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'n Raamwerk vir 'n voorgraadse onderwys- en opleidingsprogram vir spraakterapie en oudiologie
(University of the Free State, 2006-01)English: Health care workers are finding themselves in an era of change with regard to service rendering. Health care workers need to be prepared for these changes during their training. The most important change in the ... -
A rabbit phantom study to reduce neonatal radiation dose without compromising image quality.
(University of the Free State, 2015-02)English: Neonates who are ill at birth often require a large number of radiographs during the period of hospitalization. Radiography refers to the imaging of body parts using x-rays and plays an important role in the ... -
Rabbit production and consumption in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2002-11)English: The needs, perceptions and attitudes of potential consumers and producers with regard to consumption and production of rabbit products in Moqhaka, Ngwathe and Matjhabeng local municipalities are analysed in this ... -
Race as a moderator in the relationship between trauma exposure and resilience among South African adolescents
(University of the Free State, 2015-10)English: Resilience and trauma exposure are well researched topics. There is extensive knowledge about the nature of traumatic events that adolescents are exposed to, as well as how they have coped with these experiences. ... -
Radiation and water utilisation efficiency by mono-culture and inter-crop to suit small-scale irrigation farming
(University of the Free State, 1998-12)English: For small-scale irrigation farming systems to be sustainable, knowledge of the nature of these systems, their marketing constraints, labour limitations, crop, soil properties, water and climate, are just some ... -
Radiation induced lens changes and development of a radiation safety framework for interventionalists
(University of the Free State, 2018-02)Background: Ionising radiation (IR) is a modality that is increasingly being used in diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic and interventional procedures. The health effects due to IR exposure can be deterministic or ... -
Radiation interception and use in a maize and bean intercropping system
(University of the Free State, 2000-11)English: Food shortage is known to have been caused by overpopulation, natural disasters and poor food distribution. In areas facing food insecurity, such as Africa, peasants or smalIscale farmers have practised traditional ... -
Radicalisation to commit terrorism from a political socialisation perspective in Kenya and Uganda
(University of the Free State, 2014-06)English: Preventing and combating terrorism should start with understanding what drives an individual to resort to terrorism, taking into consideration that not all people experience the same external ... -
Radionuclide cisternography: imaging and study of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation
(University of the Free State, 1975-12)English: English: Radionuclide cisternography performed in 200 selected patients with neurological disease has proved to be a simple and relatively safe procedure, v,rithminimal disturbing side effects, which can provide ... -
Rainfall studies for the highlands of Eritrea
(University of the Free State, 2003-05)English: Long-term rainfall records of the highlands of Eritrea were examined to reveal the short and long-term patterns. Monthly and annual spectra have been analysed to provide a preliminary assessment in terms of ... -
Raising assumptions: intertextuality as a marketing tactic in reason and tickle advertisements
(University of the Free State, 2011-09)English: Advertising constitutes one of the most enduring and influential genres of mass media communication and has, as such, attracted attention from various academic disciplines, including linguistics and its subfield ... -
A randomised controlled clinical trial of protein supplementation on the nutritional status in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in Frere Hospital, East London
(University of the Free State, 2015-02)English: CKD includes a variety of heterogeneous disorders which cause progressive structural or functional deterioration of the kidney (KDIGO, 2013). Renal replacement therapy (RRT), becomes necessary when accumulating ... -
Randomised placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the effect of vitamin A on mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Bloemfontein
(University of the Free State, 2002-11)English: Mother-to-child (vertical) transmission is the primary means by which young children acquire human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV -1) infection. Anti-retrovirals such as Zidovudine and nevirapine can reduce ... -
Rangeland evaluation and perceptions of the pastoralists in the Borana zone of southern Ethiopia
(University of the Free State, 2003-03)The study was conducted in the Borana rangeland of southern Ethiopia. In the last few decades the Borana rangelands have been degraded while the pastoralists adhered to the traditional grazing strategies. The main aims ... -
Rangeland evaluation in relation to pastoralists perceptions in the middle Awash valley of Ethiopia
(University of the Free State, 2003-01)Pastoralism is the most dominant land use form in the arid rangelands of Sub- Saharan Africa in which Ethiopia is not an exception. However, in Ethiopia and elsewhere, rangeland-based life-styles are in difficulty with ... -
Rapid ascent of kimberlites as indicated by coexisting melt and fluid phases in peridotites
(University of the Free State, 2013-07)This thesis involves the investigation of OH- in defect structures within garnets taken from peridotites. The information obtained from this is used to estimate the ascent rate of kimberlites to the surface. The importance ... -
Raptured: a burial complex for the evacuees of Pripyat
(University of the Free State, 2013-10)The paranormal nature of a rapture has been the catalyst of mysterious ideas and speculations for ages. Often forgotten is the psychological trauma that such an event will impose upon a community and also a landscape. This ... -
Re-animating orality: the design for a new translation of the Bible into Sesotho
(University of the Free State, 2012-09)English: The Sesotho community has proved an avid religious (Christian) audience for more than a century. Two Sesotho translations of the Bible, the Old Translation of 1909 and the New Translation of 1989, are used by ... -
Re-skilling of in-service teachers in physical education in South African schools
(University of the Free State, 2018)English: The status of Physical Education (PE) in South African schools, is one of a low priority subject area. Several factors contribute to the reasons for concern regarding the delivery of PE, such as a lack of sufficient ... -
The reaction of sugarcane to water stress
(University of the Free State, 1986-11)The effects of water stress on plant water relations, growth, water use and sucrose accumulation were investigated with the aid rainshelters. In the first experiment various aspects of the water status of cane growing in ...