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Investigation of the monoamine oxidase inhibition properties of benzoxathiolone derivatives
(Springer, 2023)The treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders such as depression and Parkinson’s disease represent significant challenges in healthcare. Enzymes that metabolise neurotransmitter amines are important ... -
Is geluk voor de dommen? Over het verband tussen intelligentie en geluk
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Jeremiah's vision of the almond rod (Jer 1:11–12): an anthropological perspective
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2012)In Jeremiah 1:12, Yahweh explains Jeremiah's vision of an almond rod (מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד) with the obscure observation that he is watching (שָׁקֵד) over his word. There seems to be little logic in this clarification and scholars ... -
Jung, individuation, and moral relativity in Qohelet 7:16 - 17
(Springer, 2014)Qohelet’s warning in chapter 7:16 ‘not to be too righteous’ has commonly been interpreted by biblical scholars in ways that acquit the author of teaching immorality. This article approaches the text from a psychological ... -
Leadership behaviour preferences of student-athletes: a comparative study of South Africa and India
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The athlete-coach relationship is a vertical dyadic relationship in which the coach plays a critical leadership role. The direct influence of coaches on their athletes has been widely reported in many studies from various ... -
Leadership's role in effective implementation of school discipline policies
(The Clute Institute, 2014)Discipline is an important aspect of the life of any school. Learning and teaching can only take place effectively in a disciplined environment. In South Africa, discipline policies might not have been effectively implemented ... -
Leerbestuurstelsels teenoor sosialenetwerk–omgewings: die ontwikkeling van n geïntegreerde tegnologiese onderrig–leer–model
(Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2013)The use of computer - mediated communication (CMC), e.g. e-mail and text-based conferencing, particularly in asynchronous mode, has rapidly increased within higher education. Findings from the educational research literature ... -
Limits on compression of cosmic rays in supernova remnants
(Oxford, 2023)The spectral shape of the gamma-ray emission observed for dynamically old supernova remnants that interact with molecular clouds triggered an exciting scenario of adiabatic compression and farther re-acceleration of ... -
Magnetite immobilized metal nanoparticles in the treatment and removal of pollutants from wastewater: a review
(Springer, 2023)The increase in population and industrial activities has resulted in harmful pollutants in our water sources that cause a concern for our future health and environmental well-being. These pollutants include pharmaceuticals, ... -
Managing conflict at work: a qualitative analysis of municipal sports officers views in Gauteng province, South Africa
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2013)Conflict is an inevitable part of life and the importance of understanding and managing it is cardinal. The lack of understanding of conflict can affect various areas within an organisation, creating unstable and sometimes ... -
Markers of arterial stifness and urinary metabolomics in young adults with early cardiovascular risk: the African‑PREDICT study
(Springer, 2023)Introduction Increased exposure to risk factors in the young and healthy contributes to arterial changes, which may be accompanied by an altered metabolism. Objectives To increase our understanding of early metabolic ... -
Materialism, status consumption and consumer ethnocentrism amongst black generation Y students in South Africa
(Academic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals], 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which black Generation Y students’ exhibit status consumption, materialism and consumer ethnocentrism tendencies, and the relationship between these three constructs. ... -
Measurement Invariance of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire Across 17 Countries
(Springer, 2023)The Meaning in Life Questionnaire assesses presence of and search for meaning in life. Although the questionnaire has shown promising psychometric properties in samples from diferent countries, the scale’s measurement ... -
Mediocracy and the fraud called education: the case of South Africa's curriculum statements in English
(Kamla-Raj, 2014)This paper examines the changes effected in the curricular statements that have guided English Language education in South Africa since 1994. It questions the philosophical, pedagogical and instructional logic that has ... -
Meeting challenges in rural African education:a Zambian case study
(2012)Private initiatives can contribute to the eradication of many of the educational problems of developing countries, specifically in rural Africa. This article explores the crippling education problems of several developing ... -
Metapolystoma ohlerianum n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae)
(Springer, 2023)Purpose Despite Madagascar’s high amphibian diversity of more than 400 species, only a few polystome species are known from the island. The dissection of frogs from museum collections, together with amphibian and parasite ... -
Methodologies of targeting – renaissance militarism attacking Christianity as 'weakness'
(AOSIS, 2013)Intellectuals in the post-Medieval West, striving for scholarly emancipation, developed methodologies to target so as to free themselves from the dominant Christian, largely Roman Catholic, intellectual tradition. Machiavelli ... -
Mobile technology interaction to e–Commerce in promising of u–Commerce
(Academic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals], 2013)Mobile technology interaction is gaining increasing acceptance. The need for mobility is a primary driving force behind mobile banking, mobile entertainment and mobile marketing, and is supported by an ever increasing ... -
Monoamine oxidase inhibition properties of 2,1‑benzisoxazole derivatives
(Springer, 2023)onoamine oxidase (MAO) are favoenzymes that metabolize neurotransmitter, dietary and xenobiotic amines to their corre sponding aldehydes with the production of hydrogen peroxide. Two isoforms, MAO-A and MAO-B, are expressed ...
