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Nickel contamination analysis at cost-effective silver printed paper-based electrodes based on carbon black dimethylglyoxime ink as electrode modifier
(International Association of Physical Chemists, 2022)Electrochemical detection of metal cations at paper-based sensors has been suggested as an attractive alternative to current spectroscopic and chromatographic detection techniques due to the ease of ... -
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – V. Investigation of the cluster infall region
(Oxford University Press, 2016)We examine the properties of the galaxies and dark matter haloes residing in the cluster infall region surrounding the simulated cold dark matter galaxy cluster studied by Elahi et al. at z = 0. The 1.1 × 1015 h−1M ... -
NIFTY galaxy cluster simulations – VI. The dynamical imprint of substructure on gaseous cluster outskirts
(Oxford University Press, 2019)Galaxy cluster outskirts mark the transition region from the mildly non-linear cosmic web to the highly non-linear, virialized, cluster interior. It is in this transition region that the intracluster medium (ICM) begins ... -
Nitric oxide (NO) regulates the expression of single-domain cystatins in glycine max (soybean)
(Southern Cross Publishing, 2013)Plant cystatins inhibit cysteine proteases and are important in regulating plant development and plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress. Furthermore, nitric oxide plays a signaling role in regulating plant responses ... -
Nitric oxide affects salt-induced changes in free amino acid levels in maize
(Elsevier, 2013)It was assumed that salt-induced redox changes affect amino acid metabolism in maize (Zea mays L.), and this influence may be modified by NO. The applied NaCl treatment reduced the fresh weight of shoots and roots. This ... -
Nitrogen fertilization increases the growth and nutritional quality of the forage legume, Calobota sericea – A preliminary investigation
(Elsevier, 2023)Calobota sericea is being evaluated as a forage for drought stressed areas. The nutritional quality of C. sericea from native populations are poor, and this is believed to be due to poor soil fertility. Therefore, a ... -
Nitrogen fertilization increases the growth and nutritional quality of the forage legume, calobota sericea – A preliminary investigation
(Heliyon, 2023)Calobota sericea is being evaluated as a forage for drought stressed areas. The nutritional quality of C. sericea from native populations are poor, and this is believed to be due to poor soil fertility. Therefore, a ... -
Nitrogen plasma treatment of zno and tio2 nanowire arrays for polymer photovoltaic applicationS
(ScienceDirect, 2019)This work reports on a simple, yet unique approach to improving the opto-electronic properties of vertically-aligned arrays of rutile TiO2 and Wurzite ZnO nanowires by means of controlled nitrogen doping during exposure ... -
Nitrogen-doped carbon coated ZeO2 as a support to Pt nanoparticles in the oxygen reduction reaction
(Elsevier, 2013)A new nitrogen-doped carbon (CNx) support for Pt electrocatalysts was prepared by carbonizing polypyrrole on the surface of ZrO2 (ZrO2@CNx) at high temperature. Well-dispersed Pt nanoparticles were easily formed on the ... -
Nodulation, leaf harvesting intensity and interval of the black-eyed bean (BEB) (Vigna unguiculata L. Walpers) cowpea type at the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
(Academic Journals, 2012)A glasshouse pot experiment was carried out at the University of Zimbabwe, Crop Science Department in 2006 to 2007 rainy season to determine the effect of leaf harvesting intensity and interval on cowpea biological nitrogen ... -
NOEMA redshift measurements of bright Herschel galaxies
(EDP Sciences, 2020)Using the IRAM NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA), we conducted a program to measure redshifts for 13 bright galaxies detected in the Herschel Astrophysical Large Area Survey with S500 μm ≥ 80 mJy. We report reliable ... -
Non-booking for antenatal care and risks for vertical HIV transmission among women in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: The success of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs dependents on pregnant women accessing antenatal care (ANC) services. Failure to access ANC throughout the course of pregnancy ... -
Non-Gaussianity constraints using future radio continuum surveys and the multitracer technique
(Oxford University Press, 2019)Tighter constraints on measurements of primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) will allow the differentiation of inflationary scenarios. The cosmic microwave background bispectrum – the standard method of measuring the local ... -
Non-linear damping of superimposed primordial oscillations on the matter power spectrum in galaxy surveys
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020)Galaxy surveys are an important probe for superimposed oscillations on the primordial power spectrum of curvature perturbations, which are predicted in several theoretical models of inflation and its alternatives. In order ... -
Non-specificity of Staphylococcus generic primers
(Society for General Microbiology, 2003)Our results allow us to conclude that there appears to be significant conservation between the tuf genes of Planococcus, Planomicrobium and Staphylococcus spp., and that although the primer set TstaG422/TStag765 has ... -
Nonlinear galactic dynamos and the magnetic pitch angle
(American Astronomical Society, 2015)Pitch angles p of the large-scale magnetic fields B of spiral galaxies have previously been inferred from observations to be systematically larger in magnitude than predicted by standard mean-field dynamo theory. ... -
Nonlinear modulation of the HI power spectrum on ultra-large scales. I
(IOP Science, 2015)Intensity mapping of the neutral hydrogen brightness temperature promises to provide a three-dimensional view of the universe on very large scales. Nonlinear effects are typically thought to alter only the small-scale ... -
The nonstructural protein 8 (nsp8) of the SARS coronavirus interacts with its ORF6 accessory protein
(Elsevier, 2007)Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused a severe outbreak in several regions of the world in 2003. The SARS-CoV genome is predicted to contain 14 functional open reading frames (ORFs). The ... -
A note on the stochastic version of the Gronwall lemma
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2022)We prove a stochastic version of the Gronwall lemma assuming that the underlying martingale has a terminal random value in Lp, where 1 p < 1: The proof of the present result is mainly based on a sharp martingale inequality ... -
Novel additive for sperm cryopreservation media: Holotheria parva coelomic cavity extract protects human spermatozoa against oxidative stress—A pilot study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Cryopreservation is the most effective method for preserving semen for a long period of time. However, during the freeze–thaw process, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leads to a steep reduction in sperm fertility ...