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Catastrophic and impoverishing health care expenditure in households affected by HIV/AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The aim of this study was to capture the intensity and incidence of catastrophic health care expenditures in order to describe the degree to which catastrophic health care payments occur among households. Simultaneously, ... -
A categorical study of persistent homology for closure space
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)We begin with the concept of closure space and show how it relates to other objects like graphs and metric spaces in categorical terms. We also study the notion of simplicial sets and show that there is an adjunction between ... -
Catholic reflections on abortion and euthanasia - towards a theology of sacredness of human life
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)It is not possible in this paper to deal with all the moral problems revolving at the "beginning" and "end" of human life in the modern world. However, something must be said about the question regarding respect for human ... -
Cation-exchanged zeolites-A prepared from South African fly ash feedstock for CO2 adsorption
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)In South Africa coal combustion constitutes up to 90 % of the country’s energy need. This coal combustion activity is known to contribute to the amount of about 40 % of the total CO2 atmospheric emissions worldwide that ... -
Cattle, commercialisation and land reform: dynamics of social reproduction and accumulation in Besters, KwaZulu-Natal
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The thesis examines the processes of social differentiation amongst households living on farms transferred through South African land reform, and the degree to which the ‘commercialisation’ of the cattle economy accounts ... -
Causes and prevalence of traumatic injuries to the permanent incisors of school children aged 10-14 years in Maseru, Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, etiology and types of injuries to permanent incisors among schoolchildren aged 10-14 years from Maseru, Lesotho. Upper and lower permanent incisors were examined for ... -
Causes of maternal deaths and severe acute maternal morbidity in a regional hospital in the Northwest Province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Despite all measures taken by the South African government since 1994, there is a contiuous increase of maternal mortality in the country and the Northwest Province is amongst the highest. Studies to date combining the ... -
Cell culture biomarkers for monitoring of wastewater pollutants
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Wastewater is normally composed of a mixture of pollutants. The type and composition of pollutants in a particular wastewater depend on the source of origin. The source and characteristics of a particular wastewater determine ... -
Cellular and molecular biomarkers detected in the oral mucosa and saliva in water-pipe tobacco smoking compared to cigarette smoking: A systematic review
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Water-pipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is a form of tobacco use with different names. There is a misconception that passing tobacco smoke through water reduces its harmful effects to increase its popularity. One million individuals ... -
The centralisation of government departments in Northern Province, 1994-1998.
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)This study is an investigation of how the policy of centralising government departments of the former homelands affected various stakeholders in the province. There is general concern from the people of this former homelands ... -
The centre cannot hold: The role of subnational governments in policing in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2019)South Africa continues to experience one of the highest crime rates in the world. Crime is unevenly distributed, and the police are not trusted by the majority of citizens. The power and responsibility for policing lies ... -
A cephalometric and dental analysis of treatment outcomes of unilateral cleft lip and palate children treated at the Red Cross children's hospital
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This study was a cephalometric and dental investigation of the treatment outcomes of UCLP children treated at the Red Cross Children's Hospital (RCCH) with respect to craniofacial morphology and dental arch relationship. ... -
A Cephalometric Comparison of Class II Extraction Cases Treated with Tip-Edge and Edgewise Techniques
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The Tip-Edge and edgewise techniques are the main techniques that are mostly used in orthodontics, and are applicable to the treatment of any type of malocclusion from the most simple to the most complex. The edgewise ... -
Cephalometric landmark detection: Artificial intelligence vs human examination
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Cephalometric landmark detection is important for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. The most common cause of random errors, in both computer-aided cephalometry and manual cephalometric analysis, is inconsistency ... -
Cesium hydrogen sulphate and cesium dihydrogen phosphate based solid composite electrolyte for fuel cell application
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)A new high temperature solid electrolyte composite was developed, with CsHSO4 and CsH2PO4 as the proton conducting material in composition with PTFE and SiO2 to enhance the solid electrolyte composites mechanical strength ... -
Chalcone and curcumin hybrids of indole propargylamines as multifunctional neuroprotective agents
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) are a range of chronic brain disorders that includes amongst others motor function loss. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the common NDs that has an insidious onset and diagnosed when ... -
The challenge of cooperative government and its implications for the financial and fiscal management systems in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)Can a country function without a legislative framework able to inform decisionmaking processes taken at different spheres of government? To what extent would actions conducted at various spheres of government be efficiently ... -
The challenge of implementing integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Lower Okavango River Basin, Ngamiland district, Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Water resources management practice has undergone changes in management approaches and principles over time. It was previously characterised by what scholars refer to as the hydraulic mission where ‘extreme engineering’ ... -
The challenge of sustainable land-based local economic development in poor communities of South Africa: The case of Groblersdal, Northern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This research investigated whether local economic development interventions necessarily improve the livelihoods of poor communities. More specifically, the goal of this thesis was to explore some of the reasons why land-based ... -
Challenges and barriers to adolescents' post-abortion care services: Implications for reproductive health policy in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The prevention of abortion related complications and mortality is dependent on the availability, accessibility and usability of emergency post-abortion care (PAC) throughout the health care system. Unfortunately, abortion ...