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A retrospective analysis of applications for registration of generic medicines processed by the medicines control authority of Zimbabwe
(Springer, 2023)Many applications for registration of medicines are rejected because applicants fail to submit or resolve critical deficiencies in the quality, efficacy, and safety of the medicines. The study aimed to establish approval ... -
A retrospective descriptive investigation of adult patients receiving third-line antiretroviral therapy in the North West province, South Africa
(Makerere University, 2020)Greater access and prolonged exposure to ART may inevitably lead to more treatment failure and increase the need for third-line ART (TLART) in a resource-limited setting. Objective: To describe characteristics and resistance ... -
A retrospective study exploring how South African newspapers framed Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders over an 11-year period (2004–2014)
(BMC, 2022)The way schizophrenia is portrayed in the media contributes to the dissemination of misinformation about the symptoms, causes, and treatment of mental disorders and has the potential to perpetuate or mitigate the ... -
A retrospective study exploring how South African newspapers framed Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders over an 11-year period (2004–2014)
(BMC, 2022)Background: The way schizophrenia is portrayed in the media contributes to the dissemination of misinformation about the symptoms, causes, and treatment of mental disorders and has the potential to perpetuate or mitigate the ... -
Return for prenatal care and childbirth services among Nigerian women using primary health care facilities
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Commonly, women from low socio‐economic background are vul‐ nerable to pregnancy‐related complications (Iliyasu, Abubakar, Galadanci, & Aliyu, 2010; Obiechina, Okolie, Eleje, Okechukwu, & Anemeje, 2011). The peculiarity ... -
Return to the organic: Onions, artichokes and 'the debate' on the nation and modernity
(Berghahn Books, 2004)There exist in intellectual history periods where, following intense deliberation on a question, something like a consensus emerges. Typically the consensus amounts to a refinement of the competing views on the question ... -
Returning individuals with mild to moderate brain injury back to work: A systematic client centered approach
(InTech publishers, 2014)An increase in the numbers of individuals who sustained brain injuries due to motor vehicle accidents, trauma induced by violence and substance abuse, has resulted in more disabled individuals becoming non-productive ... -
Revealing the cold dust in low-metallicity environments: I. Photometry analysis of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Herschel
(EDP Sciences, 2013)Context. We present new photometric data from our Herschel Guaranteed Time Key Programme, the Dwarf Galaxy Survey (DGS), dedicated to the observation of the gas and dust in low-metallicity environments. A total of 48 ... -
Revenue productivity of the tax system in Namibia: Tax buoyancy estimation approach
(2019)Buoyancy refers to how tax revenue responds to a gross domestic product without correcting for discretionary alterations in the tax system. The paper assessed the buoyancy of Namibia’s overall tax system in an attempt ... -
Review and re-analysis of domain-specific 16S primers
(Elsevier, 2003)The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has facilitated the detection of unculturable microorganisms in virtually any environmental source and has thus been used extensively in the assessment of environmental microbial diversity. ... -
A review of child abuse and the role of the Dental Team in South Africa
(South African Dental Association, 2014)Introduction: Child abuse is a worldwide problem and South Africa is not immune. In Cape Town, violence against children has increased in the last ten years. Children are powerless and cannot protect themselves, and the ... -
A review of combined advanced oxidation technologies for the removal of organic pollutants from water
(Springer Verlag, 2014)Water pollution through natural and anthropogenic activities has become a global problem causing short-and long-term impact on human and ecosystems. Substantial quantity of individual or mixtures of organic pollutants enter ... -
A review of early childhood in South Africa: The effects on maternal and child health
(2019)Human development and the growth of strong societies are based on early childhood. Over 250 million children under the age of 5 years are not reaching their developmental potential in low-middle income countries due to ... -
Review of health and non-health sector indicators for monitoring service provision along the continuum of care for maternal health
(BMC, 2020)This study uses health and non-health sector data sources to select and assess available indicators for service provision along the continuum of care for maternal health at subnational levels in South Africa. It applies ... -
Review of in-situ and remote sensing-based indices and their applicability for integrated drought monitoring in South Africa
(MDPI, 2023)The devastating socioeconomic impacts of recent droughts have intensified the need for improved drought monitoring in South Africa (SA). This study has shown that not all indices can be universally applicable at all ... -
Review of land reforms in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)Land, and access to land, is one of the most important assets for the poor in southern Africa, both rural and urban, and probably contributes more than any other factor to their economic survival and the quality of ... -
Review of land reforms in Southern Africa, 2010
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)This book forms part of a learning programme on ‘Land Reform From Below: Decentralised Land Reform in Southern Africa’. Supported by the Austrian Development Agency, the programme was launched in 2007, and has since provided ... -
A review of performance evaluation measures for actively-managed portfolios
(IFRD, 2013)In the recognition that investment management is an on-going process, the performance of actively-managed portfolios need to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that funds under management are efficiently invested in order ... -
A review of pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds: sources, effects, removal, and detections
(Springer, 2013)There are growing concerns about the increasing trends of emerging micropollutants in the environment due to their potential negative impacts on natural ecosystems and humans. This has attracted attention from both ... -
Review of Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Spaceby Adam Jaworski and Crispin Thurlow
(CMDR, 2015)Although the volume was published in 2010, it still remains one of the most important contributions to a new field of enquiry in the study of language and signage in public spaces initially conceptualised and ...