Historical legacies: A model linking Africa's past to its current underdevelopment

Historical Roots of Its Underdevelopment Emmanuel

Africa poses the development challenge of our time. Once devastated by famine and mired in poverty, India and much of Asia are now growing economically. While Africa’s economies too are now growing, in many African countries, people are just now returning to the levels of per capita income they enjoyed more than a half century ago. 1 Th e current poverty and the widespread economic decline foll...

Motivational and metacognitive feedback in an ITS : linking past states and experiences to current problems

Understanding Native women's health: historical legacies.

PURPOSE Theoretical underpinnings of two theories are examined for their applicability in guiding practice and research when understanding Native American women's health outcomes. METHOD Published studies testing two independent theories, historical trauma and weathering, are reviewed. Key theoretical concepts that are applicable in the study of Native women and understanding their intergener...

Linking Historical Roots and Current Methodologies of Engineering Systems

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The Responsibility of the Academic System to the Community: Designing a Model to Assess Its Current and Desirable Status

The purpose of this study was to design a model for assessing the social responsibility of the academic system.The research method was mixed exploration method. In qualitative part, 10 academic experts were selected for confirmation of qualitative research findings and in quantitative part, 259 faculty members were selected by stratified random sampling. In the first step, by reviewing the lite...