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3D cine DENSE MRI: ventricular segmentation and myocardial stratin analysis

Author: Auger, Daniel A Date: 2013 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
The 52 and 60 kD Ro/SS-A : antigens where are they? : do anti-Ro/SS-A autoantibodies cause cutaneous disease?

Author: Yell, Jennifer Anne Date: 1998 Systemic lupus erythematosus, considered a multifactorial autoimmune disease, is a disease affecting many systems, with associated immunological abnormalities. It has a striking diversity of clinical patterns, pathologies and prognoses. Genetic ... Read more
A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L

Author: Skelton, Gerald S Date: 1968 Using fresh papaya latex as the starting material, this thesis describes methods for the isolation and purification of three major proteinases by column adsorption chromatography; a comparative study of certain salient chemical and physical ... Read more
A case study of emerging practice in speech-language therapy in a community practice context

Author: Abrahams, Kristen Date: 2019 Background: The profession of speech-language therapy (SLT) continues to struggle with challenges around equity and service delivery. The dominant medical model, characterised by one-on-one, individualised health care, is struggling to serve ... Read more
A clinico-pathological study of schistosomiasis in South Central Africa.

Author: Gelfand, Michael Date: 1948 A study of bilharziasis as a whole, based largely on pathological and clinical experience, has not been attempted in Africa outside of Egypt. The most impressive work in Egypt in this connection is that Fairley on the experimental infection ... Read more
A comparison of oral feeding and total parenteral nutrition in infants of very low birth mass

Author: Higgs, Stephen Charles Date: 1975 This work was car'red out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, from July, 1972, to December, 1973, under the guidance of Dr. A.F. Malan. This was a newly opened Unit for Coloured and African Neonates ... Read more
A critical realist study into the emergence and absence of academic success among Bachelor of Emergency Medical Care students

Author: Sobuwa, Simpiwe Date: 2018 This critical realist thesis explores academic success in the four-year Bachelor of Emergency Medical Care degree in South Africa. The Bachelor of Emergency Medical Care degree is a relatively new degree that is offered at four universities ... Read more
A Genome-wide Association Study of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa and Generalizability of Polygenic Risk Score across African populations

Author: Majara, Lerato Charlotte Date: 2021 African populations are vastly underrepresented in genetic studies despite having the most genetic variation globally and facing wide-ranging environmental exposures. Most of these studies have been conducted in populations of European (EUR) ... Read more
A Histological method for the Biological estimation of Vitamin A

Author: Coetzee, W H K Date: 1948 There are considerable differences between physico-chemical and biological results of Vitamin A estimations, owing to the fact that "the analyst determines the proportion of a substance present, whilst the bioassayist determines the effect" Read more
A multi-component theory-based behaviour change intervention to increase HIV self–testing uptake and linkage to HIV prevention, care and treatment among hard to reach adults in Northern Tanzania

Author: Njau, Bernard Joseph Date: 2021 To achieve the WHO targets of 95–95–95 by 2030, whereby 95% of all people living with HIV (PLHIV) know their status, 95 % of all people with an HIV diagnosis receive sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95 % of all people receiving ART ... Read more
A numerical protocol for death-time estimation

Author: Mfolozi, Sipho Date: 2021 A body's axial temperature distribution at death was experimentally demonstrated by the author to predict the postmortem temperature plateau (PMTP), which is known to affect the measured core temperature value and hence death-time estimation. ... Read more
A participatory action research project on family needs: experiences of formal and informal support services available among Zambian families of children with autism spectrum disorders

Author: Nyoni, Joachim Date: 2022 Globally, there has been an escalation in the number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Despite the high prevalence rates, formal and informal support services for children with ASD in Lower and Middle-Income Countries ... Read more
A pharmacokinetic and antimalarial efficacy evaluation of pyridodibemequines and their metabolites

Author: Redhi, Devasha Date: 2021 The recurring challenge of the emergence of drug resistance necessitates the continual development of improved antimalarial treatments, which can target parasite strains that display reduced susceptibility towards current therapy. Consequently, ... Read more
A pilot school health service in southwestern Swaziland, 1961, 62, 63

Author: Laufer, Walter Ernst Date: 1965 Swaziland is a British Protectorate of approximately 6,700 square miles. It is a subtropical country, border in the East by Mozambique and in the North, West and South by the Transvaal. There are approximately 270,000 Africans and 10,000 ... Read more
A prospective cohort study on ambient air pollution, airborne pollen (and fungal spores) and respiratory morbidities including childhood asthma in adolescents from the Western Cape Province

Author: Olaniyan, Toyib Adedamola Date: 2018 Background: The epidemiological studies investigating environmental risk factors associated with asthma among children living in informal settlements are scant as are studies on the independent and co-pollutant effect of short- and long-term ... Read more
A Radiological study of the Right Lung

Author: Oosthuizen, Sarel Francois Date: 1943 The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the author's observations on radiological investigations of the right lung both in the living body and at post-mortem, and to describe certain aspects of anatomical, clinical, pathological and ... Read more
A serological investigation of neisseria gonorrhoeae using a red cell sensitisation technique

Author: Chanarin, Israel Date: 1953 Read more
A sleep behaviour intervention to improve cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight and obesity

Author: Henst, Rob HP Date: 2020 Rob Henricus Petrus Henst was born on the 12th of March in Schaijk, the Netherlands. He graduated from pre-vocational secondary education (VMBO) in 2005 and continued to study process and laboratory technology at an intermediate vocational ... Read more
A social realist study of the mechanisms that condition lecturers emerging assessment practices

Author: Pienaar, Lunelle L Date: 2022 Assessment as part of the enacted curriculum is underscored by the professional judgement of the lecturer, who decides on the body of knowledge that should be learned. A vacuum exists in understanding how the practice of assessment is shaped ... Read more
A Study of Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Evaluation of HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in Women from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Author: Taku, Ongeziwe Date: 2021 Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an important public health problem facing black African women. Persistent infection with high-risk (HR) HPV types is the key factor for the development of cervical cancer. Coinfection of ... Read more

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