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Fibrinogen concentration and its role in CVD risk in black South Africans – effect of urbanisationtion

Hoekstra, Tryntje; Jerling, Johann Carl; Kruger, Annamarie; Pieters, Marlien; De Maat, M.P.M. (Schattauer, 2011)

The aim of this study was to investigate correlates of fibrinogen concentration in black South Africans, as well as its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and whether urbanisation influences this association. ...
Finding Academic Voice - A Critical Narrative of Knowledge-Making and Discovery

Potgieter, Ferdinand; Smit, Brigitte (Sage Publications, 2009)

The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of ...
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score is associated with Insulin Resistance and Progression towards Type-e Diabetes

Schutte, Aletta (Endocrine Society, 2009)

Objective: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire is a practical screening tool to estimate the diabetes risk and the probability of asymptomatic type 2 diabetes. In this study we evaluated the usefulness ...
First-time versus repeat visitors : the Volksblad Arts Festival

Kruger, Martinette; Saayman, Melville; Strydom, Albert (Sun Media Bloemfontein (SUNMeDIA), 2010)
First detection of VHE y-rays from SN 1006 by HESS

Acero, F; Aharonian, F; Venter, Christo; Hoffmann, A; Van Eldik, C; Venter, Christo; Busching, Ingo; Förster, A; Hermann, G; Schwarzburg, S (EDP Sciences, 2010)
The first fermi large area telescope catalog of gamma-ray pulsars

Abdo, A A; Ackermann, M; Baldini, L; Bloom, E D; Porter, T A; Claus, R; Venter, Christo; Johannesson, G; Pelassa, V; Smith, D A (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
First monogenean flatworm from a microhylid frog host: Kankana, a new polystome genus from Madagascar

Du Preez, Louis Heyns; Raharivololoniaina, Liliane; Verneua, Olivier; Berthier, Pauline; Vences, Miguel (Elsevier, 2011)

Kankana manampoka n. gen., n. sp. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae), is described from the urinary bladder of the narrow-mouthed frog Platypelis pollicaris. This is the first record of a polystome from the Microhylidae and the ...
The first record of polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from caecilian hosts (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with the description of a new genus and two new species

Du Preez, Louis H; Wilkinson, Mark; Huyse, Tine (Springer Netherlands, 2008)
A fisk-parker hybrid heliospheric magnetic field with a solar-cycle dependence

Hitge, Mariette; Burger, Renier A.; Engelbrecht, Nicholas E; Krüger, T.P.J. (IOP Publishing Limited, 2008)
Flexicurity gemeten: een vragenlijst over flexibiliteit en zekerheid voor organisatie en werknemer

Raeder, Sabine; Schalk, Marinus Johannes Dominicus (René) (Boom Lemma Uitgewers, 2011)

Flexicurity, the balance between security and flexibility, is an important theme in Human Resource Management in Europe for employers as well as employees (Freese, Paauwe & Schalk, 2009). A questionnaire was developed to ...
The flight activity of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Teretrius nigrescens Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae) in Kenya

Omondi, Bonaventure Aman; Jiang, Nanqing; Van den Berg, Johann; Schulthes, Fritz (Elsevier, 2011)

The invasive storage pest, the larger grain borer (LGB) Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), was introduced into the maize-deficit, semi-arid areas of the eastern region in Kenya in the early 1980s. In spite of containment efforts ...
Floristic analysis of domestic gardens in the Tlokwe City Municipality, South Africa

Cilliers, Sarel Stephanus; Lubbe, Catherina Susanna; Siebert, Stefan John (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2011)
Flow cytometric analysis of the oxidative status in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells of workers exposed to welding fumes

Du Plessis, Johannes Lodewykus; Du Plessis, Lissinda Hester; Eloff, Frederik Christoffel; Franken, Anja; Jooste, Jacques; Laubscher, Petrus Johannes; Van Aarde, Michiel Nicolaas (Taylor & Francis, 2010)
Fluidized bed gasification of selected South African coals

Engelbrecht, A D; Everson, Raymond Cecil; Neomagus, Hendrik Willem Johannes P; North, B C (South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2010)
Fluorescent polycyclic ligands for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition

Van Dyk, Sandra; Malan, Sarel F; Joubert, Jacques (Elsevier Science Limited, 2008)
Folk music for children's choirs: the challenges and benefits of cultural diversity

Potgieter, Hetta Magdalena; Van Aswegen, Hendrika Johanna (Taylor & Francis; NISC, 2010)

In this article we investigate ‘folk’ music in the choral repertoire of children's choirs as a way of building bridges between diverse cultures within the context of regional children's choirs, with specific reference to ...
Food antioxidant capacity and its use in food selection

Loots, Du Toit (MedPharm Publications, 2009)
Food choice: student consumers decision-making process regarding food products with limited label information

Breedt, Sophia Elizabeth; De Beer, Hanli; Kempen, Elizabeth Louise; Van der Merwe, Magdalena (Blackwell, 2010)
Forecasting tourist arrivals in South Africa

Saayman, Andrea; Saayman, Melville (2010)

The aim of this paper is to model and forecast tourism to South Africa from the country's main intercontinental tourism markets. These include Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States of America and France.
Forgiveness and impunity in a situation of transition: A socio-political perspective

Vorster, Jakobus M Koos (AcadSa Publishing, 2009)