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The screening of phyto-pesticides for potential adverse effects on human health
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Pesticides are designed to control or eliminate pests such as insects, rodents, weeds, bacteria, and fungi. They are used at a global scale for agricultural produce. Although pesticides playa significant role in increasing ...
The Efficacy of the Eigenvector Approach to South African Sign Language Identification
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The communication barriers between deaf and hearing society mean that interaction between these communities is kept to a minimum. The South African Sign Language research group, Integration of Signed and Verbal Communication: ...
Energy Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks using Hierarchical Routing Techniques
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become a popular research area that is widely gaining the attraction from both the research and the practitioner communities due to their wide area of applications. These applications ...
Massively-Parallel Computational Identification of Novel Broad Spectrum Antivirals to Combat Coronavirus Infection
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Given the significant disease burden caused by human coronaviruses, the discovery of an effective antiviral strategy is paramount, however there is still no effective therapy to combat infection. This thesis details the ...
Genomic and proteomic analysis of drought tolerance in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Drought is the most complex phenomenon that remained to be a potential and historic challenge to
human welfare. It affects plant productivity by eliciting perturbations related to a pathway that
controls a normal, ...
An evaluation of potential management options to Reduce water use in communal gardens on the cape Flats
(UWC, 2011)
The aim of this project was to evaluate various potential management options in their ability to reduce the water use of small and medium scale vegetable gardens on the Cape Flats. The water use of these gardens has a ...
The roles of intertidal marine gastropod shells as secondary substrate for macroalgae
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Primary space within the marine benthos is by far the most limited resource for which all sessile organisms must compete. It only ever becomes available when the organisms occupying it dies or are forced to leave the area. ...
Comparison between chemical and tissue culture methods to monitor environmental Estrogens
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are exogenous compounds/chemicals in the environment that interfere with the synthesis, secretion, distribution and function or elimination of natural hormones in the body. Environmental ...