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Showing 1 to 20 of 455 for “"Namibian"”.
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An analysis of the presentation of Namibian history in the Namibian secondary school history textbooks
… study is a content analysis of the sections on Namibian history of the Namibian Secondary School History Textbooks that were prescribed for use in schools for the period 1991 – 2008. Altogether eleven textbooks were studied. The study sought to establish the relevance of the textbooks in how far …
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The vocational interests of Namibian grade 10 learners
… based on the vocational interests of 2045 Namibian grade 10 learners were investigated. For this part of the study comparisons were made and differences highlighted on grounds of gender, geographical setting, and academic performance. Clear differences in interest were found on most of the …
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Human resource development and dependencies in Namibian NGO'S
Includes abstract in English
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Child suggestibility in the Namibian legal justice system
This study explored whether Namibian legal and allied criminal justice professionals involved in child sexual abuse investigations were cognizant of child suggestibility and whether the concept child suggestibility was duly weighted during investigations and court proceedings. The legal …
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Immunogenetics of free-ranging felids on Namibian farmlands
… jubatus) and leopards (Panthera pardus) on Namibian farmlands. Both felid species are sympatric thus subject to similar pathogenic pressures but differ in their evolutionary and demographic histories. The main aims were to investigate 1) the extent and patterns of MHC variation at the …
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An assessment of the state of science journalism in Namibia : A case study of the Namibian, Namibian sun, and New Era newspapers
… study were to assess the criteria used by the Namibian print media to determine the newsworthiness of science news, and to determine the challenges and opportunities for the media in the science journalism field. Furthermore, the study sought to examine the perceptions that scientists have of …
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Anthropomorphism and social issues in selected Namibian children’s literature
… explored the use of anthropomorphism in selected Namibian children’s literature texts. The texts that formed part of the analysis were obtained from the anthology, The Stolen Water and Other Stories: Traditional Tales from Namibia (1993) retold by Jennifer Davis, and Mbinda (1998) by Izona Bock. …
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Youth, elites and distinction in a Northern Namibian town
This thesis illuminates the process of elite formation and the making of the public space in Rundu, an African middle-range town, against the background of wider transformations in postcolonial Namibia. I address these theoretical issues by bringing to the fore an intergenerational dialogue in the …
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An analysis of code switching in the Namibian parliament
… study was on code switching that occurred in the Namibian Parliament as observed from the volumes of parliamentary Hansards from the year 2015 to 2017. This was a desktop study that employed a qualitative design to determine the patterns and reasons for code switching in the Namibian Parliament. …
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The factors influencing attitudes of Namibian taxpayers towards taxation
… OMI 2011, The factors influencing attitudes of Namibian taxpayers towards taxation, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082012-130634 / > F12/4/159/gm
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Temporal change in the Namibian Ju|’hoansi intestinal microbiome
The microbes which reside in our digestive tract comprise the human intestinal microbiome (IM). Many historical events have influenced the composition of our IM, such as the invention of cooking, the advent of farming and the industrial revolution. Although ancestral IMs could provide insight into …
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Functional linear regression on Namibian and South African data
Indigenous to Southern Africa, the Aloe Dichotoma, most commonly known as the Quiver tree, are species of Aloe found mostly in the southern parts of Namibia and the Northern Cape Province in South Africa. Researchers noticed that Quiver trees assumed very different shapes depending on their …
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Farming of the San people by the Namibian print media
… of Namibia in selected stories published in The Namibian, New Era, Informanté, The Southern Times, The Villager, The Windhoek Observer and Namibian Sun newspapers over two years from January 2012 to December 2013. The aim was to evaluate the economic, socio-cultural and political situation of the …
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Microbial ecology of anaerobic carbon mineralization in Namibian shelf sediments
… surface and into the water column on the Namibian shelf, which is one of the most productive upwelling systems on Earth. Organic matter degradation in the sediment drives hydrogen sulfide production, the maintenance of anoxia, and methane formation. Therefore, the primary aims of the …
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Evaluation of indigenous Namibian mushrooms and plants for antimalarial properties
… in this study were collected from north-central Namibian regions namely Kavango East, Kavango West, Ohangwena, and Oshikoto. Of these, only two plants were active against 3D7 strains of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. None of the evaluated mushrooms showed activity. The phytochemical …
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Growth and otolith zone formation of Namibian hake, merluccius capensis
… traits and tactics of commercially important Namibian shallow-water hake, Merluccius capensis, were investigated in relation to their environment. A time series of length-frequency distributions (LFDs) from otoliths collected from fur seal scat samples was used to identify cohorts and …
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The biogeography and biodiversity of the Namibian intertidal seaweed flora
… very few intertidal studies carried out on the Namibian coast. With respect to seaweeds in particular there have been a number of species lists and shore descriptions, but very little research into the biogeography, diversity or ecology. One of the reasons for the lack of research is probably …
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Corporate Governance and Ubuntu: a South African and Namibian perspective
Over the past two decades the emphasis on corporate governance practice has increased globally. The corporate governance models which guide corporate ethics, currently employed in African countries, are extensively driven by Western elements. Corporate governance practice in relation to the African …
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Phenolic compounds from selected Namibian leafy vegetables (NLV); extraction and characterization
… to study the antioxidant potential of selected Namibian Leafy Vegetables (NLV), using Total Phenolic Content (TPC), Total Flavonoid contents (TFC) as well as Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), and Reducing Power (RP) assays. The study …
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Analysis of the mycochemicals components of the indigenous Namibian Ganoderma mushrooms
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