457 July 2014, Vol. 104, No. 7 Recommendations for the handling of fluorescent lamps in public schools in Johannesburg, South Africa To the Editor: Fluorescent lamps are regarded as hazardous waste because of their mercury content.[1] Mercury has toxic properties that may have acute or chronic detrimental impacts on human health and the environment.[2-4] A study was recently undertaken with the...

Considerable effort has been expended over the past two decades to understand the causes of drug abuse and to identify effective prevention strategies. Much of this work has taken place in school settings, mainly because schools provide easy access to large numbers of individuals judged to be the primary target population for prevention efforts. They also provide a reasonably suitable environme...

The present study examines the effect of conversation based on philosophical stories in the community of inquiry on the reduction of the signs of anxiety disorders in the children between 11 and 12 of Tehran. This semi-empirical study was conducted in terms of test and control groups. The participants of the study consisted of all fifth and sixth grade students of public schools of Tehran (n=50...

The use of IT equipment has become a part of every day. However, each device that is part of cyberspace should be secured against unauthorized use. It is very important to know the basics of these security devices, but also the basics of safe conduct their owners. This information should be part of every curriculum computer science education in primary and secondary schools. Therefore, the work...

Education is a sector that has the potential to become a critical area of action for the full exploitation of ICT. Educational systems of developed and developing countries have an ever-increasing tendency to apply ICT to education, in an attempt to prepare their students for the future's society. This thesis attempted to explore what kind of ICT is used in the Greek Primary Schools and develop...

BACKGROUND School-based mass treatment with praziquantel is the cornerstone for schistosomiasis control in school-aged children. However, uptake of treatment among school-age children in Uganda is low in some areas. The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a pre-treatment snack on uptake of mass treatment. METHODS AND FINDINGS In a cluster randomized trial carried out in...

Previous narrative research by TANESA found rural primary school students in Mwanza Region to be sexually active from the age of 12 years. The Regional Education Office established a program to protect primary school girls from sexual abuse following 1995-96 reports to the rural School AIDS Committees (SACs) that female students were being sexually harassed and abused by primary school teacher...