Diving into the biodiversity of the Great African Seaforest using environmental DNA metabarcoding by Courtaillac, Kira-Lee

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Metabolite profiling of Eragrostis nindensis during desiccation and recovery by Baluku, Erikan

“…The results demonstrated that the leaves have a different metabolic shift pattern that is more variable, and the roots' metabolome is less affected by desiccation. …”
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Approaches to quantifying and reducing uncertainty in GCMs over Southern Africa by Carter, Suzanne

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Development of honey/chitosan nanofibrous scaffolds loaded with natural materials and bacteriophage: Evaluation of their antimicrobial and wound healing activities. by Sarhan, Wesam Awad

“…Bacterial infection of the wound site further complicates the healing process as it stimulates the immune system which in turn prolongs tissue inflammation thus further delaying the healing process. …”
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Pulsatile Electropolishing of Nitinol Stents by Cloete, Jeran Andre

“…This is usually overcome with the use of acid solutions that dissolve the metallic oxide. This thesis aims to shift the primary control of the electropolishing e_ect from electrolyte variables to a combination of potential variation and hydrodynamic interference. …”
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Identification of natural product stereochemistry via calculation of ECD spectra by Lolli, Riccardo

“…Furthermore, the spectra were calculated in four different solvents, using the implicit SMD method, in order to inform future studies about “variable solvent circular dichroism”. Different conformations of a molecule can be controlled by the choice of solvent and it is hypothesised that a change in solvent will result in a “fingerprint” shift in the ECD spectra that could permit assignment of the stereochemistry. …”
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Contributions to Long-Term Electricity System Expansion Planning Through the Systematic Treatment of Data Uncertainty and Operational Assumptions by Auret, Christina

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Testing alternative stable state theory at Afromontane and Milkwood forest-fynbos ecotones by Fouche, Bianke

“…Anthropogenic modifications to disturbance regimes alter the stability of forests and fynbos and may shift forest and fynbos into a degraded species-poor state. …”
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The reclassification of the genus Ceratocaryum Nees (Restionaceae) and describing the variation of the species C. argenteum Nees ex Kumth by Hawley, Greer

“…Resultant consequences include encouraging the growth of alien invasive weeds, the decline of indigenous aquatic fauna and flora, and a shift in ecosystem functioning. Plans to increase the circulation of seawater have already been proved to be necessary, but the process needs to be monitored. …”
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Diatoms : indicators of tidal influx in a hydraulically regulated estuary, Zandvlei, in the southern Cape by Hawley, Greer

“…Resultant consequences include encouraging the growth of alien invasive weeds, the decline of indigenous aquatic fauna and flora, and a shift in ecosystem functioning. Plans to increase the circulation of seawater have already been proved to be necessary, but the process needs to be monitored. …”
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Geographic range, spread and potential distribution of the painted reed frog Hyperolius marmoratus in the Western Cape Province, South Africa by Davies, Sarah J.

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High throughput experimentation: a validation study for use in catalyst development by Luchters, Niels

“…Fuel processing consists of three catalytic reactions, namely reforming, water - gas shift and a CO clean - up through either selective methanation or preferential oxidation. …”
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Development of a tunable vibration isolator utilising a smart actuater

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The influence of weathering on the engineering soil profile : a study of low relief basalts in South Africa

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Stakeholder experiences of the Quality Enhancement Project in selected South African Universities

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The application of probabilistic logic to identify, quantify and mitigate the uncertainty inherent to a large surface mining budget

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Fatigue Behaviour of CFRP Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beams by James, Valontino Ruwhellon

“…Information was acquired on key performance indicators that included fatigue life, crack development, failure mode and stiffness degradation, where stiffness was assessed in terms of midspan deflection, composite material strains and neutral axis shift. Information on these parameters were collected using strain gauges, linear variable differential transducers (LVDT), DEMEC strain targets and digital image correlation (DIC). …”
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Contributions to the theory and applications of univariate distribution-free Shewhart, CUSUM and EWMA control charts

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Overview of runs-type signalling rules

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