Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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The politics of being Muslim and being British in the British Christian print media
(Cogent Social Sciences; https://www.cogentoa.com/, 2016)There have been a significant number of published studies in recent years on the British media representation of Muslims. These studies have tended to focus only on the British mainstream media, and to my knowledge, there ... -
Farmers perceptions and adaptations to climate change in Sub-sahara Africa: a synthesis of empirical studies and implications for public policy in African agriculture
(Canadian Center of Science and Education; www.ccsenet.org, 2013)The problem of climate in Africa has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers ... -
In their own words: unemployed young people on tackling youth labour market entry constraints in Botswana
(Macrothink Institute//www.macrothink.org, 2015)Drawing on focus group discussions with unemployed young people in Gaborone and Mogoditshane, Botswana, this paper seeks to capture the ideas of young people regarding how labour market entry constraints could be weakened ... -
Geo (λ)/ Geo (μ) +G/2 queues with heterogeneous servers operating under FCFS queue discipline
(Science and Education Publishing, http://www.sciepub.com, 2015-03-06)Please refer to the full text article for the abstract. -
A multivariate test for three-factor Interaction in 3 - way contingency table under the multiplicative model
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2014-06-16)Abstract Two test statistics that have been commonly used in analysing interactions in contingency table are the Pearson’s Chi-square statistic, χ2, and likelihood ratio test statistic, G2. Both test statistics, in tables ... -
Domination, cooperation and dependency within SADCC
(Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana, http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/PULA/pula007001/pula007001002.pdf, 1991)This volume of Pula consists of a selection of papers from the Twelveth Southern African Universities Social Science Conference (SAUSSC) which was held at the University of Botswana between the 3rd and 7th July, 1989. The ... -
On almost sure behavior of stable subordinators over rapidly increasing sequences
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, http://epubs.siam.org, 2006)Let (X(t), t ≥ (0) with X(0) = 0 be a stable subordinator with index 0 < α < 1 and let (tk) be an increasing sequence such that tk+1/tk → ∞ as k → ∞. Let (at) be a positive nondecreasing function of t such that a(t)/t ... -
Transferring health technology to South Africa: the importance of traditional African culture
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, www.vlib.ustu.ru/storon/kluwer, 2000)The transfer of new health technology to South Africa is occurring despite the fact that North American and European health care planners and entrepreneurs have a very limited understanding of traditional Black South African ... -
Privatisation in Botswana: the demise of a developmental state?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www.wiley.com, 2008)This article argues that efforts by the Government of Botswana to embark on privatisation of some parastatals as well as contracting out the provision of certain services with the main intention of enhancing productivity ... -
Bayesian computation for logistic regression
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com, 2005)A method for the simulation of samples from the exact posterior distributions of the parameters in logistic regression is proposed. It is based on the principle of data augmentation and a latent variable is introduced, ... -
The family and national development in Botswana: a plea for research
(Botswana Society, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979677, 1983)There has been sufficient concern in Botswana about the family that it has become a subject of several radio debates and panel discussions. Recently, a National Law Reform Committee was set up to look into, among other ... -
Job satisfaction among nurses in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2000)In this paper the authors examines the extent of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in a national sample of 325 nurses working in hospitals, clinics and health posts in Botswana. The analyses explored the effects of ... -
Correlates of work-place stress: a case study of Botswana nurses working in clinics
(Botswana Society, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980365, 2004)The nature of the work of a nurse incorporates several distinctive and stressful features which include dealing with crises, the continuous physical and emotional demands of patients, and daily confrontation with pain, ... -
Managing organizational change in higher education: lessons from the University of Botswana
(The Haworth Press, www.haworthpress.com/, 2008)Utilizing data collected from a randomly selected sample of 360 academic and managerial staff, regression analysis was performed to identify the determinants of acceptance of change among employees at the University of ... -
Child abuse in Southern Africa
(Taylor & Francis, www.taylorandfrancis.com, 1997)The 1990s began with a commitment to children through the adoption, by the United Nations General Assembly, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This Convention set the minimum standards of protection for ... -
Multiple causes of death models for human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related mortality in South Africa in 2006 and 2007
(Dove Medical Press Ltd. www.dovepress.com/, 2012)Background: Predictive models for mortality due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease as a result of opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis and pneumonia, have been developed. Methods: The data are taken ... -
Immigrants' and refugees' unmet reproductive health demands in Botswana: perceptions of public healthcare providers
(Medical and Pharmaceutical Publications, 2009)Background: The healthcare of Batswana (citizens of Botswana) as indicated in the country’s Vision 2016 is one of the top priorities of the government of Botswana, yet Botswana’s National Health Policy, the Immigration ... -
Ehrenberg law-like relationship and anthropometry
(Wiley-Blackwell, www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell, 2002)Summary. Ehrenberg presented the simple law-like relationship log(w) = 0.8h + 0.4 ? 0.04 between the weight and height of children aged 5-13 years. Several researchers have confirmed that this relationship holds, irrespective ... -
The prevelance of, and factors associated with, overweight and obesity in Botswana
(Cambridge University Press; www.cambridge.org, 2011)The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of, and socio-demographic factors associated with, overweight and obesity in Botswana. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2007 using a multistage sampling method ... -
Property issues in the dissolution of marriages: experiences of some divorced mothers in Botswana
(Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)Over the last two decades rates of divorce have increased in Botswana (Murray, 1981; Ahmed and Letamo, 1989; Bhebhe and Mosha, 1996). Despite this trend, little is known about women’s experiences of marital property division ...