This paper takes as its base premise the idea that Douglas Coupland has both shaped generation X thought fundamentally while at the same time is continuously shaped by generation X cultural production. Through a postmodern ...

An overall plant condition assessment that included a plant integrity assessment and maintenance review has been conducted on Duvha Power Station Units 1 to 6 Generators. Plant process parameters revealed instrumentation ...

Name matching is a common requirement in modern business systems, wherein fuzzy matching techniques are employed to overcome variations between names. The purpose of this dissertation was the development of a framework, ...

Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (PGRPs) are a family of conserved proteins with antimicrobial activity in humans. PGRP-S is a 20kDA monomer with a poorly elucidated bactericidal mechanism. The aim of this project was ...

The aetiological diagnosis of recessive non-syndromic hearing loss poses a challenge owing to marked heterogeneity and the lack of identifying clinical features. The finding that up to 50% of recessive non-syndromal ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) encompasses a range of conditions induced by prenatal alcohol exposure. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most severe of these conditions. FAS is characterised by discriminating ...

Keratolytic winter erythema (KWE) or Oudtshoorn skin disease is a rare autosomal dominant skin disorder for which the genetic cause remains unknown. The disorder manifests in the form of erythema and hyperkeratosis of the ...

In South Africa, the term ‘former black township’ refers to areas that were designated for people who were classified as Africans, Coloureds or Indians under the apartheid regime. These areas were severely underdeveloped ...