Abstract In this report I critically evaluate Kripke’s rejection of the possibility of contingently true statements of identity between names. I extract his argument for this view from his book Naming and Necessity and ...

Background: Using Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey 2005-06 data, this study examined the viability of marriage as a prescription in reducing HIV/AIDS infection among Zimbabwean women. In a population where heterosexual ...

Introduction This secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study set out to describe the association between the use of hormonal contraception and sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition in a cohort of ...

BACKGROUND Studies suggest an association between Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) and HIV infection; however, its temporal effect has not been greatly investigated. METHODS This is a secondary data analysis of a cohort study: ...

Despite benefits claimed by organisations on ISO 14001 such as improved environmental performance and gaining of business advantage, there are disputes that the standard does not lead to improved environmental performance. ...

Mycobacterial infections are responsible for some of the most well known disease, including Tuberculosis. Reported cases of infections caused by mycobacteria that are becoming increasingly resistant to traditional antibiotics ...

The objectives of this project was to isolate and characterize a Bacillus thuringiensis strain from South African soils, determine its cry gene sequence, clone this gene sequence and determine its toxicity. Forty four ...

The aim of the project described in this dissertation is to explore the application of ring closing metathesis (RCM) to the synthesis of 6-, 7-, 8- and 9-membered N,N-, N,O- and O,O-benzo-fused heterocyclic compounds ...