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Bipolar disorder in the South African private health sector: Longitudinal analysis of prevalence, comorbidities and prescribing patterns
(North-West University (South-Africa).Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic affective disorder characterised by mood changes, fluctuating between depressive symptoms and manic symptoms. It is one of the psychiatric illnesses that have contributed to the chronic ... -
Development of vitamin C and E fixed-dose combination, multiple-unit, solid oral delivery systems
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Oral drug delivery is one of the most preferred and user-friendly routes of drug administration, however, vitamin C and vitamin E have poor and unreliable bioavailability at doses intended for anti-oxidant effects. This ... -
Neo-mercantilism as development ideology: a conceptual approach to rethink the space economy in Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Since the mid-15th century, the space economy in Africa has assumed an imperial outlook under the influence of European mercantilism. It was the era that unfettered capitalism prevailed as economic orthodoxy for control ... -
Parameter analysis of the Jensen-Shannon divergence for shot boundary detection in streaming media applications
(SAIEE, 2018): Shot boundary detection is an integral part of multimedia, be it video management or video processing. Multiple boundary detection techniques have been developed throughout the years, but are only applicable to very ... -
Groundwater monitoring during underground coal gasification
(SAIMM, 2018)Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a fast-emerging, in situ mining technology that provides access to low-cost energy through the utilization of coal reserves that are currently not technically or economically exploitable ...
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