This primer focuses on the operations and functions of markets for resource and forest products. Markets are fundamental in aiding the exchange of goods and services between people within an economy and in the distribution ...

One reason for studying marketing is that, as consumers, a large share of purchasing dollar goes for marketing activities. Professor Reavis Cox (1995) estimated that 41.7 of this dollar is consumed by distribution activities. ...

A total product is much more than a physical product. If a product is involved, it probably needs packaging. Further, physical products and services probably should be branched to make sure that they are clearly identifiable ...

Cohabitation unions are on the increase in Kenya more so due to the breakdown of the family unit as a result of increased urbanization and rural-urban migration. More often than not, those entering into cohabitation unions ...

This paper critically analyses the projection of the African image and the condition of the African race as depicted in Emmanuel Chiwome’s Masango Mavi (1998), and Ignatius Mabasa’s Mapenzi (1999) in the broad context ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios, estimated at 870/100 000 live births.1 Maternal mortality for the Greater Harare Maternity Unit (GHMU) was 370/100 000 live births in 1997 and ...

Due to high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries where HIV prevalence is also high, developing effective TB vaccines that will prevent infection and reactivation of latent infection is a high priority. ...

This thesis presents mathematical models for thermal energy storage in low energy buildings. Two different cooling systems are considered. One uses a ventilated slab, the other a packed bed. The ventilated slab design is ...