Trying to determine how best to allocate resources in health care is especially difficult when resources are severely constrained, as is the case in all developing countries. This is particularly true in South Africa currently where the HIV epidemic adds significantly to a health service already overstretched by the demands made upon it. This paper proposes a framework for determining how best ...

An error was introduced during the production process: in the author affiliations list of this manuscript, the place name " Hannover " should be spelt " Hanover " .

Mechanisms that control xylan removal during pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass are not well understood. For example, although hemicellulose hydrolysis is virtually always assumed to follow first-order homogeneous kinetics, the increase in xylan removal with flow rate for flowthrough pretreatment systems is inconsistent with the predictions for such models, and better information is needed...

The xylan-binding module Clostridium thermocellum CBM22A was successfully fused to a gluco-oligosaccharide oxidase, GOOX-VN, from Sarocladium strictum via a short TP linker, allowing the fused protein to effectively bind different xylans. The presence of the CtCBM22A at the N-terminal of GOOX-VN increased catalytic activity on mono- and oligo-saccharides by 2-3 fold while not affecting binding ...

The aim of the research was to expand genetic diversity spelt wheat by introgression material species Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum (Schrank ex Schübl.) Thell. and create on this basis new source material. Materials methods. study conducted during 2016–2022 in conditions Uman National University Horticulture, located zone Right-Bank Forest-Steppe Ukraine, subzone unstable moisture. winter v...