Author:Adam, Sani YakubuDate:2022By borrowing both empirical and conceptual tools from book history, this dissertation documents the history of the Kano Book Market (KBM) in northern Nigeria. Its sources are drawn from archives, private and public records, oral histories, ...Read more
Author:Abramson, Michael JamesDate: 2022Background: There are few surgical options available to manage complex talar pathology that result in predictably acceptable functional and patient satisfaction scores. Recently, the total talar replacement has gained popularity as a viable ...Read more
Author:Abdulatief, SorayaDate:2022The need to prepare science teachers in South Africa to respond to a heterogenous language and literacies context where multilingualism is the norm and where school conditions may shift rapidly is urgent. However, students arrive at university ...Read more
Author:Abbey, Humphrey KwakuDate:2022Hearing impairment is a chronic condition for which limited screening and diagnostic services are available in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). In addition to the conventional medical devices existing to screen for the condition, ...Read more
Author:Clark, FionaDate:2022Globally, there are significant contrasts, both thermally and chemically, between peridotite xenoliths exhumed from Archean, and post-Archean terranes. Studies of the thermal structure of the lithosphere, in combination with surface heat flow ...Read more
Author:Chopra, VrindaDate:2022Entrepreneurial approaches advocated as pathways for addressing development goals of unemployment and inequality have been heavily criticised. Critical development scholarship argues that entrepreneurship for development contributes to the ...Read more
Author:Chiseya, Lorraine SambaDate:2022Introduction Information on the relationship between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) is contradictory and limited to studies conducted in high-income countries characterised by a predominance of injection drug ...Read more
Author:Chenganna, AzhaganDate:2022This study has attempted to explore the myriad ways talk radio is tied to everyday life in Mauritius. As a point of departure, this study has considered the success of Mauritian private radio stations as a social phenomenon that deserves ...Read more
Author:Chinyama, FrancisDate:2022Poverty alleviation continues to be paramount for developing countries. This necessitates the need for poverty tracking tools to monitor progress towards this goal and effect timely interventions. One major way poverty has been tracked in ...Read more
Author:Chikohora, Tinashe EdwardDate:2022The global shift towards clean energy has seen a spiked rate of environmentally friendly renewable energy sources (RES) as utilities and regional energy blocks battle with rising demand. RES sites may be located in remote or populated areas ...Read more
Author:Chido, Ratidzai MadzvamutseDate:2022Background Mental disorders including substance use disorders are a leading cause of disease burden, contributing 16% of the global burden of disease in young people aged 10 to 19 years. Substance use in adolescents and young people cannot ...Read more
Author:Chemisto, MusaDate:2022This exploratory and interpretive research analytically examines perceived influence of the Water Supply Database (WSDB) initiative on Uganda's water sector development, particularly the rural sector. The WSDB was deployed by the Ministry of ...Read more
Author:Cassim, SumaiyaDate:2022Introduction: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (DLBCL NOS) is subdivided according to the cell-of-origin (COO) classification into germinal centre B-cell (GCB) and activated B-cell (ABC) subtypes, each with different ...Read more
Author:Bush, Luke AnthonyDate:2022Introduction Firearm injuries account for an increasingly significant portion of violence related trauma experienced in South Africa. The related burden on district level emergency care, surgical and inpatient services is poorly described. ...Read more
Author:Majola, SibahleDate: 2022The Qhubeka! Youth Development Programme is the first programme launched by the NonProfit Company (NPC), Just Grace, in 2012. The organisation is implementing five community programmes: (1) School strengthening; (2) Community development; (3) ...Read more
Author:Onyeagoziri,Onyekachi JohnDate: 2020In South Africa, disasters are a crucial impediment to successful sustainable development in communities. Many communities have insufficient capacity to forecast, check, handle and reduce disaster risk. These communities face a growing range ...Read more
Author:Balle, ChristinaDate: 2018Background Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionally affected by HIV and often rely on injectable hormonal contraception (HC) to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, HC might affect HIV-1 risk through changes in the female ...Read more
Author:Azegele, Rony Mung'asiaDate: 2018Bioethanol production through fermentation of sugarcane juice and its derivatives such as molasses is gaining popularity worldwide as focus shifts towards renewable energy production. However, ethanol fermentation results in the production ...Read more
Author:Antia, Mary-JaneDate: 2018In South Africa, the inability of many students to acquire knowledge and to successfully demonstrate acquired knowledge in assessments has, in part, been attributed to their low levels of proficiency in the language of learning and teaching ...Read more
Author:Bain, Cairns A RDate:1967An investigation has been made of the feasibility of using crystal, liquid and gel scintillators for the study of neutron inelastic scattering from elements, contained or loaded in the scintillators. The nuclides included those of iodine, ...Read more