University Centres and Units: Recent submissions
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Quantitative 18F-FDG PET-CT scan characteristics correlate with tuberculosis treatment response
(SpringerOpen (part of Springer Nature), 2020)Background: There is a growing interest in the use of F-18 FDG PET-CT to monitor tuberculosis (TB) treatment response. Tuberculosis lung lesions are often complex and diffuse, with dynamic changes during treatment ... -
Ek het uiteindelik op straat beland; dis ʼn harde lewe : Uitdagings van kwesbare vroue wat alkohol of dwelms misbruik
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2019)Daar is wêreldwyd ʼn toename in die misbruik van alkohol- en/of dwelms. Dit is veral kwesbare vroue wat alkohol of dwelms misbruik, wat gespesialiseerde behandeling benodig. Die doel van die studie was om die uitdagings wat ... -
Studentification in Stellenbosch, South Africa
(Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)Globally, studentification has emerged as a prominent urban process, fast becoming entrenched in geographical discourse. Since the early 1990s, in both developed and developing world countries, an expansion in student ... -
Stellenbosch coffee society : societal and locational preferences
(Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)Stellenbosch is a university town boasting knowledge-intensive economic sectors with a variety of ‘new economy’ occupations and activities. The presence of a professional and creative class, as well as university students ... -
Architecture in Southern African informal settlements : a contextually appropriate intervention
(Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)Architectural professionals can contribute to efforts at achieving sustainable urbanism. However, the realm of professional discourse is extremely limited. Grounded architectural practice (GAP) is developed as a conceptual ... -
Refugee migrants as agents of change : strategies for improved livelihoods and self-reliance
(AOSIS Publishing, 2019)Although many refugees leave their home countries with a certain level of uncertainty concerning their survival in the host country, they are hopeful of improving their livelihood and thus being self-reliant. They seize ... -
Projected climatic and hydrologic changes to lake Victoria Basin Rivers under three RCP emission scenarios for 2015–2100 and impacts on the water sector
(MDPI, 2019)Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin support a multitude of ecosystem services, and the economies of the riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi) rely on their discharge, but projections of their ... -
Mce3R stress-resistance pathway is vulnerable to small-molecule targeting that improves tuberculosis drug activities
(American Chemical Society, 2019)One-third of the world’s population carries Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the infectious agent that causes tuberculosis (TB), and every 17 s someone dies of TB. After infection, Mtb can live dormant for decades in ... -
A continuous-time persistent random walk model for flocking
(AIP Publishing, 2018)A classical random walker is characterized by a random position and velocity. This sort of random walk was originally proposed by Einstein to model Brownian motion and to demonstrate the existence of atoms and molecules. ... -
Building blocks of consciousness : revealing the shared, hidden depths of our biological heritage
(AOSIS, 2020)Human consciousness has been a hard problem for thousands of years and, in the course of time, variously interpreted and often too narrowly defined. As a result, the possibility of animal consciousness, sentience or even ... -
Building blocks of free will : in conversation with Dick Swaab
(AOSIS, 2020)The issue of free will is a complex one that has occupied the minds of many theologians and philosophers through the ages. The two main aspects of free will are the freedom to do otherwise and the power of self-determination. ... -
Genetic analyses reveal complex introduction histories for the invasive tree Acacia dealbata Link around the world
(2020)Aim: To compare genetic diversity and structure between Acacia dealbata populations sampled across the species’ native range in Australia and from its non-native ranges in Chile, Madagascar, New Zealand, Portugal, La ... -
'n Kritiese beskouing van Winfried Ludemann se teoretisering oor 'n musikale versoeningsdialoog
(LitNet Akademies, 2020)In sy gewigtige en komplekse teoretisering oor musiek, kulturele diversiteit, menswaardigheid en Suid-Afrikaanse demokrasie formuleer Winfried Lüdemann ’n metodologie – of selfs ’n bloudruk – wat die georganiseerde ... -
They are my future : childbearing desires and motivations among women with disabilities in Ghana - implications for reproductive healthcare
(BMC, 2020-10-06)Background: Previous research has highlighted widespread public mis/perceptions that portray women with disabilities (WWDs) as asexual, less likely to marry, and often not interested in childbearing. However, evidence ... -
South African paramedic perspectives on prehospital palliative care
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-10-08)Background: Palliative care is typically performed in-hospital. However, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers are uniquely positioned to deliver early palliative care as they are often the first point of medical ... -
Lexical borrowing by Khoekhoegowab from Cape Dutch and Afrikaans
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2015)The present article instantiates types of lexical borrowing from Afrikaans and Dutch in Namibian Khoekhoegowab (also known as “Nama”/“Damara”), but occasionally also refers to borrowings in the opposite direction. Where ... -
Exchanging symbols : monuments and memorials in post-apartheid South Africa
(African Sun Media, 2019)This book comprises eight essays that consider the politics and polemics of monuments in Africa in the wake of the #RhodesMustFall movement in 2015. The removal of the Rhodes statue from UCT main campus is the pivot on ... -
More eyes on COVID-19 : a legal perspective: the unforeseen social impacts of regulatory interventions
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2020)No abstract available. -
Effectiveness of the baby-friendly community initiative in promoting exclusive breastfeeding among HIV negative and positive mothers : a randomized controlled trial in Koibatek Sub-County, Baringo, Kenya
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-07-14)Background: Although the baby-friendly community initiative (BFCI) has been proposed as a community-level approach to improve infant feeding practices, there is little data on its variation in effectiveness by HIV status. ... -
An integrative network-driven pipeline for systematic identification of lncRNA-associated regulatory network motifs in metastatic melanoma
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-07-23)Background: Melanoma phenotype and the dynamics underlying its progression are determined by a complex interplay between different types of regulatory molecules. In particular, transcription factors (TFs), microRNAs ...
