• A history of the Kano Book Market, c. 1920-2020

  

  Author: Adam, Sani Yakubu Date: 2022 By borrowing both empirical and conceptual tools from book history, this dissertation documents the history of the Kano Book Market (KBM) in northern Nigeria. Its sources are drawn from archives, private and public records, oral histories, ... Read more
• Total Talar replacements, short-medium term case series, South Africa, 2019

  

  Author: Abramson, Michael James Date: 2022 Background: There are few surgical options available to manage complex talar pathology that result in predictably acceptable functional and patient satisfaction scores. Recently, the total talar replacement has gained popularity as a viable ... Read more
• Expanding the repertoires of practice of multilingual science student teachers through a decolonial approach to academic literacies at an elite English medium university

  

  Author: Abdulatief, Soraya Date: 2022 The need to prepare science teachers in South Africa to respond to a heterogenous language and literacies context where multilingualism is the norm and where school conditions may shift rapidly is urgent. However, students arrive at university ... Read more
• Mobile phone applications to screen for hearing loss in low-and middle-income countries: a state-of-the-art review

  

  Author: Abbey, Humphrey Kwaku Date: 2022 Hearing impairment is a chronic condition for which limited screening and diagnostic services are available in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). In addition to the conventional medical devices existing to screen for the condition, ... Read more
• Thermobarometry and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths from the southwestern margin of the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa

  

  Author: Clark, Fiona Date: 2022 Globally, there are significant contrasts, both thermally and chemically, between peridotite xenoliths exhumed from Archean, and post-Archean terranes. Studies of the thermal structure of the lithosphere, in combination with surface heat flow ... Read more
• Mediating social entrepreneurship in South Africa and India: exploring the entanglements of neoliberal logics and social missions

  

  Author: Chopra, Vrinda Date: 2022 Entrepreneurial approaches advocated as pathways for addressing development goals of unemployment and inequality have been heavily criticised. Critical development scholarship argues that entrepreneurship for development contributes to the ... Read more
• Service users' perceptions of the relationships between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders

  

  Author: Chiseya, Lorraine Samba Date: 2022 Introduction Information on the relationship between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) is contradictory and limited to studies conducted in high-income countries characterised by a predominance of injection drug ... Read more
• Popular talk radio and everyday life in Mauritius

  

  Author: Chenganna, Azhagan Date: 2022 This study has attempted to explore the myriad ways talk radio is tied to everyday life in Mauritius. As a point of departure, this study has considered the success of Mauritian private radio stations as a social phenomenon that deserves ... Read more
• Predicting household poverty with machine learning methods: the case of Malawi

  

  Author: Chinyama, Francis Date: 2022 Poverty alleviation continues to be paramount for developing countries. This necessitates the need for poverty tracking tools to monitor progress towards this goal and effect timely interventions. One major way poverty has been tracked in ... Read more
• Subsynchronous resonance in series compensated networks with high penetration of renewable energy sources

  

  Author: Chikohora, Tinashe Edward Date: 2022 The global shift towards clean energy has seen a spiked rate of environmentally friendly renewable energy sources (RES) as utilities and regional energy blocks battle with rising demand. RES sites may be located in remote or populated areas ... Read more
• Family experiences and the role of the family in the development of substance use in adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study

  

  Author: Chido, Ratidzai Madzvamutse Date: 2022 Background Mental disorders including substance use disorders are a leading cause of disease burden, contributing 16% of the global burden of disease in young people aged 10 to 19 years. Substance use in adolescents and young people cannot ... Read more
• Optimizing perspectives: a classic grounded theory of stakeholder perceptions on WSDB influence in Uganda's water sector

  

  Author: Chemisto, Musa Date: 2022 This exploratory and interpretive research analytically examines perceived influence of the Water Supply Database (WSDB) initiative on Uganda's water sector development, particularly the rural sector. The WSDB was deployed by the Ministry of ... Read more
• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a South African cohort with a high HIV prevalence: an analysis by cell-oforigin, Epstein-Barr virus infection and survival

  

  Author: Cassim, Sumaiya Date: 2022 Introduction: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (DLBCL NOS) is subdivided according to the cell-of-origin (COO) classification into germinal centre B-cell (GCB) and activated B-cell (ABC) subtypes, each with different ... Read more
• The burden of firearm injuries at two district level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive analysis

  

  Author: Bush, Luke Anthony Date: 2022 Introduction Firearm injuries account for an increasingly significant portion of violence related trauma experienced in South Africa. The related burden on district level emergency care, surgical and inpatient services is poorly described. ... Read more
• An evaluation of the Qhubeka! Youth Development programme: Using a generic qualitative approach

  

  Author: Majola, Sibahle Date: 2022 The Qhubeka! Youth Development Programme is the first programme launched by the NonProfit Company (NPC), Just Grace, in 2012. The organisation is implementing five community programmes: (1) School strengthening; (2) Community development; (3) ... Read more
• Resilience in disasters: a case study of an informal settlement in the Western Cape of South Africa

  

  Author: Onyeagoziri,Onyekachi John Date: 2020 In South Africa, disasters are a crucial impediment to successful sustainable development in communities. Many communities have insufficient capacity to forecast, check, handle and reduce disaster risk. These communities face a growing range ... Read more
• Effects of hormonal contraceptives on the female genital tract microbiota in South African adolescents

  

  Author: Balle, Christina Date: 2018 Background Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionally affected by HIV and often rely on injectable hormonal contraception (HC) to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, HC might affect HIV-1 risk through changes in the female ... Read more
• Techno-economic evaluation of integrated process flowsheets for vinasse management with value addition for decision making

  

  Author: Azegele, Rony Mung'asia Date: 2018 Bioethanol production through fermentation of sugarcane juice and its derivatives such as molasses is gaining popularity worldwide as focus shifts towards renewable energy production. However, ethanol fermentation results in the production ... Read more
• (Multilingual) Knowledge representation for epistemological access

  

  Author: Antia, Mary-Jane Date: 2018 In South Africa, the inability of many students to acquire knowledge and to successfully demonstrate acquired knowledge in assessments has, in part, been attributed to their low levels of proficiency in the language of learning and teaching ... Read more
• Studies of neutron inelastic scattering in crystal and liquid scintillators

  

  Author: Bain, Cairns A R Date: 1967 An investigation has been made of the feasibility of using crystal, liquid and gel scintillators for the study of neutron inelastic scattering from elements, contained or loaded in the scintillators. The nuclides included those of iodine, ... Read more

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