• Remote technologies to enhance service delivery for adults : clinical research perspectives 

  Ferguson, Melanie A.; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Sucher, Cathy M.; Maidment, David W.; Bennett, Rebecca J. (Thieme Medical Publishers, 2023-08)

  There are many examples of remote technologies that are clinically effective and provide numerous benefits to adults with hearing loss. Despite this, the uptake of remote technologies for hearing healthcare has been both ...
• Formulating finger millet (Eleusine coracana L) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) food blend for enhanced micronutrients for children below 5 years 

  Chinyama, J.; Masamha, Blessing; Nyamadzawo, G. (African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), 2023-04)

  Malnutrition of children under 5 years is a public health concern because it is the most vulnerable stage of child’s growth where its impact results in long term health conditions such as stunting, wasting, obesity and ...
• Nutritional composition and cytoyoxicity studies of black monkey (Strychnos madagascariensis) ripe fruit 

  Oboh, M.; Zharare, G.; Osunsanmi, F.; Mosa, Rebamang Anthony; Opoku, A.R. (African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), 2023-02)

  Strychnos madagascariensis also known as black monkey orange is found in tropical and subtropical Africa including South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland. The fruit is consumed traditionally as food in the northern ...
• Sodium reduction in processed foods, including processed meats, in Africa : a systematic review 

  Mkhwebane, E.J.; Bekker, J.L.; Mokgalaka-Fleischmann, Ntebogeng S. (African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), 2023-04-02)

  The use of sodium in processed foods, including meats, has been in existent over centuries. Its use is mainly as a food and meat processing aid, and a preservative and flavourant. Even with modern methods of food processing, ...
• Putting the first people first : the case of the southern African Bushmen 

  Van den Berg, Danolien (Africa Journals, 2023-04)

  Despite it being widely recognised that the Bushmen of southern Africa have the oldest DNA in the world, and that they are the first peoples of the region, their voices are often the last to be heard in matters pertaining ...
• The impacts of a global pandemic on the efficacy and stability of contemporary wildlife conservation : South Africa as a case study 

  Ehlers Smith, David A.; Ehlers Smith, Yvette C.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Thompson, Lindy J.; Parker, Daniel M.; De Villiers, Deon; Ricketts, Dean; Coverdale, Brent; Robertson, Peter J.; Kelly, Christopher; Macfadyen, Duncan N.; Manqele, Nomthandazo S.; Power, R. John; Downs, Colleen T. (Springer, 2023-03)

  Conservationists speculated on potential benefits to wildlife of lockdown restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic but voiced concern that restrictions impeded nature conservation. We assessed the effects of lockdown ...
• Some well known inequalities for (h1, h2)-convex stochastic process via interval set inclusion relation 

  Afzal, Waqar; Abbas, Mujahid; Eldin, Sayed M.; Khan, Zareen A. (AIMS Press, 2023-06-14)

  This note introduces the concept of (h1, h2)-convex stochastic processes using intervalvalued functions. First we develop Hermite-Hadmard (H.H) type inequalities, then we check the results for the product of two convex ...
• Statistical methods for the analysis of food composition databases 

  Balakrishna, Yusentha; Manda, S.O.M. (Samuel); Mwambi, Henry; Van Graan, Averalda (MDPI, 2022-05-25)

  Evidence-based knowledge of the relationship between foods and nutrients is needed to inform dietary-based guidelines and policy. Proper and tailored statistical methods to analyse food composition databases (FCDBs) could ...
• Immune competence and spleen size scale with colony status in the naked mole-rat 

  Begay, Valerie; Cirovic, Branko; Barker, Alison J.; Klopfleisch, Robert; Hart, D.W. (Daniel); Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Lewin, Gary R. (The Royal Society, 2022-04)

  Naked mole-rats (NM-R; Heterocephalus glaber) live in multi-generational colonies with a social hierarchy, and show low cancer incidence and long life-spans. Here we asked if an immune component might underlie such extreme ...
• Effect of cytochrome P450 inhibition on toxicity of diclofenac in chickens : unravelling toxicity in Gyps vultures 

  Locke, Sara Lindsey; Naidoo, Vinny; Hassan, Ibrahim Zubairu; Duncan, N.M. (Neil) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-06-14)

  Diclofenac was responsible for the decimation of Gyps vulture species on the Indian subcontinent during the 1980s and 1990s. Gyps vultures are extremely sensitive (the lethal dose 50 [LD50] ~ 0.1 mg/kg – 0.2 mg/kg), with ...
• Propagation of avian influenza virus in embryonated ostrich eggs 

  Laleye, Agnes Tinuke; Adeyemi, Modupeore; Abolnik, Celia (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-12-08)

  Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are typically isolated and cultured by successive passages using 9- to 11-day-old embryonated chicken eggs (ECEs) and in 14-day old ECEs for virus mutational studies. Real-time reverse ...
• Protective effects of methanolic leaf extracts of Monanthotaxis caffra against aflatoxin B1-induced hepatotoxicity in rats 

  Makhuvele, Rhulani; Foubert, Kenn; Hermans, Nina; Pieters, Luc; Verschaeve, Luc; Elgorashi, Esam E. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-03-23)

  Aflatoxins are potent hepatotoxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi. The present study investigated the protective effect of methanolic leaf extracts of Monanthotaxis caffra (MLEMC) against ...
• Species identification and cow risks of non-aureus staphylococci from South African dairy herds 

  Petzer, Inge-Marie; Labuschagne, Christiaan; Phophi, Lufuno; Karzis, Joanne (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-07-27)

  Detailed information on specific species of non-aureus staphylococci (NAS) has become a necessity for effective udder health control programs in South Africa. The main objective of this preliminary study was to identify ...
• Comparing the minimum inhibitory and mutant prevention concentrations of selected antibiotics against animal isolates of Pasteurella multocida and Salmonella typhimurium 

  Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Biggs, Louise Joanne; Van Vuuren, Moritz (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-01)

  Historically, the use of antibiotics was not well regulated in veterinary medicine. The emergence of antibiotic resistance (ABR) in pathogenic bacteria in human and veterinary medicine has driven the need for greater ...
• Antibody response to Raboral VR-G® oral rabies vaccine in captive and free-ranging black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) 

  Koeppel, Katja Natalie; Geertsma, Peter; Kuhn, Brian F.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-02-10)

  Rabies is a zoonotic disease that remains endemic in large parts of southern Africa because of its persistence in wildlife and domestic dog vectors. The black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) is primarily the wildlife ...
• Prior pulmonary tuberculosis is a risk factor for asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia in a cohort of adults with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease 

  Wake, Rachel M.; Ismail, Nazir Ahmed; Omar, Shaheed V.; Ismail, Farzanah; Tiemessen, Caroline T.; Harrison, Thomas S.; Jarvis, Joseph N.; Govender, Nelesh (Oxford University Press, 2022-07)

  The greater mortality risk among people with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease and cryptococcal antigenemia, despite treatment, indicates an increased susceptibility to other infections. We found that prior ...
• Genomic consequences of artificial selection during early domestication of a wood fibre crop 

  Mostert-O’Neill, Marja; Tate, Hannah; Reynolds, Sharon Melissa; Mphahlele, M.M. (Makobatjatji); Van den Berg, Gert; Verryn, Steve D.; Acosta, Juan J.; Borevitz, Justin O.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Wiley, 2022-09)

  From its origins in Australia, Eucalyptus grandis has spread to every continent, except Antarctica, as a wood crop. It has been cultivated and bred for over 100 yr in places such as South Africa. Unlike most annual crops ...
• A taxonomic revision of the spiny members of subfamily celastroideae (Celastraceae) in Southern Africa 

  Jordaan, Marie (University of Pretoria, 1995)

  A taxonomic revision of all the southern African spiny members of the Celastroideae is presented. Evidence from macromorphology, leaf anatomy, ecology and phytogeography is used as a ...
• Normative scores for select neuropsychological battery tests for the detection of HIV‑associated neurocognitive disorder amongst Nigerians 

  Nweke, Martins C.; Mshunqane, N.; 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 ...
• Humans and non-humans as (נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה) and Ntu-beings : ecological appraisal of Gen 2:7 and 19 in dialogue with African-Bantu indigenous cosmology 

  Kavusa, Kivatsi Jonathan (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2022)

  The Hebrew text of Gen 2:7, 19 describes both humans and animals as nephesh hayya’ (living being). However, a large number of contemporary influential Bible translations render this expression differently for humans and ...

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