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Dispersal and coastal geomorphology limit potential for mangrove range expansion under climate change
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)Latitudinal range limits for mangroves on high-energy, wave-dominated coasts are controlled by geomorphological features and estuarine dynamics. Mangroves reach a southern global range limit along the South African coastline, ... -
Dispersal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 lineages during the first epidemic wave in New York City
(Public Library of Science, 2021)During the first phase of the COVID-19 epidemic, New York City rapidly became the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States. While molecular phylogenetic analyses have previously highlighted multiple introductions and ... -
Dissemination and survival of non-indigenous bacterial genomes in pristine Antarctic environments.
(Springer Verlag, 2005)Continental Antarctic is perceived as a largely pristine environment, although certain localized regions (e.g., parts of the Ross Dependency Dry Valleys) are relatively heavy impacted by human activities. The procedures ... -
Dissent, disruption, decolonization: South African student protests 1968 to 2016
(Center for Economic Research and Social Change, 2018)Fifty years after student protests shook much of the Cold War world, in the “West” and in the “East,” “Global 1968” has become the catchword to describe these profound generational revolts. We hear a lot about West Berlin, ... -
Dissolution of a muslim marriage by divorce
(Juta, 2014)Although Muslims first arrived in South Africa more than 350 years ago and two decades have passed since the advent of democracy, their religious marriages are currently not formally recognized in terms of the (common) ... -
Distance
(Elsevier, 2009)The English language has long acknowledged and required some preconception of distance, but it has only been considered explicitly as a key element of human geography for half a century. The distances of greatest consequence ... -
The distribution of land in South Africa: An overview
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District and sub-district stewardship of quality and health outcomes: roles, systems and strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Sub-district and district health systems – generically referred to as the meso-level – are key to enhancing quality of care and improving health outcomes. Facility (micro) level improvement strategies are less likely to ... -
District facility managers’ perspectives of mental health information processing and utilisation at primary care level in the Western Cape
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)District health facility managers play a significant role in provision of primary health care (PHC) services, particularly in integration of mental health services into the PHC level and developing a district health ... -
District governance and improved maternal, neonatal and child health in South Africa: Pathways of change
(Health systems and reform, 2020)District-level initiatives to improve maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) generally do not take governance as their primary lens on health system strengthening. This paper is a case study of a district and sub-district ... -
District municipalities : giving effect to shared authority in local government
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2003-01)A new feature of local government outside metropolitan areas is the establishment of 47 district municipalities in December 2000. They share legislative and administrative powers with local municipalities in their area. ... -
District-based approach won't contain COVID-19 in WC – UWC virologist
(EYEWITNESS NEWS, 2020)CAPE TOWN - A University of the Western Cape (UWC) virologist believes a district-based approach will not contain the spread of the coronavirus in the Western Cape. Last week, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said government ... -
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ... -
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ... -
Disturbed, diffuse, or just missing? A global study of the H I content of Hickson compact groups
(EDP Sciences, 2023)Context. Hickson compact groups (HCGs) are dense configurations of four to ten galaxies, whose H I morphology appears to follow an evolutionary sequence of three phases, with gas initially confined to galaxies, then ... -
The diurnal activity budgets of extralimital giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Wiley, 2023)Despite being an extralimital species in the region, South African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, Schreber 1784) are continuously being introduced into the Albany Thicket Biome of the Western Cape Province of ... -
Diurnal variations in global Joule heating morphology and magnitude due to neutral winds.
(Wiley, 2018)In the polar ionosphere, variations in Joule heating are significantly controlled by changes in plasma convection, such as that brought about by changes in the interplanetary magnetic field. However, another important ... -
A diverse array of genetic factors contribute to the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
(Biomed Central, 2013)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with variable clinical presentation frequently affecting the skin, joints, haemopoietic system, kidneys, lungs and central nervous system. It can ... -
Diverse genomoviruses representing twenty-nine species identified associated with plants
(Springer Nature, 2020)Genomoviruses (family Genomoviridae) are circular single-stranded DNA viruses that have been mainly identifed through metagenomics studies in a wide variety of samples from various environments. Here, we describe 98 genomes ... -
Diversion in the South African criminal justice system: emerging jurisprudence
(Juta Law, 2015)On 1 April 2010 the South African Child Justice Act (CJA or the Act) commenced. The long title of the Act states, inter alia, that the purpose of the Act is 'to establish a criminal justice system for children, who are in ...