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Progress in the use of geospatial and remote sensing technologies in the assessment and monitoring of tomato crop diseases
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)With a growing global population and accelerating climatechange, systematic assessment and monitoring of crop diseases isurgently required to ensure food security and production.However, current dietary transitions ... -
Progress on perovskite materials for energy application
(Elsevier, 2021)Energy underlies the human development and welfare. Today energy depends on combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil) sources. These sources have not only led to severe environmental issues because it emits greenhouse ... -
Promoting physics and development in Africa
(American Institute of Physics, 2004)To excel in physics research in Africa is to conquer Mount Everest without the aid of additional oxygen. In a continent that lacks the infrastructure of research laboratories, technical support, and so forth, relatively ... -
Properties of CVSO 30 from TESS measurements: probably a binary T Tauri star with complex light curves and no obvious planets
(Oxford University Press, 2020)‘Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite’ (TESS) photometry of CVSO 30 spanned 21.8 d, with a single large gap of 1.1 d. This allows alias-free determination of the two periodicities in the data. It is confirmed that both ... -
Properties of submillimeter galaxies in the CANDELS GOODS-south field
(American Physical Society, 2014)We derive physical properties of 10 submillimeter galaxies located in the CANDELS coverage of the GOODS-S field. The galaxies were first identified as submillimeter sources with the LABOCA bolometer and subsequently targeted ... -
Properties of Type Ia supernovae inside rich galaxy clusters
(Oxford University Press, 2013)We used the Gaussian Mixture Brightest Cluster Galaxy catalogue and Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II supernovae data with redshifts measured by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey to identify 48 Type Ia supernovae ... -
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 genetic screening using the vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops) model
(Journal of Medical Primatology, 2022)Background: The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene has come to prominence due to its reported function in the clearance of low-density li-poprotein cholesterol. The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus ... -
Prospective policy safeguards to mitigate hydrogeological risk pathways in advance of shale gas development in the Karoo basin, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2021)Policies surrounding energy development are frequently implemented in response to known or perceived problems. South Africa is in a unique position to develop prospective policies that build on knowledge gained from ... -
Prospects for cosmic magnification measurements using H I intensity mapping
(Oxford University Press, 2020)We investigate the prospects of measuring the cosmic magnification effect by cross-correlating neutral hydrogen intensity mapping (H I IM) maps with background optical galaxies. We forecast the signal-to-noise ratio for ... -
Prospects of using gum Arabic silver nanoparticles in toothpaste to prevent dental caries
(MDPI, 2023)There is growing interest in the use of green synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to control and prevent dental diseases. The incorporation of green synthesized AgNPs into dentifrices to reduce pathogenic oral ... -
Protect high seas biodiversity
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021)The high seas—marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (1)—cover nearly half of Earth’s surface (2). The high seas support our planet in countless ways, from regulating the climate, to feeding millions of people, to ... -
Protein interaction networks as metric spaces: A novel perspective on distribution of hubs
(BMC, 2014)In the post-genomic era, a central and overarching question in the analysis of protein-protein interaction networks continues to be whether biological characteristics and functions of proteins such as lethality, physiological ... -
Protein profiling in unlocking the basis of varicocele-associated infertility
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)Varicocele is one of the major causes of male infertility and has a negative impact on spermatogenesis. The conventional semen analysis does not reveal the underlying subcellular mechanisms associated with defects in ... -
Proteomic analysis of grape berry cell cultures reveals that developmentally regulated ripening related processes can be studied using cultured cells
(Public Library of Science, 2011)This work describes a proteomics profiling method, optimized and applied to berry cell suspensions to evaluate organ-specific cultures as a platform to study grape berry ripening. Variations in berry ripening within a ... -
Proteomic identification and meta-analysis in salvia hispanica RNA-seq de novo assemblies
(2021)While proteomics has demonstrated its value for model organisms and for organisms with mature genome sequence annotations, proteomics has been of less value in nonmodel organisms that are unaccompanied by genome sequence ... -
Proteomic mechanisms of drug resistance in Candida cell membrane fractions
(International Association for Dental Research, 2014)INTRODUCTION: The African continent has the highest burden of HIV infection, accounting for approximately 65% of new infections globally. Oral candidiasis is a major cause of increased morbidity in HIV-infected individuals ... -
Proteomics analysis of the p.G849D variant in neurexin 2 alpha may reveal insight into Parkinson’s disease pathobiology
(Frontiers, 2022)Parkinson’s disease (PD), the fastest-growing neurological disorder globally, has a complex etiology. A previous study by our group identified the p.G849D variant in neurexin 2 (NRXN2), encoding the synaptic protein, ... -
Proteomics and metabolomics — Current and future perspectives in clinical andrology
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)Proteomics and metabolomics are emerging as promising tools to investigate the molecular mechanisms associated with male infertility. Proteins and metabolites play a pivotal role in regulating the molecular pathways ... -
Proteomics of drug-resistant HIV-associated candidiasis
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Candidiasis and HIV co-infection may cause increased patient morbidity and mortality due to oropharyngeal or systemic dissemination. Limited information exists on the prevalence, antifungal susceptibility profiles and drug ... -
Provenance and tectonic setting of the Paleozoic Tamatán Group, NE Mexico: Implications for the closure of the Rheic Ocean
(Elsevier, 2021)The Huizachal–Peregrina Anticlinorium in northeastern Mexico comprises a wide variety of Precambrian and Paleozoic basement units. In this work, Silurian-to-Permian unmetamorphosed siliciclastic successions (i.e., Cañón ...