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Antibiotic exposure as a risk factor for secondary Candida infections in a private hospital intensive care unit
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Candida is the most common fungal pathogen and the leading cause of invasive candidiasis in humans. The range of infections caused by Candida is vast, and the increased use of potent broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents ... -
Withania somnifera as a topical anti-melanoma agent
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)In recent years people have become more attuned to the use of natural products for medicinal purposes as the belief is that natural products have fewer side effects. While it is true that natural products have medicinal ... -
Factors contributing to non-communicable diseases amongst nurses in a rural community of the North West Province of South Africa
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2015)Background: There is an increased contribution on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) to the burden of diseases, which are a growing cause of death and disability. The impact of obesity has become a seminal public health ... -
Development of a mentoring programme for community service nurses in the North-West Provincial public health facilities
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Evaluation of partogram utilization in maternity care in selected health care facilities of Bojanala District
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2018)Background: According to the 10th interim report on Saving Mothers (2011-2013), Bojanala Platinum District has been in the top 10 when ranked, for the number of deaths in South Africa. Causes of perinatal deaths in South ... -
Application of ICP-MS ahd Isotopic Techniques in Resolving Nuclear Forensic Signatures in Uranium Mining and Processing
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2017)The nuclear and radioactive material is used in industries for academic purposes as well as for research and development. Cases of illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material are being constantly reported . ... -
Culturally safe management of aggression and violence in mental health care institutions
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2015)Aggression and violence in Health Care is common course in mental health care facilities. Literature informs that staff finds it difficult to managing aggression and violence. This is exacerbated in the South African context ... -
An exploration of the psychosocial experiences of Tswana caregivers of people living with schizophrenia in Mafikeng, North West
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Schizophrenia is deemed to be one of the utmost severe mental disorders that disrupts the functioning of both the persons living with it, and those around them (Mosotho, Louw,& Caltz, 2011). This much-misunderstood disorder ... -
Nurses' perceptions of performance management development system implementation in Mafikeng sub-district clinics
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Background: PMDS has been adopted and implemented in Mafikeng sub-district clinics since 2003 to evaluate performance of nurses for improved quality patient care. However, the current researchers five years' experience in ... -
Academic support for enrolled nursing auxiliaries following the adoption of the National Qualifications Framework
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2018)Background: The study focused on the changes of nursing education in South Africa, which was aligned to the international standards post 1994. The results were that nursing education and training would then be incorporated ... -
Conceptual framework for strengthening nurse-initiated management of ART training and implementation in the North West Province
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2018)Background: The implementation of NIMART or HIV management training is a challenge in the PHC, after the adoption of task shifting. It is evident from the literature reviewed and the data obtained from the North West ... -
The influence of the social behaviour change communication programme (YOLO) on youth in the Bojanala district
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)South Africa, alongside the rest of the world, is going through a difficult time in terms of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. A search through literature has shown that the pandemic has proved to be disastrous to the 15 to ... -
Synthesis and anti-leishmanial activity of novel 2,3-disubstituted-4(3H)-quinazolinone derivatives
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Leishmaniasis is a disease resulting from the ingress of protozoan protists of the genus Leishmania (L.) into the mononuclear phagocytes of vertebrate hosts. These parasites are mainly transmitted by the haematophagous ... -
In vitro release and stability of rooibos tea extract in topical formulations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Aspalathus linearis (rooibos tea) is an indigenous plant that is commonly used to prepare a tea-based health beverage and aspalathin is the major flavonoid uniquely found in rooibos extract (RE). The use of RE in aqueous ... -
Synthesis and in vitro anti-tubercular evaluation of 6-nitroquinolone-3-carboxamides
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that has been a major scourge of humankind since time immemorial. It is an airborne disease that mainly affects the lungs and it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)─ a pathogenic ... -
Inflammatory mediators and the cardiovascular profile of young South Africans: the African-PREDICT study
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Motivation: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death, accounting for approximately 17.9 million deaths annually, with 75% occurring in low-and middle-income countries. A number of studies have implicated ... -
Measuring and understanding eudaimonic well-being: a bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The overall aim of this study was to measure and understand eudaimonic well-being (EWB) by exploring the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of selected measures of EWB using recently developed statistical ... -
Nitric oxide bioavailability and cardiovascular function in children and young adults
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Background and motivation: The global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) including hypertension is ever-increasing, especially in the South African context. Nitric oxide (NO) plays a vital role in normal vascular ... -
Synthesis and anti-infective activities of novel nitrofurantoin derivatives
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be in the top ten lethal diseases. In 2018, it was responsible for 1.5 million deaths. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the bacterium responsible for TB infection in humans. It is estimated ... -
Attitudes, choices and expenditures on dietary supplements among adult members at low-cost gymnasiums in Johannesburg
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Dietary supplement use is on the increase globally with people seeking to achieve health and fitness goals through supplementation use. This caused gymnasiums to become a major market for dietary supplements. However, most ...
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