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Preparation and transformation of true nifedipine polymorphs: investigated with differential scanning calorimetry and X-Ray diffraction pattern fitting methods

Grooff, Driekus; Liebenberg, Wilna; De Villiers, Melgardt M. (Wiley, 2011)

The amorphous → metastable and metastable → stable crystalline phase transitions of nifedipine and their relationship with polymorph composition during storage at controlled temperature/humidity conditions were investigated. ...
Prescribing patterns of medicine classified as 'antidepressants' in South African children and adolescents

Van Der Westhuizen, Elmarie; Serfontein, J H P; Burger, Johanita R; Lubbe, Martha S (Health SA Gesondheid / RAU, 2009)

The main objective of this study was to characterise prescribing patterns of medicine classified as 'antidepressants' (hereafter simply referred to as antidepressants) in children and adolescents in the private health care ...
Pressure-drop predictions in a fixed-bed coal gasifier

Bunt, John Reginald; Luckos, Adam (Elsevier science, 2011)

In the Sasol Synfuels plant in Secunda, Sasol-Lurgi fixed-bed dry-bottom gasifiers are used for the conversion of low-grade bituminous coals to synthesis gas (syngas). The gasifiers are fed with lump coal having a particle ...
Presuppositions and the challenge to objectivity in late-modern phiosophy of science: causes and possible remedies

Coletto, R. (Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte / Potchefstroom, 2007)
Prevalence and prevention of interpersonal violence in urban secondary school:an ecosystemic perspective

Bender, Gerda; Emslie, Annemarie (Sun Media Bloemfontein (SUNMeDIA), 2010)
Prevalence of drug-drug interactions of antiretroviral agents in the private health care sector in South Africa

Lubbe, Martha; Serfontein, J H P; Katende-Kyenda, N L; Truter, I (South African Medical Association, 2008)
Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 strains in cattle, pigs and humans in North West Province, South Africa

Bezuidenhout, Cornelius C; Ateba, C N; Mbewe, M (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2008)
The prevalence of hypertension and the relationship with body composition in Grade 1 learners in the North West Province of South Africa

Kemp, Chanelle; Pienaar, Anita Elizabeth; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2011)

Objective. To determine the prevalence of hypertension in Grade 1 learners in the North West Province and to investigate the association between blood pressure (BP) and body composition of these children. Methods. Data ...
Prevalence of possible drug-drug interactions between antiretroviral agents in different age groups in a section of the private health care sector setting in South Africa

Lubbe, Martha S; Serfontein, J H; Truter, I; Katende-Kyenda, N L; Pharm, N L M (Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2008)
The prevalence of resilience in a group of professional nurses

Koen, Magdalena Petronella; Van Eeden, Chrizanne; Wissing, Maria Philipina (AOSIS, 2011)

The literature and practice show that many professional nurses feel emotionally overloaded and are experiencing job dissatisfaction, which often results in them leaving the profession. Paradoxically, some nurses choose to ...
Prevalence of zinc deficiency among primary school children in a poor peri-urban informal settlement in South-Africa

Egal, Abdulkadir A; Napier, Carin E; Oldewage-Theron, W; Samuel, Folake O; Venter, Christina Susanna (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)
Pricing of single stock futures and dividend risk

Venter, Emmerentia Hendrika Antoinetta; Swart, B. (Investement Analyst Society of South Africa, 2011)

In this paper we consider the fair pricing of single stock futures (SSFs) and the effect of dividend risk on the dividend compensation component in the pricing formulas. SSF valuation is subject to the pricing of discrete ...
Pricing weather derivatives for the chardonnay cultivar in Wellington using a credit default SWAP methodology

Holemans, Nadine; Styger, Paul; Van Vuuren, Gary Wayne (Unisa/Taylor & Francis, 2011)

Most South African farmers employ standard insurance to protect crops from natural disasters such as hail or strong winds, but no insurance contracts exist to compensate for rain damage (although floods are covered), or ...
Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 to 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa

Benade, A J S; Dhansay, M A; Faber, M; Laubscher, J A; Oelofse, A; Schoeman, S; Smuts, Cornelius Mattheus; Van Stuijvenberg, M (Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd,, 2010)
Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations (Corrigendum)

Holleran, Mathew; Raubenheimer, Barend Christoffel; Venter, Christo; Büsching, Ingo; De Jager, Ocker Cornelis (EDP Sciences, 2011)

Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations (Corrigendum)
Principles for poverty alleviation among the youth in Northern Uganda

Letsosa, Rantoa Simon; Wilson, Alistair Iain (Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2010)
Prior experience, cognitive perceptions and psychological skills of senior South African rugby players

Kruger, Pieter; Malan, Dawid Daniel Jacobus; Potgieter, Johannes Cornelis; Steyn, Hendrik Stefanus (Stellenbosh University, 2010)
Prior experience, cognitive perceptions and psychological skills of senior South African rugby players

Kruger, Pieter; Malan, Dawid Daniel Jacobus; Potgieter, Johannes Cornelis; Steyn, Hendrik Stefanus (Stellenbosh University, 2010)
Private conscience and ecclesiological certitude: the humanae vitae dilemma in Bruce Marshall's The Bishop

Hale, Frederick Allen (Bril Academic Publishers, 2010)

Humanae Vitae, the encyclical of 1968 in which Pope Paul VI reconfirmed the Catholic Church's traditional stance against artificial means of contraception, engendered heated debates among moral theologians and lay people ...
Probing millisecond pulsar emission geometry using light curves from the Ferm/Large Area Telescope

Venter, Christo (IOP Publishing Limited, 2009)