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Developing credit scorecards using logistic regression and classification and regression trees
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Financial institutes receive thousands of credit applications daily; thus, consumer credit has become increasingly important in the economy. Credit scoring is the evaluation of the risk associated with granting credit to ...
Recombinant expression and functional characterization of a putative pentatrico-peptide protein from Arabidopsis thaliana
(North-West University (South Africa), 2012)
Food security appears to be heavily dependent on the development of crop plants with increased resistance to both biotic and abiotic stresses such as pathogen infections and droughts respectively. Plant biotechnology has ...
Molecular Characterization and Elucidation of the Physiological Roles of a Novel Maternal Effect Embryo Arrest Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana
(North-West University (South Africa), 2014)
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Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages specific to Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium as potential markers to detect faecal contamination in water
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)
The aim of the study was to isolate and identify E. faecalis and E. faecium from ground and surface
water samples, and evaluate the potential of using E. faeca/is and E. faecium specific phages as
indicator organisms for ...
Effect of plant density on growth and yields of six soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) cultivars grown at three localities in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)
Agronomic field trials were conducted at Potchefstroom, Rustenburg and Bethlehem during
the 2013/4 planting season to investigate the effect of plant density on growth and productivity
of six commercial soybean cultivars. ...
On the gluing of quasi-pseudometric spaces
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)
A classical problem that arises in geometry is how to glue a family of metric spaces such that the resulting space preserves their properties. In this MSc dissertation, we generalise the concept of gluing a family of metric ...
Language Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning Difficulties of Students in the four year BSc-Course at NWU
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
Students who are learning science need to use specialized conceptual language in reading, reasoning and problem solving. This study explored the language used in chemistry including non-technical words (i.e., understanding ...
Land Capability Evaluation Using Remote Sensing and GIS in Communal Areas of North West Province, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)
This study sought to develop a framework as a tool for land capability evaluation using
remote sensing, GIS and geostatistical techniques for communal areas, where the results can
be duplicated in other geographical areas ...
Evaluation of fungal and mycotoxin contamination of maize consumed in the North West Province of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)
The North West province of South Africa ranks the second major maize producing region in the
country after the Free State, South Africa. In the North West province, as is the case in much of
the world, fungal and subsequent ...
Assessment of maize productivity and soil health indicators following combined application of winery solid waste compost and inorganic fertilizers
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Grape growing and winemaking process generate enormous amounts of solid waste materials that demand more economical and safe disposal technologies. In this study, co-composting and effective microorganisms (EM) technologies ...