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Analysis Of Annual Rainfall In Zimbabwe For Trends And Periodicities,1891-1988
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1989-12)Recent droughts during the early 1980s have led to the belief that rainfall over Southern Africa has changed or follows some form of periodic behavior. Annual rainfall at 20 stations in Zimbabwe covering the period 1891 ... -
Pupils’ Drawings Of What Is Inside Themselves: A Case Study In Zimbabwe
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-03)This preliminary study looks at the understandings, as revealed by their drawings, of some seven-year-olds and 15-year-olds in Zimbabwe of their internal anatomy. A total of 23 seven year-olds and 21 fifteen year-olds ... -
Psychiatric Services
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1971-03)The provision of psychiatric services on a national scale poses many formidable problems for homogenous communities which are traditionally accustomed to adequate and sophisticated medical services. In countries like ... -
Measures Of Industrial Distribution In Zimbabwe
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1986-12)The dynamic role which industrialization plays in the growth of a national economy has been widely recognized {Hamilton and Linge, 1981s Wood, 1980; Krumme, 1969). Growth in the industrial sector triggers growth in both ... -
Tuberculin Testing In African Children
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1971-11)In African countries tuberculosis remains one of the major health problems. Tuberculin testing is widely used as a screening test for its detection and B.C.G. vaccination is one of the means for its control. The present ... -
Practicality Of Exemplary Curriculum Implementation Materials: The Case Of A Chemistry Module In Science Education In-Service Teacher Training Programme
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-07)This paper reports on a research study that investigated the practicality of a chemistry module. Practicality was with respect to two intentions of the module, i.e. to bring about learner centred teaching and learning as ... -
Granitic Bornhardts And Associated Landform Features In Zimbabwe
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1983-09)Steep-sided convex domes or bomhardts are characteristic of about one third of the granitic ‘ landscapes in central and eastern Zimbabwe. These features are associated with batholith intrusions which make up a large portion, ... -
The Impact Of The Economic Structural Adjustment Programme On Education In Zimbabwe
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2003-11)This paper discusses the impact that the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) has had on the education system in Zimbabwe. It contrasts the racially based colonial education system with the democratic one ... -
Effects of a herbal remedy (CATAR) on human cataract lenses: observations from a preliminary experimental study.
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe, 2002-07)The primary purpose of this study was to carry out a preliminary investigation into the in vitro effects of a herbal remedy code-named CATAR on human cataract lenses. -
Goitre Survey, Omay Tribal Trust Lands, Kariba District, Rhodesia
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1968-03)There is very little published information about goitre in Southern Rhodesia (Kelly and Sneddon, 1960; Dent and Strover, 1966), and of that available much is not quantitative and impressions rather than figures have been ... -
Teachers for the 21st Century in Zimbabwe - The Case For Professional Teacher Ethics in Colleges of Teacher Education.
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe., 1999-11)This paper examines ways of enhancing the quality of teachers as Zimbabwe gears itself for the new millenium. Teachers, in this paper, shall include college lecturers and principals and education officers in the ministries ... -
"Exhausted Messages": Training And Groups : A Comparative Evaluation Of Zimbabwe's Training And Visit System
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe, 1987-06)This paper sets out to look at some of the contradictions inherent in the Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Service's (Agritex) approach to agricultural extension in Zimbabwe. Through a comparative ... -
Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Detached Retina
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1971-09)Laser is still a new weapon in the service of medicine and its main clinical value is in the treatment of detached retinae. The object of this paper is to report on the successful outcome in a particularly difficult type ... -
Vegetation in Zimbabwe.
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Introducing Factor Analysis In Geography: The Geography Of Zimbabwe's Elections
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1986-03)Three experiences as a geography student prompted the writing of this paper. The first was exposure to the general debate on the use and misuses of quantitative techniques within the discipline. The second was observing ... -
Biochemical Analysis Of The Liver Functions Of Two Hundred Southern Rhodesian Children And Young Adults (Part I)
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1968-03)That liver disease in Africa is a major health problem is well known; less well known and understood is the inter-relation of the various possible etiological factors. Higginson, et al., in a study done on liver biopsies ... -
The Weights of Young African Children in a Township in Rhodesia
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1970-01)No standards of normal weight for young children exist for the African population in Rhodesia. Ford (1964) suggested that the Havard Standards (Stuart and Stevenson, 1959) could be used as a guide in assessing malnutrition ... -
Adverse Effects Associated With The Use Of South African Traditional Folk Remedies
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe, 2004-05)At least 80% of people in the South African black community use folk remedies obtained from traditional healers.1'2 The reasons for use of these remedies include community pressure, spiritual needs and lack of access to ... -
Acute Bacterial Meningitis In Childhood
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In-Service Education Needs For Science Laboratory Assistants Operating In Zimbabwean Secondary Schools
(Human Resourse Research Centre, (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe, 2003-07)The study sought to identify the kinds of knowledge and skills possessed by or lacking in persons serving as laboratory assistants in Zimbabwean schools in relation to their effective functioning. Data was obtained through ...