Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Adsorption of Lead (Pb) in Water Using Biochar & Biochar-Alginate Composite Beads
(2023-08-29)The current study investigates whether biochar and biochar-alginate composite (BAC), spiked with lead (Pb2+), has the potential to be released into soil. The study assesses the sorption capacity and kinetics of Pb2+ between ... -
Adsorption, field adsorption, and field evaporation.
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Adult literacy : a social policy for the Mass Democratic Movement of South Africa
(1992)This thesis provides a possible solution to the problem of illiteracy among black South Africans. It is argued that for adult literacy to be translated into an effective policy, it should be fought for as an emancipatory ... -
Advanced Control and Optimization Techniques for Integrated Switched Capacitor DC/DC Converters
(2022-06-03)The rapid advancement in submicron technology increased the number of devices per die following the trajectory of Moore’s law. This increase in devices has led to an inevitable rise in voltage domains defined on-chip. This ... -
ADVANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE-BASED WATER ELECTROLYZERS
(2023-12-12)This thesis reports an in-depth exploration of polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE) operation for green hydrogen production using advanced electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. ... -
Advanced Materials for Lithium Batteries
(2020-04-24)Advanced lithium battery materials promise some combination of higher energy density, lower cost, longer lifetime, and faster charging rates compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries. This work studies lithium-metal ... -
ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES: ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL AND INTEGRATION WITH MEMBRANE PROCESSES
(2012-07-31)Stringent water quality regulations and general aesthetic issues have urged drinking water industry to apply advanced water treatment technologies that can meet multiple treatment objectives. Removal of significant amount ... -
ADVANCED SINTERING TECHNIQUES OF ALUMINUM: SPARK PLASMA SINTERING
(2014-08-25)Spark plasma sintering (SPS) of air atomized aluminum powders was conducted in a fundamental investigation of processing and chemical effects on physical and mechanical properties. Five air atomized aluminum powders, one ... -
Advanced Surface Modification of Binder Jet Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel
(2024-04-24)The primary objective of this study is to explore the efficiency of ultrasonic pulsed waterjet (UPWJ) peening, a novel surface modification technique, on binder jet additively manufactured AISI 316L stainless steel ... -
Advanced Surface Modification of Titanium Alloys Using Ultrasonic Pulsed Waterjet Peening
(2023-12-12)The primary objective of this study is to investigate the application of a relatively new surface modification technique, known as ultrasonic pulsed waterjet (UPWJ) peening, on titanium alloys. Commercially pure titanium ... -
ADVANCED TIME-DOMAIN NUMERICAL METHODS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING AND SIMULATION
(2015)In this thesis, systematic investigations on divergence property of the divergence preserved alternatively-direction-implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) method and the meshless method are carried out. It is ... -
Advanced Zonal Rectangular LEACH (AZR-LEACH): An Energy Efficient Routing Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks
(2012-08-20)Reducing the energy consumption of available resources is still a problem to be solved in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Many types of existing routing protocols are developed to save power consumption. In these protocols, ... -
Advances in Late-Metal Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formation for the Synthesis of Substituted Heterocycles
(2017-08-23)Late-metal catalyzed cross-couplings have emerged as efficient and selective methodologies for the formation of C-C and C-N bonds. The ability to synthesize complex heterocycles from cheap and abundant starting materials ... -
Advances in Miniature Ultrasound-guided Histotripsy Transducers for Precision Tissue Ablation
(2024-03-12)Histotripsy is a type of focused ultrasound therapy that uses a very high focal pressure to ablate (surgically remove) tumors with high precision, without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue. Unlike other ablation ... -
Advances in Nickel-Catalyzed C-N Cross-Coupling Enabled by Tailored Ancillary Ligand Design
(2018-12-05)The nickel-catalyzed Csp2-N cross-coupling of NH substrates and (hetero)aryl (pseudo)halides for the synthesis of (hetero)anilines is in the midst of a resurgence. Reactivity breakthroughs that have been achieved in this ... -
Advances in Nickel-Catalyzed C–O Cross-Coupling Reactions Enabled by Ancillary Ligand Design
(2023-12-04)The ubiquity of C(sp2)–N and C(sp2)–O linkages in active pharmaceutical ingredients, agrochemicals, and other biologically active compounds generates motivation for developing effective avenues for the formation of such ... -
Advances in Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
(2017-12-13)Homogeneous organometallic complexes have become an indispensable tool as they are employed as catalysts for a large number of chemical transformations. Ancillary ligands, organic molecules that bind to the metal center, ... -
ADVANCES IN PROTEOMIC WORKFLOW FROM CELL LYSIS TO PROTEIN PURIFICATION FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS
(2024-04-14)Proteomics aims to characterize the complete set of proteins in a cell, tissue, or organism at a specific state or time, playing a significant role in various fields, notably molecular medicine for biomarker discovery and ... -
Advances in Respiratory Impedance Predictions using Pulmonary Functional Imaging Models of Asthma
(2018-09-04)Previous asthma pulmonary functional modelling used the locations of ventilation defects observed in inhaled gas imaging to implement binary airway closures and required additional random narrowing in ventilated regions ... -
ADVANCES IN SOLUTION-SHEARED MAPbI3 THIN FILMS THROUGH MIXED-SOLVENT ENGINEERING
(2024-04-15)The aim of this work is to produce perovskite semiconductor thin films with desirable photoactivity under high temperature deposition conditions by combining the solution shearing technique and solvent engineering. Currently, ...