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Establishing reliability and construct validity for the revised emotional social screening tool for school readiness (teacher’s form)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
School readiness assessments in South Africa are still predominantly focused on the
assessment of cognitive skills, to the detriment of socio-emotional skills. In an attempt to
bridge this gap, the Emotional Social ...
Geochemical and petrographic evidence for the Vredefort proximal impact ejecta in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The advancement of the understanding of hypervelocity impacts lies in discovering impact
structures and both proximal and distal impact ejecta. This study uses petrographic and
geochemical techniques to investigate the ...
Developing strategy to improve the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education policy in Oyo state secondary schools in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Sexuality education is a globally emerging social issue leading to discourse among stakeholders
in the school system and public health arena. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has
emerged as an effective method of ...
The common link theory in hadith: A comparison between orientalists and Muslim scholars
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Joseph Schacht’s (d. 1969) Common-link Theory, together with its generalized
conclusions, is a key theoretical framework used by most Western and some modern
Muslim scholars of Islamic history. The theory proposes that ...
Constraining the stratigraphy and paleotectonic development of the Cango Caves and Kansa Groups (Western Cape, South Africa) using detrital zircon and whole-rock geochemistry
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The Saldania Belt is a Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic low-grade orogenic belt that borders
the southern and southwestern margins of the Kalahari Carton. It forms part of the
Neoproterozoic Pan-African and Brasiliano ...
Perceptions of a disadvantaged community regarding services of the Melton Rose Public library
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Public libraries in disadvantaged communities are underutilised. This study aimed to identify
reasons for underutilisation of public libraries in disadvantaged communities and to determine if
one of the reasons for the ...
Formation evaluation and assessment of flow units of some selected wells in the Bredasdorp basin, offshore South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Petroleum geologists have long recognized the need to apply secondary and tertiary
hydrocarbon recovery techniques for an accurate understanding of the internal architecture of
a reservoir. The approach to effective ...
Assessment of groundwater level fluctuation trends in Grootfontein dolomite Aquifer, North West Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Groundwater level decline is a problem experienced in aquifers with more than one groundwater user
such as the Grootfontein dolomite aquifer in the North West Province of South Africa. This study
assessed groundwater ...
The inter-canine distance in the maxilla and mandible for sex determination in a sample of adults from Khartoum Teaching Dental Hospital, Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In forensic odontology, sex determination is one of the key parameters
and is a crucial element in identification of a deceased individual by a forensic
investigator. Canines are considered an excellent tool to distinguish ...
Oral supplemental interventions for the 6 management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) – A systematic review and meta-analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is described as a painful, recurrent oral mucosal
ulcerative condition in otherwise healthy individuals. Treatment objectives include pain
relief/reduction, prevention of secondary ...