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Biodiversity: so much more than legs and leaves
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Microorganisms inhabit virtually every possible niche on Earth, including those at the outer envelope of survival. However, the focus of most conservation authorities and ecologists is the ‘legs and leaves’ side of biology ...
Criteria to facilitate the implementation of woman-centred care in childbirth units of Limpopo Province, South Africa (Part 2)
(OASIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Background: Facilitation of mutual participation, respectful and egalitarian relationship between the mother and the midwife during childbirth is a critical aspect. This article delineated the criteria that would facilitate ...
Cardioprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of Prosopis glandulosa in rat models of pre-diabetes
(Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2013)
AIM: Obesity and type 2 diabetes present with two debilitating complications, namely, hypertension and heart disease. The dried and ground pods of Prosopis glandulosa (commonly known as the Honey mesquite tree) which is ...
"Eat dry beans, split peas, lentils and soya regularly": a food-based dietary guideline
(Medpharm, 2013)
The objective of this paper is to review recent scientific evidence to support the food-based dietary guideline (FBDG): “Eat
dry beans, split peas, lentils and soya regularly”. In this review, legumes are synonymous with ...
The use of ultraviolet radiation as a non-thermal treatment for the inactivation of alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in water, wash water from a fruit processing plant and grape juice concentrate
(CUT Free State, 2013)
Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris is a non-pathogenic, spore-forming bacterium
that can survive the commercial pasteurisation processes commonly used
during fruit juice production. Surviving bacterial endospores germinate, ...
Identification and profiling of salinity stress-responsive proteins in Sorghum bicolor seedlings
(Elsevier, 2012)
Sorghum bicolor, a drought tolerant cereal crop, is not only an important food source in the
semi arid/arid regions but also a potential model for studying and gaining a better
understanding of the molecular mechanisms ...
Effects of heat treatment on the catalytic activity and methanol tolerance of carbon-supported platinum alloys
(Springer, 2012)
This work studies the effect of heat treatment of carbon-dispersed platinum and platinum alloys on its methanol tolerance and catalytic activity as gas diffusion electrodes for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acid medium. ...
Components for PEM fuel cells: An overview
(Trans Tech Publications, 2010)
Fuel cells, as devices for direct conversion of the chemical energy of a fuel into
electricity by electrochemical reactions, are among the key enabling technologies for the transition
to a hydrogen-based economy. Among ...
Determination of kanamycin plasma levels using LC-MS and its pharmacokinetics in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with and without HIV-infection
(OMICS, 2015)
The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine kanamycin plasma concentrations using liquid
chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS), (2) to investigate kanamycin pharmacokinetics (PK) in
patients with ...
Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert
(Springer, 2013)
The Namib Dessert is considered the oldest desert in the world and hyperarid for the last 5 million years. However, the environmental buffering provided by quartz and other translucent rocks supports extensive hypolithic ...