CYTOTOXICITY AND EFFICACY OF THE PLANT-DERIVED EtxD ANTIGEN

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » ABSTRACT Epsilon toxin (Etx) produced by Clostridium perfringens type D is responsible for a fatal Enterotoxemia (Pulpy Kidney Disease) in economically significant livestock such as sheep and goats. The only practical means of...

Role of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in electrochemistry

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » BACKGROUND Fuel Cell (FC) research and investigation of the electrochemical kinetics of FC molecules such as methanol (MeOH), ethylene glycol (EG) and formic acid (FA) have attracted great interest worldwide. This is due...

Causes of cracking in concrete gravity dams

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Background and overview Concrete, as a material of low tensile strength, has been subject to cracking problems since it was first used in structural applications. Recognition of the importance of cracking in concrete...

Making sense of prior knowledge and learning

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Introduction With the dawn of democracy in 1994 South Africa was accepted in the global community of nations. This new era has also brought about many societal challenges. One of the challenges facing...

Atomic carbon and silicon

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The search for stable Si-C alloy structures Silicon and carbon are arguably the two elements that have been the main driving forces behind human development. Carbon is not only the basis for all...

CHEMICAL AND DOUGH FORMING PROPERTIES OF KAFIRIN EXTRACTED FROM CONVENTIONALLY BRED AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED SORGHUMS WITH ALTERED KAFIRIN SYNTHESIS

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » INTRODUCTION This literature review largely deals with the biochemistry, functional quality and nutritional quality of the storage proteins and starch of conventionally bred and genetically modified sorghums. Also, the chemical composition and functional...

THE EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL SELENIUM AND DIFFERENT FORMS OF CHROMIUM IN FEEDLOT CATTLE – EXPERIMENT

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Scientific advances in beef production were affected by the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) scare of 1997. Meat and bone meal has been used to reduce feed costs, diminishing raw material supply...

Seismic scattering in layered media

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Chapter 5 Computational analysis In the present chapter we shall briefly outline certain aspects of the numerical and computational methods used. Furthermore we shall present the statistical approach used in the simultaneous extraction...

ANIMAL WASTE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW INTRODUCTION All phases of dairy production leave an environmental (carbon) footprint. The magnitude of this footprint impacts on and is measurable in three main areas: (1) air quality...

Sperm penetration of the cumulus cell layer

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Chapter 2: Materials and Methods Introduction Materials Chemicals All water used was ultra pure pyrogen free water, and autoclaved where appropriate. All chemicals used were of analytical grade unless otherwise stated and were...