Criticism is sometimes leveled at the academic Software Engineering community on the basis that current educational practices are too document-centric. Both students and practitioners have suggested that one of the popular, lighter-weight, agile methods would be a better choice. This paper examines the educational goals for undergraduate Software Engineering education and considers how they mig...

Background. Knowledge of stroke risk factors is expected to reduce the incidence of stroke-whether first-ever or recurrent. This study examined knowledge of stroke risk factors and its determinants among stroke survivors. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of consenting stroke survivors at two physiotherapy facilities in Nigeria was carried out. Sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained a...

All over the world, distance mode of education is gaining a momentum and becoming more popular than conventional education. It is a system in which schools, universities and other educational agencies offer instruction wholly or partly by mail. Eritrea is a newly independent country in Africa is been facing many challenges particularly in its education sector. It did not have more educational i...

Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010 It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the labor force in the region with at least secondary education increased from 40 to 60 pe...

Poor Internet connectivity is one of the pertinent issues in the digital divide between developing and industrialized countries, hampering the transition to the global information society. Recent emergence of national and regional research and education data communication networks in parts of the developing world has shown large benefits arising from collaboration amongst tertiary education ins...

Over the past generations, Japan has shown that it is possible to achieve strong educational progress: In the 1960s, Japan still ranked 14 th among OECD countries in the proportion of people with university-level or vocational tertiary qualifications, today it ranks 2 nd just after Canada. However, in Japan, the number of science graduates remains below the OECD average. There are 1596 people w...

The growing use of triple helix arrangements to stimulate national systems innovation (NSIs) for broader economic benefits has largely focussed on quantifiable and compliance-based metrics evaluate the ‘success’ industry-university strategic collaborative research ventures. This metrics-focus ignores secondary, even tertiary, outcomes ventures that are difficult capture by administrators with t...

BACKGROUND Human rights violations are commonly reported against people with mental illness and have remained a major research issue in recent times. OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed to compare psychiatric patients' perceptions of human rights needs between rural and urban settings. METHODOLOGY A descriptive study design was carried out among 100 recovered psychiatric patients based on...

INTRODUCTION People with limited health literacy are more likely to make medication errors, and they have less health knowledge, worse health status, more hospitalizations, and higher healthcare costs than people with adequate literacy. The objective of this study is to assess the health literacy status among patients who are able to read and understand English attending a tertiary care hospita...