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  • Origin and history to date of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) African Foundation 
    Krecek, R.C.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; De Waal, D.T.; Peter, R.J.; Prichard, R.; Sumption, D. (2011)
    The origin of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) African Foundation is described. The 16th WAAVP Conference held in South Africa in 1997 generated a surplus of ZAR 430 460 (US$ ...
  • Origin and maturation of lagoonal glauconites : a case study from the Oligocene Maniyara Fort Formation, western Kutch, India 
    Banerjee, Santanu; Chattoraj, Shovan Lal; Saraswati, P.K.; Dasgupta, Somnath; Sarkar, Urbashi; Bumby, Adam John (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-08)
    An integrated study of the sedimentology, micropalaeontology, mineralogy and geochemistry of glauconites in the Oligocene Maniyara Fort Formation (western Kutch, India), has been undertaken. Authigenic glauconites, mostly ...
  • Origin and phylogeography of African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kruger and nearby parks in southern Africa 
    De Flamingh, Alida; Roca, Alfred L.; Van Aarde, Rudi J. (Springer, 2018-02)
    African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) occur in fragmented and isolated populations across southern Africa. Transfrontier conservation efforts aim at preventing the negative effects of population fragmentation by ...
  • The origin of arbitration law in South Africa 
    Rantsane, Ditaba Petrus (North West University, Faculty of Law, 2020-11-03)
    This article seeks to trace the historical origin of arbitration as it is currently practised in South Africa. The resort to alternative dispute resolution methods has existed since time immemorial. The practice of ...
  • Origin of hydrocarbons stability from a computational perspective : a case study of ortho-xylene isomers 
    Mitoraj, Mariusz Pawel; Sagan, Filip; Szczepanik, Dariusz W.; De Lange, Jurgens Hendrik; Ptaszek, Aleksandra L.; Van Niekerk, D.M.E. (Daniel); Cukrowski, Ignacy (Wiley, 2020-03)
    It is shown herein that intuitive and text‐book steric‐clash based interpretation of the higher energy “in‐in” xylene isomer (as arising solely from the repulsive CH⋅⋅⋅HC contact) with respect to the corresponding ...
  • The origin of irreversibility and thermalization in thermodynamic processes 
    Roduner, Emil; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart) (Elsevier, 2022-01)
    Understanding the origin of irreversibility in thermodynamics has been a fundamental scientific challenge and puzzle for nearly a century. Initially, the discussions related to classical thermodynamic systems, but recently ...
  • Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) : dispersal from Africa 
    Sole, Catherine L.; Wirta, Helena; Forgie, Shaun Andrew; Scholtz, Clarke H. (Brill, 2011-05)
    Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, has a long history of isolation (160 MY) and a wide range of climates and ecosystems which have in turn resulted in high levels of endemism across different taxonomic levels. ...
  • The origin of prophetism in the Ancient Near East 
    De Villiers, Gerda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    This article aimed to give an overview of the early attestations to prophecy in the Ancient Near East (ANE) in order to stimulate reflection on what could be understood by ‘prophetism’. The most extant sources for prophetic ...
  • The origin of the Christian doctrine on the 'Descensus Christi ad Inferos' 
    Du Toit, Marietjie (Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2007)
    The aim of this paper is to show that the origin of the Christian Doctrine on the 'Descensus Christi ad Inferos' can be found in Jewish Christianity. It will also be argued that the development of Jewish hope offered the ...
  • The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island 
    Sota, Teiji; Hori, Michio; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Karagyan, Gayane; Liang, Hong-Bin; Ikeda, Hiroshi; Takami, Yasuoki (Oxford University Press, 2020-09)
    Some highly isolated oceanic islands harbour endemic ground beetles that have lost the ability to fly. Here, we investigated the origin of the possibly extinct flightless giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St ...
  • The origin of the resurrection idea : a dialogue with Greorge Nickelsburg 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-06)
    This is a review article on George W E Nickelsburg’s book Resurrection, immortality, and eternal life in intertestamental Judaism and early Christianity. The aim of this article is to reflect on the results of Nickelsburg’s ...
  • The origin, definition and nature of the transconscious in the spirituality of Father Stăniloae 
    Birzu, Vasile (AOSIS, 2021-08-26)
    In his important work, Orthodox Spirituality, Father Dumitru Stăniloae considers that, besides the real existence of the subconscious, there exists in man another reality as well, comprising the superior divine energies ...
  • The original justice in the context of natural sciences : Thomistic insights 
    Roszak, Piotr (AOSIS, 2023-01)
    The picture of the beginnings of humankind presented by natural science is often contrasted with what is conveyed in Scripture. It has been pointed out that the Edenic state before sin – which we refer to as original justice ...
  • Original mycobacterial sin, a consequence of highly homologous antigens? 
    Jenkins, Akinbowale Olajide; Michel, Anita Luise; Rutten, Victor P.M.G. (Elsevier, 2017-05)
    The role of antigens shared between Mycobacteria in in-vivo cross-reactive immune responses in host animals, have been reported to be responsible for reduced BCG vaccination efficacy as well reduced specificity of ...
  • An original phylogenetic approach identified mitochondrial haplogroup T1a1 as inversely associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers 
    Blein, Sophie; Bardel, Claire; Danjean, Vincent; McGuffog, Lesley; Healey, Sue; Barrowdale, Daniel; Lee, Andrew; Dennis, Joe; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.; Soucy, Penny; Terry, Mary Beth; Chung, Wendy K.; Goldgar, David E.; Buys, Saundra S.; Breast Cancer Family Registry; Janavicius, Ramunas; Tihomirova, Laima; Tung, Nadine; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Ding, Yuan Chun; Gerdes, Anne-Marie; Ejlertsen, Bent; Nielsen, Finn C.; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; Osorio, Ana; Benitez, Javier; Conejero, Raquel Andres; Segota, Ena; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Thelander, Margo; Peterlongo, Paolo; Radice, Paolo; Pensotti, Valeria; Dolcetti, Riccardo; Bonanni, Bernardo; Peissel, Bernard; Zaffaroni, Daniela; Scuvera, Giulietta; Manoukian, Siranoush; Varesco, Liliana; Capone, Gabriele L; Papi, Laura; Ottini, Laura; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Garber, Judy; Hamann, Ute; Donaldson, Alan; Brady, A.; Brewer, Carole; Foo, Claire; Evans, D. Gareth; Frost, Debra; Eccles, Diana M.; EMBRACE; Douglas, Fiona; Cook, Jackie; Adlard, Julian; Barwell, Julian; Walker, Lisa; Izatt, Louise; Side, Lucy E.; Kennedy, M.J.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Rogers, Mark T.; Porteous, Mary E.; Morrison, Patrick J.; Platte, Radka; Eeles, Rosalind A.; Davidson, Rosemarie; Hodgson, Shirley; Cole, Trevor; Godwin, Andrew K.; Isaacs, Claudine; Claes, Kathleen; De Leeneer, Kim; Meindl, Alfons; Gehrig, Andrea; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Sutter, Christian; Engel, Christoph; Niederacher, Dieter; Steinemann, Doris; Plendl, Hansjoerg; Kast, Karin; Rhiem, Kerstin; Ditsch, Nina; Arnold, Norbert; Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda; Schmutzler, Rita Katharina; Preisler-Adams, Sabine; Markov, Nadja Bogdanova; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; De Pauw, Antoine; Lefol, Cedrick; Lasset, Christine; Leroux, Dominique; Rouleau, Etienne; Damiola, Francesca; GEMO Study Collaborators; Dreyfus, Helene; Barjhoux, Laure; Golmard, Lisa; Uhrhammer, Nancy; Bonadona, Valerie; Sornin, Valerie; Bignon, Yves-Jean; Carter, Jonathan; Van Le, Linda; Piedmonte, Marion; DiSilvestro, Paul A.; De la Hoya, Miguel; Caldes, Trinidad; Nevanlinna, Heli; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Jager, Agnes; Van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; Kets, Carolien M.; Aalfs, Cora M.; Van Leeuwen, Flora E.; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E.J.; HEBON; Oosterwijk, Jan; Van Roozendaal, Kees E.P.; Rookus, Matti A.; Devilee, Peter; Van der Luijt, Rob B; Olah, Edith; Diez, Orland; Teule, Alex; Lazaro, Conxi; Blanco, Ignacio; Del Valle, Jesus; Jakubowska, Anna; Sukiennicki, Grzegorz; Gronwald, Jacek; Lubinski, Jan; Durda, Katarzyna; Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Maugard, Christine; Amadori, Alberto; Montagna, Marco; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Foulkes, William; Olswold, Curtis; Lindor, Noralane M.; Pankratz, Vernon S.; Szabo, Csilla I.; Lincoln, Anne; Jacobs, Lauren; Corines, Marina J.; Robson, Mark E.; Vijai, Joseph; Berger, Andreas; Fink-Retter, Anneliese; Singer, Christian F.; Rappaport, Christine; Kaulich, D.G.; Pfeiler, Georg; Tea, Muy-Kheng M.; Greene, Mark H.; Mai, Phuong L.; Rennert, Gad; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Glendon, Gord; Andrulis, Irene L.; Tchatchou, Sandrine; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Pedersen, Inge Sokilde; Thomassen, Mads; Kruse, Torben A; Jensen, Uffe Birk; Caligo, Maria A.; Friedman, Eitan; Zidan, Jamal; Laitman, Yael; Lindblom, Annika; Melin, B.; Arver, Brita; Loman, Niklas; Rosenquist, Richard; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Ramus, Susan J.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Domchek, Susan M.; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Arun, Banu K.; Mitchell, Gillian; Karlan, Beth Y.; Lester, Jenny; Orsulic, Sandra; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Thomas, Gilles; Simard, Jacques; Couch, Fergus J.; Offit, Kenneth; Easton, Douglas F.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Mazoyer, Sylvie; Phelan, Catherine M.; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; Cox, David G. (BioMed Central, 2015-04-25)
    INTRODUCTION : Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can ...
  • "Originality" and "reproduction" in copyright law with special reference to photographs 
    Harms, Louis T.C. (Faculty of Law, North West University, 2013)
    Black cabs and red buses are part of the London landscape. Countless tourists, bedazzled by the sight and using expensive Nikons, cheap disposable cameras or mobile phones, have been taking snapshots of a red bus passing ...
  • The origins and early development of Scottish Presbyterian mission in South Africa (1824-1865) 
    Duncan, Graham A. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013)
    This article traces the origins and development of the Scottish Presbyterian mission in South Africa through its Scottish antecedents to its actual establishment in South Africa in 1824 until the end of the first phase ...
  • The origins of late nineteenth-century migrant diamond miners uncovered in a salvage excavation in Kimberley, South Africa 
    Van der Merwe, Alie Emily; Ribot, I.; Morris, D.; Steyn, Maryna; Maat, G.J.R. (South African Archaeological Society, 2010-05)
    The metric analysis of phenotypic variation observed in human skeletons is valuable for the determination of biological relatedness or ancestry, particularly when testing specific hypotheses concerning the possible ...
  • Oropharyngeal carcinoma : a sexually transmitted disease 
    Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Van Zyl, Andre W. (South African Academy of Family Practice, 2010-03)
    Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) is on the increase and accounts for 18% to 63% of OPC. It occurs mostly in young males with no other identifiable risk factors. The vast majority of ...
  • Oropharyngeal carcinoma : what the dentist should know 
    Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Bunn, Belinda Kathleen (South African Dental Association, 2012-11)
    HPV-related oropharyngeal carcinoma (OPC) is a clinically and molecularly distinct form of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) which has recently shown a dramatic increase in global incidence. The aetiology, clinical presentation ...