Author:Davis, CDate:Apr 2010In many countries, decision-makers are seeking information from a wide range of disciplines on the potential impacts of climate change on environmental and socio-economic systems. This handbook is designed to present future climate change ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RMDate:2010Science on observed trends in climate and projected future climate change has evolved substantially in the last few years. Different sub-regions of South Africa have shown, and are likely to continue to show, distinct climate changes. Surface ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RM; Conrad, J; Munch, Z; Opperman, D; Tadross, M; Venter, JDate:Jun 2009Progress in the area of international climate negotiation has been the site of substantively increased activity of late, yet the task of utilizing appropriate spatial scale climate change projections to understand climate change impacts on ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Dec 2017Despite increasing awareness of climate change, there is little evidence of this being addressed in built environments in South Africa. Events such as flooding in Houston, USA, landslides in Free Town, Sierra Leone, and water shortages in La ...Read more
Author:Lötter, Johanna M; Davis, Claire L; Archer, Emma RMDate:Feb 2017User needs assessments, the co-production of climate information, and the creation of tailored climate services are critical factors in providing increasing useful and accessible products for the management of climate risks and informing ...Read more
Author:Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Oct 2019Most of the vegetables grown in South Africa are irrigated. Smallholder vegetable farmers face water shortages and other constraints including low yields and high energy costs. This study sought to assist smallholder farmers to address these ...Read more
Author:Davis, Claire L; Vincent, KDate:Oct 2017The handbook (Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa) was conceived and designed with the intent to provide decision-makers with up-to-date information, appropriate for country planning, on the impacts and risks of ...Read more
Author:Davis, CDate:Nov 2011The Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa was conceived and designed with the intent to provide decision-makers with up to date information, appropriate for country planning, on the impacts and risks of climate change ...Read more
Author:Zinyemba, C; Archer, Emma RM; Rother, H-ADate:May 2018Pesticides represent a potential public health hazard of note in farming communities. Accumulating evidence indicates that some pesticides used in agriculture act as hormone disrupters, with the potential to result in chronic health effects. ...Read more
Author:Atkins, ARDate:Jan 1968The design and calibration of an ergometer for exercising subjects during calorimetric studies in the climate chamber, are described. The ergometer is built into the climatic chamber and forms an integral part of the whole instrumentation ...Read more
Author:Mnisi, SM; Louw, M; Theron, JDate:Apr 2005A genomic library of Bacillus coagulans strain 81 -11 was screened in Escherichia coli JM83 for lipolytic activity by using tributyrin agar plates. A 2.4 kb DNA fragment was subcloned from a lipolytic-positive clone and completely sequenced. ...Read more
Author:Louw, M; Reid, SJ; James, DM; Watson, TGDate:Oct 1994The sacU region from an alkalophilic Bacillus brevis was cloned and sequenced. The two open reading frames of the degS-degU operon encode polypeptides that gave calculated molecular masses of 43.8 kDa and 27.0 kDa, respectively. Sequence ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, M; Albertyn, JDate:Jan 2007Epoxide hydrolases (EHs), especially those of fungal origin, have the ability to catalyse the enantioselective hydrolysis of epoxides to their corresponding diols. Recombinant DNA technology has been used extensively to overproduce these ...Read more
Author:Visser, Daniel F; Hennessy, F; Rashamuse, KJ; Louw, ME; Brady, DDate:Mar 2010A purine nucleoside phosphorylase from the alkaliphile Bacillus halodurans Alk36 has been cloned and over expressed in E. coli. The purified enzyme had a kcat of 2.03 x 10-9 s-1 and a km of 206 µM on guanosine. The optimal pH range was between ...Read more
Author:Stewart, TC; DeWolf, T; Kleinhans, A; Eliasmith, CDate:Nov 2015Evaluating the effectiveness and performance of neuromorphic hardware is difficult. It is even more difficult when the task of interest is a closed-loop task; that is, a task where the output from the neuromorphic hardware affects some ...Read more