Covid-19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria     

Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor  Terkuma Chia 《Anatomical sciences education》2021,14(2):154-162

The current Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and handling of cadavers for teaching and research. Historically, epidemics come with several challenges and have often led to some level of negligence of ethical practices and health and safety regulations associated with body sourcing and handling. The authors highlighted some emerging problems in this article, focusing on Africa and Nigeria in particular. These problems include a higher risk of coronavirus exposure for body handlers, shortage of cadavers for teaching and learning, a lack of standard regulations leading to unethical body sourcing and handling, and a lack of monitoring and collaboration needed for a well-coordinated Covid-19 pandemic response strategy. If these issues are ignored, the previous gains made in anatomical ethical practices may be destroyed. Some useful recommendations for policymaking geared toward prevention or curtailing these emerging issues have been instilled in this article.  相似文献   

西部大开发与西部农业结构调整     

王芹 《天水师范学院学报》2002,22(3):41-42

农业是我国西部经济中具有相对优势的主导产业。在西部大开发中,要实现农业的现代化和持续发展,就必须调整农业结构。  相似文献   

发挥学术期刊对国家西部大开发战略的科技支撑作用<林业科学>的有益尝试   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

张君颖  郑槐明 《编辑学报》2001,13(4):236-237

西部大开发是我国政府在2000年提出的重大战略决策，生态环境建设是这一决策的重大问题之一。学术期刊应该采取积极措施，为实现这一战略发挥科技支撑作用。介绍《林业科学》在过去几年中发挥这种作用的一些探索性工作。  相似文献   

Reconceptualising educational assessment in South Africa — testing times for teachers     

John Pryor  Cassius Lubisi 《International Journal of Educational Development》2002,22(6)

This paper explores some of the problems arising when Continuous Assessment (CA) is grafted onto established pedagogic practices. It focuses on three issues: teachers' restricted understandings of assessment, teachers' emphasis on criteria that demonstrate concern with social control, and some of the problems connected with peer assessment. Two vignettes derived from fieldwork associated with a project to improve the quality of primary education are used to raise the issues. We argue that the development of desired practices is hampered above all by tacit values in tension with those underpinning the new curriculum. These values, together with the complexity of curriculum design, create serious problems of manageability and interpretation, which can only be addressed through detailed interactive in-service training, aimed at reconceptualising teachers' notions of assessment.  相似文献   

20世纪陇西、青东黄土高原地区的城镇发展   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

雍际春  吴宏岐 《天水师范学院学报》2005,25(3):16-21

20世纪是陇西、青东黄土高原地区城镇建设最为重要的时期。民国时期这一地区城镇达到300余个,较清代翻了一番,一批商业城市的著名城镇出现,城镇建设完成了由传统向近代化的过渡。新中国成立后,经过前30年的扩充和发展,城镇达到700多个。近20年来,伴随城市化进程,一个以省会兰州为全省中心,以省辖市为区域中心,以县城与乡镇为网络的城镇发展新体系已经形成。  相似文献   

东西方人文传统与图书馆读者工作   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

周武华 《津图学刊》2004,(6):51-53

在西方人文主义理念下，读者工作应了解每位读者不同的个体需求并通过馆员的优质服务使之得到满足，而在中国人文传统理念下，读者工作则应努力创建馆员之间、馆员与读者之间的互爱互信互尊互谅。图书馆读者工作应将东西方人文传统融会贯通，在更高的层面上体现人文精神。  相似文献   

Research trends and collaborations by applied science researchers in South African universities of technology: 2007–2017     

Elisha R.T. Chiware  Deborah A. Becker 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2018,44(4):468-476

This paper analyses the publication patterns of researchers in the field of applied sciences at Universities of Technology in South Africa. Aspects investigated include publications in SCOPUS-listed journals; number of citations and countries of publication. Collaborative research patterns at national and international levels were also investigated. A bibliometric analysis approach was followed using SCOPUS as the main source of data and analysing the articles published in selected applied science disciplines. Results show that researchers in the field of applied sciences in universities of technology have increased their number of publications over the past 10?years and are also working in conjunction with other researchers both nationally and internationally. The analysis is an important addition to the field in South Africa which helps in measuring how institutions are positively responding to government incentives in research. The results are also important to information professionals who are increasingly playing an important role in research impact assessments.  相似文献   

The use of information and communication technologies in public libraries in South Africa as tools for bridging the digital divide: the case of the Kempton Park public library     

Mamathole Margaret Lediga 《Public Library Quarterly》2018,37(3):296-305

ABSTRACT

The information and knowledge society has resulted in the exponential growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs), thus creating a gap between those who use ICTs and those who do not; hence the emergence of the term “digital divide” in the 1990s. One of the milestones of South Africa’s National Development Plan, a policy that charts the country’s development up until 2030, is to ensure that high-speed broadband internet is universally available at competitive prices. Notwithstanding the importance of ICTs in public libraries, the provision of such is still taking place on a limited scale in South Africa. This article investigates the use of ICTs in public libraries in South Africa as a tool in bridging the digital divide. It also examines the inequalities in access and use and suggests ways in which ICTs may be used to reduce the digital divide. A qualitative research methodology was adopted. In order for public libraries to function as an important tool in bridging the digital divide, there is a need to standardize the provision of public library services with regard to the digital divide.  相似文献   

Evaluation of Internet Information Sources by High School Students in Ghana     

Philip Kwaku Kankam 《International Information and Library Review》2018,50(2):88-93

The Internet clearly presents the opportunity for students to expand their knowledge at a fast pace, since they are able to access enormous amount of information. However, accessing the Internet also has its downside since not all information is of good quality. The study explored how 12th grade students at a high school in Ghana evaluated online information sources. These students and the head of the Information Communication Technology department respond to self-administered questionnaires and a semi-structured interview, respectively. The study found that most of the high school students did some kind of an evaluation of online information sources, however, they were not applying the right criteria. The study further revealed that students were not introduced to evaluation criteria at school and this had contributed to the gap in their evaluation competencies.  相似文献   

“I thought I’d have more trouble with white people!”: Exploring racial microaggressions between West African immigrants and African Americans     

Ayodeji Dapherede Otusanya  Gina Castle Bell 《Qualitative Research Reports in Communication》2018,19(1):44-50

Racial tensions continue in 21st-century United States through the communication of racial microaggressions. We are interested in the communication of racial microaggressions directed towards West African immigrants by people with whom they expected to be allied, African Americans. Sixteen people who identified as West African immigrants were interviewed about communication struggles with African Americans in this qualitative, interpretive analysis. Owen’s thematic analysis was employed to analyze interview data. Results suggest the communicative impact of racial microaggressions on recipients is far-reaching and consequential. Narratives illustrate microaggressive communication occurs daily through invalidating, dismissive lines of questioning as well as targeted name calling and pejorative dialogue.  相似文献