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Understanding Nickel Thin Film crystallization using X-Ray Diffractometry
(Bioline International. http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=90, 2007-06)Normal, helical and zigzag deposited Ni films were produced by letting a vapour stream of source material impinge on Corning 1737 glass substrates at oblique incidence while rotating the substrate during deposition. Films ... -
Understanding the development experience and aspirations of one Basarwa settlement in Botswana: failed implementation or relentless colonialism?
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2002)This research note gives an overview of the doctoral research I conducted in 2000-0 I. The study entitled: Understanding the Development Experiences and Aspiration of One Basarwa Settlement in Botswana: Failed Implementation ... -
Understanding the nature of household poverty in Botswana
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2013-09-04)In Botswana, poverty is mainly a structural problem which arises from the pattern of economic growth. This paper is a contribution to the understanding of the nature of poverty in Botswana. The analysis is at two levels – ... -
Understanding the organisational culture of district health services: Mahalapye and Ngamiland health districts of Botswana
(AOSIS Publishing; http://www.aosis.co.za/publishing, 2015)Background: Botswana has a shortage of health care workers, especially in primary health care. Retention and high performance of employees are closely linked to job satisfaction and motivation, which are both highest where ... -
Understanding the rural-urban dichotomy in Mositi Torontle's the victims and Unity Dow's far and beyon'
(Indiana University Press, www.iupress.indiana.edu, 2010)This paper examines how place is represented in two Botswana novels, Far and Beyon’ by Unity Dow and The Victims by Mositi Torontle. Conventional notions of rural as the “authentic” experience that is threatened by ... -
Understanding the social studies teachers’ experiences: conceptions of citizenship in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2011-11)The advent of globalization problematizes and challenges the notion of bounded citizenship as conceptualized and perceived among established democracies and nations of the world. It threatens to undermine the key characteristics ... -
Understanding unemployment in Botswana
(John Wiley, www.wiley.com, 2003)The impressive performance that Botswana has achieved since gaining independence in 1966 is one of the few success stories of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. For the period 1965-1990, growth in per capita ... -
Undiagnosed and diagnosed diabetes mellitus among hospitalised acute heart failure patients in Botswana
(Sage publications, www.sage.com/, 2017-09-21)Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients hospitalised with acute heart failure in Botswana. Methods: The study enrolled 193 ... -
The Uneasy Relationship Between Parliament and the Executive in Botswana
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2015-07-09)This paper starts from a premise that parliament plays multiple roles in any democracy. These include legislation and the exercise of horizontal accountability over the executive. Thus, an effective parliament is one that ... -
Unemployment and the attributes of the unemployed in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2015-11-22)The 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census (PHC) indicate that the country’s unemployment rate stands at 17.8% which is signifi cantly high. This rate of unemployment, as is conventionally calculated, excludes the ... -
An unexpected 1,2-hydride shift in phosphoric acid-promoted cyclodimerization of styrene oxides under solvent-free conditions. A synthetic route towards 2,4-disubstituted 1,3-dioxolanes
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/tetlet, 2009)A 1,2-hydride shift in the phosphoric acid-promoted cyclodimerization of styrene oxide and its chloro derivatives under solvent-free conditions leading to 2,4-disubstituted 1,3-dioxolanes is described. Methoxy substituents ... -
A unified approach to integration theory
(International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics, www.ijapm.org/, 2019-01)We investigate the common features and the resemblance of the central parts of the different existing integration theories to obtain a more unified approach to the notion of integral. Our approach gives a presentation of ... -
Unified approach to vector valued integration
(Pushpa Publishing House, www.pphmj.com, 2013-06)We introduce a natural and more flexible approach to the definition of vector valued integral that will completely forgo any measurability assumption, strengthen the existing various classical concepts of ... -
Unity among nurses: an evasive concept
(Nursing Forum.http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/nuf, 2007-01-01)The purpose of this paper is to elucidate contributing factors to the disunity in nursing, and argue that if united nursing would be able to achieve harmony, respect, and, above all, recognition. Social and historical ... -
The University in Botswana and the liberation struggle in southern Africa (1973–1980)
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis)/www.routledge.com, 2008)This article documents key aspects of the role played by university students in Botswana in the liberation struggle, from the early years of the University in the mid-1960s to the year of Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. ... -
An unusual case of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma with brain metastasis in a HIV positive patient
(International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, www.ijhsr.org, 2014-09)Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma (PPC) is a rare entity with propensity to rapid metastasis and associated poor outcomes. Pleural effusion has been rarely associated with PPC. We report a case of a 23 year old nulliparous ... -
Urban environmental management in Botswana:towards a theoretical explanation of public policy failure
(Springer http://www.springerlink.com/index/05CM7XY4DJGUEUQL.pdf, 2001)For the last three and half decades, Botswana has been widely acclaimed to be one of sub-Saharan Africa's longest and most stable liberal democracies, coupled with and sustained by a growing economy. One of the major ... -
Urban water scarcity management: civic vs. state response in Bulawayo
(Pergamon, www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint, 2002)In most sub-Sahara African cities, rapid urbanization has placed a heavy burden on available human, financial and socioeconomic resources. The problem has been compounded by the intricate and interactive effects of rapid ... -
Uropathogenic and antibiotic resistance of Candida species among women visitinga tertiary care hospital in Gaborone, Botswana
(Centre for Info Bio Technology (CIBTech), http://www.cibtech.org/jms.htm, 2016)The present paper aims to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of Candida uropathogens among women at a tertiary hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. A total of 180 urine samples were collected from females ... -
Use of abbreviations and acronyms among healthcare workers in a resource limited setting
(Insight Medical Publishing, http://www.imedpub.com/, 2017-05-10)Context: Abbreviations and acronyms (A&A) are commonly used in both general and clinical settings to simplify and facilitate communication as well as means of saving time, space and effort. However, the use of abbreviations ...