Ministry of Education is determined to improve access, equity, quality, and relevance of education through better management of service delivery to all learners. Achievement in this sector will, therefore, enhance economic growth, create more employment, and guarantee sustainable development for the Kenyan people. The country therefore, has no choice but must make massive investment in science, mathematics and technology education, particularly in women; if at all the set targets will be to achieve the goals well articulated in Vision 2030.The purpose of the study was to determine the rate of flow of men and women in selected science and technology programmes in Kenyan universities is the same and to investigate alternative strategic to enhance survival rate of flow of men and women in selected science and technology programmes in Kenyan universities is the same. The theory used in this study was Liberal feminism. It is rooted in the tradition of 16th- and 17thcentury liberal philosophy, which focused on the ideals of equality and liberty. The research design used in this study is ex post facto. The study was carried out in 3 Kenyan public and 3 private universities. The data of the study was collected using questionnaires and focus group discussion. The obtained data was analyzed using Wilcoxon Mann–Whitney Test. This test is a non-parametric analog to the independent t-test and is used when one does not assume that the dependent variable is a normally distributed interval variable (one can only assume that the variable has at least ordinal. The findings indicate that lack of adequate qualified personnel remain the number one factor that hinders the full rolling out of SMT programmes besides the expensive equipment in both public and private universities. It is recommend that girls are equally good in terms of performance at the university level means gender gap can be crossed in STs related professions. A lot then needs to be done from early childhood education, through primary to secondary school level to significantly improve the number of girls transiting to university.

Occupational health and safety in the health sector has gained more importance over recent years. Education and work in hospitals that are involved in the 'very dangerous workplaces' class are valuable in supporting prevention of workplace accidents and occupational diseases. The aim of the study is to determine knowledge status of non-physician health personnel, to receive their opinions about their work and working environment, and to evaluate the occupational health and safety education within the context of the "Occupational Health and Safety". The study was conducted with non-physician employees in a university hospital. It was considered sufficient to reach 80% of the employees without using any sampling method. A questionnaire form was prepared as a data collection tool. Before the training, the questionnaire and the 'Occupational Safety Scale for Hospital Health Care Personnel' were completed. Interactive training was provided by the researchers later on. After the training was completed, a final test was conducted with 26 questions in the preliminary test. Descriptive statistics and tests appropriate for distribution of the variables were used to analyze the data. The limit value for significance was accepted as p <0.05. 61.7% of the participants were nurses and 38.3% were other hospital employees.

This paper engages Business Model Generation via the Business Model Canvas developed by Osterwalder and Pigneur as a case-based approach to understanding organizational challenges and crisis stemming from business model deficits. The author uses the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, the business school of Nova Southeastern University, as a case in point (based on his experience working for the institution and his understanding of its business model and challenges) to explore the Business Model Canvas as a critical tool for organizational strategic considerations and improvements. The author applies the nine (9) components or building blocks of the Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder, & Pigneur, 2010) to the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship in order to examine its value creating activities and challenges. The result is an analysis providing further understanding of the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and its features that may be critical to understanding the building blocks of the Canvas, and which may consequently inform similar organizations in their quest to develop better business models, achieve innovation, and gain sustainable competitive advantage in today’s global economy. Using a critical case study approach, the Business Model Canvas is explored and recommendations specific to the case in point are presented.

The evidence-based morphometric study was carried out to ascertain the Alzheimer’s like pathology in normal aging brain in Navi Mumbai, India.35 normal human cadaver brain specimens were acquired from MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai, and (Alzheimer`s disease brains) NIMHANS, Bangalore, after meeting the ethical clearance from MGMIHS. Control group of Alzheimer’s disease was considered. A history based on CERAD criteria was used for informent scale. We divided the total brains into five groups; group I (20 to 39 years), group II (40 to 59 years), group III (60 to 79 years), group IV (>80 years) and a control-group V (Alzheimer`s brain specimen). We recorded gross features, cortical thickness and the ventricular dilatation in each brain. The chi - square test was applied for calculating cortical atrophy and ventricular dilatation of various age groups. One way ANOVA test was applied to the relation between different age groups using the SPSS19 software. In our study, the mean reduction in brain weight was evident from the 6th decade of life with minimum weight of 800gm (951.90±101.3gm). A substantial difference in the average weight of the brain in different age group was observed (p<. 001). Cortical atrophy and ventricular dilatation was evident of 20% in group II, 60% in group III and 100% in group IV (p<. 01).

Projects implementation remain to be universal in all entities of life more so the policy makers with respect to both local and international development, but then ironically, the poor performance of projects and the disappointment of projects appear to be a commonest scenario. The main purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. Specific objectives were to find out the effects of staff training, project management on successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. The study adopted descriptive research design. The study covered a population is 110 employees and used stratified random sampling where 50% of the entire target population formed the sample size 55) of the study. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources using questionnaires. Study findings, revealed that staff training affect successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. The researcher recommends that the firm allocate enough money for staff training the non-governmental organizations should be able to improve the competency of personnel. On the other hand, the study recommended efficient project management for better performance. It was highly recommended that the stakeholders should be able to make major decisions relating to the project and determine the outcome of the decisions. Finally, the study recommends monitoring and evaluation of project since it is very essential in improving performance, is also very complex, multidisciplinary and skill intensive processes.

The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of implementing strategic of plans in schools as the key approach of management of institutions, strategic planning is very crucial in realization of management outlook for the Kenyan vision 2030. The purpose of this study was to investigate networking dimensions as determinant implementing strategic of plans in public secondary schools, Bungoma County Kenya, The study sought to examine stakeholders influence on the implementation of strategic plan in public secondary schools. The study was guided by a mixed method Research design. The study sample comprised of 9 sub-county education officials, and 85 principals. The respondents were selected using purposive and simple random sampling technique. Cronbanch‟s Alpha coefficient was used to test reliability of the instruments. The findings of this study revealed that stakeholders influence have a significant relationship with implementation of strategic plan in public secondary schools. The study recommended that the management on public secondary schools should consider adopting training programmes during strategic plans implementation process, this will help the institutions to gather valuable information that will provide valuable insights in the strategic plans implementation. This study will help the government, educational managers, principles, teachers and relevant stakeholders to improve on their strategic plan implementation and generally the way of operations.

This research aims to examine and analyze the Effect of Co-Creation, Communal Activation and Caring on Customer Decision using Banking Services of Bank BTN that Impact on Customer Satisfaction (Case Study Student Card Utilization in Faculty of Da’wah and Communication UIN Walisongo Semarang Co-Branding Bank BTN). The population in this research is active students Faculty of Da’wah and Communication period 2016 - 2017. The sampling method used is purposive sampling with main criteria are having and using student card at least one times. The type of data used in this study is primary data obtained directly from the results of questionnaires distributed to 233 respondents. The method analysis used in this research is Multiple Linear Regression with Statistical Product Service Solution (SPSS) software version 24. Result of research indicate that Co-Creation has significant effect on Customer Decision, Communal Activation has significant effect on Customer Decision, Caring has significant effect on Customer Decision; Co-Creation, Communal Activation and Caring have significant effect on Customer Decision simultaneously; and Co-Creation, Communal Activation, Caring and Customer Decision have significant effect on Customer Satisfaction simultaneously

With the university reform of 1993, the government of Cameroon had a political will to endow each of the country‟s ten regions with a State university, or at least, a faculty. In this light, some regional capitals became hosts of State universities. Since 2014, the city of Bertoua, hosts an annex of to the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the University of Yaoundé II, and recently the Higher Teacher Training College of the University of Ngaoundere. The establishment of university infrastructure requisitions land in urban centres or peripheries, dislodging populations especially autochthons and engendering socio-spatial changes. This is compounded by the fact that most often their land is not registered or legally secured. This poses problems of land ownership in Cameroon. The objective of this article is to show that endowing these cities with university infrastructure, a major land grabber, impoverishes the local population. To achieve this, related literature and regulatory texts were reviewed, and questionnaires administered to ascertain the procedures and impacts of eviction and compensation. The main premise of this study is that despite the fact that the local population receives compensation, in the medium and long terms they become poorer than before owing to loss of identity and socioeconomic prestige. Consequently, a revision of the land law to include a compensation procedure based essentially on an “eviction-relocation” model and an accompaniment of locals‟ reestablishment is imperative and seen as plausible solutions.

In this correlational study, 54 MA students were selected out of 68 initial participants majoring in TEFL at Khatam ol-Anbia University, Tehran, Iran. The homogeneity of participants was calculated through administration The Cambridge Proficiency Test. Then, participants took a motivation test. After that, a topic was given to them to write an essay. All important parts of essay including thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, outlining, and coherence was already taught to the participants. In addition, they were asked to read their own writing and score based on Writing Scoring Rubric modified. In order to avoid subjective rating and ensure the intra- rater reliability of the assessment, these writing samples were scored twice based on the same scale that the students utilized in self-assessment. The results revealed that there was not statistically significant relationship between motivation and students` self-assessment. Moreover, the relationship between self-assessment and teacher’s rating of students` writing ability was statistically significant. The findings have some implications for language teaching and assessment.

The study sought to find out the impact of the use of firearms in wildlife poaching. Use of firearms in poaching is a threat to the stability and peace in any given country. It threatens the socio-economic environment. There has been a proliferation of use of firearms by poachers and it is in the context of this major concern that this study had to be conducted. The study adopted a qualitative research paradigm and descriptive research design was the preferred research design. The population of this study was the Hwange National Parks staff members. Game rangers and the main camp manager were selected as respondents. An interview was conducted with the main camp manager while game rangers were selected for focus group discussions. The major findings were that that use of firearms in poaching at Hwange National Park is fairly a new phenomenon but it has come with so much intensity such that statistics are rising at an alarming rate. Besides loss of lives among game rangers and poachers there is always the danger of the extinction of animal species like the rhino. The study therefore recommended that there is need for more refresher trainings for staff to enhance anti-poaching skills. More sophisticated and advanced equipment is required for rangers to keep ahead of poachers. A small aircraft for aerial surveillance would almost end use of firearms in wildlife poaching within national parks.

The purpose of this study was to prove empirically the influence of trust and electronic word of mouth to the consumers’ decision to shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta. There were 156 respondents involved in this research who shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta. The method of analysis was quantitative by using multiple regression model. Based on the results of test that has been done, it was found that trust and electronic word of mouth have a positive and significant impact on consumer decisions to shop using Lazada’s shopping website in Jakarta.

This study dealt with the relationship between school feeding program and pupil`s attendance in primary schools in Moshi rural District, which guided by reinforcement theory proposed by Skinner. The study used correlational research design. 5 primary schools were used for the study with 5 teachers from each school, and 15 pupils from each sampled school. Probability sampling was utilized to select respondents‟ questionnaire were the main tools for data collection. The data analysis used percentage and frequency to describe and summarize the research variables. The study concluded that the provision of school feeding program does not provide balance diet to pupils since the food provided do not contained five types of food, school feeding program influenced pupils enrollment and attendance at large number which accelerated performance in primary schools, school feeding program influenced pupils performance at high level, the implementation of school feeding program facing challenges such as lack government support, poor parent contribution and the issue of free education. The recommendations which can be made were community and parents should be given education on the importance of school feeding program in primary schools, the community should be involved on contribution of school feeding program, the government should elaborate the issue of free education.

Adverse events (AE) are an ongoing challenge in healthcare. Apart from having a significant impact on patient morbidity and mortality, AE also result in increased healthcare costs due to longer hospital stays. However, little is known about AE occurrence and their risk factors in Tunisian healthcare system. To determine the incidence of severe adverse events (SAEs) and identify risk factors associated with SAE during hospitalization in a Tunisian University Hospital. A case-control study with incident cases was conducted including all patients hospitalized in the Teaching Hospital Farhat Hached within a one-month period in 13 clinical units. Medical records for caseswere selected by using stratified random sampling. The sample size was proportional to the number of admissions in each of 13 clinical departments. Controls were matched by the service and the duration of hospitalization preceding the appearance of SAE. Risk factors were collected and analyzed by conditional stepwise logistic regression. Overall, 304 controls were matched to cases, totalizing 456 patients. Multivariate conditional stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that night-time admission, hospitalization in the last six months, difficulty of communication, longer surgical operation, biopsy, presence of at least two medical devices, exposure to peripheral venous catheter, exposure to more than four medications and blood transfusion were considered as independent risk factors of SAE occurrence. Our results highlighted care-related risk factors such as catheters, blood transfusion and polymedication, which underlined the need to strengthen the care safety by focusing efforts especially in the field of hospital hygiene and infection control as well as pharmacovigilance

This study aims to produce a model of Introduction to Accounting Learning Development and Utilization of Document Content. Lecturers have an important task, which is to determine the concept of learning that is in accordance with the document content, which is a method of learning through a gradual process. This goal is based on current conditions. The facts after the introduction of the introductory course of content-based accounting study documented the results of changes in the teaching and learning process, where a lecturer who used the method of learning process with question and answer, contributed 44 percent and 36 percent of lectures. KKNI's competence in knowledge acquisition contributes 27 percent, managerial ability contributes 30 percent and work ability contributes 26 percent. Students and Lecturers in the Assumption of difficult material contributes as much as, 29 percent, Motivation to learn to contribute as much as, 33 percent, and learning techniques to contribute 25 percent. The quality of learning in Document Content contributes to, 26 percent, and Lecturer Readiness contributes, 38 percent. The transparency of knowledge given by the lecturers to the students gives positive results, where the students become active and creative, motivated to learn to understand the material independently and can develop its potential, by optimizing its capability by capturing the phenomenon that occurs in the business world.

Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of vision loss among people with diabetes and a leading cause of blindness among working age adults, it is a serious sight threatening complication of diabetes. Hs-CRP is a marker of low-grade inflammation and its levels are raised in patients with diabetic retinopathy. The current study was undertaken in 60 subjects. 30 diabetic retinopathy patients and 30 non diabetics as normal control group. The aim of the study was to assess the serum levels of hs-CRP in diabetic retinopathy patients. hs-CRP is significantly much higher in diabetic patients with retinopathy compared to control group. TC, TG, LDL-C and VLDL-C levels where significantly elevated and HDL-C levels were significantly lower in cases when compared to controls. Hence it is concluded that the serum levels of hs-CRP appear to be useful as markers of diabetic retinopathy and provide valuable information for proper medical intervention.