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Older female consumers’ clothing quality perception: expectations and performance
(SAAFECS, 2018)The population of older consumers is growing significantly worldwide as well as in South Africa. Although they have been labelled as vulnerable consumers with less financial freedom, due to their rapid growth in numbers, ... -
Older people's competence to use mobile phones: an exploratory study in a South African context
(International Society for Gerontechnology, 2018)The older person population, as well as the level of mobile phone penetration in Africa and SubSaharan countries, are increasing globally. This study explored older persons’ competences to use mobile phones in the Tlokwe ... -
Older people's experiences of giving and receiving empathy in relation to middle adolescents in rural South Africa
(Sage Publishing, 2016)Viewed in the context of an older-growing population, pressure on health-care and social (family and community) resources, and a perceived changed intergenerational ‘care contract’, relationships are often the only avenue ... -
Older people's portrayal in the print media: implications for intergenerational relations
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)This study explored the perceptions of older people in a residential care facility regarding how they are portrayed in the print media and the implications of such portrayal for intergenerational relations. Twenty-one older ... -
Older persons experiences of loneliness: A South African perspective
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One after the other: a novel Bluetongue virus strain related to Toggenburg virus detected in the Piedmont region (North‐western Italy), extends the panel of novel atypical BTV strains
(Wiley, 2018)In this rapid communication, a novel atypical bluetongue virus (BTV) strain detected in goats in the Piedmont region (north-western Italy) is described. This strain, BTV-Z ITA2017, is most related in Seg-2/VP-2 (83.8% ... -
Ontwikkelingskoordinasieversteuring (DCD) se verband met leerverwante probleme en ADHD by 6- en 7-Jarige kinders in Potchefstroom
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Opinion of South African pre- and post-menopausal women on the potential menopause-related health benefits of soy and soy products
(AOSIS, 2008)The increased use of alternative treatment for menopausal symptoms is mainly due to women’s changing opinions of conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The objective of this study was to assess the opinion of pre ... -
Optimal 10-aminoartemisinins with potent transmission-blocking capabilities for new artemisinin combination therapies-activities against blood stage P. falciparum including PfKI3 C580Y mutants and liver stage P. berghei parasites
(Frontiers, 2020)We have demonstrated previously that amino-artemisinins including artemiside and artemisone in which an amino group replaces the oxygen-bearing substituents attached to C-10 of the current clinical artemisinin derivatives ... -
Optimal waist circumference cut-off values for abdominal obesity in black South African men and woman
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Optimised transdermal delivery of pravastatin
(Elsevier, 2015)Wiechers’ programme “Formulating for Efficacy” initiated a new strategy to optimise the oil phase of topical formulations in order to achieve optimal transdermal drug delivery. This new approach uses the “Delivery Gap ... -
An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)
(ASSAf, 2019)Our reply to Thaldar et al.’s1 response to the ASSAf report2 on human genetics and genomics focuses on two elements of the Report which they highlight, namely ubuntu and sovereignty. The lack of engagement with ... -
Optimization of a new mass spectrometry method for measurement of breast milk iodine concentrations and an assessment of the effect of analytic method and timing of within: feed sample collection on breast milk iodine concentrations
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2016)Background: Breast milk iodine concentration (BMIC) may be an indicator of iodine status during lactation, but there are few data comparing different analytical methods or timing of sampling. The aims of this study were: ... -
Optimization of pyrrolo[3,4‐f]indole‐5,7‐dione and indole‐5,6‐dicarbonitrile derivatives as inhibitors of monoamine oxidase
(Wiley, 2019)In recent studies, we have investigated the monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibition properties of pyrrolo[3,4‐f]indole‐5,7‐dione and indole‐5,6‐dicarbonitrile derivatives. Since numerous high potency MAO inhibitors are present ... -
Optimization of selected liposome-encapsulated diketopiperazines
(Elsevier, 2014)Response surface methodology (RSM) is an effective way to optimize various processes and formulations were investigators are able to determine how variables influence the formulation by assessing interaction effects in ... -
An optimized method for the analysis of corticosterone in rat plasma by UV-HPLC
(Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists of SA, 2012)Animal models are useful in the study of stress disorders in that they offer the possibility of stimulating a human condition under controlled conditions in a simpler, more readily understandable system. Stress-related ... -
Optimizing observer performance of clinic blood pressure measurement: a position statement from the Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group
(Wolters Kluwer, 2019)High blood pressure (BP) is a highly prevalent modifiable cause of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and death. Accurate BP measurement is critical, given that a 5-mmHg measurement error may lead to incorrect hypertension ... -
The ordeal of “property stripping” from widows in a peri-urban community: the case of a selected ward in Binga district, Zimbabwe
(Univ Stellenbosch, 2017)The death of a husband is a common traumatic experience for widows in Zimbabwean communities. This paper discusses widows’ experiences of property stripping in a peri-urban community of Sikalenge Ward, Binga District in ... -
Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The second Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group workshop and symposium again brought researchers together from across Africa to improve their knowledge of drug utilization (DU) methodologies and exchange ...