Background: Drought is considered to be a life-threatening natural disaster that results in many uncertainties. Drought has been occurring globally in the past decades due to climate change. The reduction of the availability ...

Food processing plants and agricultural environments have a long-standing history of being known to provide a conducive environment for the prevalence and distribution of microorganisms which emanate as a consequence of ...

Anaerobic digestion is a technology that is commonly used to treat organic waste for biogas production. Biogas can be used to replace fossil fuel as a source of energy for electricity production. However, despite the ...

Markets for and consumers of bulk-tank milk exist in many parts of the world; bulk-tank milk is consumed by a large number of people, especially in developing countries. Due to the nutritious nature of milk spoilage and ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first recognised in 1981. The explosive worldwide pandemic has become the leading cause of death in South Africa. An estimated 10.2% of ...

Drought events are integral parts of climate variability. Over 80% of the Basotho population’s livelihood is dependent on rain-fed agriculture. This current study used force-field project management technique for drought ...

The study was conducted to assess management practices by goat farmers in uMgungundlovu of the KwaZulu-Natal province. A total of 70 farmers were interviewed by means of structured questionnaires. The average farm size in ...

Background HIV recency assays are used to distinguish recently acquired infection from long-term infection among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV and thus identify hotspots of transmission. Additionally, since 2015, ...

This main aim of this study was to assess patients in a general cardiology practice in order to determine the systolic and diastolic profiles of these patients. The aim was also to determine what effect life style and risk ...