• Acute-phase proteins as diagnostic markers in horses with colic 

  Pihl, Tina H.; Scheepers, Elrien; Sanz, Macarena; Goddard, Amelia; Page, Patrick; Toft, Nils; Kjelgaard-Hansen, Mads; Andersen, Pia H.; Jacobsen, Stine (Wiley, 2016-10)

  OBJECTIVE : To investigate the diagnostic potential of the concentrations of acute-phase proteins serum amyloid A (SAA), haptoglobin (Hp), and fibrinogen in blood and peritoneal fluid (PF) for differentiating horses with ...
• Assessment of irrigation water quality and microbiological safety of leafy greens in different production systems 

  Jongman, Mosimanegape; Korsten, Lise (Wiley, 2017-08)

  Foodborne disease outbreaks associated with fresh produce irrigated with contaminated water are a constant threat to consumer health. In this study, the impact of irrigation water on product safety from different food ...
• Irrigation water quality and microbial safety of leafy greens in different vegetable production systems : a review 

  Jongman, Mosimanegape; Korsten, Lise (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  Access to large sources of quality water for irrigation is fundamental to the hygienic cultivation of fresh produce. However, due to factors such as contamination of water bodies, access to clean uncontaminated water is ...
• Model for vocabulary selection of sensitive topics : an example from pain-related vocabulary 

  Johnson, Ensa; Bornman, Juan, 1968-; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika (Thieme Medical Publishers, 2017-09)

  Vocabulary selection for graphic symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication systems is important to enable persons with significant communication difficulties to express a variety of communication functions ...
• The gut microbiome and the brain 

  Lamb, Gregory V.; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2017-06)

  The enteric nervous system and the central nervous system are no longer viewed as being separate entities. They are connected to each other by the vagal nerve which allows for bi-directional communication between cells ...
• Design and implementation issues for a class of distribution-free Phase II EWMA exceedance control charts 

  Graham, Marien Alet; Mukherjee, Amitava; Chakraborti, Subhabrata (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  Distribution-free (nonparametric) control charts can play an essential role in process monitoring when there is dearth of information about the underlying distribution. In this paper, we study various aspects related to ...
• Comparison of nickel, cobalt, palladium, and tungsten Schottky contacts on n-4H-silicon carbide 

  Gora, V.E.; Chawanda, A.; Nyamhere, C.; Auret, F.D. (Francois Danie); Mazunga, F.; Jaure, T.; Chibaya, B.; Omotoso, Ezekiel; Danga, Helga T.; Tunhuma, S.M. (Shandirai Malven) (Elsevier, 2017-08)

  We have investigated the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), tungsten (W) and palladium (Pd) Schottky contacts on n-type 4H-SiC in the 300–800 K temperature range. Results extracted from I-V ...
• Artificially extended photoperiod administered to pre-partum mares via blue light to a single eye : observations on gestation length, foal birth weight and foal hair coat at birth 

  Nolan, Margaret B.; Walsh, Caroline M.; Duff, Noelle; McCrarren, Conor; Prendergast, Ralph L.; Murphy, Barbara A. (Elsevier, 2017-09)

  In seasonally breeding animals, photoperiod perception is crucial for timing of important physiological events. In the horse, long day photoperiod influences the onset of ovulation and cyclicity, shedding of the heavier ...
• Etiology of bacterial vaginosis and polymicrobial biofilm formation 

  Jung, Hyun-Sul; Ehlers, M.M. (Marthie Magdaleen); Lombaard, Hennie; Redelinghuys, Mathys J.; Kock, Marleen M. (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  Microorganisms in nature rarely exist in a planktonic form, but in the form of biofilms. Biofilms have been identified as the cause of many chronic and persistent infections and have been implicated in the etiology of ...
• Work-based assessment : a critical element of specialist medical training 

  Sathekge, Mike Machaba (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-09)

  In the recent Transactions, the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) states that work-based assessment (WBA) should be an essential part of an assessment system, alongside the national professional examination. ...
• Patient empowerment : creating effective partnerships between the patient and the healthcare delivery chain 

  Haus, Matthias (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2017-03)

  The delivery of healthcare has, over the past 2 500 years, been firmly entrenched in the domain of the physician. Since the ‘Father of Medicine’, Hippocrates (470 BC) created his vision for just, moral and ethical ...
• Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) reverses the amyloid state of fibrin seen in plasma of type 2 diabetics with cardiovascular co-morbidities 

  Pretorius, Etheresia; Mbotwe, Sthembile; Kell, Douglas B. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-08-29)

  Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has many cardiovascular complications, including a thrombotic propensity. Many such chronic, inflammatory diseases are accompanied (and may be exacerbated, and possibly even largely caused) by ...
• Designing a more effective way to surface the information needs of people in developing communities 

  Grobler, Manti; De Villiers, Carina (City University of Hong Kong, 2017)

  This paper is a reflection on the research design of an information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) research project using design science research (DSR) in the pragmatic tradition. The artefact created ...
• A framework to define the impact of sustainable ICT for agriculture projects : the Namibian livestock traceability system 

  Prinsloo, Tania; De Villiers, Carina (City University of Hong Kong, 2017)

  Namibia expanded its livestock traceability system to include data of the Northern communal farmers, with ear-tagging starting in 2010, and full functionality added in 2014. The new technology enables them to export safe ...
• Efficient longitudinal population survival survey sampling for the measurement and verification of lighting retrofit projects 

  Carstens, Herman; Xia, Xiaohua; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Rajan, Arvind (Elsevier, 2017-09)

  A method is presented for reducing the required sample sizes for reporting energy savings with predetermined statistical accuracy in lighting retrofit measurement and verification projects, where the population of retrofitted ...
• Common fixed points of generalized rational type cocyclic mappings in multiplicative metric spaces 

  Abbas, Mujahid; De la Sen, Manuel; Nazir, Talat (Hindawi Publishing, 2015)

  The aim of this paper is to present fixed point result of mappings satisfying a generalized rational contractive condition in the setup of multiplicative metric spaces. As an application, we obtain a common fixed point ...
• The spectrum of gastric cancer as seen in a large quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Benamro, F.; Sartorius, B.; Clarke, D.L.; Anderson, F.; Loots, E.; Olinger, Lynda (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-02)

  BACKGROUND : Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, with the third-highest associated mortality. It has a varying geographical, ethnic and socioeconomic distribution. OBJECTIVE : To ...
• Gérer ou gouverner la ressource en EAU? Modélisation en temps réel et gestion de la pénurie au sein de la rivière Crocodile (Afrique du Sud) 

  Bourblanc, Magalie; Blanchon, David (EDP Sciences, 2017-04)

  Nous analysons dans cet article trois dispositifs sociotechniques de gestion de la pénurie en eau mis en oeuvre sur la rivière Crocodile en Afrique du Sud : un processus de réallocation de la ressource (compulsory ...
• Listening to the student voice to improve educational software 

  Van Wyk, Mari; Van Reyneveld, Linda (Taylor and Francis Open, 2017-07)

  Academics often develop software for teaching and learning purposes with the best of intentions, only to be disappointed by the low acceptance rate of the software by their students once it is implemented. In this study, ...
• Visual symptom identification of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 in red berry cultivars supports virus management by roguing 

  Bell, V.A.; Blouin, A.G.; Cohen, D.; Hedderley, D.I.; Oosthuizen; Oosthuizen, T.; Spreeth, N.; Lester, P.J. (Edizioni ETS, 2017)

  Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the most serious virus in New Zealand and South African vineyards. Its negative influence on berry development is reflected on wine quality, thus making GLRaV-3 control a ...

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