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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 biophysical, biochemical and serological study of selected members of the enteroviruses

Author: Smith, Martin Sidney Date: 1969 The purpose of this investigation was to study the biophysical and biochemical properties of some of the enteroviruses. Previous work in this laboratory on several members o.f this large sub-group of the Picornaviruses had emphasised the ... 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 chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices

Author: Kunnuji, Joseph Date: 2020 This thesis examines the musical practices of Badagry Ogu people from both historical and contemporary perspectives and provides strategies for their further integration into the changing social and economic landscape characteristic of ... 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 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 Comparative Analysis of the Performance and the Microbial Ecology of Biological Sulphate Reducing Reactor Systems

Author: Hessler, Tomas Date: 2020 Acid rock drainage (ARD) is defined as acidic waste-water contaminated with sulphate and heavy metals which is generated through the oxidation of sulphidic ores in the presence of water and oxygen. Mining activities accelerate this process ... Read more
A comparative study of stochastic models in biology

Author: Brandão, Anabela de Gusmão Date: 1997 In many instances, problems that arise in biology do not fall under any category for which standard statistical techniques are available to be able to analyse them. Under these situations, specifics methods have to be developed to solve and ... 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 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 re-appraisal of vernacularisation in the emergence and conceptualisation of community bylaws on child marriage and other harmful practices in rural Malawi

Author: Kachika, Tinyade Date: 2020 The thesis addresses the question: how have international human rights norms for protecting women and girls from harmful practices influenced and shaped the emergence and conceptualisation of community bylaws for addressing child marriage and ... 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 framework for discretionary effort based on performance expectancies in integrated work environment

Author: Katoma, Victor Date: 2011 In an age of immense business competition, and far-reaching leadership requirements, Discretionary Effort is required as part of a value creation and enhanced performance strategy. Discretionary Effort is the unsolicited effort, which employees ... Read more
A framework for guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts

Author: Hull, Simon Date: 2019 Land reform in South Africa is reported to be failing, and land tenure reform in customary contexts is the least well-addressed component of land reform. To address this failure, a framework for guiding cadastral systems development in customary ... 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 Historical Institutionalist Analysis of the Evolution of South Africa's Municipal Electricity Sector within the Broader Electricity Supply Industry

Author: Covary, Theodore Date: 2020 This study has been partly inspired by the fact that historical narratives on the evolution of the South African Electricity Supply Industry (ESI), have for the most part focused on the national vertically integrated utility, Eskom; with far ... Read more

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