Towards a Promising Nanoformulation for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease by Abdel Dayem, Dania

“…Accordingly, this study focused on developing nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) to encapsulate nilotinib, an insoluble “brick dust” drug. …”
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Investigating the variation in susceptibility between Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes in response to Botrytis cinerea infection by Mcalery, John Alexander

“…In order to combat the various pathogens that are constantly exposed to, plants have developed a complex multi-layered innate immune system. …”
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of late Holocene climate dynamics in Southwest Africa using a multi-proxy characterization of Namaqualand mudbelt sediments by Granger, Robyn

“…Furthermore, a newly-developed proxy, TEX 86 , was used as an alternative palaeothermometer. …”
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Investigation of mycobacterial cell wall genes and their requirement for survival in immune related stressful conditions by Samuels, Veneshley

“…Understanding these survival mechanisms will help us develop new therapeutic interventions that can enhance the capacity of the immune system to kill the pathogen. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on the effect of strain rate to ductile damage by Bowden, Andrew Scott

“…Thus the aims of this thesis were to develop a system to test the damage properties of materials at both quasistatic (≈ 1 s−1 ) and dynamic (> 1×103 s −1 ) strain rates, and then to determine the influence of strain rate to ductile fracture. …”
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Probing the HIV Reverse-Transcriptase enzyme with novel bifunctional HIV-1 RT inhibitors of the general formula (NRTI)-spacer-(NNRTI) by Mohamed, Ebrahim

“…The final part of this thesis describes the synthesis of a remarkable d4U/TMC120 bifunctional system, synthesized on the basis of molecular modeling. …”
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Going it all alone : Africa's potential for delinking from the neoliberal paradigm

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Solar chimney turbine performance by Gannon, Anthony John

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Controlled-release of mosquito repellents from microporous polymer strands

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Automated recharging and vision-based improved localisation for a quadrotor UAV by Grobler, Reghard

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Relativistic eikonal formalism applied to inclusive quasielastic proton-induced nuclear reactions by Titus, Nortin, P-D

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Quantitative measurement of spatial accessibility to locations both in urban and peri-urban environments by Chega, Gift

“…Accessibility reflects the extent of interaction between an area's land use development and transportation system. The aim of the research is to evaluate accessibility using Geographic Information System (GIS)-based techniques, to measure coverage and associated potential market for existing pick-up points, and to suggest modifications to improve accessibility. …”
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The financial viability of coal reserves within previously mined areas of the Witbank Coalfield

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Barriers and facilitators to physical and mental health help-seeking among Congolese male refugee survivors of conflict-related sexual violence living in Kampala by Kansiime, Peninah

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Estimation of genetic and non-genetic parameters for growth traits in two beef cattle breeds in Botswana by Raphaka, Kethusegile

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An open vendor agnostic fog computing framework for mission critical and data dense applications by Chirindo, Tasimba Denford David

“…This cooperation framework from industry, academia and regulatory institute aims to make it easier for both application developers and infrastructure solution providers to develop towards a common, open and interoperable fog computing environment. …”
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An assessment of school feeding programme - pilot phase and its relationship with enrolment attendance retention and the local agricultural production in Nampula province in Moza...

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The value of catch statistics and records of Guano Harvests for managing certain South African Fisheries by Bergh, Michael Olaf

“…Overall, however, the complexity of the system, and the sketchiness of knowledge about it mitigates against the use of multispecies models for making useful predictions. …”
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Fire safety in commercial plastic recycling facilities by Devine, Courtney Kaylor

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How to be a superhero: stories of creating a culture of inclusion through theatre by Jaskolski, Kaitlin Orlena-Kearns

“…Psychologist Philip Zimbardo argues that “Heroism can be learned, can be taught, can be modeled, and can be a quality of being to which we all should aspire.” (2011). …”
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