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Linking African ancestral substructure to prostate cancer health disparities. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Gheybi K   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Exploring barriers to menstrual education between maternal figures and young girls: A pilot study in South Africa

open access: yesSexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 305-321, August 2024.
Abstract The study sought to explore barriers to menstrual education between maternal figures and young girls. Menstruation is a key part of the reproductive process and affects young adolescent girls. Menstrual blood is perceived as contaminating and impure, leading to the socialization of women and girls undergoing menstruation to feel soiled and ...
Viwe Sobudula, Dhee Naidoo
wiley   +1 more source

The review of genetic screening services and common BRCA1/2 variants among South African breast cancer patients

open access: yesJournal of Genetic Counseling, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 481-492, June 2024.
Abstract The South African genetic screening services for breast cancer comprise targeted and comprehensive tests that screen for the presence of genetic alterations. Clinically, these variants determine the risk of disease development as well as treatment approaches best suited for carriers.
Mpoi Makhetha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of open government data and information and communication technology in meeting the employment‐related information needs of unemployed South African youth

open access: yesTHE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Open government data (OGD) and information and communication technologies (ICT) are potential enablers in meeting information needs related to finding employment opportunities, but there is little evidence‐based theorization to guide this enablement and avoid the barriers that hinder its use. The potential economic contribution of OGD has been
Vincent Mwendwa Masavah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The implications of long term community involvement for the production and circulation of population knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes
Demographic surveillance systems (DSS) depend on community acceptance and involvement to produce high quality longitudinal data. Ensuring community support also exposes power relations usually concealed in the research process.
Kathleen Kahn   +4 more
core  

Children's music of the Shangana-Tsonga

open access: yesAfrican Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music, 1987
Among the Shangana-Tsonga of the Northern Transvaal and Mozambique (hereafter referred to as the Tsonga), children’s music occurs seasonally within a broad range of social contexts, the separate boundaries of which are not always sharply defined.
openaire   +1 more source

Speaker variation and phonation type in Tsonga nasals

open access: yesJournal of Phonetics, 1988
Tsonga has a phonological contrast between normally voiced and breathy voiced nasals. The latter are associated with large perturbations in F0 and appear to be subject to speaker variation involving the phonetic details of phonation type. The two questions of interest are, first, whether there are measurable properties of the nasals that will allow one
Anthony Traill, Michel Jackson
openaire   +1 more source

Equilibrium or Simple Rule at Wimbledon? An Empirical Study [PDF]

open access: yes
We follow Walker and Wooders’(2001) empirical analysis to collect and study a broader data set in tennis, including male, female and junior matches. We find that there is mixed evidence in support of the minimax hypothesis. Granted, the plays in our data
Chen-Ying Huang   +2 more
core  

La contribución de la Misión suiza a la formación de una élite africana en el sur de Mozambique (1881-1975) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Esta comunicación expone el papel jugado por la misión suiza en la formación de una conciencia política de los educandos formados en esta misión, centrada en el concepto de tsonganidad acuñado por los misioneros suizos.
Aguadero-Miguel, Ramon
core  

Xará: Namesakes in Southern Mozambique and Bahia (Brazil) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In Maputo (Southern Mozambique) and Bahia (Brazil), the most commonly used word to refer to namesakes is xara´ – a word of Amerindian origin. Although the institutions in question diverge considerably in each of these contexts, the two usages come ...
Pina-Cabral, Joao
core   +1 more source

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