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  • Microbial anhydrobiosis 
    Bosch, Jason; Varliero, Gilda; Hallsworth, John E.; Dallas, Tiffany D.; Hopkins, David; Frey, Beat; Kong, Weidong; Lebre, Pedro H.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2021-11)
    The loss of cellular water (desiccation) and the resulting low cytosolic water activity are major stress factors for life. Numerous prokaryotic and eukaryotic taxa have evolved molecular and physiological adaptions to ...
  • Microbial biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in arid ecosystems 
    Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Jordaan, Karen; Diez, Beatriz; Heinzelmann, Sandra M.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-06)
    Arid ecosystems cover ∼40% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and store a high proportion of the global nitrogen (N) pool. They are low-productivity, low-biomass, and polyextreme ecosystems, i.e., with (hyper)arid and ...
  • Microbial characterisation and Cold-Adapted Predicted Protein (CAPP) database construction from the active layer of Greenland's permafrost 
    Varliero, Gilda; Rafiq, Muhammad; Singh, Swati; Summerfield, Annabel; Sgouridis, Fotis; Cowan, Don A.; Barker, Gary (Oxford University Press, 2021-10)
    Permafrost represents a reservoir for the biodiscovery of cold-adapted proteins which are advantageous in industrial and medical settings. Comparisons between different thermo-adapted proteins can give important information ...
  • Microbial Cr(VI) reduction by indigenous activated sludge bacilli and pure culture of escherichia coli ATCC 33456 
    Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Molokwane, Pulane E.; Chihambakwe, Paidamoyo; Kholisa, Buyisile; Mtimunye, Phalazane Johanna; Matsena, Mpumelelo Thomas; Bansal, Neetu; Masinire, Farai F. (Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2022)
    Cr(VI) reducing microbial species Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus mycoides were isolated from dried sludge collected from sand drying beds at a local wastewater treatment plant in Brits (South ...
  • Microbial ecology of the Southern Ocean 
    Castillo, Diego J.; Dithugoe, Choaro D.; Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter (Oxford University Press, 2022-11)
    The Southern Ocean (SO) distributes climate signals and nutrients worldwide, playing a pivotal role in global carbon sequestration. Microbial communities are essential mediators of primary productivity and carbon sequestration, ...
  • Microbial Pb(II) removal by precipitation and adsorption mechanisms with Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an industrially obtained consortium 
    Neveling, Olga; Van Veenhuyzen, Brandon; Cilliers, Carla; Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Brink, Hendrik Gideon (Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2022)
    The study was focused on investigating the contribution of a single bacterial strain to lead removal from wastewater through microbial precipitation and adsorption. Previous studies on lead bioremediation have been conducted ...
  • Microbial Pb(II)-bioprecipitation : characterising responsible biotransformation mechanisms 
    Cilliers, Carla; Neveling, Olga; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba; Chirwa, Evans M.N.; Brink, Hendrik Gideon (Elsevier, 2022-11)
    The research aimed to facilitate the scalability of a lead bioremediation process through improved understanding of the dominant mechanisms present. The process utilises a local microbial consortium which previously ...
  • The microbiome and resistome of apple fruits alter in the post-harvest period 
    Wassermann, Birgit; Abdelfattah, Ahmed; Muller, Henry; Korsten, Lise; Berg, Gabriele (BMC, 2022-03-07)
    BACKGROUND : A detailed understanding of antimicrobial resistance trends among all human-related environments is key to combat global health threats. In food science, however, the resistome is still little considered. ...
  • MicroRNA interrelated epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in glioblastoma 
    Setlai, Botle Precious; Hull, Rodney; Reis, Rui Manuel; Agbor, Cyril; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Mulaudzi, Thanyani Victor; Dlamini, Zodwa (MDPI, 2022-01-27)
    MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non-coding RNAs that are 20–23 nucleotides in length, functioning as regulators of oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. They are molecular modulators that regulate gene expression by suppressing ...
  • MicroRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of Pinus pinaster response and resistance to pinewood nematode 
    Modesto, Ines; Inacio, Vera; Van de Peer, Yves; Miguel, Celia (Nature Research, 2022-03-25)
    Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, or pinewood nematode (PWN), is a serious threat to pine forests in Europe. Pinus pinaster is highly susceptible to the disease and it ...
  • The middle remains missing : class exclusion from the urban rental market in suburban Johannesburg 
    McKay, Tracey; Fakudze, Nomfundo; Gunter, Ashley (University of the Free State, 2022-07-31)
    There is a huge demand for housing in Johannesburg, South Africa, due to significant in-migration as well as the legacy of apartheid. Rental housing supply in Johannesburg is particularly constrained. Despite this, ...
  • MIGHTEE : are giant radio galaxies more common than we thought? 
    Delhaize, J.; Heywood, I.; Prescott, M.; Jarvis, M.J.; Delvecchio, I.; Whittam, I.H.; White, S.V.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Hale, C.L.; Afonso, J.M.; Ao, Y.; Brienza, M.; Bruggen, M.; Collier, J.D.; Daddi, E.; Glowacki, Marcin; Maddox, N.; Morabito, L.K.; Prandoni, I.; Randriamanakoto, Z.; Sekhar, S.; An, F.; Adams, N.J.; Blyth, S.; Bowler, R.A.A.; Leeuw, L.; Marchetti, L.; Randriamampandry, S.M.; Thorat, Kshitij; Seymour, N.; Smirnov, Oleg M.; Taylor, A.R.; Tasse, C.; Vaccari, M. (Oxford University Press, 2021-03)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Migraine induced recurrent bloody otorrhea : a spontaneous extra-cranial hemorrhagic phenomena: case series 
    Tshifularo, Mashudu (Elsevier, 2022-01)
    No abstract available.
  • Migration ethics in Genesis 47:1–12 as a limelight for Nigerian migrants 
    Uroko, Favour Chukwuemeka; Obiorah, Mary Jerome; Nnadi, Success (AOSIS, 2021-09)
    In Genesis 47, Jacob and his descendants were regularly migrants in Egypt. This article examines this text and its interest in the contemporary migrant crises affecting Nigerians. Findings reveal that Genesis 47 encourages ...
  • Minimal outcome measurements in pediatric cochlear implant users : a consensus paper 
    Mertens, Griet; Hofkens, Anouk; Van de Heyning, Paul; Van Rompaey, Vincent; Boudewyns, An; Di Gregorio, Maria Fernanda; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Marino, Roberta; Kurz, Anja; Kuhn, Heike; Shehata-Dieler, Wafaa; Lorens, Artur; Pulibalathingal, Sasidharan; Rajeswaran, Ranjith; Tavora-Vieira, Dayse; Bellekom, Sandra R.; Topsakal, Vedat (AVES, 2021-04)
    The benefits of cochlear implantation in children with severe hearing impairments are widely known; however, there is no consensus regarding which minimal outcome measurements (MOMs) should be used to determine outcomes ...
  • Mining knowledge graphs to map heterogeneous relations between the internet of things patterns 
    Sithole, Vusi; Marshall, Linda (Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2021-12)
    Patterns for the internet of things (IoT) which represent proven solutions used to solve design problems in the IoT are numerous. Similar to object-oriented design patterns, these IoT patterns contain multiple mutual ...
  • Mixed-frequency forecasting of crude oil volatility based on the information content of global economic conditions 
    Salisu, Afees A.; Gupta, Rangan; Bouri, Elie; Ji, Qiang (Wiley, 2022-01)
    This paper subjects six alternative indicators of global economic activity to empirically examine their relative predictive powers in the forecast of crude oil market volatility. GARCH-MIDAS approach is constructed to ...
  • Mixture of linear experts model for censored data : a novel approach with scale-mixture of normal distributions 
    Mirfarah, Elham; Naderi, Mehrdad; Chen, Ding-Geng (Din) (Elsevier, 2021-06)
    Mixture of linear experts (MoE) model is one of the widespread statistical frameworks for modeling, classification, and clustering of data. Built on the normality assumption of the error terms for mathematical and computational ...
  • Mixtures of semi-parametric generalised linear models 
    Millard, Sollie M.; Kanfer, F.H.J. (Frans) (MDPI, 2022-02-18)
    The mixture of generalised linear models (MGLM) requires knowledge about each mixture component’s specific exponential family (EF) distribution. This assumption is relaxed and a mixture of semi-parametric generalised ...
  • Mmila (the Road) and the Great Stoep 
    Koopedi, Tsholofelo (Wiley, 2022-08-11)
    This paper explores and questions the promise of service delivery and infrastructural upgrades made in the City of Ekurhuleni in post apartheid South Africa, its immateriality in relation to concepts of modern African ...