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Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-05)In this work I make sense of complacency through an action theoretical perspective based on the action theories of Paul Ricoeur and Anthony Giddens. Even though complacency is a prevalent phenomenon, there is hardly any ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The evolution of media technologies provides innovative opportunities for sexual exploration and intimate communication, one of which is sexting. Sexting refers to sending, receiving, and distributing self-generated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This thesis analyses the depiction of South African inspired places within the aesthetic of the fantastic utilizing a theoretical toolkit enabled by criticism of the marvellous fantasy subgenre. In my study, I consider the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Senescent cells have been linked to age-related diseases and frailty. Their pathogenic effects are mediated by a group of cellular secretions called the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Removal of senescent ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Access to appropriate information can result in improved health and development outcomes for children. Providing information about health and developmental care via mobile devices (mHealth) can serve not only as curative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-12)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections worldwide. It is an ESKAPE pathogen and is known for causing difficult-to-treat infections due to its antibiotic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) augmented calisthenic training on physique, maximum strength, balance and aerobic endurance and compare said effects to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)Background: Effective Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission prevention strategies have led to a growing population of vulnerable HIV-exposed (HE) infants in sub-Saharan Africa, however uncertainty exists in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Staphylococci and enterococci are key human pathogens responsible for infections associated with healthcare settings. Linezolid is crucial for managing multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections. The monitoring of resistance to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)A digits-in-noise test was launched as the smartphone hearing screening of South Africa (hearZA™) in 2016. This study investigated characteristics, help-seeking behaviour, and follow-up actions of individuals who failed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Purpose: To compare LS CE-Chirp and click evoked neuro-diagnostic auditory brainstem responses (ABR) for the purpose of determining the preferable stimulus for assessment. This is necessary for the improvement of neural ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-10)Background: Early identification of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) using screening by nurses can prevent adverse patient outcomes in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Nurses are essential in the OPD ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This dissertation explores the ways in which two contemporary texts, Sheri S. Tepper’s (1990) The gate to Women’s Country and Margaret Atwood’s (2005) The Penelopiad, adapt classical texts by Euripides and Homer in order ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-09)Considering that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) and T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922) were released in a time that is now referred to as the Jazz Age, it can be said that these two works have various shared ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-10)BACKGROUND There is a limited amount of literature on the feeding characteristics and nature of possible feeding difficulties of infants in a primary health care (PHC) in South Africa. OBJECTIVE To describe feeding ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024)South Africa’s citrus industry is lucrative but its profitability is threatened by pest insects, either due to direct damage or via the transmission of pathogens causing disease that negatively impact citrus production. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-03-11)The purpose of this study was to compare the Denver and Leeds laboratory flotation cells by evaluating their performance in the flotation of quartz of four sizes (−25 μm, +25–45 μm, +45–75 μm, and +75–106 μm). This study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-06-04)Virtual reality contributes to the successful treatment of patients by assisting those who have difficulty with the process of imagining the required visual images needed during psychotherapy. It has been used in tandem ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1992)After the ANC was banned in 1960 and was thus forced to move underground, the organisation's leadership in exile realised that a propaganda and communication organ had to be launched as matter of priority. This realisation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)At senior secondary and even tertiary levels, many South African science learners have a poor grasp of basic scientific concepts and processes. This is often blamed on poor teaching, as science teachers must create a ...
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