Anopheles gambiae Giles larval breeding habitats were characterized in Gokwe South district in Zimbabwe to determine the ecological parameters of Anopheles breeding sites and identify their associations with larval density. ...

The sanitary disposal of solid wastes constitutes one of the most pressing challenges facing urban authorities in Zimbabwe. In recent years, there has been considerable increase in illegal waste dumping, which indicates ...

This study was carried out to develop drip irrigation guidelines for citrus in Zimbabwe. In order to achieve this, the average ETo values for the study site were derived from climatic data. The study, which was carried out ...

Since its emergence in the 1980s,the HumanImmuno-deficiency Virus(HIV),the causative agent of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has claimed the lives of millions of people(20 million), and continues to exert ...

Maize production in marginal tropical regions is at great risk from rainfall variability. Farmers would benefit from the ability to forecast production likelihood. In this study we sought to develop a simple maize ...

Biometrics have become very popular as a tool in combating crime in the world. This has also been necessitated by the September 11 2001 event. Despite all the research that has been carried out the improvement of the ...

Mining discharges toxic pollutants, fumes and dust into the environment that endanger human as well as faunal, floral and aquatic life. Some mining companies including Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) developed environmental ...

When a heated pipe is axially rotated, the dynamics of the gas inside exhibit properties reminiscent of a positive lens. These are the result of a parabolic distribution of refractive index in the pipe, which is caused by ...

This thesis is about the phenomenological study of bifurcations in epidemiologicalmodels, in particular, in backward bifurcation. We consider models that exhibit such bifurcation and also consider the factors that cause ...

The devastating impact of HIV as a chronic infectious agent on humankind has forced a consideration of the rationale of administering combined drug therapies that incorporate fusion inhibitors, reverse transcriptase ...