Background: Learner nurses come from different social structures and entities with different norms and values. Upon entering the nursing profession, registered professional nurses (RPN) are expected to socialize the learner ...
Notions of belonging are problematic and they influence the behaviour of citizens in a nation-state. Politics and nationalism to a very large extent determine the participation of locals in every sector of the economy of ...
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There is a challenge in keeping glaucoma patients within the health care system. To engage the patient, there should be counselling to enhance their understanding of the disease and encourage ...
In South Africa, professional nurses are expected to provide holistic care to all the patients including the Mental Health Care Users (MHCUs). During their allocation in general wards, they are expected to provide holistic ...
Patriarchy continues to place limitations on women’s rights in many societies. This is manifested by the unequal gender power relations between sexes, which also adversely impact women’s sexual and reproductive health ...
Quinolines are well known naturally occurring heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen as a heteroatom. Quinolines are also one of the major classes of naturally occurring compounds and the interest in their chemistry is due ...
BACKGROUND: Child daycare centers (DCCs) host a variety of pathogenic enteric microorganisms which may be found in various areas within the compound. Enteric pathogens are the most common cause of diarrhoea worldwide in ...
The sun is the most important source of renewable energy today. Producing energy from sunlight using cheap, abundant and non-toxic materials is considered a major challenge in the field of solar-electrical energy conversion. ...
Solar irradiance forecasting is essential in renewable energy grids amongst others for back-up programming, operational planning, and short-term power purchases. This research study focuses on forecasting hourly solar ...
The age distribution of a population is one of the most important demographic factors that plays a major role in describing and making projections about the population. Age distribution determine life expectancy, fertility ...
Coupled with irreversible shifts, climate-driven disturbance of ecosystems will probably be the largest impact of climate change on humans. With higher rainfall variability and more intense events, separated by extended ...
Pollination of flowering plants is mostly facilitated by insects. However, there is a global decline in the pollination services caused by invasive alien plants (IAPs), excessive use of pesticides, habitat loss, and ...
The study focuses on the application of hierarchical time series in forecasting electricity demand using South African data. The methods used are top-down, bottom-up and optimal combination. The top-down method is based ...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest brain tumour. GBM is associated with poor prognosis, with its patients having a very short median survival and poor response to chemotherapy. GBM is a World Health Organization ...
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus. An estimated 405 000 million deaths due to malaria were reported in 2018. Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) accounts for the deadliest form of the disease ...
Adsorption of Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB G-250) from aqueous solutions on the adsorbents chitosan, alpha cellulose, banana rachis fibre, banana rachis fibre/chitosan composite, alpha cellulose/chitosan composite, and ...
Water shortage is a situation wherein there is inadequate, unreliable and unaffordable water for a healthy life. Two third of the world’s women do not have access to safe and clean water. Water shortage is caused by droughts, ...
Developing countries are largely characterized by rural-based communities often settled in headwater catchments whose livelihoods are dependent on natural resources available. As the climate changes, hydrological regimes ...
HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading cause of premature death in children under five years. The promoters of an AIDS free generation predict a situation in which children living with HIV/AIDS readily have access to antiretroviral ...
Microplastics have become a major environmental concern globally due to their potential impacts on ecosystem function. They are known to be ubiquitously present, persistent and bio−accumulative, yet ecological impacts of ...