Fire poses a continuous threat to forest ecosystems and can dramatically reduce valuable timber species in forest woodland areas. The occurrence of fire in Baikiaea plurijuga woodlands warrants the need of an active and ...

Bill and claw morphological characteristics were measured to establish the extent of functional similarities in the hunting and feeding apparatus among Southern African birds of prey (orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes) ...

As a consequence of the increased popularity of wireless local area networks (WLANs) based on IEEE 802.11, the interest for ad hoc networks has also increased. An ad-hoc network is an autonomous wireless network that can ...

Five ephemeral rock pools were sampled weekly from December 2006 to May 2007 on the Domboshawa Mountain. Physical variables, which included temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, conductivity and pool ...

Mining activity and mine wastes at Athens mine; Mvuma, Zimbabwe, have been generated since the 15th century accelerated significantly during the 20th century. The mine wastes constitute a potential source of contamination ...

This thesis describes the modeling and implementation of an advanced traffic signal control system within a simulation environment, thus creating a laboratory for the evaluation of advanced traffic control strategies ...

Most problems in Applied Mathematics involving difficulties such as nonlinear governing equations and boundary conditions, variable coefficients and complex boundary shapes preclude exact solutions. Consequently exact ...

Acquired immunity against helminths is characterised by a complex interplay between the effector Th1 and Th2 immune responses and it slowly manifests with age as a result of cumulative exposure to parasite antigens. Data ...

Air pollution is increasingly becoming a problem in developed and developing countries. As a corrective measure, constant air monitoring has been done using conventional techniques which are costly and time consuming hence ...

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female mosquitoes. Almost half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. Schistosomiasis is ...