The relationship between diet and the risk of metabolic syndrome has not yet been established among HIV positive individuals in Zambia. Around 37.9 million people globally are believed to be living with HIV infection and in Zambia 1.2 million people are living with the same infection. HIV...
Download PDF ↓Malnutrition remains high in Zambia with stunting of under-fives at 35 percent and existing micronutrient deficiencies. Poor diets contribute thus the need for strategies to address malnutrition. Thus, Zambia promotes biofortification of crops like vitamin A orange maize, orange fleshed sweet...
Download PDF ↓This research investigated the vulnerabilities of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Memory Exploitation sidebar attacks on Windows Operating Systems using recovery time. The simulation results showed that all three Windows operating systems and their respective GPUs...
Effective communication has been widely acknowledeged as a way to enhance organizational performance. This study’s focus is on effective communications on organizational performance based on the systems theory. The objectives of this study were to firstly identify the factors affecting effective...
Download PDF ↓Inguinal operations are the most commonly performed surgeries in children. There is a divergent view on use of pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infections (SSI) after these surgeries. The aim of this study was to detect if the use of cefotaxime had a significant...
The effectiveness of Instructionally Controllable Formative Assessment (ICFA) on improving learners’ academic performance in Radioactivity in Science 5124 (Physics) is not known in the Zambian context. The current study sought to determine the efficacy of ICFA on improving learners’ academic...
The purpose of the study was to explore the employability of social work graduates in the Zambian labor market while focusing on what it takes for social work graduates to get employed, strategies used in job search and the underlying motives thereof. This research adopted a hermeneutic...
Download PDF ↓The visionary concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy advocates a system that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility policies have been widely adopted since the 1990’s, particularly in developed countries as an effective instrument for...
The aim of this study was to develop a framework of actions that could be used to enhance the visibility and boost the image of Rusangu University using social media. Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by both sharing and consuming...
Download PDF ↓Zambia has continued to record high fertility and population growth rates despite various studies on determinants of fertility and increased Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) of 49% reported in the 2013/14 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey report. However, there is lack of information on...