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Derrida, the conditional and the unconditional

De Ville, Jacques (Juta Law, 2007)

In his recent book, Law and Sacrifice: Towards a Post-Apartheid Theory of Law, Johan van der Walt gives a clear exposition of the possible impact of inter alia Jacques Derrida's thinking on law. In this article, the book ...

A descriptive study of the perceptions and behaviours of waterpipe use by university students in the Western Cape, South Africa

Daniels, Karin E.; Roman, Nicolette V. (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: Waterpipe smoking started as a cultural phenomenon but has become a social phenomenon. Hookah cafes are an increasingly popular venue for socializing. Studies suggest that waterpipe users perceive smoking the ...

Designing mobile phone interfaces for age diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus diverse “Islands”

Renaud, Karen; Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M. (Springer, 2013)

Designing for diversity is a laudable aim. How to achieve this, in the context of mobile phone usage by South African seniors, is a moot point. We considered this question from two possible perspectives: universal ...

Designing the project: theoretical approaches

Bozalek, Vivienne; Carolissen, Ronelle (HSRC Press, 2012)

Education in South Africa is in crisis. Low literacy and numeracy rates, poor discipline, and a sense of despair pervade the education landscape. At the same time, educators are called upon to achieve more, with universities ...

Desire and language in Derrida’s 'Force of Law'

De Ville, Jacques (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009)

In this article, the author proposes a reading of 'Force of Law' from two angles: boundless desire and the ‘law’ of language. The author contends that an analysis from these perspectives casts new light on the notion of ...

The detailed forms of the LMC Cepheid PL and PLC relations

Koen, Chris; Kanbur, S; Ngeow, C (Oxford University Press, 2007)

Possible deviations from linearity of the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheid period–luminosity (PL) and period–luminosity–colour (PLC) relations are investigated. Two data sets are studied, respectively from the Optical ...

Detection of an increasing orbital period in the subdwarf B eclipsing system NSVS 14256825

Kilkenny, David; Koen, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2012)

New timings of eclipses made in 2010 and 2011 are presented for the hot subdwarf B (sdB) eclipsing binary NSVS 14256825. Composed of an sdB star and a much cooler companion, with a period near 0.1104 days, this system ...

Determinants of nurses’ knowledge gap on pain management in Ghana

Adejumo, Oluyinka; Aziato, Lydia (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

Puoane, Thandi (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: ...

Determining the most appropriate feeding regime for the South African abalone Haliotis midae Linnaeus grown on kelp

Francis, Tamson; Maneveldt, Gavin; Venter, Jonathan (Springer Verlag, 2008)

Beach-cast kelp (the most widely used feed for commercially grown South African abalone) is plentiful during winter months when periodic storms cause kelp to wash ashore. During summer, however, this resource is not ...

A developing dialogue – children’s rights, children’s law and economics: surveying experiences from Southern and Eastern African law reform processes

Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Tilburg University Schoordijk Institute, 2008)

Law reform in southern and eastern African countries to domesticate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), to synthesize common, civil and ...

Developing locally relevant applications for rural areas: a South African example

Chetty, Marshini; Tucker, William D.; Blake, Edwin H. (SAICSIT, in assocation with ACM, 2004)

The digital divide between rural and urban areas within developing countries is vast. We investigate how to address this divide by introducing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into remote rural areas. Our ...

Developing reflection and research skills through blogging in an evidence-based practice postgraduate physiotherapy module

Frantz, Jose M.; Rowe, Michael (Health and Medical Publications Group, 2013)

Background. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the process by which a clinician evaluates the quality of evidence before applying it in the management of a patient. Many practitioners struggle to integrate this research-based ...

Developing reflection and research skills through blogging in an evidence-based practice postgraduate physiotherapy module

Frantz, Jose M.; Rowe, Michael (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013)

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the process by which a clinician evaluates the quality of evidence before applying it in the management of a patient. Many practitioners struggle to integrate this research-based ...

Developing telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal - an action research study

Chipps, Jennifer; Ramlall, Suvira; Madigoe, Thebe; King, Howard; Mars, Maurice (OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)

OBJECTIVE: In 2009, the Departments of Psychiatry and Telehealth of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) initiated a three year project to develop telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal. This paper describes the ...

Developing the language of thinking within a classroom community of inquiry: pre-service teachers’ experiences

Green, Lena; Condy, Janet; Chigona, Agnes (Education Association of South Africa, 2012-08)

We argue that the “community of inquiry” approach, using reading materials modelled on Lipman’s Philosophy for Children programme, is a theoretically justified and teacher-friendly means of promoting effective thinking ...

Developmental local government in South Africa: institutional fault lines

de Visser, Jaap (UTS Centre for Local Government, 2009)

This paper provides a brief introduction to the recent history of, as well as the legal and policy framework for, local government in South Africa. It discusses the transformation of local government from a racially ...

Development of non-profit organisations providing health and social services in rural South Africa: a three year longitudinal study

Moshabela, Mosa; Gitomer, Shira; Qhibi, Bongi; Schneider, Helen (PLOS, 2013)

INTRODUCTION: In an effort to increase understanding of formation of the community and home-based care economy in south Africa, we investigated the origin and development of non-profit organisations (NPOs) providing home-and ...

Dichlorido-[2-(2,6-diethylphenyl)iminomethylquinoline-N,N’]palladium(II) acetonitrile monosolvate

Motswainyana, William M.; Onani, Martin O.; Jacobs, Jeroen; van Meervelt, Luc (International Union of Crystallography, 2012)

The title complex, [PdCl2(C20H20N2)] CH3CN, was synthesized by the reaction of 2-[(2,6-diethylphenyl)iminomethyl]quinoline with dichlorido(cycloocta-1,5-diene)palladium(II) in dry CH2Cl2. The PdII ion is coordinated by ...

Dichlorido-[(2-diphenylphosphino-benzylidene)-2-methylphenylen-amine]palladium( II) acetonitrile monosolvate

Motswainyana, William M.; Onani, Martin O.; Jacobs, Jeroen; van Meervelt, Luc (International Union of Crystallography, 2013)

The title imino–phosphine compound, [PdCl2(C26H22NP)] - CH3CN, was prepared by reaction of N-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl) benzylidene]-2-methylaniline with dichlorido(cycloocta- 1,5-diene)palladium(II) in dry CH2Cl2. The ...

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