Microstructural non-linear finite-element analysis of rat myocardium with hydrogel biomaterial inclusions by Manack, Uzair

“…Studies conducted on small and large animal models have yielded positive results in improving cardiac function and reducing adverse ventricular remodelling post-MI. …”
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Development of a flow cytometric bead immunoassay as an aid to potency evaluation of enterotoxaemia vaccines

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Evaluation and improvement of the single diode model's parameters used for solar PV modelling by Botha, Pieter Johannes Johnson

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Exploring the phylodynamics, genetic reassortment and RNA secondary structure formation patterns of orthomyxoviruses by comparative sequence analysis by Nindo, Fredrick Nzabanyi

“…In chapter four of this thesis, I explored the formation of RNA secondary structures within the genomes of orthomyxoviruses belonging to five genera: Influenza A, B and C, Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus and Thogotovirus using in silico RNA folding predictions and additional molecular evolution and phylogenetic tests to show that structured regions may be biologically functional. …”
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Estimating Ancestry Among South African Ethnic Groups

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Measuring the social costs of coal-based electricity generation in South Africa

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Levels of physical activity in people living with chronic pain: Do they change after participating in a Chronic Pain Management Program? by Swartz, Damian

“…Conclusion: The Chronic Pain Management Program at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town has shown to improve function and physical activity of those patients living with chronic pain who take part in the CPMP, with function improving significantly, and physical activity nearly doubling in the group being tested who took part in the 5-week long program. …”
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Prenatal alcohol exposure-related reading and phonological processing deficits mediated by working memory by Meiring, Landi-Chantel

“…Furthermore, only a handful have considered the possible mediating roles of those higher-order cognitive functions (e.g., working memory (WM)) that are known to be affected by PAE. …”
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Design and development of a speculum-free digital cervical cancer screening device by Hefer, Lehan

“…Materials and Methods The design and development of the cervical cancer screening device, the CerviScreen, used rapid prototyping and testing principles. Comprising five subsystems—housing, visualisation, liquid application, dilation, and decontamination—the subsystems were independently designed and subsequently integrated. …”
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Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Developing Flow in Smooth Tubes in the Transitional Flow Regime

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Creating additional network capacity on constrained medium voltage networks utilizing distributed generation (specifically PV technology) by Ramdhin, Avinash

“…Two realistic and practical electrical networks (11 kV and 22 kV) supplying rural, commercial and industrial type loads were chosen as test networks. …”
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The genetic relationship between the corpus callosum, bipolar disorder and alcohol use by Campbell, Megan Loraine

“…Methods: Multivariate and univariate genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted utilizing genetic and T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of 40,894 individuals from the UK Biobank. The volume of the five subregions of the CC (posterior, mid-posterior, central, mid-anterior and anterior) were extracted using FreeSurfer v7.1. …”
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Development of an intravenous oxygenator by Elson, Wesley De Vere

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The morphology of the intraparietal sulcus in children prenatally exposed to alcohol in a sample of children from the Western Cape, South Africa and its potential relationship with... by Greeff, Marlie

“…For this analysis, the manually traced MIPS and LIPS were subdivided into five ROI's for the left and right hemispheres respectively: (1) the superior MIPS, (2) the medial branch of the MIPS, (3) the inferior MIPS, (4) the superior LIPS, and (5) the inferior LIPS. …”
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A study of the use of prescription and non-prescription drugs by an elderly population of the Southern Peninsular area of Cape Town by Smart, Rosalind Vida May

“…The interviews were structured with 4 major components: 1. a questionnaire designed to collect participant particulars; 2. an interview schedule to collect information on drug use patterns and to assess participant knowledge of medicines used (Knowledge score). 3. a container label assessment schedule (Label score); 4. a cognitive function test to identify and exclude severely cognitively impaired elderly from the study population. …”
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Changes in countermovement jump performance and the force-time waveform after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

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The respiratory and gut microbiota in pulmonary tuberculosis by Chiyaka, Tinaye Leon

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Developing quantitative approaches to determine microbial colonisation and activity in mineral bioleaching and characterisation of acid rock drainage by Makaula, Didi Xhanti

“…The flowthrough configuration was run alongside the refined UCT-developed batch biokinetic test using suspended mineral. In this study, two pyritic waste rock samples, liberated by milling, were characterised using three biokinetic test approaches: the slurry batch test (BT), the batch test using mineral-coated beads (BT-CB) and flow-through column test with mineral-coated beads (FT-CB). …”
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