A three-year study was undertaken In the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa to Investigate the competitive effects of the grass Setaria megaphylla on the growth of the tree species Pinus patula. A replacement series field ...

Comprehension was assessed under various conditions in nine subjects with probable Alzheimer’s Disease. Four linguistic variables were selected, namely syntactic complexity, the use of pronouns, directness and literality. ...

The adsorption of molecules on a metal surface is core in heterogeneous catalysis. Surface sensitive techniques such as low energy electron diffraction (LEED), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature programmed ...

Introduction: The presence of pain during sleep causes patients with chronic daily pain, such as in Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis, to experience insomnia, fragmented sleep and an increased number of night-time awakenings. ...

This study investigated the short-term changes in behavioural regulation and salivary cortisol before and after administration of a single application of the Wilbarger Deep Tactile and Proprioceptive Technique (DTPT) in ...

This work is a preliminary attempt to study the effect between thermal shock and abrasive wear in WC-Co alloys. This was done by evaluating the thermal shock resistance of a WC-12wt%Co mining grade as a function of ...

In forensic anthropology, the estimation of sex is important for eliminating half of the possible identities the skeletal remains may have, as a result, sexing standards were set from fully dentate mandibles. Edentulous ...

Both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) have been documented to have detrimental effects on the nutritional status of those infected and nutritional status is a strong predictor of disease progression and survival. Body composition ...