• Development of polyolefin bicomponent filaments as controlled release devices of volatile repellents for use in malaria vector control 

  Sibanda, Mthokozisi Mayibongwe; Leuteritz, Andreas; Brünig, Harald; Focke, Walter Wilhelm (American Institute of Physics, 2019-01-22)

  The work presented here describes the development of controlled release and affordable mosquito repellent bicomponent polymer filaments. These filaments may be used in the production of alternative malaria vector ...
• Cutaneous tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals : lessons learnt from a case series 

  Tshisevhe, V.S.; Mbelle, Nontombi; Peters, Remco P.H. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-03-12)

  INTRODUCTION : Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) causes a significant burden of disease worldwide, especially among HIV-infected individuals and those with other immunosuppressive conditions. Cutaneous TB is an important ...
• Barriers and public policies impeding SMEs’ international market expansion 

  Sibiya, Veli; Kele, Tumo (Allied Business Academies, 2019-03)

  In this study, researchers sought to evaluate the influence of four variables (access to procurement contracts, access to funding, regulatory frameworks, and access to market information) that are important for the market ...
• Evidence of high EEHV antibody seroprevalence and spatial variation among captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand 

  Angkawanish, Taweepoke; Nielen, Mirjam; Vernooij, Hans; Brown, Janine L.; Van Kooten, Peter J.S.; Van den Doel, Petra B.; Schaftenaar, Willem; Lampang, Kannika Na; Rutten, Victor P.M.G. (BioMed Central, 2019-03-13)

  BACKGROUND : Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) can cause an acute highly fatal hemorrhagic disease in young Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), both ex situ and in situ. Amongst eight EEHV types described so ...
• Lack of lecturer clarity during instruction : possible reason for poor throughput? 

  Segabutla, Madikwa Hendrietta; Evans, Rinelle (Higher Education South Africa, 2019)

  In South Africa, students’ academic success in tertiary environments is generally low, despite governmental or institutional interventions. Underpinned by McCroskey, Valencic and Richmond’s (2004) General Model of Instructional ...
• Diagnostic assessment of service delivery health in South Africa : a systematic literature review 

  Ajayi, O.; De Vries, Marne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-05-29)

  Access to cost-effective, high-quality and speedy public services is a legitimate requirement and expectation of all South Africans. However, despite massive increases in successive budgets and grants to the public sector, ...
• Creation made into הָמְכָח : the eco-theological appraisal of the intrinsic worth of nature in Proverbs 3:19–20 

  Kavusa, Kivatsi Jonathan (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2018)

  This article explores the statement “creation made in wisdom” of Proverbs 3:19–20 as pointing to the Earth Bible’s principle of intrinsic worth/value of nature. This article argues that our contemporary societies need ...
• On compact packings of the plane with circles of three radii 

  Messerschmidt, Miek (Elsevier, 2019-07)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Race and gender biases in student evaluations of teachers 

  Chisadza, Carolyn; Nicholls, Nicky; Yitbarek, Eleni (Elsevier, 2019-06)

  Student ratings of teaching (SETs) are vital for academic career trajectories of higher education lecturers. Although student bias against female lecturers is noted in previous studies, mostly in the developed world, the ...
• Nickel-cobalt phosphate/graphene foam as enhanced electrode for hybrid supercapacitor 

  Mirghni, Abdulmajid Abdallah; Oyedotun, Kabir O.; Mahmoud, Badr Ahmed; Bello, Abdulhakeem; Ray, Sekhar C.; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Elsevier, 2019-10)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• In vitro cytotoxicity induced by the bufadienolides 1α,2α-epoxyscillirosidine and lanceotoxin B on rat myocardial and mouse neuroblastoma cell lines 

  Henn, Danielle; Venter, Annette; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus) (MDPI, 2019-01)

  Consumption of bufadienolide-containing plants are responsible for many livestock mortalities annually. Bufadienolides are divided into two groups; non-cumulative bufadienolides and cumulative bufadienolides. Cumulative ...
• Epoxyscillirosidine induced cytotoxicity and ultrastructural changes in a rat embryonic cardiomyocyte (H9c2) cell line 

  Isa, Hamza Ibrahim; Ferreira, Gezina Catharina Helena; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus) (MDPI, 2019-05)

  Moraea pallida Bak. (yellow tulp) poisoning is the most important cardiac glycoside-induced intoxication in ruminants in South Africa. The toxic principle, 1α, 2α-epoxyscillirosidine, is a bufadienolide. To replace the use ...
• Reintroducing rewilding to restoration - rejecting the search for novelty 

  Hayward, Matt W.; Scanlon, Robert J.; Callen, Alexandra; Howell, Lachlan G.; Klop-Toker, Kaya L.; Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo; Balkenhol, Niko; Bugir, Cassandra K.; Campbell, Lachlan; Caravaggi, Anthony; Chalmers, Anita C.; Clulow, John; Clulo, Simon; Cross, Paul A.; Gould, John A.; Griffin, Andrea S.; Heurich, Marco; Howe, Belinda K.; Jachowski, David S.; Jhala, Yadvendradev V.; Krishnamurthy, Ramesh; Kowalczyk, Rafal; Lenga, Dean J.; Linnell, John D.C.; Marnewick, Kelly A.; Moehrenschlager, Axel; Montgomery, Robert A.; Osipova, Liudmila; Peneaux, Chloe; Rodger, John C.; Sales, Lilian Patricia; Seeto, Rebecca G.Y.; Shuttleworth, Craig M.; Somers, Michael J.; Tamessar, Cottrell T.; Upton, Rose M.O.; Weise, Florian Johannes (Elsevier, 2019-05)

  Rewilding is emerging as a major issue in conservation. However, there are currently a dozen definitions of rewilding that include Pleistocene rewilding, island rewilding, trophic rewilding, functional rewilding and passive ...
• Time-varying impact of geopolitical risks on oil prices 

  Cunado, Juncal; Gupta, Rangan; Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Sheng, Xin (Routledge, 2019)

  This paper analyses the dynamic impact of geopolitical risks (GPRs) on real oil returns for the period February 1974 to August 2017, using a time-varying parameter structural vector autoregressive (TVP-SVAR) model. Besides ...
• Time-varying impact of uncertainty shocks on the US housing market 

  Christou, Christina; Gupta, Rangan; Nyakabawo, Wendy (Elsevier, 2019-07)

  This paper investigates the impact of uncertainty shocks on the housing market of the United States using the time-varying parameter factor augmented vector autoregression (TVP-FAVAR). We use a comprehensive quarterly ...
• Efficiency in South African agriculture : a two-stage fuzzy approach 

  Aye, Goodness Chioma; Gupta, Rangan; Wanke, Peter (Emerald, 2018)

  PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficiency of agricultural production in South Africa from 1970 to 2014, using an integrated two-stage fuzzy approach. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : Fuzzy technique for ...
• Oral habits in children with cleft (lip and) palate : a pilot study 

  Alighieri, C.; Bettens, K.; Bonte, K.; Roche, N.; Van Lierde, K.M. (Kristiane) (Karger, 2019-07)

  BACKGROUND/AIMS : This pilot study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of oral habits and non-nutritive sucking habits in children with cleft (lip and) palate (CL/P) between 0–12 years, compared to peers without CL/P. METHODS ...
• The role of human immunodeficiency virus in influenza- and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in South African children, 2011-2016 

  McMorrow, Meredith L.; Tempia, Stefano; Walaza, Sibongile; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Moyes, Jocelyn; Cohen, Adam L.; Pretorius, Marthi; Hellferscee, Orienka; Wolter, Nicole; Von Gottberg, Anne; Nguweneza, Arthemon; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Naby, Fathima; Mekgoe, Omphile; Venter, Marietjie; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl (Oxford University Press, 2019-03)

  BACKGROUND : Data describing influenza– or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)–associated hospitalized illness in children aged <5 years in Africa are limited. METHODS : During 2011–2016, we conducted surveillance for severe ...
• Increased response to sequential infections of honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, colonies by socially parasitic Cape honeybee, A. m. capensis, workers 

  Neumann, Peter; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-05-20)

  Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis, workers can be social parasites and host colonies can defend themselves by rejection of such workers. Using the pseudo-clonal obligate parasitic lineage of A. m. capensis and ...
• Climate change adaptation in South Africa : a case study on the role of the health sector 

  Matthew F. Chersich; Wright, C.Y. (Caradee) (BioMed Central, 2019)

  BACKGROUND : Globally, the response to climate change is gradually gaining momentum as the impacts of climate change unfold. In South Africa, it is increasingly apparent that delays in responding to climate change over ...

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