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Medical ethics as the science of normative perspective in health care and its role to address ethical vulnerability

Lategan, Laetus OK (Journal for Christian Scholarship = Tydskrif vir Christelike Wetenskap, 2015)

Literature reports on the ethical challenges health care practitioners are experiencing due to their working environment, personal circumstances and a growing need to deal with challenges pertaining to the care of war ...
How to Overcome Challenges for Meaningful Implementation of Inclusive Education in Lesotho

Khoaeane, T.J.; Naong, M.N. (Kamla-Raj: Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)

This study explores the extent to which inclusive education is appropriately and adequately implemented in Lesotho schools. The study, which was conducted among 256 randomly selected teachers in the two districts of Lesotho, ...
The Use of Mathematics Taxonomy in Developing Statistical Learning Outcomes for Grade 12 Learners

Kalobo, Lukanda; du Toit, Gawie Francois (International Journal of Educational Sciences, 2015)

In this paper the use of Mathematics taxonomy in developing statistical learning outcomes (SLO) for Grade 12 learners is investigated. A literature on Mathematics taxonomy and the SLO was reviewed. Further, a case was ...
Bioactive Phytochemicals: Bioactivity, Sources, Preparations, and/or Modifications via Silver Tetrafluoroborate Mediation

Achilonu, Matthew C.; Umesiobi, Dennis O. (Journal of Chemistry, 2015)

This review provides an overview of the biological activities, natural occurrences, and the silver tetrafluoroborate- (AgBF4-) mediated synthesis of proanthocyanidins, glycosides, N-heterocyclic alkaloid analogues (of ...
The formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds using silver tetrafluoroborate as a promoter

Achilonu, Matthew Chilaka; Umesiobi, Dennis O. (Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University: Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2016)

Silver tetrafluoroborate (AgBF4) is a transition metal salt extensively used in organic syntheses. This review provides insight into the use of the silver salt as a promoter in the synthesis of compounds via the formation ...
Comparative analysis of P450 signature motifs EXXR and CXG in the large and diverse kingdom of fungi: identification of evolutionarily conserved amino acid patterns characteristic of P450 family

Syed, Khajamohiddin; Mashele, Samson Sitheni (PLoS One, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are heme-thiolate proteins distributed across the biological kingdoms. P450s are catalytically versatile and play key roles in organisms primary and secondary metabolism. Identification ...
Exploring the importance of emotional quotient in construction : perspectives from health and safety professionals in South Africa

Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis; Bloomberg, Charissa (Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2014)

Self-regard, emotional self-awareness, flexibility, problem solving, and stress tolerance, inter alia, constitute attributes that affect how well activities are carried out by individuals. Thus, construction activities ...
A qualitative review of the health and safety leadership roles of managers in South African construction

Okorie, Victor; EMUZE, Fidelis; SMALLWOOD, John; VAN WYK, Jacobus (Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2014)

Top management in an enterprise has decisive roles to play in terms of health and safety (H&S) management. A key role in this context pertains to leadership. The study that is reported upon assessed the H&S leadership ...
The influence of clients’ leadership in relation to construction health and safety in South Africa

Okorie, Victor; Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John; van Wyk, Jacobus (University of the Free State: Acta Structilia, 2014)

The South African Construction Regulations realise the contributions by each member of a project team to health and safety (H&S) improvement. These Regulations amplify the roles and contributions of clients to project ...
Microbial counts of food contact surfaces at schools depending on a feeding scheme

Modise, Alfred Motalenayne; Nhlapo, Nthabiseng; Lues, Ryk J.F. (South African Journal of Science, 2014)

The prominence of disease transmission between individuals in confined environments is a concern, particularly in the educational environment. With respect to school feeding schemes, food contact surfaces have been shown ...
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: A Case Study of Learners with Impairments in Lesotho Schools

Mateusi, C.M.; Naong, M.N. (Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)

Numerous studies show that learners with impairments are generally disadvantaged in their relationships with fellow learners – and some teachers – in mainstream classrooms. In Lesotho, this situation seems, arguably, ...
Challenges of Inclusive Education: Lesotho Case Study

Mateusi, C. M.; Khoaeane, J. T.; Naong, M. N. (International Journal of Educational Sciences, 2014)

Effective implementation of inclusive education continues to be a thorn in the flesh for school managers and authorities in Lesotho. This paper’s aim is two-fold: First, it investigates the underlying causes and recommends ...
Access–usage qualities of information technology in higher education setting

Manduna, Watson Moffat (Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2014)

This study examined access and usage qualities as perceived by students of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) at a South African technology university. Participants were 40 randomly selected first-year (n = 20) ...
Bacterial contamination of the hands of food handlers as indicator of hand washing efficacy in some convenient food industries

Lambrechts, A.A.; Human, I.S.; Doughari, J.H.; Lues, JFR (Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014)

Hands of ready-to-eat food service employees have been shown to be vectors in the spread of foodborne disease, mainly because of poor personal hygiene and accounting for approximately 97% of food borne illnesses in food ...
Efficacy of low-pressure foam cleaning compared to conventional cleaning methods in the removal of bacteria from surfaces associated with convenience food

Lambrechts, A.A.; Human, I.S; Doughari, J.H.; Lues, J.F.R. (African Health Sciences, 2014)

Food borne illnesses and food poisoning are cause for concern globally. The diseases are often caused by food contamination with pathogenic bacteria due largely to poor sanitary habits or storage conditions. Objectives: ...
Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Analysis of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases in Fungal Subphylum Saccharomycotina

Kgosiemang, Ipeleng Kopano Rosinah; Mashele, Samson Sitheni; Syed, Khajamohiddin (JOURNAL OF PURE & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are heme-thiolate enzymes and play an important role in the primary and secondary metabolism of living organisms. Genome sequencing analysis of fungal organisms revealed the presence ...
The mitigating effect of work-integrated learning on graduate employment in South Africa

Jonck, P. (University of South Africa Press: Africa Education Review, 2014)

This article seeks to provide theoretical insight into supply and demand factors within higher education and how these relate to each other and to graduate unemployment within the South African context. Research was ...
Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase CYP53 Family in Fungi: Comparative Structural and Evolutionary Analysis and Its Role as a Common Alternative Anti-Fungal Drug Target

Jawallapersand, Poojah; Mashele, Samson Sitheni; Kovacic, Lidija; Stojan, Jure; Komel, Radovan; Pakala, Suresh Babu; Krasevec, Nada; Syed, Khajamohiddin (PLOS, 2014)

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs/P450s) are heme-thiolate proteins whose role as a drug target against pathogenic microbes has been explored because of their stereo- and regio-specific oxidation activity. We aimed to ...
The impact of mining induced urbanization : a case study of Kathu in South Africa

Emuze, Fidelis; Hauptfleisch, Cornel (Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2014)

Rapidity in urbanization has continued in the past decade despite the realisation that resources are finite. Commerce, migration, employment, industry configuration and population increases are factors that contribute ...
SMART CITY PERSPECTIVES OF BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA

DAS, Dillip; EMUZE, Fidelis (Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2014)

To handle rapid urbanization, there is need to find new ways to manage complexity, increase efficiency, reduce expenses, and improve quality of life. The new ways are rooted in the concept of ‘smart city’. The concept ...

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