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The purpose of the study was to establish the factors that contributed to learners’ poor performance in Earth Geometry at school certificate level, in selected high schools of the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The study used Jean Piaget’s theory that identified the four stages of cognitive...

The objectives of the study were to identify the sources and patterns of stress among basic school teachers and to compare the severity of stress among basic school teachers based on gender. The study further investigated the coping mechanisms adopted by teachers to deal with stress. The study...

Background: The need to account for the strength of a library´s collection calls for librarians to measure the value of the library services to its users by means of knowing how the targeted library patrons benefit from using a given library facility. The general objective of this study was to...

Background: Proteinuria is a non-specific and common laboratory finding in children that occur in a variety of kidney diseases. The causative factors of proteinuria are varied and may include infections such as Hepatitis B (HBV), HIV or malaria. In this study, we attempt to ascertain the...

This study is entitled Perceptions and Practices towards Formal Education of Female children: A Case Study of Misisi and Roma townships: 2008 – 2010:OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:The general objective for carrying out this study was to assess and compare the perceptions and practices of parents in Roma...

Objective:The study investigated the efficacy of using 1% povidone-iodine pre-operative bladder irrigation in reducing open prostatectomy surgical site infections at the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery, Lusaka. Patients and Methods:One hundred and thirty patients were...

Introduction: Hypertension is one of the common complications in pregnancy and contributes significantly to maternal and perinatal morbidity. Preeclampsia and eclampsia are common problems in pregnant women with a reported incidence of 2-8%. Both account for more than 50,000 maternal deaths...

Background: Group A beta haemolytic streptococcus(GABHS) associated pharyngitis is an important infection in children because of its potential to complicate into rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease - these are preventable with timely and appropriate antibiotic treatment. Physicians in...

Background Mining operations contaminate the environment by emitting sizable quantities of dust particles or chemical emissions into the air which singly or in combination cause respiratory impairment if inhaled at adequate concentrations and over a long enough period of time. Studies in African...

Cystic echinococcosis or hydatidosis is caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, is one of the most important parasitic infestations in livestock worldwide and one of the most important parasitic zoonoses. A crosssectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence...