https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 A comprehensive support programme for professional nurses performing HIV counselling and testing at primary health care clinics in the rural Eastern Cape https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:36232 Wed 13 Mar 2024 09:30:38 SAST ]]> A context-aware model to improve usability of information presented on mobile devices https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10495 Wed 12 May 2021 23:47:26 SAST ]]> A comparison of the female characters in Plautus and in Terence https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3602 Wed 12 May 2021 23:36:44 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of governance and management in Zimbabwe's colleges of technical and vocational education: issues for revitalisation https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1469 Wed 12 May 2021 23:21:09 SAST ]]> A contribution to the biology of warthog (Phacochoerus africanus, Gmelin) in the Sengwa region of Rhodesia https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5843 Wed 12 May 2021 23:17:43 SAST ]]> A bioinorganic study of some cobalt(II) Schiff base complexes of variously substituted hydroxybenzaldimines https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4394 Wed 12 May 2021 23:07:36 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of discourses constructing portfolio assessment practices in three Eastern Cape schools https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1468 Wed 12 May 2021 22:56:59 SAST ]]> A business model for medical subspecialty training in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20437 Wed 12 May 2021 22:56:10 SAST ]]> A commentary on the eleventh book of the Punica of Silius Italicus https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3624 Wed 12 May 2021 22:28:58 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of housing provision, livelihood activities and social reproduction in urban communities in South Africa: the case of Ezamokuhle, Mpumalanga https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21298 Wed 12 May 2021 22:25:37 SAST ]]> "The struggle of memory against forgetting" contemporary fictions and rewriting of histories https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2210 Wed 12 May 2021 22:20:43 SAST ]]> A chemo-enzymatic process for the production of beta-thymidine, a key intermediate in antiretrovirol manufacture https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10423 Wed 12 May 2021 22:17:41 SAST ]]> A comparative study of conceptualisations and practices of inclusion as an aspect of social justice in three teacher education institutions in Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:38314 Wed 12 May 2021 21:04:16 SAST ]]> A comparative study of the life histories of the sister species, Pseudobarbus afer and Pseudobarbus asper, in the Gamtoos River system, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5375 Wed 12 May 2021 20:36:28 SAST ]]> 'Environmental policy to community action': methodology and approaches in community-based environmental education programmes in Uganda https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1518 Wed 12 May 2021 20:31:31 SAST ]]> "Complexes of carbohydrates with magnesium-ions" : "the isolation of an oligosaccharide containing L-galactose from the polysaccharide of Aeodes orbitosa" : "horizontal cellulose colum chromatography of sugars" https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4504 Wed 12 May 2021 20:24:07 SAST ]]> 'Rhodesians' in South Africa : a study of immigrants from Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3345 Wed 12 May 2021 20:23:04 SAST ]]> A case study : exploring a DVD driven approach for teaching and learning mathematics, at secondary school level, with a framework of blended learning 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Le Guin, Doris Lessing and Marge Piercy https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2199 Wed 12 May 2021 19:04:36 SAST ]]> A contribution to the biology of the sociable weaver Philetairus socius (Latham) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5863 Wed 12 May 2021 19:03:42 SAST ]]> 'n Sintaktiese ondersoek na die gebruik van onderskikkende voegwoorde en sinsverbindende woorde in Afrikaans https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3613 Wed 12 May 2021 19:00:59 SAST ]]> A comparative analysis of the rights of the child with particular reference to child soldiers https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11108 Wed 12 May 2021 18:57:56 SAST ]]> A contribution to the benthic biology of some southern African lakes https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5836 Wed 12 May 2021 18:52:22 SAST ]]> A comparative study of the language, mathematics and science literacy knowledge and skills of grade 9 learners in secondary schools in Port Elizabeth https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:9566 Wed 12 May 2021 18:42:16 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of organisational strategies for employee engagement https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:9378 Wed 12 May 2021 18:38:14 SAST ]]> (In)visibility and the exercise of power: a genealogy of the politics of drag spectacles in a small city in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3013 Wed 12 May 2021 18:37:06 SAST ]]> "Glory is temporary, brain injury may be forever" : a neuropsychological study on the cumulative effects of sports-related concussive brain injury amongst Grade 12 school boy athletes https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3104 0.05), with the Contact sport groups having markedly higher incidences of concussion than controls (p < 0.000). Measures included the ImPACT Verbal and Visual Memory, Visuomotor Speed and Reaction Time Composites, Digit Symbol Substitution and Digit Symbol Incidental Recall (immediate and delayed), the ImPACT Symptom Scale and a Post-concussion Symptom (PCS) questionnaire. Independent t-tests on cognitive measures at pre-and post-season revealed a predominant trend of Contact and 2+ Concussion groups performing worse, although only ImPACT Reaction Time at pre-season reached significance (p = 0.014). PCS comparisons revealed an overwhelming tendency of enhanced symptoms for Contact and 2+ Concussion groups with total scores being significantly different in most instances at pre-and post-season. Fatigue and aggression were the symptoms most pervasively high for the Contact and 2+ Concussion groups. Dependent t-test analyses at pre- versus post-season, revealed significant practice effects for the Contact group, not in evidence for controls on ImPACT Visual Motor Speed and Digit Symbol Incidental Recall-Delayed. Overall the results imply the possible presence of lingering neurocognitive and symptomatic concussion sequelae amongst South African final year high school participants of a contact sport. The indications gain potency when understood against the background of (i) Brain Reserve Capacity threshold theory, and (ii) the known risk of Type II error in group MTBI research, that might result in under-emphasis of subtle effects and miscalculation of cost-benefit risks. Clinical implications, and the need for prospective case-based research to ratify the results of this predominantly cross-sectional study, are discussed.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 18:30:18 SAST ]]> A best practice guideline for a healthy work environment for professional nurses working in the South African Military Health Service https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31146 Wed 12 May 2021 18:28:14 SAST ]]> A contribution to the understanding of the ethology of the cichlids of Southern Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5889 Wed 12 May 2021 18:11:50 SAST ]]> A "lean-led-evaluation" of infrastructure development improvement programme in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:38189 Wed 12 May 2021 18:05:20 SAST ]]> A comparative study of atmospheric dynamics in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) near Grahamstown (South Africa) and Adelaide (Australia) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5506 Wed 12 May 2021 17:56:29 SAST ]]> A characterization of landslide occurrence in the Kigezi Highlands of South Western Uganda https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:33029 10 and TPI between -1 and 1. Landslides are less pronounced on slope zones where slope gradient is <15˚ and >45˚, profile curvature <0, TWI <8 and >18, SPI <10 and TPI >1. Deep soil profiles ranging between 2.5 and 7 meters are a major characteristic of the study area. Soils are characterized by clay pans at a depth ranging between 0.75 and 3 meters within the profiles. The study area is dominated by clay texture, except for the uppermost surface horizons, which are loamy sand. All surface horizons analysed had the percentage of sand, silt and clay ranging from 33 to 55%, 22 to 40% and 10 to 30% respectively. In the deeper horizons, sand was observed to reduce drastically to less than 23%, while clay increased to greater than 50%. The clay content is very high in the deeper horizons exceeding 35%. By implication, such soils with a very high clay content and plasticity index are considered as Vertisols, with a profound influence in the occurrence of landslides. The top soil predominantly contains more quartz, while subsurface horizons have considerable amounts of illite/muscovite as the dominant clay minerals, ranging from 43% to 47 %. The liquid limit, plasticity index, computed weighted plasticity index (PIw), expansiveness (ɛex) and dispersion ranging from 50, 22, 17, 10 and 23 to 66, 44,34,54 and 64, respectively also have strong implications for landslide occurrence. Landslides are not normally experienced during or immediately after extreme rainfall events but occur later in the rainfall season. By implication, this time lag in landslide occurrence and rainfall distribution, is due to the initial infiltration through quartz dominated upper soil layers, before illite/muscovite clays in the lower soil horizons get saturated. Whereas forest cover reduced from 40 % in 1985 to 8% in 2015, cultivated land and settlements increased from 16% and 11% to 52% and 25% respectively during the same period. The distribution of cultivated land decreased in lower slope sections within gradient group < 15˚ by 59%. It however increased in upper sections within gradient cluster 25˚ to 35˚ by over 85% during the study period. There is a shift of cultivated land to the steeper sensitive upper slope elements associated with landslides in the study area. More than 50% of the landslides are occurring on cultivated land, 20% on settlements while less than 15 % and 10% are occurring on grassland and forests with degraded areas respectively. Landslides in Kigezi highlands are triggered by a complex interaction of multiple- factors, including dynamic triggers and ground condition variables. Topographic hollows are convergence zones within the landscape where all the parameters interact to cause landslides. Topographic hollows are therefore potential and actual landslide sites in the study area. Characterized by deep soil horizons with high clay content dominated by illite/muscovite minerals in the sub soils and profile concave forms with moderately steep slopes, topographic hollows are the most vulnerable slope elements to landslide occurrence. The spatial temporal patterns of landslide occurrence in the study area has changed due to increased cultivation of steep middle and upper slopes. Characterized by deep soil horizons with high clay content dominated by illite/muscovite minerals in the sub soils and profile concave forms with moderately steep slopes, topographic hollows are the most vulnerable slope elements to landslide occurrence. The spatial-temporal patterns of landslide occurrence in the study area has changed due to increased cultivation of steep middle and upper slopes. A close spatial and temporal correlation between land use/cover changes and landslide occurrence is discernible. The understanding of these topographical, pedological and land use/cover parameters and their influence on landslide occurrence is important in land management. It is now possible to identify and predict actual and potential landslide zones, and also demarcate safer zones for community activities. The information generated about the area’s topographic, pedological and land cover characteristics should help in vulnerability mitigation and enhance community resilience to landslide hazards in this fragile highland ecosystem. This can be done through designating zones for community activities while avoiding potential landslide zones. It is also recommended that, tree cover restoration be done in the highlands and the farmers encouraged to re-establish terrace farming while avoiding cultivation of sensitive steep middle and upper slope sections.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 17:50:51 SAST ]]> A contribution to the theory of prime modules https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10510 Wed 12 May 2021 17:48:52 SAST ]]> A comparative polarimetric study of the 43 GHz and 86 GHz SiO masers toward the supergiant star VY CMa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5454 Wed 12 May 2021 17:16:47 SAST ]]> "On se Débrouille": Congolese migrants' search for survival and success in Muizenberg, Cape Town https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2094 Wed 12 May 2021 17:14:13 SAST ]]> A combination of a stationary and non-stationary model to predict corporate failure in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1183 Wed 12 May 2021 17:08:14 SAST ]]> A Case study of students' first additional language reading and response in the faculty of education at the University of Fort Hare: Eastern Cape https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29402 Wed 12 May 2021 16:47:01 SAST ]]> A best-practice guideline for facilitating adherence to anti-retroviral therapy for persons attending public hospitals in Ghana https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27256 Wed 12 May 2021 16:35:05 SAST ]]> A comparison of the aquaculture potential of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) and its hybrid with Heterobranchus longifilis valenciennes, 1840 in Southern Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5246 Wed 12 May 2021 16:23:15 SAST ]]> "Speak American"! or language, power and education in Dearborn, Michigan: a case study of Arabic heritage learners and their community https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11015 Wed 12 May 2021 15:53:26 SAST ]]> 'n Studie van die houding en gesindheid teenoor spesiale onderwys soos geopenbaar deur 'n groep ouers van spesiale klas-leerlinge in Oos-Kaapland https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1361 Wed 12 May 2021 15:44:56 SAST ]]> A comparative analysis of the use of participatory practices by indigenous trusts and mainstream development NGOs in Zvimba Communal Area Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:41437 Wed 12 May 2021 14:45:54 SAST ]]> 0 Representation of South African "tribal" culture in soap operas : a content and audience analysis of the series Generations : The Legacy https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40407 0.05). More than half of the respondents (52percent) strongly believe such negative portrayals may erode the cultural identity of black South Africans, 68.6% were of the opinion that Generations: The Legacy gives preference to western culture as against South African tribal culture. The findings further showed that the African values and traditions represented in Generations: The Legacy do not significantly reflect the South African tribal tradition and values (p-value > 0.05). In the few occasions that African traditional values are represented Generations: The Legacy, they tend to be portrayed as old fashioned (p-value > 0.05), and inferior and backward (p-value > 0.05). In addition, the findings indicate that Generations: The Legacy is a vehicle for promoting dominant culture. Nearly, 59percent of the respondents stated that watching Generations: The Legacy affect the way they view South African tribal culture, while 59.1percent indicated that watching Generations: The Legacy has somehow affected their perception of their own cultural identity. In all, participants rated the representation of South African tribal culture as poor. The study concludes that while South African tribal culture is increasingly finding expression on mainstream soap opera, tribal South African values and beliefs are often depicted as old-fashioned, and inimical to modernisation, and individual’s freedom.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 14:24:25 SAST ]]> A comprehensive approach to scalability assessment of ICTD projects : a case study of ICT4RED https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:42939 Wed 12 Jul 2023 08:28:50 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of how the potential of Dynamic Geometry Software as a visualisation tool may enhance the teaching of Mathematics https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:42798 Tue 18 May 2021 15:55:51 SAST ]]> "But what story?": a narrative-discursive analysis of "white" Afrikaners' accounts of male involvement in parenthood decision-making https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3025 40 years), which were then differentiated according to gender, reproductive status, and relationship status. Treating the interviews as jointly produced narratives, I analysed them by means of a performativity/performance lens. This dual analytic lens focuses on how particular narrative performances are simultaneously shaped by the interview setting and the broader discursive context. The lens was fashioned by synthesising Butler’s theory of performativity with Taylor’s narrative-discursive method. This synthesis (1) allows for Butler’s notion of “performativity” to be supplemented with that of “performance”; (2) provides a concrete analytical strategy in the form of positioning analysis; and (3) draws attention to both the micro politics of the interview conversation and the operation of power on the macro level, including the possibility of making “gender trouble”. The findings of the study suggest that the participants experienced difficulty narrating about male involvement in parenthood decision-making, owing to the taken for granted nature of parenthood for heterosexual adults. This was evident in participants’ sidelining of issues of “deciding” and “planning” and their alternate construal of childbearing as a non-choice, which, significantly served to bolster hetero-patriarchal norms. A central rhetorical tool for accomplishing these purposes was found in the construction of the “sacralised” child. In discursively manoeuvring around the central problematic, the participants ultimately produced a “silence” in the data that repeats the one in the research literature.]]> Tue 15 Aug 2023 16:06:17 SAST ]]> A best practice guideline for patient-centred care in public hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10063 Thu 13 May 2021 15:49:24 SAST ]]> A conductimetric investigation of phenomena in extremely dilute aqueous solutions https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4524 Thu 13 May 2021 11:32:34 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of the de-peasantisation process in Nepal with specific reference to the role of state land policies since the 1950s https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:37667 Thu 13 May 2021 10:59:19 SAST ]]> "Abject dictatorship of the flesh" : corporeality in the fiction of Patrick White https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2166 Thu 13 May 2021 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verhouding tussen betrokkenheid en universaliteit in die literatuur https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3604 Thu 13 May 2021 06:43:50 SAST ]]> A comprehensive university: constructing an organisational identity https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:9517 Thu 13 May 2021 06:41:59 SAST ]]> A century of IsiXhosa written poetry and the ideological contest in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3651 Thu 13 May 2021 06:30:01 SAST ]]> A comparison of the performance of selected conceptual models of the rainfall-runoff process in semi-arid catchments near Grahamstown https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4798 Thu 13 May 2021 06:27:54 SAST ]]> "I felt that I deserved it" : an Investigation into HIV-related PTSD, traumatic life events, and the personal experiences of living with HIV : a mixed-method study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3211 Thu 13 May 2021 06:11:58 SAST ]]> A computational analysis to decipher the pathways of stability, uncoating and antigenicity of human enterovirus capsids https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:34035 Thu 13 May 2021 05:52:57 SAST ]]> 'n Interdissiplinêre benadering tot die klasmusiekonderwys in Suid-Afrika https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2640 Thu 13 May 2021 05:52:05 SAST ]]> 'n Perspektief op kommunikasie in 'n post-apartheidsera in Suid-Afrika met spesifieke verwysing na die rol van Afrikaans https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3575 Thu 13 May 2021 05:50:52 SAST ]]> A comparative analysis of anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provices : a governance perspective https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:8179 Thu 13 May 2021 05:34:58 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of agricultural innovation platforms among small-scale farmers in Hwedza communal area, Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:19973 Thu 13 May 2021 04:49:20 SAST ]]> A collaboratively constructed process model for understanding and supporting the work of the community volunteer in a community school https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28116 Thu 13 May 2021 04:40:29 SAST ]]> A conscious leadership model to achieve sustainable business practices https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21008 Thu 13 May 2021 04:29:22 SAST ]]> #KeepItReal: discursive constructions of authenticity in South African consumer culture https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28641 Thu 13 May 2021 04:24:57 SAST ]]> A comparative analysis of aspects of criminal and civil forfeitures: suggestions for South African asset forfeiture law reform https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27501 Thu 13 May 2021 04:10:31 SAST ]]> 'Visible hectares, vanishing livelihoods': a case of the fast track land reform and resettlement programme in Southern Matabeleland- Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11423 Thu 13 May 2021 03:52:33 SAST ]]> A comparison of programming notations for a tertiary level introductory programming course https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11093 Thu 13 May 2021 03:35:04 SAST ]]> A contribution towards the taxonomy of the ichthyoplankton species community and an understanding of its dynamics along the south-east coast of South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5342 Thu 13 May 2021 03:31:37 SAST ]]> A best practice guideline for clinical teaching at a public college of nursing https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30860 Thu 13 May 2021 03:27:31 SAST ]]> (Re-)inventing our selves/ourselves : identity and community in contemporary South African short fiction cycles. https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2326 Thu 13 May 2021 03:23:33 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of selected literary techniques in P.T. Mtuze’s prose narratives https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:32570 Thu 13 May 2021 03:18:40 SAST ]]> A comparative study of the in vitro antidiabetic properties, cytotoxicity and mechanism of action of Albuca bracteata and Albuca setosa bulb extracts https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28327 Thu 13 May 2021 03:02:03 SAST ]]> A case study of a pre-service mathematics education course to grow and develop proficient teaching in mathematics in the intermediate phase https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2004 Thu 13 May 2021 03:00:34 SAST ]]> A combined modelling approach for simulating channel–wetland exchanges in large African river basins https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:35424 Thu 13 May 2021 02:53:44 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of challenges facing developmental local government : a case study of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:8239 Thu 13 May 2021 02:41:27 SAST ]]> A comparative study of the Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus L) and the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus L) in Malawi https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5654 Thu 13 May 2021 02:32:42 SAST ]]> A change framework for introducing performance management in higher education: a case study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:36590 Thu 13 May 2021 01:43:19 SAST ]]> A comparative analysis of the enforcement of market abuse provisions https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10240 Thu 13 May 2021 01:42:31 SAST ]]> A best practice guideline for screening and managing chorioamnionitis https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39575 2500g), and,therefore,most likely term gestation. Saving Babies further reported that 22.9% of all live births in South Africa was premature and 22.8% of birthswere unexplained intra-uterine deaths. Prematurity is one major complication of chorioamnionitis. When susceptibility for chorioamnionitis is considered during early pregnancy, it is possible to intervene and prevent or even reduce the incidences and complications of chorioamnionitis.A qualitative research study was conducted in three phases. In Phase One(Part One), a theoretically constructed patient scenario of chorioamnionitis was presented to ten midwives,and semi-structured individual interviews were done to elicit information regarding how they screen for and manage chorioamnionitis. In Phase One(Part Two), experienced medical practitioners in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology were individually interviewed, also using semi-structured individual interviewsto gain their views regarding chorioamnionitis as a contributing factor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Qualitative findings in Phase Oneindicated that there is a general lack of knowledge regarding chorioamnionitis among midwives, resulting ininadequate screening, misdiagnosis and mismanagement of the condition. Experienced medical practitioners confirmed that chorioamnionitis is underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed or undiagnosed and underreported,and they hold views that it is difficult to treat and control pregnancy-related infections according to current practice.An integrative literature review was conductedin Phase Twoand literature regarding diagnostic biomarkers, screening options to diagnose chorioamnionitis and management of chorioamnionitis were extracted. After evidence synthesisofPhase Oneand Phase Twodata, a best practice guidelinefor screening and managing viiwomen withchorioamnionitiswas developed usingthe National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guideline development approach in Phase Three. The purpose of the best practice guideline for screening and managing women with chorioamnionitis was to provide a guideline onhow to manage women who are at risk and those who present with signs and symptoms of chorioamnionitis at any stage during their pregnancy. Five recommendations were made that involve screening for chorioamnionitisand causative factors, biomarkers to diagnose chorioamnionitis, management of chorioamnionitis that includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological management, and health education to women.Ethics for this research study were guided by the ethical principles and guidelines of the Belmont Report. The trustworthiness of this research study was adopted from Ravitch and Carl,and was based on criticality, reflexivity, collaboration, and rigour. An independent coder and reviewer wereto verify the data that were included in the best practice guideline. Expert reviewersappraised the best practice guidelineusing Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II tools.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 01:25:46 SAST ]]> A comparative study of the catechin components in the barks of wattle species related to Acacia Mernsii https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4482 Thu 13 May 2021 01:22:35 SAST ]]> A commercial process development for plant food formulation using polyprotic acids from natural extracts as chelating agents https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10368 99.9 % certainty) potential in two of the semi-organic mixtures formulated while the organic mixture showed a relatively good growth rate as compared to the control (pure tap water). According to statistical analysis (ANOVA) comparison, two of the semi-organic mixtures performed considerably better than the two commercial samples evaluated. Potential benefits profoundly associated with these nutrient mixtures as compared to similar liquid fertilizer products on the market is that most nutrients are chelated and dissolved in solution. Also, the mixtures contain all necessary nutrients including plant growth substances required for healthier plant growth. The most important socioeconomic impact is the value addition to the technology chain in the citrus industry. The use of fluid fertilizers in significant quantities is less than twenty years old. Nevertheless, growth has been so rapid that in South Africa demand for mixed liquid fertilizer has greatly increased from 90 000 tons NPK & blended micronutrients in 1955 to more than 600 000 per annum tons today (Report 41/2003, Department of Minerals and Energy). The liquid fertilizers market is sparsely specialized with major competitors like Omnia, Kynoch and Foskor supplying more than 50 % of the market demand. Amongst the nutrient mixtures formulated, mixture one is an NPK (1-1-2) based nutrient mixture containing both secondary nutrients (0.5 % Mg & 1.0 % Ca) and seven micronutrients (0.1 % Fe, 0.05 % Cu, 0.05 % Zn, 0.05 % Mn, 0.02 % B, 0.0005 % Mo and 0.0005 % Co). The composition of this mixture offers the formula a potential to be used as a general purpose (all stages of plant growth) fertilization mixture in view of its balanced composition (containing all essential plant nutrients). Mixture two contains essentially the micronutrients and in higher concentrations (0.3 % Fe, 0.3 % Cu, 0.1 % Zn, 0.2 % Mn, 0.02 % B, 0.0005 % Mo and 0.0005 % Co) as compared to mixture one except for boron, molybdenum and cobalt. The concentration of the micronutrients contained in this mixture is adequately high which offers a potential for it to be used in supplementing nutrition in plants with critical micronutrient-deficient symptoms. Mixture three is very similar to mixture two (1.0 % Fe, 0.05 % Cu, 0.05 % Zn, 0.05 Mn, 0.05 % B, 0.0005 % Mo and 0.0005 % Co) except that the concentrations of all seven micronutrients are considerably less than those of contained in mixture two. However, the concentration of iron in this mixture is as high as 1.0 %. The mixture has a potential to be used in high iron-deficient situations. Mixture four is an organic formula with relatively low nutrient concentrations (NPK-0.02-0.02-1, 0.27 % Mg, 0.02 % Ca, 0.008 % Fe, 0.26 % Cu, 0.012 % Zn, 0.009 % Mn). Nevertheless, this mixture is appealing for organically grown crops where the use of chemicals is prohibited by standards. These lemon juice-based nutrient mixtures were further characterized and tested for stability and storability over a period of eight weeks. This study revealed no major change in the physical quality (colour, pH and “salt out” effect). The basic formulation methodology is a two-step procedure that involves filtration of the lemon juice to remove membranous materials, mixing at ambient temperature and stabilization of the nutrient mixtures. However, for the organic nutrient formula mix, filtration follows after extraction of nutrients from plant materials using the lemon juice.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 01:15:13 SAST ]]> A classification of large wetlands in Africa’s elevated drylands based on their formation, structure, and hydrological functioning using Earth Observation (EO) data and Geographic Information System (GIS) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:38100 Thu 13 May 2021 01:12:05 SAST ]]> A comparative study of egg development in two species of Siphonariid limpets with contrasting developmental modes https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5826 Thu 13 May 2021 01:10:24 SAST ]]> A contribution to the biology of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek) (Copepoda : Calanoida) in Lake Sibaya, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5854 Thu 13 May 2021 00:57:18 SAST ]]> A contribution to TEC modelling over Southern Africa using GPS data https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5456 Thu 13 May 2021 00:26:54 SAST ]]> A bring your own device information security behavioural model https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:33166 Thu 13 May 2021 00:20:06 SAST ]]> A case for institutional investigations in economic research methods with reference to South Africa's agricultural sector https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:972 Thu 06 Jul 2023 16:10:51 SAST ]]> A constructivist deconstruction of post-apartheid South Africa’s trade negotiation strategies: the politics of development and global value chains https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28596 Thu 01 Feb 2024 09:56:38 SAST ]]> A co-constructed practice model for supporting parents of children in conflict with the law https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30949 Fri 15 Mar 2024 13:00:57 SAST ]]>