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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 biscuit fortified with iron, iodine and B-carotene as a strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in primary school children

Author: Van Stuijvenberg, Martha Elizabeth Date: 2001 Deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, and iodine continue to be prevalent in developing countries worldwide and can, in addition to the classic consequences such as nutritional anaemia, goitre, cretinism, xerophthalmia and blindness caused by ... Read more
A case study exploring an occupational perspective of social inclusion among young adults dually afflicted with substance use disorder and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe

Author: Nhunzvi, Clement Date: 2021 Background: Curtailing adverse social determinants of health is pivotal to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development`s vision for a healthy and inclusive society. In Zimbabwe, fulfilling Vision 2030 may involve adopting socially ... Read more
A case study exploring disability inclusion within the Muslim Ummah in South Africa

Author: Mayat, Nafisa Essop Date: 2023 Religion and spirituality are central to the way many people, including persons with disabilities, make sense of both the world itself, and their place in that world. However, in most scholarship focusing on disability, religion, as a way of ... 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 commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon

Author: Bentel, Berenice Date: 2022 Achilles Tatius' novel, Leucippe and Clitophon (2nd c. CE), is a product of the literary experimentation in prose fiction during the Greek intellectual renaissance under the Roman Empire known as the Second Sophistic. For all appearances, the ... 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 analysis of the regulations governing mobile money services in South Africa and Zimbabwe and their impact on sustainable financial inclusion of the poor and vulnerable people

Author: Mavhuru, Luck Date: 2022 Mobile money services refer to service where a mobile phone is used to provide banking services with little or no involvement of traditional banks. This service has become a powerful tool for bringing unbanked and underbanked people into the ... 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 comparison of the effects of two different grazing systems on community attributes of eastern Karoo vegetation

Author: Hallward, Jennifer R Date: 1988 Soil erosion is regarded as a serious problem throughout the world. Erosion is. caused by both water and wind. Al though the two usually occur ·together, wind erosion has received little attention with the exception of the problems associated ... 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 Conceptualisation of the self-perceptions of black professionals in relation to business leadership in South Africa

Author: Myeza, Angel Date: 2021 The research aimed to gain an understanding of the self-perceptions of black South African professionals (and leaders) in relation to business leadership and how these self-perceptions influenced their behaviours, aspirations and self-perceived ... Read more
A configuration of trade regimes in Eastern and Southern Africa region: Implication for deeper integration and WTO compatibility

Author: Busieka, Wycliffe M Date: 2003 This work has examined the implication the proliferation of identical econOITllC groupings portends for the east and southern Africa region. The thrust of the study here has been to interface and interrogate the incidence of the configuration ... Read more

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