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Stellenbosch University Research Report 2009 STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORT 2009 Editor: Senior Director (Research and Innovation) Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch 7602 ISBN: 978-0-7972-1268-8 ii CONTENTS CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................... ii FACULTY OF AGRISCIENCES ................................................................................................... 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ..................................................................................... 1 AGRONOMY ..................................................................................................................... 2 ANIMAL SCIENCES ........................................................................................................ 2 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY .................................................... 4 FOOD SCIENCE ............................................................................................................... 7 FOREST AND WOOD SCIENCE ..................................................................................... 8 GENETICS ........................................................................................................................ 10 HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE ......................................................................................... 10 PLANT PATHOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 13 SOIL SCIENCE ................................................................................................................. 13 VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY .................................................................................. 15 INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY .............................................................. 16 INSTITUTE FOR WINE BIOTECHNOLOGY ................................................................. 16 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ......................................................................... 18 AFRICAN LANGUAGES ................................................................................................. 18 AFRIKAANS AND DUTCH ............................................................................................. 18 ANCIENT STUDIES ......................................................................................................... 21 DRAMA ............................................................................................................................. 24 ENGLISH........................................................................................................................... 25 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ..................................................... 27 HISTORY ........................................................................................................................... 28 INFORMATION SCIENCE .............................................................................................. 30 JOURNALISM .................................................................................................................. 31 LINGUISTICS ................................................................................................................... 32 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ............................................................................... 33 MUSIC ............................................................................................................................... 35 PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................................... 35 POLITICAL SCIENCE ..................................................................................................... 36 PSYCHOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 38 SOCIAL WORK ................................................................................................................. 41 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ............................................................ 41 VISUAL ARTS .................................................................................................................. 43 CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES ................................................................................ 46 CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS AND DECISION-MAKING ...................... 47 CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGY ........................................ 47 FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE .................................................. 49 ACCOUNTING .................................................................................................................. 49 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 52 DEAN'S OFFICE: ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES ............................. 55 ECONOMICS .................................................................................................................... 55 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ............................................................................ 57 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ......................................................................................... 58 LOGISTICS ....................................................................................................................... 59 SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING ........................................ 60 STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE ................................................................... 61 BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ....................................................................... 63 INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES RESEARCH ...................................................................... 63 iii FACULTY OF EDUCATION......................................................................................................... 65 CURRICULUM STUDIES ................................................................................................. 65 EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES ..................................................................................... 67 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ..................................................................................... 68 HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE ................................................................................... 69 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING .................................................................................................... 71 CIVIL ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................... 71 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ......................................................... 75 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ........................................................................................ 81 MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING .............................................. 82 PROCESS ENGINEERING .............................................................................................. 86 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ............................................................................................ 92 ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY ........................................................................................ 92 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY ....................................................................................... 93 ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE ................................................................ 94 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ...................................................................................... 94 CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY .............................................................................................. 94 COMMUNITY HEALTH .................................................................................................. 96 DEAN'S OFFICE (TYGERBERG) .................................................................................... 96 DERMATOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 97 EMERGENCY MEDICINE ............................................................................................... 97 FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE ................................................................. 97 FORENSIC MEDICINE .................................................................................................... 98 HUMAN NUTRITION ...................................................................................................... 99 INTERNAL MEDICINE ................................................................................................... 100 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY ........................................................................................... 106 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY ................................................................................................ 107 MEDICAL VIROLOGY ..................................................................................................... 109 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS .................................................... 110 NEUROSURGERY ............................................................................................................ 115 NUCLEAR MEDICINE ..................................................................................................... 116 NURSING SCIENCE ......................................................................................................... 116 OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
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