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Determinants of business intelligence system acceptance in an emerging country
(Virtus Interpress, 2018)In today’s highly competitive and cumulative uncertainty in the business domain, access to organizations’ business intelligence (BI) can mean not only the difference between profit and loss but also the difference between ... -
Determinants of consumer attitude toward corporate sponsors: A comparison between a profit and non-profit sport event sponsorship
(Wiley, 2017)The purposes of the present study were to identify key attributes of sponsors that positively influence consumers’ attitude formation and to examine the moderator role of sport event types (nonprofit vs. profit). Based on ... -
Determinants of dietary patterns in school going adolescents in Urban Zambia
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Understanding dietary patterns in a population is critical for decision making. This study aimed to identify the prevailing dietary patterns and their associated individual and school environment factors among school going ... -
Determinants of effective organisational capacity training: Lessons from a training programme on health workforce development with participants from three African countries
(BMC, 2019)Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa face multifaceted capacity challenges to fulfil their mandates of service provision and governance of their resources. Four academic institutions in Africa implemented a World Health ... -
Determinants of ICT adoption and uptake at a rural public-access ICT centre: A South African case study
(Routledge, 2021)The global Covid-19 pandemic has created a heightened sense of awareness of the inequalities that prevail in society. Access to real-time information delivered via broadband internet has become critical for survival. ... -
Determinants of nurses’ knowledge gap on pain management in Ghana
(Elsevier, 2014)There are concerns about adequacy of nurses’ knowledge and skill in effective pain management since effective pain management promotes early recovery after surgery. This study explores factors that accounted for Ghanaian ... -
Determinants of obesity in an urban township of South Africa
(MedPharm Publications, 2008)OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and identify factors associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among adults residing in an urban township in South Africa. DESIGN: ... -
Determinants of Share Prices: the Case of Listed Firms on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Danubius Journals Platform, 2016)Equity investments offer considerable returns to investors and is considered to be a major source of capital for most large firms. However, these returns are subject to movement in share prices. This study investigate the ... -
Determinants of share prices: the case of listed firms on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Danubius University, 2016)Equity investments offer considerable returns to investors and is considered to be a major source of capital for most large firms. However, these returns are subject to movement in share prices. This study investigate the ... -
Determinants of viral suppression among adolescents on antiretroviral treatment in Ehlanzeni district, South Africa: a cross-sectional analysis
(BMC, 2021)Achieving undetectable viral load is crucial for the reduction of HIV transmissions, AIDS-related illnesses and death. Adolescents (10 to19 years) living with HIV (ALHIV) on antiretroviral treatment (ART) have worse treatment ... -
Determinants of women’s preferred and actual abortion provision locations in Nigeri
(Springer, 2021)Background: Unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. Many factors can infuence women’s decisions around where to seek abortion care; however, little research has been done on abortion care ... -
Determination of anthracene on Ag-Au alloy nanoparticles/overoxidized-polypyrrole composite modified glassy carbon electrodes
(MDPI, 2010)A novel electrochemical sensor for the detection of anthracene was prepared by modifying a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with over-oxidized polypyrrole (PPyox) and Ag-Au (1:3) bimetallic nanoparticles (Ag-AuNPs). The ... -
Determination of binding constants for the complexes between heavy metal ions and cucurbit[n]uril
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)One of the major concerns worldwide is the rapid increase in water pollution with hazardous heavy metals. The Cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) structure provides an inner hydrophobic cavity accessible through two electrostatically ... -
Determination of orthodontic bracket and tooth adaptation using an X-ray micro-computer tomography scanner
(Elsevier, 2020)The determination of the orthodontic brackets’ adaptation to the curvatures of teeth is a difficult topic to study. The complexity arise due to the different designs of their fitting surfaces, margins and curvatures of ... -
Determination of paracetamol on electrochemically reduced graphene oxide–antimony nanocomposite modified pencil graphite electrode using adsorptive stripping differential pulse voltammetry
(MDPI, 2022)A simple, highly sensitive, accurate, and low-cost electrochemical sensor was developed for the determination of over-the-counter painkiller, paracetamol (PC). The enhanced sensing capabilities of the developed sensor ... -
Determination of reservoir flow units from core data: A case study of the lower cretaceous sandstone reservoirs, Western Bredasdorp basin offshore in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2021)The overarching aim of this study is to use core measurements of porosity and permeability in three wells (MO1, MO2, and MO3) to generate a scheme of sandstone reservoir zonation for identification of flow units in the E-M ... -
Determination of seminal oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) as an easy and cost-effective clinical marker of male infertility
(Wiley, 2017)Oxidative stress (OS) is an important contributing factor to male infertility. While previous methods to measure seminal OS are time-consuming and limited to the use of freshly produced semen, oxidation reduction potential ... -
The determination of the effect(s) of solute carrier family 22‑member 2 (SLC22A2) haplotype variants on drug binding via molecular dynamic simulation systems
(Nature Research, 2022)Single nucleotide polymorphisms detected in the solute carrier member family-22 has been shown to result in a variable response in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with Metformin. This study predicted a ... -
Determination of total organic carbon content using Passey's method in coals of the central Kalahari Karoo Basin, Botswana
(2022)This paper focuses on determining total organic carbon (TOC) from boreholes in the Kalahari Basin, Botswana, using Passey's method. The Kalahari Karoo basin is one of several basins in southern Africa filled with Late ... -
Determining an average distance from the external mandibular cortex to the inferior alveolar canal using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging: An aid to harvesting mandibular ramus autogenous grafts.
(South African Dental Association, 2016)OBJECTIVES: To provide average measurements relating the external mandibular cortex (EMC) to the inferior alveolar canal (IAC) using CBCT. METHODS: 100 CBCT images from UWC Dental hospital patient database were analysed ...