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Coping with stigma by women whose partners died of aids
(North-West University, 2007)
The previous study on the experiences of widowhood and beliefs about the mourning process of the Batswana people found that widows were stigmatised due to cultural beliefs that made coping a difficult process for the widow. ...
A preclinical evaluation of the possible enhancement of the efficacy of antituberculosis drugs by PheroidTM technology
(North-West University, 2007)
With the rise of the HIV pandemic and persistent global poverty, tuberculosis (TB) was declared a global emergency, claiming thousands of lives with each passing year and putting severe pressure on the socio-economic status ...
Evaluation and management of diabetic patients in a primary healthcare clinic
(North-West University, 2007)
In many African countries, including South Africa, much attention has been centred on the management of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis epidemics. However, there is growing awareness in South Africa that life-style related ...
The synthesis and evaluation of 1-methyl-3-pyrrolines and 1-methylpyrroles as substrates and inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B
(North-West University, 2007)
Very little is known about why and how the Parkinson's disease (PD) neurodegenerative process begins and progresses. In the course of developments for treatment of PD, the discovery of the inhibition of monoamine oxidase ...
Red yeast epoxide hydrolases : growth, activity and selectivity
(North-West University, 2007)
Enantiopure epoxides are versatile compounds in the production of single enantiomer drugs, and are of high value as building blocks and intermediates in the preparation of more complex single enantiomer pharmaceuticals and ...
The effect of pharmaceutical excipients on isoniazid release from chitosan beads
(North-West University, 2007)
In controlled release applications a drug is molecularly dispersed in a polymer phase. In
the presence of a thermodynamically compatible solvent, swelling occurs and the
polymer releases its content to the surrounding ...
Die ontwikkeling van riglyne vir die bemagtiging van ouers vir 'n beter verhouding met hulle adolessente kinders
(North-West University, 2007)
This article focuses on the development of guidelines to empower parents with adolescent children to have a better relationship with their adolescent children. A qualitative research method within the context of intervention ...
Assessment of the quality of services provided by the home community based care programme to people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS
(North-West University, 2007)
The North-West Province has the fifth highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country and has an estimated HIV prevalence of 22.9%. On the 24th November 1999 cabinet approved a special allocation of funds to finance a National ...
The dissolution analysis of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combination tablets
(North-West University, 2007)
Disease is as old as life itself and the treatment thereof ancient too. A disease that still claims over a million lives annually and is considered a health problem in approximately 90 countries is malaria, even though it ...
NOS inhibition of novel fluorescent polycyclic ligands
(North-West University, 2007)
In recent years polycyclic compounds have been shown to exhibit pharmacological profiles of importance in the symptomatic and proposed curative treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Parkinson's and Alzheimer's ...