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The Importance of Eurekan Mountains on Cenozoic Sediment Routing on the Western Barents She
(MDPI, 2023)The importance of topography generated by Eocene Eurekan deformation as a sediment source for sandstones deposited on the western Barents Shelf margin is evaluated through a sediment provenance study conducted on wellbore ... -
The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This editorial discusses a collection of papers examining gender across a range of health policy and systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for health. The papers ... -
The importance of unimportant language
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)In a recent paper, the Australian historian, Martyn Lyons (2013), reviews his attempts to study ‘history from below’, using what can be called grassroots writing by French and ... -
Imprints of temperature fluctuations on the z ∼ 5 Lyman-α forest: a view from radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of reionization
(Oxford academic, 2019)Reionization leads to large spatial fluctuations in the intergalactic temperature that can persist well after its completion. We study the imprints of such fluctuations on the z ∼ 5 Ly α forest flux power spectrum using ... -
Improved bi-functional oxygen electrocatalytic performance of PteIr alloy nanoparticles embedded on MWCNT with Pt-enriched surfaces
(Energy, 2020)Multi-walled carbon nanotube supported PteIr nanoparticles (PteIr/MWCNT) with different elemental ratios were synthesized by one-pot co-reduction approach under ambient conditions. The PteIr catalysts exhibit improved ... -
Improved cellulase expression in diploid yeast strains enhanced consolidated bioprocessing of pretreated corn residues
(ScienceDirect, 2019)In an effort to find a suitable genetic background for efficient cellulolytic secretion, genetically diverse strains were transformed to produce core fungal cellulases namely, β-glucosidase (BGLI), endoglucanase (EGII) and ... -
Improved Hand-Tracking Framework with a Recovery Mechanism
(Telkom, 2013)Abstract−Hand-tracking is fundamental to translating sign language to a spoken language. Accurate and reliable sign language translation depends on effective and accurate hand-tracking. This paper proposes an improved ... -
Improved hydrogenation kinetics of timn1.52 alloy coated with palladium through electroless deposition
(MPDI, 2021)The deterioration of hydrogen charging performances resulting from the surface chemical action of electrophilic gases such as CO2 is one of the prevailing drawbacks of TiMn1.52 materials. In this study, we report the ... -
Improved SAAO–2MASS photometry transformations
(Oxford University Press, 2007)Near-infrared photometry of 599 stars is used to calculate transformations from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) JHK system to the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) JHKS system. Both several-term formal ... -
Improved upper limits on the 21 cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at z ≈ 9.1 from LOFAR
(Oxford University Press, 2020)A new upper limit on the 21 cm signal power spectrum at a redshift of z ≈ 9.1 is presented, based on 141 h of data obtained with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). The analysis includes significant improvements in spectrally ... -
Improvement of hydriding kinetics of LaNi5-type metal alloy through substitution of nickel with tin followed by palladium deposition
(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2022)Hydrogen absorption performances of LaNi5 alloy are sensitive to the surface reactions with poisonous gases, such as oxygen, readily forming oxides/hydroxides. In this study, we report the studies on the hydrogen ... -
Improvements in cosmological constraints from breaking growth degeneracy
(EDP Sciences, 2020)The key probes of the growth of a large-scale structure are its rate f and amplitude σ8. Redshift space distortions in the galaxy power spectrum allow us to measure only the combination fσ8, which can be used to constrain ... -
Improving maternal and reproductive health in Ethiopia
(Sage Publications, 2017)This study aimed to examine the relationship between maternal health and good quality of life in an attempt to understand the years between 2005 and 2011. Data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys 2005 and 2011 ... -
Improving photometric redshift estimation using GPz: size information, post processing and improved photometry
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The next generation of large-scale imaging surveys (such as those conducted with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and Euclid) will require accurate photometric redshifts in order to optimally extract cosmological ... -
Improving policy coherence for food security and nutrition in South Africa: a qualitative policy analysis
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease in a situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition. Supply-side policy interventions ... -
Improving quality-of-service in cloud/fog computing through efficient resource allocation
(MPDI, 2019)Recently, a massive migration of enterprise applications to the cloud has been recorded in the IT world. One of the challenges of cloud computing is Quality-of-Service management, which includes the adoption of appropriate ... -
Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa
(BMC, 2009)Despite several years of implementation, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in many resource poor settings are failing to reach the majority of HIV positive women. We report on a data driven ... -
Improving the functionality of surface-engineered yeast cells by altering the cell wall morphology of the host strain
(Springer, 2021)The expression of functional proteins on the cell surface using glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchoring technology is a promising approach for constructing yeast cells with special functions. The functionality of ... -
Improving the hospital management of malnourished children by participatory research
(Oxford University Press, 2004)OBJECTIVE. To improve the clinical management of severely malnourished children in rural hospitals in South Africa. STUDY DESIGN. A pre- and post-intervention descriptive study in three stages: assessment of the clinical ... -
Improving the targeting of zero-rated basic foodstuffs under value added tax (VAT) in South Africa - An exploratory analysis
(Stellenbosch University, 2012)VAT without any exemptions or zero-rating is regressive. Since the inception of VAT in South Africa, there has been an ongoing debate around the issue of zero-rating to alleviate the burden on poor households. This paper ...