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Chronic depression symptoms and salivary NOx are associated with retinal vascular dysregulation: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2016)Background Depression has been associated with impaired nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasodilation and vascular dysregulation (VD). Whether depression and NO levels will disturb retinal haemodynamics is not clear. Objectives ... -
Chronic depression symptoms desensitize renin activity to protect against volume-loading hypertension in Blacks: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2018)Background Low-renin levels in Blacks have been associated with volume-loading hypertension (HT). Depression symptoms, frequently co-occurring with vascular dysregulation, might reflect a disturbed renin-angiotensin-ald ... -
Chronic disease list conditions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the private healthcare sector of South Africa
(Springer, 2018)Introduction Little is known about the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in South Africa. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of RA and coexisting chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the private ... -
Chronic distress and acute vascular stress responses associated with ambulatory blood pressure in low-testosterone African men: the SABPA Study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2014)It is known that low testosterone (T) and high cortisol levels are associated with hypertension as well as with chronic stress, linking stress with elevated blood pressure (BP). However, the association between acute ... -
Chronic mild stress induces anhedonic behavior and changes in glutamate release, BDNF trafficking and dendrite morphology only in stress vulnerable rats. The rapid restorative action of ketamine
(Elsevier, 2019)Depression is a debilitating mental disease, characterized by persistent low mood and anhedonia. Stress represents a major environmental risk factor for depression; the complex interaction of stress with genetic factors ... -
Chronic restraint stress increases the protein expression of VEGF and its receptor VEGFR-2 in the prefrontal cortex
(Wiley, 2015)In the present study the central and peripheral regulation of VEGF, its cognate receptors, and regulators were examined after acute and chronic restraint stress in rats. After chronic restraint stress (6 h per day for 21 ... -
Chronic treatment with the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors sildenafil and tadalafil display anxiolytic effects in Flinders Sensitive Line rats
(Springer, 2012)There are conflicting results from behavioural studies regarding whether the activation or inhibition of the cGMP-nitric oxide (NO) pathway induces anxiolytic-like behaviour. Sildenafil, an inhibitor of cGMP-selective ... -
Church and war: a change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals
(AOSIS, 2017)At its inception and for the first 40 years of its existence, Pentecostalism was a pacifist movement preaching non-violence and non-retaliation. At the end of the Second World War, the movement changed its stance, in many ... -
The Church as God’s agent in uniting immigrants and natives: A case from Ephesians 2:11–22
(AOSIS, 2022)As the number of people migrating from many different countries to South Africa constantly increases, there is bound to be immense tension between the immigrants and the citizens for many and different reasons. Within ... -
The church as the body of Christ: the significance of the metaphor in 1 Cor 12:27 for the assessment of the New Testament teaching on the unity of the church
(AOSIS, 2015-02-24)Different metaphors depicting one or more facets of the church are used in the New Testament. An interpretation of the different metaphors will contribute to the assessment o f the New Testament teaching on the unity of ... -
A church historical perspective on demonisation, deliverance and the apostolic faith mission of South Africa
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The church organist's rappers: Redefining roles and strategies in music education
(2014)Arts and culture teachers often are ill-equipped to meet the requirements of school music programmes. They labour especially to accommodate the diverse musical preferences of learners. This discussion accordingly describes ... -
Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines
(Springer Nature, 2020)Discovering that chytrid fungi cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians represented a paradigm shift in our understanding of how emerging infectious diseases contribute to global patterns of biodiversity loss. In this Review ... -
Chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African amphibians: a continental analysis of occurrences and modeling of its potential distribution
(Herpetologists' League, 2020)The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global declines of amphibian populations and has been documented in African specimens originally collected as far back as the 1930s. Numerous recent ... -
Cibulka correlation for ternary excess/deviation properties of C2mim EtSO4 (x1) + acetic or propionic acid (x2) + acetonitrile (x3) systems at different temperatures
(Elsevier, 2017)In this perspective, the main intention is to reveal the possible intra and inter molecular interactions between ternary ionic liquid systems. The excess molar volume (VE123), isentropic compressibility (ks) and deviation ... -
Cimetidine as an effective corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in hydrochloric acid
(2014)The performance of Cimetidine (2-cyano-1-methyl-3-(2-[(5-methyl- 1H-imidazol-4-yl)methylthio]ethyl)guanidine) as corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1M HCl was thoroughly investigated by weight loss and electrochemical ... -
Cimetidine as an Effective Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Hydrochloric Acid
(CITESEERX, 2014)The performance of Cimetidine (2-cyano- 1-methyl- 3-(2-[(5-methyl- 1H-imidazol- 4-yl)methylthio]ethyl)guanidine) as corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M HCl was thoroughly investigated by weight loss and electrochemical ... -
Circadian rhythm and day to day variability of serum potassium concentration: a pilot study
(Springer Verlag, 2015)Background Hyperkalemia is a common and life–threatening complication frequently seen in patients with acute kidney injury, end–stage renal disease and chronic heart failure. Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation are ... -
Circular economy and environmental health in low- and middle-income countries
(BMC, 2019)Background The circular economy framework for human production and consumption is an alternative to the traditional, linear concept of ‘take, make, and dispose’. Circular economy (CE) principles comprise of ‘design out ... -
Circulating DNA: its origin and fluctuation
(Wiley, 2008)Circulating DNA is present in the blood of all individuals, but it has been found that cancer patients and patients with a variety of other conditions have increased amounts of these circulating DNA fragments in their ...