Informing the development of a self-management care programme for older people with type 2 diabetes attending community health centres in Cape Town, South Africa by Werfalli, Mahmoud

“…If the trends continue, the number of people living with diabetes over the age of 65 years will be 253.4 million in 2045.This is being driven by demographic changes including the ageing of the population. …”
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Pressure-based leakage characterisation of bulk pipelines by Nsanzubuhoro, Rene

“…The effective initial leak areas for the tested pipelines ranged from 4.88mm2 to 137.66mm2 , whilst the effective head-area slope ranged from 0.0032 mm2 /m to 3.14 mm2 /m and the N1 leakage exponents were found to range from 0.56 up to 1.09. …”
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The Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the 2015-2017 Hydrological Drought in the South-Western Cape, South Africa by Hall, Andrew

“…This event definition was used as a rainfall/runoff threshold in the attribution analysis for the 2015−2017 meteorological/hydrological drought in the South-Western Cape. …”
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Role of obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus status on the expression of kisspeptin, inflammatory markers and other endocrine signals, and their correlation with foetal outcom... by Musa, Ezekiel

“…Methods: This study included 4 groups of South African pregnant women: Non-GDM, Non-obese (n=14); Non-GDM, Obese (n=19); GDM, Non-obese (n=15); GDM-Obese (n=23). …”
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Ambulatory and hospitalized childhood pneumonia: a longitudinal study in a peri-urban low-income community with high vaccination coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa by le Roux, David

“…Careful measurement of pneumonia incidence, and prospective analysis of risk factors is necessary to appreciate the evolving complexities of pneumonia causality and mortality. …”
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Security for networked smart healthcare systems: A systematic review by Ndarhwa, Nyamwezi Perfect

“…Methods This review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and was framed using the Problem, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome (PICO) approach to investigate and analyse the concepts of interest. …”
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Addressing the adaptation finance gap: scaling up investment in climate change adaptation using blended finance solutions by Brown, Louis Helen

“…It used qualitative data obtained through expert interviews, as well as a case study of a blended finance facility for adaptation in the agriculture sector, to explore these questions. Based on the analysis of the responses from the expert interviews, this study identified a set of eleven barriers to scaling up adaptation finance for the public and private sectors. …”
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Evaluation of the Phase 2A IRT Network in respect to the Principles of Transport Justice by Parker, Taariq

“…The IRT route was then evaluated against this to determine whether these areas would be sufficiently provided for, by plotting the potential accessibility of each TAZ based on the IRT catchment area. Based on the analysis results, it is evident that having access to a car will allow an individual access to most, if not all, jobs in the study area within a 30-minute period. …”
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Climate-change adaptation among Smallholder farmers in zambia by Ndhlovu, Obrian

“…The findings have the potential to inform the ongoing reforms in the agricultural subsidy programme. While the analysis of agricultural input subsidy programme pursue primary objectives such as the impact on fertiliser use, crop yield and hunger or poverty, this chapter analyses the impact of such programmes in facilitating climate adaptation, which may be considered a secondary objective and not well understood. …”
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in personal care products: knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions among pregnant women in South Africa by Paul, Lissa

“…To determine if the same EDCs commonly reported in literature from high-income countries are also available in cosmetics commonly used in South Africa, a label analysis was conducted on products sampled from common shops. …”
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The reliability and validity of an isiZulu speech reception Threshold test in quiet for hearing and hearing-impaired individuals in KwaZulu-Natal by Panday, Seema

“…The mean psychometric slope (%/dB) at 50% correct perception for all words in the zSRT test was 4.92%/dB for the mild conductive hearing loss group, 5.26%/dB for the moderate group, 2.85%/dB for the moderately severe sensorineural group, and 2.47%/dB for the severe sensorineural hearing loss group. …”
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Ecosystem effects of a rock-lobster 'invasion': comparitive and modelling approaches by Blamey, Laura Kate

“…Prior to 1990, rock lobsters were rare EOCH, but from the mid 1990s onwards they achieved densities of 0.4- 0.8 m-2. The pre-invaded benthic community was significantly different from the postinvaded community at both sites. …”
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The development of complex systems : an integrated approach to design influencing

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Studies on Cryphonectria cubensis in South Africa with special reference to mycovirus infection

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Wind power resource assessment, design of grid - connected wind farm and hybrid power system

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Stearic acid addition to tef and maize starches and its influence on their functional properties

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The ‘Third Wave’ Religious Right Movement and the growth of Zimbabwean Christianity : faith or economic response?

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Meaning-centeredness in adult cancer patients in remission

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Playing chicken : the players, rules and future of South African broiler production

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A comparison of the body shapes of young Swazi women with those of body forms used in apparel manufacturing

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