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Addressing the challenge of strategic alignment faced by small and medium-sized entities during the selection of accounting software packages
(Clute Institute, 2016-12-27)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Alignment between an entity’s strategic business objectives and its information systems (ISs) has recently received research attention. Currently, small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) still face the ...
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Evolution of computational models in BioModels Database and the Physiome Model Repository
(BioMed Central, 2018-04-12)Background: A useful model is one that is being (re)used. The development of a successful model does not finish with its publication. During reuse, models are being modified, i.e. expanded, corrected, and refined. Even ...
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Common mental disorders and psychological adjustment among individuals seeking HIV testing : a study protocol to explore implications for mental health care systems
(BioMed Central, 2018-04-10)Background: In an effort to promote greater access to voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, it has become practice in many countries, including South Africa, to establish non-medical testing sites and to de-couple HIV ...
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Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure : a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2018-04-10)Background: Many children in low and middle income countries (LMIC) are exposed to trauma. Contact with public services are a potential influence on parent–child reactions and coping post-trauma. Little is known about how ...
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Withania somnifera modulates cancer cachexia associated inflammatory cytokines and cell death in leukaemic THP-1 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC’s)
(BioMed Central, 2018-04-10)Background: Cancer and inflammation are associated with cachexia. Withania somnifera (W. somnifera) possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential. We investigated the potential of an aqueous extract of the root ...
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Exploring the South African tax consequences of a residential property lottery
(AOSIS Publishing, 2018)Background: Disposing of a residential property by way of a lottery sounds peculiar, but a number of these transactions relating to residential properties in South Africa have recently taken place. As this is not an ordinary ...
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What are the indicators of a successful business rescue in South Africa? ask the business rescue practitioners
(AOSIS Publishing, 2018)Background: Business rescue, in terms of Chapter 6 of the Companies Act No 71 of 2008, is still relatively new to the South African business environment. The need for a successful business rescue regime is beyond doubt. ...
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Die ontwikkeling van ekogeletterdheid deur middel van ’n Afrikaanse leesreeks
(LitNet, 2017)Hierdie artikel is ’n waarderende refleksie op ’n leesreeks wat spesifiek vir ekologiese opvoeding ontwikkel is. Die tekste in die reeks beskik oor die potensiaal om by kinders ’n dieper kennis van die ekostelsel te ...
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Homework policy review : a case study of a public school in the Western Cape Province
(Education Association of South Africa, 2018)A key concern today is the question of homework in our nation’s public schools. In this study, an investigation was conducted with the first no-homework policy, which has been introduced in one of the primary schools in ...
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Metabolic syndrome and body shape predict differences in health parameters in farm working women
(BioMed Central, 2018-04-04)Background: Sufficient evidence associate body shape to detrimental lifestyle diseases including the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The prevalence of the MetS, as well as effects of the MetS and body shape on body ...
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Spatial distribution of leprosy in India : an ecological study
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-27)Background: As leprosy elimination becomes an increasingly realistic goal, it is essential to determine the factors that contribute to its persistence. We evaluate social and economic factors as predictors of leprosy ...
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A comparative analysis of pharmacists’ perspectives on codeine use and misuse – a three country survey
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-27)Background: The misuse of codeine is of increasing concern in a number of countries, particularly as this relates to over -the-counter pain and cough relief medication, and is also supplied as a prescription medicine. The ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): neutrophils, macrophages and lymphocytes in patients with anterior tuberculosis compared to tobacco related COPD
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-27)Objective: The inflammatory profile of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) related to tobacco is known in certain studies while that of the post tuberculosis form is not yet known. This study aimed to evaluate ...
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Nurse led home-based care for people with HIV/AIDS
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-27)Background: Home-based care is used in many countries to increase quality of life and limit hospital stay, particularly where public health services are overburdened. Home-based care objectives for HIV/AIDS can include medical ...
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Liver toxicity associated with tuberculosis chemotherapy in the REMoxTB study
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-28)Background: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a common complication of tuberculosis treatment. We utilised data from the REMoxTB clinical trial to describe the incidence of predisposing factors and the natural history ...
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Partner age differences and associated sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls and young women in a cash transfer programme for schooling in Malawi
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-27)Background: Age disparities in sexual relationships have been proposed as a key risk factor for HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa, but evidence remains inconclusive. The SIHR study, a cluster randomised trial of a ...
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South Africa's (possible) withdrawal from the ICC and the future of the criminalization and prosecution of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide under domestic law : a submission informed by historical, normative and policy considerations
(Washington University School of Law, 2017)The ANC-led Government’s decision in October 2016 to withdraw South Africa from the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) came as a shock to those who regard South Africa as a champion of international criminal justice ...
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Turi kumwe (we are together) : a transdisciplinary exploration of the Burundian specialty coffee sector and its sustainability challenges
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Coffee is considered as a pioneering example of sustainable production and trade amongst tropical commodities because of its rich history of alternative trading practices and movements. The most common ...
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Harm: The counterfactual comparative account, the omission and pre-emption problems, and well-being
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03)The concept of “harm” is ubiquitous in moral theorising, and yet remains poorly defined. Bradley suggests that the counterfactual comparative account of harm is the most plausible account currently available, but also ...
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Comparing the sustainable development potential of industries : a role for sustainability disclosures?
(MDPI, 2018-03)Governments often seek to facilitate sustainable growth through the targeted support of specific industries that are deemed to have considerable sustainable development potential. However, the selection of appropriate ...
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Education, work, and motherhood in low and middle income countries : a review of equality challenges and opportunities for women with disabilities
(Cogitatio, 2018-03-26)This study looks at the equality challenges and opportunities for women with disabilities in low and middle income countries (LMICs) to participate and succeed in education, employment and motherhood. It is based on a ...
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Complementary surveillance strategies are needed to better characterise the epidemiology, care pathways and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in children
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-23)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) in young and HIV-infected children is frequently diagnosed at hospital level. In settings where general hospitals do not function as TB reporting units, the burden and severity of childhood ...
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A multi-level researcher development framework to address contrasting views of student research challenges
(HESA, 2018)Ensuring quality and completion of students’ research places pressure on postgraduate supervisors. Postgraduate students’ primary interest in theoretical and practical knowledge rather than research, influences the completion ...
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Resistance and dissonance in higher education : on doing things differently
(HESA, 2018)The historical inequalities and imbalances, so deeply embedded in the institutional structures and discourse of higher education, continue to haunt university spaces as these institutions continue to veer along the precipice ...
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Post-graduate studies in South Africa : myths, misconceptions and challenges
(HESA, 2007)The article interrogates some of the current views and myths around the so-called 'inefficiency' of the management of postgraduate studies in South Africa. In this regard data are presented on recent trends in postgraduate ...
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Reflecting on principals as managers or moulded leaders in a managerialistic school system
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)I contend that South African school leaders perform their functions within a managerialistic school system that focuses strongly on prescribed standards, quality, and outcomes. The aim is to draw attention to the conceptual ...
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A comparative evaluation of PDQ-Evidence
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-15)A strategy for minimising the time and obstacles to accessing systematic reviews of health system evidence is to collect them in a freely available database and make them easy to find through a simple ‘Google-style’ search ...
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Leadership in education transformation as reshaping the organisational discourse
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)The restructuring of South African education poses continuous challenges for educational leaders to contribute towards constituting a just and equitable society. Competing discourses, however, create ongoing tensions that ...
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(Re)imagining method in educational leadership and management research
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)Over the past thirty years we have witnessed a proliferation of educational methods/methodologies aimed at helping us to make sense of the world — to provide clarity about the meaning of social reality. However, although ...
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Democratisation of education in South Africa : issues of social justice and the voice of learners?
(Education Association of South Africa, 2008)The South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 mandates that secondary school learners, who are members of the Representative Council for Learners, should be part of school governance through participation in school governing ...
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