Browsing Research Publications (Applied Sciences) by Title
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Genetically switched D-lactate production in Escherichia coli
(Elsevierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1096717612000651, 2012-06-08)During a fermentation process, the formation of the desired product during the cell growth phase competes with the biomass for substrates or inhibits cell growth directly, which results in a decrease in production efficiency. ... -
Groundwater : characteristics, qualities, pollutions and treatments : an overview
(International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineeringhttp://www.academicjournals.org/IJWREE, 2012-02-22)This review considered groundwater resources, its characteristics, qualities, pollutions and available treatments. Groundwater refers to all the water occupying the voids, pores and fissures within geological formations, ... -
The group velocity and radiation pattern of Rossby waves
(Taylor & Francishttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2014.896459, 2014-05-06)The propagation properties of mid-latitude Rossby waves are well known and are usually revealed in terms of the dispersion equation either in its diagnostic or wave normal forms, both of which show that phase propagation ... -
Heterologous expression of the osmotolerant yeast Candida glycerolgenesis glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (CgGPD) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking the HOG pathway
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2013.07.019, 2013)The cytoplasmic glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Candida glycerinogenes encoded by CgGPD is a critical enzyme in overproducing glycerol. The function of CgGPD has been characterized, however little information is known ... -
Impact of Building and Refrigeration System’s Parameters on Energy Consumption in the Potato Cold Storage
(The Canadian Center of Science and Educationhttp://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/eer/article/view/40527/23198, 2014)Cold storage is a key element for long term preservation and distribution of perishable items. A large quantity of perishable items is gone wastage every year due to inadequate storage facility in the countries like India. ... -
Improvement of d-lactate productivity in recombinant Escherichia coli by coupling production with growth
(Springer Netherlandshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-012-0883-x, 2012-06)Coupling lactate fermentation with cell growth was investigated in shake-flask and bioreactor cultivation systems by increasing aeration to improve lactate productivity in Escherichia coli CICIM B0013-070 (ackA pta pps ... -
Improvement of ethanol production from sugarcane molasses through enhanced nutrient supplementation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(Academic Journalshttp://www.academicjournals.org/JBD, 2012-03)Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a yeast cream was utilized for alcoholic fermentation using sugar cane molasses. In the present study, fermentation was optimized for urea and yeast hydrolysate (YH) dosage and the combined ... -
Improving the feasibility of producing biofuels from microalgae using wastewater
(Taylor and Francishttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09593330.2013.826287, 2013-10-08)Biofuels have received much attention recently owing to energy consumption and environmental concerns. Despite many of the technologies being technically feasible, the processes are often too costly to be commercially ... -
In silico approaches for the identification of virulence candidates amongst hypothetical proteins of Mycoplasma pneumoniae 309
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2015.09.007, 2015)Mycoplasma pneumoniae type 2a strain 309 is a simplest known bacterium and is the primary cause of community acquired pneumonia in the children. It mainly causes severe atypical pneumonia as well as several other non-pulmonary ... -
Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC7 644 Biofilms using Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate, Levulinic Acid and Sodium Hypochlorite solution
(MN Khan, 2014-06)A study was done to assess the effectiveness of 200 ppm sodium hypochlorite (chlorine), 1% sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and 0.5% levulinic acid in reducing L. monocytogenes ATCC7644 biofilms. 0.05% SDS and 0.5% levulinic ... -
Influence of the alkyl group on thermophysical properties of carboxylic acids in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate ionic liquid at various temperatures
(Elsevierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021961415001366, 2015)In the present study, influence of the alkyl group and temperature on the interactions between the carboxylic acid and ionic liquid (IL) mixtures were discussed in term of density and sound velocity measurements. The IL ... -
Innovative pedagogy: implications of genetic decompositions for problem solving in management courses
(Informatics Publishing Limited, 2014-12)Mathematics is a subject on which many business and management courses rely. In this paper the researcher reports on the processes involved in the design of itemised genetic decompositions for certain mathematics tasks. ... -
Interaction and cytotoxicity of compounds with human cell lines
(Press of the Romanian Academyhttp://journal.biochim.ro/archive/n51-1/pdfs_51-1/rjb51-1_05.pdf, 2014)The interactions of compounds on human cell lines are either influenced by the composition of substances present in plant material or alteration of constituents by solvent fractionation. These substances or constituents ... -
Interaction between high- and low-frequency waves
(Springer Verlaghttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10665-012-9613-6, 2013)We outline models for the interaction between high- and low-frequency waves that arise in plasma physics and atmosphere/ocean dynamics. The original ideas are embodied in the Zakharov equations, which describe the interaction ... -
Influence of alkyl group and temperature on thermophysical properties of carboxylic acid and their binary mixtures
(Elsevier B.V., 2014-06-30)n this work, volumetric, acoustic and refractive index methods have been used to study the interactions between carboxylic acids mixtures as a function of temperature and concentration. The density (r), sound velocity (u), ... -
Irrigation water and microbiological safety of fresh produce : South Africa as a case study : a review
(Academic Journalshttp://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/pdf2012/11%20Sep/Ijabadeniyi%20and%20Buys.pdf, 2012-09-11)Irrigation water is perhaps the leading pre-harvest source of contamination of fresh produce in the world. In this review, the impact of contaminated surface irrigation water on bacterial contamination of fresh produce was ... -
Isolation and quantification of β-sitosterol, ergosterol and stigmasterol from Hypoxis rigidula Baker var. rigidula and hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall (Hypoxidaceae)
(ijSciences, 2013-01)Hypoxis rigidula Baker var. rigidula and Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall (Hypoxidaceae) are frequently used African medicinal plant that has been used by traditional healers for daily healthcare needs. ... -
Linear electrostatic waves in two-temperature electron–positron plasmas
(Cambridge University Presshttp://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0022377812000451, 2012-05-04)Linear electrostatic waves in a magnetized four-component, two- temperature electron–positron plasma are investigated, with the hot species having the Boltzmann density distribution and the dynamics of cooler species ... -
Liquid–liquid equilibria measurements of ternary systems (acetonitrile + a carboxylic acid + dodecane) at 303.15 K
(Elsevierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378381214006943, 2015)Liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data are reported for the ternary mixtures of (acetonitrile + a carboxylic acid + dodecane) at 303.15 K under atmospheric pressure, where a carboxylic acid refers to acetic acid, propanoic ... -
Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of a bio-based composite derived from banana plant source
(Elsevier, 2015)This paper focuses on the synthesis and testing of a novel bio-based composite structure in which banana fibres was infused with resin made from banana sap. The mechanical, thermal, morphological and bio-degradation properties ...