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Appraising coach performance: A qualitative analysis of coaches perceptions
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)As a result of the proliferation of international competition, increased participation in sport, increased sponsorship, increased visibility of sport and greater levels spectatorship, the management of human resources in ... -
Appraising the e-readiness of online learning facilitators: key human factors
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte, Potchefstroom, 2009)Higher education institutions in South Africa have undergone a number of changes over the past few years. These changes brought about inter alia changed work environments and job demands. One of the new job demands is the ... -
Appraising the value of independent EIA follow-up verifiers
(Elsevier, 2015)Independent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) follow-up verifiers such as monitoring agencies, checkers, supervisors and control officers are active on various construction sites across the world. There are, however, ... -
Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin
(AOSIS, 2016)The practice of skin lightening is prevalent amongst dark-skinned people globally. Various current studies that map this practice and that seek motivations behind the practice are examined. It is observed that through ... -
An approach to improve the match-on-card fingerprint authentication system security
(IEEE, 2016)The combination of smart cards and biometrics results in a strong 2-factor authentication. It facilitates a trusted credential for authenticating an individual's identity through one-to-one biometric verification using the ... -
An approach towards the planning of green child-friendly spaces in South Africa
(Oxford Univ Press, 2018)The impact of green spaces in terms of sustainability and quality of life is well documented in recent literature. Such is the growing awareness of the importance and benefits of designing healthy, safe public spaces for ... -
Appropriate and non-medical use of methylphenidate by residence students at a South African tertiary institution
(LAM Publications, 2017)The purpose was to determine to what degree residence students from a tertiary academic institution use methylphenidate in both non-medical and appropr iate manners in the South African ... -
Approximation-based integral versus differential isoconversional approaches to the evaluation of kinetic parameters from thermogravimetry: kinetic analysis of the dehydration of a pharmaceutical hydrate
(Springer, 2016)The relative accuracies of approximation-based integral versus differential isoconversional approaches for ‘actual’ E determination were investigated on experimental dehydration data of roxithromycin monohydrate ... -
Aquatic invertebrate community structure of selected endorheic wetlands (pans) in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Shallow wetlands, such as pans, are not well studied in South Africa, even though they perform many important functions, such as providing an important food source for migratory birds and habitat to highly specialized ... -
Aqueous solubility of Cr(VI) compounds in ferrochrome bag filter dust and the implications thereof
(WRC, 2017)The production of ferrochrome (FeCr) is a reducing process. However, it is impossible to completely exclude oxygen from all of the high-temperature production process steps, which may lead to unintentional formation of ... -
The Arab Spring: theoretical perspectives on the regimes of North Africa and the Middle East.
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This article is concerned with the Arab Spring as an example of regime change in authoritarian contexts. It investigates whether the institutional characteristics of authoritarian regimes may have influenced the development ... -
Arabic Afrikaans - early standardisation of Afrikaans orthography: a discussion of The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims by Achmat Davids
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)In this article, the published Master’s dissertation of the late Achmat Davids on the historical phenomenon of Arabic Afrikaans is examined from a linguistic viewpoint, one of a variety of possible perspectives offered ... -
Aramaisms: not what they used to be
(SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2016)For approximately two centuries scholars have sought to identify "Aramaisms" in Biblical Hebrew texts and utilise their presence as evidence for a post-exilic date of composition. In this article it is demonstrated that ... -
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community differentiation along a post-coal mining reclamation chronosequence in South Africa: a potential indicator of ecosystem recovery
(Elsevier, 2020)Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi contribute to the restoration of soil ecological functions and processes during ecosystem development. Here, diversity and differentiation of AM fungi in rhizosphere soils and roots of the ... -
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for the biocontrol of plant-parasitic nematodes: a review of the mechanisms involved
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015)Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate root symbionts that can protect their host plant against biotic stress factors such as plant-parasitic nematode (PPN) infection. PPN consist of a wide range of species with ... -
An ARDL bounds test approach to modelling tourist expenditure in South Africa
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2015)This research follows micro-economic theory, according to which demand for a product is influenced by price, substitute prices and income, to determine the sensitivity of inbound tourist expenditure in South Africa to ... -
Are 'Albergo Diffuso' and community-based tourism the answers to community development in South Africa?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Conventional mass tourism shortcomings have facilitated the origin of alternative forms of tourism such as community-based tourism (CBT). Lately, another form of tourism known as 'Albergo Diffuso' (AD) has also been mentioned ... -
Are anomalous cosmic rays the main contribution to the low-energy galactic cosmic ray spectrum?
(IOP Publishing, 2008)While the high-energy part of the Galactic cosmic ray spectrum is well observed, its nature at energies below about 1 GeV nucleon-1 is still not known well. Recent in situ measurements made with the Voyager 1 spacecraft in ... -
Are antiretroviral prescribed according to the recommended prescribed daily doses in the private healthcare sector in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2011)Current antiretroviral treatment (ART) guidelines recommend different combinations that have led to major improvements in the management of HIV and AIDS in the developed and developing world. With the rapid approval of ... -
Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study
(Oxford University Press, 2012)Background Longitudinal cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa are urgently needed to understand cardiovascular disease development. We, therefore, explored health behaviours and conventional risk factors of African individuals ...