Nanotechnological Applications to Improving Agricultural Water Productivity
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Sandile Thamsanqa Hadebe
Abstract Recent scientific data suggests that nanotechnology has the potential to enhance agricultural water productivity by directly boosting yield production and crop water use. However, …
Climate Change Education in West Africa: Prospects and Problems
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Edidiong Samuel Akpabio, Kemi Funlayo Akeju, Moses Metumara Duruji
Abstract In recent years, the challenges of climate change have accentuated with human factors playing a significant role in its sustenance and spread. This climatic …
Critical Thinking in Sustainable Business: Examining Pragmatic and Ethical Issues for Supporting Biodiversity (Eco-centrism) in Business Education
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Helen Kopnina, Mariusz Baranowski, Liz Nantunda
Abstract This research aims to examine the case for mainstreaming the positioning of ecocentric perspectives in university business school settings. We argue for an urgent …
Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Change Literacy in Botswana: A Critical Review
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Thato Majola, Neo Scholarstic Ntirase, Kgosietsile Velempini
Abstract One of the most urgent global issues, climate change, has long-term effects on countries’ sustainable development. It affects everything from rising sea levels and …
Indigenizing Education for Climate Management in Cameroon
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Ernest L. Molua, Francis Ebai Ndip, Marco Alberto Nanfouet
Abstract Climate change is associated with food and nutrition insecurity, with the potential to further exacerbate water, health, and energy insecurity. The education of farmers …
Homage to a gentle giant: Concepts, creativity, and collaboration in our flowing with Elmarie Costandius
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Karen Suzette Collett, Belinda Verster, Caroline van den Berg
This paper revisits our collaborative process of concept development through the use of the Flow process, introduced to us by Elmarie Costandius. We track and …
At the water table: Seeking the trace in research writing
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Lucia Thesen
This paper describes a process of concept development, written in memory of Elmarie Costandius, who I learnt from in a series of workshops to reconfigure …
The Correlation of Investment Securities and the Returns of Pension Fund Administrators in an Emerging Economy
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Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf, Adedeji Daniel Gbadebo
The pension fund administrators (PFAs) are saddled with the responsibility to manage and invest pension contributions on behalf of employees through investment in securities and …
Micro Credit and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: Evidence from Selected Agribusiness Cooperative Societies in Oyo State
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Majeed Ajibola Ibrahim, Adedeji Daniel Gbadebo, Olawale Bamidele Dada
Poverty is one of the world's biggest issues, particularly in third-world countries. Nigeria is not an exception to the rule that governments everywhere have been …
Impact of Social Responsibility on Income Tax: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
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Emmanuel Imuede Oyasor
Introduction: the study investigated the relationship between community responsibility and effective income tax rate of listed insurers in Nigeria; determined the relationship between environmental responsibility …
A study on the effect of the number of expansion units in a microfluidic chip on hyaluronidase-free oocyte denudation in mammals
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Ashraf Hisham Dessouky, Haitham El-Hussieny, Taymour M. El-Sherry
Abstract In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) are well-known fertility treatments that, due to resource-intensive, high degree of expertise required, and frequent …
Detection of Change Patterns in COVID-19 Deaths and the Implementation of Public Health Policies in Botswana
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Lebotsamang Abidile, Morvyn Ngoni Nyakudya
Background: At the earlier stages of COVID-19 disease, there were no pharmaceutical measures such as vaccines and medications available that could be used to either …
Assessment of COVID-19 Deaths in Botswana using the SIRD Model for the Period 2020 to 2022
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Lebotsamang Abidile
Background: There is need for a development of a robust model framework for COVID-19 to help researchers simulate several virus transmission scenarios, assist in predicting …
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dog Owners Regarding Dog-Related Diseases in Mvomero and Morogoro Districts, Tanzania
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Amina Ramadhani Issae, Hezron Emanuel Nonga
Background: Dogs were the earliest animals domesticated by humans for various purposes, but receive little attention from the community and may be sources of diseases …
FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF FEMALE CONDOMS AMONG WOMEN AGED 15-49 ATTENDING THE FAMILY PLANNING UNIT AT SOROTI REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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Constance Florence Amella, Rosemary. Nakitende
Background. Soroti Regional Referral Hospital HMIS records reported a steady decrease in the utilization of female condoms, from 1.0% to 0.7% and 0.1% in 2021, …
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO OBSTRUCTED LABOR AMONG MOTHERS IN LABOUR IN MATERNITY WARD AT SOROTI REGIONAL REFERRA
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Shaluwa Kainamirembe, Derick Modi, Ruth Oluka Amoding
Background. At Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, the Health Management Information System report of 2022/2023 showed that 20% of the mothers who had had caesarean sections …
Review: A scoping review to evaluate the efficacy of combining traditional healing and modern psychiatry in global mental healthcare — R1/PR8
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Sagar Jilka, Catherine Winsper, Samantha A. Johnson
Traditional faith healers (TFHs) are often consulted for serious mental illness (SMIs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Involvement of TFHs in mental healthcare could …
Peaceful Coexistence with Hints of Conflict Over the Use of Water Resources of the Dam of Salbisgo in Burkina Faso
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Frédéric BATIONO, Abdoul Karim GOROU
Competition for access to water on hydraulic structures sometimes results on contradictory rationales of the various categories of water users.The increase in water needs has …
Study on Infestation Level of GIT Parasites of Sheep and Antihelmentic Drug Resistance in Horro District Community Based Sheep Breeding Program
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Tesfaye Mersha Cherinnat
Parasites pose a major threat to animal health and welfare globally, with a greater impact in Africa, particularly Ethiopia, due to diverse agro-ecological factors that …
Social induction and the developmental trajectory of participation in intergroup conflict by vervet monkeys
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Madison Clarke, Tyler R. Bonnell, Rosemary Blersch
Abstract We assess the proposition that intergroup conflict (IGC) in non-human primates offers a useful comparison for studies of human IGC and its links to …