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Viral hepatitis B and C in HIV-exposed South African infants
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)Background: Whilst much attention is given to eliminating HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), little has been done to ensure the same for hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission. The introduction of HBV immunization at ... -
Towards the validation of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) for routine plant virus diagnostics: measurement of variation linked to HTS detection of citrus viruses and viroids
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background: High-throughput sequencing (HTS) has been applied successfully for virus and viroid discovery in many agricultural crops leading to the current drive to apply this technology in routine pathogen detection. ... -
Distribution patterns of Acidobacteriota in different fynbos soils
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Metrics Comments Media Coverage Peer Review Reader Comments (0) Figures Figures Table 1 Table 2 Fig 1 Table 3 Fig 2 Fig 3 Abstract The Acidobacteriota is ubiquitous and is considered ... -
Costs and benefits : scholarship students’ reflective accounts of attending an elite secondary school
(Elsevier, 2021)Situated within the context of elite education, the empirical focus of this article is on the reflective accounts of former scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite secondary ... -
Reference skills or human-centered design: towards a new lexicographical culture
(Bureau of the WAT, 2020)This paper deals with the design of digital lexicographical products. It introduces the philosophy of human-centered design, as explained in the work of Don Norman, and discusses central design concepts like affordances, ... -
'n Model vir 'n aanlyn GIS-vakwoordeboek
(Bureau of the WAT, 2020)As part of a MA study completed at Stellenbosch University, a model for an online specialized dictionary for GIS was developed to address three problems. The first problem is the large number of specialized dictionaries ... -
e-Dictionaries in a network of information tools in the e-Environment
(Bureau of the WAT, 2020)Traditional dictionaries offer curated data to users. Users should therefore be able to find the correct data to solve their information need. However, users don't necessarily know the exact scope of lexicographic information. ... -
Special field and subject field lexicography contributing to lexicography
(Bureau of the WAT, 2020)Restricted dictionaries are fully-fledged dictionaries and their contribution to lexicography should never be underestimated. Because restricted dictionaries often are neglected in lexicographic discussions this article ... -
Experiential Education Conference at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 10–11 November 2020
(African Minds, 2020)Experiential Education as Pedagogy for Social Justice, Praxis and Practice for Shaping 21st‑Century Global Citizen LeadersStellenbosch University’s Division Student Affairs, Centre for Student Leadership, Experiential ... -
Comorbidity in trichotillomania (hair‐pulling disorder) : a cluster analytical approach
(Wiley, 2019)Background: A promising approach to reducing the phenotypic heterogeneity of psychiatric disorders involves the identification of homogeneous subtypes. Careful study of comorbidity in obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) ... -
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Assessing the uncertainty around age-mixing patterns in HIV transmission inferred from phylogenetic trees
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Understanding age-mixing patterns in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission networks can enhance the design and implementation of HIV prevention strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to ethical consideration, it ... -
The magnitude and determinants of missed opportunities for childhood vaccination in South Africa
(MDPI, 2020-11-25)Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) may be among the factors responsible for suboptimal vaccination coverage in South Africa. However, the magnitude and determinants of MOV in the country are not known. Thus, this ... -
A mega-aggregation framework synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to linkage, adherence to ART and retention in care among people living with HIV
(BMC, 2021)Background: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) struggle with the challenges of living with a chronic disease and integrating antiretroviral treatment (ART) and care into their daily lives. The aims ... -
Sustainability higher education in the context of Bearn’s University of Beauty
(MDPI, 2020-12-16)Sustainability and its relationship with education has been the subject of much contestation in recent decades. This article reviews some of the debates on sustainability in the context of higher education and raises ... -
A review of adherence and predictors of adherence to the CONSORT Statement in the reporting of tuberculosis vaccine trials
(MDPI, 2020-12-16)The statement on Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) ensures transparency in the reporting of randomized trials. However, it is unclear if the statement has led to improvement in the quality of reporting ... -
Student affairs in a traumatic year
(JSAA Editors in collaboration with Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media, 2020)The year 2020 is a year that we will remember globally in higher education as having been most unusual, indeed, traumatic. If at the beginning of 2020 the year had a hopeful ring with plenty, as it comes to an end it is ... -
Using Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) for Emergency Medical Service education
(Emergency Care Society of South Africa, 2020)Background: Continuous professional development (CPD) is a registration requirement for all healthcare professionals in South Africa. The shift-driven work environment of emergency and critical care providers often means ... -
A systematic review and conceptual model of international student mobility decision-making
(Cogitatio, 2021)This research synthesizes the most recent studies on the international student mobility of higher education students. Our aim is to begin to conceptualise and predict the barriers, enablers and determinants from an ... -
Covid-19 : Undoing our "normal" to find our humanity
(HESA, 2021)At the time of writing this article South Africa has entered yet another hard lockdown, casting darkening shadows over, if not a hopeful return to “normalâ€, then at least to the establishment of a “new normalâ€. ...
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