Riparian zones harbour different species pools from the surrounding landscape and are thus important to biodiversity conservation. However, riparian zones are highly variable. Network characteristics, morphology, flow-sediment ...

The vast potential of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway as a new tool for the development of therapeutic modalities has been quickly realised since its discovery in 1998. RNAi effector mimics have been developed to ...

ABSTRACT Infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still a major global health problem with an estimated 6% of the world’s population chronically infected with the virus. Chronic infection with HBV subgenotype A1, ...

In 2007, the Student Equity and Talent Management Unit (SETMU) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) initiated a programme called the Targeting Talent Programme (TTP). One of the objectives of the TTP is to equip ...

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The initiation of new bone formation within the porous spaces of hydroxyapatite (HA) implants involves the expression of osteogenic markers belonging to the TGF-β superfamily. To study the genetic expression of these ...

The city holds an infinite amount of possibilities with regards to wealth, power and knowledge. However, I believe the latter has not been adequately addressed, especially with regard to primary and secondary education. ...

The built environment is a product of man’s rationales and understandings of space. It is on the basis of these understandings that man builds, to facilitate his ways of life. These “understandings”, are the discourses ...

ABSTRACT This study examines the dimensions of exile in Anglophone African poetry of the second generation. Bearing in mind the challenge that arises from such exercise in periodization, the study is clear in stating ...

Classical biological control (biocontrol) of invasive plants involves the deliberate introduction of biocontrol agents, termed natural enemies, such as insects, mites and pathogens, from the country of origin into the ...