University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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The meaning, lived experiences and intentions for safer sex communication among young Batswana women in dyadic relationships
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2012)Increased heterosexual transmission of HIV among young women and their difficulties with safer sex com- munication calls for women-focused research. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the mean- ing and lived ... -
Non-communicable diseases in antiretroviral therapy recipients in Kagera Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
(African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET); www.afenet.net/, 2013-11-06)Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the extent of self-reported non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) recipients in Kagera region in Tanzania and their effect ... -
Antibacterial and antioxidant potential of Albizia anthelmintica as a medicinal plant on pathogenic veterinary isolates
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR, 2018-11-10)Albizia anthelmintica is a medicinal plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is widely used by smallholder farmers and pastoralists to treat internal parasites in their livestock. This study aimed to determine the ... -
Knowledge of computer vision syndrome among computer users in the workplace in Abuja, Nigeria
(Academic Journals; www.academicjournals.org, 2013-09)Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and extent of computer vision syndrome (CVS) among computer users at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Abuja, ... -
Respiratory physiology training in Tanzania: need to focus on primary respiratory care
(Academic Journals; www.academicjournals.org, 2011-05)Effective management of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by General Practitioners is likely to be compromised by respiratory physiology training that has main focus on acute respiratory diseases with high ... -
An 80 year old hermaphroditic with HughBrenner Brenner tumor: A rare case report and review of literature
(African Journal of Urology; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aju, 2018-03-09)Introduction: Hermaphroditism is a general term used to describe a sexual development disorder usually diagnosed at an early stage in sexual development. However, this is a report of an 80 year old sexual ambiguity patient ... -
A case for the promotion of indigenous knowledge for entrepreneurship development in developing countries: The case of Botswana
(Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana. http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/pula/index, 2017)The past decade has experienced economic recession which has manifested itself in higher unemployment figures, especially among the youth including university graduates. For those countries endowed with indigenous knowledge ... -
Analysis of rainfall and temperature time series to detect long-term climatic trends and variability over semi-arid Botswana
(Indian Academy of Sciences, https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Earth_System_Science/, 2018-03)Arid and semi-arid environments have been identified with locations prone to impacts of climate variability and change. Investigating long-term trends is one way of tracing climate change impacts. This study investigates ... -
Impact of bias‐corrected reanalysis‐derived lateral boundary conditions on WRF simulations
(American Geophysical Union, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19422466, 2017-07-13)Lateral and lower boundary conditions derived from a suitable global reanalysis data set form the basis for deriving a dynamically consistent finer resolution downscaled product for climate and hydrological assessment ... -
Sustainability management and tourism impacts on communities: Residents’ attitudes in Maun and Tshabong, Botswana
(AfricaJournals, https://www.ajhtl.com/, 2017)Sustainability management and especially socio-cultural sustainability of tourism is premised on community awareness, participation and deriving socio-economic benefits from tourism. The purpose of the study was to ... -
Potential effects of prolonged ultraviolet radiation exposure in plants: chloroplast DNA analysis
(IDOSI Publications, http://idosi.org/, 2007)The present study on the Namaqualand daisy, Dimorphotheca sinuata sought to address two main questions: - first whether the natural populations show any evidence of variation in the chloroplast genome, and secondly if the ... -
Sustainable development: energy matters
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2010-03-31)The lecture deals with the role of energy in sustainable development of human society, and related energy issues. Social, cultural and technological development of human society is intertwined with the discovery and ... -
Mediating conflicts, promoting peace and preserving relationships: lessons from traditional African justice systems
(Philosophy Documentation Center; https://www.pdcnet.org, 2017)Why do Conflicts occur? Why do they recur? Why do conflicts escalate and why do they become protracted? These questions have been variously posed by scholars of conflict and there is a rich body of theory that answers them. ... -
Between the just and the expedient: the problem of conflict resolution in Africa
(Philosophy Documentation Center; https://www.pdcnet.org/, 2015)This paper is about African conflicts and their tendency to persist despite attempts to resolve them. Such persistence has in the past been attributed to various causes but it is the contention of this paper that African ... -
As it is in Heaven! Mimetic theory, religious transformation and social crisis in Africa
(Sage Journals; http://journals.sagepub.com/, 2009)This article is an overview of Rene Girard’s mimetic theory and its application to and implications for conflict in Africa. It accepts Girard’s basic idea that imitation is a feature of all individuals but disagrees with ... -
Epidemiology of patients presenting to the emergency centre of Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana
(African Journal of Emergency Medicine, http://www.afjem.org/, 2014)Introduction: Emergency medicine is a newly recognized specialty in Botswana and the country launched an emergency medicine residency in January 2011. Data regarding the practice of emergency medicine in Botswana are ... -
Central Delta languages: an overview
(Stellenbosch University, https://www.sun.ac.za/, 2017)This paper presents an overview of the phonology, morphology and syntax of Central Delta languages. It also provides information on the geo-linguistic, demographic and sociolinguistic situation of these languages. It notes ... -
Confronting a culture of silence in an African classroom: an exercise in philosophical Pptice
(Humanities Institute, Kangwon National University, Korea, http://www.kangwon.ac.kr/english/menu3/sub_03_01_02_14.php, 2017)Can Philosophy perform a useful function in contemporary society? This question is usually answered in the affirmative by philosophy teachers who point to the development of the mind as its most important tool, claiming ... -
Prolegomena to a Critical Thinking Therapy
(Humanities Institute, Kangwon National University, Korea, http://www.kangwon.ac.kr/english/menu3/sub_03_01_02_14.php, 2014)Thinking may be a universal feature of human beings but correct, strategic and directed thinking is something that eludes a large section of humanity. Yet it is this kind of directed thinking that is needed in organizations ... -
Reasoning and the military decision making process
(Center for Cognition and Neuroethics, http://cognethic.org/, 2014)The archetypal view of the military is that of a hierarchical organization whose members are conditioned to respond to command without question. Its election of obedience as “the supreme military virtue” portrays it as ...