A household survey of maternal and child health in the Mount Frere Health District, Eastern Cape by Irlam, James

“…Access to clean drinking water and sanitation is a major concern, with almost three quarters of homes using unprotected sources, a third more than 30 minutes' walk from the nearest source, and a half having no toilet. …”
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Pelvic floor dysfunction in female triathletes by Mkhombe, Welile

“…It was noteworthy to find that the nulliparous triathletes had more pelvic floor symptoms than the parous group. …”
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A prospective cohort study on ambient air pollution, airborne pollen (and fungal spores) and respiratory morbidities including childhood asthma in adolescents from the Western Cape... by Olaniyan, Toyib Adedamola

“…In the cohort study, an interquartile range increase of 14.2 µg/m3 in annual NO2 was associated with an risk of new onset ocular-nasal symptoms (adjusted odds ratio – aOR: 1.63, 95% CI: 1.01 – 2.60), wheezing (aOR: 3.57, 95% CI: 1.18 – 10.92), more than two or more asthma symptom score (aOR: 1.71, 95% CI: 1.02 – 2.86), and airway inflammation defined as FeNO > 35ppb (aOR: 3.10, 95% CI: 1.10 – 8.71), independent of PM2.5 exposures. …”
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Cratonic eclogite xenoliths - formation and evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle by Radu, Ioana-Bogdana

“…The second group (Type IIB) is more sodic and aluminous, depleted in LREE and has δ18O values of 2.35 to 3.59 ‰, corresponding to equilibrium at high pressure and temperature. …”
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On the role of the Agulhas Current on weather and climate of South Africa by Nkwinkwa, Njouodo Arielle Stela

“…However, the overall result leads to more precipitation over the interior of the continent. …”
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Trajectories of perinatal depressive symptoms in South Africa by Garman, Emily Claire

“…Children of mothers who reported more severe depressive symptoms either early or later in the postpartum period also showed poorer physical growth at 18 and 36 months. …”
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Occupational therapy for children with severe cerebral palsy in government healthcare facilities in the Western Cape: an overview of current services by Fuller, Lauren

“…Goals formulated, with some input of caregivers, related to occupational performance components (91%) more often than occupational performance (77%), and largely aimed to maintain the child's condition (68%), rather than improve development or functional participation (47%). …”
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The brain age gap in social anxiety disorder by Blake, Kimberly Vanessa

“…This should be verified in future research by using multiple different machine learning models based on different feature sets, to obtain more reliable and robust brain age estimates.…”
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Lawfare and legitimacy: The wicked problem of judicial resilience at a time of judicialisation of politics in South Africa by Dent, Kate

“…The Constitutional Court has shown a remarkable ability to navigate this era of Lawfare, remaining resolute under fire. However, the more successful the Court is in holding the line against executive abuse of power, the more the judicial route is identified as a powerful weapon to achieve more abusive political objectives. …”
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Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of Neurodevelopmental Assessment Tools in a South African Context by Zieff, Michal R

“…Parents of 109 children with one or more diagnosed NDDs completed the SNAP-IV. A subset of parents (n = 79) also completed the ASEBA Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL/6-18). …”
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An investigation of the (in)flexibility of the minibus-taxi operating license system: the case of Stellenbosch by Bergstedt, Roscoe

“…Some of the routes mapped were established more than 20 years ago, however while some of the route's elements are still in use, others have become obsolete as land uses have changed. …”
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Mammalian and avian diversity in a coastal nature reserve and an adjacent eco-estate by Ross, Michael

“…In summary the estate has adversely impacted medium sized mammals more than both small mammals and birds with the latter taxon arguably benefiting from the increased habitat heterogeneity. …”
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A theory evaluation of a peer education programme. by Naude, Zani

“…In structuring their programme theories, both groups moved away from the cognitive behaviour approach and adopted a more holistic approach towards behaviour change that resembles the structural approach. …”
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Nonlinear vibration of beams and plates resting on elastic foundations having nonlinear stiffness properties by Feulefack, Songong Edwige

“…Investigating the vibration of beams and plates is an ongoing topic, and researchers are becoming more interested in it. Because the structure foundation is the most important part of the building process, engineers and designers dedicate more attention to that part of the structure. …”
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Recirculated Process Water in the Flotation of Sulfides by Ngau, Michael

“…Water recirculation lead to a increase in the solids and water recovery compared to baseline tests with float recirculation recovering 20 % more solids and 17 % more water as compared to mill recirculation at a higher recovery rate. …”
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The relationship between tackle technique and external load of a simulated tackle by Paul, Lara

“…Conclusion: Per minute, rugby sevens players performed more tackles than rugby union players and forwards experienced more impacts and tackles than backs. …”
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated risk factors among adolescent offenders within the juvenile justice system in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North Province(s), Zimba... by Marufu, Marshall Takudzwa

“…The adjusted models also indicate that adolescents who report more social support are less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety (OR=0.96, 95% CI 0.92 - 0.99). …”
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Investigating ecological drivers and impacts of vegetation change in sub Antarctic tundra by Van Der Merwe, Stephni

“…Consequently, this study proposes a species-level approach aligned with continuum theory rather than community theory for more accurate vegetation monitoring in species-poor environments. …”
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Mechanisms of observed spatial heterogeneity in rainfall variability over the winter rainfall zone of South Africa by Conradie, Willem

“…Throughout the year, the WRZ core receives more than 70% of its rainfall from westerly disturbances. …”
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The impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure on remote work service delivery for Administrators in South African SMEs by Chakurira, Melinda Chakurira

“…This therefore suggests that they experience lower remote work service delivery as compared to their male counterparts because women spend more energy and time managing the home and taking care of others, which negatively impacts their remote work service delivery. …”
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