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Determining crop coefficients for irrigated fruit tree crops using readily available data sources
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The climate variability and climate change-induced events experienced worldwide have caused a significant decrease in the rainfall volume. South Africa is considered to be one of the driest countries in the world, as it ... -
Determining food and nutrition literacy of community health workers in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Obesity is one of the critical problems that threatens not only health, but the economy at a global level. Among the factors associated with obesity is less than optimum level of nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy ... -
Determining institutional support needed for embedding service-learning in nursing at a Higher Education Institution in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2018)Service-learning (SL) is regarded as a teaching and learning method combining community participation with content-based class discussion and reflection. It involves a teaching and learning assessment process with community ... -
Determining learner nurses' perceived levels of competence and willingness to practise in a maternity unity at a university in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Midwifery is a health profession where a qualified midwife provides care to a woman during her pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Apart from taking care of the mother, the midwife is expected to take care of the ... -
Determining levels of coping and emotional intelligence in psychology students at the University of the Western Cape: A quantitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Literature on the experiences of psychology students is limited, particularly in the South African context of previously disadvantaged institutions. More specifically, not much is known about levels of emotional intelligence ... -
Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)There is growing awareness that drinking water can become contaminated following its collection from safe communal sources such as boreholes, as well as during transportation and storage in the house. Drinking water is the ... -
Determining the effects of a short-term physical activity intervention programme on body mass index, blood pressure, pulse rate and percentage body fat among high school learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Physical inactivity is recognised as a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Current recommendations for participation in physical activity are ... -
Determining the efficiency of in situ iron remediation (ISIR) technology using ozonation in the Atlantis primary aquifer, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In situ iron remediation (ISIR) applications has become a popular technique for reducing iron and manganese concentrations in boreholes that impose aesthetic and potable issues to groundwater quality and water supply ... -
Determining the enterprise success factors within a select group of retailing micro enterprises in Site C Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The research identified Site C area of Khayelitsha, a township in the Western Cape province of South Africa, as the case study. Khayelitsha has an estimated population of 1.2 million people, and has about 22 sub-sections ... -
Determining the exposure to and skills needed by Industrial – Organisational Psychologists in the Western Cape Province to counsel employees towards flourishing in the workplace.
(University of Western Cape, 2019)According to literature, Industrial-Organisational psychology is mainly concerned with investigating the behaviour of humans within the work environment. It is stated that Industrial-Organisational psychology deals with ... -
Determining the feasibility of a prehabilitative injury prevention programme for netball players in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Background: The South African government has taken a stance to prioritise sporting codes within South Africa that report high participation and is inclusive of the population demographic of South Africa. Netball has been ... -
Determining the incidence, risk factors and predictors of injury among male FNB Varsity Cup rugby players in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The physical nature of the sport of rugby allows for a high incidence of injury, even in university rugby, compared to other contact sporting codes. Rugby Union lacks injury data focusing on university student-athletes, ... -
Determining the level of non-booking for antenatal care and associated barriers as well as risk for mother to child transmission of HIV among pregnant women in Chitungwiza city, Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2020)PMTCT is an effective strategy in preventing paediatric HIV infection. In Zimbabwe the success of PMTCT is entirely dependent on pregnant women accessing antenatal care services and through that, getting linked to PMTCT. ... -
Determining the observer’s velocity using radio continuum surveys
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)In the standard (‘concordance’) model of Cosmology, there is a fundamental assumption that the Universe is statistically isotropic and homogeneous on large scales, known as the Cosmological Principle. The Cosmological ... -
Determining the process of rehabilitation and the outcomes of patients at a specialised in-patient centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The World Health Organisation estimates that the majority of the disabled population resides in the developing world, but most of the research on outcomes of patients originates from the developed world. In the light of ... -
Determining the risk of non-communicable diseases amongst the mentally ill patients attending psychiatric out-patient clinic at the federal neuropsychiatric hospital Kware Sokoto in Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Introduction: People with mental illness (PMI) are likely to die of chronic diseases, primarily cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases at a younger age compared with the general population. The side-effects ... -
Determining the socio-economic value of groundwater: Franschhoek case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The Western Cape, a province of South Africa is facing increased pressure to develop new supplies of fresh water to cater for the regions rapidly growing demand. Groundwater is being explored as a possible contributor to ... -
Determining the Spectroscopic Quadrupole Moment Qs of the 2+1 state in 40Ar
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The rst reorientation-e ect Coulomb-excitation experiment has been performed at iThemba LABS by bombarding 40Ar beams on a heavy 208Pb target at a \safe" energy of Elab =143.2 MeV. The goal was to determine, the spectroscopic ... -
Determining the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of the first 2+ state in 36Ar
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)A series of reorientation-effect Coulomb-excitation experiments were carried out at iThemba LABS from April to May 2016. Enriched ion beams of Ar, Ar and S were bombarded at safe energies, well below the ... -
Determining training needs in the registry/messengers' division of the Cape Town City council: The application of a negotiated model
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)This study is about the application of a negotiated model of training needs analysis in the Registry/Messengers" Division of the Cape Town City Council. The negotiated model of training needs analysis is predicated on the ...