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Non-racial casting in African theatre and cinema
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2018-09-12)Racial and non-racial casting in theatre and cinema has become a widely, and sometimes hotly discussed issue in European and North American performance. The debates are fuelled by the increasing popularity of ... -
Nondestructive measurement of momentum transfer collision frequency for low temperature combustion plasma
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/, 2014)Accurately measured momentum transfer collision frequency and electron density for fire plasma enable correct simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in the medium. The simulation is essential for designing ... -
Notes on adult mortality levels and trends in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)This paper uses the data from 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC) to examine levels and trends in adult mortality in Botswana using information on the distribution of deaths and population by age. Estimates of mortality ... -
Notes on infant and childhood mortality levels and trends in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)This paper is based on the Botswana Demographic Survey (2006), and the 2001 and 2011 Population and Housing Censuses (PHC) data. The 2011 census allows us to estimate the past and current levels of infant and childhood ... -
Notes on levels and patterns of child labour and child work in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)This paper uses the 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census (PHS) to document the levels and patterns of child labour and child work in Botswana. The results show that only 2.1% of children aged 12 to 17 were involved ... -
Notes on the Informal Sector and Employment Creation in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-07-09)It is increasingly becoming clear that the role of Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) in employment creation, and income generation cannot be over-emphasized especially in Botswana and possibly in other African ... -
A novel and fatal method of copper sulphate poisoning
(Elsevier, https://www.elsevier.com/, 2014-04)Introduction: Copper sulphate is widely used around the world as a pesticide and seed fungicide. Many cases of accidental intoxication with this substance have been reported among farm workers who have absorbed large amounts ... -
Novel natural products from marketed plants of eastern and southern Africa
(International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/, 1999)Marketed plants are an important but a vulnerable group of plants whose investigations as well as conservation should be considered with priority. The chemistry, and in some cases biological activities of novel iso¯avonoids, ... -
NSDI building blocks: regional GIS in the United States
(Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, http://www.urisa.org/, 2009)This paper presents an assessment of the regional capacity in implementing geographic information systems (GIS) and databases. We draw on a Web survey to determine the availability and assembly of spatial data at the ... -
A null subject in early modern English: a principles and parameter approach
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-06)The aim of the paper is to show how a language with rich agreement inflection like Early Modern English, has null pro subject allowed in the structural subject position of finite clauses, whereas in a language with poor ... -
A numerical study of some modified differential evolution algorithms
(Elsevier; www.elsevier.com/locate/ejor, 2006)Modifications in mutation and localization in acceptance rule are suggested to the differential evolution algorithm for global optimization. Numerical experiments indicate that the resulting algorithms are considerably ... -
Nuptiality levels and trends in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)Nuptiality in Botswana like in other countries in the world is undergoing changes. The aim of this study is to examine emerging marriage patterns and trends in Botswana using population census data from 1971 to 2011. The ... -
Nurse anaesthesia training in Botswana: history, trends, output and challenges
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)Surgery is increasingly recognized as an effective means of treating a proportion of the global burden of disease. Violence, road crush accidents and obstetric emergencies have long ranked the leading causes of mortality ... -
The nursing labour market in Botswana: an economic analysis
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2013-09-04)Nursing is one of the largest and most essential components of the medical profession in health care in any country. The objective of this paper is to critically assess the demand for and supply of nursing labour in Botswana. ... -
Nutrient limitations on aboveground grass production in four savanna types along the Kalahari Transect
(Elsevier, 2010-02-19)The Kalahari Transect (KT) is an International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme mega-transect designed to examine hydrological and ecological patterns and processes throughout the savannas of southern Africa. The KT traverses ... -
Nutrition and the ailing immune system: a challenge in the new millenium
(Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana; http://www.ub.bw, 2001)The new millennium has come but we are not healthy: the Human Immuno-deficiency VIruS (HIV) IS taking its toll. It is critical for everyone to find ways of coping with this problem, along side campaigns to eradicate the ... -
Nutrition-infection interactions
(AFAHPER-SD; see http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=153, 1998)Nutrition and health are closely related to each other. Adequate nutrition leads to good or normal health. The focus of this paper is on the interaction of, and relationships between, nutrition and infection (as a health aspect). -
Nutritional status of children (6 To 13 Years) in Tubu and Shorobe molapo farming households, Ngamiland, Botswana
(University of Botswana,www.ub.bw, 2020)Background: The size of floods in the Okavango Delta (OD), Botswana varies annually and seasonally over long periods (decadal). This influences crop production, food security, health and nutritional status of dependent ... -
Observations on the effect of proximity to rhyolitic intrusions on Kübler index
(Mineralogical Society of Poland, http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mipo, 2010)The Upper Ordovician sedimentary succession of southeast Ireland is riddled with almost synsedimentary igneous intrusions. A study was required to determine any effects of these intrusions on Kübler Index (KI) so that ... -
Obstacles to tuberculosis control among patienns in Ghanzi district: health care workers' perspectives
(2016-08-03)Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem with 8.6 million incident cases and 1.4 million deaths. The African region has approximately one quarter of the world‘s cases and the highest rates of cases and deaths ...