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DDT residues in water, sediment, domestic and indigenous biota from a currenlty DDT-sprayed area
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Dealing with bioethical dilemmas: a survey and analysis of responses from ministers in the Reformed Churches in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2012)Recent technological advancements in Bioethics have been rapid and incremental, leaving little time for Christian ethicists to reflect or develop a coherent methodological approach. To assess the situation in the Reformed ... -
Dealing with incidents of serious disciplinary problems amongst learners: a comparative study between South Africa and selected countries
(OASIS, 2013)Teachers in South African schools battle with problems in learner discipline. Research indicates that teachers are at a loss as to handling these situations. The aim of this article is to survey incidents of serious learner ... -
Dealing with violence in South Africa: the ethical responsibility of churches
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)This article investigates the phenomenon of violence in South Africa. The statistics of the excessive violence are presented and the possible reasons for this violence are examined. In this respect the influence of the ... -
Debating some past and present research frameworks and methodologies in history on places and their peoples in South Africa
(Taylor & FrancisUNISA Press, 2013)Histories regarding places and their peoples in South Africa can be traced to the early days of History being practised as an academic discipline. However, practising this form of history under (and outside) the flag of ... -
Debating the fundamentals of the faith among South African baptists
(Cape Town Baptist Seminary, 2012)During the 1920s two words recently coined in the United States of America (where they had immediate currency among Baptists), “fundamentalist” and “fundamentalism”, entered the lexicon of English in both the United Kingdom ... -
A decade of nutrition research in Africa: assessment of the evidence base and academic collaboration
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)Objective: Malnutrition in Africa has not improved compared with other regions in the world. Investment in the build–up of a strong African research workforce is essential to provide contextual solutions to the nutritional ... -
Decentralisation and capacity-building: paradigm shifts in local self–governance
(School of Public Management and Administration, University of Pretoria, 2012) -
Decentralisation or devolution: an analysis of local government effectiveness
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Decreased in vivo α2 adrenoceptor binding in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat model of depression
(Elsevier, 2015)Depression is a debilitating heterogenous disorder and the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Alterations in monoaminergic neurotransmission, including noradrenergic, have been implicated in the etiology of depression. ... -
The deductibility of value added tax on costs incurred to raise share capital: a critical analysis of the ITC 1744-case
(University of Pretoria, 2011)Companies incur significant amounts of share issue costs to raise finance for their operations. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) currently contends that value added tax (VAT) is not deductible on share issue costs. ... -
Deep legal pluralism in South Africa: Judicial accommodation of non-state law
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Deep-brain stimulation associates with improved microvascular integrity in the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease
(Elsevier, 2015)Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has become an accepted treatment for motor symptoms in a subset of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. The mechanisms why DBS is effective are incompletely ... -
Deepening democracy and enhancing multi-level governance: deficiencies of and prospects for local government ward committees in South Africa
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte, Potchefstroom, 2009)The South African local government system has a number of shortcomings, two of which relate to the role of local government in the deepening of participatory democracy and the position of local government in a system of ... -
Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycaemia and endothelial dysfunction in African men: the SABPA study
(ELSEVIER, 2013)Background: Dissociation between behavioural defensive active coping (AC) control albeit physiological “loss of control” responses was associated with silent ischaemia and structural wall abnormalities in African men. Whether ... -
Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycaemia and endothelial dysfunction in African men: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2013)Background: Dissociation between behavioural defensive active coping (AC) control albeit physiological “loss of control” responses was associated with silent ischaemia and structural wall abnormalities in African men. Whether ... -
Defensive coping and renovascular disease risk. Adrenal fatigue in a cohort of Africans and Caucasians: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Defensive coping is an established cardiovascular risk factor in Africans. Additionally, chronic, excessive or inadequate hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPAA) stress responses could either increase or ... -
Defensive coping and subclinical vascular disease risk – associations with autonomic exhaustion in Africans and caucasians: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2012)Objective The defensive active coping response is a recognised cardiovascular risk factor in Africans, especially in men. It is uncertain whether autonomic dysfunction might be the underlying cause. We therefore investigated ... -
Defensive coping facilitates higher blood pressure and early sub–clinical structural vascular disease via alterations in heart rate variability: The SABPA study
(ELSEVIER, 2013)Objectives: Defensive coping (AC) responses in urban African males have been associated with vascular responsiveness, partly explaining autonomic nervous system dysfunction. We therefore aimed to assess whether AC responses ...
