THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA

The study employs the Box-Jenkins Methodology to forecast South African gold sales. For a resource economy like South Africa where metals and minerals account for a high proportion of GDP and export earnings, the decline in gold sales is very disturbing. Box-Jenkins time series technique was used to[r]

Data from in vivo and in vitro studies suggest that activation of Akt regulates cell survival signaling and plays a key role in tumorigenesis. Hence, transgenic mice were created to explore the oncogenic role of Akt1 in the development of mammary tumors.

* Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa ** Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law, University of Zululand, South Africa
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Consumption of alcohol is associated with acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. There is a paucity of studies that explore the determinants of alcohol use among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, that examine the effects of adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use.

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy encountered during pregnancy. However, the burden of pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) and subsequent care is understudied in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Smoke-free policies shown to reduce population exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) are the norm in hospitals in many countries around the world. Armenia, a transition economy in the South Caucasus, has one of the highest male smoking rates in the European region.

The thesis focuses on theoretical and practical issues on contribution of bank credit activities to new rural construction in South Central provinces.

Current knowledge of the aetiology of hereditary breast cancer in the four main South African population groups (black, coloured, Indian and white) is limited. Risk assessments in the black, coloured and Indian population groups are challenging because of restricted information regarding the underly[r]

Research the theoretical basis for inheritance according to law to point out the inconsistencies in the provisions of the Civil Code on the issue of inheritance according to law compared to the practice of resolving disputes related to this content, from It is aimed at making recommendations to impr[r]

In the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-5 the definition of personality disorder diagnoses has not been changed from that in the DSM-IV-TR. However, an alternative model for diagnosing personality disorders where the construct “identity” has been integrated as a central diagnostic crite[r]

Liver cirrhosis is characterized by fibrosis and nodule formation in the liver, due to a chronic injury, and subsequent alteration of the normal architecture of the liver. Even though there is a huge effort to elucidate the possible etiologic factors of liver cirrhosis, a significant number of cases[r]

The Bmi1 polycomb ring finger oncogene, a transcriptional repressor belonging to the Polycomb group of proteins plays an important role in the regulation of stem cell self-renewal and is elevated in several cancers. In the current study, we have explored the role of Bmi1 in regulating the stemness a[r]

Even though the concept of burnout has been widely explored across the globe, the evidence base on burnout among high school students in the South Asian context is scanty. Against the backdrop of ever-increasing educational demands and expectations, the present study was designed to determine the pr[r]

Past research provides strong evidence that adverse life events heighten the risk of delinquent behavior among adolescents. Urban informal (slum) settlements in sub-Saharan Africa are marked by extreme adversity. However, the prevalence and consequences of adverse life events as well as protective f[r]

The role of the parents in the past and nowadays The role of parents in the family is extremely important. This role changes over time. Và bài viết này là một bài mẫu cho topic: The role of the parents in the past and nowadays

A bench mark survey was undertaken to find out the dairy animal management practices followed by the member farmers of dairy co-operative society in randomly selected three talukas of Rajkot district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. In each taluka five villages and in each village ten responde[r]

In this chapter, the learning objectives are: Different definitions of risk, chance of loss, peril and hazard, classification of risk, major personal risks and commercial risks, burden of risk on society, techniques for managing risk.

We have recently reported that the expression of peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PADI2) is regulated by EGF in mammary cancer cells and appears to play a role in the proliferation of normal mammary epithelium; however, the role of PADI2 in the pathogenesis of human breast cancer has yet to be investig[r]

The aim of this paper is to highlight the students’ opinions about various issues related to the gender equality. The paper discusses also some factors that have affected the gender equality and the difficult position of females in Kosovo society during different periods as a result of gender differ[r]

causal relationship between ICT infrastruc- ture and economic growth in Asian countries during 2001–2012.
A large body of studies investigated the relationship between institution and eco- nomic growth. Some seminal papers include Barro (1991), Barro (1996), Knack[r]