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Breaking the bttleneck: Understanding the intractable bottlenecks and data-informed decision-making to deliver life-saving commodities for women and children
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Access to life-saving commodities and related services for women and children is a fundamental component of universal health coverage. However, countries confront numerous intractable challenges, such as aligning regulatory ... -
Breaking the Culture of Silence in Checkmating HIV/AIDS as a Teacher-Researcher
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This study is about the author, a primary school teacher, who as a teacher-researcher wanted to improve the awareness of HIV/AIDS that has become a major challenge globally and has been on the increase over the past ... -
Breaking to build: decentralization as an efficient mechanism for achieving national unity in Cameroon
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Governing an ethnically diverse country constitutes a major challenge for state power and government in Cameroon. The call for national unity, championed by the regime in power has had to survive strong demands for greater ... -
Bridging the divide: An exploration of Jungian psychoanalysis and African healing practices and implications for a south African psychology
(2005)There has recently been a lot of interest in the role of traditional healers in various cultures. This study explores the merit of an integrative approach between western based psychological practices in South Africa and ... -
Bridging the gap between school and university: a case study of the University of Namibia's Access Programme
(University of Cape Town, 2002)Without neglecting the broader scope of the phenomenon of student access, this study focuses mainly on student academic access. An Access Programme, initiated by the University of Namibia, is used as a case study in order ... -
Brine shrimp lethality test and acetylcholine esterase inhibition studies on selected South African medicinal plants
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Research into traditional medicines is often conducted in a multidisciplinary approach as motivated by a desire to understand them in as complete a manner as possible,realizing their chemistry, biology and pharmacology. ... -
Brine treatment using natural adsorbents
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The current study investigated application of natural adsorbents in brine treatment. Brines are hypersaline waters generated in power stations and mining industries rich in Mg2+, K+, Ca2+, Na+, SO4 2- , Cl- and traces of ... -
Brine treatment using natural adsorbents
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Studies involving the use of natural clays such as bentonite, montmorillonite and natural zeolite clinoptilolite in water treatment have been reported. Researchers suggested cost effective processes, such as ion-exchange ... -
Bring back our girls: A human rights analysis of child abductions by Boko Haram
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)As the world evolves new perils emerge which pose a significant threat to human and child rights, it is imperative that the protection of these rights is prioritised. Human rights can be defined as the rights that every ... -
The British exit from the European Union and its effects on existing legislation and other member states
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)The European Union (EU) was formed so as to maintain peace and to unify Europe in a bid to ensure that the events caused by the Second World War would never be repeated again. The idea was to bring the nations together ... -
Brother Hauerwas: An analysis of the contribution of Stanley Hauerwas to peacemaking
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This study will assess Stanley Hauerwas's claim that peacemaking is a virtue of the church in which peace exists as a necessary characteristic of the church. Christians are formed by practices of the church and so gain the ... -
Browser-based and mobile video communication alternatives for Deaf people
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This thesis offers some prototypes to provide browser-based and mobile video communication services for Deaf people and evaluates these prototypes. The aim of this research is to identify an acceptable video communication ... -
Buffer for universities or agent of government? Examining the roles and functions of the Tertiary Education Council in higher education in Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The purpose of the study is to understand the roles, functions and perceived performance of the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) in higher education governance in Botswana. The study describes the relationship between the ... -
Building a health-promoting schools conceptual framework model as a strategy to address barriers to learning and to promote healthy development of school-aged children
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)After suffering almost total collapse. Rwanda has made impressive post-genocide progress. Many children of school going age are now attending school, but regrettably, only half complete primary school. High numbers of ... -
Building safe and secure schools for effective learning in the Western Cape .
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Existing situations at various schools, especially in post apartheid South Africa suggest that the education environment for effective teaching and learning is problematic for several reasons namely a lack of safety and ... -
Burden of multimorbidity in South Africa: Implications for health policy and service delivery
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)South Africa is challenged to manage the quadruple burden of disease experienced by its population. Furthermore, the burden of multimorbidity – that is, people living with more than one disease condition – is increasing. ... -
Bureaucracy and the challenges of coordination in service delivery : a comparative study of Kabulonga and Kamanga primary schools in Lusaka City, 2010- 2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The study Bureaucracy and the challenges of coordination in service delivery: A comparative study of Kamanga and Kabulonga Primary Schools in Lusaka City 2010- 2014 had the main aim of finding out the challenges encountered ... -
Bureaucracy, law and power - water allocation for productive use: Policy and implementation, a case study of black emerging farmers in the Breede Gour i t z Water Management Area in theWestern Cape,South Africa, 2005-2017
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study examines the problems of implementing water allocation policy in the context of the local state bureaucracy as well as the specific experiences of local black emerging farmers in the Breede Gouritz Water ... -
Burial history and source rocks characteristics of the montney formation, Alberta basin, Canada
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)More than 300 samples from the Montney Formations in the Alberta basin, offshore, Canada have been analysed with locations in various parts of the Alberta basin. These samples were mainly analyzed from two wells (well M28 ... -
The buried chameleon: A novel and critical reflective essay
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The critical-reflective component of the novel The Buried Chameleon explores the background to the writing of the novel, how I conducted my research, the challenges of writing a historical and contemporary dual narrative, ...
