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Restructuring and mergers of the South African post-apartheid tertiary system (1994-2011): a critical analysis
(Clute Institute, 2013)
Socio-economic and vocational needs of communities, governments and individuals change over
the years and these discourses served as a compass for restructuring of higher institutions in
South Africa from 1994. Before ...
Indigenous and traditional plants: South African parents’ knowledge, perceptions and uses and their children’s sensory acceptance
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: The dietary shift from indigenous and traditional plants (ITPs) to cash crops and exotic plant food
sources increases the risk of malnutrition and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, especially ...
Prevalence of potentially serious drug-drug interactions among South African elderly private health sector patients using the Mimica Matanović/Vlahović‐Palčevski protocol
(Wiley, 2018)
Objectives
To determine the prevalence of potentially serious drug–drug interactions (DDIs) and their relationship with gender and age, among elderly in South Africa.
Methods
A cross‐sectional study was conducted using ...
Older people's competence to use mobile phones: an exploratory study in a South African context
(International Society for Gerontechnology, 2018)
The older person population, as well as the level of mobile phone penetration in Africa and SubSaharan countries, are increasing globally. This study explored older persons’ competences to
use mobile phones in the Tlokwe ...
Biodiversity offsets in EIA: getting the timing right
(Elsevier, 2019)
Major developments can result in significant impacts on biodiversity, which the mandated process of environmental impact assessment (EIA) aims to mitigate. There has been a recent move towards the application of biodiversity ...
Accelerated nutrition transition in the North West Province of South Africa: results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE-NWP-SA) cohort study, 2005 to 2010
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)
Objective: South Africa (SA) is in the midst of a health transition characterized by a
quadruple burden of diseases and a nutrition transition. The existing nutrition
transition in SA, accompanied by the coexistence of ...
Sero-prevalence of Taenia spp. infections in cattle and pigs in rural farming communities in Free State and Gauteng provinces, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
The aim of this study was to determine sero-prevalence of bovine and porcine cysticercosis in cattle and pigs in rural farming communities in Free State and Gauteng Provinces, Republic of South Africa. Blood samples were ...
Perfluorinated compounds in the aquatic food chains of two subtropical estuaries
(Elsevier, 2019)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are ubiquitous in the environment and remain in largely unknown concentrations and with unknown effects on the African continent. Here we aimed to assess the presence of 15 PFASs ...
Metal accumulation in riverine macroinvertebrates from a platinum mining region
(Elsevier, 2020)
South Africa is the world’s main supplier of Pt. The Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa contains 75% of the world’s Pt resources. Mining of this precious metal requires large volumes of water for production and removal ...
Resolution of the identity of three species of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) parasitising freshwater fishes in South Africa, combining molecular and morphological evidence
(Elsevier, 2020)
Reliable data on the diversity of the genus Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) parasitising freshwater fishes in South Africa, as well as in Africa, is almost non-existent. Most of the morphology-based identifications ...