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Drag kings in Cape Town: The performance of gendered subjectivities online
(University of the Westen Cape, 2015)The last few decades have seen the development of a large body of scholarly work on drag queens and performances of femininity by men (see Barrett 1995, 1999). However, performances of masculinity by women have largely ... -
Drawing the dark
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)Day and night, night after night, deep in his prayer, he deliberated whether it was possible to draw the dark without ever looking at it.He had his head in his hands.His hands covered his eyes. His breath caught onwords ... -
DRIFT incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)DRIFT (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformation) is an interactive, ecological-social process and software package to assist with environmental flow assessments and river management decision-making. It was ... -
Drinking, binge drinking, and substance use among health professional students
(LAM Publications Limited, 2008)Alcohol abuse is a major concern on college and university campuses. Heavy episodic drinking or binge drinking has also become a major health hazard. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between binge ... -
The drive for school libraries in South Africa: intersections and connections
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)This paper traces the important developments in school librarianship in South Africa since 2007, during which time the drive to address huge backlogs in school library provision has gained momentum - largely, it argues, ... -
Driven Out of Paradise: Illicit Financial Flows and Offshore Leaks
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Illicit financial flows and recent offshore leaks constitute the topic of this article. As regards illicit financial flows, the focus is on two countries: Switzerland as an example of a country from the North, and South ... -
Drivers and actors in large-scale farmland acquisitions in Sudan
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study analyses the political, economic and social impacts of the land and ‘virtual water’ grab in Southern Sudan. The ‘virtual water’ concept, which explains the absence of water wars through water embedded in ... -
Drivers of CO2-Emissions in Fossil Fuel abundant settings: (Pooled) mean group and nonparametric panel analyses
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020)The present inquiry addresses the income-environment relationship in oil-producing countries and scrutinizes the further drivers of atmospheric pollution in the respective settings. The existing literature that tests the ... -
Drought and exogenous abscisic acid alter hydrogen peroxide accumulation and diferentially regulate the expression of two maize RD22-like genes
(Nature Research, 2017)Increased biosynthesis of abscisic acid (ABA) occurs in plants in response to water defcit, which is mediated by changes in the levels of reactive oxygen species such as H2O2. Water defcit and ABA induce expression of ... -
Drought and salinity stress alters ROS accumulation, water retention, and osmolyte content in sorghum plants
(Elsevier, 2017)biotic stresses such as drought and salinity are major environmental factors that influence crop productivity worldwide. These adverse conditions induce osmotic stresses in plant cells by decreasing water availability, thus ... -
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 S.A., 2020)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 ... -
Drug susceptibility profiles of Candida species isolated from the oral mucosa of HIV-positive West African patients using the TREK Sensititre system
(2013)BACKGROUND: Candida infections are a common cause of death in immunocompromised patients. The prevalence and anti-mycotic drug susceptibility profiles of Candida species from Cameroon in Africa are unavailable. This ... -
Drug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?
(ALLSA, 2013)In the past few months, there have been increasing numbers of drug-abusing patients attending my practice. More recently, an anorexic, very agitated and nervous 20-year-old presented at my consulting rooms requesting ... -
Drug-resistant tuberculosis patient care journeys in South Africa: A pilot study using routine laboratory data
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), 2020)hirteen districts in Eastern Cape (EC), KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Western Cape (WC) Provinces, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To pilot a methodology for describing and visualising healthcare journeys among drug-resistant tuberculosis ... -
Dry Gongronema latifolium aqueous extract mediated silver nanoparticles by one-step in-situ biosynthesis for antibacterial activities
(Elsevier, 2021)In-situ biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles for antibacterial activities doped with aqueous extract of dry Gongronema Latifolium (DGL) is presented in this work. The absorbance was determined using a UV-Visible analysis ... -
Dual use school community libraries: expedient compromise or imaginative solution?
(University of Alberta Libraries, 2021-02)The paper reports on a research project in a group of six dual use school community libraries in a rural region of South Africa1. The six dual use libraries were established with donor funding in 2001 as part of a larger ... -
Dual-functional phosphoric acid-loaded covalent organic framework for PEMFC self-humidification: Optimization on membrane electrode assembly
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)A novel enhanced membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was successfully developed by incorporating a phosphoric acid (PA)-loaded Schiff base network (SNW)-type covalent organic framework (COF) as an additive to the catalyst ... -
Dubai: Conflict gold, money laundering and illicit global trade
(University of Western Cape, 2019)This article considers the role that the UAE and, in particular, Dubai has played in the trade in gold between Asia, Europe and Africa. In the 21st century, Dubai has emerged rapidly as one of the focal points in the ... -
"Dubula ibhunu" (shoot the boer): A psycho-political analysis of farm attacks in South Africa
(Scielo, 2014)Post-colonial archetypes in the collective unconscious of South African society have actualised themselves powerfully in the discourses that have usurped the framing of what has come to be called “farm attacks” in South ... -
Durban and Cape Town as port cities: Reconsidering Southern African studies from the Indian Ocean
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This special issue arose out of a workshop titled ‘Durban and Cape Town as Indian Ocean Port Cities: Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean’, held at the University of the Western Cape in September ...