Effect of National Senior Certificate maths on the pass rate of first-year Engineering physics
South African Journal of Science, 2012 There has been much controversy about the mathematics results of the 2008 National Senior Certificate examinations - the first to be written by pupils following the outcomes-based curriculum.
Jagathesan Govender, Mervlyn Moodley
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Emerging experimental and computational methods for studying redox‐regulated structural transitions
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Redox reactions can reshape proteins and alter how they behave in cells, with important consequences for health and disease. This review explores emerging experimental and computational approaches for discovering these redox‐sensitive protein switches, revealing their structural effects, and predicting their behavior, opening new opportunities to ...
Tasneem Rass +2 more
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Development and uses of upper-division conceptual assessments [PDF]
, 2015 The use of validated conceptual assessments alongside conventional course exams to measure student learning in introductory courses has become standard practice in many physics departments.
Chasteen, Stephanie V. +13 more
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Eugene P. Wigner’s Visionary Contributions to Generations-I through IV Fission Reactors
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2014 Among Europe’s greatest scientists who fled to Britain and America in the 1930s, Eugene P. Wigner made instrumental advances in reactor physics, reactor design and technology, and spent nuclear fuel processing for both purposes of developing atomic ...
Carré Frank
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Synergistic perspectives—How single‐molecule biophysics complement biochemical understanding
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this review, we discuss how ensemble biochemistry and single‐molecule approaches are complementary, outline commonly used single‐molecule techniques, and illustrate their relevance through two representative case studies: chromatin organization by SMC complexes and pathway choice during DNA double‐strand break repair.
Sara De Bragança +2 more
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Inequality in experiences of physics education : Secondary school girls’ and boys’ perceptions of their physics education and intentions to continue with physics after the age of sixteen [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores the factors that are associated in England with 15 year-old students’ intentions to study physics post-16, when it is no longer compulsory.
Reiss, Michael +3 more
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Dynamic analysis of a class of neutral delay model based on the Runge-Kutta algorithm
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2018 In this paper, we study the dynamics of a class of second-order neutral delay nonlinear models. This study is applicable to many fields, such as engineering, cybernetics, and physics.
Hongying Luo
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell +2 more
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Artificial molecular machines and motors—Design and control of nanoscale motion
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Molecules are constantly moving because of thermal fluctuations, but random motion alone cannot be exploited to perform directional tasks. Artificial molecular machines use chemical, electrical, or light energy to bias this motion. Molecular shuttles, rotary motors, and supramolecular pumps illustrate how nanoscale movement can be controlled and ...
Leonardo Andreoni, Alberto Credi
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Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward +2 more
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