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Negotiating difference: exploring masculinity and disability in contemporary dance
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
There is a theoretical gap in scholarship pertaining to masculinity and disability in dance. Existing scholarship on masculinity, disability and dance respectively, seldom bring these three themes into conversation with ...
Internalisation of the research supervisor : experiences and perceptions of psychology masters students at a historically disadvantaged university
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Knowledge-based competition within a globalising economy is prompting a fresh
consideration of the role of higher education in development and growth. Previously, it was often viewed as an expensive and inefficient public ...
Investigation of learners’ ways of working with algebraic graphs in high-stakes mathematics examinations
(University of the Western Cape, 2015-11)
Algebraic graphs are a difficult topic for most secondary school mathematics learners. My experience as a Mathematics teacher in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) is that learners solve problems involving ...
Hybrid molecules as inhibitors of the monoamine oxidases and caspase 3 for neurodegenerative disorders
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Neurodegenerative diseases are multifactorial in nature, and taking the complex nature of these disorders into consideration, multi-target directed ligands may present as better options to treat these disorders than the ...
Effects of treatment compliance on treatment outcomes for pulmonary tuberculosis patients on Directly Observed Treatment-short Course in Windhoek District, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem worldwide, with an estimated 9 million new cases accounting for an estimated 1.5 million deaths in 2012. Non-compliance with TB treatment has become a major barrier to achieving ...
A systematic review of interventions for children presenting with dyscalculia in primary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Background: The acquisition of numerical competency is imperative for individuals in society for quality of life and economic well-being. Many children have significant
mathematical learning difficulties, this is known ...
Computational strategies to identify, prioritize and design potential antimalarial agents from natural products
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Introduction: There is an exigent need to develop novel antimalarial drugs in view of the mounting disease burden and emergent resistance to the presently used drugs against the malarial parasites. A large amount of natural ...
Ursolic acid and oleanolic acid as novel therapeutic agents in breast cancer
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in South Africa and the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society 2015, women have a 12% chance of developing ...
Workplace learning experiences of TVET college candidates in learnership programmes : an exploration of the workplace learning environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Skills development policies in South Africa and further afield consider learning in and from the workplace as critical to the training of artisans at intermediate level. Since the inception of democracy, South Africa has ...
The phylogeography, epidemiology and determinants of Maize streak virus dispersal across Africa and the adjacent Indian Ocean Islands
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Maize streak disease (MSD), caused by variants of the Maize streak virus (MSV) A strain, is the world's third and Africa’s most important maize foliar disease. Outbreaks of the disease occur frequently and in an erratic ...