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Another look at education from a Christian stewardship perspective
(AOSIS, 2012)Despite the current postmodern aversion to large-scale philosophies, another look at Christian stewardship education has become necessary. Christian educators need a reminder in the prevailing socio-political conditions ... -
Another look at the Grubbs estimators
(Elsevier, 2012)We consider estimation of the precision of a measuring instrument without the benefit of replicate observations on heterogeneous sampling units. Grubbs (1948) proposed an estimator which involves the use of a second measuring ... -
Answers to the questions? A critical analysis of the amendments to the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 with regard to labour brokers
(Juta, 2014)Temporary employment services (TESs), or labour brokers as they are more commonly known, have been used in South Africa since the 1950s, but they were not regulated by the Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956 (1956 LRA) in force ... -
Ant assemblages at three potential breeding sites for the Brenton blue butterfly, Orachrysops
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Antecedents and outcomes of meaningful work among school teachers
(AOSIS, 2017)Orientation: Quality education is dependent on the well-being, engagement, performance and retention of teachers. Meaningful work might affect these employee and organisational outcomes. Research purpose: The aim of this ... -
The antecedents and outcomes of work-family enrichment amongst female workers
(AOSIS, 2014)Orientation: Women are involved in both a work and a family domain. Work-family enrichment is a concept that describes how these domains can enrich each other through the transfer of resources from one domain to the ... -
Antecedents of attitudes towards and usage behavior of mobile banking amongst Generation Y students
(Business Perspectives, 2017)Despite the benefits that mobile banking has to offer, coupled with positive mobile penetration rates, the use of mobile devices to perform banking transactions and access financial information is not as widespread as ... -
Antecedents of basic psychological need satisfaction of pharmacy students: the role of peers, family, lecturers and workload
(Elsevier, 2018)Background Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a model to improve pharmacy students' well-being or functioning in their study context. According to SDT, students need a context that satisfies their needs for autonomy, ... -
Antecedents of flourishing at work in a fast-moving consumer goods company
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The aims of this study were to investigate antecedents of flourishing in the workplace. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a stratified random sample of 779 employees in a fast-moving consumer goods company in ... -
Anthelmintic potency of Rumex crispus L. extracts against Caenorhabditis elegans and non-targeted identification of the bioactive compounds
(Elsevier, 2021)Traditional healers and ethnoveterinary therapists use several medicinal plants, such as Rumex crispus L., to treat endoparasite infections. R. crispus has been established by researchers to be effective agasint a few ... -
Anthropogenic and naturally produced brominated phenols in pet blood and pet food in Japan
(ACS, 2017)Present study determined concentrations and residue patterns of bromophenols (BPhs) in whole blood samples of pet cats and pet dogs collected from veterinary hospitals in Japan. BPhs concentrations were higher in cat blood ... -
The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study
(EGU, 2015)South Africa has one of the largest industrialized economies in Africa. Emissions of air pollutants are particularly high in the Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, the Mpumalanga Highveld and the Vaal Triangle, ... -
Anthropomertrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Mkurdi, Nigeria
(BioMed Central, 2011)Background: No information exists on the nutritional status of primary school children residing in Makurdi, Nigeria. It is envisaged that the data could serve as baseline data for future studies, as well as inform public ... -
Anthropometric, physical and motor performance determinants of sprinting and long jump in 10-15 Year Old Boys from disadvantaged communities in South Africa
(School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, S.A, 2009)The most talented subjects (N = 39) were selected from 66 boys by means of a Talent Search testing protocol and then subjected to a sport specific test battery consisting of five anthropometric and 16 physical and motor ... -
An anthropometrical related lower body explosive power (LBEP) prediction model among a cohort of adolescents in the North West Province, South Africa: the PAHL study
(Sabinet, 2015)In the prediction of lower body explosive power (LBEP), very few researchers have investigated the possibility of making use of anthropometric variables to compile prediction models. Therefore the purpose of this study was ... -
Anthropometrical, physical, motor and sport psychological profile of adolescent males with sprinting potential
(Stellenbosch Univ, 2016)This study determined whether anthropometrical, physical, motor and sport psychological differences exist between a group of male adolescents who show talent for sprinting and their less talented counterparts. Grade 8 boys ... -
Anti-corrosive properties of 4-amino-3,5-bis(disubstituted)-1,2,4-triazole derivatives on mild steel corrosion in 2M H3PO4 solution: Experimental and theoretical studies
(Elsevier, 2016)The corrosion inhibitory effect of two 3,5-bis(disubstituted)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazole derivatives, namely 3,5-bis(4-tolyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (K1) and 3,5-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (K2), for mild ... -
Anti-epileptic prescribing patterns in the South African private health sector (2008-2013)
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Background: Little is known about longitudinal prescribing practices for anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in South Africa. The prescribing patterns and associated direct medicine costs of AEDs in the private ...