October 2013: Rhodes University Science & Pharmacy publications.

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ALBANY MUSEUM : de Moor,F.C. & Day, J.A. 2013, "Aquatic biodiversity in the Mediterranean region of South Africa", Hydrobiologia, vol. 719, no. 1, pp. 237-268.

ALBANY MUSEUM : Woodford,Darragh J., Barber-James, H.M., Bellingan, T.A., Day, J.A., de Moor, F.C., Gouws, J. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2013, "Immediate impact of piscicide operations on a Cape Floristic Region aquatic insect assemblage: a lesser of two evils?", Journal of Insect Conservation, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 959-973.

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY: Adeyemi,Oluyomi Stephen & Whiteley, C.G. "Interaction of nanoparticles with arginine kinase from Trypanosoma brucei: Kinetic and mechanistic evaluation", International journal of biological macromolecules, , no. 0, pp..

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY: Tastan Bishop,O., Edkins, A.L. & Blatch, G.L. 2013, "Sequence and domain conservation of the coelacanth Hsp40 and Hsp90 chaperones suggests conservation of function", Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, , pp..

BOTANY: Barker, N.P., Fearon, J.L. & Herbert, D.G. 2013, "Moisture variables, and not temperature, are responsible for climate filtering and genetic bottlenecks in the South African endemic terrestrial mollusc Prestonella (Orthalicoidea)", Conservation Genetics, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1065-1081.

BOTANY: Perissinotto, R. & Orozco, J. 2013, "Eudicella trimeni Janson, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini): Description of larva with notes on conservation status, biology and taxonomy", African Invertebrates, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 417-426.

BOTANY: Peter, C.I. & Johnson, S.D. 2013, "A pollinator shift explains floral divergence in an orchid species complex in South Africa", Annals of Botany, , pp..

CHEMISTRY: Adegoke, O. & Nyokong, T. "Effects of analytes on the fluorescence properties of CdTe@ZnS quantum dots decorated with cobalt tetraamino-phthalocyanine", Journal of Luminescence, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Awokoya, K.N., Batlokwa, B.S., Moronkola, B.A., Chigome, S., Ondigo, D.A., Tshentu, Z. & Torto, N. 2013, "Development of a styrene based molecularly imprinted polymer and its molecular recognition properties of vanadyl tetraphenylporphyrin in organic media", International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 107-113.

CHEMISTRY: Britton, J., Durmus, M., Chauke, V. & Nyokong, T. 2013, "Poly methyl methacrylate films containing metallophthalocyanines in the presence of CdTe quantum dots: Non-linear optical behaviour and triplet state lifetimes", Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 1054, pp. 209-214.

CHEMISTRY: Britton, J., Durmus, M., Khene, S., Chauke, V. & Nyokong, T. 2013, "Third order nonlinear optical properties of phthalocyanines in the presence nanomaterials and in polymer thin films", Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol. 17, no. 8-9, pp. 691-702.

CHEMISTRY: Coates, M. & Nyokong, T. 2013, "X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electrochemical microscopy studies of branched multiwalled carbon nanotube paper modified by electrochemical grafting and click chemistry", International Journal of Nanoscience, vol. 12, no. 3, pp..

CHEMISTRY: D'Souza, S., Moeno, S., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2013, "Effects of gold nanoparticle shape on the aggregation and fluorescence behaviour of water soluble zinc phthalocyanines", New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 1950-1958.

CHEMISTRY: L'vov, B.V. & Galwey, A.K. 2013, "Interpretation of the kinetic compensation effect in heterogeneous reactions: Thermochemical approach", International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 515-557.

CHEMISTRY: Mack, J., Nakamura, J., Okujima, T., Yamada, H., Uno, H. & Kobayashi, N. 2013, "MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low-symmetry acenaphthoporphyrins with dual fluorescence", Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 996-1007

CHEMISTRY: Modisha, P. & Nyokong, T. "Fabrication of phthalocyanine-magnetic nanoparticles hybrid nanofibers for degradation of Orange-G", Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Modisha, P., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E. "Photodegradation of Orange-G using zinc octacarboxyphthalocyanine supported on Fe3O4 nanoparticles", Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Nyoni, S., Mugadza, T. & Nyokong, T. "Improved L-cysteine electrocatalysis through a sequential drop dry technique using multi-walled carbon nanotubes and cobalt tetraamino phthalocyanine conjugates", Electrochimica Acta, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Ogbodu, R.O. & Nyokong, T. "Effect of bovine serum albumin and single walled carbon nanotube on the photophysical properties of zinc octacarboxy phthalocyanine", Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Ogbodu, R.O. & Nyokong, T. "Effects of number of ring substituents on the physicochemical properties of zinc aminophenoxy phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate", Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, , no. 0, pp..

CHEMISTRY: Okujima, T., Ando, C., Mack, J., Mori, S., Hisaki, I., Nakae, T., Yamada, H., Ohara, K., Kobayashi, N. & Uno, H. 2013, "Acenaphthylene-fused cyclo[8]pyrroles with intense near-IR-region absorption bands", Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 19, no. 41, pp. 13970-13978.

CHEMISTRY: Ondigo, D.A., Tshentu, Z.R. & Torto, N. 2013, "Electrospun nanofiber based colorimetric probe for rapid detection of Fe2+ in water", Analytica Chimica Acta, , pp..

CHEMISTRY: Sanusi, S.O., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2013, "Nonlinear optical behavior of metal octaphenoxy phthalocyanines: effect of distortion caused by the central metal", Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 920-927.

COMPUTER SCIENCE / INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Tristram,D., Hughes, D. & Bradshaw, K. 2013, "Accelerating a hydrological uncertainty ensemble model using graphics processing units (GPUs)", Computers and Geosciences, , pp.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Herbert, A. & Irwin, B. 2013, "A kernel-driven framework for high performance internet routing simulation", Information Security for South Africa, 2013, pp. 1.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Hunter, S.O., Irwin, B. & Stalmans, E. 2013, "Real-time distributed malicious traffic monitoring for honeypots and network telescopes", Information Security for South Africa, 2013, pp. 1.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Jacobs, P., Arnab, A. & Irwin, B. 2013, "Classification of Security Operation Centers", Information Security for South Africa, 2013, pp. 1.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Machanick, P. & Tsietsi, M. (eds) 2013, SAICSIT '13: Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference, East London, South Africa edn, ACM, New York, NY, USA.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Nottingham, A. & Irwin, B. 2013, "A high-level architecture for efficient packet trace analysis on GPU co-processors", Information Security for South Africa, 2013, pp. 1.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Nottingham, A., Irwin, B., Nottingham, A. & Irwin, B. 2013; 2013, "Towards a GPU accelerated virtual machine for massively parallel packet classification and filtering; Towards a GPU accelerated virtual machine for massively parallel packet classification and filtering", Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference; Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference ACM; ACM, New York, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA, pp. 27; 27.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Swart, I.P., Grobler, M.M. & Irwin, B. 2013, "Visualization of a data leak", Information Security for South Africa, 2013, pp. 1.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Thinyane, H. 2013, "Academic perceptions of the ideal computer science student : research article", South African Computer Journal, [Online], vol. 50, , pp. 28-40.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cundill, G., Thondhlana, G., Sisitka, L., Shackleton, S. & Blore, M. 2013, "Land claims and the pursuit of co-management on four protected areas in South Africa", Land Use Policy, vol. 35, pp. 171-178.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Hebinck, P., Kaoma, H., Chishaleshale, M., Chinyimba, A., Shackleton, S.E., Gambiza, J. & Gumbo, D. 2014, "Low-cost housing developments in South Africa miss the opportunities for household level urban greening", Land Use Policy, vol. 36, no. 0, pp. 500-509

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, R., Shackleton, C., Shackleton, S. & Gambiza, J. 2013, "Deagrarianisation and Forest Revegetation in a Biodiversity Hotspot on the Wild Coast, South Africa", PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 10, pp..

GEOGRAPHY: Hansen, C.D., Meiklejohn, K.I., Nel, W., Loubser, M.J. & Van Der Merwe, B.J. 2013, "Aspect-controlled Weathering Observed on a Blockfield in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica", Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, , pp..

GEOLOGY: Howarth, G.H. & Prevec, S.A. 2013, "Trace element, PGE, and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of the Panzhihua mafic layered intrusion, SW China: Constraints on ore-forming processes and evolution of parent magma at depth in a plumbing-system", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 120, pp. 459-478.

GEOLOGY: Howarth, G.H. & Skinner, E.M.W. "Sub-volcanic development of kimberlite pipes: Evidence from the Lace and Voorspoed (Group II) kimberlites, South Africa", Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, , no. 0, pp..

GEOLOGY: Roberts, D.L., Sciscio, L., Herries, A.I.R., Scott, L., Bamford, M.K., Musekiwa, C. & Tsikos, H. 2013, "Miocene fluvial systems and palynofloras at the southwestern tip of Africa: Implications for regional and global fluctuations in climate and ecosystems", Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 124, pp. 184-201.

HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Hodgskiss,J. & Zschernack, S. 2013, "Comparisons of muscular activity in males and females while walking in restricted postures", Ergonomics SA : Journal of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 39-51.

HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Huysamen,K.C., Gobel, M. & Davy, J. 2013, "The effects of different types of cognitive tasks in conjunction with circadian regulation on heart rate variability and performance parameters", Ergonomics SA : Journal of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa, [Online], vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 52-67 http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC138993.

HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Kluth,K., Göbel, M., Bopp, V. & Strasser, H. 2013, "Application of surface electromyography to determine physiological strain for the assessment of workplaces and working tools", Zentralblatt fur Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 286-292

HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Louw,T.L., Zschernack, S. & Gobel, M. 2013, "The effect of distraction modality on driver performance", Ergonomics SA : Journal of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa, [Online], vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 13-25.

ICHTHOLOGY & FISHERIES SCIENCE : Pattrick,P., Strydom, N.A. & Goschen, W.S. 2013, "Shallow-water, nearshore current dynamics in Algoa Bay, South Africa, with notes on the implications for larval fish dispersal", African Journal of Marine Science, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 269-282.

ICHTHYOLOGY & FISHERIES SCIENCE: Dicken,M.L., Smale, M.J. & Booth, A.J. 2013, "White sharks Carcharodon carcharias at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa", African Journal of Marine Science, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 175-182.

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Huchzermeyer,Karl D.A. & van der Waal, B.C.W. 2012, "Epizootic ulcerative syndrome: Exotic fish disease threatens Africa's aquatic ecosystems", Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, vol. 83, no. 1, pp..

MATHEMATICS: Adams, R.M., Biggs, R. & Remsing, C.C. 2013, "On some quadratic hamilton-poisson systems", Applied Sciences, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-12.

MATHEMATICS: Biggs, R. & Remsing, C.C. 2013, "Control Affine Systems on Semisimple Three-Dimensional Lie Groups", Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii Al i Cuza Din Iasi-Serie Noua-Matematica, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 399-414.

MATHEMATICS: Bishop, N.T., Reisswig, C., Pollney, D. & Szilagyi, B. 2012, "Determination of unambiguous binary black hole merger waveforms at scri", 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Dev. in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Proc. of the MG 2009 Meeting on General Relativity, pp. 816.

PHARMACY: Patel, S. & Dowse, R. 2013, "Understanding the medicines information-seeking behaviour and information needs of South African long-term patients with limited literacy skills", Health Expectations, , pp..

PHARMACY: Tandlich, R., Grace Chirenda, T. & Srinivas, C.S.S. 2013, "Preliminary assessment of the gender aspects of disaster vulnerability and loss of human life in South Africa : original research", Jamba : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, [Online], vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-11

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R. & Medved, A.J.M. 2013, "Semiclassical black holes expose forbidden charges and censor divergent densities", Journal of High Energy Physics, , no. 9, pp. 108.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Habarulema,John Bosco, McKinnell, L., Buresova, D., Zhang, Y., Seemala, G., Ngwira, C., Chum, J. & Opperman, B. 2013, "A comparative study of TEC response for the African equatorial and mid-latitudes during storm conditions", Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, vol. 102, pp. 105-114 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682613001545.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: ………Smirnov, O. ….. 2013, "Studying Galactic interstellar turbulence through fluctuations in synchrotron emission: First LOFAR Galactic foreground detection", Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 558, no..

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: … Smirnov, O., Tasse, C., ….. "The brightness and spatial distributions of terrestrial radio sources", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 435, no. 1, pp. 584-596.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Allan, E.L., Froneman, P.W., Durgadoo, J.V., McQuaid, C.D., Ansorge, I.J. & Richoux, N.B. 2013, "Critical indirect effects of climate change on sub-Antarctic ecosystem functioning", Ecology and Evolution, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 2994-3004.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Bissett, C. 2013, "A field guide to the tracks and signs of southern, Central and East African wildlife, Chris Stuart & Mathilde Stuart : book review", South African Journal of Science, [Online], vol. 109, no. 7, pp. 1.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: de Moor,F.C. & Day, J.A. 2013, "Aquatic biodiversity in the Mediterranean region of South Africa", Hydrobiologia, vol. 719, no. 1, pp. 237-268.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Moyo, S., Clegg, B.W. & Nhiwatiwa, T. 2013, "Stratification, diel and seasonal energy transfers in Malilangwe Reservoir in the south-eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe", Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 285-296.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Clegg, B. & Nhiwatiwa, T. 2013, "Temporal variation of the plankton communities in a small tropical reservoir (Malilangwe, Zimbabwe)", Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, [Online], vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 85-96.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Thackeray, Z., Leuci, R., Clegg, B., Chari, L.D. & Nhiwatiwa, T. 2013, "First results on bathymetry, stratification and physicochemical limnology of a small tropical African reservoir (Malilangwe, Zimbabwe)", Water SA, [Online], vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 119-130.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Drymon, J.M., Carassou, L., Powers, S.P., Grace, M., Dindo, J. & Dzwonkowski, B. 2013, "Multiscale analysis of factors that affect the distribution of sharks throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico", Fishery Bulletin, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 370-380.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Fullard, T. & Hill, M.P. 2013, "Impact of insecticides on the reproductive potential of false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)", African Entomology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 310-315.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Hernandez Jr.,F.J., Carassou, L., Graham, W.M. & Powers, S.P. 2013, "Evaluation of the taxonomic sufficiency approach for ichthyoplankton community analysis", Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 491, pp. 77-90.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Jaeger, A., Jaquemet, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, R.M., Richard, P. & Cherel, Y. 2013, "Stable isotopes document inter- and intra-specific variation in feeding ecology of nine large southern procellariiformes", Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 490, pp. 255-266.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Jaeger, A., Jaquemet, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, R.M., Richard, P. & Cherel, Y. 2013, "Stable isotopes document inter- and intra-specific variation in feeding ecology of nine large southern Procellariiformes", Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 490, pp. 255-266 http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v490/p255-266/. .

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Jones,Roy W., Weyl, O.L.F., Swartz, E.R. & Hill, M.P. 2013, "Using a unified invasion framework to characterize Africa's first loricariid catfish invasion", Biological Invasions, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 2139-2145.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Liu, C., Yang, D.-. Compton, S.G. & Peng, Y.-. 2013, "Larger Fig Wasps Are More Careful About Which Figs to Enter - With Good Reason", PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 9, pp..

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Ray, P. & Vijayachandran, L.S. 2013, "Evaluation of indigenous fungal pathogens from horse purslane (trianthema portulacastrum) for their relative virulence and host range assessments to select a potential mycoherbicidal agent", Weed Science, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 580-585.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: van Noort,S., Wang, R. & Compton, S.G. 2013, "Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae, Pteromalidae) associated with Asian fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) in southern Africa: Asian followers and African colonists", African Invertebrates, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 381-400.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Wei, W.-., Hu, Y.-., Zheng, H.-., Cao, L.-., Hu, F.-. & Hepburn, H.R. 2013, "Geographical influences on content of 10-Hydroxy-trans-2-Decenoic acid in royal jelly in China", Journal of economic entomology, vol. 106, no. 5, pp. 1958-1963.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY:Marlin, D., Hill, M.P. & Byrne, M.J. "Interactions within pairs of biological control agents on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes", Biological Control, , no. 0, pp..

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY: Coombes,C.A., Hill, M.P., Moore, S.D., Dames, J.F. & Fullard, T. 2013, "Persistence and virulence of promising entomopathogenic fungal isolates for use in citrus orchards in South Africa", Biocontrol Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1053-1066.

ZOOLOOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Madeira, P.T., Center, T.D., Coetzee, J.A., Pemberton, R.W., Purcell, M.F. & Hill, M.P. 2013, "Identity and origins of introduced and native Azolla species in Florida", Aquatic Botany, vol. 111, pp. 9-15.

ZOOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY: Woodford,Darragh J., Barber-James, H.M., Bellingan, T.A., Day, J.A., de Moor, F.C., Gouws, J. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2013, "Immediate impact of piscicide operations on a Cape Floristic Region aquatic insect assemblage: a lesser of two evils?", Journal of Insect Conservation, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 959-973.