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Improving the traditional earth construction: a case study of Botswana
(Elsevier, 1997)The traditional developed earth as one of the most important construction materials by taking cognizance of the strength requirements, durability of resulting structures and the environmental concern in processing and using ... -
Makgowa, Mahaletsela, and Maburu: traders and travellers before c.1820
(Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 1997)This article is about the way people of Tswana origin related with non Tswana speaking people and how they referred to them. It talks about how some of the non Tswana speaking people especially the Whites or Makgowa came ... -
Competing gender ideologies: a conceptual framework for the analysis of education amongst Batswana of Botswana, c.1840-c.1994
(Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana. http://www.thuto.org, 1997)In both precolonial and Westerm forms of schooling, education was a crucial medium of construction and articulation of ideas concerning the role and behaviour of women. Precolonial education reproduced and maintained sharp ... -
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 ... -
Phenolic and antibacterial constituents of Vahlia capensis
(Georg Thieme Verlag, https://www.thieme.com/books-main/biochemistry/product/3494-planta-medica, 1997)The n-butanol fraction of Vahlia capensis yielded kaempferol, quercetin, afzelin, astragalin, quercitrin, iso-quercitrin, rutin, gallic acid, chiro-inositol, dulcitol, and a novel biflavonoid, VC-15B (vahlia biflavone). ... -
Bufadienolides and other constituents of Urginea sanguinea
(Georg Thieme Verlag, https://www.thieme.com/books, 1997)Fresh bulbs of Urginea sanguinea yielded stigmasterol, phloroglucinol, phloroglucinol 1-β-D-glucopyranoside (phlorin), scillaren A, a novel compound 5α-4,5-dihydroscillaren A (1), salicylic acid, and 3-hydroxy-4-methylbenzoic ... -
Quality and Compositional Studies of Some Edible Leguminosae Seed Oils in Botswana
(AOCS Press. http://www.springerlink.com/content/120382/, 1998)Seed oils were extracted with n-hexane from three edible Leguminosae seeds: Tylosema esculentum, Xanthocercis zambesiaca, and Bauhinia petersiana, giving yields of 48.2, 17.6, and 20.8% (w/w), respectively. Some physical ... -
General Properties and the Fatty Acid Composition of the Oil from the Mophane Caterpillar, Imbrasia belina
(AOCS Press. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0003-021X, 1998)A preliminary investigation of the bulk properties of the oil from the edible mophane caterpillar (phane), Imbrasia belina, showed a significant difference in the iodine values of the oils from mature and young phane. ... -
K-Maps: a visual tool for systematic design of combinational circuits using multiplexers
(University of Botswana, 1998)One of the application areas of digital multiplexers is in implementation of logic equations. Truth tables can be used as a design tool, but they become very limited when design details are explored.It will be shown in ... -
Gender perceptions of the Botswana Literacy Programme among the minorities in the Chobe District
(BNR, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 1998)This paper discusses a gender analysis of the perceptions of the Basubiya in North Western Botswana towards participation and utilization of the Botswana National Literacy Programme (NLP). The need to determine the effects ... -
On the oscillatory flow past an infinite vertical porous plate1 - mean flow
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Livingstone’s ideas of Christianity, commerce and civilization
(University of Botswana, National Institute of Development and Cultural Reseach, http://www.thuto.org/pula/html/pula-home-page.htm, 1998)David Livingstone is often misunderstood as being a conscious promoter of European colonization of Africa. On the contrary, he believed that the key to Africa's future was the stimulation of indigenous development and good ... -
Management of waste oil in Botswana and the possibilities of energy recovery from waste oil
(University of Botswana, 1998)Since independence, the economy of Botswana has been undergoing a rapid transition from one in which the majority of the people depend on traditional agriculture and pastoralism to one in which formal sector employment ... -
Determinants of the nutritional status of children in a rural African setting: the case of Chobe district, Botswana
(United Nations University Press. http://www.unu.edu, 1998)Variations in interdistrict nutritional status have puzzled both social policy makers and health workers in Botswana. A total of 643 households and 898 pre-school children were surveyed to determine factors that are ... -
Effects of some factors in the mdulus of elasticity of deformability of lightweight concrete
(University of Botswana, 1998)Investigations of the influence of various factors on the modulus of elasticity and deformability of different types of lightweight concrete are presented.The results show that the modulus are not constant and decrease ... -
High definition television:-the TV system of the future
(University of Botswana, 1998)This paper describes the fundamental principles of production and accomplishment of High Definition Television (HDTV)-the television system of the future.It looks at the parameters of high definition television (HDTV),and ... -
Essential elements of telephone call charging systems
(University of Botswana, 1998)There are many instances where a telephone call charge needs to be avaialable immediately after a call is made. Usually, for a fee a telecommunication provider can provide call charge for a particular call. Call charging ... -
Solar still for rose water production
(University of Botswana, 1998)This paper is the outcome of students'project work guided by the author. An attempt has been made to design and develop a solar still for rose water production in India. This unit has the following features:i) possibility ... -
Nutrition-infection interactions
(AFAHPER-SD; see http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=153, 1998)Nutrition and health are closely related to each other. Adequate nutrition leads to good or normal health. The focus of this paper is on the interaction of, and relationships between, nutrition and infection (as a health aspect). -
The impact of state legislation on the organisation of trade unions: the case of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) in Botswana
(Taylor and Francis (Routledge), www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/, 1998)Labour legislation is the unique device governments use to lay down standards and conventions in the workplace and to control industrial relations. Using focused interviews with unionists, government officials, employers ...