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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: insights from animal models
(Elsevier, 2016)Research with animal models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) shows the following: (1) Optogenetic studies in mice provide evidence for a plausible cause-effect relation between increased activity in cortico-basal ... -
Occupational allergy and asthma among salt water fish processing workers
(Wiley InterScience, 2008)Background Fish processing is a common economic activity in Southern Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and host determinants of allergic symptoms, allergic sensitization, bronchial hyper‐responsiveness ... -
Occupational hygiene-related research in South Africa: development of a research repository
(SASOM, 2016)In November 2015, a small group of representatives from research, government and industry involved in occupational health (OH) in Gauteng gathered in a meeting to begin discussions about setting an OH research agenda with ... -
Occupational respiratory exposure to platinum group metals: a review and recommendations
(ACS, 2017)Platinum group metals (PGMs) is a group of metals that include platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium. Occupational respiratory exposure to platinum has been reported since 1945, but studies investigating ... -
Occupational stress and mental well-being in a cohort of black South African teachers
(National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2014)This study explored levels of occupational stress and mental well-being of a cohort of Black South African teachers. 200 secondary school teachers completed the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI: Boyle, Borg, Falzon, & ... -
Of mice and marbles: novel perspectives on burying behavior as a screening test for psychiatric illness
(Springer, 2016)Burying forms part of the normal behavioral routine of rodents, although its expression is species-specific. However, it has been suggested that aberrant burying behavior, of which marble-burying (MB) is an example, may ... -
Okulêre motoriese beheer funksie en visueel-motoriese integrasie status van 'n geselekteerde groep 6- tot 8-jarige leerders met ADHD
(University of Stellenbosch. Department of Sport Science, 2012)The aim of the study was to determine, as ascertained by ocular motor control functions and visual-motor integration, what the nature and scope of visual-motor problems are in 6- to 8-year-old learners with ADHD. Fifty-seven ... -
Older age South African persons’ experiences of their needs with cell phone use
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study explored the needs met by cell phone use by older persons. Informants were 52 older South Africans (age range 65 to 89 years, male = 8, female = 44). The older persons completed a visual representation and ... -
Older female consumers’ clothing quality perception: expectations and performance
(SAAFECS, 2018)The population of older consumers is growing significantly worldwide as well as in South Africa. Although they have been labelled as vulnerable consumers with less financial freedom, due to their rapid growth in numbers, ... -
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 ... -
Older people's experiences of giving and receiving empathy in relation to middle adolescents in rural South Africa
(Sage Publishing, 2016)Viewed in the context of an older-growing population, pressure on health-care and social (family and community) resources, and a perceived changed intergenerational ‘care contract’, relationships are often the only avenue ... -
Older people's portrayal in the print media: implications for intergenerational relations
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)This study explored the perceptions of older people in a residential care facility regarding how they are portrayed in the print media and the implications of such portrayal for intergenerational relations. Twenty-one older ... -
Older persons experiences of loneliness: A South African perspective
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One after the other: a novel Bluetongue virus strain related to Toggenburg virus detected in the Piedmont region (North‐western Italy), extends the panel of novel atypical BTV strains
(Wiley, 2018)In this rapid communication, a novel atypical bluetongue virus (BTV) strain detected in goats in the Piedmont region (north-western Italy) is described. This strain, BTV-Z ITA2017, is most related in Seg-2/VP-2 (83.8% ... -
Ontwikkelingskoordinasieversteuring (DCD) se verband met leerverwante probleme en ADHD by 6- en 7-Jarige kinders in Potchefstroom
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Opinion of South African pre- and post-menopausal women on the potential menopause-related health benefits of soy and soy products
(AOSIS, 2008)The increased use of alternative treatment for menopausal symptoms is mainly due to women’s changing opinions of conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The objective of this study was to assess the opinion of pre ... -
Optimal 10-aminoartemisinins with potent transmission-blocking capabilities for new artemisinin combination therapies-activities against blood stage P. falciparum including PfKI3 C580Y mutants and liver stage P. berghei parasites
(Frontiers, 2020)We have demonstrated previously that amino-artemisinins including artemiside and artemisone in which an amino group replaces the oxygen-bearing substituents attached to C-10 of the current clinical artemisinin derivatives ... -
Optimal waist circumference cut-off values for abdominal obesity in black South African men and woman
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Optimised transdermal delivery of pravastatin
(Elsevier, 2015)Wiechers’ programme “Formulating for Efficacy” initiated a new strategy to optimise the oil phase of topical formulations in order to achieve optimal transdermal drug delivery. This new approach uses the “Delivery Gap ... -
An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)
(ASSAf, 2019)Our reply to Thaldar et al.’s1 response to the ASSAf report2 on human genetics and genomics focuses on two elements of the Report which they highlight, namely ubuntu and sovereignty. The lack of engagement with ...