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Complete rectal prolapse in adults: a Tanzanian experience
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-12)This is a retrospective report of nine patients with complete rectal prolapse managed by the authors at the Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam between 1990 and 1993. The average age of patients was 36 years and eight ... -
Occupational Health and Safety and Organized Labour
(Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS), 1983-12)Occupational disease is simply defined as disease which arises from a person’s work. The fact that it has been with us for a long time is illustrated by this extract from a booklet produced by NIOSH. Ancient Roman slaves ... -
Settler Ideology and African Underdevelopment in Postwar Rhodesia
(Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1974-03)A largely ignored aspect of underdevelopment in Rhodesia, which plays a crucial role in legitimating the dominance, policies and status of the ruling group in the economic structure, is the conception, construction and ... -
Policies for Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe: A Response to the World Bank Report
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Problems of Science Education in Africa: Some Analysis and Propositions
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1989-06)Generally, problems or progress of science education in Africa is discussed in terms of enrolment statistics, teacher\pupil ratios and facility inventory such as number of classrooms, laboratories, availability of texts, ... -
The Influence of Teachers’ Cognitive Styles on their Teaching Strategies
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1989-07)This study examines the influence of teachers’ cognitive styles on their teaching strategies. The Cognitive Style Test (Kagan, Moss and Siegel, 1963) was used to group IS secondary school Chemistry teachers into analytical ... -
A Comparative Analysis Of Student Achievement By School Type In Zimbabwe Secondary Schools
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1991-03)The purpose of this study was to determine statistical differences in levels of student performance in ZJC English and Mathematics between six secondary school types in Zimbabwe. 5293 Form 2 students who wrote ZJC examinations ... -
Fundamental Rights and Judicial Review: The Zambian Experience
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1983)This article is about the application of the Zambian Bill of Rights to real life by the Courts. In a wider sense it is also a comparative study of similar types of constitutional devices. The article was originally written ... -
Internal Labour Markets in Rhodesia: A Case Study of Management Responsibility
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe)., 1975-09)It is my contention in this paper that, at least in the company to be discussed, management’s claimed responsibility towards workers is not meant to apply — or to apply fully — to semi- and un-skilled workers, all of whom ... -
The Surgical Treatment of Portal Hypertension
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-10)Portal hypertension remains to my mind one of the most obscure modern surgical problems in many of its aspects. Many of the clinical features of this disease are not capable of ready explanation. Why is it that patients ... -
Exploring law and reality: WLSA methodology: a Zimbabwe version?
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) is, as its name suggests, a Southern African research organisation that focuses on issues that affect women, particularly those issues that intersect with the law in its most broadly ... -
Sexual ambiguity and malformation in Zambia: challenges in surgical management
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1995-05)This article addresses the complexity in diagnosis, gender assignment and management in patients with sexual ambiguity and malformed sexual organs. Between 1984 and 1993, nine children and 10 adult patients with this ailment ... -
Determination of appropriate clomipramine dosage among depressed African outpatients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-07)In an open clomipramine dose finding study, 33 depressed indigenous African outpatients were randomly assigned to two regimens of treatment with 125 mg and 75 mg oral medications daily. At the end of eight weeks of treatment, ... -
Increased susceptibility of erythrocyte membrane lipids to peroxidation in sickle cell disease
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-08)Erythrocytes from normal subjects and from cases of sickle cell disease were exposed to hydrogen peroxide and the extent of membrane lipid peroxidation studied. Significantly increased peroxidation was observed in intact ... -
Determination of land policy in Zimbabwe
(Institute of Development Studies, Zimbabwe (ZIDS. ), 1982-03)This paper which focuses on the determinants of land policy will consist of two sections. The first section will attempt to desribe the background or context in which Zimbabwe’s land policy has evolved since independence ... -
Voluntary withdrawal from anti-epileptic drugs: impact on employee performance, health and safety
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2006-03)The study sought to investigate the impact of voluntary withdrawal from anti-epileptic drugs on performance, health and safety. Employees with epilepsy working in sheltered workshops participated in the study. There were ... -
Farming systems in Zimbabwe’s smallholder agricultural sector: the case of Gokwe South District
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 2000-03)Farming systems in Gokwe South District today are essentially the product of interactions between local indigenous cultivation systems and external interventions. Dryland crop production is the major income generating ... -
An outline of fundamental labour rights under international laws, national constitutions and Zimbabwean constitutional norms
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2009)Amongst the most important rights provided for in democratic societies and constitutions are labour rights. At the foundation of these is the right to just and dignified work for every adult person. A key component of this ... -
The growth of banking and financial institutions
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1967-08)The development of banking and financial institutions generally throughout the western world can best be understood by regarding banks essentially as an industry providing services to the community in which it is established ... -
Conduct of agents in the Northern Malawi tobacco market channel
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 2000-03)This study is based on the Industrial Organisation (10) theory to analyse the behaviour of farmers and firms and the economic performance and how it changes over time. This model posits that there are basic conditions that ...