The effect of body size on the rate of decomposition in a temperate region of South Africa

A Sutherland, J Myburgh, M Steyn, PJ Becker - Forensic science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Forensic anthropologists rely on the state of decomposition of a body to estimate the post-
mortem-interval (PMI) which provides information about the natural events and …

Vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6, and folate nutritional status in men with hyperhomocysteinemia

JB Ubbink, WJ Vermaak, A van der Merwe… - The American journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
We measured the vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and folic acid nutritional status in a group of
apparently healthy men (n= 44) with moderate hyperhomocysteinemia (plasma …

Vitamin requirements for the treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia in humans

JB Ubbink, WJH Vermaak, A van der Merwe… - The Journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
We have previously shown that a modest vitamin supplement containing folic acid, vitamin B-
12 and vitamin B-6 is effective in reducing elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations …

Antimicrobial stewardship across 47 South African hospitals: an implementation study

AJ Brink, AP Messina, C Feldman… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The available data on antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Africa are
scarce. The aims of this study were to assess the implementation of an antimicrobial …

Estimating glomerular filtration rate in black South Africans by use of the modification of diet in renal disease and Cockcroft-Gault equations

HE Van Deventer, JA George, JE Paiker… - Clinical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background: The 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (4-v MDRD) and
Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equations are commonly used for estimating glomerular filtration rate …

Peritoneal lavage in abdominal sepsis: a controlled clinical study

M Schein, G Gecelter, W Freinkel, H Gerding… - Archives of …, 1990 - jamanetwork.com
• The value of intraoperative peritoneal lavage (IOPL) with saline solution, with or without
antibiotics, in the treatment of peritoneal contamination, continues to be controversial. A …

The effect of blood sample aging and food consumption on plasma total homocysteine levels

JB Ubbink, WJH Vermaak, A van Der Merwe… - Clinica chimica acta, 1992 - Elsevier
The stability of homocysteine in whole blood and plasma was investigated. Total
homocysteine concentrations in whole blood increased rapidly to values in excess of 180 …

Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) using accumulated degree-days (ADD) in a temperate region of South Africa

J Myburgh, EN L'Abbé, M Steyn, PJ Becker - Forensic science international, 2013 - Elsevier
The validity of the method in which total body score (TBS) and accumulated degree-days
(ADD) are used to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) is examined. TBS and ADD were …

An evaluation of non-metric cranial traits used to estimate ancestry in a South African sample

EN L'Abbé, C Van Rooyen, SP Nawrocki… - Forensic Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Establishing ancestry from a skeleton for forensic purposes has been shown to be difficult.
The purpose of this paper is to address the application of thirteen non-metric traits to …

Stigmatization towards the mentally ill: Perceptions of psychiatrists, pre-clinical and post-clinical rotation medical students

HC Eksteen, PJ Becker, G Lippi - International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Stigma towards the mentally ill is a well-known phenomenon and it is not
restricted to certain communities or countries. Stigma, be it self-stigma or public stigma, has …