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Graphene modified Salen ligands for the electrochemical determination of heavy metal ions
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Environmental pollution is a major threat to all life, which needs to be addressed. Heavy metals are well-known environmental pollutants due to their toxicity and, persistence in the environment toxicity for living organisms ...
An In vitro Study of Bacterial Leakage of a Novel Implant Abutment Interface
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Background: The two-stage implant system has proven to be a successful technique in replacing missing teeth (Nascimento et al., 2008). Nevertheless, the presence of micro-gaps that could entrap microbes at the implant-abutment ...
Community health worker's perspective of mother–infant bonding within the the first 1000 days of life in Khayelitsha, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
While community health workers possess valuable insight into health care delivery in South Africa, their voices and experiences are seldom sought in the acquisition of knowledge surrounding relevant social concerns. This ...
Analysis and simulation of nonlinear option pricing problems
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
We present the Black-Scholes Merton partial differential equation (BSMPDE) and its
analytical solution. We present the Black-Scholes option pricing model and list some
limitations of this model. We also present a nonlinear ...
Factors affecting compliance of mothers/caregivers of malnourished children aged 6-59 months to an outpatient nutrition support programme in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Malnutrition continues to be a major public health problem in Africa, yet the compliance to the IMAM, a treatment protocol that began in KwaZulu-Natal and viewed as a highly efficacious approach to treat malnutrition, is ...
Risk based approach of post- approval changes in central America and Dominican republic, identifying opportunities for convergence with EMA and FDA
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In Central American countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and Panama) and Dominican Republic (DR) the approval timelines for major changes
are described ranging from 12 to 18 months, these ...
A study of the nearby interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512/1510
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This work focuses on generating a new dynamical model of the nearby (9.5 Mpc) interacting
galaxy system NGC 1512/1510. Neutral hydrogen (H i ) observations from the Australia
Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) are used to ...
South African and non-South African residents in Cape Town: Awareness level, purchase intention and buying behaviour towards purchasing halal food products
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Muslims and non-Muslim consumers regardless of who they are or from where they come, whether natives or foreigners in a particular country are much concerned with consuming food products. However, not any researchers in ...
A survey on external (Ixodidae) and gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants on an arid communal rangeland in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Parasites pose a major constraint on livestock farming. Its impacts are represented as transmission of disease to humans and economic costs for prevention and treatment as well as loss in terms of; livestock mortality and, ...
Provenance and depositional environments of early Cretaceous sediments in the Bredasdorp sub-basin, offshore South Africa: An integrated approach
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Southern offshore basins of South Africa are well known as potential provinces of hydrocarbon exploration and production. The complex nature of the Bredasdorp sub-basin’s syn-rift architecture (transform fault system) can ...