Beef production is well documented to have a very high water footprint (WF), leading to recommendations that consumers should eat less beef in order to decrease the pressure on the scarce freshwater resource. Given the ...

English: Mucilage from the cladodes of O. ficus-indica is under investigation for application in several foodstuffs. The first objective was to replace gelatin in marshmallows with different concentrations of fluid mucilage, ...

This study sought to understand the livelihood strategies of informal traders in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape in South Africa. The study was conceived from the hypothesis that views informal economic participation as an ...

English: Adolescence is considered a crucial period for the development of an identity. Various factors affect this development. One of these factors is the perceived parenting styles to which adolescents are exposed: ...

English: This work comprises an exploratory study concerning the literacy development of English Second Language (ESL) learners and the influence of their literacy skills on their self-concept. The present state of affairs ...

Patients and nurses in health facilities interact daily with the purpose of improving health outcomes. However, it is not known to what extent the elements of health dialogue are incorporated into each individual patient ...

The perceived risk of predation can induce anti-predator responses such as the spatial and temporal avoidance of predators. However, such responses come with a level of cost that can potentially have implications for ...

Primary Health Care (PHC) practice environments provide unique opportunities for students to learn clinical skills and acquire professional competence. To enhance clinical learning, the PHC practice learning environment ...

3-Hydroxypyrones and their corresponding analogues 3-hydroxypyridinones are a versatile class of chelators. The commercially available pyrones: 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyran-4-one (1) and 3- hydroxy-2-ethylpyran-4-one (2) were ...

The South African higher education (HE) landscape has undergone many changes since the country’s first democratic election in 1994. Among these changes, is the inclusion of alternative access programmes (AAPs) in the ...