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  • Identification of predictors of glucose control in a cohort of adult patients with diabetes mellitus at Kalafong Hospital 
    Mutembe, Tessy Karimba (University of Pretoria, 2011-07-14)
    Background and objectives of the study: Although it is known that good glycaemic control improves microvascular outcomes in diabetic patients, no local study has yet been undertaken to investigate the potential factors ...
  • The identification of prevalent bacterial isolates and characterisation of microbial communities in paper-mill water systems 
    Du Toit, Rene-Marie (University of Pretoria, 2008-09-05)
    Water is a scarce and unevenly distributed national resource and it is, therefore, important to reduce water consumption in paper mills. Closure of water systems for reuse, however, directly and indirectly results in an ...
  • Identification of promising DNA GyrB inhibitors for Tuberculosis using pharmacophore-based virtual screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies 
    Islam, Md Ataul; Pillay, Tahir S. (Wiley, 2017-08)
    In the current study, we searched for potential DNA GyrB inhibitors using pharmacophorebased virtual screening followed by molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation approaches. For this purpose, a set of 248 ...
  • Identification of rare gene variants in South African breast cancer families through next generation sequencing 
    Mentoor, J.L.D. (Juliet Lewie Dionee) (University of Pretoria, 2017)
    Breast cancer (BC) has become the leading cancer amongst women in South Africa. The overall life time risk for developing this disease is one in 12 (National Cancer registry, 2000- 2011). A strong family history (≥3 ...
  • The identification of resilient and non-resilient middle-adolescent learners in a South African Township school 
    Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth (University of Pretoria, 2006-02-04)
    The aim of the research was to generate a way of identifying resilient and non-resilient middle-adolescent learners in Grade 8 and 9, in a South African township secondary school. The theoretical frameworks on resilience, ...
  • Identification of risk factors associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infection in poultry farms, in Nigeria during the epidemic of 2006–2007 
    Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Rivas, Ariel L.; Bisschop, S.P.R. (Shahn); Stegeman, Arjan J.; Hernandez, Jorge A. (Elsevier, 2010-11)
    We conducted a matched case–control study to evaluate risk factors for infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in poultry farms during the epidemic of 2006–2007 in Nigeria. Epidemiologic data ...
  • Identification of rust fungi (Pucciniales) on species of Allium in Australia 
    McTaggart, Alistair R.; Shivas, Roger G.; Doungsa-ard, Chanintorn; Weese, Terri L.; Beasley, Dean R.; Hall, Barbara H.; Metcalf, Dean A.; Geering, Andrew D. W. (Springer, 2016-12)
    Collections of rust fungi (Pucciniales) on species of Allium in Australia have previously been identified as Puccinia allii. These identifications are unsatisfactory as P. allii is a species complex that has yet to be ...
  • Identification of sand dune sources in the east Sistan, Iran by using mineralogical and morphoscopic characterization of sediments 
    Zoraghi, Gholamheidar; Goraji, Kazem Shabani; Noura, Mohammadreza; Rashki, Alireza; Bumby, Adam John (Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, 2019)
    Sedimentation in the dune fields of the Sistan Plain of Iran is the result of deposition of fine-grained sediment downstream of the Helmand River. Due to poor adhesion and low moisture content of soil particles, and the ...
  • Identification of selected South African ticks using morphological traits and DNA barcoding 
    Khumalo, Nozipho (University of Pretoria, 2022-07)
    The study aimed to identify and characterise ticks collected from selected wildlife species from selected areas in South Africa using morphological traits and DNA barcoding. The ticks were collected during necropsy and ...
  • Identification of selective Lyn inhibitors from the chemical databases through integrated molecular modelling approaches 
    Shetve, V.V.; Bhowmick, Shovonlal; Alissa, Siham A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Wabaidu, S.M.; Asmary, F.A.; Alhajri, Hassna Mohammed; Islam, Md Ataul (Taylor and Francis, 2021)
    In the current study, the Asinex and ChEBI databases were virtually screened for the identification of potential Lyn protein inhibitors. Therefore, a multi-steps molecular docking study was carried out using the VSW utility ...
  • Identification of signatures of positive selection that have shaped the genomic landscape of South African pig populations 
    Hlongwane, Nompilo; Dzomba, Edgar F.; Hadebe, Khanyisile; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Muchadeyi, Farai C. (MDPI, 2024-01-02)
    South Africa boasts a diverse range of pig populations, encompassing intensively raised commercial breeds, as well as indigenous and village pigs reared under low-input production systems. The aim of this study was to ...
  • Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel disease patients on azathioprine therapy 
    Adam, Lyla (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    Azathioprine, an immunosuppressant used for many years in the medical sector to maintain long term disease remission in inflammatory bowel disease has a side effect profile that has raised many concerns over the years with ...
  • Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the bovine solute carrierfamily 11 member 1 (SLC11A1) gene and their association with infection by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis 
    Ruiz-Larranaga, O.; Garrido, J.M.; Manzano, C.; Iriondo, M.; Molina, E.; Gil, A.; Koets, Ad P.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Juste, R.A.; Estonba, A. (American Dairy Science Association, 2010)
    Johne’s disease is a chronic enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) that causes substantial financial losses for the cattle industry. Susceptibility to MAP infection is reported to be ...
  • Identification of six new susceptibility loci for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer 
    Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.; Ramus, Susan J.; Tyrer, Jonathan; Lee, Andrew; Shen, Howard C.; Beesley, Jonathan; Lawrenson, Kate; McGuffog, Lesley; Healey, Sue; Lee, Janet M.; Spindler, Tassja J.; Lin, Yvonne G.; Pejovic, Tanja; Bean, Yukie; Li, Qiyuan; Coetzee, Simon; Hazelett, Dennis; Miron, Alexander; Southey, Melissa; Terry, Mary Beth; Goldgar, David E.; Buys, Saundra S.; Janavicius, Ramunas; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Ding, Yuan Chun; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; Jønson, Lars; Gerdes, Anne-Marie; Ejlertsen, Bent; Barrowdale, Daniel; Dennis, Joe; Benitez, Javier; Osorio, Ana; Garcia, Maria Jose; Komenaka, Ian; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Ganschow, Pamela; Peterlongo, Paolo; Bernard, Loris; Viel, Alessandra; Bonanni, Bernardo; Peissel, Bernard; Manoukian, Siranoush; Radice, Paolo; Papi, Laura; Ottini, Laura; Fostira, Florentia; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Garber, Judy; Frost, Debra; Perkins, Jo; Platte, Radka; Ellis, Steve; EMBRACE; Godwin, Andrew K.; Schmutzler, Rita Katharina; Meindl, Alfons; Engel, Christoph; Sutter, Christian; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; GEMO Study Collaborators; Damiola, Francesca; Mazoyer, Sylvie; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Claes, Kathleen; De Leeneer, Kim; Kirk, Judy; Rodriguez, Gustavo C.; Piedmonte, Marion; O’Malley, David M.; De la Hoya, Miguel; Caldes, Trinidad; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Nevanlinna, Heli; Collée, J. Margriet; Rookus, Matti A.; Oosterwijk, Jan C.; Breast Cancer Family Registry; Tihomirova, Laima; Tung, Nadine; Hamann, Ute; Isaccs, Claudine; Tischkowitz, Marc; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian G.; Hogervorst, Frans B. L.; HEBON; Olah, Edith; Diez, Orland; Blanco, Ignacio; Brunet, Joan; Lazaro, Conxi; Pujana, Miquel Angel; Jakubowska, Anna; Gronwald, Jacek; Lubinski, Jan; Sukiennicki, Grzegorz; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Plante, Marie; Simard, Jacques; Soucy, Penny; Montagna, Marco; Tognazzo, Silvia; Teixeira, Manuel R.; KConFab Investigators; Pankratz, Vernon S.; Wang, Xianshu; Lindor, Noralane; Szabo, Csilla I.; Kauff, Noah; Vijai, Joseph; Aghajanian, Carol A.; Pfeiler, Georg; Berger, Andreas; Singer, Christian F.; Tea, Muy-Kheng; Phelan, Catherine M.; Greene, Mark H.; Mai, Phuong L.; Rennert, Gad; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Tchatchou, Sandrine; Andrulis, Irene L.; Glendon, Gord; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Jensen, Uffe Birk; Kruse, Torben A.; Thomassen, Mads; Bojesen, Anders; Zidan, Jamal; Friedman, Eitan; Laitman, Yael; Soller, Maria; Liljegren, Annelie; Arver, Brita; Einbeigi, Zakaria; Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Domchek, Susan M.; Lu, Karen H.; Karlan, Beth Y.; Walsh, Christine; Lester, Jenny; Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer Investigators); Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group; Hein, Alexander; Ekici, Arif B.; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Fasching, Peter A.; Lambrechts, Diether; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els; Vergote, Ignace; Lambrechts, Sandrina; Dicks, Ed; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Wicklund, Kristine G.; Rossing, Mary Anne; Rudolph, Anja; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; Eilber, Ursula; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Odunsi, Kunle; Sucheston, Lara; Lele, Shashi; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Goodman, Marc T.; Thompson, Pamela J.; Shvetsov, Yurii B.; Runnebaum, Ingo B.; Dürst, Matthias; Hillemanns, Peter; Dörk, Thilo; Antonenkova, Natalia; Bogdanova, Natalia; Leminen, Arto; Pelttari, Liisa M.; Butzow, Ralf; Modugno, Francesmary; Kelley, Joseph L.; Edwards, Robert P.; Ness, Roberta B.; Du Bois, Andreas; Heitz, Florian; Schwaab, Ira; Harter, Philipp; Matsuo, Keitaro; Hosono, Satoyo; Orsulic, Sandra; Jensen, Allan; Kjaer, Susanne Kruger; Hogdall, Estrid; Hasmad, Hanis Nazihah; Azmi, Mat Adenan Noor; Teo, Soo-Hwang; Woo, Yin-Ling; Fridley, Brooke L.; Goode, Ellen L.; Cunningham, Julie M.; Vierkant, Robert A.; Bruinsma, Fiona; Giles, Graham G.; Liang, Dong; Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T.; Wu, Xifeng; Levine, Douglas A.; Bisogna, Maria; Berchuck, Andrew; Iversen, Edwin S.; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Concannon, Patrick; Weber, Rachel Palmieri; Cramer, Daniel W.; Terry, Kathryn L.; Poole, Elizabeth M.; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Bandera, Elisa V.; Orlow, Irene; Olson, Sara H.; Krakstad, Camilla; Salvesen, Helga B.; Tangen, Ingvild L.; Bjorge, Line; Van Altena, Anne M.; Aben, Katja K.H.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Massuger, Leon F.A.G.; Kellar, Melissa; Brooks-Wilson, Angela; Kelemen, Linda E.; Cook, Linda S.; Le, Nhu D.; Cybulski, Cezary; Yang, Hannah; Lissowska, Jolanta; Brinton, Louise A.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Hogdall, Claus; Lundvall, Lene; Nedergaard, Lotte; Baker, Helen; Song, Honglin; Eccles, Diana M.; McNeish, Ian; Paul, James; Carty, Karen; Siddiqui, Nadeem; Glasspool, Rosalind; Whittemore, Alice S.; Rothstein, Joseph H.; McGuire, Valerie; Sieh, Weiva; Ji, Bu-Tian; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Gao, Yu-Tang; Rosen, Barry; Risch, Harvey A.; McLaughlin, John R.; Narod, Steven A.; Monteiro, Alvaro N.; Chen, Ann; Lin, Hui-Yi; Permuth-Wey, Jenny; Sellers, Thomas A.; Tsai, Ya-Yu; Chen, Zhihua; Ziogas, Argyrios; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Menon, Usha; Harrington, Patricia; Lee, Alice W.; Wu, Anna H.; Pearce, Celeste L.; Coetzee, Gerry; Pike, Malcolm C.; Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka; Timorek, Agnieszka; Rzepecka, Iwona K.; Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta; Freedman, Matt; Noushmehr, Houtan; Easton, Douglas F.; Offit, Kenneth; Couch, Fergus J.; Gayther, Simon; Pharoah, Paul P.; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1; Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA2 (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-02)
    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 12 epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) susceptibility alleles. The pattern of association at these loci is consistent in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers who are at high ...
  • Identification of South African fungi with high protein secreting capabilities 
    Kabwe, Mubanga Helen (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Recombinant protein technology has facilitated high level production of proteins to try and meet the demand from industry. One major factor that has been reported to influence the scales of production in industrial settings ...
  • Identification of stomach contents from a Shepherd's beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi stranded on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic 
    Best, Peter B.; Smale, Malcolm J.; Glass, James P.; Herian, K.; Von der Heyden, S. (Cambridge University Press, 2014-09)
    Shepherd’s beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi is one of the most poorly known cetaceans, whose diet has created some speculation given that its dentition differs greatly from that of most other beaked whales that are ...
  • Identification of structural requirements of estrogen receptor modulators using pharmacoinformatics techniques for application to estrogen therapy 
    Islam, Md Ataul; Patel, Darshakkumar Ashokbhai; Rathod, Savansinh Ghanshyamsinh; Chunarkar, Preeti; Pillay, Tahir S. (Springer, 2016-03)
    An attempt was made in the present study to explore the structural requirements of known estrogen receptor (ER) modulators for biological activity using pharmacoinformatics approaches to elucidate critical functionalities ...
  • Identification of suitable areas for multireef operation at Thorncliffe Chrome Mine 
    Mthembu, L.L.; Meyer, L.D. (Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2020-06)
    Thorncliffe Chrome Mine, one of Glencore’s Eastern Chrome operations, is currently mining the Middle Group No.1 (MG1) chromitite layer and is conducting a pre-feasibility study for an expansion project to mine the Middle ...
  • Identification of T cell and linear B cell epitopes on African horse sickness virus serotype 4 proteins VP1-1, VP2, VP4, VP7 and NS3 
    Faber, Erika; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Tshilwane, Selaelo Ivy; Van Kleef, Mirinda; Pretorius, Alri (Elsevier, 2024-01)
    The viral proteins VP1-1, VP2, VP4, VP7 and NS3, of African horse sickness virus serotype 4 (AHSV4), have previously been identified to contain CD8+ T cell epitopes. In this study, overlapping peptides spanning the entire ...
  • Identification of Tenrec ecaudatus, a wild mammal Introduced to Mayotte Island, as a reservoir of the newly identified human pathogenic Leptospira mayottensis 
    Lagadec, Erwan; Gomard, Yann; Le Minter, Gildas; Cordonin, Colette; Cardinale, Eric; Ramasindrazana, Beza; Dietrich, Muriel; Goodman, Steven M.; Tortosa, Pablo; Dellagi, Koussay (Public Library of Science, 2016-08-30)
    Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis of major concern on tropical islands. Human populations on western Indian Ocean islands are strongly affected by the disease although each archipelago shows contrasting epidemiology. ...