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Cardiovascular dysfunction in black South Africans: an investigation from various perspectives
(North-West University, 2010)Motivation: The prevalence of cardiovascular dysfunction, especially hypertension, in Africans has increased dramatically over the past few decades. Despite considerable in- depth studies, cardiovascular diseases remain ... -
Cardiovascular function and psychological distress in urbanised black South African : The SABPA study
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Cardiovascular function and psychological distress in urbanised black South Africans : the SABPA study
(North-West University, 2009)Motivation: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with the greatest mortality rates occurring in low and middle income countries. The increase in the prevalence of risk factors such ... -
Cardiovascular function during experimental hyperthermia with specific reference to circulatory failure
(North-West University (South Africa), 1979)The cardiovascular system is regarded as the "first line of defence" to an elevation in body temperature, and cardiovascular adaptations as the major event during acclimatisation to heat. Although cardiovascular strain ... -
Cardiovascular function is not associated with creatine kinase activity in a black African population: the SABPA study
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2016)Background: Higher creatine kinase (CK) activity is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease in black African populations. We compared CK activity and investigated associations of blood pressure with CK ... -
Cardiovascular function, coping and cortisol in urbanised Africans : the SAPBA [i.e. SABPA] study
(North-West University, 2010)Motivation: Environmental stressors have psychological and biological effects and the inability to cope with the stressor affects the mood and could lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Chronic stress leads to deregulation ... -
Cardiovascular health screening among South African students
(Sabinet, 2012)Stress is an unavoidable part of everyday life due to the demands and stressors associated with modern lifestyle. Health risks provoked by this increasingly prevalent condition lead to cardiovascular disease, which ultimately ... -
The cardiovascular profile of HIV–infected South Africans of African descent : a 5–year prospective study
(North-West University, 2011)With great appreciation, I would like to accentuate the substantial contributions of the following people who made this project possible: To Dr. CMT Fourie (my supervisor), Prof. JM van Rooyen (my co–supervisor) and Prof. ... -
The cardiovascular profile of the low renin phenotype in a black South African population
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Motivation Blood pressure is decreasing globally, however, the prevalence of hypertension continues to increase in Sub-Saharan African countries such as South Africa. Populations of African ancestry are more likely to ... -
Cardiovascular proteomics
(Elsevier, 2020)Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They develop over long periods of time, and are typically caused by multiple factors, and interaction with the environment. Proteomics allows ... -
Cardiovascular reactivity and oxidative stress in young and older adults: the African-PREDICT and SABPA studies
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Background: Oxidative stress and increased cardiovascular reactivity are associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease development. These factors along with early vascular compromise are more pronounced ... -
Cardiovascular responses in sedentary adult men, following a 12-week whole-body vibration training
(LAM Publications, 2017)Whole-body vibration training has become increasingly popular as a training modality in fitness and health centres hence some evidence also indicates that it can produce salutogenic outcomes in patients suffering metabolic ... -
Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014)BACKGROUND More than 80% of deaths from cardiovascular disease are estimated to occur in low-income and middle-income countries, but the reasons are unknown. ... -
Cardiovascular risk stratification and blood pressure variability on ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement
(Current Medicine Group, 2014)Abstract Variability is a phenomenon attributed to most biological processes and is a particular feature of blood pressure (BP) that concerns many physicians regarding the clinical meaning and the impact on their clinical ... -
The cardiovascular safety of Pheroid® in the conscious rat
(Elsevier, 2019)The Pheroid® technology is a patented colloidal drug delivery system comprised of a dispersed oil phase of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids emulsified in N2O saturated water. Pheroid® has pharmaceutical applicability for ... -
Cardiovascular safety pharmacology studies in dogs enabled for a poorly soluble molecule using spray-dried dispersion: impact on lead selection
(Elsevier, 2016)The aim of this study was to identify an adequate formulation for a poorly soluble lead molecule (BI-A) that would achieve sufficiently high plasma concentrations after oral administration in dogs to enable a robust ... -
Cardiovascular, cortisol and coping responses in urbanised Africans: The SAPBA Study
(Clinics Cardive Publishers, 2012)Objectives: To assess the relationships between progression of target-organ damage and cardiovascular, cortisol and coping responses in black urban Africans. Methods: Urban black African gender groups (n = 200) aged 21-62 ... -
Career advancement experiences of women in educational leadership positions at district level in the North West Province, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2020)Although numerous studies on women's career advancement m educational leadership positions abound, such are limited to school-based perspectives with a dearth of information on office-based educators despite their ... -
Career anchors and leadership style for Senior Management Service: the case of the National School of Government
(2021)The study highlights the role of the SMS members as the administrative leaders in the Public Service, in leading employees to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the democratic developmental state. In this ... -
Career choice and unemployment length: a study of graduates from a South African university
(Sage, 2016)Graduate unemployment is especially problematic in a country where much emphasis is placed on furthering academic studies for economic and personal rewards. This article investigates the relationship between career choice ...