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On the polemic of academic integrity in higher education
(HESA, 2019)Academic integrity is integral to credible scholarship. Yet, the escalation of publications and the desire to publish, even in this journal – South African Journal of Higher Education – often bring into play the important ... -
Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering
(HESA, 2019)Legitimation Code Theory has proven to be useful in analysing the relationship between theory and practice. Semantic gravity can be used to illustrate teaching and learning processes that move between different levels of ... -
The principled leadership scale : an integration of value-based leadership
(AOSIS Publishing, 2019)Orientation: A need exists to investigate leader behaviour necessary to curb the corruption that has infected and weakened South Africa’s moral fibre. Such leader behaviour would need to be underpinned by a set of universal ... -
Nutrient exchange of carbon and nitrogen promotes the formation of stable mutualisms between chlorella sorokiniana and saccharomyces cerevisiae under engineered synthetic growth conditions
(Frontiers Media, 2019-04)Microbial biotechnological processes can be based on single species pure cultures or on multi-species assemblages. While these assemblages can be advantageous by offering more functionalities and more resilience to changing ... -
Perceived enablers and constraints of motivation to conduct undergraduate research in a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences : what role does choice play?
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Background: Enhancing evidence-based practice and improving locally driven research begins with fostering the research skills of undergraduate students in the medical and health sciences. Research as a core component of ... -
Environmental temperature alters the overall digestive energetics and differentially affects dietary protein and lipid use in a lizard
(The Company of Biologists, 2019)Processing food (e.g. ingestion, digestion, assimilation) requires energy referred to as specific dynamic action (SDA) and is at least partially fuelled by oxidation of the nutrients (e.g. proteins and lipids) within ... -
The garlic compound ajoene covalently binds vimentin, disrupts the vimentin network and exerts anti-metastatic activity in cancer cells
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019)Background: Garlic has been used for centuries for its flavour and health promoting properties that include protection against cancer. The vinyl disulfide-sulfoxide ajoene is one of the phytochemicals found in crushed cloves, ... -
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Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated is located in cardiac mitochondria and impacts oxidative phosphorylation
(Springer Nature, 2019)The absence of Ataxia-Telangiectasia mutated protein kinase (ATM) is associated with neurological, metabolic and cardiovascular defects. The protein has been associated with mitochondria and its absence results in mitochondrial ... -
Chemoresistance : intricate interplay between breast tumor cells and adipocytes in the tumor microenvironment
(Frontiers Media, 2018-12-11)Excess adipose tissue is a hallmark of an overweight and/or obese state as well as a primary risk factor for breast cancer development and progression. In an overweight/obese state adipose tissue becomes dysfunctional due ... -
A systematic review of 3PLS’ entry into reverse logistics
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-11-08)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concepts of Industry 4.0 and closed loop supply chains are becoming popular as logistics management evolves. Industry 4.0, through its instruments such as cloud manufacturing and the Internet of Things, ... -
7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting
(South African Heart Association, 2019)Introduction: We describe the largest South African transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) outcome report of a single team in the Western Cape, over a 7-year period from 2009 - 2016. Methods: All patients who ... -
Linking terpene synthases to sesquiterpene metabolism in grapevine flowers
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) terpene synthases (VviTPS) are responsible for the biosynthesis of terpenic volatiles. Volatile profiling of nine commercial wine cultivars showed unique cultivar-specific variation in volatile ... -
Where there is no evidence : implementing family interventions from recommendations in the NICE guideline 11 on challenging behaviour in a South African health service for adults with intellectual disability
(2019)Background: Low- and middle-income countries often lack the fiscal, infrastructural and human resources to conduct evidence-based research; similar constraints may also hinder the application of good clinical practice ... -
The heart of the poet at the heart of his poem : the manner and purpose of Catullus’ identification with Ariadne in poem 64
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2018)In recent times, the longer poems of Catullus have been receiving renewed attention. Previously regarded as highly technical, impersonal works written to earn the poet the epithet of doctus in neoteric circles, there is ... -
An ancient example of literary blackmail
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2018)Towards the end of his life and especially after his exile in 58-57 BC, Cicero’s publication program accelerated. While he aimed to promote his own glory, he had to do so in an environment where writing about oneself ... -
Beyond mere communication
(Stellenbosch University, 2000)This article argues that language teaching must involve the systematic development ofdiscourses which will empower learners to use language effectively in particular situations.At present many language teachers concerned ... -
Learning dynamics of linear denoising autoencoders
(PMLR, 2018)Denoising autoencoders (DAEs) have proven useful for unsupervised representation learning, but a thorough theoretical understanding is still lacking of how the input noise influences learning. Here we develop theory ... -
Dietary intake, nutrition, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2014)In this study, we describe the nutritional status of women from a South African community with very high rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Nutrient intake (24-2 hours recall) of mothers of children with ... -
Towards a visionary and historical consciousness : Rowan Williams’s four quartets lectures (1974–1975)
(Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2017)The aim of this essay is to provide a critical exposition of Rowan Williams’s unpublished lectures on T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. A thorough examination of these texts has been lacking in various interpretations of ... -
St Paul’s Anglican Theological College during the transition towards a democratic South Africa, 1986–92
(Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2017)St Paul’s Theological College was established in Grahamstown, South Africa, in 1902 to train white Anglican students for the ministry. During the last six years of its existence, from 1986 to 1992, the college went through ... -
British imperial wars and the strengthening of the Dutch Reformed Church's Mission : Mashonaland in the late 19th to early 20th centuries
(Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2017)This focus is on conflicts in which the British South African Company (BSAC) had a direct hand, and in which British forces were victorious. Three specific conflicts will be highlighted: the First Matabele War (1893-1894), ... -
The exotic nature of ideophones – from Khoekhoe to Xhosa
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)The present paper analyzes the exoticness of Khoekhoe-sourced ideophones as a possible factor that stimulated the introduction of certain phonological novelties to the sound system of Xhosa. Having analyzed Khoekhoe-sourced ... -
Die ontwikkeling van ʼn gestruktureerde indiensontwikkelings- program vir opvoedkundige tolke aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)Inleiding: Sedert die vroeë 2000’s is daar toenemend gebruik gemaak van opvoedkundige tolking by tersiêre instellings in Suid-Afrika en die waarde daarvan spesifiek by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) is ook ondersoek ... -
Vriendskap teenoor vyandskap in taalbeplanning vir die Universiteit Stellenbosch : die bydrae van Leon de Stadler
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)No abstract available. -
From England To Under African Skies : the quest for an African Anglican Liturgical Voice
(Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2017)The prayer book of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa is currently being revised. The slogan “Under Southern Skies—In an African voice” is the rallying cry of this liturgical consultative process. It captures one of ... -
The neuromyelitis optica presentation and the aquaporin-4 antibody in HIV-seropositive and seronegative patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: The association of the anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) water channel antibody with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) syndrome has been described from various parts of the world. There has been no large study describing this ... -
Environmental education in teacher education : a viewpoint exploring options in South Africa
(Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa, 2017)Environmental knowledge is often regarded as difficult to define and position in education in general and in teacher education in particular. This presents challenges for both knowledge production and for curriculum ... -
Maintaining cold chain integrity : temperature breaks within fruit reefer containers in the Cape Town Container Terminal
(University of South Africa, 2017)South Africa is among the top 10 fruit-exporting countries in the world. The South African fruit industry has identifi ed temperature breaks along the fruit export cold chain that result in the deterioration of fruit ... -
Stroke management and functional outcomes of stroke survivors in an urban Western Cape Province setting
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2017)Introduction: Long-term disability caused by stroke can be decreased through comprehensive rehabilitation. Aim: This article aims to describe the functional outcomes achieved by stroke survivors in an urban Western Cape ...
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