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Using population parameters to separate fish stocks in the Okavango delta fishery: A preliminary assessment
(Botswana Society, 2005)Populations of three cichlid species from the upper and lower Okavango Delta were compared in terms of biological population parameters, in order to investigate whether the fish species of the Delta consist of one continuous, ... -
Using the servqual model to evaluate the impact of the public service reforms in the provision of primary health care in Botswana
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2010-09)The health sector is pivotal to any national development initiative; hence, Botswana has taken seriously the principle of primary health care as contained in the the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978. As a demonstration of ... -
Utilisation of local knowledge in household adaptation to malaria endemicity in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-06)Malaria is a persistent health challenge in developing countries. The African continent is the most affected, with nearly 90% of malaria related mortality in the world. In Botswana, malaria is endemic in the northern region ... -
Utilization of the District Health Information Software (DHIS) in Botswana: from paper to electronic based system
(IST-Africa 2016 Conference Proceedings, http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2016, 2016)Concerns on the status of Botswana’s health information systems were raised as early as the late 1980s. Several assessments overtime revealed weaknesses in the system including fragmentation, weak approaches to data ... -
A validated analytical method for the determination of lumefantrine in selected time modulated dried blood spot samples from malaria patients in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2020-03)A simple liquid chromatography- diode array detector (LC-DAD) method for the determination of lumefantrine in whole blood collected in dried blood spot (DBS) filters was developed and validated. The validation was done ... -
Validity of the finnish diabetes risk score for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among general medical outpatients in Botswana
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihttpsndawi_Publishing_Corporation, 2016-08)This was a cross-sectional study designed to assess the validity of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among general medical outpatients in Botswana. Participants aged ≥20 years without ... -
Variation in assemblages of small fishes and microcrustaceans after inundation of rarely flooded wetlands of the lower Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Springer, www.springer.com, 2013-09-30)Water extraction from floodplain river systems may alter patterns of inundation of adjacent wetlands and lead to loss of aquatic biodiversity. Water reaching the Okavango Delta (Delta), Botswana, may decrease due to excessive ... -
Variation in attrition at subnational level: review of the Botswana National HIV/AIDS Treatment (Masa) programme data (2002–2013)
(Wiley, https://www.wiley.com/en-us, 2016-01)Objective: To evaluate the variation in all-cause attrition [mortality and loss to follow-up (LTFU)] among HIV-infected individuals in Botswana by health district during the rapid and massive scale-up of the National ... -
Variation of physico-chemical parameters along a river transect through the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Tailor and Francis Online; https://www.tandfonline.com, 2016-06-07)The Okavango Delta depends on water quantity and quality to sustain its ecosystem services. Whereas many studies have been carried out on its hydrology, few have been done on water quality in the delta. Water pH, electrical ... -
Vector measures of bounded semivariation and associated convolution operators
(Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=GMJ, 2011)Let G be a compact metrizable abelian group, and let X be a Banach space. We characterize convolution operators associated with a regular Borel X-valued measure of bounded semivariation that are compact (resp; weakly ... -
Vegetation cover trends along the Botswana Kalahari transect
(Elsevier; www.elsevier.com/locate/jaridenv, 2003)Vegetative response aspects of climate change studies include the determination of vegetation cover changes across climatic gradients. Vegetation characteristics and soil moisture measurements were obtained from four ... -
A vegetation-based hierarchical classification for seasonally pulsed floodplains in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://taylorandfrancis.com, 2011-12-11)A classification scheme is presented for seasonal floodplains of the Boro-Xudum distributary of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. This distributary is subject to an annual flood-pulse, the inundated area varying from a mean ... -
Verb inflectional morphology in Ikwere
(The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, eng.jwl.or.kr/, 2018-07-31)Although some work has been done on Ikwere verb inflectional morphology, no comprehensive description of this aspect of the language exists. This paper aims at providing a fairly comprehensive description of the verb ... -
‘A very grave and expensive error’?: the Legislative Council’s debate on the choice of a new site for the Capital of Botswana, 1961-1965
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This paper examines the reasons why it was considered appropriate for the capital of Botswana to be relocated in Gaborone from its administrative enclave in Mahikeng (in South Africa) where it had been for seventy years. ... -
Viral diversity and diversification of major non-structural genes vif, vpr, vpu, tat exon 1 and rev exon 1 during primary HIV-1 subtype C infection
(Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, 2012)To assess the level of intra-patient diversity and evolution of HIV-1C non-structural genes in primary infection, viral quasispecies obtained by single genome amplification (SGA) at multiple sampling timepoints up to 500 ... -
Virtualizing the p-ANAPL library: A step towards drug discovery from African medicinal plants
(Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, 2014)Background: Natural products play a key role in drug discovery programs, both serving as drugs and as templates for the synthesis of drugs, even though the quantities and availabilities of samples for screening are often ... -
Viscosity behaviour of particles with non-adsorbing polymers Part III—experimental study
(Elsevier B.V. www.elsevier.com/locate/colsurfa, 2004)A series of well characterised cis-poly(isoprene) (PIP) polymers (Mw = 1180, 8000, 28 300, 31 500, 86 000, 115 000 and 130 000) have been added to dispersions of poly(12-hydroxystearic acid) (PHS) coated poly(methylmethacrylate) ... -
Viscosity, molecular weight and concentration relationships at 298K of low molecular weight cis-polyisoprene in a good solvent
(Elsevier B.V. www.elsevier.com/locate/colsurfa, 2007)Aseries of six well characterised homopolymers of cis-polyisoprene (PIP) ranging from 1180 to 115,000 molecular weight were utilised to explore viscosity and the scaling relationship between viscosity and concentration ... -
Vission 2016 and reforming the intelligence in Botswana
(The Botswana Society, 2008)The Botswana government proposed to the national parliament the setting up of an enlarged intelligence agency known as the Directorate of Intelligence and Security. It drafted and published in the Government Gazette, an ... -
Voices from the frontlines: the epidemics of HIV/AIDS and violence among women and girls
(Taylor & Francis, LLC. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/uhcwauth.asp, 2009)The papers in this special issue focus on the topic of violence against women. This group of scholarly works explores theoretical issues, context and health care interventions pertaining to violence in women’s lives. ...