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The influence of nicotine exposure on the male reproductive system
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
It is well documented that cigarette smoking and nicotine exposure create widespread physiological disorders in humans and animals. The primary tobacco constituent that is responsible for the toxicological consequences ...
The effect of diet on the mucus histochemistry and adjacent histology of the digestive tract in Vervet monkeys.
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)
There is a need for defined models of human nutritional disorders partly because serious misconceptions about models are common amongst researchers. Historically a large variety of species has been used including primates, ...
Science text: Facilitating access to physiology through cognition-based reading intervention
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)
Reading and understanding science text is the principal means by which students at tertiary level access scientific information and attain scientific literacy. However, understanding and learning from science texts require ...
The effect of maternal nicotine exposure on rat lung tissue morphology. ' a light and electron microscopic study
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
The infants of women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower birth mass than those born of women who abstain. Animal studies reveal that reduced growth due to maternal nicotine exposure during gestation is accompanied by ...
What constitutes morphological normal and abnormal human sperm heads
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
The percentage morphologically normal sperm appears to be of predictive value in the in vitro fertilization laboratory. However, the methodology used in this context is technically inaccurate and imprecise (subjective) and ...
Listeria in food and water in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
Listeria are glam positive non-spong rods that were found in diverse environments including water, seafood, dairy products and vegetables. Outbreaks of listeriosis due to the consumption of foods contaminated L.monocytogenes, ...
Adenine nucleotides and selected chemical Parameters as potential markers for fertility assessment
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)
Diagnostic andrology with its descriptive approach to the diagnosis of defective sperm for the last 40 years has focused mainly on the macro- and microscopic appearance of the ejaculate. More emphasis has recently been ...
Cloning and sequence analysis of the gene coding for a Leuconostoe Bacteriocin
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
Previous studies have shown that Leuconostoc (Lc.) carnosum Tal la produces a bacteriocin that has been designated leucocin B-Tal la [Papathanasopoulos, 1993, M.Sc thesis, University of the Witwatersrandl. Leucocin B-Talla ...
An assessment of the virulence of listeria spp. isolated from raw milk and raw chicken
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)
Listeria a f~rn__e pathogen is the etiological agent of the deadly
disease listeriosis. Although, the virulence traits of international isolates of
Listeria are well studied, nothing is known about the virulence traits ...
The identification of regulatory Elements in pseudomonas aeruginosa and p. putida responsive to specific heavy metals.
(University of Western Cape, 1999)
Heavy metals constitute a group of about sixty-five elements having a density greater
than five (Gadd and Griffiths, 1978). Some metals, for example lead, copper, and nickel
are extremely precious and profitable to man ...