Browsing by Subject "Tswana"
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CRP genotypes predict increased risk to co-present with low vitamin D and elevated CRP in a group of healthy black South African women
(MDPI, 2018)Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are independently associated with adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although an inverse association ... -
Die huweliksperspektief van die ongetroude volwasse Tswana-vrou
(North-West University (South Africa), 2002)The objective of this study was to explore and describe the unmarried mature Tswana woman's marriage perspective in order to create guide-lines for marriage preparation to these women. The motivation for the choice ... -
Fitness testing, exercise intervention and health-related quality of life validation in Setswana speaking community dwelling Potchefstroom adults
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This study was a series of linked investigations in which we explored self-reported health-related quality of life and fitness tests, as well as exercise preferences and effects among black South African adults. We (1) ... -
Interactions of CRP-SNPs with selected contributing factors in determining CRP concentrations in black South Africans
(North-West University, 2018)Introduction: Non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, are on the rise globally, with low- and middle-income countries, including South Africa, at the epicentre of the increase in these conditions. ... -
Single nucleotide and copy number polymorphisms of the SULT1A1 gene in a South African Tswana population group
(ASSAf, 2011)Previous studies on gene mapping have firmly established variation in segments of the DNA structure amongst different population groups. SULT1A1 is one of four SULT1A genes that maps to the short arm of chromosome 16, ... -
Tswana finite state tokenisation
(Springer, 2015)Tswana, a Bantu language in the Sotho group, is characterised by an agglutinative morphology and a disjunctive orthography, which mainly affects the verb category. In particular, verbal prefixes are usually written ... -
Tswana first language interference on English vowels
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1999)It has been indicated that the vowel system of Respectable South African English contains 12 primary vowels (Lass, 1990), whereas the Tswana vowel system consists of seven primary vowels (Kruger & Snyman, 1986). This can ...