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Retrofitting of hotels : the protea hospitality group of hotels within gauteng, South Africa
No full textThe need for environmental retrofitting of hotels arose as a result of the large amounts of waste being produced by the built environment along with the excessive amounts of resources being consumed by the hospitality sector. Most of the consequences thereof are environmental in nature which includes air pollution, water scarcity, as well as high amounts of landfill waste generation and energy consumption. Retrofitting is an attempt at rectifying these issues by minimizing these negative effects to produce sustainable green buildings. Not all green buildings make use of the same environmentally friendly measures. The hotel sector also makes use of a range of environmental initiatives. The Protea Hospitality Group (PHG) of hotels, a large South African hotel group, has begun to retrofit their hotel portfolio over the last decade. A number of their hotels have recently undergone and still is undergoing retrofitting. This is a staggered process with hotels being retrofitted to green standards over time. This study investigated the green initiatives undertaken by the PHG in Gauteng. Ten of Gauteng’s 15 Protea Hotels were examined in detail; namely: Protea Hotel African Pride Melrose Arch, Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Melrose Arch, Protea Hotel Wanderers, Protea Hotel Balalaika Sandton, Protea Hotel Parktonian Braamfontein, Protea Hotel Midrand, Protea Hotel Centurion, Protea Hotel O.R Tambo Airport, Protea Hotel Roodepoort, and Protea Hotel Manor. The focus of the research was on the motivations for retrofitting, environmentally-friendly measures implemented, amounts of resource consumption and waste generation, the expenditure associated with retrofitting measures, green awareness, green marketing, as well as the recent Marriott takeover. A comparative analysis amongst the study hotels was undertaken in order to identify the different levels of green retrofitting within the PHG of hotels within Gauteng.National Research Foundatio
Preconception maternal exposure to Nippostrongylus brasiliensis transfers protection against Nb to her offspring
No full textIn early life the immature immune system has a reduced ability to control infection. This susceptibility is offset by transfer of protective immune components from the mother. Helminth infections are widespread and can have a long lasting influence on host immunity. Children of mothers exposed to helminth infections may display T cell sensitization to endemic helminth infections and associations have been made between maternal helminth infection and altered immune responses to childhood diseases and vaccinations. This shows that helminth-modified maternal immunity may imprint on early offspring immune development in-utero or through breast milk in the form of transfer of, for example, antibodies, cytokines and lymphocytes. Our study shows that, in mice, maternal infection with the helminth Nippostrongylus brasiliensis is not only associated with a passive transfer of antigen specific antibody(IgG1) but also inherently alters offspring immunity, increasing offspring cytokine production, alveolar macrophages, lung neutrophils and B cell population development and proliferation. Pups born to N. brasiliensis exposed mothers also had increased populations of lung and spleen CD4+ cells and higher subpopulations of central memory and effector CD4+ cells compared to pups born to naive mothers.National Research Foundatio
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No full textPresentation SA PhD Project Conference: Western Cape 13 September 201
Managing the student-supervisor relationship
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: Kwazulu-Natal Province 17 August 2016
Publishing during your PhD : the whats, whys and how-tos
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: KwaZulu-Natal Province 17 August 2016
South African Women in Science Awards (WISA)
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: KwaZulu-Natal Province 17 August 2016.1.Background
2.Purpose and Significance
3.Categories:
–Distinguished Women and Distinguished Young Women.
–Research and Innovation
–DST fellowships
–Tata Scholarships
4.Gala Dinner
5.Feedback from previous winne
Deceptive publishing and the impact on the scholarly publishing community
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: Western Cape Province 13 September 2016
Fulbright outreach 2016
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: KwaZulu-Natal Province 17 August 2016
What to make of the new world order
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: Gauteng Province 11 October 2016
“Forget the aliens….the social scientists are here” : understanding your discipline
No full textPresentations SA PhD Project Conference: Gauteng Province 11 October 2016