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Attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards E-learning at the University of the Western Cape
(African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)The development of the Internet has provided an opportunity for offering e-learning as a new addition to modern education. Substantial evidence indicates that many universities across the world are offering study programmes ... -
Attrition of dental therapists in South Africa—A 42-year review
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2022)Introduction: Dental therapists are mid-level oral healthcare providers introduced in 1977 to the South African health system to improve access to oral health services. There has, however, been anecdotal evidence of their ... -
Audit report: University of the Western Cape Research Output 2014
(2015)This audited list documents the accredited research output published by researchers at the University of the Western Cape for the year 2014. The list is provided by the Research Office at the University. -
Auditing and the unconscious: Managerialism’s memory traces
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)This paper takes J.M. Coetzee’s “The Mind of Apartheid” as a point of departure in thinking about audits in universities. Using the psychoanalytic framing of apartheid that Coetzee puts in place, audit is likened here ... -
Augmenting machine learning photometric redshifts with Gaussian mixture models
(Oxford University Press, 2020-09-11)Wide-area imaging surveys are one of the key ways of advancing our understanding of cosmology, galaxy formation physics, and the large-scale structure of the Universe in the coming years. These surveys typically require ... -
Austerity measures, infrastructure and economic development in South Africa (1996–2019)
(Vilnius University Press, 2023)The paper aims to establish whether austerity measures promote economic development, improve infrastructure development, and whether they exacerbate infrastructure backlogs. The methodology used is a quantitative research ... -
Austral winter marine epilithic diatoms: Community composition and distribution on intertidal rocky substrate around the coast of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)The knowledge on the composition and spatial distribution of marine benthic diatoms around the coast of South Africa remains limited. Epilithic diatom assemblages from natural intertidal rocky substrate and physico-chemical ... -
Authentic African community development practices in a diverse society: A transdisciplinary approach
(AOSIS, 2021)The South African people continuously engage in social actions characterised by intolerance, pointing to frustrations and disillusionment in a post-apartheid era. A need to find creative ways to engage diverse communities ... -
Authentic leadership, followership, and psychological capital as antecedents of work engagement
(Routledge, 2018)The present study investigated authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour influences on work engagement of employees . Respondents were 901 South African employees within the healthcare industry ... -
Authentic leadership, organisational citizenship behaviours, and intention to quit: the indirect effect of psychological ownership
(South African journal of Psychology, 2020)The aim of this study was to explore the influence of perceived authentic leadership on followers’ citizenship behaviour and their intention to quit their jobs, and to examine the indirect effect of psychological ownership ... -
Authentic learning for teaching reading: Foundation phase pre-service student teachers’ learning experiences of creating and using digital stories in real classrooms
(AOSIS, 2016)Teaching and learning, an evolving endeavour, is associated with many factors, with advancements in technology, playing an ever-growing role in the classroom. It is therefore important to include the use of interactive ... -
Authentic professional development: Key to quality sevice delivery
(Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), 2014)The Actuarial Society of South Africa ('Actuarial Society') requires its members to honour their professional promise to deliver specialist and up-to-date actuarial expertise that is ethical and subject to professional ... -
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: Case report with history of urticaria, petechiae and palpable pinpoint purpura triggered by medical abortion
(South African Medical Association, 2016)Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis (APD) is a rare autoimmune response to raised endogenous progesterone levels that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Cutaneous, mucosal lesions and other systemic ... -
Automated detection of antenna malfunctions in large-n interferometers: A case study with the hydrogen epoch of reionization array
(2022)We present a framework for identifying and flagging malfunctioning antennas in large radio interferometers. We outline two distinct categories of metrics designed to detect outliers along known failure modes of large ... -
Automatic voice relay with open source Kiara
(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 ... -
Automation of human semen analysis using a novel artificial intelligence optical microscopic technology
(Wiley Online Library, 2019)Current semen analysis still commonly depends on a manual microscopy method in clinical laboratories worldwide. However, some of the major disadvantages of this technique are that it is labour‐intensive, subjective, ... -
Automorphism groups of graph covers and uniform subset graphs
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2018)Hofmeister considered the automorphism groups of antipodal graphs through the exploration of graph covers. In this note weextend the exploration of automorphism groups of distance preserving graph covers. We apply the ... -
Autosomal recessive congenital cataract in captive-bred vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)
(Wiley, 2018)BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate the genetic predisposition of congenital cataract in a colony of captive-bred vervet monkeys. METHODS: Four congenital cataract genes: glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase ... -
Availability and prices of medicines for non-communicable diseases at health facilities and retail drug outlets in Kenya: A cross-sectional survey in eight counties
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)The objective of this study was to determine the availability and prices of medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in health facilities and private for-profit drug outlets in Kenya. Design Cross-sectional study. ... -
The availability of the basic oral health care package in the Western Cape
(The South African Dental Association, 2017)The majority of the uninsured population in the Western Cape, estimated at about 4.5 million, are dependent on public dental clinics. Dental caries remains the most common chronic disease world-wide. Caries experience among ...