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Challenges facing physiotherapy education in Africa

Frantz, Jose M. (Nova Southeastern University, 2007-01-01)

Health care is changing and the demands put on health professionals are increasing. Physiotherapy education should reflect the health and social priorities of the nation. The World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) ...

Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology

Hart, Genevieve; Davids, Marion (University of Kwazulu Natal, 2010)

The article reports on an action research project to investigate the effectiveness of an information literacy intervention for first year engineering students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The ...

Challenges for quality primary education in Papua New Guinea — a case study

Rena, Ravinder (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)

There is an urgent need to reform the educational system to achieve universal primary education in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Even after 35 years of independence, PNG has been struggling to educate an estimated 2 million ...

Changes in paediatric HIV-related hospital admissions and mortality in Soweto, South Africa, 1996-2011: light at the end of the tunnel?

Meyers, Tammy; Dramowski, Angela; Schneider, Helen; Gardiner, Nicolene; Kuhn, Louise; Moore, David (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012)

Background: With widespread availability of pediatric antiretro- viral therapy and improved access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), it is important to monitor the impact on pediatric HIV-related ...

Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development: Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

Kerfoot, Caroline (Centre for Bilingual Research, Stockholm University, 2009)

This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social ...

The changing nature of large-scale commercial farming & implications for agrarian reform: evidence from Limpopo, Western Cape and Northern Cape

Genis, Amelia (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2012)

The privileged position of white commercial farmers in South Africa came to an end by the early 1990s, when political and policy changes removed the certainty provided by controlled marketing, protective tariffs and ...

Characterisation of human coronavirus-NL63 nucleocapsid protein

Berry, Michael; Manasse, Taryn-Lee; Tan, Yee-Joo; Fielding, Burtram C. (Academic Journals, 2012)

Coronavirus N is a multifunctional protein that plays an essential role in enhancing the efficiency of virus transcription and assembly. This manuscript reports the analysis of HCoV-NL63 N protein by comparing the amino ...

Characterisation of the arsenic resistance genes in Bacillus sp. UWC isolated from maturing fly ash acid mine drainage neutralised solids

Musingarimi, Wicleffe; Tuffin, I. Marla; Cowan, Donald A. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010)

An arsenic resistant Bacillus sp. UWC was isolated from fly ash acid mine drainage (FA-AMD) neutralised solids. A genomic library was prepared and screened in an arsenic sensitive mutant Escherichia coli strain for the ...

Characteristics of children under 6 years of age treated for Early Childhood Caries at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre, South Africa

Mohamed, Nadia; Barnes, Jo (Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, 2008)

Objective: This retrospective survey highlighted the characteristics of children less than six years of age presenting with early childhood caries(ECC) who had two or more teeth extracted under intravenous sedation at ...

The characterization and phylogenetic relationship of the trichoplusia ni single capsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus polyhedrin gene

Fielding, Burtram C.; Davison, Sean (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999-08-21)

The polyhedrin gene (polh) was identified from the Trichoplusia ni (Tni) single capsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (SNPV). An EcoRI fragment containing the truncated polyhedrin gene was detected by hybridization with an ...

Characterization of a unique group-specific protein (U122) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Fielding, Burtram C.; Tan, Yee-Joo; Shen, Shuo; Tan, Timothy H.P.; Ooi, Eng-Eong; Lim, Seng Gee; Hong, Wanjin; Goh, Phuay-Yee (American Society for Microbiology, 2004)

A novel coronavirus (CoV) has been identified as the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The SARS-CoV genome encodes the characteristic essential CoV replication and structural proteins. Additionally, ...

Child mortality rate in Ethiopia

Appunni, Sathiya Susuman (Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012)

Ethiopia’s childhood mortality has continued to decline although at a swift pace. The drop in urban childhood mortality decline, duration of breastfeeding is the principle reason for the overall decline in mortality trends ...

Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa : A contextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis

Chirwa, Danwood Mzikenge (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)

The rights to food and basic nutrition have been implemented rather unsystematically in South Africa through a hodgepodge of policies and indirectly by legislation. In view of the dearth of jurisprudence, this paper ...

Children’s perspectives on child well-being

September, Rose; Savahl, Shazly (University of Johannesburg, 2009)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) through its reporting framework for nation states has prompted increasing interest on the measuring and monitoring of child well-being. The domains and indicators ...

The choice of atomic power for electricity in South Africa

Gottschalk, Keith (2013)

South Africa needs to both increase its electricity generation, and to incrementally transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources. The most cost-effective strategy would be a mix of imported hydropower, solar power, ...

Chronic non-communicable diseases

Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Sanders, David; Parker, Whadiah (Health Systems Trust, 2008)

This chapter will examine the current actions, including lifestyle measures, for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases within a South African context. It will also focus on the biological, behavioural ...

Chronic pain in the community: A survey in a township in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Puoane, Thandi; Gansky, Stuart A.; Plesh, Octavia (Medpharm Publications, 2011)

Background: Comprehensive information is needed on the epidemiology and burden of chronic pain in the population for the development of appropriate health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, ...

Clathromorphum tubiforme sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) in South Africa with Comments on Generic Characters

Chamberlain, Yvonne; Norris, R.E.; Keats, Derek; Maneveldt, Gavin (Walter de Gruyter, 1995)

A nongeniculate, crustose coralline alga (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa, is found growing epiphytically on fronds of species of the geniculate genus Ampiroa. Analysis of the vegetative and reproductive ...

A clinical study of the effectiveness of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products: a 6-month followup

Grobler, Sias; Majeed, Abdul; Hayward, Roche; Rossouw, Roelof; Moola, Mohamad H.; van Wyk Kotze, Theuns (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products just after treatment and after a 6-month follow-up period. Methods. Two 10% carbamide peroxide products ...

Code-switching: An appraisal resource in TRC testimonies

Bock, Zannie (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011)

This article analyses the function that code-switching plays in selected testimonies given at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which followed the country's transition to democracy in 1994. In a number of ...

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