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    • A vaccination model for COVID-19 in Gauteng, South Africa 

      Edholm, Christina J.; Levy, Benjamin; Spence, Lee; Agusto, Folashade B.; Chirove, Faraimunashe; Chukwu, Williams C.; Goldsman, David; Kgosimore, Moatlhodi; Maposa, Innocent; Jane, White K.A.; Lenhart, Suzanne (KeAi Communications Co., 2022-09)
      The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to explore the impact of government mandates on movement restrictions and non-pharmaceutical interventions on a novel infection, and we investigate these strategies in early-stage ...

    • Wet deposition of 210Pb aerosols over two areas of contrasting topography 

      Likuku, Alfred Sello (Institute Of Physics Publishing Ltd, 2006-11-24)
      Deposition fluxes of 210Pb on low and moderately high-elevation sites of Edinburgh (Scotland) and mid-Wales, respectively, have been measured. The excess 210Pb fluxes in moorland Edinburgh soils did not vary significantly ...

    • Wildfires in Botswana and Their Frequency of Occurrence 

      Maabong, Kago Ernest; Mphale, Kgakgamatso (Scientific Research Publishing, 2021-09-13)
      Fires play an essential part in the maintenance of the environment, but am- plified fire activity often leads to adverse effects in the environment such as destruction of property and loss of life. Botswana has experienced ...

    • Wind dispersed tree species have greater maximum height. 

      Slik, Ferry; Pinho, Bruno X; Griffith, Daniel M.; Webb, Edward; Raghubanshi, Akhilesh Singh; Quaresma, Adriano C.; Cuni Sanchez, Aida; Sultana, Aisha; Souza, Alexandre F.; Ensslin, Andreas; Hemp, Andreas; Lowe, Andrew; Senbeta, Feyera et al (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024-06-14)
      Aim: We test the hypothesis that wind dispersal is more common among emergent tree species given that being tall increases the likelihood of effective seed dispersal. Location: Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific. Time ...