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Comparison of dietary and plasma phospholipid fatty acids between normal weight and overweight black South Africans according to metabolic health: the PURE study
(Elsevier, 2019)Background Information regarding circulating fatty acids (FA) in association with metabolic health in black Africans is scarce, while the usefulness of circulating FAs as biomarkers of dietary fat intake and predictors ... -
The psychopharmacology of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preclinical roadmap
(ASPET, 2020)This review evaluates current knowledge about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with the goal of providing a roadmap for future directions in research on the psychopharmacology of the disorder. It first addresses issues ... -
Dopaminergic and serotonergic modulation of social reward appraisal in zebrafish (Danio rerio) under circumstances of motivational conflict: towards a screening test for anti-compulsive drug action
(Elsevier, 2020)Cognitive flexibility, shown to be impaired in patients presenting with compulsions, is dependent on balanced dopaminergic and serotonergic interaction. Towards the development of a zebrafish (Danio rerio) screening test ... -
Characterization of personal solar ultraviolet radiation exposure using detrended fluctuation analysis
(Elsevier, 2020)Studies of personal solar ultraviolet radiation (pUVR) exposure are important to identify populations at-risk of excess and insufficient exposure given the negative and positive health impacts, respectively, of time spent ... -
Retinal vessel caliber and caliber responses in true normotensive black and white adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Elsevier, 2020)Purpose Globally, a detrimental shift in cardiovascular disease risk factors and a higher mortality level are reported in some black populations. The retinal microvasculature provides early insight into the pathogenesis ... -
Guideline for conducting critical reviews in psychology research
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)While numerous guidelines for conducting the various types of reviews are available within literature, there is limited information to inform researchers on how to conduct a critical review. We searched the following data ... -
Gene interactions observed with the HDL-c blood lipid, intakes of protein, sugar and biotin in relation to circulating homocysteine concentrations in a group of black South Africans
(Elsevier, 2020)Background Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) is associated with several pathologies. Gene–diet interactions related to Hcy might be used to customize dietary advice to reduce disease incidence. To explore this possibility, we ... -
Association of predicted 10 years cardiovascular mortality risk with duration of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals in Durban, South Africa
(BMC, 2019)Background: South Africa has the largest population of human immunodefciency virus (HIV) infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) realising the benefts of increased life expectancy. However, this population may ... -
The development of generalized motor program in constant and variable practice conditions
(Frontiers Media, 2019)The main objective of our study was to determine whether constant and variable practice conditions lead to the development of different memory representations (GMP) and as a result, they benefit performance of a skill ... -
The South African 24-hour movement guidelines for birth to 5 years: an integration of physical activity, sitting behavior, screen time, and sleep
(Human Kinetics, 2020)Background: In December 2018, the South African 24-hour movement guidelines for birth to 5 years were released. This article describes the process used to develop these guidelines. Methods: The Grading of Recommendations ... -
Ralph Mathekga. 2018. Ramaphosa’s turn: Can Cyril save South Africa? [Book review]
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An exploration of the shifts in imagined academic and civic identities across four history curriculum documents
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This article analyses four curriculum documents in terms of the kinds of academic and civic identities that they would seek to produce. The curriculum documents are two South African (Curriculum 2005 [1997] and the Curriculum ... -
Historical Significance in the South African History curriculum: an un-silencing approach
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)The South African History Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) emphasises the significance of History being that of empowering learners with historical skills and knowledge but there are critical gaps that ... -
Developing a serious game artefact to demonstrate World War II content to History students
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)The following design paper reports on a serious game project being made by interdisciplinary researchers at the North-West University (NWU), Vanderbijlpark Campus. The aim of this venture is to develop a trading card game ... -
Implementation of the competency-based curriculum by teachers of History in selected Secondary Schools in Lusaka district, Zambia
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)The study investigated teachers of History’s implementation of the competency-based teaching approaches in the teaching and learning of History in Lusaka district, Zambia. A mixed-methods approach particularly the explanatory ... -
Implementation of the competency-based curriculum by teachers of History in selected Secondary Schools in Lusaka district, Zambia
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)The study investigated teachers of History’s implementation of the competency-based teaching approaches in the teaching and learning of History in Lusaka district, Zambia. A mixed-methods approach particularly the explanatory ... -
Testing transformation and decolonisation: experiences of curriculum revision in a History honours module
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This article discusses the revision of a history honours historiography module. It discusses the rationale, methodologies and material used to respond to the imperative of curriculum transformation and decolonisation. The ... -
Taking the sting out of assessment: The experiences of trainee teachers experimenting with innovative alternative performance assessment in the History classroom
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This article explores the experiences of History and Social Sciences (History) trainee teachers (n=33) and their learners during the implementation of five versatile and innovative alternative performance assessment ... -
Indigenous South African poetry as conduits of History: Epi-poetics – a pedagogy of memory
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This conceptual article argues that a pedagogy of poetic memory, or epipoetics, can be used to remember and ‘re-member’ the past in the present in the history classroom. Epi-poetics as a theory encapsulates the dynamic ... -
Katz, D.B. 2018. South Africa versus Rommel. The untold story of the Desert War in World War II [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
