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Emerging farmers in water user associations cases from the Breede Water Management area
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)The aim of the study is to understand the level of co-operation between emerging and commercial farmers in a Water User Associations. The effort is expected to inform policy and improve practice in the building of new water ... -
Emission of ³He ⁴He and ⁶He particles produce from the interaction of ¹²C with ⁹³Nb at 400 MeV incident energy
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The inclusive double di®erential cross sections of 3He, 4He, and 6He par- ticles produced from the interaction of 12C with 93Nb at 400 MeV incident energy were extracted from the prescaled singles spectra which were ... -
Empirical and model derived respiration responses to climate in different soils of an arid South African ecosystem
(2009)This study examined the magnitude of soil CO2 efflux in an arid South African ecosystem, the flux responses as well as those of key limiting nutrients to soil temperature increases and moisture reductions consistent with ... -
Employee Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility within the Pharmaceutical Industry
(UWC, 2020)The role corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays amongst employees is underrated within the pharmaceutical industry, which focuses predominantly on external stakeholders and financial gain. The impact of CSR on these ... -
Empowered women in water management
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Following South Africa's independence from apartheid rule, there has been progressive developments in policies that promote equity in all spheres including the water sector. Equality in the water sector is not only limited ... -
Enabling the processing of bioinformatics workflows where data is located through the use of cloud and container technologies
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The growing size of raw data and the lack of internet communication technology to keep up with that growth is introducing unique challenges to academic researchers. This is especially true for those residing in rural ... -
Enabling the production of black soldier fly larval protein from lignocellulosic biomass through pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolyse
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Due to the rapid increase in the world’s population, alternative food resources are crucial to sustain the human diet. Insects can produce valuable proteins and nutrients that can be used as high-quality animal feedstuff ... -
Encapsulating of humic acid in hydrogel matrix for the complexation of heavy metals in aqueous solutions
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Rapid industrialization growth without appropriate emission standards for discharging environmental pollutants had exposed the ecosystem to detrimental effect. Due to their bioaccumulation propensity in organisms, toxicity ... -
End-to-end single-rate multicast congestion detection using support vector machines
(2008)IP multicast is an efficient mechanism for simultaneously transmitting bulk data to multiple receivers. Many applications can benefit from multicast, such as audio and videoconferencing, multi-player games, multimedia ... -
Energy optimization for wireless sensor networks using hierarchical routing techniques
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become a popular research area that is widely gaining the attraction from both the research and the practitioner communities due to their wide area of applications. These applications ... -
Energy Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks using Hierarchical Routing Techniques
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become a popular research area that is widely gaining the attraction from both the research and the practitioner communities due to their wide area of applications. These applications ... -
Engineering antimicrobial strains of saccharomyces cerevisiae as industrial platform for non-sterile bioprocesses
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Microbial contamination is a major challenge in fuel ethanol facilities, especially during the fermentation stage. Bacterial contaminants compete with yeast for fermentable sugars and nutrients, which obstructs starch to ... -
Engineering antimicrobial strains of saccharomyces cerevisiae as industrial platform for non-sterile bioprocesses
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Microbial contamination is a major challenge in fuel ethanol facilities, especially during the fermentation stage. Bacterial contaminants compete with yeast for fermentable sugars and nutrients, which obstructs starch to ... -
Engineering bacterial magnetic nanoparticles
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Magnetosomes, produced by magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), are the most attractive alternative source of non-toxic biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). A magnetosome contains Fe2O4 magnetite with properties superior ... -
Engineering homoaromatic substrate specificity into aliphatic-specific Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8 nitrile hydratase
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8 is a thermophilic nitrile-degrading isolate, obtained from thermal sediment samples of a New Zealand hot spring. The G. pallidus RAPc8 NHase gene has been cloned and expressed in E. coli. The ... -
Engineering Parageobacillus thermoglucosidans as a robust platform for bioethanol production
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Parageobacillus thermoglucosidans is a promising “platform” organism to use in the production ofa range of useful metabolites with demonstrated ability to produce ethanol, isobutanol and polylactic acid for bio-degradable ... -
Engineering robust yeast strains for the conversion of xylose derived from lignocellulosic biomass to xylitol
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)To achieve a sustainable and economically viable 2G biofuels industry, biorefineries must co-produce high-value, low-volume bioproducts alongside high-volume, low-value cellulosic ethanol. This can be realised with the ... -
Environmental and socio-economic feasibility of solar powered groundwater pumps in drought affected areas of giyani Limpopo.
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)In the South African context, large portions of rural population do not have access to water supply. Shallow groundwater in alluvial aquifers of ephemeral (or dry sand bed) rivers can potentially be an alternative sustainable ... -
Environmental modelling of wetland distribution in the Western Cape, South Africa: A climate change perspective
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Wetlands have been recognised as one of the most intrinsically valuable and threatened ecosystems in the world. Global estimates indicate that wetlands are being lost or transformed at a rapid rate, exacerbated by projected ... -
Epidemiological study of Tuberculosis in Macassar camp
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)The aim of this study was to determine and evaluate the prevalence of TB infection, active TB cases and the risk factors associated with TB infection in Macassar Camp in Macassar (about 40 km from Cape Town on the False ...