Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of some South African medicinal plants against multidrug resistant etiological agents of diarrhoea
- Authors: Mary A. Bisi-Johnson , Chikwelu L. Obi , Babatunde B Samuel , Jacobus N. Eloff , Anthony I. Okoh
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3710 , vital:43932
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Decreased total antioxidant levels and increased oxidative stress in South African type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
- Authors: FA Ganjifrockwala , JT Joseph , G George
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3686 , vital:43925
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Implications of Risks and Vulnerability challenges for Teaching and Learning in Libode - Mega District Rural Schools: Eastern Cape: South Africa
- Authors: Noloyiso Nongalo
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Educational Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2214 , vital:40917
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LIPOPROTEINS AND THEIR SUBFRACTIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS FROM MTHATHA, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
- Authors: JIM JOSEPH THYTHARAYIL
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Biochemistry
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2116 , vital:40897
- Description: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality in diabetic patients and the risk of mortality due to cardiovascular disease is 2-4 times higher in diabetic patients when compared to the general population. The dysregulation of lipid metabolism due to abnormal insulin concentration or activity is one of the major reasons for the increased cardiovascular risk associated with diabetes. The main objective of the study was to analyse the alterations in the sub-fractions of lipoproteins in type 2 diabetic patients from hospitals and clinics around Mthatha. The results of the study showed that the concentration of small dense low density lipoproteins (LDL) was highly elevated in the diabetic patients with diabetic patients having four times the odds of having a pattern of increased small dense LDL than people without diabetes. The diabetic patients also had a very high concentration of oxidized low-density lipoprotein and lipoprotein (a). These alterations in lipid concentration exposed the diabetic patients to high risk of cardiovascular disease. This atherogenic alteration in lipid concentration could not be detected by the traditional lipid profile and hence analysis of lipoprotein sub-fractions can help in better management and decrease cardiovascular events in diabetic patients.
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Neuropharmacological profile and chemical analysis of fresh rhizome essential oil of Curcuma longa (turmeric) cultivated in Southwest Nigeria
- Authors: Idris A. Oyemitana , Christianah A. Elusiyanb , Ayoola O. Onifadea , Moses A. Akanmua , Adebola O. Oyedejic , Armando G. McDonaldd
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3698 , vital:43928
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Peer-Assisted Learning Programme: Supporting Students in High-Risk Subjects at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Walter Sisulu University
- Authors: Qonda Makala
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: peer-assisted learning; peer-assisted learning leaders; at-risk students; mechanical engineering; university of technology
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2433 , vital:41883
- Description: The majority of the students who enroll at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa are not equipped with the necessary academic/learning skills to cope with the university environment, especially in Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Higher Education and Training (2013, p. 17), further states that “students’ support is crucial to ensure that students adapt to the demands of college life and that they can meet the demands of college programmes”. Particularly in South Africa, the school environment might also contribute to poor student performance as a result of insufficient student support, and a lack of facilities and resources. In order to address this gap, a Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme was implemented to provide support targeting high-risk subjects for at-risk students in Mechanical Engineering at WSU. The programme therefore is pro-active and student-driven in that senior students assist junior students with their academic work and learning processes. The programme is designed to encourage collaborative and cooperative learning approaches during group sessions and active student engagement to support student learning (Laal & Laal, 2012). The programme requires substantial resources and time commitments. It is important from an operational, learning, and student perspective to understand in what ways the PAL programme assists students (if at all). Eliciting the experiences of students also helps the department to design interventions from a student-centred perspective using the lens of learning theories. This qualitative case study explores the student experience of the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programme. Open-ended questionnaires/survey from 20 first-year students elicited their perceptions and experiences of the PAL programme. Responses were analysed thematically. Findings indicated that the students had useful insights that may contribute to revising the programme. Aspects mentioned were improved study skills, improved time management, and improved communication, problem-solving and presentation skills. The study suggests that the PAL programme also creates a safe (where students of the same age come together to discuss concepts of the subject under the guidance of the senior student as an experienced student), comfortable and conducive environment for first-year students’ learning. However, the gender dynamics within the programme point to revisions needed in the programme to address the gap on the gender balance as only six out of the twenty participants in this study were female. The study contributes to our understanding of aspects of PAL for first-year Mechanical Engineering students at WSU, as it affords students the opportunity to interpret, integrate and apply information/knowledge acquired during lectures and to interact effectively in small-group sessions.
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Re-engaging cultural perspectives on disability discourse : An analysis of the Bakossi and Isixhosa Oral Traditions
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone , Mfusi Hoza
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: amaXhosa; Bakossi; disability; oral literature; paradigms; perceptions
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2680 , vital:42322
- Description: A healthy society is one where members make efforts to work together as people from diverse backgrounds towards achieving society’s goals. Although this seems to be a difficult task, some societies have made, and continue to make conscious efforts to achieve this purpose by enacting laws that prohibit discrimination based on disability, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and colour. This article examines the perceptions and conceptualisations of disabilities as portrayed in the Bakossi and isiXhosa oral traditions of Cameroon and South Africa respectively. The article argues that the oral traditions of these communities are heavily loaded with images that highlight stereotypical notions that these societies hold towards disabled persons. The images reveal that these categories of people are the most stigmatised, prejudiced and marginalised. In other words, people with disabilities have been pushed to the margins of society, and face socially-constructed barriers that prevent them from fully participating in many domains of society’s mainstream activities. Undertaken against the background of the sociological and psychoanalytic theories, the study concludes by recommending that inasmuch as disabled people are recognised as existing among the Bakossi and amaXhosa, they should be wholly integrated into their respective societies and treated like other members of the society; as some of them have hidden potentials that can be exploited to salvage society from various trials and tribulations.
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Symbolism of place and cultural identity in Cameroon
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Cameroon; symbolism; identity; place; literature; culture
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2640 , vital:42306
- Description: Each society on earth uses essential symbols which resemble the key ideas, attitudes and values that unite its members. Places are key symbols of many cultures around the world that shape the social, economic, religious, political and psychological aspects of a people’s world view. Its study, therefore, is of primary significance in the systematic reconstruction of a people’s cultural and spiritual experience and provides us with a reliable means of information about different subcultural zones of many a tradition. Oceans, mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, lakes and rivers form the word’s generalized natural areas. Cameroon is one of the few countries in Africa that has been blessed with all the five broad symbolic places. It is this ecological endowment that must have influenced the authorities to refer to Cameroon as ‘Africa in miniature’. In other words, Cameroon is a microcosm of Africa. Since the life and spirit of Cameroonians are invariably affected by the contrasts in the ecosystems, we intend in this article to demonstrate how a place like mountains can provide an indispensable resonance of symbolization in the cultural evolution of Cameroonians and how the influence of a particular ecosystem like the mountain can be used to establish, consolidate and propagate cultural identity in Cameroon. We shall examine the symbology of each of the major ecosystems briefly before concentrating on that of the mountain.
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Tangomas’ language: Orality and ritual discourse in Bakossi traditional medical practice
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2712 , vital:42326
- Description: The practice of traditional medicine or herbal cures among the Bakossi people of Cameroon, as in any other African society, has been viewed with mixed feelings and sometimes with outright disdain; yet, it has its own type of achievements, particularly in the area of therapeutic cures or exorcism. That notwithstanding, in contemporary Cameroon society one notices how the advent of modern technological developments and Western education has greatly impacted the practice of traditional medicine and the way tangomas (medicine men) practise their art. This study investigates people’s possession of a sacred but rare ability to use language in a way peculiar to orthodox linguistic norms. It demonstrates the fact that oral literature has significant roles to play in African herbal medical practice. Furthermore, the paper examines disease taxonomy and how it affects language use among Bakossi tangomas. It is based on the premise that tangomas place high priority on the magical power of the word, as evidenced in their incantations, invocations and chants. The paper concludes that tangomas possess the best stock of poetical expressions and dramatic dialogue, which they employ to establish a rapport between people and the supernatural forces in the process of healing
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The Implementation of Indigenous Knowledge systems in the teaching and learning of South African history: a case study of four Mthatha high schools
- Authors: Jongikhaya Mvenene
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: History education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral, DEd
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2186 , vital:40911
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THE SCREENED HEARING LOSS PROFILE AMONG LEARNERS IN THE RURAL SCHOOL AGED POPULATION OF THE OR TAMBO DISTRICT IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA
- Authors: PINKIE DINAH GQIBA
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Public Health
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Masters,
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2158 , vital:40907
- Description: Cover, Abstract, Declaration
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Comparison of the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Abacavir and Stavudine as part of the First Line Antiretroviral Therapy Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Backbone for Children in East London, South Africa
- Authors: Cheree Ann Goldswain
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Paediatrics, Medicine
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2137 , vital:40902
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Disserminating Knowledge about the value of indigenous food plants through e-learning programmes: a case study of communities within a rural village in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Alfred John Mwanza
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2100 , vital:40887
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Disserminating Knowledge about the value of indigenous food plants through e-learning programmes: a case study of communities within a rural village in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Alfred John Mwanza
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2099 , vital:40888
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EXPLORING THE SUPPORT PROVIDED TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS BY CIRCUIT MANAGERS IN THE NGCOBO DISTRICT IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA
- Authors: SAKHIWO TOLBERT MPOPOSHE
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Education Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2165 , vital:40908
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Language And Gender Interaction In Bakossi Proverbial Discourse
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Language use, gender, sexist, sexism, Bakossi, proverbs, discourse
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2616 , vital:42294
- Description: Language can be seen as a systematic means which human beings use in the communication of thoughts, ideas, values, norms and feelings. As a pervasive aspect of our lives, it is a verbal means with which we communicate and conduct social interaction. This paper examines specific aspects of proverbial language of the Bakossi people of the South West Region of Cameroon and determines through a feminist analysis how this language use illustrates in-built sexist connotation in the sense that it generally indicates positive things for males while negative connotations are assumed for women. Proverbs, pronominal forms and idiomatic expressions are collected and analysed to ascertain the above argument. The evidence in this paper serves as a reference point for women of sexism that is built into language use in these old pithy sayings which are meant to encapsulate pearls of wisdom
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Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant status in type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
- Authors: Ganjifrokwala Farzana Anis
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, Doctoral, Phd
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2109 , vital:40889
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Swazi oral literature, eco-culture and environmental apocalypse
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Swazi oral literature; eco-culture; eco-literature; eco-criticism; environmental sustainability
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2632 , vital:42302
- Description: The main objective of this paper is to show how oral literature is engaged by Swazis with regards to environmental sustainability. It demonstrates the relationship between nature and culture as reflected in Swazi oral literature and how indigenous knowledge embedded in this literature can be used to expand the concepts of eco-literature and eco-criticism. The paper argues that the indigenous environmental expertise among the Swazi people, encapsulated in their oral literature, can serve as a critical resource base for the process of developing a healthy environment. Furthermore, the paper contends that eco-criticism, which is essentially a Western concept, can benefit by drawing inspiration from the indigenous knowledge contained in Swazi culture and expressed in their oral literature. The paper concludes by recommending the need to strengthen traditional and customary knowledge and practices by protecting and recognizing the values of such systems in the conservation of biodiversity for sustainable development
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The Interrelationship between oral literature and museum studies
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: folklore; interrelationship; museum studies; oral literature
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2696 , vital:42324
- Description: Oral literature and museums are intimately related to each other. While the former is an academic discipline, the latter is an institution. This article examines the historical background of the study of oral literature and the historical development of the museum so that the relationship between the two can be easily appreciated. The article argues that oral literature, as a form of folklore, can help to create good museums and that the museum, on the other hand, can contribute to the study of oral literature. This interrelationship, once appreciated by both oral literature scholars (folklorists) and museologists (museum scholars), will be of tremendous benefit to the study of oral literature as an academic discipline and to the development of more thematic museums, especially in Africa where oral literature is a dynamic aspect of societal life.
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The relationship between grade 9 mathematics teachers content knowledge and their learners' understanding of linear graphs
- Authors: Msebenzi Rabaza
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis, D Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2235 , vital:40920
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