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A psycho-behavioral perspective on modelling obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in animals: the role of context
(Bentham Science, 2017)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a heterogeneous and debilitating condition, characterized by intrusive thoughts and compulsive repetition. Animal models of OCD are important tools that have the potential to contribute ...
Male care-leavers' transfer of social skills from care into independent living in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
Residential child and youth care centres typically provide programmes to develop the social and life skills of the children in care, on the assumption that these skills will equip them for adult life. However, there is ...
Perspectives of former gang members on aspects leading to gang involvement in a semi-rural area in the Western Cape
(SAPSAC, 2017)
The research question guiding this qualitative research was “What are the perspectives of former gang members on aspects leading to gang involvement in a semi-rural area in the Western Cape?” A case study design has been ...
A conceptual framework to facilitate clinical judgement in nursing: a methodological perspective
(AOSIS, 2017)
The South African health care and education systems are challenged to provide independent,
critical thinking nurses who can cope with diversity in a creative way and define their
role in a complex, uncertain, rapidly ...
Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains a leading risk for early death ...
Recent advances in understanding hypertension development in sub-Saharan Africa
(Nature, 2017)
Consistent reports indicate that hypertension is a particularly common finding in black populations. Hypertension occurs at
younger ages and is often more severe in terms of blood pressure levels and organ damage than in ...
Prospective conceptual model of Tomatis® method effects on students’ self-regulation
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
This study aimed to develop a preliminary conceptual model that explains the perceived effect of the Tomatis® method on university students’ self-regulation for study course learning. Seven beginning graduate students (6 ...
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 ...
S-ketamine rapidly reverses synaptic and vascular deficits of hippocampus in genetic animal model of depression
(Oxford Univ Press, 2017)
Background:
The neurovascular plasticity of hippocampus is an important theory underlying major depression. Ketamine as a novel glutamatergic antidepressant drug can induce a rapid antidepressant effect within hours. In ...
Community caregivers' perspectives of community well-being in a mining community
(AOSIS, 2017)
Mining communities throughout the Southern African Development Community are faced with numerous challenges impacting on their wellbeing. As part of an integrative multidisciplinary research project, this study sought to ...