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Homemade sugar-salt solution for oral rehydration: Knowledge of mothers and caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Dippenaar --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, R Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, ML Bantobetse --- University of the Free State, AA Opawole --- Department of Family Medicine, KS Roshen --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Worldwide, it is estimated, that more than two million children under the age of five die annually as a result of gastroenteritis with dehydration. Up to 95% of these cases can be treated successfully with oral rehydration therapy. The... -
Acute gastroenteritis among children in the developing world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Angela Revelas --- General Practitioner, GreeceAcute gastroenteritis represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Young children are affected most frequently, with three to 10 episodes of diarrhoea per subject per year, a rate that decreases to less than one episode annually for children... -
Pozzolanic and hydration properties of kamafugites and carbonatitic lavas as supplementary cementitious materials in Portland cement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: A. Buregyeya --- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Africa S. Nwaubani --- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Africa W. Schmidt --- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany A. G. Kerali --- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Uganda U. Bagampadde --- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UgandaKamafugites and carbonatites, being materials of volcanic origin with carbonates as their primary minerals, are relatively low in silica and alumina saturation. Their silica and alumina under-saturation is considered a limiting factor in pozzolanic reactivity; however, these materials are currently... -
Prevalence and aetiology of thyrotoxicosis in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum presenting to a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: T van der Made --- , South Africa M van de Vyver --- , South Africa M Conradie-Smit --- , South Africa Magda Conradie --- , South Africa -
Initial evaluation of the care and rehabilitation success of Cape Cormorants Phalacrocorax capensis rescued from Robben and Jutten islands, South Africa, in January 2021
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Jesse Phillips --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Katrin Ludynia --- , South Africa Lauren J Waller --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Peter J Barham --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Andile Mdluli --- , South Africa Romy Klusener --- , South Africa Gavin W Maneveldt --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe population of the endangered Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis more than halved over the last three decades (BirdLife International 2018a). In January 2021, nearly 2 000 Cape Cormorant chicks were found abandoned, suffering from dehydration and heat stress, at two...