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Climate change and agrarian justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Three papers formed the focus of this session. Zehra Yaţın et al presented on the environmentalisation of the agrarian question and the agrarianisation of the climate justice movement. Noemi Gonda et al presented on ... -
Climate change and its influence on the Karst groundwater recharge in the Jinci Spring Region, Northern China
(MDPI, 2017)Due to climate change and human activities over the last fifty years, the spring flow volume of karst groundwater has sharply diminished in China. Climate change is one of the critical factors that initiates a series of ... -
Climate change and rural livelihoods in Southern Africa: An agenda for policy-oriented research
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2022)This report is the outcome of an extensive review of the literature and the debates on climate change and landbased livelihoods in Southern Africa. In the context of the converging climate and food crises, it provides ... -
Climate change in coastal waters: Time series properties affecting trend estimation
(AMS, 2016)In South Africa, 129 in situ temperature time series of up to 43 years are used for investigations of the thermal characteristics of coastal seawater. They are collected with handheld thermometers or underwater temperature ... -
Climatic and topographic changes since the Miocene influenced the diversification and biogeography of the tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius) species complex in Southern Africa
(BMC, 2020)Background: Climatic and topographic changes function as key drivers in shaping genetic structure and cladogenic radiation in many organisms. Southern Africa has an exceptionally diverse tortoise fauna, harbouring one-third ... -
Clinical condition, Resuscitation and Medical-Psychological Care of Severe COVID-19 patients (part 2)
(Elsivier, 2022)Respiratory rehabilitation is the penultimate step in the medical management of patients with severe COPD-19. It is an essential step before patients’ returning home, and is usually carried out in specialised Follow-up ... -
Clinical condition, resuscitation and medical-psychological care of severe COVID-19 patients(part 1)
(Elsevier, 2021)This interview covers the clinical and psychological condition of patients afflicted with severe COVID-19 and their pulmonary rehabilitation process. For these patients, symptoms are medically urgent and lifethreatening. ... -
Clinical learning experiences of male nursing students in a Bachelor of Nursing programme" Strategies to overcome challenges
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)BACKGROUND: Male nursing students are faced with more challenges in the clinical setting than their female counterparts. The ways in which male nurses are viewed and received by nursing staff and patients have an impact ... -
Clinical observation and management of COVID-19 patients
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)Three leading infectious disease experts in China were invited to share their bedside observations in the management of COVID-19 patients. Professor Taisheng Li was sent to Wuhan to provide frontline medical care. He ... -
Clinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to action
(Sage Publications, 2013)With the profession of clinical psychology and its formal training programmes less than 40 years old in South Africa, it is important that efforts are made to critically examine its challenges and the extent to which it ... -
A clinical study of the effectiveness of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products: a 6-month followup
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products just after treatment and after a 6-month follow-up period. Methods. Two 10% carbamide peroxide products ... -
Clinical supervisors’ preparedness for clinical teaching of undergraduate nurses at a university in the Western Cape
(Unisa Press, 2020)Clinical supervisionis crucial for the development of nursing students’ clinical competence;therefore, clinical supervisors need to beclinical experts.Inadequately prepared clinical supervisors can ... -
Clinical supervisors’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (part 2)
(Elsevier, 2021)The article provides findings of understanding of clinical supervisors (CSs) on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing practice. These participants who taught nursing skills to nursing students who were registered for ... -
Clinician educators’ conceptions of assessment in medical education
(Springer, 2022)In pursuing assessment excellence, clinician-educators who design and implement assessment are pivotal. The influence of their assessment practice in university-run licensure exams on student learning has direct implications ... -
Cloning, expression and characterization of thermostable YdaP from Bacillus licheniformis 9A
(Acta Biochimica Polonica, 2017)The Bacillus licheniformis ydaP gene encodes for a pyruvate oxidase that catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetate and CO2. The YdaP form of this enzyme was purified about 48.6-folds to homogeneity in ... -
Close-up view of a luminous star-forming galaxy at z = 2.95
(EDP Sciences, 2021)Exploiting the sensitivity of the IRAM NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) and its ability to process large instantaneous bandwidths, we have studied the morphology and other properties of the molecular gas and dust ... -
Closing the HIV treatment gap for adolescents in Windhoek, Namibia: A retrospective analysis of predictors of viral non-suppression
(MDPI, 2022)Windhoek joined the Fast-Track Cities Initiative in 2017 to optimize HIV service delivery for adolescents, promoting adherence and sustaining viral suppression. Recent surveys and programmatic data show that the treatment ... -
Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices: a multicenter qualitative study in South Africa
(BMC, 2018)BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is understudied in limited resource settings. In addition, provider awareness of CDI as a prevalent threat is unknown. An assessment of current facilitators and barriers ... -
Closure, interior and neighbourhood in a category
(Hacettepe University, 2018)The natural correspondences in topology between closure, interior and neighbourhood no longer hold in an abstract categorical setting where subobject lattices are not necessarily Boolean algebras. We analyse three ... -
A cluster analysis of peer support training needs for foster parents
(Springer, 2021)Peer volunteers provide valuable support to foster parents. However, there has been limited research on what they consider to be valuable preparation for the role. In the present study, they were asked: “What is essential ...