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Lopang, Wazha. "Novels of Botswana in English, 1930–2006." Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa 28, no. 2 (July 2, 2016): 193–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1013929x.2016.1202052.

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Johns, Timothy. "Novels of Botswana in English, 1930â2006 by Mary S. Lederer." CLA Journal 60, no. 3 (2017): 386–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/caj.2017.0009.

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Finnegan, Lesley. "‘A COMPLETELY SATISFACTORY DETECTIVE’: THE DETECTIVE FICTION GENRE IN ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH'S BOTSWANA NOVELS." English Studies in Africa 49, no. 2 (January 2006): 123–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00138390608691358.

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Bwalya, Kelvin Joseph. "Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy – the Case of Botswana A Discussion Article." International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development 2, no. 2 (April 2010): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jskd.2010040103.

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Botswana is keen to position itself as a knowledge-based economy as early as 2016 due to the realisation that to compete on a global scale, efficient knowledge value chains must be put in place, which includes indigenous knowledge management systems. This realisation is primarily caused by falling demand in the price of diamonds (due to the world’s recession), which is the country’s current economic mainstay. Today, Botswana is pushing for further economic liberalisation and diversification by employing and encouraging novel frontiers of knowledge with emphasis placed on research and efficient knowledge management as a vital resource for national development. In Botswana, the role of scientific and technical knowledge is being emphasized as the main driver of sustainable development, but not forgetting the potential contribution of indigenous and mythological knowledge to this aim. Several initiatives have been devised or implemented by both the government and the public sector to position Botswana as a knowledge-based economy. This paper surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is based and brings out the different initiatives that have been undertaken while emphasizing the role of research and efficient knowledge management paradigms in shaping Botswana as a knowledge-based economy.

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Glomb, Nicolaus W., Adeola A. Kosoko, Cara B. Doughty, Marideth C. Rus, Manish I. Shah, Megan Cox, Cafen Galapi, Presley S. Parkes, Shelley Kumar, and Bushe Laba. "Needs Assessment for Simulation Training for Prehospital Providers in Botswana." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 33, no. 6 (November 13, 2018): 621–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x18001024.

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AbstractBackgroundIn June 2012, the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW; Gaborone, Botswana) initiated a national Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system in response to significant morbidity and mortality associated with prehospital emergencies. The MOHW requested external expertise to train its developing workforce. Simulation-based training was planned to equip these health care providers with clinical knowledge, procedural skills, and communication techniques.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the educational needs of the pioneer Botswana MOHW EMS providers based on retrospective EMS logbook review and EMS provider feedback to guide development of a novel educational curriculum.MethodsData were abstracted from a representative sample of the Gaborone, Botswana MOHW EMS response log from 2013-2014 and were quantified into the five most common call types for both adults and children. Informal focus groups with health professionals and EMS staff, as well as surveys, were used to rank common response call types and self-perceived educational needs.ResultsBased on 1,506 calls, the most common adult response calls were for obstetric emergencies, altered mental status, gastrointestinal/abdominal pain, trauma, gynecological emergencies, and cardiovascular and respiratory distress-related emergencies. The most common pediatric response calls were for respiratory distress, gastrointestinal complaints/dehydration, trauma and musculoskeletal injuries, newborn delivery, seizures, and toxic ingestion/exposure. The EMS providers identified these same chief complaints as priorities for training using the qualitative approach. A locally relevant, simulation-based curriculum for the Botswana MOHW EMS system was developed and implemented based on these data.Conclusions: Trauma, respiratory distress, gastrointestinal complaints, and puerperal/perinatal emergencies were common conditions for all age groups. Other age-specific conditions were also identified as educational needs based on epidemiologic data and provider feedback. This needs assessment may be useful when designing locally relevant EMS curricula in other low-income and middle-income countries.GlombNW, KosokoAA, DoughtyCB, RusMC, ShahMI, CoxM, GalapiC, ParkesPS, KumarS, LabaB.Needs assessment for simulation training for prehospital providers in Botswana. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):621–626.

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Petitt, Andrea, and Alice J. Hovorka. "Women and Cattle “Becoming-With” in Botswana." Humanimalia 12, no. 1 (September 10, 2020): 145–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9433.

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Cattle are paramount to lives, livelihoods and landscapes in Botswana. Human-cattle relations emerge and evolve through historically-situated social relations of power based on gender, ethnicity, and class. Our paper explores intersectional human-cattle relations in Botswana within the contemporary period of enhanced commercialization. Specifically, with data from participant observation and semi-structured interviews with women cattle owners in Ghanzi District, Botswana, we investigate how women across a range of ethnicities become-with cattle and how cattle are becoming-with women cattle owners, directly or mediated through hired labour and/or technology. By operationalizing Haraway’s multispecies ‘becoming-with’ through intersectionality theory we articulate the nuanced ways in which individuals or social groups of two distinct species (here humans and cattle) become who they are. We show that whereas gender and ethnicity dynamics place women as engaging directly with cattle, engaging indirectly with cattle or becoming-without cattle, class most visibly shape the way that cattle become-with women cattle owners and other humans. We offer a novel illustration of an intersectional becoming-with, highlighting human-animal relations in the context of agriculture and socio-economic change in the Global South.

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March, John B., Jason Clark, and Malcolm Brodlie. "Characterization of Strains of Mycoplasma mycoidessubsp. mycoides Small Colony Type Isolated from Recent Outbreaks of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia in Botswana and Tanzania: Evidence for a New Biotype." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38, no. 4 (2000): 1419–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.4.1419-1425.2000.

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Four strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp.mycoides small colony type (MmmSC) isolated from recent outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in Africa have been investigated. One Botswanan strain, M375, displayed numerous and significant phenotypic differences from both contemporary field isolates and older field and vaccine strains (African, Australian, and European strains dating back to 1936). Differences include altered morphology, reduced capsular polysaccharide production, high sensitivity to MmmSC rabbit hyperimmune antisera in vitro, and unique polymorphisms following immunoblotting. While insertion sequence analysis using IS1634 clearly indicates a close evolutionary relationship to west African strains, hybridization with IS1296 shows the absence of a band present in all other strains of MmmSC examined. The data suggest that a deletion has occurred in strain M375, which may explain its altered phenotype, including poor growth in vitro and a relative inability to cause septicemia in mice. These characteristics are also exhibited byMycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae(causal agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia [CCPP]), against which M375 antiserum exhibited some activity in vitro (unique among the various MmmSC antisera tested). These findings may have evolutionary implications, since CCPP is believed to be lung specific and without a septicemic phase (unlike CBPP). Since M375 was isolated from a clinical case of CBPP, this novel biotype may be fairly widespread but not normally isolated due to difficulty of culture and/or a potentially altered disease syndrome. Bovine convalescent antisera (obtained from contemporary naturally infected cattle in Botswana) were active against strain M375 in an in vitro growth inhibition test but not against any other strains of MmmSC tested. There exists the possibility therefore, that strain M375 may possess a set of protective antigens different from those of other strains of MmmSC (including vaccine strains). These findings have implications for the control of the current CBPP epidemic in Africa.

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Kiravu, Cheddi, Moses T. Oladiran, and Kamen Yanev. "Modeling of technology adoption in Botswana." International Journal of Energy Sector Management 8, no. 2 (May 27, 2014): 198–229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijesm-02-2013-0004.

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Purpose – The conceptualisation of technology adoption has largely been based on the Bass or some Bass-derived model – notably, the logistic model. Logistic-type models offer limited insights regarding the adoption process dynamics or the utility value of their results. The purpose of this paper is to outline an alternative technology adoption framework based on complex adaptive networks. Design/methodology/approach – An agent-based methodological approach is proposed. In it the actors, factors, goals, and adaptive learning influences driving solar energy technology adoption (SETA) process are first substantiated by empirical evidence gathered using field questionnaires and then incorporated in the simulation of a dynamic complex adaptive network of SETA. The complex adaptive network model is based on simple heuristic rules applied using a modified preferential attachment scheme within a NetLogo simulation environment. Findings – The interim results suggest an emergent network where prominent hub “driver” agents underlining the robustness of the model are statistically discernible. Research limitations/implications – The research is limited to solar photovoltaic and solar water heating technology adoption in Botswana households; however, its results are far-reaching. Practical implications – These results can be related to sustainable energy policy design. There, targeted incentive mechanisms can be formulated against the backdrop of the identified environmental factors and actors; the aim being to accelerate and cascade SETA. Social implications – The results could also be cascaded to other sectors and other non-solar technologies, thus providing a general alternative framework for enabling the widespread adoption of technologies. Originality/value – This research therefore represents a novel way of utilizing the new science of networks to accelerate SETA.

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Majinda, Runner R. T., Berhanu M. Abegaz, Merhatibeb Bezabih, Bonaventure T. Ngadjui, Cornelius C. W. Wanjala, Ladislaus K. Mdee, Gomotsang Bojase, Alfonse Silayo, Ishmael Masesane, and Samuel O. Yeboah. "Recent results from natural product research at the University of Botswana." Pure and Applied Chemistry 73, no. 7 (July 1, 2001): 1197–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200173071197.

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Marketed plants are very important items of trade in many parts of the world. The community uses these for a variety of purposes such as foods, cosmetics, flavors, spices, and medicines. It seems that plants that are used for medicinal purposes form the most common category. Four plants used for treatment of microbial infections, viz., Bolusanthus speciosus, Erythrina latissima, Crotalaria podocarpa, and Elephantorrhiza goetzei, were investigated, and these yielded several known and novel structures, some with appreciable antibiotic activity against the test organisms. The activity of some of the isolated plants and the parts of the plant from which these were obtained lend support to their traditional use. Bulbine abyssinica and B. capitata yielded phenylanthraquinones, some of which were shown to possess strong antiplasmodial activity. In addition, these yielded isofuranonaphthoquinones, which were also found to be weakly antiplasmodial and antioxidant. Scilla nervosa yielded several known and novel homoisoflavoinds of the 3-benzylchroman-4-ones and 3-benzylidinechroman-4-one type, as well as some stilbenoids. The homoisoflavonoids showed strong antitumor activity against various cancer cell lines. Rhus pyroides gave a novel bichalcone, which showed weak antifeedant activity, consistent with the observation by farmers that the plant was avoided by corn cricket. Results from investigated Dorstenia species originating from Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Tanzania yielded styrenes, coumarins, chalcones, and flavonoids. The chalcones and flavonoids showed various levels of prenylation or geranylation, and an observation made so far is that prenylated flavonoids are only found in Dorstenia species of African origin. The only example of a bis-geranylated chalcone is found in Dorstenia.

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Saleh, George Michael, James Wawrzynski, Silvestro Caputo, Tunde Peto, Lutfiah Ismail Al Turk, Su Wang, Yin Hu, Lyndon Da Cruz, Phil Smith, and Hongying Lilian Tang. "An Automated Detection System for Microaneurysms That Is Effective across Different Racial Groups." Journal of Ophthalmology 2016 (2016): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4176547.

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Patients without diabetic retinopathy (DR) represent a large proportion of the caseload seen by the DR screening service so reliable recognition of the absence of DR in digital fundus images (DFIs) is a prime focus of automated DR screening research. We investigate the use of a novel automated DR detection algorithm to assess retinal DFIs for absence of DR. A retrospective, masked, and controlled image-based study was undertaken. 17,850 DFIs of patients from six different countries were assessed for DR by the automated system and by human graders. The system’s performance was compared across DFIs from the different countries/racial groups. The sensitivities for detection of DR by the automated system were Kenya 92.8%, Botswana 90.1%, Norway 93.5%, Mongolia 91.3%, China 91.9%, and UK 90.1%. The specificities were Kenya 82.7%, Botswana 83.2%, Norway 81.3%, Mongolia 82.5%, China 83.0%, and UK 79%. There was little variability in the calculated sensitivities and specificities across the six different countries involved in the study. These data suggest the possible scalability of an automated DR detection platform that enables rapid identification of patients without DR across a wide range of races.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Botswana novels"

Moalosi, Richie. "The impact of socio-cultural factors upon human-centred design in Botswana." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16353/.

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This thesis explores the relationship between culture and human-centred design in Botswana, a topic on which there is little previous research. The pinnacle of good product innovation is when it is grounded on sensitive cultural analysis of users' culture; however, it has been observed that designers have not yet been able to encode cultural phenomena to the same extent as cognitive and physical human factors. The study develops a theoretical framework of cultural analysis, comparing traditional with contemporary socio-cultural factors that can be applied to designing products. The content analysis method was used to extract and synthesise traditional and contemporary socio-cultural factors from Botswana's cultural sources. An experimental study was undertaken in Botswana to investigate how socio-cultural factors can be integrated in product design, and the participants' challenge was to transfer and apply these into product features that reflect Botswana's culture. This data was analysed using the qualitative method of textual and visual content analysis. A culture-orientated design model has been proposed to assist designers to consciously integrate culture in their design practice. The framework demonstrates how to specify, analyse and integrate socio-cultural factors in the early stages of the design process by advancing local thought, content and solutions. It advances a new approach to design education, theory, research and practice. It emerged that culture can be used as a resource of information and a source of inspiration for product innovation that connects with users' traditions. The research findings show that culture-orientated products have meaningful content that reflects users' lifestyles as well as providing them with symbolic personal, social and cultural values, and that these aspects facilitate product acceptance.

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Finnegan, Lesley. "‘The Old Iron Cooking Pot of Europe’ Storytelling, Sleuthing and Neo-colonialism in the Botswana novels of Alexander McCall Smith." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1592.

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Student Number: 0307561M Master of Arts School of Literature and Language Studies Faculty of Humanities
In this study I will interrogate some of the issues and contradictions raised by Alexander McCall Smith’s Botswana novels. These texts feature a black African woman protagonist in a developing society, and have achieved huge popular and commercial success, but they are written by a white European man. I will examine briefly whether the books can be considered as ‘African Literature,’ and how the author has negotiated the interface between history and literature to convince readers and critics in ‘the West’ that he is portraying ‘the real Africa.’ I will investigate the strategies used by the author to create this ‘authentic’, ‘traditional’ effect, how he writes convincingly as, about and on behalf of women, and the use he makes of the detective fiction mode. Ultimately I will consider whether these novels represent a restorative ‘writing back’ or whether they constitute a continuing appropriation of African history, culture and identity, a further re-invention of Africa by and for ‘the West’.

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Books on the topic "Botswana novels"

Head, Bessie. The collector of treasures: And other Botswana village tales. Oxford: Heinemann International Literature and Textbooks, 1992.

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Head, Bessie. The collector of treasures. Johannesburg: VivaBooks, 1995.

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White dog fell from the sky: A novel. New York: Viking, 2012.

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Smith, Alexander McCall. Las lágrimas de la jirafa. Barcelona: Umbriel, 2004.

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Smith, Alexander McCall. Tears of the giraffe. Edinburgh: Polygon, 2000.

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Tears of the giraffe. Thorndike, Me: Center Point Pub., 2003.

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Na-gyŏng, Yi, ed. Kirin ŭi nunmul. Sŏul-si: Buk @ Buksŭ, 2004.

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Smith, Alexander McCall. Tears of the giraffe. New York: Anchor Books, 2002.

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Tears of the giraffe. New York: Anchor Books, 2002.

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Tears of the Giraffe. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003.

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Book chapters on the topic "Botswana novels"

"“LITERARY” NOVELS OF BOTSWANA." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 51–90. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.6.

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"PAPER SAFARI—ADVENTURE NOVELS OF BOTSWANA." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 91–114. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.7.

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"Front Matter." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, i—vi. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.1.

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"CONCLUSION." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 161–66. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.10.

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"APPENDIX:." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 167–68. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.11.

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"WORKS CITED." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 169–76. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.12.

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"INDEX." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 177–85. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.13.

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"Back Matter." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, 186. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.14.

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"Table of Contents." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, vii—viii. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.2.

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"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS." In Novels of Botswana in English, 1930-2006, ix—x. African Heritage Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc60kx.3.

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Conference papers on the topic "Botswana novels"

"Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic variants associated with HIV-1C infection in Botswana population." In Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure/ Systems Biology. institute of cytology and genetics siberian branch of the russian academy of science, Novosibirsk State University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18699/bgrs/sb-2020-071.

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