Drug resistance of the HI virus due to its fast replication and error-prone mutation is a key factor in the failure to combat the HIV epidemic. For this reason, performing pre-therapy drug resistance testing and administering ...

Room temperature elastic properties of thin supported TiC films, deposited on silicon and silicon carbide substrates and of single Rh-based alloy crystals, Rh3Nb and Rh3Zr, are investigated by the Surface Brillouin ...

Abstract This dissertation aims to explore the theoretical and metaphoric implications of intentional disruptions to the material surface of the photographic print. It will consider how interferences with the surface ...

A contentious area of clinical practice in the discipline of surgery, with ethical implications, relates to disclosure of clinician HIV status to patients, specifically where exposure prone procedures, performed in a ...

Purpose The purpose of this research was to evaluate the outcomes, specifically diplopia and enophthalmos, as well as the complications of surgical repair of orbital fractures using the transconjunctival surgical ...

Abstract Rock art in Uganda is under-researched, and where research has been done the rock art was erroneously attributed to ‘Bushman-like’ people. This misattribution resulted in flawed interpretations. Uganda forms ...

Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) occurring during pregnancy, labour and puerperium is a major contributor to the high percentage of maternal morbidity and mortality in the Eastern Cape Province, and worldwide. In ...

Abstract The central concern of this study is the nature of informal economic activities among urban traders in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study focuses on a particular flea market and describes the precarious lives of a sample ...

ABSTRACT The study explores strategies employed by surviving education-related NGOs – strategies that have enabled them to continue to survive in the post apartheid South African era. Using primarily in-depth interviews, ...

Control of the major African malaria vectors of the Anopheles gambiae complex continues to rely heavily on the application of insecticides either by indoor residual house spraying (IRS) or bednet impregnation (ITNs). ...