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Wildflowers of Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula
(University of the Western Cape, 1991) University of the Western Cape
This, the eighth such calendar to be produced, focusses on one of South Africa’s and indeed one of the world’s natural highlights — Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula. This is just one of the areas which is enjoying attention by the Environmental Education Unit as it endeavours to make conservation a relevant factor for a new South Africa.
A case study of the social coping experiences of an adolescent with Arthrogryposis Multitplex Congenita
(University of the Western Cape, 2009) Van wyk, Morne
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita or A.M.C. is a disorder, which is characterized by multiple contractures of the joints. The disorder presents with varied grades of severity. Despite the physical deformities, intelligence is intact. The aim of this research was to explore the social coping experiences of an adolescent living with Arthrogryposis. This research was a qualitative study. The research design was a case study. Phenomenology was the theoretical framework used. The data collection was done by using one sample, an adolescent living with Arthrogryposis who shared her social coping experiences. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. This research was a personal journey for the researcher because he too lives with Arthrogryposis. Objectivity was maintained. After securing the participant's consent, I emphasized anonymity, confidentiality and the voluntary nature of the study to her. The significance of this research was to develop an understanding of and support for people living with Arthrogryposis and for the disabled in general. The major issues, which arose from this research was the role of transport, social relationships, communication with the non-disabled, the role of the community, making friends, the role of the parent in socialization and others' perceptions of Arthrogryposis. There were limitations to the study, which included interviews, which were partially inaudible, the absence of the participants' father, the shyness of the participant, the social inexperience of the participant, lack of other participants and complications Mwith transportation
Identifying compartmentalization of the E-M Field, Bredasdorp Basin (South Africa) using well logs and core data
(University of the Western Cape, 2014) Williams, Albany
The E-M Field is situated in the Bredasdorp Basin off the south coast of South Africa. Production is taken place from Zone 2 of the upper shallow marine, the upper shallow marine is divided into five Zones numbered I-5.An investigation was done on the area after it was discovered that the hydrocarbons produces did not balance the hydrocarbon amounts estimated initially. Four boreholes were used for core analysis i.e. BH A, B, C and D. Cores were logged and facies were described in order to establish the depositional environment, it was identified that the environment intersected in Zone 3 is an estuarine system It was discovered from core analysis that Zone 3 contains barriers caused by mudstones of lagoon facies and baffles of tidal flat facies that prohibits the vertical flow of hydrocarbons from Zone 3 into Zone 2 where production is taken place. From the resistivity and neutron-density logs it was identified that only one out of the four boreholes i.e. BH A contains hydrocarbons while the other boreholes shows water bearing reservoirs. Borehole BH A contains a mudstone barrier which divides the Zone into two reservoir units and is capped by tidal flat facies which separates sandstone connectivity between Zone 3 and Zone 2. Using Petrel software it was possible to display the geometry of the environment in 3D and to visualize the barrier, baffles and the two reservoir units. It was identified from the structural model that the area is consists of 5 blocks, these blocks are divided by faults. Borehole BH A is situated in block 1. It is recommended that fluid samples be taken within Zone 3 for the identification of fluid type, it is also recommended that exploration of block 3 should be considered as this block has possible reservoir sandstones above the GWC and
Experiences and perceptions of mothers recovering from depression with regard to the impact of depression on family roles and coping skills.
(University of the Western Cape, 2007) Xabakashe, Ayanda
The aim of the present study was to explore the subjective experiences and perceptions of mothers diagnosed with depression. The study investigated mothers' understandings of the extent to which their illness had impacted on their appraisal of their mothering and associated roles within the family. Furthermore, it investigated mothers' coping skills with regard to their illness. The study was qualitative in nature, utilising semi-structured interviews with six patients who had been diagnosed with depression. Participants were drawn from a Hospital (Outpatient psychiatry clinic) in Delft, Cape Town. Their age range was between 24 and 35 years old. All participants had one child that was two years or older. The results indicated that participants viewed themselves and their relationships in negative ways. They demonstrated different coping mechanisms in the study. All of them said that they relied mostly on divine inspiration and had a positive perspective on life. All the participants said that they benefited immensely from the support received from friends and neighbours. Two participants were abusing drugs. All of the participants were unemployed at the time of the interview. The researcher therefore could not explore the impact of the participants' depression on their work roles. Fifty percent of the participants said that they had different sources of finance. They were either self employed or supported by their partners. The financial position of all participants differed from person to person. It is then advisable that future researcher would have to obtain participants who were employed or in a similar financial bracket. It is advisable that a female researcher should conduct a similar study in the future. My gender could have had a negative impact in the study. The fact that I am a male could have had a negative impact on the participants. If all the participants were screened to ascertain whether all of them had partners, the research could have been better. That would allow the researcher to interview only participants who had partners in their lives. In my study, only two participants had partners in their lives during their depression.
The effects of self-help stress management and parental training on the adjustment of single divorced mothers
(University of the Western Cape, 1991) Loots, J.S; Broekmann, N.C; Heyns, P.M
Research findings showed that single, divorced mothers could be a population in need of counselling because they faced a variety of chronic stressors, including the demands of parenting itself. In the present study it was argued that the most effective treatment for single parents would be group parental training which was supplemented with a self-help stress management programme. A quasi-experimental, 2 x 2 design was used. Subjects (N = 40) were presented, over a period of 10 weeks, with a parental training programme based on the skills-training model and a self help stress management programme based on the stress inoculation model. They either received both programmes, or only the parental training programme, or only the stress management programme, or were placed in a waiting list control group .. Each subject's adjustment was measured on 10 indices (Contentment, self-esteem, Parental Attitudes, Well-being, Tension, Depression, Anxiety, Vigour, Fatigue and Confusion) at a pre test, post test and follow-up. An analysis of the changes in each group found that the combined treatment group showed more significant improvements than any of the other three groups. An analysis of variance between groups found that if pre test differences were taken into account, groups did not differ significantly at the post test and follow-up.