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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Physiology) by Issue Date
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(University of Pretoria, 2000)Intracellular calcium is a major determinant of a wide variety of cell functions and thus of organ function. In order to get a clear picture of the intracellular calcium status it is preferable to assess the content of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-01-09)The immunological effects of mycolic acids (MA) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis on mouse peritoneal macrophages were studied. MA was solubilbized using various carriers. Phagosome uptake and maturation (into late stage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The purpose of the study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) prevent bone loss. MG-63 human osteoblasts and MC3T3-E1 murine osteoblasts were exposed to the n-6 PUFA arachidonic acid ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-14)Visual target acquisition is performed during several daily tasks, often requmng time¬dependent behavioural responses towards stimuli. Information processing during such tasks is subject to bottom-up as well top-down ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-03)Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma ranks amongst the ten most frequently occurring cancers in the world with some of the highest incidences being reported in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa (Transkei). The etiology ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-03)In this study we evaluated the validity of well-known human electrocardiographic markers of myocardial pathology in Dorper sheep. These markers are all properties of PVC`s, namely the duration of the QRS complex of PVC`s, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Sutherlandia frutescens is a South African herbal remedy traditionally used for various ailments and lately to improve the overall health in cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. Relatively little is known about the mechanisms of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-04)Please read the abstract in the front section of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-03)Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women. It remains the leading cause of death in American women from 30 – 70 years of age and approximately 10% of the women living in western countries will develop ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-24)Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome of unknown etiology. It was previously suggested that patients with fibromyalgia were, in early life, often subjected to either psychological or physiological trauma. It is, in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as DDT have the ability to disrupt hormonally controlled processes, such as spermatogenesis, which is the maturation of germ cells into spermatozoa. During normal spermatogenesis, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-02-06)Please read the abstract in the section, 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-20)2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME) is an endogenous estrogen metabolite with antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties. 2ME also plays an active role in the induction of apoptosis, especially in cancerous cells. These properties ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-10-24)The aim of the study was to investigate the association between depression and low bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal females. The rationale for the study was that depression is often characterized by cortisol ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009)Ferritin is the major protein responsible for the sequestration, storage and release of intracellular iron. The ferritin protein shell exists as heteropolymers of various combinations of two types of subunits, the H-subunit ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-07)Angiogenesis, the process of new vessel formation, appears to be a central mechanism that underlies the development of haemangiomas. Recently, intralesional bleomycin injection was used to treat paediatric haemangiomas ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-08-04)Indications are that autonomic under-arousal exists in children with ADHD. Published results are, however, controversial and few studies examine the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and focussed attention. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)Please read the abstract in the dissertation Copyright
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)The study dealt with the influence of exercise on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and with factors that may influence the results. ANS function was measured in 183 young, healthy participants, before and after a twelve ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-07-14)Physically active men and woman may be less likely than their inactive peers to become overweight. Exercise has a favourable effect on body fat distribution, with a reduction in waist-to-hip ratio with increased exercise. ...
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