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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 comparative analysis of metaphorical expressions used by rural and urban Ndebele speakers: the contribution of S'ncamtho

Author: Ndlovu, Sambulo Date: 2018 This thesis explores language expansion and change through metaphorical expressions that originate with urban youth varieties. It focuses on the impact of S'ncamtho, an Ndebele-based urban youth variety of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe along the ... Read more
A complex transdisciplinary exploration of South African climate mitigation policy

Author: Tyler, Emily Date: 2019 The research journey reflected in this thesis emerged from fifteen years of practice of (predominantly South African) climate mitigation policy from 2001 - 2016; from a dissatisfaction with the pace and depth of progress, and a realisation ... Read more
A contribution to the study of older granites in the Nigerian Precambrian with special reference to the Tegina granite

Author: Truswell, J F ; Truswell, John Francis Date: 1960 Rocks of the Older Granite suite occur throughout the Nigerian Precambrian. In part 1 of this thesis an example, the Tegina granite, is examined in detail. In part II the suite as a whole is described and discussed. The granite is an elongate ... 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 feminist critique of the image of woman in the prose works of selected Xhosa writers (1909 - 1980)

Author: Mtuze, Peter Tshobiso Date: 1990 The study examines, from a feminist point of view, the stereotypic image of woman in Xhosa prose fiction from pre-literate times to the era of written literature (1909 - 1980). Attaching feminist critical theory to conventional literary ... Read more
A legal perspective on the role of municipalities in navigating the relationship between land use planning and mining

Author: Van Schalkwyk, Catherine Louie Date: 2019 The legislative and executive powers dealing with mining and land use respectively are allocated to different spheres of government. Mining rights are issued by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), as representative of the national ... Read more
A measure for the number of commuting subgroups in compact groups

Author: Kazeem, Funmilayo Eniola Date: 2019 The present thesis is devoted to the construction of a probability measure which counts the pairs of closed commuting subgroups in infinite groups. This measure turns out to be an extension of what was known in the finite case as subgroup ... Read more
A methodology for integrated thermofluid modelling of radiant superheaters in steady state and transient operations

Author: Gwebu, Excellent Zibhekele Date: 2019 Critical components in coal-fired power plants such as final superheater heat exchangers experience severe conditions associated with high metal temperatures and high temperature gradients during base load and transient operations. Such adverse ... Read more
A model for the utilisation of networks and leveraging of the economic benefits of migration capital in emerging markets

Author: Chunnett, Wanda Ingrid Date: 2018 The research considers the question: What can emerging market economies do to leverage sustainable growth opportunities from resource constrained, involuntary migrant entrepreneurs? It explores the positive economic impact that involuntary ... Read more
A process for managing benefits of mobile enterprise applications in the insurance industry

Author: Knoesen, Henri Date: 2018 Mobile enterprise applications (MEAs) are found in increasing numbers in organisations as smart-devices become an everyday necessity amongst employees and customers. Large amounts are invested in these applications, so it is important to see ... 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 serological investigation of neisseria gonorrhoeae using a red cell sensitisation technique

Author: Chanarin, Israel Date: 1953 Read more
A study of Benguela Niños and Niñas from 1958 to 2015

Author: Imbol, Koungue Rodrigue Anicet Date: 2018 Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) records in combination with outputs from an Ocean Linear Model (OLM) and altimetric data are used to investigate the link between the equatorial Atlantic Ocean dynamics ... Read more
A study of the excreted porphyrins in human porphyria : with particular reference to the isolation and identification of the porphyrinpeptide complexes.

Author: Grosser, Y D Date: 1972 Read more
A vector based approach for high frequency prospective correction of rigid body motion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Author: Van Niekerk, Adam Marthinus Johannes Date: 2019 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is remarkable in that it is possible to obtain image resolutions much smaller than the wavelength of the radiated signal. This is achieved through the use of specialised gradient coils that linearly manipulate ... Read more
Abjection in the novels of Marlene Van Niekerk

Author: Crous, Matthys Lourens Date: 2013 In this thesis, three of Marlene van Niekerk's novels, translated from Afrikaans into English, are examined, with the focus on the representation of abjection in the texts under discussion.The theoretical point of departure of this study is ... Read more
Abnormal combustion - methanol versus gasoline

Author: Yates, Andrew David Bennett Date: 1988 The maximum efficiency of conventional gasoline engines is largely determined by the compression ratio, and this is limited by the onset of kno8k. The maximum cylinder size is similarly constrained. The relatively higher knock resistance of ... Read more
Abortion services in South Africa : challenges and barriers to safe abortion care : health care providers' perspectives

Author: Harries, Jane Date: 2010 Unsafe abortion is a preventable phenomenon and continues to be a major public health problem in many countries especially in the developing world. Despite abortion being legally available in South Africa after a change in legislation in 1996, ... Read more

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