University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Disseminated Burkitt’s Lymphoma with a Pancreatic Mass in a HIV Positive Woman Diagnosed by Axillary Lymph Node Biopsy
(Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, http://www.jcdr.net/, 2017-08-01)Burkitt’s Lymphoma (BL) is a highly aggressive B cell lymphoma of non Hodgkin’s type usually presenting in extranodal sites for endemic and sporadic types of the disease. Like other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (NHL), HIV ... -
Punishment and the extraction of labour in colonial Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2016-08-31)The role of law as an instrument of colonial rule in sub-Saharan Africa seems to have received inadequate attention in the historiography while on the other hand, the extraction of African labour has received signifi cant ... -
A Review of Statutes and Administrative Jurisdictions on Graves, Burial Grounds and Human Remains in Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr, 2016-08-31)In Botswana there is no legal protection of archaeological graves, burial grounds and associated humantissue. This is despite the increased interaction between burial grounds, graves, and infrastructuraldevelopments where ... -
Patterns of lexical borrowing in Chichewa
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)Lexical borrowing is an important aspect of language change. The study of loanwords can give important insights into the cultural and socio-historical circumstances of a language. This paper examines lexical borrowing ... -
The amplexives in Setswana
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)Amplexives are nouns that morphologically do not fall within the normal nominal class system but are used as names of individuals which then mean they must be proper nouns. Therefore, Setswana has not only a complex verbal ... -
The training of teachers of African languages for primary schools in Botswana
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)The training of teachers for indigenous languages in Botswana mirrors the language in education policy which recommends only two languages for school, of which Setswana is the only indigenous language. In addition to ... -
Nasal retention of noun prefixes of classes 9/10 in Bantu languages: a case study from Setswana, Kiswahili and Shisukuma
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)The proto-forms of the prefixes of classes 9/10 in Bantu languages have invariably been represented as *n-/*n- (Meeussen 1967: 97) and *ny-/*ny- (Guthrie 1971). Some scholars have proposed other forms, especially for Cl.10. ... -
Documentation of indigenous knowledge and best-bet practices for sustainable natural resources management
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-01-02)A study was carried out to document indigenous knowledge (IK) and practice on use of animals and plants, and best-bet practices (BBPs) during Phase I (2003-2004) of the Desert Margins Programme (DMP), whose overall objective ... -
Pathological findings in animals in Gaborone area
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-01-02)A 7-year retrospective study was conducted to determine the role of different disease conditions causing mortalities in animals in Gaborone area. Necropsies were performed on 112 carcasses comprising of 15 cattle, 32 goats, ... -
Using factor analysis to characterise the body structure of male and female indigenous Tswana goat at kid and grower ages
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-01-02)This study was conducted to estimate the relationships among body measurements and determine underlying factors describing the body structure of female and male Tswana goats at kid and grower age-groups. Body-weight (BW), ... -
Quality in science: the need for constant vigilance
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-01-02)The government of Botswana has a standing commitment to promoting science as a vehicle for economic development and harnessing natural resources, value addition and diversification. This standing is evident by the establishment ... -
An overview of occultism in the literary works of Unity Dow and Emmanuel Mbogo
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)Although modernity as evidenced by formal education, urbanization, globalization and an ICT-driven age has resulted in tremendous social-cultural changes in Africa, the practice of occultism, often considered as belonging ... -
A morpho-tonological description of Ikalanga infinitive verbs
(Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Development Community Universities, journals.ub.bw/index.php/lasu, 2016-07-28)In order to explain how tone works in Ikalanga infinitives, this description uses data collected from native speakers and glossaries, verified with the help of dictionary data from other languages. The authors preferred ... -
Estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters and responses to selection in growth traits in three beef cattle breeds raised under ranch conditions in Botswana
(Botswana College of Agriculture, http://www.bca.bw/, 2014-08-09)The study estimated phenotypic and genetic parameters and responses to selection of growth traits in three beef cattle breeds raised under ranch conditions in Botswana. Weights at birth (BW), at weaning (7 month; (WW) and ... -
Dairy production in Botswana: current status and prospects
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2014-11-10)This paper provides an overview of the dairy industry in Botswana. The paper is structured around the milk production and importation to meet the national shortfall in milk and milk product requirements. The prospects for ... -
Effect of sorghum variety on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of malted grains from Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2014-01-16)This study investigated the effects of variety of sorghum on nutritional levels of malted grains. Unscreened grains of BSH1, Mahube, Phofu and Segaolane were malted and analysed for crude protein, minerals, fiber, organic ... -
Information is important for timely and effective agricultural production
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2014-01-16)One of the consistently mentioned constrain to improved agricultural productivity is lack of management skills. However, skills are usually obtained through training and acquiring information and knowledge. In order to ... -
Fatty acid profile and mineral composition of traditionally processed gibto (Lupinus albus L.) grown in Ethiopia
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2014-08-09)White lupin seeds, Lupinus albus L. are known for their bitter taste due to the presence of different alkaloids and other related anti-nutritional factors which make the seeds inedible. There are reports on some of processing ... -
A domain based framework for effective project leadership
(The University of the West Indies, www.uwi.edu/index.asp, 2015-07)This paper argues that the project environment is unique, complex, and uncertain and therefore an understanding of project leadership should be approached from that point of view. It also argues that the prevailing project ... -
On cartesian nets and fubini-tonelli type theorem
(International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics, http://www.ijapm.org/, 2017-04)The notion of Cartesian net is introduced in order to provide an appropriate setting for the notion of double limit for directed functions defined on Cartesian products of spaces. As an application, we obtain extensions ...