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Expanding presumptive male partner management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to Western Cape, South African community retail pharmacies
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The effect of industrialisation has thrust the pharmaceutical profession into a clinical paradigm where the approcah to pharmaceutical decisions is more disease and patient orientated. Consequently, South African community ...
Mercaptobenzothiazole-on-Gold Biosensor Systems for Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticide Compounds
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study firstly reports the development, characterisation, and application of thick-film acetylcholinesterase (AChE) biosensors based on a gold electrode modified with a mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) self-assembled monolayer ...
Biological properties of selected flavonoids of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis)
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Bioactivity-guided fractionation was used to identify the most potent antioxidant and antimutagenic fractions contained in the methanol extract of unfermented rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), as well as the bioactive principles ...
The preparation of binuclear and polynuclear methyl complexes of palladium as catalyst precursors in phenylacetylene polymerization
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study focused on the development of binuclear and multinuclear catalyst for use in vinylic monomer oligomerization and polymerization. The main objective was to develop new homogeneous catalysts systems with hopefully ...
Development, implementation and evaluation of a diabetes educational outreach inervention for pharmacists
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Increasing diabetes prevalence rates, poor involvement of and limited knowledge among health care professionals in disease management, and poor implementation of guidelines are barriers to quality diabetes care. This thesis ...
Empowered women in water management
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Following South Africa's independence from apartheid rule, there has been progressive developments in policies that promote equity in all spheres including the water sector. Equality in the water sector is not only limited ...
Immobilized catalysts for alkene oxidation
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Tertiary butyl substituted and unsubstituted Schiff base systems containing N,O donor ligands (Salicylaldimines) with aminotriethoxysilane tail were synthesized and complexed to Copper and Cobalt acetate. The ligands were ...
Screening of natural products and alkylating agents for antineoplastic activity
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Background and objectives: Apoptosis is a process in which a cell programmes its own death. It is a highly organized physiological mechanism in which injured or damaged cells are destroyed. Apart from physiological stimuli ...
The synthesis and evaluation of potential anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis and apoptotic agents
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Tuberculosis (TB) and Cancer are among the most devastating and therapeutically challenging diseases that need to be addressed in South Africa today. The development of muti-drug resistance in TB causing bacteria, Mycobacterium ...
A Remote sensing change detection study in the arid Richtersveld region of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The Richtersveld falls within the succulent karoo and dester biomes. This studu made use of remote sensing technologies in order to investigate possible vegetation cover changes that have taken place over time, and which ...