The role of warfarin pharmacogenomics on the time it takes to reach stable therapeutic International Normalized Ratio (INR) and on warfarin dose required to maintain stable therape... by Makambwa, Edson

“…Genes CYP2C9 and VKORC1 code for these two proteins, respectively. CYP2C9 and VKORC1 exhibit genetic polymorphisms that have been shown to affect warfarin response and favorably facilitate warfarin dosing and improve clinical outcomes. …”
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Examination of flexural crack width prediction in concrete: comparison of analytical and numerical models by Fredericks, Brandon

“…Results from the analytical code-based models are compared for increasing section depths, bar sizes and maximum spacings in the tension zone. …”
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A study of the historical and linguistic factors that shaped Modern Spanish by Bentley, Emma

“…Based on the perspectives and findings of descriptive linguists and typologists, this thesis presents a largely discursive qualitative analysis of how the morphosyntactic changes in Spanish, since its emergence as a separate code from Latin, are linked to both external and internal systems. …”
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Student Experiences of Emergency Remote Learning and Teaching During COVID-19 by Nzala, Athenkosi

“…MAXQDA and Excel software were later utilised to analyse and code the data. Findings for this study indicate that the ERTL experience of the participants during the COVID-19 pandemic presented both opportunities and barriers. …”
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Multi-dimensional simulations of bow shocks of massive, high-velocity runaway stars by Ramalatswa, Katlego Jafta

“…We use PLUTO, a magneto-hydrodynamics grid code, to simulate these bow shocks, performing hydrodynamic simulations in 2- and 3-dimensions, while including thermal conduction and detailed radiative cooling/heating. …”
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Phytolith Analysis as a Palaeoecological Tool for Reconstructing Mid-to Late-Pleistocene Environments in the Olorgesailie Basin, Kenya by Kinyanjui, Rahab

“…The identification and classification was based on the International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature and other existing literature. …”
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My name is South Africa and I have a drinking a problem: a multicentre quasi-experimental analysis on alcohol regulation and injury presentations to emergency centres. by Ismail, Muzzammil

“…Methods The study population included all patients who presented to a public sector emergency centre in the Western Cape with injury identified by a trained nurse on triage and identified by an emergency centre clinician by final ICD-10 code in facilities using routine real time electronic capture of emergency centre visits. …”
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Original powers of state-owned companies' boards in South Africa by Tong-Mongalo, Minah Bahentse

“…To this end, this thesis proposes that in addition to the affirmation of the SOC boards' undelegated governing power, the reforms must also: (i) extend the fiduciary responsibilities to the state shareholder representatives, (ii) pierce the corporate veil to assign liability to the wrongdoer, (iii) extend derivative standing of persons that can litigate to protect the company's interests, (iv) the state must spearhead good governance in all spheres of government, (v) the state must publish the state ownership policy, (vii) the state must publish the government's principles for good governance and publish the Code of Practice for Corporate Governance in the SOCs, (viii) enhance its law enforcement, and (ix) fix state governance. …”
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Development of a generalised kinetic model for the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels by Fry, Matthew Ryan

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Ethics and ethos in the South African Police service : an overview of the Johannesburg Central Police Station

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Optimal distribution of discrete heat sources in a two dimensional data center

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Moving forward by Taute, Jana

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Die gebruik van ’n leerbestuurstelsel in die ontwerp van kentekeninhoud vir ’n jeugbeweging

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Studying single plant light-harvesting complexes in near-native environments

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Symbolic string execution by Redelinghuys, Gideon

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Reasons for encounter and diagnoses at primary care level in Klipfontein subdistrict, Cape Town metropole. by Kumari, J.

“…Methods: The International Classification of Primary Care -2 (ICPC-2) was used to code data collected over a 9-month period (Oct 09 to June 10) on five different days of the week from patients presenting at primary care facilities in the Klipfontein sub-district (Doctor Abdurahman, Heideveld, Hanover park and Gugulethu CHC). …”
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Investigating the relationship between miRNA expression and epithelial mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer by Jaca, Anelisa

“…Furthermore, EMT is regulated by small non-coding molecules (miRNAs) that either function as tumour suppressors or oncogenes (oncomirs). …”
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Illness and injuries in athletes with visual impairment at the London 2012 Paralympic Games by Stopforth, Louise

“…The following data sources were used: Firstly, de-identified information regarding age, gender, impairment, country code and sports code of athletes obtained from the International Paralympic Committee database. …”
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Towards context aware opportunistic forwarding in social pervasive systems by Al Ayyat, Soumaia

“…The fourth proposed contribution is proposing dynamic adaptive ranking that dynamically changes the weight of the factors controlling the node's rank based on the current context. Details of the dynamic adaptive ranking are illustrated in Section 3.3, and its implemented versions are described in Chapter 7. …”
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Opportunistic Networks on the Move: A Context-Aware Framework for Opportunistic Networking Under Heterogeneous Mobility Settings by Elsingergy, Sara

“…Researchers have developed numerous OppNets forwarding algorithms to help network nodes select the next node for data forwarding based on specific criteria. …”
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