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Facilitators and barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in public South African hospitals
(SHEA, 2023)Objective: The South African National Department of Health released guidelines and recommendations for antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs to be established in public healthcare facilities. Their implementation remains ... -
Factors affecting extension workers in their rendering of effective service to pre and post-settled farmers in government initiated and supported farming small, micro and medium enterprises
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Factors contributing to a supportive sport talent development environment
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)Sport organisations face serious challenges such as technological, economic, social and organisational change in a competitive environment. One of the ways in which sport organisations can address these challenges is through ... -
Factors that promote teacher well-being in the physical environment: the context of a rural high school
(International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 2023)Although factors that affect teacher well-being are better understood, there is a lack of clarity on factors that bolster teacher well-being in rural schools. This study illustrates the factors that promote teacher well-being ... -
Financial distress and happiness of employees in times of economic crisis
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)Using data for 28 European countries for the period 2008 to 2012, we examine whether employed individuals are affected by the economic crisis. We provide robust evidence that unfavourable macroeconomic conditions are ... -
Flourishing functional multilingualism: evidence from language repertoires in the Vaal Triangle region
(De Gruyter, 2012)Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread ... -
Flourishing of information technology professionals: the role of work engagement and job satisfaction
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2013)This study investigated the relationship between work role fit, the availability of personal resources, supervisor relations, work engagement, job satisfaction and employee flourishing. A convenience sample (N = 205) was ... -
Freshlyground and the possibilities of new identities in post-apartheid South Africa
(North-West University, 2012)Popular music and indeed popular art forms struggle for critical attention in the academy (Larkin, 1992). Relegated to a focus on performance, or to peripheral sub-disciplines such as cultural studies, the study of popular ... -
Gender differences related to the health and lifestyle patterns of university students
(AOSIS [OpenJournals Publishing/ © 2009. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attrib], 2013)One of the transitions from adolescence to adulthood is the admission of students to a university setting. Accompanying this transition is a new-found independence which results in university students having more autonomy ... -
Goal line technology in soccer: are referees ready for technology in decision making
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)The announcement that goal line technology will be used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by Brazil has sparked renewed interest and debate regarding its accuracy and reliability, its influence on the fluidity and ... -
Government communication in times of crisis : the priorities and trends in South Africa’s response to COVID-19
(AOSIS, 2022-01-01)The effectiveness of a government’s communication, especially in times of crisis, is crucial to its legitimacy, reputation, disaster management and its ability to ensure the wellbeing of its people. This paper examines the ... -
Government debt in Greece: an empirical analysis
(Virtus Interpress, 2014)Greek government debt has been increasing above the percentage stated in the growth and stability path from 112.9% in 2008 to 175.6% in 2013. This paper investigates the determinants of the general government debt in Greek ... -
Guidelines with strategies for enhancement of resilience and psycho-social will-being in professional nurses
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2011)There are currently no guidelines available for enhancement of resilience in professional nurses. This study aims to provide broad guidelines with specific strategies that may enhance resilience and psycho-social well-being ... -
Histological characterization of wild cucumber resistance to Meloidogyne species
(Springer, 2023)Using nematode resistant varieties is one of efective and environmental sound strategies being adopted in the management of economically important Meloidogyne species. Wild cucumber (Cucumis africanus) has been reported ... -
Historical overview of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe (2008–2009)
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2011)This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main hypothesis is that this outbreak revealed serious health status implications that were not unconnected with a malfunctioning ... -
Hopelessness and shame in relation to suicide attempts by Cuban adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2022)Youth suicide rates in Cuba are very high compared with most other countries, despite considerable improvement in recent years. The purpose of our study was to determine whether hopelessness and shame distinguish adolescent ... -
Hydrogen Lyman-Alpha Periodicity Behaviour During Various Solar Cycles
(Springer, 2023)The temporal behaviour of various periodicities of hydrogen Lyman-alpha (Ly-α) between 1950 and 2020 have been anal ysed using Lomb-Scargle and Morlet wavelets spectral analysis techniques. Daily mean values of Ly-α radiance ... -
Hypercontextualized learning games: fantasy, motivation, and engagement in reality
(Sage, 2013)A Hypercontextualized Game (HCG) is a locally designed game that supports its players in gathering context-specific information and in-depth understanding and knowledge regarding the context of a site. LIEKSAMYST, an ... -
I want to publish but ... : barriers to publishing for women at a University of Technology
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The identity issue in bi- and multilingual repertoires in South Africa: Implications of Schneider's dynamic model
(John Benjamins, 2014)Identity construction drives the development of postcolonial Englishes in Schneider’s Dynamic Model. Contexts like those of South Africa where wide-spread bi- and multilingualism are observed challenge notions of English ...
