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The organization and management of references in a bibliographic database is an essential component of information literacy. The use of word processing software, rather than commercial reference management packages, presents a practical solution for remote or disadvantaged students in Southern Africa. Training in the creation of a personal bibliographic database is presented at a workshop attended by masters students registered for a module in research information skills at the University of...
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Governments globally, in order to achieve their social objectives by improving the general welfare of inhabitants and thereby reducing poverty and inequality, demand new visions from political leaders and public servants. In this regard training can play a meaningful role. In the Republic of South Africa, however, the systems and practices of life-long learning in public administration education and training do not appropriately address the increasing demand for high-level, up-to-date...
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Effective improvement of the current poor environmental sanitation in peri-urban Kampala requires an understanding of pollutant characteristics (types, sources, locations and loads). As part of an on going study, this paper presents pollution characteristics in Bwaise III and challenges encountered during the period 2002-3. Findings show that pit latrines are a major source of pollution as far as pathogenic bacteria and nutrients are concerned (14.5E20 cfu TTC /yr, 41,775kgN/yr and...
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Extracted from text ... *. The Headmaster, St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, in S. Andrew's College Magazine, 37, 4 (Dec. 1915), 152. This article is a longer version of a paper delivered at the British World III Conference, University of Melbourne, 4-6 July 2004. It can also, in its shortened form, be accessed online at www.informit.com.au/library/default.asp?t=coverpage&r=L_BRIWOR : K Darian-Smith et al, eds, Exploring the British World (Melbourne, 2004), 934-58. I would like to thank...
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of the Dissertation Across the Divide: The Working Lives of African American Teachers in the Classroom xviii This qualitative study examined how experienced African American teachers in predominantly African American schools perceived and conceptualized their worklives as classroom teachers, and, how they viewed their personal and professional identities in relationship to their lives as teachers. Indepth interviews of 1 0 experienced African American teachers provided the data for the...
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Abstract Objectives: To determine the trend of concurrent maternal and perinatal mortality at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana, and to propose measures for its prevention. Methods: A retrospective study, from January 1995 to December 2002, of all concurrent maternal and perinatal deaths in which the woman was 28 weeks' gestation or more (or, if gestational age was not known, the baby weighed 1000 g or more) and died either undelivered or in the perinatal period (within 1 week of...