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Defensive coping and essential amino acid markers as possible predictors for structural vascular disease in an African and Caucasian male cohort: the SABPA study
(Wiley, 2017)Defensive coping (DefS), oxidative stress, inflammation, and related amino acids (phenylalanine [Phe] and tyrosine [Tyr]) have been implicated in cardiovascular disease. This study assessed whether inflammation, oxidative ... -
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 facilitated a smaller cortisol-to-estradiol ratio and a higher hypertension risk: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Objectives: Taxing psychosocial stress and defensive coping have been associated with hypoactivity in cortisol, a vasoconstrictive agent. Estradiol has vasodilatory properties with cardio- and neuroprotective effects. It ... -
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 ... -
Defensive coping, urbanization, and neuroendocrine function in Black Africans: the THUSA study
(Wiley, 2012)Dissociation between b-adrenergic behavioral and physiological defensive active coping (AC) responses was associated with cardiometabolic risk in urban but not rural African males. Whether this is partly driven by underlying ... -
Defining perceived employability: a psychological approach
(Emerald, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define employability within the psychological literature with a focus upon perceived employability. Design/methodology/approach – To achieve the aim, the paper defines five objectives ... -
Defining the role of the independent environmental control officer (ECO) in compliance monitoring and enforcement
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2012)Currently an entire unregulated industry of Environmental Control Officers (ECOs) is active at various construction sites across South Africa. While the expected role of ECOs is generally to ensure that environmental ... -
Degradation mechanisms of MEA characteristics during water electrolysis in solid polymer electrolyte cells
(Springer, 2017)The processes contributing to degradation of characteristics of membrane-electrode assemblies (MEA) of water electrolyzers with solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) are considered. Particularly, the life tests of an electrolysis ... -
Degradation studies on acid-base blends for both LT and intermediate T fuel cells
(Elsevier, 2013)In this study the ex-situ and in-situ behavior of acid–base blend membranes from sulfonated polyethersulfone and a partially fluorinated sulfonated polymer (prepared by condensation of decafluorobipenyl with bisphenol ... -
Degree of obesity influences the relationship of PAI-1 with body fat distribution and metabolic variables in African women
(Elsevier, 2016)Introduction Although the relationship of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) with obesity has been well established, the relationship of PAI-1 with different body fat distribution patterns is less clear particularly ... -
Deiktiese patrone in die verfilming van J.M. Coetzee se Disgrace
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)In this two part article J.M. Coetzee's eponymous novel, Disgrace (1999) and the 2008-film version thereof will be briefly discussed with a focus on its use of and reference to the Afrikaans farm novel. In White Writing ... -
Delaying Pre-trial Therapy to Child Victims of Sexual Abuse: An Unfounded Prevailing Culture in South Africa?
(Brill, 2017)Due to the statutory obligation to report child sexual abuse to the authorities, children in South Africa are increasingly called to testify in criminal proceedings. A recent qualitative study found that South African ... -
Deliberate strategy and the tangible link to performance: lessons from South African higher education
(Academic Journals [©2011 Academic Journals], 2011)The notion of deliberate versus emergent strategy has long been debated. However, researchers have failed to show which method will bring about an increase in organisational performance, which is the bottom line for business ... -
Deliktuele aanspreeklikheid van die afrigter in skolesport - 'n sekuriteitsaangeleentheid
(NWU, 2011)Sports law can be regarded as one of the latest developments in law. As applied to the school setting, and with special reference to sport coaching, this article deals with the five fundamental elements of the law of delict ... -
Delivering brand equity and consumer oriented insights through marketing communication elements in the tourism sector
(AJHTL, 2017)Over the years, the move to integrated marketing communication (IMC) have gained popularity and increased sales for organisational marketers and brand champions. This is because in order for any business to succeed it must ... -
Delivering more inclusive public participation in coastal flood management: a case study in Suffolk, UK
(Elsevier, 2018)Ongoing problems achieving local population acceptance of coastal flood strategies threaten their implementation. A lack of meaningful engagement by all elements of potentially affected populations is seen as instrumental ... -
Democratic Alliance v Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 2017 (3) SA 212 (GP)
(Juta, 2016)The relationship between South African law and public international law - with specific reference to international agreements, such as the 1998 rome Statute of the international criminal court (rome Statute) - is primarily ... -
Demographic and socio–economic factors affecting contraceptive use in Malawi
(KRE Publishers, 2014)Malawi has one of the highest Contraceptive Prevalence Rates (CPR) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, fertility remains high and fertility decline is slow. This paper uses data from the 2000 and ... -
Demographic structure and genetic diversity of Mauremys leprosa in its northern range reveal new populations and a mixed origin
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, 2015)Freshwater turtle species are still poorly understood, and many species are in decline due to unsustainable trade as well as human alteration and degradation of freshwater ecosystems. Mauremys leprosa is a freshwater ...