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Prevalence, awareness, and determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus among commercial taxi drivers in buffalo city metropolitan municipality South Africa

  • Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi , MMed
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5152 , vital:44372
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Prevalence, awareness, and determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus among commercial taxi drivers in buffalo city metropolitan municipality South Africa

  • Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi , MMed
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4559 , vital:44133
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The protective effect of aqueous extract of Typha capensis rhizomes on cadmium-induced infertility in rats

The psycho-social and clinical profile of women referred for psycho-legal evaluation to forensic mental health units in South Africa

  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3773 , vital:43945
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Ursolic Acid and its derivatives as bioactive agents

  • Authors: Mlala, Sithenkosi , Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi , Gondwe, Mavuto , Oyedeji, Opeoluwa Oyehan
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Noncommunicable diseases , Pentacyclic triterpenoids , Ursolic acid , Clinical trials
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1576 , vital:37793 , https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24152751
  • Description: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases continue to be threatening and deadly to human kind. Resistance to and side effects of known drugs for treatment further increase the threat, while at the same time leaving scientists to search for alternative sources from nature, especially from plants. Pentacyclic triterpenoids (PT) from medicinal plants have been identified as one class of secondary metabolites that could play a critical role in the treatment and management of several NCDs. One of such PT is ursolic acid (UA, 3 β-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid), which possesses important biological effects, including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant and antibacterial effects, but its bioavailability and solubility limits its clinical application. Mimusops caffra, Ilex paraguarieni, and Glechoma hederacea, have been reported as major sources of UA. The chemistry of UA has been studied extensively based on the literature, with modifications mostly having been made at positions C-3 (hydroxyl), C12-C13 (double bonds) and C-28 (carboxylic acid), leading to several UA derivatives (esters, amides, oxadiazole quinolone, etc.) with enhanced potency, bioavailability and water solubility. This article comprehensively reviews the information that has become available over the last decade with respect to the sources, chemistry, biological potency and clinical trials of UA and its derivatives as potential therapeutic agents, with a focus on addressing NCD.
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Barriers Inhibiting The Implementation Of Gender Equity And Accessibility Of Female Teachers To Management Positions In Oliver Reginald Tambo Inland District

  • Authors: Mandi, Sisiwe
  • Date: 2019-00
  • Subjects: Gender
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6665 , vital:47200
  • Description: The purpose of the study was to examine the barriers inhibiting the implementation of gender equity and accessibility of female teachers to management positions. This study was conducted in the OR Tambo inland, which is one of the Education Districts in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It should be noted that in terms of intelligence, requisite skills to influence and motivate the workers to accomplish the organisational goals is not linked to gender. It is for this backdrop that motivated me to examine the factors prohibiting and limiting thereof the females from being offered and occupy the management positions in most organisational institutions. This study is aimed to promote a paradigm shift and transformation in overlooking the gender equity by the role-players in the societies and various institutions. Furthermore, the study intends to promote the awareness to stake holders and enactment that the management positions are for everyone who possesses the leadership and management skills. The feminist and social constructivism theories were employed in engaging with the literature reviewed in this research. The survey research design was adopted in this study. A mixed methods research was used to gather and analyse the collected data. Principals, deputy principals and heads of departments were the target population from which the sample was drawn. There were 90 subjects from which data were collected, where 78 were subjected to questionnaires while 12 of them were interviewed. The sample was purposefully selected from 4 high schools that are geographically located in the OR Tambo inland: one from circuit 9, one from circuit 11 and two from circuit 3 schools. The tools used for the gathering of the data were questionnaires, observation and interviews. The analyses of the two data sets were done separately and later put together for discussion. This implies that sequential data analysis was performed. Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The quantitative data collected through questionnaire were analysed by using valid percentages, and tables generated by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The use of SPSS helped me to summarise the collected quantitative data in examining the relationships of variables towards the problem under study. The descriptive and inferential statistics were considered for quantitative data analysis. Upon the completion of the quantitative data analyses, the qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The findings from this study reveal that the social and cultural stereotypes of female managers; females’ lack of capacity and motivation; male dominance and cultural perceptions/beliefs; union and school governing bodies (SGBs) interference and institutional policies are barriers inhibiting the implementation of gender equity and accessibility of female teachers to management positions. Based on the emerged findings, it is recommended that policy-makers, the administration officers and immediate supervisors encourage the panellists for short-listing and interviews to comply with the legislative that requires the transformation and adherence to gender equity in all recruitment processes and practices. It is also recommended that workshops about the compliance on the implementation of gender equity by the role-players in education sector are widely and often conducted. It is further recommended that through distribution of circulars and school newsletters, conducting of imbizo or the role-players about the adherence to gender equity and constant dialogue with the communities, teacher’ unions, parents and youth in meetings could improve their perceptions and understanding that management positions for employees should be based on efficiency, competence and professional qualification but not on gender perspective. , Thesis (D.Ed) -- Faculty of Education Sciences, 2019
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Barriers to Collaborative Culture of Teaching and Learning in Selected High Schools of Libode In O.R. Tambo Coastal Education District

  • Authors: Chenwi, Teh Albert
  • Date: 2018-09
  • Subjects: Physics--Laboratory blanks
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6637 , vital:47177
  • Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers to collaborative culture of teaching and learning in selected high schools in Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. The literature review looked into each of the following aspects of teacher collaborative culture of teaching and learning in schools: theoretical framework, significance of changing the culture of teaching and learning and in schools, the nature of teacher resistance in collaborative teaching and learning in schools, the nature of teacher collaborative professional development activities in schools, the existence of collaborative learning culture in schools, leadership in collaborative culture of teaching and learning. This study was qualitative in nature and employed case study as the research design. The convenient sampling strategy was used to select three (3) high schools in Circuit 9 and 10 in Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. Four (4) teachers and one (1) principal were purposefully selected from each school the 3 schools and this made a total of fifteen (15) participants. Face-to-face individual interviews were conducted to gather data about the view points and opinions of the participants concerning the barriers to collaborative culture of teaching and learning in selected high schools of Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. Data collected was analyzed using the interpretational analytical strategies. Themes were drawn from the responses of the participants and analyzed. Some of the findings were that: There was inadequacy of positive attitudes towards collaboration with other teachers in the process of teaching and learning, teacher resistances was a barrier to collaboration in schools, there were inadequate collaborative strategies to provide the social, emotional, and intellectual engagement among teachers, knowledge sharing among teachers was limited, there was prevalence of teachers who work in isolation and strongly protect their individualism without professional collaboration and school managers played inadequate role in maintaining a collaborative learning environment among teachers. The researcher made some recommendations towards ensuring effective and efficient teacher collaboration in the high schools of Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. , Thesis (M.Ed) -- Faculty of Education Sciences, 2018
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Versions of masculinity in Zukiswa Wanners work

  • Authors: Scina, Nontsikelelo
  • Date: 2018-07
  • Subjects: Gender , Zukiswa Wanner , Masculinity in literature , Sex roles
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6708 , vital:47459
  • Description: Traditional notions of masculinity which give power and authority to one dominant form of masculinity in the contemporary era are under scrutiny as they are constantly being challenged through the emergence of alternative forms of masculinity. Through the use of Wanner’s novels, this work examines how South African masculinities are constructed, how they are challenged, and how alternative forms are negotiated. It unpacks Wanner’s depiction of hegemonic, thwarted, complicit and marginalised masculinities as it traces the diversity and fluidity of masculinities in these literary texts and the resultant alternative masculinities these novels propose. Furthermore, this work foregrounds the often taken-for-granted role of women and portrays it as the centre around which masculinities are constructed. This is achieved by probing deeper into the familial unit and looking at the traditional gender roles of women, taking into consideration that the South African constitution allows them either to stick to these roles or to choose from an array of career choices presented to them. It is suggested that instead of viewing masculinity as a standard uniform entity, it is profitable to perceive it as a heterogeneous entity, comprising of different versions which are determined by different factors. It is further suggested that the role of women in the construction of masculinities should be given recognition, as they seem to play a significant role in either inhibiting or promoting the transformation of masculinities through the choices they make. , Thesis (M.Arts) -- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, 2018
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African Oral Literature and the Humanities: Challenges and Prospects

  • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: folklore; oral literature; humanities; Africa; education; place; education; universities; curriculum
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2664 , vital:42311
  • Description: This paper examines the origin, evolution and emergence of folklore (oral literature) as an academic discipline in Africa and its place in the humanities. It draws attention to the richness of indigenous knowledge contained in oral literature and demonstrates how the ethical and moral gap in the existing educational system can be filled by the moral precepts embedded in oral literature. The paper argues that African oral literature has not received the attention it deserves among other disciplines of the humanities in institutions of higher learning in Africa. It concludes that any discussion on African literature will be incomplete, and indeed irrelevant, if it does not equally give adequate attention to the oral literature of the African people. As a result, a new curriculum and pedagogy must be designed to give pride of place to folklore and oral literature as the best repository of our cultural norms and values especially in African tertiary institutions.
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African Oral Literature and the Humanities: Challenges and Prospects

  • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: folklore; oral literature; humanities; Africa; education; place; education; universities; curriculum
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2656 , vital:42310
  • Description: This paper examines the origin, evolution and emergence of folklore (oral literature) as an academic discipline in Africa and its place in the humanities. It draws attention to the richness of indigenous knowledge contained in oral literature and demonstrates how the ethical and moral gap in the existing educational system can be filled by the moral precepts embedded in oral literature. The paper argues that African oral literature has not received the attention it deserves among other disciplines of the humanities in institutions of higher learning in Africa. It concludes that any discussion on African literature will be incomplete, and indeed irrelevant, if it does not equally give adequate attention to the oral literature of the African people. As a result, a new curriculum and pedagogy must be designed to give pride of place to folklore and oral literature as the best repository of our cultural norms and values especially in African tertiary institutions.
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An Evaluation of the Role of an Intermediate Care Facility in the Continuum of Care in Western Cape, South Africa

Barriers to Collaborative Culture of Teaching and Learning in Selected High Schools of Libode in O.R. Tambo Coastal Education District

  • Authors: Teh Albert Chenwi
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2787 , vital:42865
  • Description: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers to collaborative culture of teaching and learning in selected high schools in Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. The literature review looked into each of the following aspects of teacher collaborative culture of teaching and learning in schools: theoretical framework, significance of changing the culture of teaching and learning and in schools, the nature of teacher resistance in collaborative teaching and learning in schools, the nature of teacher collaborative professional development activities in schools, the existence of collaborative learning culture in schools, leadership in collaborative culture of teaching and learning. This study was qualitative in nature and employed case study as the research design. The convenient sampling strategy was used to select three (3) high schools in Circuit 9 and 10 in Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. Four (4) teachers and one (1) principal were purposefully selected from each school the 3 schools and this made a total of fifteen (15) participants. Face-to-face individual interviews were conducted to gather data about the view points and opinions of the participants concerning the barriers to collaborative culture of teaching and learning in selected high schools of Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District. Data collected was analyzed using the interpretational analytical strategies. Themes were drawn from the responses of the participants and analyzed. Some of the findings were that: There was inadequacy of positive attitudes towards collaboration with other teachers in the process of teaching and learning, teacher resistances was a barrier to collaboration in schools, there were inadequate collaborative strategies to provide the social, emotional, and intellectual engagement among teachers, knowledge sharing among teachers was limited, there was prevalence of teachers who work in isolation and strongly protect their individualism without professional collaboration and school managers played inadequate role in maintaining a collaborative learning environment among teachers. The researcher made some recommendations towards ensuring effective and efficient teacher collaboration in the high schools of Libode, O.R Tambo Coastal Education District.
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Body dysmorphic disorder: A diagnostic challenge in adolescence

Challenges to effective Foundation Phase Teaching of Mathematics in The Libode Education District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  • Authors: FAKU PUMEKA DOREEN
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2743 , vital:42857
  • Description: Mathematics is an important learning area in the foundation phase. For effective learning and teaching of Mathematics, the foundation phase needs urgent attention. Rural area schools are often neglected by the government despite evidence that there are many challenges that hinder foundation phase teachers from implementing effective learning and teaching of Mathematics. This study investigated the prevailing challenges that affect learning and teaching of Mathematics, especially in the identified rural schools of the Libode Education District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The investigation of these challenges was conducted through the exploration of a main research question: What are the challenges to effective foundation phase learning and teaching of Mathematics in the rural schools of the Libode District? The subsidiary questions were derived from the above main research question. Three Junior Secondary Schools were selected from the population of schools in the Libode District of Education. The study made use of a case study design, purposive sampling of foundation phase teachers. Purposive sampling was used because the researcher was aware that the participants were teaching in the foundation phase. Data collected through interviews and observations were thematically analysed. Findings obtained include lack of teaching and learning materials and support for SMTs and parents; inadequate professional development and poor infrastructure. Key-words: Learning area, Mathematics, teachers, rural, challenges, learners, foundation phase.
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Cultivation of medicinal plants in South Africa: A solution to quality assurance and consistent availability of medicinal plant materials for commercialization

Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

Determinants of type 2 Diabetes mellitus among HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral drugs in the OR Tambo District, SA

  • Authors: Nokwanda Edith Bam
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: PhD Manuscript
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2073 , vital:40815
  • Description: Background: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing in the context of HIV/AIDS as a result of the long-term effects of ARVS. Little is documented in South Africa on the determinants of type 2 DM in HIV/AIDS population although the prevalence is high (Moyo, et al., 2014). The purpose of this study was to describe the determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus among HIV/AIDS patients on ARVS in the OR Tambo District. Methods: A quantitative research methodology using a case control retrospective study was used to describe the determinants of type 2 DM among HIV/AIDS patients in OR Tambo District. A sample of 177 (33%) cases with HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM was selected using a one stage stratified sampling with allocation proportion to size of each stratum of the four sub-districts of OR Tambo District. For example KSD 80 cases, Nyandeni 43; Qaukeni 36 and Mhlontlo 18. Two non-diabetic patients with HIV/AIDS were selected as controls per case unpaired and totalled up to 354 (67%) controls. A self - administration questionnaire adopted from WHO stepwise surveillance tool was used for data collection. Results: Findings of the study revealed five determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus grouped as the socio-demographic determinants, levels of physical activities, types of diets, arterial blood pressure and body weight and types of combination antiretroviral therapies used in HIV/AIDS therapy. In addition the association of type 2 DM with HIV was shown to include ARV complications, number of years on ARVS and the tri-therapy versus fixed dose combination. Conclusion: Type 2 DM is a major complication of ARVS experienced by the cases at n=108 (61%) compared to others such as lipodystrophy n=10 (5.6%), skin disorders n=7 (3.9%) and bad dreams n=2 (1%). Consequently a multi-morbidity situation co-exists among the cases creating as shift from as single disease to a multiple-disease focus namely ARVS, anti-DM, anti-HPT etc. Recommendations on the HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM awareness and care intervention strategy were made to improve the health outcomes of type 2 DM patients in HIV/AIDS context in OR Tambo District.
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Determinants of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral drugs in the OR Tambo District, South Africa

  • Authors: Bam, Nokwanda Edith
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: HIV/AIDS Diabetes mellitus (DM) -- Patients Antiretroviral drugs -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD Health Sciences
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1476 , vital:35976
  • Description: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a frequent adverse effect of antiretroviral drugs for those who are on ARVS. People with type 2 DM can suffer multiple complications that hinder the quality of life. In South Africa research has shown significant increase in neuropathy, heart and kidney diseases among patients living with type 2 DM and HIV/AIDS compared to DM without HIV. Accessed knowledge lacked consistency on the predictors of DM in HIV/AIDS patients with regards to the type of ARVS with higher risks of DM. Research needed to be done to find the determinants of type 2 DM in HIV/AIDS context. The purpose of this study was to describe the determinants of type 2 DM among HIV/AIDS patients on ARVS in the OR Tambo District, SA in order to develop intervention strategies to mitigate the long-term effects of type 2 DM. A quantitative research methodology using a case control retrospective study was used. A sample of 177 (33%) cases with HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM was selected using a one stage stratified sampling with allocation proportional to size of each stratum of the four sub-districts of OR Tambo District. Two non-diabetic patients with HIV/AIDS were selected as controls per case unpaired and totalled up to 354 (67%) controls. A self-administration questionnaire adopted from the WHO (2011) STEPwise surveillance tool for chronic diseases was used for data collection. Stata (standard version 13.0, Stata Corp., Lakeway Drive USA) was used for data management and analysis. Findings of the study revealed determinants of type 2 DM grouped as the socio-demographic determinants; tertiary education and marital status, levels of physical activities; lack of vigorous activity and sport, types of diets; high fruits and vegetables and healthy eating out at restaurants, arterial blood pressure; lack of routine BP check and known HPT and types of ARVS used in HIV/AIDS therapy. Compared with patients who received FDC, the risk of type 2 DM was 43 times and 22 higher when a tri-therapy regimen contained Ritonavir and Lopinavir respectively . The majority of DM patients (n=177) were diagnosed type 2 DM after ARVS at n=108 (61%). In managing the diabetic patients a shift from a single disease to multiple-chronic disease focus is required to mitigate the complex drug interactions that exist in the control of NCDs such as HIV/AIDS, DM, HPT and other long-term diseases. The HIV/AIDS and type 2 DM awareness and care intervention strategy is recommended as healthy lifestyle, monitoring of side effects and drug interactions, enhanced FDC roll out and elimination of unsafe ARVS to improve the health outcomes of type 2 DM patients in an HIV/AIDS context in OR Tambo District.
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Diagnostic performance of several biomarkers for identification of cases of non-communicable diseases among Central Africans

Evaluation of Lecturer by Students: Self vs. Institutional Evaluation

  • Authors: Sookdhev Rajkaran
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1853 , vital:38836 , Staff Development. Teaching. Learning
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