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Reclaiming school athletics in Cape Town’s underclass, 1933–1955
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2022-05-01)This article endeavours to make a significant contribution to the broadening of local school athletics history in Cape Town. By focusing on certain historical documents, the article explores the state and scope of athletics ... -
The Complex 'I'. The Formation of Identity in Complex Systems
(Lawrence and Wishart, 2010)When we deal with complex things, like human subjects or organizations, we deal with identity – that which makes a person or an organization what it is and distinguishes him/her/it from other persons or organizations, a ... -
Drug resistance mutations against protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase inhibitors in people living with HIV-1 receiving boosted protease inhibitors in South Africa
(Frontiers Media, 2020-03)The South African national combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) roll-out program started in 2006, with over 4.4 million people accessing treatment since it was first introduced. HIV-1 drug resistance can hamper the ... -
Genetic resistance to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection and disease
(Frontiers Media, 2018-09)Natural history studies of tuberculosis (TB) have revealed a spectrum of clinical outcomes after exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of TB. Not all individuals exposed to the bacteriumwill become diseased ... -
PHOENICULUS DAMARENSIS - P. PURPUREUS LATITUDINAL GRADIENT IN MANTLE IRIDOSOME DIAMETERS
(2022-05)A latitudinal gradient was proposed in microscopic differences in green and violet woodhoopoe mantle iridosome diameters of mantle feathers. Outer iridophore diameters from Green Woodhoopoe P. p. purpureus barbules (0.22 ... -
Cultural and social experiences and legacies of Esop Suliman and contemporaries in Wellington, South Africa, 1900-19381
(SABINET, 2020-07)This study attempts to investigate socio-cultural experiences of Esop Suliman, an immigrant from India, in the rural parts of the Cape Colony, South Africa, roundabout the turn of the 20th century until 1938 in the Cape ... -
A synthesizing land-cover classification method based on Google Earth Engine : a case study in Nzhelele and Levhuvu catchments, South Africa
(Springer, 2020-07-07)This study designed an approach to derive land-cover in the South Africa with insufficient ground samples, and made a case demonstration in Nzhelele and Levhuvu catchments, South Africa. The method was developed based on ... -
Parenting children who are enterally fed: How families go from surviving to thriving
(Wiley, 2020-09-09)Background Complex feeding difficulties requiring enteral (tube) feeding affect everyone around the child. Parents experience additional stress and are at risk of social isolation. This study investigated the strategies ... -
Anxiety in children with selective mutism: a meta-analysis
(Springer, 2019-10-24)This study evaluates the current conceptualization of selective mutism (SM) as an anxiety disorder in the DSM-5 using a meta-analytic approach. In the absence of any systematic assessment of anxiety in the field of SM, we ... -
Understanding child marriage in Ghana: The constructions of gender and sexuality and implications for married girls
(Routledge, 2020-01-23)Child marriage is the practice of marrying an individual below 18 years. The drivers of this practice include poverty, gender inequality, cultural and religious norms among others. While Ghana is one of many countries ... -
On borders, boundaries and being a chameleon: Metaphors for reframing the academic project
(2017-09)Susan van Schalkwyk, MPhil PhD, is Professor in Health Professions Education and Director of the Centre for Health Professions Education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University, ... -
Pressure-gradient sorption calorimetry of flexible porous materials : implications for intrinsic thermal management
(Wiley, 2020-08-23)Thermal management is an important consideration for applications that involve gas sorption by flexible porous materials. A pressure-gradient differential scanning calorimetric method was developed to measure the energetics ... -
Direct determination of enthalpies of sorption using pressure-gradient differential scanning calorimetry: CO2 sorption by Cu-HKUST
(Wiley, 2020-06-01)Enthalpy of sorption (ΔH) is an important parameter for the design of separation processes using adsorptive materials. A pressure-ramped calorimetric method is described and tested for the direct determination of ΔH values. ... -
Variable contribution identification and visualization in multivariate statistical process monitoring
(Elsevier, 2020-01-15)Multivariate statistical process monitoring (MSPM) has received book-length treatments and wide spread application in industry. In MSPM, multivariate data analysis techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) are ... -
Remdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline
(2020-11-23)Clinical question What is the role of remdesivir in the treatment of severe covid-19? This guideline was triggered by the ACTT-1 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on 22 May 2020. Current practice ... -
A chemometric approach to the evaluation of the ageing ability of red wines
(Elsevier, 2020-08-15)One of the most important quality attributes of red wines is its ability to withstand and ageing process. The multidimensionality of the ageing ability concept, which includes a combination of colour, taste, mouthfeel, and ... -
Molecules in pathogenesis: angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists, 2021-04-19)The renin–angiotensin system is mainly associated with the regulation of blood pressure, but recently many other functions of this system have been described. ACE2, an 805-amino acid monocarboxypeptidase type I transmembrane ... -
Genetic and phenotypic consequences of early domestication in black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)
(Wiley, 2020-06-10)The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, is an emerging biotechnological agent with its larvae being effective converters of organic waste into usable bio-products including protein and lipids. To date, most operations ... -
A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
(2022-04-22)This living guideline by Arnav Agarwal and colleagues (BMJ 2020;370:m3379, doi:10.1136/bmj.m3379) was last updated on 22 April 2022, but the infographic contained two dosing errors: the dose of ritonavir with renal failure ... -
Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza juncea var. sericea) for sustainable small ruminant production: feed, helminth suppressant and meat preservation capabilities
(Elsevier, 2020-12)Small ruminants significantly contribute towards livelihood, food and nutrition security for people living in semiarid low-to-middle-income countries. However, their productivity is largely constrained by feed shortages, ... -
Microporosity of a guanidinium organodisulfonate hydrogen-bonded framework
(Wiley, 2019-10-29)Guanidinium organosulfonates (GSs) are a large and well-explored archetypal family of hydrogen-bonded organic host frameworks that have, over the past 25 years, been regarded as nonporous. Reported here is the only example ... -
Regulating substantively unfair terms in online contracts
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Problems relating to the formation of online contracts: a comparative perspective
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A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter: Appropriateness and methodology
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Hyperlinking and copyright
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Inappropriately assessing appropriateness of class proceedings: Nkala v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-01-11)Nkala v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd (Treatment Action Campaign NPC and another as amici curiae)1 is the first South African mass personal injury class action. The latter is worth noting because a mass personal injury ... -
The job security of employees of financially distressed companies
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Developing and implementing an effective framework for cooperative governance and Local Economic Development (LED) in South African local government
(Megatrend University, 2022-05)The lack of a comprehensive institutional framework to promote joint participation in the development of local economies has hampered grassroots development efforts in South African communities. The majority of the South ...
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