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    • Analytical studies of antimicrobial peptides as diagnostic biomarkers for the detection of bacterial and viral Pneumonia 

      Bakare, Olalekan Olanrewaju; Gokul, Arun; Keyster, Marshall (MDPI, 2022)
      Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of infectious mortality and significant economic losses among our growing population. The lack of specific biomarkers for correct and timely diagnosis to detect patients’ status ...

    • Analyzing chemical data in more than two dimensions: A tutorial on factor and cluster analysis 

      Auf der Heyde, Thomas P. E (Journal of chemical education, 1990)
      This tutorial is intended to introduce factor and cluster analysis at a level that will afford a senior student-and the practicing chemist, for that matter-some insights into the workings of the computer packages employing ...

    • Analyzing Complete Denture Occlusal Contacts: Accuracy and Reliability 

      Mpungose, SK; Geerts, G (Quintessence Publishing, 2016-02)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy and reliability of interpreting occlusal markings made by articulating paper on complete dentures intraorally. Clinical teachers at a training hospital interpreted ...

    • Analyzing implementation dynamics using theory-driven evaluation principles: lessons learnt from a South African centralized chronic dispensing model 

      Magadzire, Bvudzai Priscilla; Marchal, Bruno; Mathys, Tania; Laing, Richard; Ward, Kim (BioMed Central, 2017)
      BACKGROUND: Centralized dispensing of essential medicines is one of South Africa’s strategies to address the shortage of pharmacists, reduce patients’ waiting times and reduce over-crowding at public sector healthcare ...

    • ANC election manifesto in relation to rural development and land reform 

      PLAAS (PLAAS, 2009-06)
      In the last 15 years the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) has set out to achieve many things but, by its own admission, has been unsuccessful in meeting its objectives for land reform. Hence a few questions arise. Is land ...

    • ANC proposals on local government 

      de Visser, Jaap; Chigwata, Tinashe (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      In the run up to the ANC Policy Conference in Mangaung, the party's Legislature and Governance Working Group has produced a policy discussion document that pays considerable attention to provincial and local government.

    • ANCAEE: A novel clustering algorithm for energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks 

      Abidoye, Ademola P.; Azeez, Nureni A.; Adesina, Ademola Olusola; Agbele, Kehinde K. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011)
      One of the major constraints of wireless sensor networks is limited energy available to sensor nodes because of the small size of the batteries they use as source of power. Clustering is one of the routing techniques that ...

    • Ancient mitogenomics clarifies radiation of extinct mascarene giant tortoises (cylindraspis spp.) 

      Hofmeyr, Margaretha (scientific reports, 2019)
      The five extinct giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis belong to the most iconic species of the enigmatic fauna of the Mascarene Islands that went largely extinct after the discovery of the islands. To resolve the ...

    • Ancient mitogenomics clarifies radiation of extinct Mascarene giant tortoises (Cylindraspis spp.) 

      Campbell, Patrick D; Graciá, Eva; Kehlmaier, Christian (Nature research, 2019)
      The five extinct giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis belong to the most iconic species of the enigmatic fauna of the Mascarene Islands that went largely extinct after the discovery of the islands. To resolve the ...

    • 'And I have been told that there is nothing fun about having sex while you are still in high school': Dominant discourses on women's sexual practices and desires in Life Orientation programmes at school 

      Shefer, Tamara; Ngabaza, Sisa (University of the Free State, 2015)
      Young women's sexuality is a contested terrain in multiple ways in contemporary South Africa. A growing body of work in the context of HIV and gender-based violence illustrates how young women find it challenging to ...

    • The Anglican Church and Feminism: Challenging the patriarchy of our faith 

      Pillay, Miranda N. (2013)
      Gender-based violence is a problem in most Southern African countries and yet it has generally received little attention from governments and civil society—including Christian churches. In recent years, some churches have ...

    • Animal, Subject, Constitution. Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal 

      De Ville, Jacques (Johns Hopkins University, 2021)
      Subjectivity and a civil constitution, according to Kant, are both made possible by a certain power or ability, which the human being has in comparison with animals. This essay examines Derrida's reading of Kant's Anthropology ...

    • Annealing effect of hybrid solar cells based on poly (3-hexylthiophene) and zinc-oxide nanostructures 

      Motaung, David; Malgas, Gerald; Ray, Suprakas S.; Arendse, Christopher (Elsevier, 2013)
      The structural growth and optical and photovoltaic properties of the organic–inorganic hybrid structures of zinc oxide (ZnO)-nanorods/poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) and two variations of organic polymer blends of ZnO/ ...

    • Annual report 2000 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
      The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) focuses on the land restitution and redistribution programmes initiated by the post-apartheid democratic state; land tenure reform; emerging regimes of natural resource ...

    • Annual report 2001 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
      PLAAS continues to grow and to take on new projects and staff. This presents a number of challenges, not least of which is the sustainability of such growth. The year 2001 saw the completion of a twelve month-long ...

    • Annual report 2002 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2003)
      The year 2002 was an extremely busy one for PLAAS staff, and saw the initiation of many new projects and activities, some of them qualitatively different to anything undertaken before. These included an in-depth, national ...

    • Annual report 2003 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
      Applied social science researchers generally want to see their research influence policy and practice; those of a more activist bent seek to ‘change the world, not simply to interpret it’.1 In its mission statement ...

    • Annual report 2004 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)
      The wider context of our research and training, and the ultimate rationale for establishing and maintaining a centre such as PLAAS, is the key challenge of deeply entrenched poverty, as well as the inequality to which ...

    • Annual report 2006-2007 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2008)
      Over the past two years the contradictions inherent in South Africa’s post-apartheid growth and development path have become increasingly evident. Growth has not managed to reduce very high levels of unemployment to a ...

    • Annual report 2012 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
      In much of the global South the instability in global financial systems continued to have dire effects – and there were many worrying signs that the serious food price inflation the world experienced in 2008 would return. ...