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  • Van der Merwe, Christo (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)
    In the preface to his wonderful book, Ted Loder explains how he started what he describes as, taking a Sunday and replacing the sermon with an opportunity for people to ask questions to which he would respond spontaneously. ...
  • Mangena, Maruping; Gcebe, Nomakorinte; Pierneef, Rian; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Adesiyun, Abiodun Adewale (MDPI, 2021-02-24)
    Q fever is a neglected zoonosis in South Africa, causing significant losses in livestock and game animals through reproductive disorders. However, there are limited studies on the extent of Coxiella burnetii infections in ...
  • Schutte, A.P.; Kurz, J.; Barnard, B.J.H.; Roux, D.J.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1976)
    In the course of a study initiated to elucidate the role of known abortifacient agents in ruminants in Southern Afnca, Coxiella burnetii was identified in smears prepared from bovine and ovine placental tissues obtained ...
  • Thabethe, Thabsile Theodora (Academy of Science South Africa, 2019)
    This interview was one of the #WomenofUP profiles posted on the university’s website during August to celebrate Women’s Month. You’re a Wow! What made you choose this career path? During my first year at the University ...
  • Hamadou-Ibrahim, A.; Plastino, Angel Ricardo (Angelo) (Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica, 2008-12)
    We investigate entropic aspects of the quantum entanglement dynamics of two-qubits systems interacting with an environment. In particular we consider the detection, based on the violation of classical entropic inequalities ...
  • Malan, Gert Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The New Testament bears witness to a wide variety of communities, representing a spectrum of ideas and teachings about Jesus and the meaning of his life. In this article these communities are regarded as prototypes of ...
  • Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The community of Q1 as prototype of the church in the New Testament The New Testament bears witness to a wide variety of communities, representing a spectrum of ideas and teachings about Jesus and the meaning of his life. ...
  • Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Hagemann, Glen (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013-06)
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  • Geyser-Fouche, Ananda B.; Mokoena, Lerato Likopo Dinah (AOSIS, 2021-02-05)
    Qohelet is one of the most fascinating books in the Hebrew Bible because it falls outside of the confides of what it is deemed as orthodox in terms of genre, literary components and theology. Considered in both antiquity ...
  • Hlophe, Mduduzi Comfort; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad (Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 2020-06)
    One of the major challenges facing the realization of cognitive radios (CRs) in future mobile and wireless communications is the issue of high energy consumption. Since future network infrastructure will host real-time ...
  • Song, Ting-Chen Tom (University of Pretoria, 2006-09-23)
    In the past, the design of PC algorithms for CDMA systems has remained at the physical layer to compensate for slow and fast channel impairments (known as fast PC and slow PC). The TDMA/FDMA manages inter-cell interference ...
  • Masumba, E.A.; Kapinga, F.; Mkamilo, G.; Salum, K.; Kulembeka, H.; Rounsley, S.; Bredeson, J.V.; Lyons, J.B.; Rokhsar, D.S.; Kanju, E.; Katari, M.S.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie) (Springer Verlag, 2017-10)
    Cassava production in Africa is compromised by cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD). To reduce costs and increase the precision of resistance breeding, a QTL study was conducted to identify ...
  • Visser, Carina; Van Marle-Koster, Este; Bovenhuis, H.; Crooijmans, R.P.M.A. (Elsevier, 2011-05)
    The aim of this study was to identify QTL associated with mohair production and quality traits in South African Angora goats. Limited research has been performed on QTL influencing the economically important mohair traits ...
  • Nzuki, Inosters Wambua (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    Cassava (Manihot esulenta Crantz.) is a staple food crop for more than 800 million people worldwide. It is drought tolerant and offers a flexible harvesting regime since the roots can remain in the soil and be harvested when ...
  • Nzuki, Inosters; Katari, Manpreet S.; Bredeson, Jessen V.; Masumba, Esther; Kapinga, Fortunus; Salum, Kasele; Mkamilo, Geoffrey S.; Shah, Trushar; Lyons, Jessica B.; Rokhsar, Daniel S.; Rounsley, Steve; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Ferguson, Morag E. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017-07-21)
    Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), cassava mosaic disease (CMD), and cassava green mite (CGM) was performed using an F1 cross developed between the ...
  • Fourie, Arista; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; De Vos, Lieschen; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Barnes, Irene (Elsevier, 2019-10)
    Some species of Ceratocystis display strong host specificity, such as C. fimbriata sensu stricto that is restricted to sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) as host. In contrast, the closely related C. manginecans, infects Acacia ...
  • Behrens, Dieter; Moritz, Robin F.A. (Springer, 2014-07)
    American foulbrood (AFB) is a severe brood disease in honeybees. Since sustainable treatment is not available, selection of genetically resistant honeybee stock is highly desirable. Using a set of 291 heterozygous ...
  • Christie, Nanette; Mannapperuma, Chanaka; Ployet, Raphael; Van der Merwe, Karen; Mahler, Niklas; Delhomme, Nicolas; Naidoo, Sanushka; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Street, Nathaniel R.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (BioMed Central, 2021-12-15)
    BACKGROUND : Affordable high-throughput DNA and RNA sequencing technologies are allowing genomic analysis of plant and animal populations and as a result empowering new systems genetics approaches to study complex traits. ...
  • Jacobs, Ockert Botha; Odendaal, J.W. (Johann Wilhelm); Joubert, Johan (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013)
    We present a quad-ridge horn antenna as a feed for a reflector antenna for use in radio astronomy applications. The antenna uses elliptically shaped sidewalls to limit the variation of beamwidth over a wide frequency ...
  • Jacobs, Ockert Botha (University of Pretoria, 2012-08-14)
    Reflector antennas used for radio astronomy require feeds that use the reflector surface as efficiently as possible while maintaining low noise levels. The specifications of new radio astronomy telescopes under development ...