors Index (1992) and Big Five Personality Inventory (1990) were used to gather empirical data to test the hypotheses of the study using multiple factorial design...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the impact of lack of institutional capacity of a government department on policy implementation. The study had four specific objectives with related research questions. The objectives were to identify policy strategies for the implementation of National Identification Authority (NIDA) in Tanzania; to examine the significance of the implementation of the national identification cards by NIDA in Tanzania; to assess the challenges that hinder th...
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the contribution of foreign tourism investors to the growth of Small Tourism Enterprise (STEs) in Nungwi - Zanzibar. The study is focusing to identify the contribution of foreign tourism investors, also to determine what constitutes the growth of small tourism enterprises through critical assessment, to determine the relationship between the provisions of employment opportunities created by foreign tourism investors to the growth of small tourism enterprises and...
SHUKURANI Shukurani zangu ninawapa wafuatao nikiwataja kwa makundi: Kwanza, Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu, kwa kunijaalia afya njema, maarifa, busara na hekima ambavyo nilivitumia kama nyenzo kubwa tangu kuanza hadi kumalizika kwa utafiti huu. Pili, kwa mama na baba yangu, kwa malezi yao bora waliyonipatia. Pia mume wangu, Bw. Salum Mohamed Gumukah, na watoto wetu kwa ushirikiano mkubwa waliouonesha katika kuhakikisha kazi hii inafanikiwa. Salum, uwe mume wangu milele! Tatu, ninatoa shukurani zangu...
Biosecurity is an emerging global security threat in the 21st century affecting public health and natural security in equal measures. In addition to outbreaks of Rift Valley and Haemorrhagic Fevers, Influenza Virus, Ebola, and the current Corona Virus Disease pandemic, advances in life sciences and globalization have expanded Kenya's vulnerability to biosecurity threats, including threats posed by novel and manipulate pathogens with pandemic potential. This study assessed the biosecurity prep...
Africa has suffered insecurity for an extensive period mainly because of the proliferation of SALW. Internal factors along with external environment have contributed to these firearms allied problems experienced by many countries today. The research sought to examine the influence of SALW proliferation on internal security in Kayole Sub County, Nairobi County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to identify the factors facilitating the proliferation of SALW in Kayole Sub County; to examine i...
Hearing impaired children encounter many challenges which are caused by their inability to hear and effectively use oral language. This has serious implications on their personal, social, educational and career development. This calls for well coordinated and informed interventions so as to provide hearing impaired learners with competences to enable them to live effective lives and develop into responsible citizens despite their handicap. An effective guidance and counseling programme will b...
This study sought to establish the influence of communication in teaching children with hearing impairment in Migori County. The objectives of the study were: to examine the influence of verbal communication on academic performance of learners with hearing impairment (HI) in inclusive settings in Migori County, to establish the influence of manual communication on academic performance of learners with HI in inclusive settings in Migori County, to determine the influence of total communicati...
Sustainable inclusion of children with disabilities or special needs in education is based on the fact chidren with special needs has equal right ro quality and accessible education. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as added weght to Education for All and Universal Primary Education by putting Sustainable Inclusive Education in fourth position among the fourteen. It is in line with this goal that this study purposed to find out some of the factors that affected Sustainable Inclusi...
Early childhood education is a fundamental right to every child and an indispensable element for learning at the subsequent levels as the child goes through the education system. Despite the Kisii County government effort to ensure provision of quality preschool education, most of the early education centres in Nyamache Sub County were characterized with frequent conflicts between parents and teachers in regard to children’s poor academic performance. The purpose of the study was to examine...
ABSTRACT The research dealt with the elimination of the outliers effect on results of fitting the linear regression models. Also the research aims to arrive at a reliable detecting and treating ways which described as competency, unbiased, and usability. So a proposed new ways, which included a way for detecting outliers observation followed by a graphical measure so as to determine the outliers size, and a way to treat the outliers values substituted them with new ones. These ways has been ...