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Identification of Fungi Associated with Processed-Food Contamination at Open Markets of Windhoek, Namibia

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018
With the ever-increasing pace of urban life, many people now rely a lot on processed foods. Some of these processed foods are prepared hygienically and yet some are prepared in homestead and brought to the open market, without having gone through any ...
Bianca Nawases, Jean-Damascene Uzabakiriho, Percy Chimwamurombe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper, Hester M. Steyn, Cláudia Baider, Benny Bytebier, Anisha Dayaram, F. B. Vincent Florens, Nivohenintsoa Rakotonirina, Domitilla Raimondo, Marc Sosef, M. Marianne le Roux   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Cultural Differences in HCI Education [PDF]

, 2012
The discipline of human-computer interaction has become a subject taught across universities around the world, outside of the cultures where it originated. However, the intercultural implication of its assimilation into the\ud syllabus of courses offered
Austin, Ann, Michaelides, Mario, Modi, Sunila, Nocera, Jose L. Abdelnour, Oyugi, Cecilia   +4 more
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Validity of World Health Organisation prescribing indicators in Namibia's primary healthcare: findings and implications.

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2018
OBJECTIVE World Health Organization/International Network of Rational use of Drugs (WHO/INRUD) indicators are widely used to assess medicine use. However, there is limited evidence on their validity in Namibia's primary health care (PHC) to assess the ...
Qamar Niaz, B. Godman, Amos Massele, Stephen M Campbell, A. Kurdi, H. Kagoya, D. Kibuule   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infrastructure and the Path to Sustainability: How Governance Shapes Development Outcomes in Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infrastructure development, as an SDGs objective, foster inclusive growth by improving access to transport, energy, and digital systems, enhancing productivity, connectivity, resilience, and sustainability while reducing inequalities and supporting environmental goals. This study examines the impact of infrastructure development on sustainable
Germain Stephane Ketchoua, Sodiq Arogundade, Santos Bila, Nomsa Phindile Nkosi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constraints and coping strategies of urban agriculture households in Namibia's informal settlements during COVID‐19

Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems
The global outbreak of the unprecedented COVID‐19 pandemic has posed numerous challenges in the agro‐food systems worldwide urging the need to build resilient food systems for food security.
J. Muzanima, M. N. T. Shipandeni, C. Togarepi, S. Shivolo‐Useb, C. N. Jona, N. P. Petrus   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons for blue degrowth from Namibia’s emerging blue economy

Sustainability Science, 2019
Globally there has been recognition that there is little consensus attributed to the definition of the blue economy. However, despite this acknowledgement, the blue economy is championed for its development potential by the African Union and subsequently,
R. Carver
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do Donors Provide Foreign Aid Based on Needs? An Analysis of Funding Flows to Higher Education During the Implementation of the SDGs

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to leave no one behind and support least developed and other fragile countries first. The same is an objective of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) group of bilateral donors.
Savo Heleta, Logan Cochrane
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of mother tongue and gender on the acquisition of English (L2). The case of Afrikaans in Windhoek schools, Namibia

Cogent Education, 2016
This study investigated the effect of mother tongue instruction and gender on second language acquisition using a causal-comparative quantitative research design.
Jacolynn van Wyk, Maria Louise Mostert
doaj   +1 more source

Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source