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Isolation and identification of PNP-A homologues from Xerophyta viscosa Baker
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Maintenance of growth, development and normal physiological processes remains crucial for the survival of plants. Plant hormones are described as integrators of external signal and internal developmental process in plants. ... -
Isolation and Partial Characterization Serine Protease Inhibitors from Triticum aestivum cv' Witwol
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)Plant diseases and plant pests are major constraints to plant growth and development, resulting in severe crop losses annually. Plant pathogens can be a variety of things, living and non-living. Non-living pathogens exist ... -
Isolation and preliminary characterization of bacteriophages of thermophilic Bacillus and Geobacillus species
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Thermophilic bacteriophages provide simple model systems for understanding biochemical and biological adaptation mechanisms at elevated temperatures. The essential objectives of this study were to characterise the ... -
Isolation, expression, purification and characterisation of a novel acetyl xylan esterase from streptomyces species ORS10
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Lignocellulosic biomass represents an important renewable resource for biofuels production. Lignocellulosic biomass is comprised of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Lignocellulosics are highly recalcitrant to enzymatic ... -
Isolation, identification and characterisation of novel actinobacteria from Zambian hot-springs
(2011)Actinomycetes are ubiquitous in many environments such as soil, activated sludge and water.Besides the genus Streptomyces, which has been extensively exploited, members of other genera including Micromonospora have been ... -
Isolation, identification and characterization of novel actinomycetes from Antarctic soil samples
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)Actinomycetes are Gram-positive bacteria that form filamentous branching hyphae with asexual spores. They occur in a variety of environments and are important industrially and pharmaceutically. The aims of this study were ... -
Isothermal and non-isothermal comparative study of Zn-sn system using real-time RBS
(2021)Solid-state reactions of bi-metallic systems can be driven or activated by various external stimuli like pressure, energetic photons, energetic charged particles or heat. For an example, high pressure torsion can be ... -
Isothermal and non-isothermal comparative study of zn-sn system using real-time rbs
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Insight into the effects of isothermal and non-isothermal annealing on bi-metallic thin film is important for material synthesis and application in everyday use. The effects of isothermal annealing on bi-metallic thin ... -
Iterative helical real-space reconstruction of histone octamer tubular crystals and implications for the 30 nm chromatin fiber
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis investigated the helical structure of core histone octamers to discover interacting surfaces and their relevance to the compaction of nucleosome arrays into the chromating fiber. -
“It’s My House and I Live Here”: The Mobilisation of Selective Histories for Claims of Belonging in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)This mini thesis seeks to explore two legacies of apartheid: the insecurity of decent and available housing that has led to a housing crisis, and the insecurity of Coloured identity as caused by apartheid’s racial and ... -
Izakhono zolwimi zeembongi zomthonyama esixhoseni
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Olu phando lwahlula-hlulwe lwanezahluko ezintandathu. Zonke ezi zahluko ziqulathe okubalulekileyo malunga nokuveza izakhono zolwimi zeembongi zomthonyama esiXhoseni. Isahluko sokuqala siqulathe intshayelelo, iinjongo ... -
The jewelled net: Towards a Southern African theory/ practice of environmental literacy
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)This thesis suggests that there is an urgent need for academic work in literary and cultural studies to become more responsive to the contemporary eco-social crisis of environment and development. Questioning the ... -
Jihad: liberation or terrorism? the thought of sayyid qutb
(2008)Includes bibliographic references (leaves 184-195)"In this thesis, I contrast Qutbs approach towards jihad with that which is found in the primary sources of Islam and as espoused by the proponents of the four schools of ... -
Job demands and resources of academic employees within higher education institutions
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Excessive job demands and inadequate employment resources can harm employees’ well-being. Job demands and resources, therefore, became crucial to understanding the relationships between employees and their organisations. ... -
Job resources, job demands, burnout and work engagement of employees in the public sector
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The variables in this study are explored from a positive psychology paradigm, which is largely concerned with effecting psychological health and well-being of employees. The aim of this study will be to examine the impact ... -
Job satisfaction amongst employees at a public health institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The premise of this research was focused on ascertaining how variables such as work environment, pay, supervision, co-workers and promotion impacts on job satisfaction of civil servants at an institution residing under the ... -
Job satisfaction and organisational commitment: a comparative study between academic and support staff at a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Research suggest that increasing employee commitment and satisfaction impacts on employee productivity and job performance, and has implications for job related behaviours such as absenteeism, turnover and tardiness. ... -
Job satisfaction in a South African academic library
(University of Western Cape, 2011)The purpose of this project was to investigate job satisfaction at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Library (CPUT). Academic libraries throughout the world and in South Africa have undergone massive change in ... -
Job satisfaction of call centre representatives
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The aim of the study is to prove that a correlation exist between job satisfaction and the levels of absenteeism, turnover, performance and customer satisfaction. Data were collected using the Job Satisfaction Survey which ... -
Job satisfaction of dental staff in the public sector in the Northern Cape
(2013)‘A satisfied worker is a happy worker’, this statement by Robbins (1998), sums up the importance of job satisfaction. Locke (1976), defined job satisfaction as the ‘positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal ...