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The effect of accumulative physical activity on the fitness and health status of rural school children
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Numerous studies focusing on cardiovascular disease risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, elevated serum lipids, inactivity and lack of physical fitness prevalent in children highlight the ...
"Things were better then": an ethnographic study of the violence of everyday life and remembrance of older people in the community of Belhar"
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This minithesis provides an ethnographic account of the life world of older people in the community of Belhar in the Cape Peninsula, which was historically categorised as a 'coloured' community during the implementation ...
Humour as a postcolonial strategy in Zakes Mda's novel, The heart of redness
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis sought to demonstrate that humour and the grotesque are the primary tools by which Mda achieve his postcolonial strategies of "writing back" that is, of asserting an identity in the face of colonial ...
The challenge of implementing integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Lower Okavango River Basin, Ngamiland district, Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Water resources management practice has undergone changes in management approaches and principles over time. It was previously characterised by what scholars refer to as the hydraulic mission where ‘extreme engineering’ ...
Structural controls on groundwater flow in the Clanwilliam area
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Deformation of the western part of the Table Mountain Group rocks during the Cape Orogeny created a series of folds and associated fractures. The subsequent continental break-up of Gondwana led to the development of large ...
The Prevalence of Members of the “Red Complex” in Pregnant Women as Revealed by PCR and BANA Hydrolysis.
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Increased levels of oestrogen and progesterone during pregnancy may lead to periodontal disease. The anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria called red complex (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythensis and Treponema ...
Maxillofacial fractures in children attending the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The literature shows that maxillofacial fractures in children are uncommon. Although the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Faculty of Dentistry, of the University of the Western Cape, has been providing ...
The right of appeal: Exercising the right of appeal from the lower courts
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis dealt with the constitutionality of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2003 (Act 42 of 2003), pertaining to the leave requirement and petition procedures in respect of appeals against ...
A survey of inorganic chemical pollution in the Bottelary River, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Chemical pollution of freshwater is a worldwide environmental problem; eutrophication, heavy metals and salinity are amongst the most widely used indicators of pollution. The aim of this study was to assess the status of ...
Recombinant expression and full backbone assignment of the human DWNN using heteronuclear NMR
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The cellular levels of a number of proteins have been found to be regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. In this pathway, proteins are covalently tagged (“ubiquitinated”) by ubiquitin, which acts as a signal for ...