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  • Normalized difference vegetation index, temperature and age affect faecal thyroid hormone concentrations in free-ranging African elephants 
    Szott, Isabelle D.; Pretorius, Yolanda; Ganswindt, Andre; Koyama, Nicola F. (Oxford University Press, 2020-04)
    Conservation biologists can use hormone measurements to assess animals’welfare, reproductive state, susceptibility to stressors, as well as energy expenditure. Quantifying hormone concentrations from faecal samples is ...
  • Norman Eaton - some influences on his insights 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Society of Cultural History, 1997-11)
    Eaton as progenitor of Pretoria Regionalism - a place-specific architecture - spent his formative years within an identifiable context, namely Pretoria, its peoples and its landscape. His relationship with his mentor, ...
  • The normative acceptability of SAAS 320 audit materiality 
    Botha, W.J.J. (Willem Johannes Jacobus) (Southern African Institute of Government Auditors, 2000)
    The process by which an organisation's financial statements are audited by external auditors can be described as a risk-based, systematic approach in which the nature, extent and timing of the audit procedures and audit ...
  • A normative reference framework for determining audit materiality 
    Botha, W.J.J. (Willem Johannes Jacobus); Gloeck, Juergen D. (Juergen Dieter), 1956- (Southern African Institute of Government Auditors, 1998)
    Materiality is a central concept in the process which is applied during the external audit of company annual financial statements. Guidelines issued by professional standard-setting bodies generally state that the determination ...
  • Normative scores for select neuropsychological battery tests for the detection of HIV‑associated neurocognitive disorder amongst Nigerians 
    Nweke, Martins C.; Mshunqane, Nombeko; Govender, Nalini; Akinpelu, Aderonke O.; Ogunniyi, Adesola (Medknow Publications, 2022-07-22)
    BACKGROUND : The study aimed to derive socio‑demographic–corrected norms for selecting neuropsychological (NP) battery tests for people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in Nigeria. This cross‑sectional study was conducted amongst ...
  • Normative versus actual methodologies in planning research : a hybrid picture 
    Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Boshoff, Nelius; Mariette, Niclesse (Sage, 2017)
    What methodologies do we write about, and what type of research do we actually conduct and build upon in planning? Since the 1980s, planners have argued for more qualitative research within an interpretative paradigm. A ...
  • Norovirus epidemiology in Africa : a review 
    Mans, Janet; Armah, George E.; Steele, Andrew Duncan; Taylor, Maureen B. (Public Library of Science, 2016-04-26)
    Norovirus (NoV) is recognised as a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide across all age groups. The prevalence and diversity of NoVs in many African countries is still unknown, although early sero-prevalence studies ...
  • Norovirus epidemiology in South African children < 5 years hospitalised for diarrhoeal illness between 2009 and 2013 
    Page, Nicola Anne; Groome, M.J.; Nadan, Sandrama; Netshikweta, Rembuluwani; Keddy, Karen H.; Poonsamy, B.; Moyes, J.; Walaza, Sibongile; Kahn, K.; Madhi, S.A.; Taylor, Maureen B.; Mans, Janet; Cohen, C. (Cambridge University Press , 2017-07)
    Public health interest in norovirus (NoV) has increased in recent years following improved diagnostics, global burden estimates and the development of NoV vaccine candidates. This study aimed to describe the detection rate, ...
  • Norovirus genetic diversity in children under five years old with acute diarrhea in Mozambique (2014–2015) 
    Chilaule, Jorfelia J.; Munlela, Benilde; Mans, Janet; Mabasa, V.V.; Marques, Selma; Bauhofer, Adilson Fernando Loforte; Jane, Graziela; Anapakala, Elda; Oliveira, Fernanda; Cossa-Moiane, Idalecia; Guimaraes, Esperanca; Sambo, Julia; Bero, Diocreciano Matias; Chissaque, Assucenio; De Deus, Nilsa; Taylor, Maureen B. (MDPI, 2022-09-09)
    Norovirus (NoV) is the second most important cause of viral diarrheal disease in children worldwide after rotavirus and is estimated to be responsible for 17% of acute diarrhea in low-income countries. This study aimed ...
  • Norovirus GII.17 predominates in selected surface water sources in Kenya 
    Kiulia, Nicholas M.; Mans, Janet; Mwenda, J.M.; Taylor, Maureen B. (Springer, 2014-12)
    In this study, the prevalence and genotypes of noroviruses (NoVs) in selected water sources from rural, urban and refugee settings in Kenya were investigated. Ten litres each of river, household and borehole water ...
  • Norovirus infections and disease in lower‐middleand low‐income countries, 1997–2018 
    Mans, Janet (MDPI, 2019)
    Noroviruses are a major cause of viral gastroenteritis. The burden of the norovirus in low-resource settings is not well-established due to limited data. This study reviews the norovirus prevalence, epidemiology, and ...
  • The North (ṣāpôn) in the Book of Jeremiah 
    Crouch, Carly Lorraine (De Gruyter, 2023)
    The »foe from the north« is a well-known trope in the book of Jeremiah. In 1989 David Reimer argued that this enemy should be understood as a nonspe- cific earthly enemy, with mythical overtones deriving from the location ...
  • Nosema tolerant honeybees (Apis mellifera) escape parasitic manipulation of apoptosis 
    Kurze, Christoph; Le Conte, Yves; Dussaubat, Claudia; Erler, Silvio; Kryger, Per; Lewkowski, Oleg; Muller, Thomas; Widder, Miriam; Moritz, Robin F.A.; Blenau, Wolfgang (Public Library of Science, 2015-10-07)
    Apoptosis is not only pivotal for development, but also for pathogen defence in multicellular organisms. Although numerous intracellular pathogens are known to interfere with the host’s apoptotic machinery to overcome ...
  • Nosocomial outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection in a pediatric hematology and oncology unit in South Africa : epidemiological investigation and measures to prevent further transmission 
    Buchner, Ane; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Reynders, David; Omar, Fareed E.; Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Haeri Mazanderani, Ahmad F.; Avenant, Theunis Johannes (Wiley, 2015-11)
    BACKGROUND : Hospital-acquired hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been well described and continues to occur worldwide. Recent nosocomial outbreaks have been linked to unsafe injection practices, use of multi-dose vials, ...
  • Nosocomial outbreak of novel Arenavirus infection, southern Africa 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Sewlall, Nivesh H.; Ksiazek, Thomas G.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Hale, Martin J.; Lipkin, Ian W.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Nichol, Stuart T.; Rollin, Pierre E.; McMullan, Laura K.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Briese, Thomas; Mnyaluza, Joy; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Mukonka, Victor; Ching, Pamela; Duse, Adriano; Richards, Guy A.; De Jong, Gillian; Cohen, Cheryl; Ikalafeng, Bridget; Mugero, Charles; Asomugha, Chika; Malotle, Mirriam M.; Nteo, Dorothy M.; Misiani, Eunice; Swanepoel, Robert; Zaki, Sherif R. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009-10)
    A nosocomial outbreak of disease involving 5 patients, 4 of whom died, occurred in South Africa during September–October 2008. The first patient had been transferred from Zambia to South Africa for medical management. Three ...
  • NoSQL databases : forensic attribution implications 
    Hauger, W.K. (Werner); Olivier, Martin S. (South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2018-06)
    NoSQL databases have gained a lot of popularity over the last few years. They are now used in many new system implementations that work with vast amounts of data. Such data will typically also include sensitive information ...
  • "Not a Chinaman's chance" : Chinese labour in South Africa and the United States of America 
    Harris, Karen Leigh (Historical Association of South Africa, 2006-11)
    Sjinese arbeid het 'n integrale deel van die grootskaalse migrasie van mense tydens die internasionale era van industriële kapitalisme uitgemaak. Die ontwikkelende ekonomieë van koloniale mynbou, plantasie- en spoorwegon ...
  • Not a melting pot : plant species aggregate in their non-native range 
    Stotz, Gisela C.; Cahill, James F., Jr.; Bennett, Jonathan A.; Carlyle, Cameron N.; Bork, Edward W.; Askarizadeh, Diana; Bartha, Sandor; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Brown, Leslie; Cabido, Marcelo; Campetella, Giandiego; Chelli, Stefano; Cohen, Ofer; Diaz, Sandra; Enrico, Lucas; Ensing, David; Erdenetsetseg, Batdelger; Fidelis, Alessandra; Garris, Heath W.; Henry, Hugh A.L.; Jentsch, Anke; Jouri, Mohammad Hassan; Koorem, Kadri; Manning, Peter; Mitchell, Randall; Moora, Mari; Overbeck, Gerhard E.; Pither, Jason; Reinhart, Kurt O.; Sternberg, Marcelo; Tungalag, Radnaakhand; Undrakhbold, Sainbileg; Van Rooyen, Margaretha W.; Wellstein, Camilla; Zobel, Martin; Fraser, Lauchlan H. (Wiley, 2020-03)
    AIM : Plant species continue to be moved outside of their native range by human activities. Here, we aim to determine whether, once introduced, plants assimilate into native communities or whether they aggregate, thus ...
  • Not another ‘night at the museum’ : ‘moving on’ - from ‘developmental’ local government to ‘developmental local state’ 
    Coetzee, Johnny (Sasol Library, University of the Free State, 2010-05)
    Since the government transformation in 1994, various efforts have been made in South Africa to institute a developmental local government system to facilitate and enhance growth and development in all sectors of society ...
  • Not lost without a trace : The DEIC ship Vlissingen, assumed to have foundered near Meob Bay in 1747 
    Werz, Bruno E.J.S. (Otjivanda Presse, 2008)
    The Meob Bay shipwreck project was initiated in January 1993, when some copper coins that had been washed ashore were identified by the author. All coins are VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, United Dutch East India ...