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Showing 1 to 20 of 309 for “"Mozambique"”.
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Vortices of the Mozambique ridge current
During a cruise of the R.V. Meiring Naude in August 1975, anomalous values for temperature, salinity and nutrients were recorded over a deep-sea region of the Southwestern Indian Ocean. It was thought that this oceanographic anomaly may represent part of a cyclonic mesoscale vortex of unknown …
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Shelf edge upwelling off Northern Mozambique
… December 2008 and in August 2009 in the northern Mozambique region. The results con rm that shelf edge upwelling occurs along the northern coast of Mozambique near Angoche between 15 and 18oS, covering an area of approximately 68 000 km2. The upwelling signature was not strong at the surface. Two …
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Gender dimensions of land policy in contemporary Mozambique : a case study of Ndixe village, Marracuene District, southern Mozambique
… socialist approaches to rural development in Mozambique adhere to a modernisation paradigm that privileges material accumulation. By the same token, it devalues the reproductive and subsistence labour predominantly performed by women. I argue that an analysis of gendered power relations has …
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The general hydrography of the Mozambique Channel
… South Equatorial Current via two sources: the Mozambique Current, and secondly, the East Madagascar Current. In spite of their global significance surprisingly few observations have been made in these source regions. In March 2000 a multidisciplinary cruise, the first one in 25 years, the …
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Information and Communication Technology Skills Dynamics in Mozambique
… and Communication Technology (ICT) in Mozambique is inadequate in terms of education, skills, infrastructure, government support, language, and culture. There is poor education available at all levels, and there is a lack of basic ICT skills countrywide. Language and cultural …
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Distinguishing between Chronic and Transient Poverty in Mozambique
… Data for this study was drawn from Mozambique's 2008/09 Household Budget Survey and consisted of 10,832 observations. This study fills a gap in the literature by structurally determining the impact of common shocks (drought, floods and cyclones, agricultural pests, illness, death, …
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How is Sectoral FDI Affecting Firms’ Performance in Mozambique?
… effect of sectoral FDI on firms’ performance in Mozambique from 2007 to 2010 through productivity and efficiency functions, using comprehensive firm level data. Although foreign ownership has a positive effect on firms’ productivity, my results show that in general, sectoral FDI has a negative …
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CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF RECOMBINANT AQUAPORINS FROM MOZAMBIQUE TILAPIA
… are of interest. Hereby, we propose that Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) aquaporins are potential candidates for the biomimetic membrane due to the ability of this tilapia to survive and adapt in a range of salinities. To date, the functionality of Mozambique tilapia …
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The Mozambique Channel eddies : characteristics and mechanisms of formation
… anticyclonic eddies being generated within the Mozambique Channel. The eddies were identified using a newly designed eddy detection algorithm. The algorithm has shown that cyclonic eddies appeared to be more ubiquitous than the anticyclonic and had a single mode sizedistribution. On the other …
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Partisan identification in Africa : an exploratory study in Mozambique
… study the sources of partisan identification in Mozambique are examined. It examines whether reported identification with the governing or opposition parties is related to the kinds of factors usually identified in the comparative literature on partisan identification and voting behaviour. These …
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Culture, cooperation, and planning for development in Maputo, Mozambique
… working on collaborative projects in Maputo, Mozambique, this thesis argues that broadly speaking, culture does matter for cooperation and urban development, but whether cultural affinities and differences matter or not for a project largely depends on the project's context. Simply speaking, …
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Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings in Mozambique - Measurements and Simulations
Mozambique, situated in south-east Africa, has sub-tropical and tropical climate and plenty of natural resources for energy production. The country is however poor, and only about 25% of the population has access to electricity from the grid. A very large part of the energy used in the country is …
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Consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness of South African imports in Mozambique
… reactions toward South African products in Mozambique. Purpose The purpose of the study is threefold: (1) to indicate those groups of Mozambican consumers who are more ethnocentric and who see greater conspicuousness in South African imports; (2) to indicate those groups of consumers whose …
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The hydrochemical and isotopic characterization of groundwater in southern Mozambique
… samples were taken across the region of southern Mozambique, between the towns of Namaacha, Catuane, Ponta do Ouro and Marracuene. Major anions and cations were analyzed by two labs at Stellenbosch University, and stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen, and radiogenic isotopes of strontium were …
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Economic and sustainable development of the power sector of Mozambique
Mozambique has a vast potential of energy resources which are little exploited, particularly in the power sector. Mozambique’s diverse energy resource includes hydropower, natural gas, coal, biomass, solar and wind. Despite this, the country still faces constraints in increasing the level of access …
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Women's empowerment: fertility intentions and family planning practices in Mozambique
… and one of the Sustainable Development Goals. In Mozambique, gender inequality is one of the main challenges and barriers to access for family planning and use of contraceptives. Despite an increasing body of literature investigating the relationship between empowerment and women's reproductive …
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The political economy of South African foreign direct investment in Mozambique: a case study of Mozal and its implications for development in Mozambique and Southern Africa
… is the largest-ever foreign direct investment in Mozambique. South Africa's state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) owns 24% shares in MOZAL and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) and Eskom provided road and power supply infrastructure to ensure the success of the smelter. …
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A critical evaluation of the 1964 preferencial agreement (Labour agreement) for Mozambique mineworkers in the light of the South Africa - Mozambique DTC and the SADC treaty
… Africa and Portugal on behalf of its colony, Mozambique, to regulate the migration of Mozambican mineworkers to South African mines. In terms of this agreement the Mozambican mineworkers who received income on the South African mines were exempt from any taxes on their South African source …
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Environmental influences on banana shrimps of the Sofala Bank, Mozambique Channel
The Sofala Bank in the western Mozambique Channel is an essential habitat for shallow-water penaeid shrimps. It supports an important multi-sector and -species fishery, with Fenneropenaeus indicus and Metapenaeus monoceros (banana shrimp) being the two main target species. Over the past decade this …
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