University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Techno-Economic impact of Petrol- Ethanol Fuel blends on light duty vehicles: Case study- Zimbabwean Petrol Vehicle Fleet.
(2013-05-08)The Government of Zimbabwe has been promoting ethanol as a renewable, homegrown alternative vehicle fuel to gasoline. Ethanol is a form of alcohol that is combustible and can power engines easily. In Zimbabwe, it is made ... -
Investigation of the physical and chemical stability of biodiesel produced from Jatropha Curcas Species in Zimbabwe
(2015-09)Jatropha curcas L. seeds as a raw material for biodiesel production are a rapidly growing interest over the world because of their high oil content, ecological adaptability, and excellent fuel properties. Though there is ... -
Enhancement of Shelf-Life and Oxidative stability of Jatropha curcas Biodiesel in Zimbabwe
(2014-12)Biodiesel is an environment friendly liquid biofuel similar to petro-diesel in terms of fuel quality and combustion characteristics. Increasing environmental concerns, fast depleting petroleum reserves and agriculture based ... -
Remote sensing applications in tobacco yield estimation and the recommended research in Zimbabwe
(Hindawi, 2013-10)Tobacco crop area and yield forecasts are important in stabilizing tobacco prices at the auction floors. Tobacco yield estimation in Zimbabwe is currently based on statistical surveys and ground-based field reports.These ... -
Spectral indices: In-season dry mass and yield relationship of flue-cured tobacco under different planting dates and fertiliser levels
(Hindawi, 2013-08-13)This experiment investigated the relationship between tobacco canopy spectral characteristics and tobacco biomass. A completely randomized design, with plantings on the 15th of September, October, November, and December, ... -
Assessing the spectral separability of flue cured tobacco varieties established on different planting dates and under varying fertilizer management levels
(Hindawi, 2014-01-24)The NDVI was used to discriminate tobacco variety, assess fertilizer levels, and determine the impact of planting date on separating crops. A split plot design with four planting dates, September, October, November, and ... -
Longing for the wisdom of King Solomon : Custody and the best interests of the child concept
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Law, 2013-06)The best interests of the child test has been applied by courts in Zimbabwe and elsewhere to determine which parent should have custody of a child. Some states in the USA have come up with laws that ... -
Challenges faced by women in unregistered customary law unions
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The Zimbabwe student movement: Love-hate relationship with government?
(African Minds, 2015)The purpose of the article is to trace the development of student unionism in Zimbabwe. On the basis of a discussion of the nature of the university, the article argues that because the university environment tolerates ... -
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 ...
