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  • A machine learning model to estimate ambient PM2.5 concentrations in industrialized highveld region of South Africa 
    Zhang, Danlu; Du, Linlin; Wang, Wenhao; Zhu, Qingyang; Bi, Jianzhao; Scovronick, Noah; Naidoo, Mogesh; Garland, Rebecca M.; Liu, Yang (Elsevier, 2021-12)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Machine learning predictions of housing market synchronization across US States : the role of uncertainty 
    Gupta, Rangan; Marfatia, Hardik A.; Pierdzioch, Christian; Salisu, Afees A. (Springer, 2022-05)
    We analyze the role of macroeconomic uncertainty in predicting synchronization in housing price movements across all the United States (US) states plus District of Columbia (DC). We first use a Bayesian dynamic factor model ...
  • MADV-DAQ : multi-channel Arduino-based differential voltage data acquisition system for remote strain measurement applications 
    Louw, Hendrik; Broekman, Andre; Kearsley, Elsabe P. (Elsevier, 2022-10)
    Wind turbine power generation, both onshore and offshore, has gained significant popularity over the past few decades. However, the design of a turbine’s foundation, capable of supporting a tall structure subject to large ...
  • Maintaining dominance: explaining the rise of late-entering insurgent groups in El Salvador and Guatemala 
    Banerjee, Vasabjit (Routledge, 2023)
    Although there exists substantial political science research on insurgent group fragmentation, this process remains ignored in the decades long civil wars of El Salvador and Guatemala. A comparative analysis of insurgencies ...
  • Making black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy 
    Bell, Myrtle P.; Berry, Daphne; Leopold, Joy; Nkomo, Stella M., 1947- (Wiley, 2021-01)
    In this article, as have many Black women scholars in the past, we again call for collective action against anti-blackness and White supremacy in the academy. Drawing from black feminist theory, we discuss the long history ...
  • Male Mediterranean fruit flies prefer warmer temperatures that improve sexual performance 
    Weldon, Christopher William; Terblanche, John S.; Bosua, Henrika Jacomina; Malod, Kevin; Chown, Steven L. (Elsevier, 2022-08)
    Females and males have divergent strategies of energy investment, so the thermal preference of each sex in insects may differ because energetic conversion of metabolic reserves is dependent on temperature. We determined ...
  • Managing internal parasites of small ruminants using medicinal plants a review on alternative remedies, efficacy evaluation techniques and conservational strategies 
    Nikelo, Wandile; Mpayipheli, Maliviwe; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (Science Publications, 2022-10)
    Throughout the world, internal parasites are a major hindrance to small ruminant production. The most common internal parasites in grazing small ruminants are likely to be gastrointestinal nematodes. They cause a reduction ...
  • Managing macropods without poisoning ecosystems 
    Hampton, Jordan O.; Pay, James M.; Katzner, Todd E.; Arnemo, Jon M.; Pokras, Mark A.; Buenz, Eric; Kanstrup, Niels; Thomas, Vernon G.; Uhart, Marcela; Lambertucci, Sergio A.; Krone, Oliver; Singh, Navinder J.; Naidoo, Vinny; Ishizuka, Mayumi; Saito, Keisuke; Helander, Bjorn; Green, Rhys E. (Wiley, 2022-05)
    A recent review of the management of hyperabundant macropods in Australia proposed that expanded professional shooting is likely to lead to better biodiversity and animal welfare outcomes. While the tenets of this general ...
  • Managing woodland development stages in Sudanian dry woodlands to meet local demand in fuelwood 
    Assede, Emeline Sessi Pelagie; Azihou, Fortune Akomian; Honore Biaou, Samadori Sorotori; Mariki, Sayuni B.; Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes; Sinsin, Brice (Elsevier, 2021-04)
    Woodlands in the Sudanian zone are under different management regimes, including total protection and controlled use mainly for feeding livestock and collecting fuelwood. This study conducted in Sudanian woodlands of Benin, ...
  • Mathematical model for the estrogen paradox in breast cancer treatment 
    Ouifki, Rachid; Oke, Segun Isaac (Springer, 2022-03)
    Estrogen is known to stimulate the growth of breast cancer, but is also effective in treating the disease. This is referred to as the“estrogen paradox”. Furthermore, short-term treatment with estrogen can successfully ...
  • Mathematical modelling of a pest in an age-structured crop model : the coffee berry borer case 
    Fotso, Yves Fotso; Touzeau, Suzanne; Tsanou, Berge; Grognard, Frederic; Bowong, Samuel (Elsevier, 2022-10)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • The meanings of God : reply to four critics 
    Metz, Thaddeus (Routledge, 2021)
    In this article, I briefly reply to four critics who have critically engaged with my book God, Soul and the Meaning of Life in a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. I view them mainly as ...
  • The mechanical properties of a high plasticity expansive clay 
    Gaspar, Tiago Alexandre Valentim; Jacobsz, Schalk Willem; Heymann, Gerhard; Toll, D.G.; Gens, A.; Osman, A.S. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    The mechanical properties of a high plasticity expansive clay from South Africa are reported. The experimental programme considered wetting after loading tests followed by one-dimensional consolidation and unloading of ...
  • Medical resources deployed for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar 
    Alinier, Guillaume; Pullian, Naven; Van Dyk, Nicol; Rehn, David; Tilley, Damon; Jeanguyot, Nikki; Holtzhausen, Louis; Adamuz, Maria-Carmen; Gharib, Ramy; Shamso, Shaneer; Geertsema, Liesel; Geertsema, Celeste; Rekik, Raouf; Targett, Stephen; Ergen, Emin; Morris, Brendon; Alonso, Juan-Manuel (Hamad bin Khalifa University Press, 2022-01)
    BACKGROUND : International sporting events such as the World Athletics (WA) competition require proper medical coverage to ensure the wellbeing of athletes, support teams, and spectators. Several factors may have an impact ...
  • MeerKAT-64 discovers wide-spread tidal debris in the nearby NGC 7232 galaxy group 
    Namumba, Brenda; Koribalski, B.S.; Jozsa, G.I.G.; Lee-Waddell, K.; Jones, M.G.; Carignan, Claude; Verdes-Montenegro, Lourdes; Ianjamasimanana, Roger; De Blok, W. J.G.; Cluver, M.; Garrido, J.; Sanchez-Exposito, S.; Ramaila, Athanaseus J.T.; Thorat, K.; Andati, Lexy A.L.; Hugo, B.; Kleiner, D.; Kamphuis, P.; Serra, P.; Smirnov, O.M.; Maccagni, F.M.; Makhathini, Sphesihle; Molnar, D.Cs.; Perkins, Simon; Ramatsoku, M.; White, S.V.; Loi, Francesca (Oxford University Press, 2021-08)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Mental health, human rights, and legal capacity 
    Mahomed, Faraaz; Stein, Michael Ashley; Sunkel, Charlene; Restivo, Juliana Lynn; Patel, Vikram (Elsevier, 2022-05)
    In September, 2021, our edited volume Mental Health, Human Rights and Legal Capacity was published. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to engage with evolving debates related to legal capacity in the field of ...
  • Mesenchymal stromal cells : a possible reservoir for HIV-1? 
    Kallmeyer, Karlien; Ryder, M.A.; Pepper, Michael Sean (Springer, 2022-04)
    The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 into a chronic, well-managed disease. However, these therapies do not ...
  • Meta-analysis of Antarctic phylogeography reveals strong sampling bias and critical knowledge gaps 
    Liu, Xiaoyue P.; Duffy, Grant A.; Pearman, William S.; Pertierra, Luis R.; Fraser, Ceridwen I. (Wiley, 2022-12)
    Much of Antarctica's highly endemic terrestrial biodiversity is found in small ice-free patches. Substantial genetic differentiation has been detected among populations across spatial scales. Sampling is, however, often ...
  • Microbial anhydrobiosis 
    Bosch, Jason; Varliero, Gilda; Hallsworth, John E.; Dallas, Tiffany D.; Hopkins, David; Frey, Beat; Kong, Weidong; Lebre, Pedro H.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2021-11)
    The loss of cellular water (desiccation) and the resulting low cytosolic water activity are major stress factors for life. Numerous prokaryotic and eukaryotic taxa have evolved molecular and physiological adaptions to ...
  • Microbial biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in arid ecosystems 
    Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Jordaan, Karen; Diez, Beatriz; Heinzelmann, Sandra M.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-06)
    Arid ecosystems cover ∼40% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and store a high proportion of the global nitrogen (N) pool. They are low-productivity, low-biomass, and polyextreme ecosystems, i.e., with (hyper)arid and ...