Genetic diversity of root-infesting woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) populations in the Western Cape by Timm, Alicia (Alicia Eva)

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Status of mercury and other heavy metals in South African marine fish species by Bosch, Adina Cornelia

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The carriage of antimicrobial resistance in community children – a TB-CHAMP sub-study. by Brand, Chante

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UF membranes operated on paper machine wastewater : fouling tendencies and characterisation by Domingo, Garth Selby

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Dynamics of faecal bacterial populations in early infancy as determined by massively parallel sequencing by Claassen, Shantelle

“…This study therefore aimed to longitudinally characterize meconium microbiota profiles during the first seven months of life and to compare these profiles with those from maternal faecal specimens using quality controlled Illumina MiSeq sequencing data. Methods: We sampled infant meconium and maternal faecal specimens at birth, as well as two subsets of infant faecal specimens at 4-12 and 20-28 weeks of life. …”
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Prevalence of trachoma and risk factors for disease in Benue State, Nigeria by Tagoh, Selassie

“…The thesis is structured in three parts 0(Preamble), A (Protocol), B (Literature Review), C (Article) and D (Appendix). Methods: A two-stage cluster random sampling technique was utilized in a population based prevalence survey to generate estimates for TF and Trichiasis. …”
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Factors associated with loss to follow-up after occupational HIV exposure among health care workers attending the Groote Schuur Hospital Occupational Health Clinic by Papavarnavas, Nectarios Sophocles

“…Lastly, doctors may be submitting their own blood samples for HIV testing instead of attending the OHC. …”
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The digital lifeworlds of young Nigerians – Exploring rural and urban teens’ practices with, and negotiation of, digital technology by Uzuegbunam, Chikezie E

“…Privileging the use of a mixed methods approach, this study conducted 16 focus group discussions with 175 participants and a survey of 380 respondents in public and private schools sampled across two of Nigeria’s major geopolitical zones. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of retention to a psychosocial intervention among adolescents with common mental disorders in Harare: a qualitative study by Beji-Chauke, Rhulani Tsakani

“…Twelve adolescents who visited the Friendship Bench between June 2016 and December 2017 were recruited using purposive sampling. Theoretical saturation was not reached due to recruitment barriers. …”
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Justifications for the Implementation of Shadow IT Solutions by Functional Departments in an Organisation by Magunduni, Joshua

“…The study adopted the purposeful sampling (snowball) technique to target the employees who were involved with the implementation of SIT. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Kidney Stone Composition in Patients from Ghana and South Africa: Case Study of Kidney Stones from Accra and Cape Town by Akpakli, Evans Ametefe

“…Further studies with prospective or longitudinal data and larger samples are needed to provide more insight into the composition of kidney stones of African patients.…”
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Epidemiology of pertussis in children hospitalised with respiratory tract infection by Muloiwa, Rudzani

“…Chapter 3 clarifies the methods briefly described in the rest of the manuscript. …”
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Exploring the contributions of cross-sector collaborations to Disaster Risk Reduction in the city of Harare: an investigation through a drought response lens by Nyamakura, Balbina Kudzai

“…In this qualitative study, I made use of purposive and snowball sampling methods to select 14 key informants from national and local government, non-governmental organisations, and civil society organisations who were directly involved in eight drought related cross-sector collaborations. …”
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Research Data Management and Sharing Practices in the Digital Humanities with a Focus on Publisher Support: A Case Study in the Field of Web Archive Studies by Truter, Victoria Zea

“…The study is exploratory in nature and uses a convergent mixed-methods approach based within an interpretive paradigm. …”
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Investigating neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) and cytokine study by Burger, Antoinette

“…Significant associations were followed by comparison of correlations of independent samples. Results: There were no differences between neurometabolites in schizophrenia and healthy controls. …”
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Urinary tract infection in children at Victoria Hospital, a district hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by Shepherd, Danielle

“…The study definition of a culture-confirmed bacterial UTI is modified from the SA STG guidelines: (1) any culture from a suprapubic aspirate, (2) culture of >104 colony forming units (CFU)/mL of a single organism from a catheter urine specimen, (3) culture of >105 CFU/mL of a single organism from a mid-stream clean catch specimen or if the urine sampling technique was not indicated in the laboratory or medical records. …”
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Influence of Intelligent Assitive Technology on the Daily Activities of Visually Impiared People by Nombakuse, Ronaldo

“…Only visually impaired people who had access to IATs and were above eighteen years old were purposefully sampled. Data was analysed both deductively and inductively. …”
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Stream invertebrates and water temperature : evaluating thermal tolerances in the Cape floristic region (South Africa) - implications of climate change by Ketley, Zoma Anne

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Isolating and optimising transmural endothelialization as an independent mode of spontaneous vascular graft healing by Pennel, Timothy Charles

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