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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 ... -
Hybridisation of energy storage for multiple input DC-DC converters
(2019-05)One of the biggest challenges towards achieving efficient and effective energy use in electric vehicles is the energy storage systems. Batteries, though being improved with newer technologies, are still not capable of ... -
Coping, copeptin and cardiac stress : The SABPA study
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Coping met emosionele stres kan óf effektief wees vir die neutralisering van stres óf dit kan negatiewe kardiovaskulêre uitkomste fasiliteer. Verdedigende-coping (DefS) en sosiale ondersteunings-coping is op effektiewe ... -
Natural and Life Sciences teachers’ affective development during an indigenous knowledge professional development intervention
(North-West University, 2019-05)South Africa hosts a diverse and rich cultural diversity (resulting in a variety of indigenous knowledge systems), as well as a rich biodiversity. This provides the opportunity for learning and teaching nature of science ... -
Interpretation of maximum absorbance data obtained from turbidimetry in plasma samples with varying fibrinogen concentration
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become South Africa’s second largest cause of death. CVD is often associated with vascular injury, which initiates the coagulation cascade and formation of an occlusive or non-occlusive ... -
Research methods for conducting pharmacoepidemiological studies using medicines claims data
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)This study aimed to evaluate the appropriate use of various research methods in pharmacoepidemiological studies using a South African medicines claims database. A literature review was carried out to conceptualise ... -
A framework for enhancing social sustainability through the planning of Third Places: a South African approach
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Social sustainability, a dimension of sustainable development, has become increasingly influential in the urban planning context. However, there is limited research to guide urban planning approaches towards enhanced social ... -
Endophytic establishment of Beauveria bassiana in wheat (Triticum aestivum) and its impact on Diuraphis noxia
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)The entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo-Crivelli) Vuillemin (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) is globally known to infect a wide range of insect hosts, including aphids. The current study investigated ... -
Improvement of diagnostics for Trypanosoma equiperdum infecting equines in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Dourine is a sexually transmitted disease of equines caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum. Dourine has worldwide distribution and is an economically important veterinary disease. There is little to no active research on dourine ... -
Concordance of goals and meaning in the intrapersonal life domain: Associations with demographic variables and well-being
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Goals and meaning are important facets of eudaimonic well-being. Scholars have studied goals and meaning separately, but research is sparse on the alignment of goals and meaning, especially in specific life domains and how ... -
Drought responses of forb and grass communities in communal and protected rangelands
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)The structure, growth, dynamics and productivity of herbaceous vegetation in semi-arid savannas are strongly limited by rainfall variability and nutrient availability. These factors interact with other drivers of savanna ... -
Synthesis and antitubercular activity of triazole-linked 1,4-benzoquinone derivatives
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Tuberculosis (TB) has scourged humankind for hundreds of years. Not only are millions of people infected and killed by this disease annually, but more than a quarter of the world’s population is living with latent TB. ... -
Antibiotic resistant bacteria and -genes in raw water, and the implications for drinking water production
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)The introduction of antibiotic treatment in the 1940s was a revolutionary breakthrough in medicine. However, the wide and inappropriate use of antibiotics ever since have created the perfect conditions for increasing the ... -
Long-term assessment of aerosol chemical composition in the interior of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)The impacts of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) are co-determined by chemical composition. PM with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) typically contains a significant fraction of organic- (OC), elemental carbon (EC), ... -
Extragalactic Background Light inhomogeneities and Lorentz-Invariance- Violation in gamma-gamma absorption and Compton scattering
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Very-high-energy gamma ray photons (VHE; E > 100 GeV) from distant gamma ray objects (e.g. blazars) are expected to be absorbed by the diffuse extragalactic background light (EBL), which leads to a high-energy cut-off ... -
Validation of artificial mussels as indicators of platinum group element exposure in the Hex River System
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Platinum group elements (PGE) occur naturally in the environment in very low concentrations. However, these elements have increased over the last couple of decades, since they have been increasingly used in a number of ... -
Valuation of ecosystem services at health clinic gardens in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Health clinic gardens provide a variety of ecosystem services (ESs) that when properly valued may inform the larger community of the benefits of having a garden, especially concerning food and health security and increase ... -
AKSM2A en AKSM2B ensiemtoets optimalisering en rekombinante uitdrukking
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Glisienkonjugasie is ʼn Fase 2-biotransformasieweg wat verantwoordelik is vir die detoksifisering van xenobiotika soos bensoaat en salisilaat. Hierdie biotransformasieweg is gekonserveerd en speel ʼn baie belangrike rol in ... -
Synthesis, cytotoxicity and antiplasmodial activity of novel ferrocenyl-artemisinin hybrids
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Malaria is caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Of the five species that infect humans, Plasmodium falciparum is the most dangerous. This disease caused 435 thousand deaths in 2017. It is estimated that 266 thousand ...
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