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The use of information and communication technologies for accessing HIV and AIDS information by healthcare professionals in Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This study sought to investigate the information needs of selected HIV and AIDS health organisations in Zimbabwe with a view to proposing a framework for developing an information access platform. ICTs can play a pivotal ... -
The use of information and communication technologies to disseminate information to users in public libraries: a case study of Nyanga, Brown's Farm and Crossroads public libraries
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Information and communication technology (ICT) is foreign to a number of public libraries and those libraries that have a technology infrastructure in place, suffer from an under-utilization of the technology, owing to a ... -
The use of information and communication technology by emerging commercial farmers in their development in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Although many researchers have shown JCT can enable development it remains a great challenge to understand the link between ICT4D projects and the development of emerging commercial agriculture. There is a need to realize ... -
The use of information and communication technology to support physiotherapy students in South Africa
(2008)The use of information and communication technology to support physiotherapy students in South Africa Over the past few decades, there has been a global shift toward the use of information and communication technology ... -
The use of medicinal plants to treat mental illness in Kavango East and West regions, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The thesis examines mental illness as it is understood and treated by traditional healers in Kavango, based on ethnographic data collected over twelve (12) months in three (3) different phases from 2014 to 2016. The thesis ... -
The use of mobile phones as service-delivery devices in sign language machine translation system
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This thesis investigates the use of mobile phones as service-delivery devices in a sign language machine translation system. Four sign language visualization methods were evaluated on mobile phones. Three of the methods ... -
Use of modified respondent driven sampling methodology to enhance identification and recruitment of most at risk persons into an HIV prevention trial in Kisumu, Western Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This thesis presents research on the use of modified respondent driven sampling (mRDS) methodology to enhance identification and recruitment of key populations (KP) into an HIV prevention trial in Kisumu, western ... -
The use of multipurpose community telecentres and their services in Malawi: the case of Lupaso Community Telecentre
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Telecentres in Malawi are being established to bridge the digital divide. Though the basic assumption is that once telecentres have been established many will adopt them, they are being used by a relatively small percentage ... -
The use of proverbial names among the Xhosa society: socio-cultural approach
(University of Western Cape, 2014)IsiXhosa is one of the Nguni languages. It falls under the Bantu Languages and is spoken mainly by people living in the South Eastern and Western regions of South Africa. Traditionally, language symbols were frequently ... -
The use of remote sensing data for assessing water quality in wetlands within the Limpopo River Basin
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Wetlands are unique ecosystems that are acknowledged among the world’s most productive and valuable ecosystems. They are recognized as being essential to sustainable development and human welfare due to their unique ... -
The use of remote sensing data for assessing water quality in wetlands within the Limpopo River Basin
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Wetlands are unique ecosystems that are acknowledged among the world’s most productive and valuable ecosystems. They are recognized as being essential to sustainable development and human welfare due to their unique ... -
The use of remote sensing data to monitor pools along non-perennial rivers in the Western Cape, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The lack of monitoring of non-perennial rivers is a major problem for water resources management, despite their significance in satisfying agricultural, economic and recreational needs. Pools in non-perennial rivers are ... -
The use of remote sensing for soil moisture estimation using downscaling and soil water balance modelling in Malmesbury and the Riebeek Valley
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Soil moisture forms an integral part of the hydrological cycle and exerts considerable influence on hydrological processes at or near the earth’s surface. Knowledge of soil moisture is important for planning and decision-making ... -
Use of remotely sensed data and spatial modelling techniques to assess impacts of different land management practices on surface water quality
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The study uses remote sensing and statistical techniques in assessing land use land cover impacts on surface water quality in the Heuningnes Catchment, Cape Agulhas, South Africa. Firstly, a review of the advancements made ... -
Use of social media as a marketing tool by the City of Cape Town Libraries
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Social media has become a popular tool adopted by libraries and play a major role in marketing library services, facilitating communication between libraries and staff, and assisting libraries in connecting with communities. ... -
The use of social media as a means of improving the quantity and quality of the pass rate in computer programming at FET colleges in the
(2013)The aim of this research was to investigate the use of social media (SM) in improving the quantity and quality of passes in computer programming in South Africa’s Further Education and Training (FET) colleges. The study ... -
Use of social media tools by library staff at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Academic libraries in the economically developed countries have taken the lead in adopting and appropriating various social media platforms to enhance services offered to their patrons. However, there are many unanswered ... -
The use of South Africa's nature areas in the promotion of tourism and economic development
(University of Western Cape, 2001)South Africa has developed an extensive network of parks, nature reserves and conservation areas, the stated purpose of which is to both promote and protect nature and, particularly in the case of state-owned resources, to ... -
The use of synthesised USY as a dietary supplement for the removal of toxic metals (lead and cadmium) from simulated gastric juice
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The South African economy relies heavily on mining. The residues of these activities contain harmful metals that are discharged into the environment as industrial wastes, contaminating the air, soil, surface and ground ... -
The use of treated effluent for agricultural irrigation in the Bottelary River area: Effluent quality, farmers perception and potential extent
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The Bottelary River area is located in a Mediterranean climate region, where the agricultural sector plays an important role. During the dry summer season, there is not enough precipitation to meet the agricultural irrigation ...
