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Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted infections in Selected Primary Health Care Centres in the Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)An epidemiological study was conducted with the main goal of describing the occurrences of the various STIs in the Eastern Cape province as well as biographical factors such as age, gender, and geographical location ... -
Epidemiology of soccer injuries in Rwanda: A need for physiotherapy intervention
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Being involved in soccer in Rwanda at both national and international level exposes soccer players to the risk of injury. The aim of this study was to identify common soccer injuries among the 1st and 2nd division soccer ... -
The epidemiology of soccer injuries sustained in a season of a professional soccer team in South Africa
(2007)Literature has described soccer as the most popular sporting code in the world. South Africa heralds a registry of 1.8 million players. The purpose of the study was to conduct a detailed analysis of soccer injuries sustained ... -
The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury and the evaluation of the impact of in-hospital physiotherapy on morbidity at a central hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) incidence is higher in sub-Saharan Africa compared to the global average. Evidence regarding TBI incidence, epidemiology, in-hospital physiotherapy management and functional outcomes of TBI ... -
The epidemiology of, and risk factors to soccer related injuries among male high school student soccer players in Kigali, Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Soccer is the most popular sport in the world with 270 million active soccer players. Among all sports, soccer causes many injuries in high school players. Soccer injuries are due to the influence of intrinsic risk factors ... -
Epiphytic diatom assemblages associated with South African kelps: Ecklonia maxima and Laminaria pallida
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Kelp forests are dynamic and productive ecosystems which host large biodiversity of sessile fauna and flora, including diatoms. These microalgae occur at the base of coastal marine food webs and contribute substantially ... -
Epistemicide: A conceptual analysis in African epistemology
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Many social scientists, philosophers and theorists have applied Boaventura de Sousa Santos’s conceptual neologism, ‘Epistemicide’, in various fields, in singular reference to a set of mutually distinct phenomena. This ... -
An epistemological critique of action research
(University of the Western cape, 1991)Part Two investigates claims of action research authors Grundy, Carr anrl Kemn1s ln respect of their clalm that actlon research is a democratic form of research. I state this claim and draw attention to the primacy, for ... -
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ... -
Epistemological Obstacles in Coming to Understand the Limit Concept at Undergraduate Level: A Case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ... -
‘Equal Pay for work of equal value’: Unfair discrimination within the South African workplace – A comparative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (EEA) was amended by the Employment Equity Amendment Act 47 of 2013 (EEAA), which, amongst others, introduced sections 6(4) and 6(5) into the Act. Sections 6(4) and 6(5) of the EEAA ... -
Equality and non discrimination in tertiary education for the visually impaired
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Equality for disabled people with special reference to the University of the Western Cape and the University of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The Constitutional right to equality is one of the key pillars of our democratic society in South Africa. This might also be regarded on one of the contradictions of the new dispensation as many people, and especially ... -
Equity and the allocation of health care resources at district level: lessons from as a case study in Mitchells Plain
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Equity, access and utilisation in the state-funded universal insurance scheme (RSBY/MSBY) in Chhattisgarh State, India: What are the implications for Universal Health Coverage?
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has provided the impetus for the introduction of publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) schemes, involving the private sector, especially in low-and middle-income countries with ... -
Eradicating delay in the administration of justice in African courts : a comparative analysis of South African and Nigerian courts
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)A well functioning judiciary is a central element of civil society. It is the sole adjudicator over the political, social and economic spheres. Judiciaries in many African countries suffer from backlogs, delays and corruption. ... -
Eritrean grade eight student understanding of algebraic variables
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This study investigated Eritrean grade eight students' understanding of algebraic variables. A complete count survey of all secondary schools of one province was done and the one that took part in the study was Gash-Barka ... -
Eritrean primary school teachers' perceptions of the relationship between pre-service education and the demands of the workplace
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This study investigates six Eritrean primary school teacher's perceptions of their pre-service education. Six primary school teachers from three different schools in two different regions of Eritrea were interviewed. The ... -
Eros and politics: Love and its discontents in the fiction of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)In this study I focus on how Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fiction portrays his socio-political vision through the prevalence of the intimate relationships it displays. The study critically analyses the significant role romantic ... -
Essay on stock markets in Sub-saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The main objective of this thesis was to closely examine several nancial and economic aspects of the stock markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, the objectives of this thesis were to explore the interdependence, the ...