Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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The Effectiveness of the Major Environmental Management Programmes at Trojan Nickel Mine and Bindura Smelter and Refinery, Bindura.
(2012-08-16)Mining discharges toxic pollutants, fumes and dust into the environment that endanger human as well as faunal, floral and aquatic life. Some mining companies including Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) developed environmental ... -
POSSIBLE SIMPLIFIED RATE MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF THE EMISSION SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT DUE TO EASILY IONIZABLE ELEMENTS DURING FLAME ATOMIC EMISSION (FAES) AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMMETRY (ICP-OES)
(2012-08-02)The effects of excess Na and K on K and Mg atom line emission during air-acetylene flame atomic spectrometry (FAES), and of excess Li and K on Ca, Mg and Sr atom and ion lines in the inductively coupled plasma (ICP), were ... -
A Study of the Helminth Parasite of Fish and Fish-eating Birds in the Manyame Catchment, Zimbabwe.
(2012-07-11)This study was done to determine the major helminth parasites of the sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, the straightfin barb, Barbus paludinosus and four species of piscivorous birds: Phalacrocorax africanus (Reed ... -
CHARACTERISATION OF THE POLYSACCHARIDE MATERIAL ISOLATED FROM THE FRUIT OF CORDIA ABYSSINICA
(2012-07-11)Treatment of aqueous extracts of the fruit of C. abyssinica, containing 0.25% sodium chloride with three volumes of ethanol produced an acidic polysaccharide with a 2% yield, on a fresh weight basis. With a protein content ... -
In Vitro interactionsof plant phenolic compounds and antiparasitic drugs with drug metabolising enzymes and transporters
(2012-07-11)Drug metabolising enzymes and transporters play a critical role in the pharmacokinetics and hence, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of compounds and medicines. The objective of this thesis was to ... -
The Interaction of Antiparasitic Drugs with the Drug-metabolising Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) and Characterisation of a CYP Variant Unique to African Populations.
(2012-07-11)The cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily of enzymes is now known to be an important determinant of the outcome of drug therapy. Consequently, drug-CYP interaction studies that have led to an improvement in production of safer ... -
Parasite hybridization in African Macrogyrodactylus spp. (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) signals historical host distribution
(Cambridge University Press, 2010-01-21)Macrogyrodactylus spp. from the gills of Clarias gariepinus in Zimbabwe and Kenya, and C. anguillaris in Senegal were identified using haptoral sclerite morphology and by sequencing the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal ... -
Diversity of metazoan parasites of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) as indicators of pollution in a subtropical African river system
(Cambridge University Press 2009, 2009-09-18)The relationship between parasite species diversity and organic pollution in the upper Manyame catchment, Zimbabwe, was investigated between October 2006 and January 2007. The parasite assemblage comprised 13 species in ... -
Managing Pasturelands Under the Communal Land Tenure System
(Ministry of Agriculture, Co-operatives and Marketing , Lesotho and Unites States Agency for International Develoment, Lesotho Agricultural production and Institutional Support (LAPIS) Project., 1991-09) -
The Spatial Distribution of Elephants (loxodonta Africana) in Relation to the Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Cover in a Southern African Agricultural Landscape
(2006-02-15)We tested whether and how the probability of African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) presence was related to spatial heterogeneity of vegetation cover and in the agricultural landscape of the Sebungwe region in northwestern ... -
Nurse Migration From Zimbabwe: Analysis Of Recent Trends And Impacts
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005)The migration of nursing professionals from developing countries such as Zimbabwe to industrialised countries is taking place at an alarming rate, with little signs of slowing down. In Africa, nurses form the backbone of ... -
Skilled Health Professionals' Migration And Its Impact On Health Delivery In Zimbabwe
(University of Oxford, 2004)The paper investigates the magnitude of migration of health professionals from Zimbabwe, the causes of such movements and the associated impacts on health care delivery. International migration of health professionals ... -
Zimbabweans Who Move: Perspectives On International Migration In Zimbabwe
(Idasa and Queens University, 2002) -
Degrees Of Uncertainty: Students And The Brain Drain In Southern Africa
(Idasa and Queen's University, 2005) -
Medical Leave: The Exodus Of Health Professionals From Zimbabwe
(Idasa and Queen's University, 2005) -
The New Brain Drain From Zimbabwe
(Idasa and Queen's University, 2003) -
Early Departures: The Migration Potential Of Zimbabwean Students
(Idasa and Queen's University, 2005)
