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Browsing Biosciences by Issue Date
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(2010-02)Amaranthus tricolor (A. tricolor) is a nutritious vegetable crop that is used as a subsistence and cash crop in the rural areas in Africa. Its yield and production is severely limited by abiotic stresses such as drought. ...
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(Vaal University of Technology, 2011-06)Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely used in water purification. The presence of biofilms in water and industrial water purification systems is prevalent. As a result, biofouling which is a biofilm problem causes ...
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(2011-08-03)Methods for detecting the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts have been developed and continuous improvement is being done to improve the recovery rate of the target protozoa. Rand Water has adopted their ...
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(2011-10-27)Bottled water like any drinking water used for human consumption should be safe and wholesome to ensure adequate public health protection. This is due to potential health effects of concern such as endocrine disruption, ...
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(2011-11)One of the major problems encountered in qualitative and quantitative determination of residual pesticides by gas chromatography is the matrix effects. Matrix components have a considerable effect on the way analysis is ...
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(Vaal University of Technology, 2012-01)NATREF is the only inland refinery in South Africa and as such has unique water disposal challenges since it does not have the advantage of marine outlet like many other refineries. Most of its process streams are treated ...
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(2012-06)ABSTRACT The research was aimed to study the causes of excessive foaming in a waste water treatment plant. Although the activated sludge process has been adopted to treat this industrial waste water , lots of problems ...
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(2012-07)The mass production of algae for commercial purposes has predominately been carried out in open ponds systems. However, open ponds systems have a number of disadvantages such as poor light utilization, requirement for large ...
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(2013)This study seeks to design and test specific short hairpin RNA (pshRNA) for their efficiency in knocking down the GALT gene RNA products thereby limiting the resultant enzyme activity. The following objectives were followed ...
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Assessing the genetic diversity of South African sweetpotato germplasm using DNA and protein markers (2013-06)Sweetpotato is one of the most important food crops in developing countries including South Africa. Currently two major types of cultivars are grown in South Africa: one is the orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) which has ...
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(2014)The Klip River has suffered severe anthropogenic effects from industrial, agricultural, mining and domestic activities. As a result harmful contaminants such as heavy metals have accumulated in the river, causing microorganisms ...
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(2014)Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott] belongs to the family Araceae. It is an important staple food crop grown mainly by small scale farmers in many parts of the world. Taro is also grown in South Africa from the costal ...
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(2014-02)Solid-state fermentation (SFF) has emerged as a good method for the production of microbial enzymes such as inulinases. The use of low-cost agricultural plants and agro-industrial residues as substrates in SSF processes ...
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(2014-09)Most cultivated bananas and plantains (Musa spp. sect. Eumusa), originated from two wild diploid species, Musa acuminata Colla (AA) and Musa balbisiana Colla (BB), which contributed the A and B genomes, respectively. The ...
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(2015)Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is an important food crop that is grown in many countries. A number of viral and fungal sweetpotato diseases have been reported worldwide. One of the major and most economic diseases of the ...
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(2015-08)Pigeon droppings, found in abundance in most cities and towns where pigeons are found, are a source of potential yeast and molds into the environment. Invasive fungal infections are a cause of morbidity and often mortality ...
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Development of a HPLC method for the detection of Levetiracetam in blood of patients with epilepsy (2016-05)Approximately 1% of the world’s population has epilepsy, the second most common neurological disorder after stroke. In South Africa almost 1 in every 100 people has epilepsy, affecting all ages. Levetiracetam (LEV), ...
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(Vaal University of Technology, 2016-11)The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations predict that milk production and the dairy sector will remain one of the fastest-growing ...
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(Vaal University of Technology, 2016-12)Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) is an underutilized crop in the African continent. It is a drought tolerant crop and fixes atmospheric nitrogen. Bambara groundnut is primarily grown for the protein content ...
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(Vaal University of Technology, 2017-11)Tulbaghia violacea Harv. (wild garlic) has been used in traditional medicine in Southern Africa for the treatment of various ailments. Despite the widespread use and popularity of this medicinal plant as a herbal medicine, ...
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