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Paediatric anaesthetics

Author: Purcell-Jones, Jessica Date: 2019 This video is an introduction to the various differences that can be observed when administering anaesthetics to a child as compared to an adult. Read more
Panel attrition in survey data: a literature review

Author: Lee, Una Date: 2003 This paper will examines the problem of attrition in panel studies, and the different sets of methodological issues facing researchers in developed and developing countries. In particular, the study explores he hypothesis that attrition is ... Read more c b n d
Panel attrition in survey data: a literature review

Author: Lee, Una Date: 2003 This paper will examines the problem of attrition in panel studies, and the different sets of methodological issues facing researchers in developed and developing countries. In particular, the study explores he hypothesis that attrition is ... Read more c b n d
Parental loss and schooling: Evidence from metropolitan Cape Town

Author: Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 This paper makes use of the Cape Area Panel study (CAPS), a longitudinal study of youth and their families in metropolitan Cape Town in order to broaden the empirical body of evidence of the causal impact of parental death on childrens schooling ... Read more
Parental Presence and the Impact of Antiretroviral Treatment on Household Composition in Khayelitsha

Author: Jury, Catherine ; Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2012 AIDS (the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is known to affect household structure in Africa, as patients rely on kin (especially mothers) for care and support. Little is known about how highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) might ... Read more c b n d
Participatory Pedagogy and Open Textbook Publishing Journeys: Emerging Models at the University of Cape Town

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: 2020 The presentation gives insight into the emerging models of open textbook production employed by lecturers in the DOT4D grants programme at UCT and describes the journeys these authors have embarked on in collaboration with students, academics ... Read more c b
Participatory stock assessment of abalone in Zones E and G

Author: Edwards, Charles ; Hauck, Maria ; Plag´anyi, Eva Date: 2007 The stock assessment for abalone is significantly hampered by insufficient information on the levels of poaching in each management zone. To assist with our understanding of resource dynamics, stakeholder interviews were conducted to obtain ... Read more
Partisan realignment in Cape Town, 1994-2004

Author: Seekings, Jeremy Date: 2005 The Western Cape is the one part of South Africa that has experienced strong competition in democratic elections and a dramatic shift in power between political parties. Between 1994 and 2004 the initially dominant National Party lost almost ... Read more c b n d
Party footprints in Africa: measuring local party presence across the continent

Author: Krönke, Matthias ; Lockwood, Sarah J ; Mattes, Robert Date: Oct 2020 The conventional view holds that most of Africa’s political parties are organizationally weak, with little grassroots presence. Yet few studies are based on systematically collected data about more than a handful of parties or countries at ... Read more
Pass laws and the disorganisation and reorganisation of the African population in South Africa

Author: Savage, M. Date: 28 May 2015 Pass laws, Apartheid legislation Read more
Patterns of labour migration in Ghana

Author: Baffoe, F. Date: 28 May 2015 Migrant labour, Ghana Read more
Pauvreté et corruption: un cercle vicieux

Author: Delavallade, Clara Date: 28 May 2015 Après avoir dressé une typologie de la corruption, cet article en analyse les implications pour les dépenses publiques et la croissance. Il montre également comment l’environnement économique, institutionnel et politique des pays à faible ... Read more
Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission

Author: Skordis, Jolene ; Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2001 It is estimated that each HIV-positive child in South Africa costs the government more in terms of health and welfare expenses than it does to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV through the use of antiretroviral regimens (where ... Read more c b n d
Peer assessment: A complementary instrument to recognise individual contributions in IS student group projects

Author: Scott, Elsje ; van der Merwe, Nata ; Smith, Derek Date: 2005 This paper discusses peer assessment as a component of the assessment strategy used for Information Systems student group projects at a South African university. The value of peer assessment and the contribution to the real-life experience ... Read more
Peer educators’ responses to mistrust and confusion about HIV and AIDS science in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Rubincam, Clara Date: 30 Aug 2014 Peer educators are on the front lines of communication between sources of scientific authority about HIV and AIDS and target populations. This study focuses on a group of peer educators from the Treatment Action Campaign working in Khayelitsha, ... Read more c b
Penguin island closure feasibility study analysis results update: random effects models applied to both Western and Eastern Cape islands

Author: Robinson, William M L ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2014 This Addendum updates results from previous papers using random effects instead of fixed effects models for the year factors. Results are now given for Bird and St Croix islands in addition to those for Dassen and Robben islands. The results ... Read more
Penguin model update: an improved penguin mortality relationship with sardine biomass and results of sensitivities to the base case

Author: Robinson, William M L ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2011 Work on the penguin–fish interaction model has progressed to the point where a candidate base case for Robben Island was presented in document FISHERIES/2011/SWG–PEL/40. However, one concern there was that the likelihood could always be ... Read more
Penguin population models for Robben Island

Author: Robinson, William M L ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2010 As an initial illustrative exercise, a population model for Robben Island penguins, which includes dependency of reproductive success and survival rate on pelagic fish abundance, is fitted to moult count information for the colony. The ... Read more
Penguin survival estimates from tag data using a multinomial likelihood

Author: Robinson, William M L ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2010 A simple population model for Robben Island penguins is considered which incorporates fitting to both moult counts and tag data. The latter are now fit using a multinomial likelihood which is the method used in program MARK. Probability intervals ... Read more
Pensions: The case of Natal

Author: Ngubane, J. Date: 28 May 2015 Pensions, Natal Read more