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Chronocoulometric quantum dot aptasensor for sarscov-2 nucleocapsid protein biomarker
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)For the first time, a novel mercaptosuccinic acid-capped tungsten telluride quantum dot (MSA-WTe3-QD)-based electrochemical aptasensor was designed for the determination of SARS-CoV-2 N-protein in synthetic human serum, ... -
The circumgalactic medium from the camels simulations: Forecasting constraints on feedback processes from future Sunyaev–Zeldovich observations
(IOP Publishing, 2022)It is important to understand the cycle of baryons through the circumgalactic medium (CGM) in the context of galaxy formation and evolution. In this study, we forecast constraints on the feedback processes heating the ... -
Classifying galaxies according to their H I content
(Oxford University Press, 2020)We use machine learning to classify galaxies according to their H I content, based on both their optical photometry and environmental properties. The data used for our analyses are the outputs in the range z = 0–1 from ... -
Clathromorphum tubiforme sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) in South Africa with Comments on Generic Characters
(Walter de Gruyter, 1995)A nongeniculate, crustose coralline alga (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa, is found growing epiphytically on fronds of species of the geniculate genus Ampiroa. Analysis of the vegetative and reproductive ... -
Cleaning foregrounds from single-dish 21 cm intensity maps with Kernel principal component analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2021)he high dynamic range between contaminating foreground emission and the fluctuating 21 cm brightness temperature field is one of the most problematic characteristics of 21 cm intensity mapping data. While these components ... -
Climate change and its influence on the Karst groundwater recharge in the Jinci Spring Region, Northern China
(MDPI, 2017)Due to climate change and human activities over the last fifty years, the spring flow volume of karst groundwater has sharply diminished in China. Climate change is one of the critical factors that initiates a series of ... -
Climate change in coastal waters: Time series properties affecting trend estimation
(AMS, 2016)In South Africa, 129 in situ temperature time series of up to 43 years are used for investigations of the thermal characteristics of coastal seawater. They are collected with handheld thermometers or underwater temperature ... -
Climatic and topographic changes since the Miocene influenced the diversification and biogeography of the tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius) species complex in Southern Africa
(BMC, 2020)Background: Climatic and topographic changes function as key drivers in shaping genetic structure and cladogenic radiation in many organisms. Southern Africa has an exceptionally diverse tortoise fauna, harbouring one-third ... -
Cloning, expression and characterization of thermostable YdaP from Bacillus licheniformis 9A
(Acta Biochimica Polonica, 2017)The Bacillus licheniformis ydaP gene encodes for a pyruvate oxidase that catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetate and CO2. The YdaP form of this enzyme was purified about 48.6-folds to homogeneity in ... -
Close-up view of a luminous star-forming galaxy at z = 2.95
(EDP Sciences, 2021)Exploiting the sensitivity of the IRAM NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) and its ability to process large instantaneous bandwidths, we have studied the morphology and other properties of the molecular gas and dust ... -
Closure, interior and neighbourhood in a category
(Hacettepe University, 2018)The natural correspondences in topology between closure, interior and neighbourhood no longer hold in an abstract categorical setting where subobject lattices are not necessarily Boolean algebras. We analyse three ... -
Clustered data muling in the internet of things in motion
(MDPI, 2019)This paper considers a case where an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is used to monitor an area of interest. The UAV is assisted by a Sensor Network (SN), which is deployed in the area such as a smart city or smart village. ... -
Clustered Multi-layer Multi-protocol Wireless Mesh Networks
(Telkom, 2015)Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as an alternative option to the wired networks in areas where wired deployment is unfeasible and/or costly. They have been widely adopted in community networks as these networks ... -
Clustering of HI galaxies in the HI parkes all sky survey and arecibo legacy fast alfa survey
(Oxford University Press, 2011)We investigate the clustering of H I-selected galaxies in the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey (ALFALFA) and compare results with those obtained for the H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS). Measurements of the angular ... -
Clustering of quintessence on horizon scales and its imprint on HI intensity mapping
(IOP Science, 2013)Quintessence can cluster only on horizon scales. What is the effect on the observed matter distribution? To answer this, we need a relativistic approach that goes beyond the standard Newtonian calculation and deals properly ... -
CNx-modified Fe3O4 as Pt nanoparticle support for the oxygen reduction reaction
(Springer, 2013)A novel electrocatalyst support material, nitrogendoped carbon (CNx)-modified Fe3O4 (Fe3O4-CNx), was synthesized through carbonizing a polypyrrole-Fe3O4 hybridized precursor. Subsequently, Fe3O4-CNx-supported Pt (Pt/Fe3O4-CNx) ... -
Co-designing a billing system for voice services in rural South Africa: Lessons learned
(ACM, 2014)Access to information and communication technologies re- mains una ordable for many in rural areas despite recent progress in providing voice services to remote communities. The sustainability of alternative technical ... -
Co-pelletization of a zirconium-based metal-organic framework (UiO-66) with polymer nanofibers for improved useable capacity in hydrogen storage
(Elsevier, 2021)We report on a concept of co-pelletization using mechanically robust hydroxylated UiO-66 to develop a metal-organic framework (MOF) monolith that contains 5 wt% electrospun polymer nanofibers, and consists of an architecture ... -
Codenseness and openness with respect to an interior operator
(Springer Nature, 2021)Working in an arbitrary category endowed with a fixed (E, M) -factorization system such that M is a fixed class of monomorphisms, we first define and study a concept of codense morphisms with respect to a given categorical ... -
Codes from adjacency matrices of uniform subset graphs
(Springer, 2017)Studies of the p-ary codes from the adjacency matrices of uniform subset graphs Γ(n,k,r)Γ(n,k,r) and their reflexive associates have shown that a particular family of codes defined on the subsets are intimately related ...