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Enhancing instrumental competence in translator training in a higher education context: A task-based approach
(Academy Publication, 2023)Abstract—This study aims to design a task-based e-Course for teaching computer-aided translation technology in a higher education context. It also investigates the impact of the e-Course on enhancing the instrumental ... -
Enhancing local governance through local initiatives: Residents' associations in Zimbabwe
(Academic Journals, 2011)Residents associations are a local initiative by residents within a specific community. Through residents associations, citizens have been able to keep local authorities in check and to demand accountability. With the ... -
Enriching the information systems curriculum to enable digital innovation capacity
(Sabinet, 2018)The diffusion of technology is opening up numerous opportunities to transform business and society through digital innovations are emerging as a result of the diffusion of technology. Information Systems (IS) education ... -
Ensuring the security and privacy of information in mobile health-care communication systems
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011)The sensitivity of health-care information and its accessibility via the Internet and mobile technology systems is a cause for concern in these modern times. The privacy, integrity and confidentiality of a patient’s data ... -
Entering university studies: identifying enabling factors for a successful transition from school to university
(Springer Verlag, 2017)The South African higher education sector is faced with high attrition and low retention rates. Studies conducted by the Council on Higher Education in South Africa have found that 50% of black students who access university ... -
Enterprise responsibility for sexual harassment in the workplace: comparing Dutch and South African law
(Kluwer Law International, 2008)Introduction: Sexual harassment in the workplace is generally deplored, destructive of working relationships and unlawful. Despite this it is widespread and possibly on the increase. In Spain, according to a 2006 survey, ... -
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African Charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
(The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2018)The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ... -
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
(Springer Verlag, 2018)The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ... -
Entrepreneurial knowledge and aspirations of dentistry students in South Africa
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2013)An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used ... -
Entrepreneurial knowledge and aspirations of dentistry students in South Africa: The influences of gender and race
(SAGE Publications, 2013)An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used with ... -
Entrepreneurial perceptions and knowledge: A survey of final year university students
(Academic Journals, 2011)This paper investigated the perceptions and knowledge of final year university students towards entrepreneurship gaining insights regarding a gender, race and faculty perspectives. Students across all faculties believed ... -
“Entrepreneurs are superheroes of societies”: Insights on how launching and operating a preschool during the Covid-19 pandemic snatched all my superpowers
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The founding father of entrepreneurship, Schumpeter, described entrepreneurs as true heroes of society, primarily due to their contribution to value creation and their ability to create something new, thereby driving ... -
Entrepreneurship and management of small enterprises: An overview of agricultural activities in the Mopani district municipality
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This study analysed entrepreneurial dynamics, activities and challenges confronting small agricultural businesses in the Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. Mopani is a rural district municipality and ... -
Entrepreneurship education and training at the Further Education and Training (FET) level in South Africa
(Education Association of South Africa, 2007)We assessed the levels of entrepreneurship education and training at the Further Education and Training (FET) level in a South African context. We are of the opinion that entrepreneurship education and training (of ... -
Entrepreneurship gaps framework model: An early-stage business diagnostic tool
(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2020)Background: In South Africa, entrepreneurship literature demonstrates that three out of four businesses collapse within 3 years of their inception. A plethora of research effort identifies factors such as the lack of finance ... -
The environment and the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘We are on a road to nowhere
(Edward Elgar, 2018)The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) collectively embody the global stance on the economic, social and environmental actions needed to achieve sustainable development. With reference to the environmental component ... -
Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities
(Aosis openJournals, 2014)BACKGROUND: Aggressive and violent behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities disrupts the therapeutic alliance and hampers treatment. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe patients’ perceptions of ... -
Environmental contaminants and male infertility: Effects and mechanisms
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)The escalating prevalence of male infertility and decreasing trend in sperm quality have been correlated with rapid industrialisation and the associated discharge of an excess of synthetic substances into the environment. ... -
Environmental flow assessments are not realizing their potential as an aid to basin planning
(Frontiers Media, 2018)Multiple planned dams in developing countries, mostly for hydropower, are threatening some of the world’s great river systems. Concern over their social and environmental impacts has led to hydropower being excluded from ... -
Environmental response and ph tolerance of induced co2 in ulva rigida c.agardh, 1823(Chlorophyta) under controlled conditions
(PAS FORUM, 2022)The increase in integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA), where seaweed (particularly Ulva rigidaC.Agardh, 1823) is used as a feedstock and a wastewater scrubber in South African IMTA systems, has necessitated research ...