The paper analyzes educational standards as the key concept Reusable Stickers of modern education; their interrelation with the national qualifications system and professional standards being considered.The authors denote the reasons for changing the conceptual approach to the standard developments, and demonstrate the possible ways of educational
Objectives This exploratory study was conducted to find out how well the concept of evidence-based research (EBR) is known among European health researchers with substantial clinical research experience, and which barriers affect the use of an EBR approach.The concept of EBR implies that researchers use evidence synthesis to justify new studies and
The authors examine the validity of the CAPM for Johannesburg Breeches Stock Exchange (JSE) stocks.Additional effects, namely, dividend yield, size and liquidity are also considered using traditional tests.The results indicate that the one-parameter CAPM is well-specified for the JSE.The betas of gold shares, however, are found to be poor predictor
BACKGROUND:It is recommended that children aged 3 months to five years of age living in areas of seasonal transmission in the sub-Sahel should receive Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SPAQ) during the malaria transmission season.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of SMC with S
Abstract Introduction Despite abundant evidence showing immunization as a lifesaving public health measure, a large proportion of Nigerian children are still not or fully vaccinated.Lack of awareness and distrust of the immunization process by caregivers are some of the reasons for poor immunization coverage which need to be addressed.This study ai