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Exploring the sustainability of perinatal audit in four district hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: a multiple case study approach
(BMJ, 2022)Introduction Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is an intervention process that uses a continuous cycle of identification, notification and review of deaths to determine avoidable causes followed ... -
Exploring the ties of incarcerated fathers with their families and communities in the Western Cape-The perspectives of care professionals
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)It is often argued that incarcerated men who stay connected withtheir families are less likely to reoffend. Despite the growingliterature on non-residential fatherhood in South Africa, littleresearch has been conducted on ... -
Exploring the use of digital gaming to improve student engagement at a resource poor institution in South Africa
(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2014)Although student engagement has potential to enhance learning and student retention, the use of digital games to achieve this learning outcome remains a challenge in higher education. while the role of gamification is ... -
Exploring the utility of a spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting system in identifying drug–drug interactions between antiretrovirals, antitubercular drugs, and cotrimoxazole: a case/non-case analysis
(Springer Nature, 2020)Background: Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with HIV with opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis. However, the literature on quantitative signal detection ... -
Exploring the views of academics on an academic leadership program in higher education
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)Leadership in higher education institutions has been receiving growing interest, because of the role institutions play in developing students to become leaders in the broader society. However, institutions have to equip ... -
Exploring ways to improve health system performance in developing countries
(Taylor & Francis group, 2012)This lively collection of articles investigating the challenges faced by health systems in developing countries is a welcome addition to the current health literature. Writing from a non-technical perspective, the authors ... -
Exploring women’s exposure to marketing of commercial formula products: A qualitative marketing study from two sites in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)Regulating the marketing of commercial formula products is a long-term commitment required to protect breastfeeding. Marketing strategies of formula manufacturers, retailers and distributors evolve at a rapid rate. The aim ... -
Exporting contradictions: the expansion of South African agrarian capital within Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Agrarian change in South Africa over the past two decades has seen consolidation of the hegemony of large-scale commercial farming and corporate agribusiness within agro-food systems. Constrained domestic demand and growth ... -
Exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage advertisements in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)Television (TV) is a powerful medium for marketing food and beverages. Food and beverage marketers tend to use this medium to target children with the hope that children will in turn influence their families’ food choices. ... -
Expression of cyclin-dependent kinases and their clinical significance with immune infiltrates could predict prognosis in colorectal cancer
(Elsevier, 2021)Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most cancer-related mortalities worldwide and remains a major public health issue. Despite several attempts to develop promising therapies for CRC, its survival rate ... -
Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of recombinant human DEAD-box polypeptide 5
(International Union of Crystallography, 2010)The DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX5 is involved in many aspects of RNA processing and has been implicated in a number of cellular processes involving alteration of RNA secondary structure. The N-terminal region of DDX5, ... -
Expressions of actor power in implementation: A qualitative case study of a health service intervention in South Africa
(Research Square, 2021)Implementation frameworks and theories acknowledge the role of power as a factor in the adoption (or not) of interventions in health services. Despite this recognition, there is a paucity of evidence on how interventions ... -
Expropriation Bill of 2015
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy development and advocacy ... -
Expungement of a criminal record Crimes committed by a child
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS). This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ... -
Expungement of a criminal record May 2018 Crimes committed by an adult
(2018)Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS).This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ... -
Extending BEAMS to incorporate correlated systematic uncertainties
(IOP Science, 2013)New supernova surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey, Pan-STARRS and the LSST will produce an unprecedented number of photometric supernova candidates, most with no spectroscopic data. Avoiding biases in cosmological ... -
Extending boundaries: Team teaching to embed information literacy in a university module
(UNISA, 2020)In today’s knowledge-based economy, the role of universities in preparing students to be information literate and independent thinkers and researchers is crucial. Information literacy (IL) skills enable students to become ... -
Extending the frontiers of employment regulation: the case of domestic employment in South Africa
(Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, 2010)Domestic workers form one of the most vulnerable and exploited sectors of the workforce in the world economy. In 2002 South Africa became one of relatively few countries to promulgate special legislation aimed at extending ... -
Extending the Hoyle-State Paradigm to 12 C + 12 C Fusion
(American Physical Society, 2022)Carbon burning is a key step in the evolution of massive stars, Type 1a supernovae and superbursts in x-ray binary systems. Determining the 12C þ 12C fusion cross section at relevant energies by extrapolation of direct ... -
Extending the nomological network of wellness at work
(Southern African Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS), 2016)Modern-day organisations face rapid and continuous change. In order to deal with this rapidly changing and current hostile economic environment, most organisations have become increasingly dependent on a healthy and engaged ...