Science and Pharmacy Research Output and Publications: April 2015

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BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY:  Bishop, Ö.T., Adebiyi, E.F., Alzohairy, A.M., Everett, D., Ghedira, K., Ghouila, A., Kumuthini, J., Mulder, N.J., Panji, S., Patterton, H.-G. & Consortium, (for the H3ABioNet, Consortium),  as members of T.H. 2015. Bioinformatics Education—Perspectives and Challenges out of Africa. Brief Bioinform, 16: 355–364. Available:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: Machanick, P. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2015. How to establish a bioinformatics postgraduate degree programme—a case study from South Africa. Brief Bioinform, 16: 346–354. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu014 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Abdulkadir, F., Knox, C., Marsberg, T., Hill, M.P. & Moore, S.D. 2015. Genetic and biological characterisation of a novel Plutella xylostella granulovirus, PlxyGV-SA. BioControl, 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9666-3 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

BOTANY: Lubke, R.A. 2015. Restoration of the world in one book Our once and future planet: Restoring the world in the climate change century, Paddy Woodworth : book review. South African Journal of Science, 111: 8–9. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC165430 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Ogbodu, R.O., Limson, J.L., Prinsloo, E. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy effect of zinc phthalocyanine-spermine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. Synthetic Metals, 204: 122–132. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2015.03.011 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Galwey, A. 2015. Some chemical and mechanistic aspects of petroleum formation. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 70: 9–24. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC167088 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Kempgens, P. 2015. Semi-analytical description of the S = 9/2 quadrupole nutation NMR experiment: multinuclear application to 113In and 115In in indium phosphide. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 53: 261–266. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4186 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Khoza, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Visible light transformation of Rhodamine 6G using tetracarbazole zinc phthalocyanine when embedded in electrospun fibers and in the presence of ZnO and Ag particles. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 68: 1117–1131. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1013944 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Kleyi, P., Jacobs, V., Na, C.-K., Frost, C.L., Tshentu, Z.R. & Torto, N. 2015. Fabrication and Antibacterial Activity of Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanofibers Grafted With 2-Substituted Vinylimidazoles. International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 64: 287–298. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00914037.2014.945202 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Ledwaba, M., Masilela, N., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E. 2015. Surface modification of silica-coated gadolinium oxide nanoparticles with zinc tetracarboxyphenoxy phthalocyanine for the photodegradation of Orange G. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 403: 64–76. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2015.03.023 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Nyoni, S., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Iodine-Doped Cobalt Phthalocyanine Supported on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Electroanalysis. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400499 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Nyoni, S. & Nyokong, T. 2014. Development of Graphene/CdSe Quantum Dots-Co Phthalocyanine Nanocomposite for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Electroanalysis, 26: 2261–2272. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400372 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Olorundare, O.F., Msagati, T. A. M., Krause, R.W.M., Okonkwo, J.O. & Mamba, B.B. 2014. Preparation and use of maize tassels’ activated carbon for the adsorption of phenolic compounds in environmental waste water samples. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22: 5780–5792. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3742-6 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Pule, B.O., Degni, S. & Torto, N. 2014. Electrospun fibre colorimetric probe based on gold nanoparticles for on-site detection of 17β-estradiol associated with dairy farming effluents. Water SA, 41: 27–32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v41i1.5 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Taylor, J.M., Litwinski, C., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E.M. 2015. Synthesis and characterization of Na(Y,Gd)F4 upconversion nanoparticles and an investigation of their effects on the photophysical properties of an unsubstituted tetrathiophenoxy phthalocyanine. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17: 1–18. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-2889-5 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Veale, C.G.L., Zoraghi, R., Young, R.M., Morrison, J.P., Pretheeban, M., Lobb, K.A., Reiner, N.E., Andersen, R.J. & Davies-Coleman, M.T. 2015. Synthetic Analogues of the Marine Bisindole Deoxytopsentin: Potent Selective Inhibitors of MRSA Pyruvate Kinase. Journal of Natural Products, 78: 355–362. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/np500755v [Accessed 07 May 2015].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Darlow, L.N., Akhoury, S.S. & Connan, J. 2015. Internal fingerprint acquisition from optical coherence tomography fingertip scans. Presented at the 2015 3rd International Conference on Digital Information, Networking, and Wireless Communications, DINWC 2015, pp. 188–191. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DINWC.2015.7054241 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: De Vos, A., Justin O’Riain, M., Meÿer, M.A., Kotze, P.G.H. & Kock, A.A. 2015. Behavior of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in response to spatial variation in white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) predation risk. Marine Mammal Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12215 [Accessed 07 May 2015]. 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. & Ticktin, T. (Eds.). 2015. Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products: dynamics and case studies of harvesting, people and plants international conservation. London: Routledge.

GEOGRAPHY: Bersaglio, B., Enns, C. & Kepe, T. 2015. Youth under construction: the United Nations’ representations of youth in the global conversation on the post-2015 development agenda. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d’études du développement, 36: 57–71. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2015.994596 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

GEOLOGY: Bial, J., Büttner, S.H. & Frei, D. 2015. Formation and emplacement of two contrasting late-Mesoproterozoic magma types in the central Namaqua Metamorphic Complex (South Africa, Namibia): Evidence from geochemistry and geochronology. Lithos, 224–225: 272–294. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.02.021 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Viljoen, J.E. & Christie, C.J. 2015. The change in motivating factors influencing commencement, adherence and retention to a supervised resistance training programme in previously sedentary post-menopausal women: a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 15: 236. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1543-6 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Kandjou, K. & Kaiser, H. 2014. Diurnal and water salinity-dependent metabolic activity of juvenile white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 39: 263–270. Available http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.954519 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Rishworth, G.M., Strydom, N.A. & Potts, W.M. 2015. The nursery role of a sheltered surf-zone in warm-temperate southern Africa. African Zoology, 50: 11–16. Available: http://tinyurl.com/lbcblzg [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Chakona, G., Swartz, E.R. & Chakona, A. 2015. Historical abiotic events or human-aided dispersal: inferring the evolutionary history of a newly discovered galaxiid fish. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 1369–1380. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1409 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gordon, A.K., Griffin, N.J. & Palmer, C.G. 2015. The relationship between concurrently measured SASS (South African Scoring System) and turbidity data archived in the South African River Health Programme’s Rivers Database. Water SA, 41: 21–25. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC164147 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gordon, A.K. & Palmer, C.G. 2015. Defining an exposure–response relationship for suspended kaolin clay particulates and aquatic organisms: Work toward defining a water quality guideline for suspended solids. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34: 907–912. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2872 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Odume, O.N., Palmer, C.G., Arimoro, F.O. & Mensah, P.K. 2014. Patterns of chironomid body-size distribution in an effluent-impacted river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 39: 377–386. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.982498 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

MATHEMATICS: Bishop, N.T. and Rezzolla, L. 2015. Extraction of GWs from a Numerical Simulation, in: Sopuerta, C.F. (Ed.), Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. New York: Springer International Publishing, pp. 209–215.

MATHEMATICS: Larena, J. 2014. The Fitting Problem in a Lattice Universe, in: Bičák, J., Ledvinka, T. (Eds.), Relativity and Gravitation, Springer Proceedings in Physics. New York: Springer International Publishing, pp. 385–392.

PHARMACY: Assi, N., Mohammadi, A., Manuchehri, Q.S. & Walker, R.B. 2015. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticle synthesized by a microwave-assisted combustion method and catalytic activity for the removal of ortho-nitrophenol. Desalination and Water Treatment, 54: 1939–1948. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.891083 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chithambo, M.L. 2015. Luminescence lifetimes in natural quartz annealed beyond its second phase inversion temperature. Radiation Measurements. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.03.008 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Irfan, M.O., Dickinson, C., Davies, R.D., Copley, C., Davis, R.J., Ferreira, P.G., Holler, C.M., Jonas, J.L., Jones, M.E., King, O.G., Leahy, J.P., Leech, J., Leitch, E.M., Muchovej, S.J.C., Pearson, T.J., Peel, M.W., Readhead, A.C.S., Stevenson, M.A., Sutton, D., Taylor, A.C. & Zuntz, J. 2015. C-Band All-Sky Survey: a first look at the Galaxy. MNRAS, 448: 3572–3586. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv212 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Mungufeni, P., Jurua, E., Bosco Habarulema, J. & Anguma Katrini, S. 2015. Modelling the probability of ionospheric irregularity occurrence over African low latitude region. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 128: 46–57. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2015.03.010 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Chakona, A., Malherbe, W.S., Gouws, G. & Swartz, E.R. 2015. Deep genetic divergence between geographically isolated populations of the goldie barb (Barbus pallidus) in South Africa: potential taxonomic and conservation implications. African Zoology, 50: 5–10. Available: http://tinyurl.com/mzr6qhq [Accessed 07 May 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Magoro, M.L., Whitfield, A.K. & Carassou, L. 2015. Predation by introduced largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides on indigenous marine fish in the lower Kowie River, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 40: 81–88. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.983889 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Suárez-Morales, E., Wasserman, R.J. & Dalu, T. 2015. A new species of Lovenula Schmeil (Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae) from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Crustaceana, 88: 324–342. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003416 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Baiyegunhi, L.J.S. 2014. Determinants of rainwater harvesting technology (RWHT) adoption for home gardening in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Water SA, 41: 33–40. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v41i1.6 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Barnes, R.S.K. & Hendy, I.W. 2015. Functional uniformity underlies the common spatial structure of macrofaunal assemblages in intertidal seagrass beds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115: 114–126. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12483 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: Coombes, C.A., Hill, M.P., Moore, S.D., Dames, J.F. & Fullard, T. 2015. Beauveria and metarhizium against false codling moth (lepidoptera: Tortricidae): a step towards selecting isolates for potential development of a mycoinsecticide. African Entomology, 23: 239–242. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.023.0107 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Brits, D. 2015. Laboratory evaluation of temperature effects on the efficacy of Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV-SA) on fourth instar false codling moth larvae : short communication. African Entomology, 23: 243–246. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC167504 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Ghana, S., Suleman, N. & Compton, S.G. 2015. Ability to gall: the ultimate basis of host specificity in fig wasps? Ecological Entomology, 40: 280–291. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12183 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION: Craig, A.J.F.K., Hausberger, M., Bonnevie, B. & Henry, L. 2015. The timing of moult in males and females of the monomorphic Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup. African Zoology, 50: 69–71. Available: http://tinyurl.com/oz4lqkt [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Lathlean, J.A., Mcwilliam, R.A., Ayre, D.J. & Minchinton, T.E. 2015. Biogeographical patterns of rocky shore community structure in south-east Australia: Effects of oceanographic conditions and heat stress. Journal of Biogeography. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12511 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Le Corre, M., Danckwerts, D.K., Ringler, D., Bastien, M., Orlowski, S., Morey Rubio, C., Pinaud, D. & Micol, T. 2015. Seabird recovery and vegetation dynamics after Norway rat eradication at Tromelin Island, western Indian Ocean. Biological Conservation, Special Issue on Tropical Island Conservation: Rat Eradication for Species Recovery, 185: 85–94. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.015 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Liu, G.-X., Yang, D.-R., Peng, Y.-Q. &Compton, S.G. 2015. Complementary fruiting phenologies facilitate sharing of one pollinator fig wasp by two fig trees. J Plant Ecol 8: 197–206. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtv022 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Marsberg, T. 2015. DNA-based identification of Lepidoptera associated with citrus in South Africa. African Entomology, 23: 165–171. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC167513 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moore, S.D., Kirkman, W., Richards, G.I. & Stephen, P.R. 2015. The Cryptophlebia Leucotreta Granulovirus—10 Years of Commercial Field Use. Viruses, 7: 1284–1312. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v7031284 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Nakin, M.D.V. & McQuaid, C.D. 2014. Marine reserve effects on population density and size structure of commonly and rarely exploited limpets in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 36: 303–311. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.946091 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. 2015. Effects of salinity on the survival of the Brackwater mussel, Brachidontes virgiliae, in the St Lucia estuarine system, South Africa. Water SA, 41: 15–20. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v41i1.3 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Page, S.K., Parker, D.M., Peinke, D.M. & Davies-Mostert, H.T. 2015. Assessing the potential threat landscape of a proposed reintroduction site for carnivores. PLoS ONE, 10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122782 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Raja, S., Suleman, N., Quinnell, R.J. & Compton, S.G. 2015. Interactions between pollinator and non-pollinator fig wasps: correlations between their numbers can be misleading. Entomological Science, 18: 230–236. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ens.12100 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Hill, J.M., Jones, R.W., Hill, M.P. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Comparisons of isotopic niche widths of some invasive and indigenous fauna in a South African river. Freshwater Biology, 60: 893–902. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12542 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Wasserman, R.J., Vink, T.J.F., Dalu, T. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Fish predation regimes modify benthic diatom community structures: Experimental evidence from an in situ mesocosm study. Austral Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12255 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wang, R., Wen, X., Chen, C., Shi, L. & Compton, S.G. 2015. Spatial heterogeneity and host repression in fig-fig wasp mutualism. Science China Life Sciences, 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11427-015-4848-x [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Weidberg, N., Porri, F., Von der Meden, C.E.O., Jackson, J.M., Goschen, W. & McQuaid, C.D. 2015. Mechanisms of nearshore retention and offshore export of mussel larvae over the Agulhas Bank. Journal of Marine Systems, 144: 70–80. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.012 [Accessed 07 May 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Zardi, G.I., Nicastro, K.R., Serrão, E.A., Jacinto, R., Monteiro, C.A. & Pearson, G.A. 2015. Closer to the rear edge: ecology and genetic diversity down the core-edge gradient of a marine macroalga. Ecosphere, 6: art23. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00460.1 [Accessed 07 May 2015].