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Research Commons
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Dr Ilse du Preez Acting Director: Centre for Human Metabolomics Prof Chris Vorster Director: Nngwe Programme Director Ms Derylize Beukes Section Head: Analytics, Centre for Human Metabolomics Mr Grant Maasdorp Section Head: Operations, Centre for Human…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-human-metabolomics/amino-acid-profiling
Amino Acid Profiling
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Specialised Tests
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Acylcarnitine Profiling
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Single Amino Acids
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School of Nursing celebrates International Nurses’ Day in partnership with Potchefstroom Hospital
On 12 May every year, the global nursing profession celebrates International Nurses’ Day. The theme for this year, announced by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) was “Our nurses, our future. Empowered nurses save lives”. The attendees at this event were nurses employed at the Potchefstroom Hospital led by the executive management,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-uses-poetry-address-gender-based-violence-and-mental-health
Student uses poetry to address gender-based violence and mental health
A student from the North-West University (NWU) Mahikeng Campus is using poetry and storytelling to address gender-based violence, mental health and youth development while building his profile in the literary space of South Africa. Bokamoso Edward Nkunyane, originally from Taung, is studying towards a Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge…http://library.nwu.ac.za/research-bookings-spaces
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Indigenous livestock remedies draw scientific backing in North West study
In villages across North West, livestock owners still turn to roots, bulbs and leaves to treat infections, wounds and reproductive problems in cattle, goats and sheep. A new study now shows that several of those remedies used by Batswana traditional healers and farmers also carry measurable antioxidant properties linked to disease treatment…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-team-moves-forward-low-cost-high-performance-prosthetics
NWU team moves forward with low-cost, high-performance prosthetics
Around the world, up to 90% of people living with mobility disabilities are unable to afford advanced prosthetic devices. A team from the North-West University (NWU) is demonstrating that when it comes to prosthetic devices, affordability and performance can go together. The Beyond Limits initiative, led by engineering lecturer Ian Thomson…http://news.nwu.ac.za/it-student-finds-his-voice-through-contemporary-portrait-art
IT student finds his voice through contemporary portrait art
At the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Cebolenkosi Mkhize moves between two worlds that rarely sit in the same sentence – information technology and contemporary portraiture. Yet for him, they are not opposites. They are extensions of the same language: creation. “I am studying information technology,” he says…Prof Chantelle Bosch is an NRF rated researcher and Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology. She is the subject group leader for Computers Science education and is responsible for undergraduate computer programming, PGCE and BEdHons modules in the subject group. She completed her PhD in Computer Science…
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