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Outcomes of mandibular Kennedy Class I and II prosthetic rehabilitation - an observational study
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Tooth loss due to caries, periodontal diseases and
trauma is sometimes unavoidable.¹ The World Health
Organization (WHO) guidelines indicate that the highest
prevalence of partial edentulism occurs between the
ages ...
Debunking prevailing school views pertaining to the apostasy of alleged descendants of SHAYKH YUSUF of MAKASSAR
(UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2020)
This article focuses on the controversial issue of apostasy pertaining to the alleged family of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar, the Indonesian pioneer of Islam in colonial South Africa, after his demise at the Cape in the late ...
Socially just pedagogies and social justice: The intersection of teaching ethics at higher education level and social justice
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)
This article is part of a longer term project between the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape and Umea University in Sweden. At both the institutions the teaching of ethics as a module ...
Philosophy of education in a new key: Cultivating a living philosophy of education to overcome coloniality and violence in African Universities
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
In this conversational article, we consider cultivating decoloniality in university education by drawing upon Jacques Ranci ere’s (2010) notion of a living philosophy. Ranci ere’s (2010) living philosophy holds the possibility ...
Testing a self-determination theory model of healthy eating in a South African township
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the leading causes of death and disability, and its prevalence has been growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa (International Diabetes Federation, 2017). In response to this T2D pandemic, ...
Potential of resampled multispectral of data for detecting desmodium-brachiaria intercropped with maize in a push-pull system
(ISPRS, 2020)
Poor crop yields remain one of the main causes of chronic food insecurity in Africa. This is largely caused by insect pests, weeds, unfavourable climatic conditions and degraded soils. Weed and pest control, based on the ...
Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles for Improved Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications: A Review
(Springer Open, 2021)
The medical properties of metals have been explored for centuries in traditional medicine for the treatment of infections
and diseases and still practiced to date. Platinum-based drugs are the first class of metal-based ...
Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa
(José Frantz, 2021)
The Covid-19 lockdown period laid bare the fibre of South African
society: poverty, homelessness, welfare dependence, domestic violence,
police and military brutality, healthcare and hunger are all suddenly
under national ...
Bureaucrats, investors and smallholders: contesting land rights and agro-commercialisation in the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Since the triple crises of food, fuel and finance of 2007/8, investments in agricultural growth corridors have taken centrestage in government, donor and private sector initiatives. This article examines the politics of ...
Task-sharing of psychological treatment for antenatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Effects on antenatal and postnatal outcomes in an individual randomised controlled trial
(Elsevier, 2020)
The study's objective was to determine the effectiveness of a task-sharing psychological treatment for perinatal depression using non-specialist community health workers. A double-blind individual randomised controlled ...