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1. Aquaculture management practices associated with antimicrobial residues in Southwestern Nigeria

Author:
Okocha, Reuben Chukwuka; Olatoye, Isaac Olufemi; Alabi, Peter Ibukun; Ogunnoiki, Modupe Ganiyat; Adedeji, Olufemi Bolarinwa
Source:
Aquaculture 2021 v.533 pp. 736195
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; Clarias gariepinus; antibiotic residues; antibiotic resistance; aquaculture; catfish; chloramphenicol; confidence interval; cross-sectional studies; factor analysis; farmers; farms; fisheries management; food safety; gentamicin; men; odds ratio; public health; risk factors; tetracyclines; women; Nigeria;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Aquaculture production has grown rapidly in Nigeria but with unbridled use of antibiotics which predisposes fish consumers to the risks of antimicrobial residues and resistance. A cross sectional survey of antimicrobial use in aquaculture and occurrence of their residues in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) samples from Southwestern states of Nigeria were carried out. The results showed that ma ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736195

2. Correction to: Exploring the association between whole blood Omega-3 Index, DHA, EPA, DPA, AA and n-6 DPA, and depression and self-esteem in adolescents of lower general secondary education

Author:
van der Wurff, I. S. M.; von Schacky, C.; Bergeland, T.; Leontjevas, R.; Zeegers, M. P.; Kirschner, P. A.; de Groot, R. H. M.
Source:
European journal of nutrition 2020 v.59 no.2 pp. 843
ISSN:
1436-6207
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adolescents; blood; self-esteem;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Title was incorrect. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00394-019-02175-2
PubMed:
31925524
PubMed Central:
PMC7058561

3. Livestock owners’ anthrax prevention practices and its associated factors in Sekota Zuria district, Northeast Ethiopia

Author:
Seid, Kibeb; Shiferaw, Atsede Mazengia; Yesuf, Nurhusien Nuru; Derso, Terefe; Sisay, Mekonnen
Source:
BMC veterinary research 2020 v.16 no.1 pp. 39
ISSN:
1746-6148
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; anthrax; health education; hides and skins; livestock; meat; rabies; urban areas; zoonoses; Ethiopia;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, the second most prioritized of the zoonotic diseases next to rabies is anthrax. About 50.6% of anthrax cases and 33.3% of deaths of livestock have been reported from Wag-Himra Zone, where appropriate anthrax prevention practices are not implemented by the owners of the animals. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the extent of appropriate anthrax prevention practi ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12917-020-2267-0
PubMed:
32013973
PubMed Central:
PMC6998812

4. What role do emotions play in transforming students’ environmental behaviour at school?

Author:
Robina-Ramírez, Rafael; Medina Merodio, José Amelio; McCallum, Stephen
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.258 pp. 120638
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; business enterprises; emotions; governance; learning; longitudinal studies; schools; structural equation modeling; students; Spain;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Different methodologies of education for sustainability have raised environmental awareness in schools. However, these studies have barely considered the effect of emotions in transforming students’ environmental behaviour. This paper analyses how education for sustainability and environmental emotions affects students’ sustainable behaviour in three secondary schools in Spain. Based on participat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120638

5. Clusters of stem jobs across Europe

Author:
Urtasun, Ainhoa
Source:
GeoJournal 2020 v.85 no.1 pp. 285-301
ISSN:
0343-2521
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; employment; geographic information systems; least squares; Eastern European region; Europe; Western European region;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Using geographic information system techniques, this article explores the formation of STEM jobs from a regional perspective. It uses data on European regions, specifically from the Nomenclature of Territorial Units, to first show (by means of Getis-Ord general G statistic and the global Moran’s I statistic) the existence of regional clusters of STEM jobs, which then it explores by means of Getis- ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10708-018-09962-0

6. Environmental consciousness differences between primary and secondary school students

Author:
Sánchez-Llorens, S.; Agulló-Torres, A.; Del Campo-Gomis, F.J.; Martinez-Poveda, A.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.227 pp. 712-723
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; environmental education; students; Spain;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Worldwide environmental consciousness begins in 1970 with the first “Earth Day”. Environmental education has been used to increase this type of awareness, although other extra-curricular routes have also been proposed. The general objective of this article is to compare environmental consciousness in two school training compulsory levels (primary education and secondary education), in the town of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.251

7. Foundations in Germany: Primary and Secondary Education

Author:
Striebing, Clemens
ISSN:
1552-3381
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; Germany;     Show all 2 Subject
Abstract:
... The article gives an overview of the structure, aims, and functioning of German foundations that engage in primary and secondary education. It is discussed how the evolution of the German education regime is accompanied by a development of the characteristics of education foundations. The article argues that the modern foundation—professional, often businesslike large organizations—is best equippe ...
DOI:
10.1177/0002764218773463

8. A systematic review of school meal nudge interventions to improve youth food behaviors

Author:
Metcalfe, Jessica Jarick; Ellison, Brenna; Hamdi, Nader; Richardson, Rachel; Prescott, Melissa Pflugh
Source:
Theinternational journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2020 v.17 no.1 pp. 77
ISSN:
1479-5868
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; breakfast; cafeterias; children; data collection; food choices; food waste; ingestion; marketing; school lunch; systematic review; youth;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: School meal programs have a large reach and thus are ideal environments in which to implement interventions targeting improved youth eating behaviors and reduced food waste. This systematic review summarizes the evidence on the effectiveness of school meal nudge interventions on influencing children’s eating and waste behaviors. METHODS: Inclusion criteria required studies have partici ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12966-020-00983-y

9. Approaches to teaching and learning for sustainability: Characterizing students’ perceptions

Author:
García-González, Esther; Jiménez-Fontana, Rocío; Goded, Pilar Azcárate
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.274 pp. 122928
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; data collection; educational research; experimental design; experts; graduate students; learning; professional development; questionnaires; teacher education; teachers;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sustainability needs to become part of the training of prospective teachers as they will be responsible for educating future generations from this perspective. In this regard, the study objective was to determine the perceptions of a group of Master’s degree students in Education about today’s social and environmental problems and about the concept of sustainability, and to identify their teacher- ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122928

10. Effect of agricultural teaching approaches on skills development for food security: a case of secondary schools in Embu County, Kenya

Author:
Njura, Hellen Joseph; Kaberia, Isaac Kubai; Taaliu, Simon Thuranira
Source:
Thejournal of agricultural education and extension 2020 v.26 no.3 pp. 239-252
ISSN:
1750-8622
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; curriculum; data analysis; developing countries; focus groups; food security; guidelines; learning; sample size; statistics; students; surveys; teachers; Kenya;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Purpose: To investigate the effect of the agricultural teaching approaches employed in secondary schools on skills development for food security in Kenya. Design/Methodology/Approach: Descriptive survey design was employed targeting 46,340 students and 235 agriculture teachers. The actual sample size constituted 490 students in 20 focus discussion groups and 111 agriculture teachers. Data was coll ...
DOI:
10.1080/1389224X.2019.1680401

11. Acceptance and feasibility of school-based seasonal influenza vaccination in Singapore: A qualitative study

Author:
Offeddu, Vittoria; Low, Mabel Sheau Fong; Surendran, Shilpa; Kembhavi, Gayatri; Tam, Clarence C
Source:
Vaccine 2020 v.38 no.7 pp. 1834-1841
ISSN:
0264-410X
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; cost effectiveness; financial economics; health care workers; influenza; influenza vaccination; infrastructure; interviews; parents; preschool children; stakeholders; vaccines; Singapore;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Influenza is a major cause of disease in children. School-based seasonal influenza vaccination can be a cost-effective tool to improve vaccine uptake among children, and can bring substantial health and economic benefits to the broader community. The acceptance and feasibility of school-based influenza vaccination are likely to be highly context-specific, but limited data exist from tropical setti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.020

12. Optical portable instrument for the determination of CO2 in indoor environments

Author:
Fernández-Ramos, M.D.; Moreno-Puche, F.; Escobedo, P.; García-López, P.A.; Capitán-Vallvey, L.F.; Martínez-Olmos, A.
Source:
Talanta 2020 v.208 pp. 120387
ISSN:
0039-9140
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; carbon dioxide; color; colorimetry; detection limit; hydrophilicity; indoor environmental quality; methylcellulose; pH; polysorbates; portable equipment; schools; tetramethylammonium compounds;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... A portable device based on a colorimetric sensor to determine the atmospheric level of CO₂ gas is presented in this work. The system is based on a low-cost, low-power System on a Chip (SoC) microcontroller with integrated Wi-Fi. A user-friendly application was developed to monitor and log the CO₂ measurements when the system is connected to a Wi-Fi network. The sensing membrane is directly deposit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120387

13. Greek students’ beliefs about public transport: Incentives and disincentives for environmentally friendly behavior

Author:
Malandrakis, George; Kilinc, Ahmet; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward
Source:
Applied environmental education and communication 2019 v.18 no.4 pp. 313-330
ISSN:
1533-0389
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; college students; environmental education; questionnaires; t-test;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The current study explores possible incentives and disincentives among Greek secondary school and university students for using public transport. A 24-items questionnaire was used to elicit the beliefs of 913 students. Collected data was subjected to significance testing through t-test and Mann-Whitney U-test, depending on the significance of the Levene test for homogeneity. Perceived crowdedness, ...
DOI:
10.1080/1533015X.2018.1481798

14. Analysis of the Concept of Energy in the Spanish Curriculum of Secondary Education and Baccalaureate: A Sustainable Perspective

Author:
Martínez-Borreguero, Guadalupe; Maestre-Jiménez, Jesús; Naranjo-Correa, Francisco Luis; Mateos-Núñez, Milagros
Source:
Sustainability 2019 v.11 no.9
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; cognition; curriculum; energy; environmental education; learning; quantitative analysis;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Teaching and learning of concepts within the science, technology, society, and environment (STSE) approach, such as energy, are key elements in improving students’ competencies in sustainability within the framework of environmental education. The overall objective of this research has been to analyze the concept of energy in secondary education curriculum from a sustainable perspective. Lik ...
DOI:
10.3390/su11092528

15. Junior Secondary School Students’ Conceptions of and Approaches to Learning Mathematics and Their Relationships in Mainland China

Author:
Yang, Xinrong; Leung, Frederick; Zhang, Shasha
Source:
Sustainability 2019 v.11 no.9
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; learning; mathematics; questionnaires; regression analysis; students; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study reports the findings of a study which investigated junior secondary school students’ conceptions of and approaches to learning mathematics and their relationships in Mainland China. Two questionnaires, conceptions of learning mathematics (COLM) and approaches to learning mathematics (ALM), were administered to 1590 students. Descriptive analysis results suggest that Chinese junior ...
DOI:
10.3390/su11092476

16. Teachers’ Perception of the Effects of the New Education Curriculum on the Choice of Agriculture as a Career Among Secondary School Students in Oyo State

Author:
Badiru, Idris Olabode; Aluko, Bolanle; Adejumo, Adewale Adisa
Source:
Journal of agricultural & food information 2019 v.20 no.1 pp. 86-95
ISSN:
1540-4722
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; career choice; curriculum; sampling; students; teachers; urban areas;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study investigated teachers’ perception of the effect of the new education curriculum on the choice of agriculture as a career among secondary school students in Oyo State. A proportionate sampling method was used to select 102 respondents whose information was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. More of the respondents (55.8%) had an unfavorable perception of the ef ...
DOI:
10.1080/10496505.2018.1531008

17. Early feeding practices and associated factors in Sudan: a cross-sectional analysis from multiple Indicator cluster survey

Author:
Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; El-Heneidy, Asmaa; Benova, Lenka; Oakley, Laura
Source:
International breastfeeding journal 2020 v.15 no.1 pp. 41
ISSN:
1746-4358
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; breast feeding; cesarean section; children; cross-sectional studies; females; health services; infants; mothers; neonatal mortality; odds ratio; pregnancy; regression analysis; surveys; women; Sudan;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: In efforts to reduce neonatal mortality, the World Health Organization (WHO) has included breastfeeding among its recommended packages of interventions. Early initiation of breastfeeding and avoidance of prelacteal feeding are key contributors to optimal feeding practices. This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of early breastfeeding practices in Sudan. METHODS ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13006-020-00288-7

18. Investigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS

Author:
Remmers, Teun; Van Kann, Dave; Kremers, Stef; Ettema, Dick; de Vries, Sanne I.; Vos, Steven; Thijs, Carel
Source:
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2020 v.17 no.1 pp. 66
ISSN:
1479-5868
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; accelerometers; athletic fields; children; computer software; elementary schools; gender; geographic information systems; global positioning systems; longitudinal studies; parents; physical activity; sports; statistical models;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... INTRODUCTION: Previous longitudinal studies indicate that physical activity (PA) significantly declines from primary-to secondary school, and report both changes in individual and environmental determinants of PA. In order to understand this transition and to prevent this negative trend, it is important to gather contextually rich data on possible mechanisms that drive this decline. Therefore, the ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12966-020-00962-3

19. Traditional medicine usage among adult women in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Author:
Li, Suellen; Odedina, Stella; Agwai, Imaria; Ojengbede, Oladosu; Huo, Dezheng; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.
Source:
BMC complementary medicine and therapies 2020 v.20 no.1 pp. 93
ISSN:
2662-7671
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; adults; confidence interval; cross-sectional studies; herbal medicines; interviews; nationalities and ethnic groups; occupations; odds ratio; questionnaires; traditional medicine; women; Nigeria;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Previous research has revealed high rates of traditional medicine usage in Nigeria. Reports of widespread contamination of herbal medicine products and higher rates of noncompliance with Western medications among traditional medicine users have raised concerns about the safety of traditional medicine use. Few studies have explored how demographic factors predict rates of traditional me ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12906-020-02881-z
PubMed:
32192455
PubMed Central:
PMC7083039

20. Private sustainability standards and child schooling in the African coffee sector

Author:
Akoyi, Kevin Teopista; Mitiku, Fikadu; Maertens, Miet
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.264 pp. 121713
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
secondary education,   etc   ; boys; certification; child labor; fair trade; girls; households; income; rain forests; school children; social capital; social sustainability; supply chain; Ethiopia; Uganda;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Private sustainability standards are spreading rapidly in global value chains, especially in the coffee sector, and commonly aim at promoting environmental, economic and social sustainability. The social sustainability component is often overlooked in studies on the impact of private standards. In this paper, we investigate a particular social outcome and analyse how adoption of private sustainabi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121713