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Missionary tendencies in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, 1980 to 2000: a critical history
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The problem that will be investigated in this research project may be formulated in the following way: Which tendencies may be identified in the mission programmes of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa during the ... -
Mitigating the effects of the ever-widening fiscal gap plaguing metropolitan municipalities in South Africa: A quest for an additional own-revenue source in the form of a Local Business Tax.
(2019)The prominent role of cities in contemporary developing countries, especially in South Africa, purposively cannot be overstated. Home to 40 per cent of South Africa’s population and accounting for 63 per cent of the national ... -
Mitigation of salinity stress using exogenously applied molybdenum in sorghum bicolor
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The agricultural sector is the main producer of food throughout the world. However, the constant changes in environmental conditions, such as extreme weather, droughts, and salinity have impacted this sector negatively ... -
A mixed method assessment of the association between young mother’s education attainment and child malnutrition in rural Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Malnutrition is a big public health concern in Malawi. Almost 40% of under-five children in Malawi suffer from malnutrition. Children born to poor mothers with low education levels have higher chances of being malnourished. ... -
A mixed methods analysis of clostridioides difficile infection and implementation of a quality improvement intervention in public sector hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Background: Clostridioides difficile or Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), is a global health threat known for devastating outbreaks, high-cost complications, readmissions and mortality. While CDI is widely studied in ... -
A mixed methods study to explore and describe free time experience and substance use amongst youth who have dropped out of school in cape town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)School dropout particularly amongst youth living in impoverished areas is a major concern in South Africa because of limited opportunities and resources. Therefore, these youth may experience leisure boredom, engage in ... -
A mixed methods study to explore and describe free time experience and substance use amongst youth who have dropped out of school in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)School dropout particularly amongst youth living in impoverished areas is a major concern in South Africa because of limited opportunities and resources. Therefore, these youth may experience leisure boredom, engage in ... -
A Mobile Deaf-to-hearing communication aid for medical diagnosis
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Many South African Deaf people use their mobile phones for communication with SMSs yet they would prefer to converse in South African Sign Language. Deaf people with a capital `D' are different from deaf or hard of hearing ... -
A mobile design of an emergency service system for deaf people
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The importance of mobile technology in improving the quality of life is not restricted to only a Hearing person, and the use of mobile devices among Deaf people is no longer limited, due to the advancements in technology ... -
Mobile Money Payments as Vehicles for Money Laundering: A Case Study of Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Money laundering is defined as the process of converting the proceeds derived from a wide range of underlying criminal offences, called predicate offences, to apparently legitimate property. In other words, it is the process ... -
Mobile phone applications targeted towards medicine adherence in Africa: A systematic review
(University of Western Cape, 2020)According to the WHO (2017), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which include stroke, cancer, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes is the leading cause of death and is responsible for seventy one percent ... -
Mobile phone use in chronic diseases education and awareness in rural Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)This study set out to develop an integrated model that could explain the sustainable adoption of mHealth, among the rural populations. With a penetration level of 130%, the ubiquitous mobile phone infrastructure was ... -
Mobile presentations with interactive chat for m-Learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Using presentations in an m-Learning environment enables delivery of rich content to a mobile phone learner. This study investigated how to prepare and stream presentations from a desktop computer to a mobile phone in ... -
Mobile technology adoption for improved maternal healthcare in Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Mobile health applications are becoming increasingly prominent worldwide as it is known for delivering effective interventions in healthcare. Moreover, mobile health technologies are vital in achieving SDG 3 (Good Health ... -
Mobilising savings for poverty alleviation in Kinshasa, Dr Congo: a case study of “Kobuakisa Karte practice’’
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study explores the informal saving institutions, with a particular focus on the Kobuakisa Carte practice, which is an informal financial institution that mobilizes savings for poverty reduction among low-income people ... -
Mobility management for Wi-Fi infrastructure and mesh networks
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This thesis shows that mobility management protocols for infrastructure Internet may be used in a wireless mesh network environment. In this research Mobile IPv6 and Fast Handover for Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 are successfully ... -
Mobility, identity and localization of language in multilingual contexts of urban Lusaka
(University of Western Cape, 2014)This study explores Mobility, Identity and Localization of Language in Multilingual Contexts of Urban Lusaka. By examining data from different sites of language practices of Lusaka urbanites, that include, casual and formal ... -
Mock HI spectral line stacking experiments for large galaxy surveys
(University of Western Cape, 2019)The study of neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) plays a vital role in improving the knowledge about galaxy evolution since HI serves as the raw fuel for star formation. However, the current knowledge about it is limited to the ... -
A model development for an interdisciplinary approach to patient care: a case for curriculum development
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The complexity of human health and its determinants has been developing gradually and the means to attend to them has gone beyond the scope of a specific health discipline. Advocacy is underway by health stakeholders such ... -
A model examining the relationship between parenting styles and decision making styles on healthy lifestyle behaviour of adolescents in the rural Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Health Promotion Model provides a theoretical framework exploring the relationships between healthy lifestyle behaviours of individuals. The three behavioral determinants affecting healthy lifestyle behaviours as posited ...