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Marginal facies and compositional equivalents of Bushveld Parental sills from the Molopo farms complex layered intrusion, Botswana: petrogenetic and mineralization implications

Kaavera, Jacob (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2017-11)

Parental magma composition to layered ultramafic to mafic intrusions are commonly studied using rocks occurring along their contact with the surrounding country rock. These include sills, dykes and/or rare chill margins. ...
Security of quantum key distribution and quantum state sharing

Sekga, Comfort (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2017-11)

Quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum secret sharing play a pivotal role in securing con dential information. QKD allows legitimate parties to create a cryptographic key which they can use to communicate privately ...
Archean boninite-like mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Lechana layered intrusion, Motloutse complex, Botswana

Mokatse, Thuto (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2017-12)

Mafic to ultramafic rocks occurring in the Lechana area forms part of the Archean high-grade Motloutse Complex terrane in eastern Botswana. Their occurrence as inclusions (displaced fragments) within ~2.6 Ga tonalite ...
Impacts of climate variability on stemborers-natural enemies trophic level interaction: implications for biological control under global change

Mutamiswa, Reyard (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2017-12)

Lepidopteran stemborers are key destructive insect pests of cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa with the indigenous noctuids Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Sesamia calamistis Hampson and the exotic crambid Chilo partellus ...
Biology of Bactrocera dorsalis (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE): implications on population dynamics and pest management

Motswagole, Rebaone (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2017-12)

Fruit production is one of the fastest growing sectors in Botswana. As one of the agricultural sectors, fruit production is very crucial as it contributes immensely towards income generation and employment opportunities, ...
A conceptual framework for mining and analysis of social media data

Joseph, Sethunya Rosie; (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018)

Data has turned to be an essential aspect of every individual, group, industry, financial system, business enterprise, commercial enterprise and society. In this era, where social networks yields inconceivable volumes of ...
Assessment of airborne bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance patterns in hospitals, public transport and wastewater treatment plants in Botswana

Tamocha, Lindiwe (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-02)

There is presently insufficient information on the atmospheric microbial level in Botswana, the occurrence and diversity of airborne microbes in Botswana is not well understood. In addition, there is also growing concern ...
Surveillance of antibiotic resistance determinants in Gaborone and Palapye wastewater treatment facilities

Tapela, Kesego (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-02)

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) have been globally considered emerging environmental contaminants that pose a serious concern to human health and the ecosystem. The ubiquitous ...
Dynamics of mosquito species (diptera: culicidae): implications on vector management and malaria prevalence under globalclimate change

Buxton, Mmabaledi (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-03)

Malaria is considered the main cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries of the sub- Saharan Africa. Though elimination of the disease is a priority in some African countries such as Botswana, there are bottlenecks ...
A conceptual model for designing and implementation Ofsecure and trustableremote electronic voting systems within the developing world

Lapologang, Ntwayame (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-04)

The use of electronic voting systems (EVS’s) is seen as an alternative to traditional manual voting because it aims at increasing efficiency, lowering cost of running election, reducing counting mistakes and improving ...
Unmanned aerial vehicle swarm synchronization protocol

Oganne, Maikano K. (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-04)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms are not common due to lack of readily available coordinated protocols and applications for synchronizing UAV swarms in outdoor environments. To solve the problem, this study design, ...
Semiotic based framework for the development of indigenous knowledge systems

Kefitile, Naledi (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-05)

Indigenous cultures have encountered a renaissance throughout the years; this made indigenous groups to perceive the significance of recording and sharing their social legacy and history. However, the absence of procedural ...
Spatial and temporal distribution of enteric viruses in wastewater and surface water

Tubatsi, Gosaitse (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-05)

Waterborne diseases, especially infectious diarrhoea, remain a public health concern particularly in developing countries where many lack access to safe clean water. The quality of water is assessed using bacterial ...
The impact of climate variability and climate change on sorghum grain yield in the Goodhope sub district of Botswana

Matsuokwane, Tshepho (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-06)

In Botswana crop production has been the most vulnerable component of the agricultural sector due to its heavy reliance on rainfed agriculture. At the same time, the availability of rainfall is uncertain due to natural ...
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of part of a permian coal deposit of the South-Eastern Kalahari sub-basin, Moiyabana area, eastern Botswana

Kabelo, Obakeng (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

The Moiyabana Coalfield, located ~80 km west of Mahalapye village in the South Eastern Kalahari sub-basin, is one of the potential areas for coal mining in Botswana. This project discusses the petrographic and geochemical ...
Drinking water quality along the distribution network and associated antibiotic resistance in Maun, Botswana

Mashiqa, Oaratwa (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

Maintaining the water quality in the distribution system is crucial to supplying safe drinking water to consumers. The main aim of the study was to analyse physicochemical, bacteriological parameters and investigate ...
Turbulent flow inside longitudinally corrugated pipes

Jane, Zibo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

Longitudinally corrugated pipes can be described as pipes with periodically converging-diverging cross-area arranged along the ﬂow course. These pipes are mainly utilized in engineering applications, for example, pipe ...
On dynamics of heart rate variability

Bafana, Tsholofelo,O. (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

Heart rate variability refers to the variations in time interval between successive heart beats. An understanding of its dynamics can have clinical importance since it can help distinguish persons with healthy heart beats ...
Open source ERP systems selection model: case of small and medium enterprises in Botswana

Seoke, Badiredi (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are one of the technologies that many organisations, including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), have adopted. However, most of commercial ERP packages are designed for ...
A kmer-based parallel algorithm for pattern searching in DNA sequences on shared-memory model

Kaniwa, Freeson (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2018-08)

The explosive growth of biological sequences over the last decade has consequently led to a lot of research on effective techniques for storing and analysing this big data. Generating Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) sequences ...

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