Philosophy Research Papers/Topics

An Evaluation Of Herbert L. A. Hart’s Concept Of Rule

ABSTRACT Hart’s The Concept of Law (1961) argues for a complex legal positivism which finds the source of legal authority in the acceptance by a community of a system of rules which is grounded in a fundamental rule of recognition that determines what is to be included among the legal rules. This sought to offer an alternative explanation to the concept of law differently from the popular utilitarian command doctrine which sufficiently describes criminal law, but is limited in describing l...

Effect Of Phytase On Proteins And Electrolyte Utilization For Broiler Chicks

ABSRACT In the productive benefits of commercial microbial phytase (Ronozyme) were tested. Five experiments were run. In experiment one, four levels of phytase 0, 250, 500 and 750 FYT/U were used at 23%CP , 0.48%P and 3 Mcal/kg feed, using seventy two day-old unsexed Ross-308 broiler chicks, allotted randomly to four treatments× three replicates, each of six chicks, and experimentally fed for 42 days. Experiments 2-5 used high (0.45%) and low (0.30%) P with either high (23%) or low (19....

Gender Relations In The Discourse Of Sukuma Songs

ABSTRACT This study examined gender relations in the discourse of Sukuma songs in Kishapu district, in Shinyanga region. The study had three specific objectives: to examine Sukuma cultural lives with regard to gender relations in the discourse of Sukuma songs; to examine the aspects of gender inequalities in the discourse of Sukuma songs; and to assess the power of discourse of Sukuma songs in enhancing sensitization on gender equality and in bolstering gender inequality. The study adopted a...

Classroom Interaction: An Analysis Through Gender And Language Use In Secondary Schools

ABSTRACT This study focuses on classroom interaction in day secondary schools in Mara region. The purpose of the study was to analyze gender as well as language use and their consequences in students‟ learning achievement. Three objectives guided this study, including: the effects of gender construction in the patterns of classroom interaction; gendered language in the instructional materials; and the strategies that should be used to promote gender equality through language use in classro...

Children’s Learning About Matter And Its Change Of State: A Learning Study Approach

ABSTRACT This study aimed at developing curriculum materials that could address pupils‟ learning difficulties. The study explored the characteristics and effectiveness of these materials in relation to children‟s learning about Matter and its Change of state. It was conducted in two primary schools, namely Kaloleni and Mnadani, both located in Dodoma municipality, Dodoma region, Tanzania. Six Science teachers, i.e. three from each school, were involved in the study. Moreover, 263 Standar...

Pastoralists’ Resilience And Adaptation To The Impact Of Climate Change In Semi-Arid Rangelands: A Case Of Longido District- Tanzania

ABSTRACT Climate Change Impact has been a critical aspect of concern globally. This is because both ecosystems and socio-ecological system are greatly affected by climate change causing some (ecosystems and socio-ecological system) to disappear and die. However, how pastoralists have been resilient and adapting to climate change impacts has not been clearly known and established and also the adaptive climate change framework has not been given out. In this perspective, this study aimed at in...

Effect Of Household Settlement Type On The Prevalence Of Childhood Diarrhoea And Associated Risk Factors In Mwanza City, Tanzania

ABSTRACT Despite diarrhoea being the second leading cause of illness and deaths in children under five years of age globally, the relationship between settlement types (unplanned and planned) and caregivers‟ behavioural risk factors as well as the environmental risk factors for diarrhoea is not clearly known. The overall objective of this study was to determine the effect of type of household settlement on prevalence of childhood diarrhoea and associated risk factors in Mwanza City, Tanzan...

Analysis Of Government Policy On Banning Of Corporal Punishment With Reference To Mill’s Theory Of Utilitarianism: A Survey Of Secondary Schools In Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The outlawing of corporal punishment (CP) in Kenya's schools in the year 2001 was a significant step towards promoting the learners right to education in the country. Nevertheless, CP has remained in use in most schools as evident in many secondary of Kisii Central Sub County. Moreover, the utilitarian justification and relevance of this ban is contentious and elusive among the educational stakeholders. Therefore, this study critically analyzed the Government policy on banning of CP...

Body Adornment Among The Samburu: A Historical Perspective

ABSTRACT Self-adornment plays a significant role in ensuring the continuity of the political and cultural life of pastoralists. This study outlines changes in Samburu body adornment from the pre-colonial period to the present. In the study it is argued that Samburu body adornment in the pre-colonial period was influenced by interaction with neighbouring communities like the Rendille. Colonial policies and mingling of cultures in the post-independent period also shaped Samburu body adornment ...

Glass Beads as Indicators of Contact and Trade in Southern Africa ca. AD 900 - AD 1250.

ABSTRACT Luxury goods, used in mediaeva1 long distance trade ca. AD 900-1250, found an important market among the Iron Age peoples of southern Africa. Indirect evidence of this trade can be seen in the form of archaeological collections of glass beads at sites throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Thousands of beads have been found at Iron Age sites in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld and at inland sites along the Limpopo Valley and in Botswana. Similar looking types of beads, referred to as sma...

Depositional Processes In Saldanha Bay And Langebaan Lagoon

ABSTRACT This study deals with the physical aspects of sedimentation in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon. On the basis of detailed textural investigations the depositional history of the study area has been established. The sediments in the bay and in the lagoon consist of a fine terrigenous quartz population and a coarser skeletal carbonate population, which have been mixed in various proportions. In order to gain size parameters that are more closely related to the hydraulic nature of depo...

Taxonomic Studies On The Genus Crassula L.

Abstract The difficulties involved in the taxonomy of the genus Crassula, such as the extensive variation and often difficult species complexes, vicariousness and hybridization, are sketched against a historical background. These difficulties have prompted the author to review concepts of taxa from subspecific to generic level and have also le~ to the approach adopted in this work. It is argued that in several genera and sections, as previously recognized, too much stress was placed on the se...

The Gammaridean And Caprellid Amphipoda Of Southern Africa.

Abstract It is the intention of this thesis to bring together the existing scattered data concerning the Amphipoda of southern Africa, to add records from unidentified collections and to present the whole in a form that will provide a firm basis for future work in this field. The collections examined are principally those of the University of Cape Town, the South African Museum and the National Institute for Water Research. These collections are together much larger than any previously report...


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