University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Epilepsy and its Variations
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-01)Epilepsy is an extremely common disease, although actual statistics on racial and geographical distribution are virtually unobtainable. Turner in 1907 estimated that the ratio of epilepsy per thousand of the population in ... -
Strategies Used by Chitungwiza Day Care Centre Caregivers to Deal with Separation Anxiety in Preschool Children
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)This study was conducted to investigate strategies used by Chitungwiza day care centre caregivers to deal with separation anxiety in preschool children. It was important to have an insight into the strategies used because ... -
Primary School Teachers’ Colleges’ Preparation of Student Teachers for the Teaching of Children’s Literature - The Case of Marymount, Masvingo, Mogernster and Bondolfi Teachers’ Colleges
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2007-09)The study was an investigation into the primary school teachers' colleges' preparation of student teachers for the teaching of children's literature. It was established that there is no systematic and deliberate preparation ... -
Book Review: Mujajati, G. (2008) Mwana Waamai (My Mother’s Daughter)
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)Written in the ChiShona language of Zimbabwe, Mwana Waamai, Gorge Mujajati’s fifth literary offering, grimly predicts the horrendous Joseph Fritzl tale of incest and abduction (first brought to light in April, 2008 and ... -
The Propriety of Administration of Oaths and Affirmations by Prosecutors in the Magistrates Courts in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)This article was mainly inspired by rather an anomalous but rampant practice by the magistrates in Zimbabwe of requiring prosecutors appearing before them to swear in witnesses. This practice is common at the Rotten Row ... -
Simple Guide to Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Relation to Surgery
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-02)The rapid advances in surgery and anaesthetics are making more extensive surgical procedures possible and allowing more “poor risk” patients to be operated on with a reasonable chance of survival. An important advance has ... -
An Assesment of the Utilisation of Computers as Teaching and Learning Resources: a Case Study of Selected Gweru Urban Schools
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)Computers have a great potential to transform the teaching and learning process in our classrooms. However, the realisation of this potential depends on how much our teachers use this technology in their teaching. It is, ... -
The Writing of Medical Papers
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-02)Scientists, and medical men are scientists, have been attacked for the poor quality of their writing, and yet, as Professor Kapp (1950) remarked at a meeting of the British Association a few years ago, during the past half ... -
Historical Development of Co-Operatives Generally and in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)The nature of co-operatives cannot be fully understood without first looking at some historical aspects. This will help us understand the modem development and direction of co-operatives. Social co-operation has existed ... -
An Analysis of Technical and Vocational Education Policy Growth and Development in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Africa
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)Socio-economic development is negatively affected if Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) policy growth and development is not purposefully aligned injandem with the national economic thrust. This paper starts by ... -
Twelve Years of Legal Education In Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)In the twelve years since Zimbabwe attained its independence in 1980, a number of attempts to transform and improve legal education have been made. Until 1990, Zimbabwe had only one University, the University of Zimbabwe. ... -
Predicting Organizational Commitment from Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles among Secondary School Teachers in Southwestern Nigeria
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2007-11)This study examined the relationship between leadership style and organizational commitment of secondary school teachers. Participants were 420 (male = 200, female = 220) teachers randomly selected from five states in ... -
Wide World in Uganda, CYP in Ghana — Lessons to Share
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2007-11)The focus ofthis study was to do a comparative study of two international distance learning programs in Africa - WIDE World in Uganda and Commonwealth Youth Program [CYP] in Ghana to find out how the two programs could ... -
Malaria in Infancy
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-02)To the epidemiologist malaria in the infant is of two-fold interest. In highly "malarious" areas it is the first attacks, occurring during the early years of life, which build up a relative immunity at the cost of considerable ... -
The Philosophy of Public Reason
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)To contemporary African politics, academic freedom is at best irrelevant and, at worst, conjures up images of political opposition. This explains the fate of many African universities and academics. Current Western ... -
Towards Sustainable Urban Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Zimbabwe: a Comparative Study of Urban Low and High Density Suburbs of Mabelreign-Marlborough-Westgate and Mabvuku-Tafara, Harare 2005-2008
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)The global food crisis is a real observable fact the world over and it is likely to remain with us if unsustainable food production methods are not in place. The food crisis is regarded as a serious number one problem the ... -
Erythropoietic (Congenital) Porphyria in a Bantu Girl
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-04)The case here presented is of congenital porphyria occurring in a three-year-old Bantu girl of the Bapedi tribe. This is the second case of this rare type of porphyria recorded in the Bantu of Southern Africa. The patient ... -
Gargoylism in the African: Report of a Case
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The Constitutional Recognition and Popular Enjoyment of Human Rights in Zimbabwe
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Feedback Inhibition of Nitrogen Fixation by Plant and Environmental Factors
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1998)A literature review provides evidence that legumes have greater requirements for water and nutrients, and are more sensitive to toxicities of Mn and A1 than non-legumes. Furthermore, legumes are more exigent when fixing ...