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Critical professionalism: a lecturer attribute for troubled times
(SUN Press, 2012)This chapter describes the research-based project, Critical Professionalism, which gave rise to several of the chapters in this volume. We suggest that the concept of critical professionalism, with its strong value ... -
Critical reflections on conducting qualitative health research during Covid-19: The lived experiences of a cohort of postgraduate students in a South African university
(Sage journal, 2023-01-02)COVID-19 ushered in public health guidelines restricting face-to-face contact and movement, and encouraging social distancing, all of which had implications for conducting field-based research during the pandemic. For ... -
A critical review of practices of inclusion and exclusion in the psychology curriculum in higher education
(Psychology in Society, 2015)Much of South African psychology has pursued the national imperative of critical engagement and reconstruction since 1994, in spite of collusion with Apartheid ideologies before 1994. Critical ... -
Critical success factors for institutionalising service-learning in a nursing programme at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)Scholars in the fields of community engagement contend that the service-learning (SL) policy implementation in higher education is more likely to be successful when there is a strong institutional commitment and the policy ... -
Criticism of the testamentary undue influence doctrine in the United States: lessons for South Africa?
(Lousiana State University Law Center, 2013)This article analyzes undue influence in the South African law of wills in light of scholarly criticism of the testamentary undue influence doctrine in the United States. The Article assesses particularly whether the ... -
Critiquing the response to the Ebola epidemic through a Primary Health Care Approach
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: The 2014/2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic has caused the global public health community to engage in difficult self-reflection. First, it must consider the part it played in relation to an important public health ... -
Critiquing the response to the Ebola epidemic through a primary health care approach
(BMC Public Health, 2016)BACKGROUND: The 2014/2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic has caused the global public health community to engage in difficult self-reflection. First, it must consider the part it played in relation to an important public health ... -
Crop monitoring in smallholder farms using unmanned aerial vehicles to facilitate precision agriculture practices: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis
(MDPI, 2023)In this study, we conducted a scoping review and bibliometric analysis to evaluate the state-of-the-art regarding actual applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies to guide precision agriculture (PA) ... -
A cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a scale to assess illness identity in adults living with a chronic illness in South Africa: A case of HIV
(BMC, 2022)The chronic illness trajectory and its outcomes are well explained by the concept of illness identity; the extent to which ill individuals have integrated their diagnosed chronic illness into their identity or sense of ... -
A cross-linguistic analysis of the writing of prospective first year students in Xhosa and English.
(University of Stellenbosch, 2002)This article aims to characterize typical linguistic and discourse features of academic writing in Xhosa and English among prospective Xhosa-speaking students at the University of the Western Cape so as to account for ... -
A cross-sectional descriptive study of occupational therapy students’ perceptions and attitudes towards spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education
(Springer, 2016)Spirituality and spiritual care both have received increased attention over the course of this past decade from different disciplines. However, for many years, in the occupational therapy profession, the importance of ... -
Cross-sectional study of prevalence and determinants of uncontrolled hypertension among South African adult residents of Mkhondo municipality
(Springer Nature, 2020)Achieving the blood pressure treatment target in individuals with hypertension is a serious global health challenge. Furthermore, the actual burden of uncontrolled hypertension is poorly understood, especially in the ... -
Cross-sectional study of the association of 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms with enalapril treatment response among South African adults with hypertension
(NLM (Medline), 2021-11-19)This study investigates the association of 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in selected genes (ABO, VEGFA, BDKRB2, NOS3, and ADRB2) with blood pressure (BP) response to enalapril. The study further assessed genetic ... -
A cross-sectional survey to compare the competence of learners registered for the Baccalaureus Curationis programme using different learning approaches at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)The purpose of the study was to compare the extent to which the different teaching approaches applied in the Baccalaureus Curationis programme adequately prepare graduating learners for professional competence. -
Cross-shelf movement of chrysaora fulgida (scyphozoa; discomedusae) off namibia inferred from stable isotopes (δ15n and δ13c)
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021)Large and small specimens of two species of metagenic Scyphozoa (true jellyfishes) can be found in nearshore waters off central Namibia throughout the year. Whereas populations of Chrysaora ... -
Cross-species multiple environmental stress responses: An integrated approach to identify candidate genes for multiple stress tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and related model species
(Public Library of Science, 2018)BACKGROUND Crop response to the changing climate and unpredictable effects of global warming with adverse conditions such as drought stress has brought concerns about food security to the fore; crop yield loss is a major ... -
The crowded space of local accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: A case study of the South African health system
(Oxford University Press, 2020)Global and national accountability for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) is increasingly invoked as central to addressing preventable mortality and morbidity. Strategies of accountability for MNCH include policy ... -
A cryptocurrency wallet: Is it “relevant material” for tax administration purposes?
(Siber Ink, 2020)This article shows that wallets storing cryptocurrency are intangible property so that they ought to qualify as a ‘thing’ within the meaning of this term in section 1 of the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011, read with ... -
Cryptocurrency: The new face of cyber money laundering
(IEEE, 2018)Virtual currencies are on the rise and so is money laundering. While there are efforts to combat money laundering through various intergovernmental bodies, many have expressed concern over the rise of virtual currencies. ... -
Crystal engineering and thin-film deposition strategies towards improving the performance of kesterite photovoltaic cell
(Elsevier, 2021)With high absorption coefficient (104 cm 1), optimal bandgap (~1.5 eV), low toxicity and the abundance of its constituent elements, kesterite (Cu2ZnSnS4 or CZTS) displays the properties of an ideal photovoltaic material. ...