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Bioethical views and spiritual life among mainland Chinese Christians
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The research problem of this study is “what bearing do spiritual life and church involvement have on the views about bioethical issues of Christians in mainland China?” These bioethical views are (a) In Vitro Fertilization ... -
Biofertilizers and sustainable agriculture: exploring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
(SpringerSpringer, 2017)Worldwide agricultural food production has to double in 2050 so as to feed the global increasing population while reducing dependency on conventional chemical fertilizers plus pesticides. To accomplish this objective, there ... -
Biofilm formation in surface and drinking water distribution systems in Mafikeng, South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014)Poor quality source water and poorly treated reused wastewater may result in poor quality drinking water that has a higher potential to form biofilms. A biofilm is a group of microorganisms which adhere to a surface. We ... -
Biofiltration of BTEX waste gases
(North-West University, 2003)A comparison of biofilter performance under different temperature conditions is of particular importance for the application and commercialization of biofiltration technology due to the fact that many waste gas streams are ... -
Biofuel production from spent coffee grounds via lipase catalysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Lipases namely Mucor miehei, Pseudomonas cepacia, Rhizopus delemar, Geotrichum candidum, Candida rugosa, Porcine pancreas-II, Pseudomonas fluorescence, and Candida antarctica lipase-B (Novozyme-435) were employed for ... -
Biofuels from spent coffee grounds: comparison of processing routes
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Bulk fuel was produced from spent coffee grounds (SCG) using different oil extraction and fuel production methods. The highest oil yield (30.2%) and energy efficiency (50%) from continuous hydrothermal liquefaction (CHTL) ... -
Biogenesis, biologic function and clinical potential of exosomes in different diseases
(MDPI, 2020)Exosomes are extracellular vesicles (EVs) belonging to the nanovesicles family that function as signaling molecules between cells. After their first description in the late 1960s, interest in their potential as a research ... -
Biogeochemical exploration on the Kalahari Copperbelt
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018, 2018)Bedrock of the Kalahari Copperbelt (KCB) are covered by thick layers of overburden. A biogeochemical exploration approach on the Ghanzi Ridge, a section of the KCB, was investigated to determine if it can be used as an ... -
Biogeochemistry of the lichen-rock interface on different silica-rich rock types in the Vredefort Dome, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Land colonization by plants and their fungal and bacterial symbionts was fundamental to the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems, but how their communities influenced mineral weathering and soil development in the southern ... -
Biografie van die taalstryder F.V. Engelenburg tot met die stigting van die S.A. Akademie in 1909
(North-West University, 2010)Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg (1863-1938) played a major role in the development and expansion of Afrikaans and the Afrikaans academic culture - especially in the northern part of South Africa. As a Dutch intellectual, ... -
Bioimaging of Pb and STIM1 in mice liver, kidney and brain using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and immunohistochemistry
(Elsevier, 2020)Lead (Pb) pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems and has attracted worldwide attention. Pb causes hematological, central nervous system, as well as renal toxicity, and so on. Although many investigations ... -
A bioinformatics pipeline for rare genetic diseases in South African patients
(ASSAf, 2019)The research fields of bioinformatics and computational biology are growing rapidly in South Africa. Bioinformatics pipelines play an integral part in handling sequencing data, which are used to investigate the aetiology ... -
Biological activity of traditional medicinal plants used against lymphatic filariasis in the eastern Free State
(Elsevier, 2017)For centuries medicinal plants have been used for treatment of various diseases. Most frequently, the majority of people in the eastern Free State depend on traditional medicinal plants for their daily health care due to ... -
Biological activity profiles of selected polycyclic cage amines
(North-West University, 2004)Parkinson's disease (PD) is a severe and debilitating age-related neurodegenerative disease, with symptoms of resting tremor, akinesia and rigidity. The symptoms of PD are due to the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons ... -
Biological control of soil-dwelling insect pests in cocoa agroforests using CO₂-emitting capsules co-formulated with entomopathogenic fungi
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Termites have recently gained importance as major pests in cocoa agroforests (AF) because of a loss in overall biodiversity at the transition from shaded agroforestry system to intensively managed unshaded monocultures ... -
Biological control of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on tomatoes and carrots by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
(Springer, 2019)In the current study 27 plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strains were screened for biocontrol activity against Meloidogyne incognita on 6-week old carrot seedlings that were inoculated with a suspension of J2 ... -
Biological crusts of serpentine and non-serpentine soils from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa
(Springer, 2017)Climate and geography can influence biological soil crust (BSC) community composition, but local heterogeneity in variables such as soil characteristics or microclimate gradients can also impact cryptogamic diversity. Heavy ... -
Biological evaluation of Pheroid® formulated plant bio-actives against oestrogen active breast cancer
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)Cancer is a serious public health complication worldwide. Annually 115 000 South Africans are diagnosed with cancer, where men have a lifetime risk of 1:7 and women a lifetime risk of 1:8. The most frequently diagnosed and ... -
Biological indicators of water quality in an urban waterway : can diatoms reflect short term spatial and temporal changes in water quality?
(North-West University, 2008)With water being such a limited resource in South Africa, numerous settlements have developed around the main sources of fresh water - rivers. Rapid urbanization and economic development have resulted in unfavourable changes ... -
Biological reduction of COD and sulphate by SRB in anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor under high metal loading conditions
(EARET, 2018)The performance of an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) containing AnoxKaldnesTM K5 model for the treatment of raw acid mine drainage (AMD) was investigated for the reduction of sulphate and chemical oxygen ...