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Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria associated with the roots of Proteaceae plant species in soils of Fynbos ecosystem
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The major objective of this study was to investigate soil ammonia-oxidizing bacterial diversity and composition associated with plant roots of Proteaceae plants and to compare it with non-plant associated soil.
Determination of the gas-flow patterns inside the hot-wire chemical vapor deposition system, using computational fluids dynamics software (fluent)
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Computational Fluid Dynamics is the analysis of a system involving fluid flow, heat transfer and associated phenomena such as chemical reactions by means of a computer-based simulation. The simulations in this study are ...
A global revision of the nongeniculate coralling algal genere Porolithon Foslie (defunct) and Hydrolithon Foslie (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The purpose of this thesis was to provide a revision and characterization of the species of nongeniculate coralline algae previously ascribed to the now defunct genus Porolithon; to provide a modern account of selected ...
The catalytic membrane reactor for the conversion of methane to methanol and formaldehyde under mild conditions
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis described the development of new catalytic system for the conversion of natural gas (methane) to liquid products such as methanol and formaldehyde. This technology can allow the exploitation of small and medium ...
Functional genomic characterization of fruit quality traits in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh)
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The domesticated apple (Malus x domestica Borkh), belonging to the Malusgenus of the Rosaceae family, is one of the edible pomaceous fruits. Since it is one of the important commercial fruit crops worldwide, the quality ...
Signature splitting and inversion in the 186-194 Au Nuclei predicted by the total routhian surface (TRS) and cranked shell model (CSM) calculations
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The nearly oblate deformed Au nuclei show rotational bands built on multi quasiparticle excitations [Bou89, Bou92, Gue03, Gue01, Ven92]. Several of these bands are built on rotationally aligned high-j proton and neutron ...
Groundwater occurrence of Table Mountain area in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Groundwater is an important water resource to be used to supplement the water demand for the City of Cape Town for present and future generations. Understanding the groundwater occurrence of the Table Mountain area is very ...
The fate of microbial contaminants in the subsurface with a South African case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The time bound agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) aims at reducing poverty, extending gender equality and advancing opportunities for health and education by addressing current and future water resource and ...
Evaluation of guidelines for clinical trials of traditional plant medicines
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The World Health Organization estimates that 4 billion people use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care. These herbal products are however mostly used without the necessary clinical trial done to prove ...
Investigation of the interaction of ceramide and acyl-coenzyme A with the mitochondrial associated protein, endozepine, using heteronuclear NMR
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Endozepine is an alternative name for the testis-specific isoform of the acyl-CoA binding protein (t-ACBP). Acyl-CoA binding proteins form a highly conserved family of proteins, which bind long chain fatty acid esters with ...