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The experiences of primary caregivers whose children/grandchildren were exposed to paternal incest
(2015)Paternal incest is traumatic for the child-victim and has the potential to be harmful to the rest of the family members, particularly the primary caregivers (mothers and grandmothers), who therefore ... -
Experiences of social workers in investigating child sexual abuse
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Experiences of student nurses regarding the bursary system in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: During 2010, the South African nursing education system was restructured, changing student nurses from having supernumerary status to being bursary holders. Changes with the introduction of this new bursary ... -
Experiences of Students, service delivery organisations and community members of service delivery to disadvantaged community by Social Work students
(Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2009)As part of their training in social work, fourth-year students delivered services to a disadvantaged community as part of their placement. However, there was no feedback system to evaluate the quality of these services. ... -
Experiences of young adult women with emotionally absent fathers
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2015)This study explored the experiences of young adult women (n = 11) who grew up with emotionally absent fathers. The women (White: Afrikaans) were between the ages of 20 and 31 (5 were married, 1 was engaged, 1 was in a ... -
Experimental and mesoscale computational dynamics studies of therelationship between solubility and release of quercetin from PEG solid dispersions
(Elsevier, 2013)The flavonol quercetin is potentially clinically relevant for its antimicrobial, beneficial cardiovasculareffects, cancer treatment amongst others. However, its successful therapeutic application is severelycurtailed by ... -
Exploration of biomarkers for subclinical atherosclerosis in an African population using a proteomics chip targeted at inflammation and cardiovascular disease
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)Introduction: The evolving use of multiplex proteomic platforms provides an excellent tool for investigating associations between multiple proteins and subclinical atherosclerotic disease. In this study, we evaluated the ... -
An exploration of flexibility/rigidity as relational quality of African migrants in South Africa as new cultural and social environment
(SAGE Publications, 2012)This article attempts to draw attention to the interpersonal interactions of African migrants and to how the relational quality, namely, flexibility/rigidity, could potentially facilitate or limit their acculturation ... -
The exploration of in-service training needs of psychiatric nurses
(AOSIS, 2014)BACKGROUND: New research findings, changes in legislation and the use of information technology in nursing, require continuous in-service training of psychiatric nurses to cope with, reflect on and modify their clinical ... -
An exploration of personal, relational and collective well-being in nursing students during their training at a tertiary education institution
(AOSIS, 2011)The well-being of nursing students has become crucial because of the multidimensional challenges that nursing professionals have to deal with. A community psychology framework was adopted in this study. The aim of the ... -
An exploration of the influence of food labels on South African consumers' purchasing behaviour
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)New labelling legislation in South Africa is expected to help consumers sustain a healthy lifestyle through the food choices they make. This study was undertaken to explore a sample of South African consumers' reasons for ... -
An explorative study on the relationship between learning opportunities at school and at work and adolescents' mental health
(Ubiquity Press, 2020)Based on the Job Demands-Resources model, this study examined the association of learning opportunities of adolescents at school and work with their mental health, operationalized in terms of life satisfaction and ... -
Exploratory data analysis of the dependencies between skin permeability, molecular weight and log P
(Govi-Verlag, 2016)Molecular weight and log P remain the most frequently used physicochemical properties in models that predict skin permeability. However, several reports over the past two decades have suggested that predictions made by ... -
Exploratory study of mindfulness in modern-day sport psychology consulting relationships
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This study explored sport psychology practitioners’ mindfulness in relation to the quality of consulting relationships and value within contemporary practice. A total of 34 sport psychology practitioners from South Africa ... -
Exploring 4-substituted-2-thiazolylhydrazones from 2-, 3-, and 4-acetylpyridine as selective and reversible hMAO-B inhibitors
(Elsevier, 2013)A series of 4-substituted-2-thiazolylhydrazone derivatives have been synthesized and tested in vitro for their human monoamine oxidase (hMAO) A and B inhibitory activity. Our findings confirmed that the substitution at ... -
Exploring a gene-x-environment model of treatment resistant depression: behavioural studies and response to fluoxetine treatment
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: Major depression with psychotic features presents with severe depressed mood and psychosis in the form of nihilistic-type delusions and hallucinations, and is known to be resistant to antidepressant monotherapy ... -
Exploring a group of South African psychologists’ well-being: competencies and contests
(Sage, 2018)The aim of this study was to establish the levels of well-being of South African psychologists by implementing a mixed method research design. Positive psychology was used as framework as psychosocial well-being is a core ... -
Exploring a post-traumatic stress disorder paradigm in Flinders sensitive line rats to model treatment-resistant depression. I. Bio-behavioural validation and response to imipramine
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2017)Co-morbid depression with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often treatment resistant. In developing a preclinical model of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), we combined animal models of depression and PTSD to ... -
Exploring a post-traumatic stress disorder paradigm in Flinders sensitive line rats to model treatment-resistant depression. II. Response to antidepressant augmentation strategies
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2017)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) displays high co-morbidity with major depression and treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Earlier work demonstrated exaggerated depressive-like symptoms in a gene×environment model ... -
Exploring adolescents' participation in decision-making in the home schooling context
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)The purpose of this study was to explore the participation of adolescents in decision-making in the home school context. The sample consisted of 21 participants from 8 families in the Western Cape. Data collection was done ...