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  • Tragic and heroic moments in the lives of forced migrants : memories of political asylum-seekers in post-apartheid South Africa 
    Pineteh, Ernest A.; Mulu, Thecla N. (Centre for Refugee Studies, York University and Queen’s University, 2016)
    This article examines the memories of a group of Cameroonian asylum-seekers in South Africa, analyzing personal accounts of memories of fear, suffering, and pain as well as resilience and heroism during their forced ...
  • Trail accreditation as a mechanism to enhance hikers’ confidence during decision making 
    Slabbert, Liandi Magdalena; Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann (Tourism Review International, 2017)
    Though regarded as a “soft” adventure activity, the growing popularity of hiking has led to increased documentation of associated risks and unfortunate incidents. Various systems are being used to facilitate adequate ...
  • Trail running : exploring South Africa’s serious leisure economy 
    McEwan, Lynsey; McKay, Tracey; Melissa, Baker (Africa Journals, 2020)
    A health-conscious mindset has grown rapidly among South African middle-class consumers. This can be seen by their embrace of sports watches, reward-based programmes, and participation in organised leisure activities such ...
  • Trail running injury risk factors : a living systematic review 
    Viljoen, Carel Thomas; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Van Mechelen, Willem; Verhagen, Evert; Silva, Bruno; Scheer, Volker; Besomi, Manuela; Gajardo-Burgos, Ruben; Matos, Sergio; Schoeman, Marlene; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Van Dyk, Nicol; Scheepers, Susan; Botha, Tanita (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-05)
    OBJECTIVE : To review and frequently update the available evidence on injury risk factors and epidemiology of injury in trail running. DESIGN : Living systematic review. Updated searches will be done every 6 months for ...
  • Train of thought 
    Combrinck, Carin (The South African Institute of Architects, 2012)
    No Abstract
  • Trainee accountants' perceptions of the usefulness of the business ethics curriculum : a case of SAICA in South Africa 
    Maseko, K.N.; Masinire, A. (Higher Education South Africa, 2020-09)
    The main research objective of this study was to determine whether Chartered Accountancy (CA) trainees consider business ethics education they received to be useful, and to investigate if it was given the necessary attention ...
  • Training during the COVID-19 lockdown : knowledge, beliefs, and practices of 12,526 athletes from 142 countries and six continents 
    Washif, Jad Adrian; Farooq, Abdulaziz; Krug, Isabel; Pyne, David B.; Verhagen, Evert; Taylor, Lee; Wong, Del P.; Mujika, Inigo; Cortis, Cristina; Haddad, Monoem; Ahmadian, Omid; Al Jufaili, Mahmood; Al‑Horani, Ramzi A.; Al‑Mohannadi, Abdulla Saeed; Aloui, Asma; Ammar, Achraf; Arifi, Fitim; Aziz, Abdul Rashid; Batuev, Mikhail; Beaven, Christopher Martyn; Beneke, Ralph; Bici, Arben; Bishnoi, Pallawi; Bogwasi, Lone; Bok, Daniel; Boukhris, Omar; Boullosa, Daniel; Bragazzi, Nicola; Brito, Joao; Cartagena, Roxana Paola Palacios; Chaouachi, Anis; Cheung, Stephen S.; Chtourou, Hamdi; Cosma, Germina; Debevec, Tadej; DeLang, Matthew D.; Dellal, Alexandre; Donmez, Gurhan; Driss, Tarak; Pena Duque, Juan David; Eirale, Cristiano; Elloumi, Mohamed; Foster, Carl; Franchini, Emerson; Fusco, Andrea; Galy, Olivier; Gastin, Paul B.; Gill, Nicholas; Girard, Olivier; Gregov, Cvita; Halson, Shona; Hammouda, Omar; Hanzlíkova, Ivana; Hassanmirzaei, Bahar; Haugen, Thomas; Hebert‑Losier, Kim; Helu, Hussein Munoz; Herrera‑Valenzuela, Tomas; Hettinga, Florentina J.; Holtzhausen, Louis; Hue, Olivier; Iacono, Antonio Dello; Ihalainen, Johanna K.; James, Carl; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Joseph, Saju; Kamoun, Karim; Khaled, Mehdi; Khalladi, Karim; Kim, Kwang Joon; Kok, Lian‑Yee; MacMillan, Lewis; Mataruna‑Dos‑Santos, Leonardo Jose; Matsunaga, Ryo; Memishi, Shpresa; Millet85, Gregoire P.; Moussa‑Chamari, Imen; Musa, Danladi Ibrahim; Thuan Nguyen, Hoang Minh; Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.; Owen, Adam; Padulo, Johnny; Pagaduan, Jeffrey Cayaban; Perera, Nirmala Panagodage; Perez‑Gomez, Jorge; Pillay, Lervasen; Popa, Arporn; Pudasaini, Avishkar; Rabbani, Alireza; Rahayu, Tandiyo; Romdhani, Mohamed; Salamh, Paul; Sarkar, Abu‑Sufian; Schillinger, Andy; Seiler, Stephen; Setyawati, Heny; Shrestha, Navina; Suraya, Fatona; Tabben, Montassar; Trabelsi, Khaled; Urhausen, Axel; Valtonen, Maarit; Weber, Johanna; Whiteley, Rodney; Zrane, Adel; Zerguini, Yacine; Zmijewski, Piotr; Sandbakk, Øyvind; Saad, Helmi Ben; Chamari, Karim (Springer, 2022-04)
    OBJECTIVE Our objective was to explore the training-related knowledge, beliefs, and practices of athletes and the influence of lockdowns in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe ...
  • Training educational psychology professionals for work engagement in a context of inequality and trauma in South Africa 
    Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) (Education Association of South Africa, 2019-12)
    Educational psychology professionals working in highly unequal societies require training that prepares them to resile professionally irrespective of on-going hardship and a lack of policy-level support. Educational ...
  • Training entrepreneurs and small business enterprises in South Africa : a situational analysis 
    Nieman, Gideon (Emerald, 2001)
    Gives an overview of the contents of entrepreneurship and small enterprise training in general as well as the specific objectives of these interventions in the South African situation. Briefly covers the problems found and ...
  • Training feedforward neural networks with dynamic particle swarm optimisation 
    Rakitianskaia, A.S. (Anastassia Sergeevna); Engelbrecht, Andries P. (Springer, 2012-09)
    Particle swarm optimisation has been successfully applied to train feedforward neural networks in static environments.Many real-world problems to which neural networks are applied are dynamic in the sense that the ...
  • Training for shorter ultra-trail races results in a higher injury rate, a more diverse injury profile, and more severe injuries : 2022 Mac ultra races 
    Viljoen, Carel T.; Du Toit, Eileen; Van Niekerk, Tyla; Mashaba, Sylvester; Ndaba, Zinhle; Verster, Michelle; Bellingan, Andre; Ramagole, Dimakatso Althea; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Botha, Tanita; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina (Elsevier, 2024-01)
    OBJECTIVES : Determine and compare the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and injury severity among race entrants training towards different ultra-trail race distances. DESIGN : Retrospective cross-sectional ...
  • Training method and other factors affecting student accuracy in bovine pregnancy diagnosis 
    Annandale, Annett; Annandale, Cornelius Henry; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Holm, Dietmar Erik (University of Toronto Press, 2018)
    To optimize bovine pregnancy diagnosis (PD) training, factors influencing student performance were investigated. The objective was to determine whether training method, gender, background (farm, urban, or mixed), previous ...
  • Training multi-agent teams from zero knowledge with the competitive coevolutionary team-based particle swarm optimiser 
    Scheepers, Christiaan; Engelbrecht, Andries P. (Springer, 2016-02)
    A new competitive coevolutionary team-based particle swarm optimiser (CCPSO(t)) algorithm is developed to train multi-agent teams from zero knowledge. The CCPSO(t) algorithm is applied to train a team of agents to play ...
  • Training needs analysis for middle management : a South African public service experience 
    Fourie, D.J. (David Johannes) (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2004-11)
    Training and development for public officials have been changed from being action-orientated to being results orientated. The focus of training and development has shifted from merely designing, developing and conducting ...
  • The training of midwives to perform obstetric ultrasound scan in Africa for task shifting and extension of scope of practice : a scoping review 
    Lukhele, Sanele; Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis; Sepeng, Nombulelo Veronica; Netshisaulu, Khathutshelo; Ngunyulu, Roinah Nkhensani; Musie, Maurine Rofhiwa; Anokwuru, Rafiat (BMC, 2023-10-12)
    INTRODUCTION : Ultrasound scan is one of the essential assessments that is crucial in the early identification of health risks during antenatal care. Its accessibility to women in low-and middle-income countries remains ...
  • A training programme based on the principles of social constructivism and focused on developing people for the future world of work : an evaluation 
    Cooper, Jean Henry; Basson, Johan Schutte; Schaap, Pieter (Taylor & Francis, 2006-12)
    Human resources development needs to take cognizance of the unique challenges that the workplace of the future is posing to individuals, so that young people can be prepared effectively for the workplace. The objective of ...
  • Training strategies towards performing emotions on film : an integrated approach 
    Bester, Lelia; Munro, Marth (Routledge, 2024)
    South African film budgets do not allow for extensive preparation and rehearsal periods. South African film actors prepare their portrayal of emotion as part of their performance scores in isolation and are expected to ...
  • Training undergraduate medical students in ‘soft skills’ – a qualitative research project at the University of Pretoria 
    Kruger, Christa; Schurink, W.J.; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Joubert, Pierre M.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Van Staden, C.W. (Werdie); Pickworth, Glynis Ellen; Du Preez, Renata; Grey, Somarie V.; Lindeque, B. Gerhard (In House Publications, 2006)
    No abstract available.
  • A trait-based assessment of southern African arid-zone birds' vulnerability to climate change 
    Payne, Stephanie L.; Cunningham, Susan J.; Howes, Caroline G.; McKechnie, Andrew E. (Elsevier, 2023-11)
    Trait-based assessments allow rapid evaluation of species’ vulnerability to climate change, but often overlook subtle yet consequential interspecific variation in behavioural and physiological traits. We assessed 241 ...
  • Trait-based vaccination of individual meerkats (Suricata suricatta) against tuberculosis provides evidence to support targeted disease control 
    Patterson, Stuart J.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H.; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Drewe, Julian A. (MDPI, 2022-01)
    Individuals vary in their potential to acquire and transmit infections, but this fact is currently underexploited in disease control strategies. We trialled a trait-based vaccination strategy to reduce tuberculosis in ...