As known disease-associated variants identified through
large cohort-based studies often explain only a small percentage
of genetic risk in multifactorial disorders such as
multiple sclerosis (MS), alternative methods ...
Abstract
Background
Obscured by the more prevalent discussion of intensification and expansion of agricultural land, the impacts of the abandonment of many grasslands and croplands of the ...
Adams, Vera J.Markus, Miles B.Adams, Joanita F. A.Jordaan, EsmeCurtis, BronwynDhansay, Muhammad A.Obihara, Charlie C.Fincham, John E.(Makerere University Medical School, 2005-06)
Background. South Africa has endorsed a World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution calling for control of soil-transmitted
helminths (STHs). In Cape Town, services and housing that exist in old-established suburbs should ...
Botman, H. Russel(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-05)
Africa’s strong economic growth in recent years has brought about a change in how the continent is seen by the rest of the world, but challenges remain. Universities have a key role to play in taking the development of ...
Bester, RachelleJooste, Anna E CMaree, Hans JBurger, Johan T(BioMed Central, 2012-09)
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Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the main contributing agent of leafroll disease worldwide. Four of the six GLRaV-3 variant groups known have been found ...
Lyons, Candice LCoetzee, MaureenTerblanche, John SChown, Steven L(BioMed Central, 2012-07)
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Malaria affects large parts of the developing world and is responsible for almost 800,000 deaths annually. As climates change, concerns have arisen as to how this vector-borne disease will be ...
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This study evaluated, using in vitro assays, the antibacterial, antioxidant, and tyrosinase-inhibition activities of methanolic extracts from peels of seven ...
Meiring, Tracy LSalimo, Anna TCoetzee, BeatrixMaree, Hans JMoodley, JenniferHitzeroth, Inga IFreeborough, Michael-JohnRybicki, Ed P.Williamson, Anna-Lise(BioMed Central, 2012-08)
Abstract
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the aetiological agent for cervical cancer and genital warts. Concurrent HPV and HIV infection in the South African population is high. HIV ...
Botman, H. Russel(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-03)
The purpose of this document is to explain what it was that led to this Hope Project commitment, what it is, and how the University embodies this idea.
Scholars generally agree that the Books of Chronicles are the products
of certain Israelite (Levitical) groups in the Persian province
of Jehud who struggled with the dissonance between their older historical
and ...
The article is about the public witness of the church – a topic which is much discussed in
theological literature in these days. It is argued that the church must give a public witness.
Various reasons can be given why ...
In Flip Theron’s theology the category “strange” in the sense of unique, remarkable,
without comparison, occupies a central place. He understands the church as a strange,
prophetic sign of the strange, cosmic and ...
Cilliers, Francois J.Schuwirth, Lambert W. T.Van Der Vleuten, Cees P. M.(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012-10)
OBJECTIVES We previously developed a
model of the pre-assessment learning effects of
consequential assessment and started to
validate it. The model comprises assessment
factors, mechanism factors and learning effects.
The ...
The necessity for organisations to deliver exceptional service to customers remains a primary factor for sustainability. Organisations continuously seek differentiation from their competition to realise their strategic ...