• Investigating the performance requirements for proprietary concrete repair materials with respect to durability and cracking resistance

  

  Author: Vukindu, Brian Date: 2021 The premature deterioration of recently constructed concrete structures leads to the need for remedial measures to reinstate their safety and/or serviceability. Bonded concrete overlays (BCOs) are the most widely used concrete repair technique. ... Read more
• Investigating the views and expectations of pregnant women who undergo genetic counselling for age-related risk of aneuploidy

  

  Author: Vorster, Nina Date: 2020 Background: Pregnancy at advanced maternal age (AMA) is associated with an increased risk of aneuploidy. In the Western Cape's public health sector maternal age alone is widely used to screen women for high risk of pregnancies affected by ... Read more
• Ma, performing the White, Afrikaner Woman back to self

  

  Author: Viljoen, Kanya Date: 2021 This research project seeks to understand myself and my position within South Africa. The position of a young, white, Afrikaner woman. This is a position that, one could argue, inherently carries a sense of a tragedy within it. The project ... Read more
• Challenges of a new academic discourse: an investigation into the reading and writing practices of first-year chemical engineering students at a South African University

  

  Author: Vicatos, Evelyn Magdalene Date: 2021 The challenges for a diverse intake of first-year engineering students, when acquiring a new academic discourse during the transition to university, has triggered this study of literacy practices in the first project task in a core first-year ... Read more
• A retrospective investigation of sudden unexpected death in the young investigated at Salt River Mortuary, Cape Town

  

  Author: Vandayar, Yuvika Date: 2020 Sudden unexpected death in the young (SUDY) is the tragic fatality of seemingly healthy individuals aged between one and 40 years. Little is known about the demographics and risk factors of these cases at Salt River Mortuary (SRM), Cape Town. ... Read more

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