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An assessment of a vlei ecosystem restoration process: Monavale Vlei, Harare
(2016-04)
Vegetation composition and diversity, soil physical and chemical parameters and primary productivity are important components of a wetland ecosystem recovery process. A comparative analysis of key indicators of ecosystem ...
Diverse Antigen-specific Antibody and Atopic Responses In Schistosomiasis and Malaria Co-infected Individuals.
(2016-04)
The study was part of a huge schistosomiasis survey investigating schistosomiasis in the human model and was conducted in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe (31o 30‘E; 17o 45‘S) at Magaya and Chitate schools where ...
Nutritional composition, antioxidant activity and bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds in selected wild cereal and pseudo-cereal grains found in Zimbabwe
(2016-04)
The nutritional composition of five wild and two domesticated cereal grains was determined using standard analytical methods. It was hypothesised that wild cereal and pseudo cereal grains found in Zimbabwe contained macro ...
Insecticide susceptibility status of Prostephanus truncatus (horn) and Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) in Zimbabwe and assessment of enhancement of grain protection through incorporation of eucalyptus leaves
(2016-04)
Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) are the two most destructive post-harvest insect pests of maize worldwide. Bioassays were carried out to determine the efficacy of commercially available ...
The distribution of cattle and their interaction with the African Buffalo at the wildlife-livestock interface understood using real-time Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and remotely sensed data
(2016-04)
The distribution of herbivores is hypothesized to be influenced by an interplay of several biophysical factors as well as human factors. However, our current understanding of herbivore movement dynamics and factors driving ...
An evaluation of the vulnerability of Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP) district of Zimbabwe to agrometeorological hazards and extreme events for improved farmer resilience
(2016-04)
Increased climate variability due to climate change has always results in the occurrence of varied meteorological hazards world-wide. These hazards and extreme events have the potential to decimate completely a people’s ...
In vitro antibacterial activity of selected plant extracts from Zimbabwe
(2016-04)
Bacterial infections, if not properly treated, have the potential to become life-threatening in humans. The discovery of antibiotics in the 1940s made it possible for bacterial infections to be easily managed, thus, ...
Application of a homogeneously sulphonated polystyrene membrane in the purification of waste water
(2016-11)
The homogeneous sulphonation of waste polystyrene and its subsequent use in waste water purification was studied. The targeted waste was white food trays collected from roadsides, bins and waste dumps. They were shredded ...
Bounds on distance-based graph parameters
(2016-04)
In this thesis, we deal with bounds on distance measures, namely, degree distance,
radius, diameter and the leaf number, in terms of other graph parameters, such
as order and the three classical connectivity measures, ...
Inflammatory markers associated with male genital Schistosomiasis and HIV co-Infection.
(2016)
Schistosomiasis is a diseases caused by a water-borne parasitic trematode of different species of the genus Schistosoma. Male genital schistosomiasis is an infection caused by Schistosoma haematobium species which releases ...