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Enzyme kinetics modelling approach to evaluate the impact of high CO2 and super-atmospheric O2 concentrations on respiration rate of pomegranate arils
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Super-atmospheric O2 has been shown to affect respiration rate (RR), but no model describing its effect on RR for pomegranate arils has been reported. This study investigated the effects of four different gas compositions ...
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Die skending van die menswaardigheid van ouer bruin staatspensioenarisse
(LitNet, 2017)In hierdie bydrae word die sosio-ekonomiese situasie van bruin ouer persone teologies-pastoraal vertolk om te probeer vasstel of hierdie situasie hul menswaardigheid skend. Vir hierdie doel is ’n teologiese teorie van ...
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Musiek, kulturele diversiteit, menswaardigheid en demokrasie in Suid-Afrika
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-04-21)In die voordrag word drie verskillende klemme geplaas: i.) aanduiding van uiteenlopende navorsingsbelangstellings is, ii.) gevolgtrekkings daaruit vir 'n duideliker fokus vorentoe vir die Departement Musiek, en iii.) hoe ...
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Performatiwiteit as verskynsel in die onderwys
(LitNet, 2017)Performatiwiteit in die onderwys is ’n neoliberale verskynsel. Die neoliberalisme is ’n gedagterigting wat effektiwiteit, doeltreffendheid en gehalte beklemtoon. Met hierdie artikel word daar op die toenemende belang van ...
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Saving on household electric water heating : what works best and by how much?
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017)Electric heating of water for domestic use is a substantial component of total household energy costs. Thermal energy in a water heater is either used (as warm water) or lost to the environment. Various approaches to reduce ...
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Empathy and moral emotions in post-apartheid South Africa : an fMRI investigation
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Moral emotions elicited in response to others’ suffering are mediated by empathy and affect how we respond to their pain. South Africa provides a unique opportunity to study group processes given its racially divided past. ...
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Collective security in Africa : the tension between theory and practice
(Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2017)The promotion of peace and security in Africa necessitates security cooperation between states and collective security remains a way to pursue it. This paper explores the changed meaning and application of the concept ...
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Development of a composite soil degradation assessment index for cocoa agroecosystems in southwestern Nigeria
(European Geosciences Union, 2017-08-09)Cocoa agroecosystems are a major land-use type in the tropical rainforest belt of West Africa, reportedly associated with several ecological changes, including soil degradation. This study aims to develop a composite soil ...
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The effects of a father's alcohol misuse on the wellbeing of his family : views of social workers
(Dept. of Social Work, Stellenbosch University, 2017)Alcohol misuse poses a major threat to the wellbeing of families. If a father drinks excessively, all members of the family are affected. A qualitative study of an exploratory and descriptive nature was undertaken in which ...
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'n Klassikus se ontleding van N.P. Van Wyk Louw se Germanicus as 'n beeld van mag en onmag
(LitNet Akademies, 2017)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die mate waarin N.P. Van Wyk Louw se Germanicus (1956) sy hoofbron, ’n werk van die Romeinse geskiedskrywer Tacitus, vernuwend aanwend, met klem op sy uitbeelding van mag en onmag. Die vraag of ...
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Vreemdheid as geleentheid. Enkele gedagtes oor die hermeneutiese potensiaal van 'n ongemaklike begrip
(LitNet, 2017)Die artikel fokus op een faset van ’n veld wat reeds deurtastend ondersoek is, naamlik die aard van die interaksie tussen die self en die ander. Meer spesifiek gaan dit oor die vraag: Wat is die hermeneutiese potensiaal ...
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Emerging translational variance : vacuum polarization energy of the 𝜙6 kink
(Hindawi, 2017-07-30)We propose an efficient method to compute the vacuum polarization energy of static field configurations that do not allow decomposition into symmetric and antisymmetric channels in one space dimension. In particular, we ...
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The functional interplay of low molecular weight thiols in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-12)Background: Three low molecular weight thiols are synthesized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), namely ergothioneine (ERG), mycothiol (MSH) and gamma-glutamylcysteine (GGC). They are able to counteract reactive oxygen ...
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on early childhood development in paediatric HIV care and treatment programmes : a randomised controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-09)Background: HIV infection in a family may affect optimum child development. Our hypothesis is that child development outcomes among HIV-exposed infants will be improved through a complex early childhood stimulation (ECS) ...
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Toxicity associated with tuberculosis chemotherapy in the REMoxTB study
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-11)Background: The incidence and severity of tuberculosis chemotherapy toxicity is poorly characterised. We used data available from patients in the REMoxTB trial to provide an assessment of the risks associated with the ...
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Taalbewussyn as komponent van geletterdheidsvaardigheid : 'n ondersoek na narratiefvaardigheidontwikkeling by Graad 3-leerders
(LitNet, 2017)Daar word wyd verwys na ondergemiddelde prestasie van jong leerders in geletterdheidsontwikkeling in Suid-Afrikaanse skole (Donald en Condy 2005; Klop 2011; Marais 2012). Terselfdertyd word toegewyd aandag gegee aan moontlike ...
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Naklanke van Arnold van Wyk se Poerpasledam vir fluit en klavier
(LitNet, 2017-09-09)Hierdie artikel word aangebied as ’n kurering van die naklanke van die Suid-Afrikaanse komponis Arnold van Wyk (1916–1983) se enigste komposisie vir dwarsfluit en klavier. Hierdie komposisie dra die ongewone titel Poerpasledam. ...
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Professorale intreerede
(1998-08-19)Hans Roosenschoon is in 1952 in Nederland gebore en het in 1953 saam met sy ouers na Suid-Afrika geemigreer. In 1976 wen hy die Buitelandse Beurs vir Komponiste van die Suider-Afrikaanse Musiekregte Organisasie (SAMRO), ...
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Openings
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2016-05-10)Stephanus Muller received his undergraduate musical training at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 1993 he changed the focus of his music studies from piano performance to musicology, and he holds master’s degrees ...
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Afrikaans en Musiek. Kantaantekeninge van iemand wat aan die kant teken
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-06)Teen die agtergrond van vrae oor die toekoms van Afrikaans stel hierdie artikel vokale musiek as 'n eie "bestaansdomein" van taal aan die orde. Die spesifiek musikale kenmerke van Afrikaans in vergelyking met ander tale ...
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Die rol van die Nasionale Studentefinansieringskema (NSFAS) in die fasilitering van toegang tot hoer onderwys vir studente uit armer gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-12)In die vorige politieke bestel was swart studente onderverteenwoordig aan universiteite in Suid-Afrika. In 1990 was byvoorbeeld slegs 37,7% van studente swart. Met die oorgang na die nuwe politieke bestel is alle beperkings ...
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Professionele ontwikkeling vir Afrikaans huistaal-onderwysers ter bevordering van leesbegrip van niemoedertaalsprekers
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-12)Hierdie studie ondersoek die professionele ontwikkelingsbehoeftes van onderwysers met betrekking tot die bevordering van die leesbegrip van niemoedertaalsprekers in Afrikaans-huistaalklasse. Gebaseer op die data wat ...
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Taal as hulpbron in intermediere fase wiskunde-onderrig in die Oos-Kaap : op soek na 'n effektiewe pedagogiek vir wiskunde-onderrig
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-09)In Suid-Afrika is dit nie verpligtend dat studente tydens hul wiskunde-onderwysopleiding eers die taal van leer en onderrig (TvLO) moet bemeester nie. Voorts word geen of minimale leiding gegee met betrekking tot ʼn ...
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Re-imagining family and gender roles in Aminatta Forna's Ancestor Stones
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)This paper examines the interplay between polygyny and gender by exploring the way in which family structure and gender roles are negotiated, imagined and exercised in fiction. Aminatta Forna's Ancestor stones (2006) is ...
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'n Kulturele entomologiese ondersoek na insekte in Willem Anker se Siegfried
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)In this paper I investigate the function of the references to insects in Willem Anker's debut novel Siegfried (2007) from a cultural entomological perspective. My focus is on the character Wilhelm (Willem) Smit. Smit, a ...
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Breyten Breytenbachs poezie in Raster
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)From 1969 until 1972 the South-African writer and graphic artist Breyten Breytenbach published 29 poems, prose texts and three drawings in the Dutch experimental periodical Raster (first edition: 1967). H. C. ten Berge, ...
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'Taming untamed pests' : representing female sexualities in Tiyambe Zeleza's Smouldering charcoal and James Ng'ombe's Sugarcane with salt
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017-05-29)In this article, I explore a range of intersections between the ideological-material legacies of a dictatorial regime and representations of female sexuality in Malawian fiction. I am particularly interested in using ...
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'Speaking' and 'silence' in the memoirs of Petronella van Heerden
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017-04-28)Petronella van Heerden’s memoirs have received little academic attention. This article aims to contribute to the limited archive of research on her work to highlight women’s involvement in South African and Afrikaner ...
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Criteria for enhancing mucus transport : a systematic scoping review
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-06)Background: Uncertainty exists regarding the physiological basis of physiotherapy strategies to facilitate mucus clearance. The aim of this review was to describe the physiological factors and intrinsic conditions that ...
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Recurrence quantification analysis of resting state EEG signals in autism spectrum disorder – a systematic methodological exploration of technical and demographic confounders in the search for biomarkers
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-02)Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a worldwide prevalence of 1–2%. In low-resource environments, in particular, early identification and diagnosis is a significant challenge. ...
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