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  • Science text: Facilitating access to physiology through cognition-based reading intervention 

    Wesso, Iona (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 ...
  • What constitutes morphological normal and abnormal human sperm heads 

    Janse van Rensburg, Tholoana 'M'atahleho Leubane (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 ...
  • New algorithms for EST clustering 

    Ptitsyn, Andrey (University of the Western Cape, 2000)
    Summary: Expressed sequence tag database is a rich and fast growing source of data for gene expression analysis and drug discovery. Clustering of raw EST data is a necessary step for further analysis and one of the most ...
  • New Algorithms for EST clustering 

    Ptitsyn, Andrey (University of the Western Cape, 2000)
    Expressed sequence tag database is a rich and fast growing source of data for gene expression analysis and drug discovery. Clustering of raw EST data is a necessary step for further analysis and one of the most challenging ...
  • The molecular characterisation of a baculovirus isolated from trichoplusia ni 

    Fielding, Burtram Clinton (University of the Western Cape, 2001)
    In South Africa there are more than 106 insects pests which attack a wide variety of crops. The top ten or twenty of these can seriously limit successful production on the farm. Costs involved in controlling these pests ...
  • Thermal stability and defect structure of hot-wire deposited amorphous silicon 

    Arendse, CJ (UWC, 2004)
    Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin films are presently used in several large-area thin-film applications. However, one major concern of a-Si:H is the fact that the stability of the material degrades when it is ...