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Assessing information management competencies in organisations

Bytheway, Andrew J. (Academic Publishing Limited, 2011)

The history of the management of information systems includes many ideas that were intended to simplify the complexities of the management task, but there is still a great deal of wasted investment that produces no ...

Assessing pre-election political space in the 2011 local government elections

Africa, Cherrel; Lynch, Gerry (Unisa Press, 2012)

The administration of elections in South Africa, including the 2011 local government elections(hereafter the 2011 elections), has widely been hailed as a resounding success. Yet competitive elections, an essential component ...

Assessment of microbial contamination of groundwater in upper Limphasa River catchment, located in a rural area of northern Malawi

Kanyerere, Thokozani; Levy, Jonathan; Xu, Yongxin; Saka, John (Water Research Commission, 2012)

In rural Africa, scientific evidence is often lacking to guide the scaling-up of groundwater as the safest source of potable water. An investigation was conducted in the Upper Limphasa Catchment in northern Malawi to ...

The association between gender and tooth loss in a small rural population of South Africa

Africa, Charlene W.J.; Reddy, Jairam (Science Publishing Group, 2013)

Periodontal disease, which attacks the gums and supporting structures of the tooth, is one of the major causes of tooth loss in adults. Few studies on general well-being have compared the differences in oral health between ...

Astronaissance: Communicating astronomy & space to the African imagination

Gottschalk, Keith (2013)

Astronaissance neatly conceptualizes the crossover between the African Renaissance, the re-emergence of Astronomy in Africa, and the rise of cognate space sciences and astronautics. Story-telling, painting, engraving, ...

Asynchronous video telephony for the Deaf

Ma, Zhen Yu; Tucker, William D. (Telkom, 2007)

The South African Deaf community has very limited telephony options. They prefer to communicate in sign language, a visual medium. Realtime video over Internet Protocol is a promising option, but in reality, the quality ...

At the crossroads: linking strategic frameworks to address gender-based violence and HIV/ AIDS in Southern Africa

Combrinck, Helene; Wakefield, Lorenzo (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2007)

In recent years, southern African governments have made a number of important commitments on international and regional levels to combat HIV/ AIDS. The subregion has also seen a number of strategic developments such ...

Automatic voice relay with open source Kiara

Yi, Long; Tucker, William D. (Telkom, 2009)

One way for Deaf people to communicate with hearing people over the telephone is to use a voice relay. The service is often provided with a human relay operator that relays text into voice, and vice versa, on behalf of the ...

Bakwena ba Mare a Phogole (Klipgat) community restitution claim

Tilley, Susan; Nkazane, Ntombizabantu (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)

This report outlines the community’s attempts to develop and use the land that has been restored to it in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 (‘Restitution Act’). It examines the nature and content ...

BANA-positive plaque samples are associated with oral hygiene practices and not CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-positive patients

John, Cathy N.; Stephen, Lawrence X.G.S.; Africa, Charlene W.J. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)

Background. The “red complex” microorganisms, namely, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia are considered as potential pathogens causing HIV-associated periodontal diseases. Moreover, ...

Benign accommodation? Ukuthwala, ‘forced marriage’ and the South African Children’s Act

Mwambene, Lea; Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Centre for Family Law and Practice, London Metropolitan University, 2011)

In this article, we evaluate the implications of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 for ukuthwala. Ukuthwala is a practice whereby, as a preliminary procedure to a customary marriage, a young man forcibly takes a girl to his ...

Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa

Scott, Vera; Zweigenthal, Virginia; Jennings, Karen (Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2011)

Objective: To assess the quality of pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) care in Cape Town and its continuity with HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and ART. Methods: The scale-up of the HCT, pre-ART and ART service platform ...

Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: Assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa

Scott, Vera; Zweigenthal, Virginia; Jennings, Karen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)

BACKGROUND: While much is written about the scale up of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), little research has been done on the expansion of routine preART HIV care. OBJECTIVE: To assess ...

Beyond knowledge and skills: the use of a Delphi study to develop a technology-mediated teaching strategy

Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: While there is evidence to suggest that teaching practices in clinical education should include activities that more accurately reflect the real world, many educators base their teaching on transmission models ...

"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa

Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Schwarz, Cassandra; Purdy, Christopher; Swart, Rina; Durao, Solange; Hawkes, Corinna (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Summary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ...

'Big is beautiful' – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township

Puoane, Thandi; Fourie, JM; Shapiro, M; Rosling, L; Tshaka, N C; Oelefse, A (South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005)

OBJECTIVES: To explore perceptions about factors associated with body weight and body image among black female community health workers (CHWs) living and working in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. DESIGN: A descriptive, ...

Biodegradation of high-concentration isopropanol by a solvent-tolerant thermophile, Bacillus pallidus

Bustard, Mark T.; Whiting, Samantha; Cowan, Donald A.; Wright, Phillip C. (Springer Verlag, 2002)

The aerobic biodegradation of high-concentration, to 24 g l –1 , 2-propanol (IPA) by a thermophilic isolate ST3, identified as Bacillus pallidus , was successfully carried out for the first time. This solvent-tolerant B. ...

Bis(ferrocenylimine)palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes: synthesis, molecular structures and evaluation as antitumor agents

Motswainyana, William M.; Onani, Martin O.; Madiehe, Abram M. (Elsevier, 2012)

Compounds (ferrocenyl-2-furylmethyl)imine (L1), (ferrocenyl-2-thiophenemethyl)imine (L2) and (ferrocenyl-2-thiopheneethyl)imine (L3) were synthesized by condensation reactions and obtained in very good yields. Reactions ...

Bjatladi community restitution claim

Tilley, Susan; Lahiff, Edward (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)

This report focuses on the restitution case of the Bjatladi Communal Property Association (CPA) and the development and use of the land that has been restored to it in terms of the restitution programme. It examines ...

Bloedskande: skep die probleem die sisteem of die sisteem die probleem, of beide?

Schenck, Catherina (Rinie); Spies, G.M. (University of Stellenbosch, 1991)

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