Browsing by Subject "Rehabilitation"
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An analysis of the South African income tax implications on mine rehabilitation funding vehicles
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Mines can have significant consequences for humans and nature, and can affect anyone. The use of tax policy to encourage investment in natural resources is contentious as some taxpayers obtain a benefit not available to ... -
An Appraisal of the Legal Framework on Parole in Nigeria
(PER/PELJ, 2022)Parole is a new correctional measure in the Nigerian penal system. Before 2015 inmates could be released before the expiration of their terms of imprisonment only if they were granted pardons by the governor of a state or ... -
Baseline status of microbial activity on gold tailings facilities in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)In many ways, South Africa’s landscape has been dominated by mining, given that, for so many years this sector has been the mainstay of the South African economy. As such the environmental impacts of these mining activities ... -
The benefits of hydrotherapy to patients with spinal cord injuries
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: Many patients with spinal cord injury (PWSCI) lead sedentary lifestyles, experiencing poor quality of life and medical challenges. PWSCI don’t like to participate in land-based-exercises because it’s tedious ... -
A comparative evaluation of two rehabilitation options employed to rehabilitate industrially generated elemental seepage on a coal mine
(North-West University, 2018)Mining has a very long history in South Africa and together with the mining activities comes environmental degradation. The mining sector makes use of a number of different procedures and products that causes this degradation ... -
A comparative overview of exercise and health related professions: athletic training, clinical exercise physiology and biokinetics
(LAM Publications, 2017)The world has embraced the salutogenic effect of sport and physical activity in view of its role in promoting thewell-being of mankind. This international consensus has transformed this pastime into a multi-billion dollar/rand ... -
Comparative review of rehabilitative professions assisting patients with lower back pain in South Africa
(Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation, 2017)Biokinetics is the youngest profession to emerge among the South African rehabilitative fraternity to assist with the management of lower back pain. This discipline is borne out of the philosophy “Exercise is Medicine” and ... -
Developing a framework for the management and rehabilitation of abandoned mines in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The focus of this study was to develop a framework for the management and rehabilitation of abandoned mines in South Africa using the North West province of South Africa a case study. To this end, specific working objectives ... -
Effects of different soil ameliorants on Karee trees (Searsia Lancea) growing on mine tailings dump soil – Part I: Pot trials
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Rehabilitation of mine tailings dams is often a challenge due to a lack of nutrients and a poor humus reservoir prevailing in tailings soils. This is especially true for establishing longer lived species such as trees. For ... -
The effects of rehabilitation on intellectually disabled people: a systematic review
(North-West University, 2011)Background: Rehabilitation has emerged as a comprehensive approach with a combination of treatment modalities to address the multiple impediments associated with disabilities in intellectually disabled people. Rehabilitation ...