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2013-06-28 Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genes and the complex hypertrophic phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Carstens, Nadia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a strong independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, while its regression is associated with an improved clinical prognosis. It is, therefore, ...
2013-09-13 Exploring work-related spinal cord injuries in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Pefile, Ntsikelelo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating and impacts negatively on an individual’s functioning and social participation. A good legal framework in South Africa promotes health and safety in ...
2013-09-16 A sequential methods study describing the perceptions of environmental barriers and the employment of persons with disabilities on a private healthcare company

Strydom, Nina (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Persons with disabilities face many barriers in the workplace due to their disabilities as well as because of the impact of their environment. The purpose of the study was to identify the environmental ...
Abnormal eating attitudes and weight loss behaviours of girls attending a "traditional" Jewish high school in Johannesburg : an examination of teachers' awareness

Notelovitz, Talia (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Eating disorders are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in adolescent and young adult women. There is some evidence that Eating disorders may be more common in Jewish females than ...
Academic factors affecting learning at a nursing college in the Western Cape

Magerman, Yolande Nerissa (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nursing education, including the individual nurse educator, has a responsibility to society and to students for providing quality education, for maintaining the highest academic standards, for the ...
Accessibility and uptake of reproductive health education during earlier youth according to 18 and 19 year old college students in the Cape Town metropolitan area

McMillan, Lauren (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reproductive health is the right of every person. The new Children’s Act (Act 38 of 2005) gives to children 12 years and older rights to reproductive health, which includes contraceptive access as well ...
Accuracy and completeness of notification of tuberculosis in two high incident communities in Cape Town, South Africa

Dunbar, Rory (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) treatment registers and laboratory records are essential recording and reporting tools in TB control programmes. Reliable data are essential for any TB control programme ...
The accuracy of non-invasive blood pressure monitoring when compared to intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring in patients with severe pre-eclampsia during an acute hypertensive crisis

Dalla, Sangita (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of non-invasive blood pressure measurements, using automated and manual devices, against invasive intra-arterial blood pressure measurements ...
Acrosome size and kinematics of human spermatozoa

Murray, George M. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)

For spermatozoa to gain access to the oocyte for fertilization, lytic enzymes need to be released during the acrosome reaction. These enzymes, which are stored and transported within an organelle termed the acrosome, ...
The activity and participation profile of persons with traumatic spinal cord injury in the Cape Metropole, Western Cape, South Africa : a prospective, descriptive study

Maclachlan, Mirda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most serious and devastating injuries often resulting in permanent disability and with life changing implications for the individual and ...
The adaptation and norming of selected psychometric tests for 12- to 15- year-old urbanized Western Cape adolescents

Ferrett, Helen Louise (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of psychometric testing of cognitive functioning in South Africa is hampered by the paucity of normative data that adequately characterize our ethnically, linguistically, socioeconomically, ...
The adaptation of an appropriate screening tool for the early detection of malnutrition in individuals with intellectual disability (ID) in a psychiatric hospital in North West Province (South Africa)

Nel, Maretha (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Considering the myriad of risk factors causing nutritional deficiency, as well as the prevalence of malnutrition and feeding problems experienced by individuals with intellectual disability ...
Adaptation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptome in response to rifampicin

Grobbelaar, Melanie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Anti-tuberculosis drugs target specific essential cellular processes and structural components. The first line drug, rifampicin (RIF) is a RNA polymerase inhibitor which targets the β-subunit and subsequently ...
The added value of SPECT/CT in the evaluation of equivocal skeletal lesions in patients with known malignant disease

Ndlovu, Xolani (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Introduction: Bone scintigraphy is used extensively in evaluating metastatic disease. There are currently no clear recommendations for the use of SPECT/CT in metastatic bone disease. Existing procedural ...
The adolescent and sexual health

Asia, Ida (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research and in certain instances the lack of research as well as extensive experience of the researcher in this field of study convinced the researcher that a scientific study / exploration is critical ...
The aetiology of upper quadrant musculoskeletal pain in high school learners using desktop computers : a prospective study

Prins, Yolandi (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)

The Western Cape Education Department initiated a project that aims to provide all the learners from the province with computer access and to promote computer use in schools. Prolonged sitting in front of computers and ...
Agency nurses’ perceptions of job satisfaction within critical care units in private healthcare institutions

Collier, Vasanthi (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Agency-nursing work refers to nursing services provided by agency nurses employed on a casual, contracted basis. Agency-nursing has become more common in nursing practice in South Africa. This group of ...
Agents of change : the implementation and evaluation of a peer education programme on sexuality in the Anglican church of the Western Cape

Mash, Rachel A. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION Religion is important in Africa and many churches are involved in HIV ministry. Prevention programmes, however, are less frequent in the church setting and there is little evaluation of them. ...
Alcohol Induced Psychotic Disorder: a comparitive study in patients with alcohol dependance, schizophrenia and normal controls

Jordaan, Gerhard Emsley, R. A. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)

Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (also known as alcohol hallucinosis) is a complication of alcohol abuse that requires clinical differentiation from alcohol withdrawal delirium and schizophrenia. Although extensively ...
All in a day's work : student nurses' perceptions of their clinical learning experiences in a corporate workplace context

Volschenk, Mariette Van Heerden, B. B. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)

Introduction: Exposure to the clinical learning environment forms an essential part of nursing education. Individual student perceptions of this multi-dimensional context can greatly influence their clinical learning ...