Limited research has been conducted on children’s understanding of HIV/AIDS despite
its widespread practice in South Africa today. This study aimed to explore this area,
specifically investigating institutionalised ...
Gender mainstreaming is defined as “[the] efforts to scrutinize and reinvent processes of policy formulation and implementation across all issue areas to address and rectify persistent and emerging disparities between men ...
The principal’s roles as manager and instructional leader are complementary terms for
explaining what s/he does daily in the school to direct the mission towards its
fulfilment. However, these roles are often in tension, ...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this two-phased study was to determine the performance of
undergraduate nursing students in problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials using a validated
evaluation instrument. RELEVANCE: to determine ...
Abstract
The rise of China and the implications thereof has created much furore in literature, be it academia or popular media. Western concerns are significantly different to those of African states and, typically, ...
Overhead power lines are among the top contributors to vulture mortalities in South
Africa due to direct contact electrocution. Furthermore these electrocution incidences
on the endangered birds affect the power quality ...
Background: To reduce the risks and prevent progression of diabetic complications average blood glucose and glucose variability need to be kept as close to the non diabetic range as possible. Post prandial glucose excursions ...
Abstract
Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach (Pontederiaceae) (water hyacinth), a neotropic
noxious weed of South American origin, is counted among the “big five” aquatic
weeds in South Africa. The weed causes ...
Local Economic Development is a viable mechanism for economic growth for South Africa. National Government has thus has set in place a number of policies and pieces of legislation that encourage local government to participate ...
This research project aims to determine whether fully subsidised BNG house
developed within an integrated development such as Cosmo City can fetch
sufficient value to bridging the ‘gap’ between BNG house and an ...
Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach (Pontederiaceae) is the
most damaging water weed in South Africa. Biological control has had varied success
and therefore attention has shifted toward integrated ...
The failure of governments to promote efficient housing policies coupled
with increasing speculation in land markets has resulted in scarcity of
serviced land, leading to a lack of adequate housing for the majority of ...
The participation of indigenous communities and use of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in environmental governance is provided for in several international and national environmental legislation and policies. In South ...
Early investigations of the urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA) receptor (uPAR) and
its ligand, uPA, were limited to their role in degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM)
and invasion. Emerging evidence ...
Abstract
Integrin-linked Kinase (ILK) is an integrin-associated protein kinase, which regulates growth factor-signalling pathways and cell-ECM adhesion events. Abrogated ILK expression or activity has been implicated in ...
The events of September 11 (9/11) have proved to be the catalyst for the evolution of ‘traditional’ terrorism methodologies into those of a transnational dimension. As a consequence, 9/11 has reshaped the international ...
There exists a level of parametric uncertainty in dynamic systems which if left unaccounted,
could impact negatively on performance during implementation. This
thesis aims to investigate the e ect of acceptably bounded ...