Author:Tukulula, M; Gouveia, L; Paixao, P; Hayeshi, R; Naicker, Brendon; Dube, ADate:Jun 2018Mycobacterium tuberculosis which causes tuberculosis, is primarily resident within macrophages. 1,3-ß-glucan has been proposed as a ligand to target drug loaded nanoparticles (NPs) to macrophages. In this study we characterized the intracellular ...Read more
Author:Zulu, B; Oyewo, OA; Leswifi, TY; Onyango, MS; Bishop, BBDate:Jul 2020Water quality degradation due to noxious heavy metals has become a serious concern because of its impact on human health and the ecosystem. In this study, cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) derived from sawdust as a green renewable and sustainable ...Read more
Author:Ruiters, CDate:Apr 2013The Government of South Africa has been the main provider of public infrastructure, particularly in the water sector. Government administration and institutional structures continue to shape and influence infrastructure investment. The South ...Read more
Author:Strong, PJ; Burgess, JEDate:Sep 2008The aim of this work was to characterise wine-related wastewaters and ascertain the wastewater concentrations that were optimal for treatment by Trametes pubescens. Laccase production was also monitored. Crudely purified laccase was tested ...Read more
Author:Oboirien, BO; Ojumu, TV; Obayopo, SODate:Feb 2013Coal biosolubilisation was investigated in stirred tank reactor, fluidised bed and fixed bed bioreactors with a view to highlight the advantages and shortcomings of each of these reactor configurations. The stirred aerated bioreactor and ...Read more
Author:Giffen, MHDate:1976This paper deals with the continuation of an investigation of the marine littoral diatom flora of the Saldanha bay Lagoon, situated on the west coast of South Africa.Read more
Author:Weinstein-Evron, M; Vogel, JC; Kronfeld, JDate:2001The palynological sequence of the Hula L07 core was previously correlated with the global oxygen isotope stages 3-5, based on a radiocarbon age determination and comparison with other Levantine paleoclimatological curves. An attempt was made ...Read more
Author:Schoeman, FRDate:1972The systematics and autecology of the diatoms observed in an algal sample from a maturation pond of the Walvis Bay (south west African coast) sewage works are discussed. Fourteen diatoms species are recorded. A new specie, Amphora subacutiuscula, ...Read more
Author:Fassihi, A; Hunter, LawranceDate:Jul 2014There is often a need to dismantle staple fiber yarns into their component fibers, without significantly changing the fiber physical properties, or damaging the fibers in the process, so that the fibers can be tested for their physical ...Read more
Author:Ripamonti, U; Kirkbride, AN; Yates, SC; Thackeray, JFDate:Apr 1997The dentition and alveolar bone of a maxilla of a juvenile Australopithecus africanus have been examined using a high energy X-ray computed tomography scanner. Results indicate the presence of previously undetected severe alveolar bone loss, ...Read more
Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Leboho, T; Sakong, BM; Adenubi, OT; Eloff, JN; Fouché, GerdaDate:Jan 2017The goal of our research is to develop a lower cost eco-friendly tick control method because acaricides that are commonly used to control ticks are often toxic, harmful to the environment or too expensive for resource-limited farmers. Acetone ...Read more
Author:Kgomo, Mosima B; Wu, Lorinda; Koen, Wayne S; Morris, DDate:2017Fusion splicing is a fibre connection technology that is a key element in the fabrication of high power fibre lasers. Obtaining low optical transmission loss fusion splices remains a challenge in the development of high power fibre lasers. ...Read more
Author:Muchuru, S; Landman, W; Midgley, G; Engelbrech, F; van der Merwe, JHDate:Sep 2015The issue of estimating future climate variability and change of seasonal rainfall and temperature under which ecosystem processes and human interventions will take place in the future is relatively new to forestry. The Zambezi River Basin ...Read more
Author:Bohensky, EL; Reyers, B; Van Jaarsveld, ASDate:Aug 2006Scenario planning is a promising tool for dealing with uncertainty, but it has been underutilized in ecology and conservation. The use of scenarios to explore ecological dynamics of alternative futures has been given a major boost by the ...Read more
Author:Mass MediaDate:Oct 2007Earlier this month a future manufacturing workshop presented by Dr Anthon Botha and Joe Manchu of Innovation Lab Pty Ltd and Lorraine Ngwenya of the Department of Science and Technology - was held at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria. Key ...Read more
Author:Khati, MDate:Jun 2010Aptamers, simply described as chemical antibodies, are synthetic oligonucleotide ligands or peptides that can be isolated in vitro against diverse targets including toxins, bacterial and viral proteins, virus infected cells, cancer cells and ...Read more
Author:Lain, Elisabeth J; Smith, Marie EDate:Nov 2021Aquaculture in South Africa is really taking off, with around 230 farms countrywide, cultivating a wide variety of fish and shellfish species. Most of these are freshwater farms, and it is the freshwater sector that is indeed growing the ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Nomusa R; Siwela, MDate:Aug 2015Cereals form a major component of diets around the world; the most commonly consumed cereals include wheat, rice, maize, and barley. In tropical and semiarid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, however, 'small grain' cereals such as sorghum ...Read more
Author:Fleming, GJ; Van der Merwe, Martina R; Mcferren, GADate:2007Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) is endemic in southern Africa and frequently breaks out in epidemics along the eastern seaboard. Extensive resources are directed at combating cholera yet it remains a significant problem. Limited resources could ...Read more
Author:Kufakunesu, R; Hancke, G; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2022Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) technology is rapidly expanding as a technology with long distance connectivity, low power consumption, low data rates and a large number of end devices (EDs) that connect to the Internet of Things (IoT) ...Read more