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Critical success factors of mobile application development
(2016)
The development of mobile applications is fast growing and many mobile applications are being evolved into the software world every year. There are significant differences between the successes of these mobile applications. ...
The use of a sniffer dog for amphibian conservation ecology
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Amphibians are threatened by a variety of factors, of which habitat loss (due to urbanization) and infectious diseases are a few of the largest contributors. Urbanisation and land development is one of the biggest threats ...
An approach towards skills transfer of urban and regional planning practices and principles for related professions within the built environment
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Urban and regional planning responsibilities have been assumed by newly established and existing local municipalities. Of these municipalities, many do not have the financial means to employ full-time urban and regional ...
Bioprospecting for cellulase enzymes of Soil-Borne Bacteria for possible application into Bioethanol production
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
Rising crude oil prices and strict emission standards have prompted a global demand for alternative fuels that are able to reduce the consumption of fossil resources, improve energy security and mitigate climate change. ...
Detection of African horse sickness virus in Culicoides imicola using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)
(2016)
African horse sickness (AHS) is an infectious, non-contagious arthropod-borne disease of equids. The disease is caused by the African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus, of the Reoviridae family. ...
The impact of immigration on the planning of mining cities in the North West Province
(2016)
There has been an increase in immigration trends all over the developing world and the SADC region has not been left out, with South Africa hosting more immigrants than its SADC counterparts. The purpose of this study is ...
Water quality assessment of the Koekemoerspruit : bintegrating water physico-chemistry and phytoplankton assemblages
(2016)
Midvaal Water Company, situated on the banks of the Vaal River in the North West
Province, supplies potable water to the Greater Municipality of Matlosana, as well as mining and industrial undertakings in the area. Water ...
Separation of homogeneous catalysts using Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
One technology that has shown in literature to have great potential for separating
homogeneous catalysts from their reaction mixture is organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN),
which is a pressure-driven, membrane-based ...
Efficacy of Bt proteins and the effect of temperature on the development of spiny bollworm in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Genetically modified cotton expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins has been cultivated in South Africa since 1998 for control of the bollworm complex. Spiny bollworms, Earias biplaga (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) ...
The quality and effectiveness of Environmental Management Frameworks (EMF) in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
We live in an era of increasing global environmental and sustainability challenges. One way of dealing with these challenges has been the development and application of strategic level environmental management tools, such ...