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Essential medicines in Nigeria: foregrounding access to affordable essential medicines
(CODESRIA, 2014)Within every functional healthcare system, access to quality and affordable essential medicine stands out as one of the building blocks. However, its significance has been underrated due to poor advocacy and research. The ... -
Estimating and monitoring land surface phenology in rangelands: A review of progress and challenges
(MPDI, 2021)Land surface phenology (LSP) has been extensively explored from global archives of satellite observations to track and monitor the seasonality of rangeland ecosystems in response to climate change. Long term monitoring ... -
Estimation of maize foliar temperature and stomatal conductance as indicators of water stress based on optical and thermal imagery acquired using an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) platform
(MDPI, 2022)Climatic variability and extreme weather events impact agricultural production, especially in sub-Saharan smallholder cropping systems, which are commonly rainfed. Hence, the development of early warning systems regarding ... -
Ethno-Regionalism, politics and the role of religion in Zambia: Changing Ecumenical landscapes in a Christian nation, 2015-2018
(Brill, 2019)This contribution explores the interaction between religion and politics in a religiously plural and ethnically multidimensional Zambian context. Given the political salience of both religion and ethnicity in Zambian ... -
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2016)ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The aim of this study was to identify and document medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa. METHODS: ... -
Evaluation of assessment skills using essay rubrics in student self-grading at first year level in higher education: a case study
(South African Association for Language Teaching, 2018)This paper reports on a study in which students self-graded an assessment task with the aid of an assessment rubric. On comparing student selfgrades with those of the tutor it was found that majority (72.6%) of the students ... -
Evaluation of land suitability methods with reference to neglected and underutilised crop species: A scoping review
(MDPI, 2021)In agriculture, land use and land classification address questions such as “where”, “why” and “when” a particular crop is grown within a particular agroecology. To date, there are several land suitability analysis (LSA) ... -
Evaluation of source rock potential and hydrocarbon composition of oil sand and associated clay deposits from the Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria
(ScienceDirect, 2019)Oil sands are classified as unconventional hydrocarbon plays and are being exploited to augment global energy needs. Nigeria has the largest conventional oil industry in Africa, but is also endowed with abundant oil sand ... -
The everyday experience of xenophobia: performing The Crossing from Zimbabwe to South Africa
(RoutledgeUNISA Press, 2010)Debates on the underlying causes of xenophobia in South Africa have proliferated since the attacks -between March and May 2008. Our article shows how exploring the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia as performance can ... -
“Everything happened so quickly” Living through events immediately before and after initial breast cancer diagnosis: an exploratory study of the experiences of a group of women in Cape Town, South Africa
(OMICS International, 2017)This article provides information on an aspect of the author’s research on colored women’s experiences of breast cancer and deals specifically with events immediately before and after the initial diagnosis. The experiences ... -
Expanding the boundaries through African women’s theologies
(Wiley, 2022)The development and key features of African women’s theologies, primarily through the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, has entered the mainstream of theological education, which could provide insights for ... -
Experiences of mentorship with academic staff doctoral candidates at a South African university
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Given the growing emphasis on academic research output and the challenges encountered in expediting completion of doctoral studies especially, mentorship is increasingly being utilised as a capacity development strategy ... -
An exploration of student interpreters’ attitudes towards the undergraduate interpreting training programmes at Yemeni universities
(Academy Publication, 2023)This study investigates the attitudes of trainee interpreters towards their training programmes at Yemeni universities. 61 interpreters in Taiz province participated in the study. A 16-item questionnaire ... -
Exploring new media technologies among young South African women
(African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, 2013)This article reflects on how the use of digitised communication and social media among young black South African women can be situated and assessed within the current context. The authors focus especially on nuanced ... -
Exploring the ties of incarcerated fathers with their families and communities in the Western Cape-The perspectives of care professionals
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)It is often argued that incarcerated men who stay connected withtheir families are less likely to reoffend. Despite the growingliterature on non-residential fatherhood in South Africa, littleresearch has been conducted on ... -
Extending boundaries: Team teaching to embed information literacy in a university module
(UNISA, 2020)In today’s knowledge-based economy, the role of universities in preparing students to be information literate and independent thinkers and researchers is crucial. Information literacy (IL) skills enable students to become ... -
The extreme claim, psychological continuity and the person life view
(Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2015)Marya Schechtman has raised a series of worries for the Psychological Continuity Theory of personal identity (PCT) stemming from what Derek Parfit called the 'Extreme Claim'. This is roughly the claim that theories like ... -
Facing the stranger in the mirror: Staged complicities in recent South African performances
(Routledge, 2011)The staging of complicity has developed into one of the most prevalent trends in recent South Africa theatre. The audience may become aware of their own complicity in injustice, or complicity may feature as a subject to ... -
Factors 2 and 3: Towards a principled approach
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019)This paper seeks to make progress in our understanding of the non-UG components of Chomsky’s (2005) Three Factors model. In relation to the input (Factor 2), I argue for the need to formu-late a suitably precise hypothesis ... -
Factors influencing the sustainability of university centres promoting multilingualism in South Africa
(HESA; Unisa Press, 2004)The main question addressed by this article is: How can multilingual language centres based at universities ensure their long term sustainability? Research was carried out at three centres in the Western Cape to find the ...