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Tracing rays the past, present and future of ray tracing performance
(North-West University, 2010)
The metrics used to compare the performance of various ray tracers in the literature are flawed because they are non-standard and depend on the hardware configuration of the specific system used to gather data. A different ...
Residential mortgage loan securitization and the subprime crisis
(North-West University, 2010)
Many analysts believe that problems in the U.S. housing market initiated the 2008–2010 global financial crisis. In this regard, the subprime mortgage crisis (SMC) shook the foundations of the financial industry by causing ...
Modifying the comet assay for measuring global DNA methylation in a variety of tissue cells
(North-West University, 2010)
It is becoming abundantly clear that DNA methylation plays a crucial role in gene regulation and that aberrant regulation of DNA methylation influences the development of certain diseases such as cancer. Although a wide ...
Metaobjects as a programming tool
(North-West University, 2010)
Computer applications can be described as largely rigid structures within which an
information seeker must navigate in search of information - each screen, each transaction having underlying unique code. The larger the ...
Construction of a mitochondrial consensus sequence for the Khoi-San population of Southern Africa
(North-West University, 2010)
The revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS) is used as a standard for the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence in studies of human evolution and the identification of disease-causing mutations. Due to the large ...
The metabolomics of acute alcohol abuse
(North-West University, 2010)
Alcohol is a substance used and abused by many individuals. The metabolic perturbations caused by excessive alcohol consumption are widespread throughout the human body. One of the primary consequences of alcohol abuse, ...
Detection, quantification and monitoring Prosopis spp. in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa using remote sensing and GIS
(North-West University, 2010)
Invasive Prosopis trees pose significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Several estimates have been made of the spatial extent of alien plant invasion in South ...
Die toepassing van Scrivener se kreatiewe produksiestruktuur in die skepping van ruimtelike grafiese ontwerp vir die Ferdinand Postma-Biblioteek
(North-West University, 2010)
The aim of this creative-production project was to create environmental graphic design applications for the Ferdinand Postma Library of the North-West University (South Africa) and to report on the application of Scrivener’s ...
Die versyfering van historiese kosmiese straal-data = The digitization of historic cosmic-ray data
(North-West University, 2010)
Due to the research on cosmic-rays in the 1930's, the Carnegie Institute in Washington DC instigated the construction of cosmic-ray observation centers around the world. Cosmic-ray activity was recorded using the model C ...
Shopping centres : investigating the need for a regional shopping centre in Klerksdorp, City of Matlosana
(North-West University, 2010)
The shopping centre was born in Europe and matured in North America, and it now
exists in cities with a wide variety of cultures and politics (Dawson, 1983: 1).
According to Casazza et al. (1985:1), the shopping centre ...