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This paper discusses some problems of engineering manpower formation in Zimbabwe and outlines the steps that have been taken to resolve these problems. One of the steps, the Engineering Microcomputer-Assisted Learning Project at the University of Zimbabwe, is described here. A control systems course is used to illustrate the courseware development activities and the course re-organisation involved in the CAL strategy of the project. The problem of CAL project evaluation is also highlighted.
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Chinamhora, Zimbabwe is an area of known endemic goiter and iodine deficiency. Out of 211 primary school children living in the area who had been recruited for a study of the effects of iodine administration, 121 were randomly selected for audiometric testing. All had normal hearing. One further child already noted to have hearing difficulties was tested and found to have fairly severe bilateral nerve deafness, although this was unlikely to have been due to endemic cretinism. Urine...
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Abstract 1. 1.|Guinea-pigs were housed at +4°C for four weeks; two groups were studied, one sedentary and a trained group undergoing running for one hour a day 7 days/week. 2. 2.| V O 2 was measured after two and four weeks' adaptation at + 4°C before and after the administration of noradrenalin (NA). After four weeks the oxidative capacity of interscapular adipose tissue (IAT) was determined. 3. 3.|NA increased V O 2 in the trained animals more than in the controls after two and four weeks'...
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A community based cross-sectional study on the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment was carried out between August and December 1985 in the Luapula Valley. The study population consisted of 2503 villagers aged 6 years and above. Visual acuity was done on every participant whereas slit-lamp examination and ophthalmoscopy were done on selected individuals when indicated. The overall prevalence of monocular and bilateral blindness was 6.9% and 3.6% respectively. Cataracts...
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Differences between the learning styles of Western and African students are highlighted in this discussion of theological education in African schools. Since many of the teachers in theological institutions are either westerners, or have been educated in the West, Western learning style is the one most rewarded in the classroom, and those students who do best in the schools are those who have a Western learning style. The traditional American learning style is field independent while the...
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Diarrhoea and resulting dehydration are major causes of morbidity and mortality among young children in developing countries. Child survival initiatives are focusing on oral replacement of lost fluids and electrolytes as a feasible intervention. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) rests heavily on health education since its ultimate aim is to encourage mothers to prepare and use sugar-salt solution (SSS) and other fluids at home during bouts of diarrhoea. Educational efforts to date have relied...
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Abstract Diarrhoea and resulting dehydration are major causes of morbidity and mortality among young children in developing countries. Child survival initiatives are focusing on oral replacement of lost fluids and electrolytes as a feasible intervention. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) rests heavily on health education since its ultimate aim is to encourage mothers to prepare and use sugar-salt solution (SSS) and other fluids at home during bouts of diarrhoea. Educational efforts to date have...