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Assessment of the effectiveness and feasibility of a feeder-line-haul network in the City of Mbombela
(2021-12-08)ABSTRACT The City of Mbombela, although it has not yet reached a metropolitan status, it can be seen that it is rapidly growing towards this status. An integrated public transport system is therefore required not only to ... -
Hey, that could be me : the role of similarity in narrative persuasion
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Stories are often used in health communication because of accumulating evidence of their potential to affect people’s attitudes and health behavioral intentions. Similarity between the reader and the story’s protagonist ... -
Pixelating crop production : consequences of methodological choices
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Worldwide, crop production is intrinsically intertwined with biological, environmental and economic systems, all of which involve complex, inter-related and spatially-sensitive phenomena. Thus knowing the location of ... -
Digitale tegnologie in die bevordering van vaardigheidsontwikkeling vir leerders met erge intellektuele gestremdheid
(2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Digital technology has become an integral part of everyday life and is increasingly being used to enhance access to and quality of education. In South Africa, the Education White Paper 7 provided an impetus ... -
Community context and individual factors associated with arrests among young men in a South African township
(Public Library of Science, 2019)Background: In high-income countries, individual- and community-level factors are associated with increased contact with the criminal justice system. However, little is known about how these factors contribute to the ... -
Strategies to strengthen the provision of mental health care at the primary care setting : an evidence map
(Public Library of Science, 2019)In a deinstitutionalised mental health care system, those with mental illness require complex, multidisciplinary and intersectoral care at the primary or community service setting. This paper describes an Evidence Map of ... -
An evangelical understanding of the Missio Dei as inclusion of social justice : a critical theological reflection
(AFRICAJOURNALS, 2019)The term missionary was initially employed in its contemporary sense for emissaries of the Pope and the royal families of Portugal and also Spain who were sent to convert people to Catholicism. Over the last two hundred ... -
An evangelical discourse on God’s foreknowledge in relation to moral evil
(AFRICAJOURNALS, 2019)Within the long tradition of Christian reflection on the problem of evil, different approaches to justify God are developed. More specifically, this article focuses on the school of thought within evangelical theology ... -
A comparison of higher-order reading comprehension performance for different language of instruction models in South African primary schools
(University of the Free State, 2019)In this article, preProgress in Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011 data is used to compare the performance of different language of instruction groupings (English, Afrikaans and African languages) in primary schools ... -
Acute pain in the African prehospital setting : a scoping review
(Hindawi, 2019)Background. Acute pain is a common reason for seeking prehospital emergency care. Regrettably, acute pain is often underestimated and poorly managed in this setting. The scoping review was conducted to gain insight into ... -
Decolonising the African university again
(HESA, 2021)The notion of the African university ought to be decolonised on the grounds that decolonisation enhances humanisation and rehumanisation, as well as cosmopolitan pluriversalism. This article argues that unless the university ... -
KNOWLEDGE AND CLINICAL PRACTICES RELATED TO PERIOPERATIVE PRESSURE INJURIES IN A MIDDLE EASTERN HOSPITAL
(2021-12-06)Perioperative pressure injuries (PIs) resulting from inadequate safety precautions when positioning a patient in the operating room (OR) for a diagnostic or surgical intervention, may result in temporary or permanent damage ... -
An evaluation of informed consent comprehension by adult trial participants in South Africa at the time of providing consent for clinical trial participation and a review of the literature
(Dove Medical Press, 2019)Introduction: The informed consent process is a fundamental part of clinical trials and is driven by both a legal and ethical agenda. The process may be seriously compromised if trial participants sign the informed consent ... -
Israel's only son? the complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and Joseph
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)Several studies in recent years have sought to articulate the significance of the tribe of Benjamin for historical and literary studies of the Hebrew Bible. This paper suggests that the received text of Genesis 35-50 both ... -
Key themes in Zechariah 1-8
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)The discussion of key themes or the message of Zechariah 1-8 is neglected in commentaries that were published during the past five years. This article focuses on this neglected part of Zechariah research and investigates ... -
Who is my Brother? an ironic reading of Genesis 19:1-11
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)This article analyses the Tangale presupposition relating to the concept of brotherhood. It argues that the concept underscores the significance of the virtue of solidarity and togetherness within the Tangale traditional ... -
Mordecai's royal vestments : Princely and/or Priestly?
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)This essay examines the function of clothing and related accoutrements in the book of Esther. The motif of dressing and undressing oneself or another signals a shift in the investment or divestment of power and status. ... -
Psalm 39 (LXX 38) : a retributive Psalm?
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)This paper is a contribution to the Festschrift for Prof. Phil Botha. As a teacher in Semitic Languages, he specialised in two corpora: poetry (Hebrew) and more specifically the Psalms, and Syriac, a prominent Aramaic ... -
Prioritising potential incursions for contingency planning : pathways, species, and sites in Durban (eThekwini), South Africa as an example
(Pensoft Publishers, 2019-06-19)Increased trade and travel have resulted in an increasing rate of introduction of biological organisms to new regions. Urban environments, such as cities, are hubs for human activities facilitating the introduction of alien ... -
Naturally occurring homoisoflavonoids : phytochemistry, biological activities, and synthesis (Part II)
(SAGE, 2019)This review documents all the new homoisoflavonoids (HIFs) that have been reported since 2007, whose total number has grown from 159 in 2007 to 295 at the present time. This review contains their structures, biological ... -
Impact of second order slip and non-uniform suction on non-linear stagnation point flow of alumina-water nanofluid over electromagnetic sheet
(International Information and Engineering Technology Association, 2019)The purpose of the present article is to study the influence of second order slip and variable suction on non-linear stagnation point flow of Alumina-water nanofluid past an electromagnetic sheet embedded in a porous medium. ... -
Prejudice, privilege, and power : conflicts and cooperation between recognizable groups
(AIMS Press, 2019)The problem of cooperation remains one of the fundamental questions in the fields of biology, sociology, and economics. The emergence and maintenance of cooperation are naturally affected by group dynamics, since individuals ... -
The potential evolutionary impact of invasive balloon vines on native soapberry bugs in South Africa
(Pensoft Publishers, 2019-07-25)Following their establishment in new communities, invasive species may cause evolutionary changes in resident native species. This is clearly true for phytophagous insects, which may adapt rapidly when utilising abundant ... -
Street homelessness in urban Cape Town: An exploratory study of the lived experiences of people living on the streets
(2021-12-01)The main purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of street homelessness from the perspectives of the people who are living on the streets and government officials who work with this population group in ... -
Assessing the association between pathways of alien plant invaders and their impacts in protected areas
(Pensoft Publishers, 2019-03-05)Protected areas face mounting pressures, including invasion by alien plant species. Scientifically sound information is required to advise invasive species management strategies, where early detection and rapid response ... -
Tool support for correctness-by-construction
(Springer, 2019)Correctness-by-Construction (CbC) is an approach to incrementally create formally correct programs guided by pre- and postcondition specifications. A program is created using refinement rules that guarantee the resulting ... -
Java Pathfinder at SV-COMP 2019 (Competition Contribution)
(Springer, 2019)This paper gives a brief overview of Java Pathfinder, or jpf-core. We describe the architecture of JPF, its strengths, and how it was set up for SV-COMP 2019. -
Symbolic pathfinder for SV-COMP (Competition Contribution)
(Springer, 2019)This paper describes the benchmark entry for Symbolic Pathfinder, a symbolic execution tool for Java bytecode. We give a brief description of the tool and we describe the particular run configuration that was used in the ... -
Assessment for incipient hospital-acquired deconditioning in acute hospital settings : a systematic literature review
(Medical Journals Sweden AB, 2019)Objectives: To systematically identify literature reporting on assessment instruments relevant for incipient hospital-acquired deconditioning during acute hospital admissions; evaluate their psychometric properties; and ... -
Socioeconomic determinants influencing nutritional status of children in Sekhukhune District of Limpopo Province in South Africa
(Avens Publishing Group, 2019)South Africa has adequate food supplies to feed the entire population at national level. However, reports have shown evidence of under-nutrition among certain parts of the population due to lack of access. The aim of the ...
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