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Investigating the difficulties of first year mainstream mathematics students at the University of the Western Cape with “related rates” problems
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The aim of the thesis is to research the difficulties that first year mainstream mathematics students at UWC experience when solving Related Rates problems in calculus. In chapter 2, an in-depth study was made of the nature ...
Throughput of UWC students who did at least one semester of third-year statistics
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study explored the completion rates (the number of years a student takes to complete a degree) of graduates at the University of the Western Cape. Differences between students who finished their studies in the prescribed ...
Investigating the Perception of the Influence of Pharmaceutical Marketing on Pharmacists and Doctors Dispensing and Prescribing Practices.
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Pharmaceutical marketing via a wide range of promotional tools to doctors and pharmacists is
one of the primary methods used by the pharmaceutical industry to drive product sales.
Pharmaceutical representatives are the ...
Moving towards social accountability in pharmacy education: what is the role of the practising pharmacist?
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that “there is no health without a workforce” (Campbell et al., 2013). The health workforce is essential for every health care system. The availability, accessibility and ...
The association of BMI and blood pressure measurements with depressive and quality of life scores in university students
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Depression is a very common and serious mental illness. Studies have shown that depression
has a significant impact on both social and economic aspects of sufferers worldwide as well as
in South Africa. Research has shown ...
The development, implementation and evaluation of an integrated framework for undergraduate pharmacy education in maternal and child health at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The high rate of maternal and child mortality is a global health concern. Nationally, it is one of South Africa’s quadruple disease burdens. The Sustainable Development Goal 3, 2030 targets related to maternal and child ...
Assessing effectiveness of groundwater remediation technologies to a coastal aquifer within an urban environment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Reverse Osmosis technology as an example of ex-situ groundwater remediation technologies. The Cape Flats Aquifer System, an urban coastal system, was used as a case study. ...
A categorical study of persistent homology for closure space
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
We begin with the concept of closure space and show how it relates to other objects like graphs and metric spaces in categorical terms. We also study the notion of simplicial sets and show that there is an adjunction between ...
The formulation of a microsphere based fixed dose combination for oral antiretroviral delivery
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
The cost of providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains a significant economic burden on African countries due to poverty and a lack of resources. To reduce the economic burden of HIV infection, a formulation scientist ...
Sample selection effects in laduma stacking experiments
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This study explores the impact of selection effects introduced by input optical cata-logues on high-redshift stacking experiments. Using the Hi stacking technique, the Hi content of LADUMA synthetic data cubes is analyzed ...