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Showing 1 to 20 of 429 for “"South africans"”.
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Physical fitness of young South Africans
… appendix. The title, 'Physical Fitness of Young South Africans', has been selected to convey the best general impression of the subject matter but the scope of the thesis is in some respects narrower, and in others broader, than the title suggests. The investigation has been restricted to …
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Being and belonging among White English-speaking South Africans
White English-speaking South Africans - WESSAs - have been an understudied topic in general, and particularly within the discipline of anthropology. In this thesis, I take the reader on an autoethnographic journey of attempting to make sense of life in the suburbs of Cape Town, searching for the …
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Efavirenz pharmacogenetics and metabolic toxicity in black South Africans
… ALT concentrations. Methods: Data and DNA from South African antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve participants initiating efavirenz with emtricitabine plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) were used to characterise associations between CYP2B6 metaboliser genotypes and the percentage difference …
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Perception and Politics: Chinese South Africans in 1980 and 2008
In 2008, Chinese South Africans achieved inclusion in the efforts of the government's Black Economic Empowerment policy, following their inclusion was criticism accusing the Chinese of being adjacent to whiteness and therefore undeserving of their victory. This work examines past perceptions of …
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The establishment of implicit perspectives of personality in Tshivenda-speaking South Africans
Personality tests are widely used in South Africa. The application of personality assessment techniques for clinical and personnel decisions has been a major activity for psychologists. All main personality models have ken developed in a Western context: the question therefore arises whether these …
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Exploring the perceptions of black tax among young employed black South Africans
Black South Africans make up the majority of the population and theoretically they should be the biggest contributors to the economy. The democratically elected government of South Africa introduced the Employment Equity Act (55 of 1998) to increase the representation of previously disadvantaged …
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Global fibrinolytic potential of black South Africans in the North West Province
… (CVD) has increased significantly in the black South African population in recent years. Early in the development of CVD, atherosclerotic plaques form in the vessel wall. When this plaque becomes unstable and ruptures, the coagulation cascade is activated and a blood clot forms. The function of …
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Common ABCA4 mutations in South Africans: frequencies, pathogenicity and genotype-phenotype correlations
… ABCA4 founder mutations underlying STGD in the South African Caucasian Afrikaner population and has identified seven (C1490Y, R602W, IVS38-10T>C, L2027F, V256V, G863A, and R152X) common mutations. In a cohort of patients affected with an ABCA4-associated retinopathy (AAR) a total of 36% were …
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White talk : white South Africans and the strategic management of diasporic whiteness
… whiteness in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. Situating white South Africans as part of the powerful racial dispersal of Europe formed as a result of colonial expansion, it argues that since democracy, which has placed white South Africans in a weak position to the immediate …
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The assessment of forensic molecular markers for skin colour in South Africans
… phenotyping, and melanin index (MI) in the South African (SA) metapopulation (n = 389). The self-reported ancestry, ethnicity and relevant biographic information for each participant was documented and MI was recorded using a dermaspectrophotometer. DNA was extracted from saliva samples and …
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Molecular genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular and dilated cardiomyopathy in South Africans
… the molecular genetics of cardiomyopathy in Africans. Aims: to (I) determine the prevalence of desmosomal gene mutations in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in desmosomal protein genes (i.e., plakophilin 2, desmocollin 2, desmoglein 2, …
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Discourses of whiteness informing the identity of white English-speaking South Africans
Given South Africa's ethnic complexities, comparatively little has been written about the group known as white English-speaking South Africans, or WESSAs. This is partly because of the lack of collective sentiment shared by people categorised as WESSAs, partly because the group boundaries are not …
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The willingness of South African emigrants to transfer knowledge to other South Africans
… the emotions influencing the willingness of South African emigrants to transfer knowledge to South Africans living in South Africa. The increasing number of South Africans emigrating is exacerbating the skills shortage in the country and therefore it is of importance to understand the profile …
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Vascular and metabolic profile of 5-year sustained hypertensive versus normotensive black South Africans
… is availiable on these associations in black South Africans. The high prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in blacks creates the need for effective prevention and intervention programs in South Africa. Aim We aimed to compare the characteristics of the carotid artery between …
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Measurement of physical activity and associated health and functional outcomes in older South Africans
… Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), in a group of South African older adults.
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Metabolic syndrome, the leptin gene and kidney disease in non-diabetic black South Africans
… and obesity, and especially so in native black Africans, this study sought to establish an association between the obesity gene (LEP) and kidney disease phenotypes (independent of diabetes and hypertension) in a homogenous black African population.
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Assessment of the variability in the clinically relevant dimensions of the pelvis in South Africans
… clinically relevant dimensions of the pelvis, in South Africans. Eighty intact cadaver pelves and 303 os coxae, from the Northern Gauteng area were sampled. Five points on the os coxae and 12 on the intact pelves were marked, digitized for shape analysis and distances measured. Statistical …
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Monogenic hypercholesterolemia in South Africans : familial hypercholesterolemia in Indians and familial defective apolipoprotein B-100
… nature of the mutations responsible for MH in South Africans of Indian origin was previously unknown. Similarly, the mutations in the LDL-receptor gene of a South African Black FH homozygote had also not been characterised. The aim of this thesis was to identify and analyse the LDL-receptor …
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Genetic and biochemical analysis of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema in black and coloured South Africans
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) are routinely used as first line treatment for hypertensive patients because of their protective effects against heart and kidney disease. Despite their clinical benefits, ACEi used is associated with adverse side effects such as life threatening …
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