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Effect of zinc oxide nanoridge height on solar cell performance
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Environmentally friendly photovoltaic devices make use of solar radiation as the energy source to generate electricity. Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been making headway in the last decade due to their cost-effectiveness ...
Nial and steel as matrices and tic and oxynitrides as reinforcements in metal-matrix composite fabrication
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Metal matrix composites harness the superior attributes of their individual constituents to form high performance materials that would rather be impossible from monolithic substances. Owing to many possible combinations, ...
Assessing the role of groundwater recharge in semi-arid catchments, Hout River Basin, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Many countries in sub-Sahara African region are characterised by crystalline basement aquifers where groundwater explorations are often described as complex. This is because groundwater availability in such aquifers is ...
An hi study of the nearby dwarf galaxy ic 4710
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This work aims to study the dark matter content of the nearby (7.38 Mpc) dwarf
galaxy IC 4710 using the HI line observations from the Australia Telescope
Compact Array (ATCA). We produce the rst interferometric maps of ...
Greywater reuse - An assessment of health and nutritional quality of home gardens produce in rural South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The majority of rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa are predominantly poor and depend largely on small-scale subsistence farming. To date, various farming mechanisms (e.g. organic farming, crop rotation, agroforestry ...
The impact of land use and land cover changes on wetland productivity and hydrological systems in the Limpopo transboundary river basin, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Wetlands are highly productive systems that act as habitats for a variety of flora and fauna. Despite their ecohydrological significance, wetland ecosystems are under severe threat as a result of environmental changes (e.g. ...
Evaluation of the capacity of hydrogen sulfide to reduce infection of maize
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is grown globally as an important grain crop in South Africa, United States, China and Brazil and plays a major role in the worldwide economy. In South Africa, the grain is utilised for food consumption, ...
Exploration of the training/educational background and the roles of regulatory affairs associates/officers in selected South African based pharmaceutical companies in Gauteng province
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Regulatory Affairs (RA), within the pharmaceutical business, could be a profession that covers different registration parameters of a pharmaceutical product. This is a profession that was developed to protect the public ...
In vitro neuroprotective effects of boophone disticha, brunsvigia bosmaniae and strumaria truncata extracts in sh-sy5y cells.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease, is one of the leading disability disorders with about 10 million people affected worldwide. The pathological hallmarks ...
Investigating the impact of effluent from wastewater treatment works on river water quality, Baths River, Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa is facing a problem of many municipal waste water treatment works (WWTW) not working efficiently. The environmental impacts of poorly treated effluents on receiving water bodies have required special attention ...