Science & Pharmacy Research Output: July 2015

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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Malgas, S., Dyk, J.S. van & Pletschke, B.I. 2015. A review of the enzymatic hydrolysis of mannans and synergistic interactions between β-mannanase, β-mannosidase and α-galactosidase. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 31: 1167–1175. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-015-1878-2 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Zininga, T., Achilonu, I., Hoppe, H., Prinsloo, E., Dirr, H.W. & Shonhai, A. 2015. Overexpression, Purification and Characterisation of the Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-z (PfHsp70-z) Protein. PLoS ONE, 10(6): e0129445. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129445 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Hatherley, R., Brown, D.K., Musyoka, T.M., Penkler, D.L., Faya, N., Lobb, K.A. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2015. SANCDB: a South African natural compound database. Journal of Cheminformatics, 7: 29. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13321-015-0080-8 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & 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, 60: 507–515. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9666-3 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Formisano, N., Jolly, P., Bhalla, N., Cromhout, M., Flanagan, S.P., Fogel, R., Limson, J.L. & Estrela, P. 2015. Optimisation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy aptasensor by exploiting quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation signals. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 220: 369–375. Available: http://dx.doi/10.1016/j.snb.2015.05.049 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BOTANY: Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Dold, A.P., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. New combinations and lectotype designations in Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae. Phytotaxa, 201: 165–171. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.201.2.7 [Accessed 13 August 2015].

BOTANY: Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Dold, A.P., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. Stellarioides exigua (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from South Africa. Phytotaxa, 204: 137–146. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.204.2.4 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

BOTANY: Martínez-Azorín, M., Dold, A.P., Pinter, M., Slade, J.M., Crespo, M.B., Milkuhn, G. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. Massonia obermeyerae (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from South Africa. Phytotaxa, 205: 39–50. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.205.1.3 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Chen, W., Zhang, J., Mack, J., Kubheka, G., Nyokong, T. & Shen, Z. 2015. Corrole–BODIPY conjugates: enhancing the fluorescence and phosphorescence of the corrole complex via efficient through bond energy transfer. RSC Advances, 5: 50962–50967. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA07250F [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: D’Souza, S., Ogbodu, R. & Nyokong, T. 2015. The effects of gold coated and uncoated zinc oxide nanohexagons on the photophysicochemical properties of the low symmetry zinc phthalocyanine. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1099: 551–559. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.06.088 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Faridoon, Olomola, T.O., Tukulula, M., Klein, R. & Kaye, P.T. 2015. Strong base- or acid-mediated chemoselectivity shifts in the synthesis of 2H-chromene or coumarin derivatives from common Baylis-Hillman adducts. Tetrahedron, 71: 4868–4873. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2015.04.104 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Managa, M., Amuhaya, E.K. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy activity of (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-(4-carboxyphenycarbonoimidoyl)phenyl)porphyrinato) chloro gallium(III). Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151: 867–874. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2015.06.088 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Managa, M. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy activity of gallium tetra-(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin when conjugated to differently shaped platinum nanoparticles. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1099: 432–440. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.06.077 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Mthethwa, T. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photoinactivation of Candida albicans and Escherichia coli using aluminium phthalocyanine on gold nanoparticles. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 14: 1346–1356. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4PP00315B [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Ogbodu, R.O. & Nyokong, T. 2015. The effect of ascorbic acid on the photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of zinc phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 cancer cells. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151: 174–183. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2015.06.063 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Olorundare, O.F., Msagati, T.A.M., Krause, R.W.M., Okonkwo, J.O. & Mamba, B.B. 2014. Polyurethane composite adsorbent using solid phase extraction method for preconcentration of metal ion from aqueous solution. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12: 2389–2400. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-014-0645-5 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Oluwole, D.O., Britton, J., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Synthesis and photophysical properties of nanocomposites of aluminum tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine covalently linked to glutathione capped CdTe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots. Synthetic Metals, 205: 212–221. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2015.04.015 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

CHEMISTRY: Wu, F., Liu, J., Mishra, P., Komeda, T., Mack, J., Chang, Y., Kobayashi, N. & Shen, Z. 2015. Modulation of the molecular spintronic properties of adsorbed copper corroles. Nature Communications, 6. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8547 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C.M. 2015. Density and Regrowth of a Forest Restio (Ischyrolepis eleocharis) under Harvest and Non-harvest Treatments in Dune Forests of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Economic Botany, 69, 136–149. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-015-9306-y [Accessed 14 August 2015].

GEOGRAPHY: Sieben, E.J.J., Ellery, W.N., Dullo, B.W. & Grootjans, A.P. 2015. Impact of marine inundation after a period of drought on the lakeshore vegetation of Lake St Lucia, South Africa: resilience of estuarine vegetation. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 40: 175–185. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2015.1032208 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Aswani, S., Vaccaro, I., Abernethy, K., Albert, S. & Pablo, J.F.-L. de. 2015. Can Perceptions of Environmental and Climate Change in Island Communities Assist in Adaptation Planning Locally? Environmental Management, 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0572-3 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Aswani, S., Diedrich, A. & Currier, K. 2015. Planning for the Future: Mapping Anticipated Environmental and Social Impacts in a Nascent Tourism Destination. Society & Natural Resources, 28: 703–719. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1020582 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Hughes, D.A. & Slaughter, A. 2015. Daily disaggregation of simulated monthly flows using different rainfall datasets in southern Africa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 4(Part B): 153–171. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.05.011 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHARMACY: Dowse, R. 2015. Reflecting on patient-centred care in pharmacy through an illness narrative. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 37: 551–554. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11096-015-0104-5 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHARMACY: Kanfer, I. 2015. AAPS open forum report: Proposals for regulatory harmonization of a global BCS framework: Challenges and opportunities. Dissolution Technologies, 22: 58–65. Available: http://www.dissolutiontech.com/DTresour/201505Articles/DT201505_A08.pdf [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHARMACY: Mohammadi, A., Mohammadi, S., Moghaddam, A.B., Masoumi, V. & Walker, R.B. 2014. Electropolymerized Fluorinated Aniline-Based Fiber for Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatographic Determination of Benzaldehyde in Injectable Pharmaceutical Formulations. Journal of Chromatographic Science, 52, 971–976. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/bmt152 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS:  Brustein, R. & Medved, A.J.M., 2015. Falling through the black hole horizon. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015: 1–19. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)089 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R. & Medved, A.J.M. 2015. Constraints on the quantum state of pairs produced by semiclassical black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015: 1–17. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2015)012 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chithambo, M.L., Nyirenda, A.N., Finch, A.A. & Rawat, N.S. 2015. Time-resolved optically stimulated luminescence and spectral emission features of α-Al2O3:C. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 473: 62–71. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2015.05.034 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Dillon, J.S., Neben, A.R., Hewitt, J.N., Tegmark, M., Barry, N., Beardsley, A.P., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Carroll, P., de Oliveira-Costa, A., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Hernquist, L., Hurley-Walker, N., Jacobs, D.C., Kim, H.S., Kittiwisit, P., Lenc, E., Line, J., Loeb, A., McKinley, B., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Offringa, A.R., Paul, S., Pindor, B., Pober, J.C., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Sethi, S., Shankar, N.U., Subrahmanyan, R., Sullivan, I., Thyagarajan, N., Tingay, S.J., Trott, C., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Wyithe, S., Bernardi, G., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Lonsdale, C.J., McWhirter, S.R., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Srivani, K.S., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. Empirical covariance modeling for 21 cm power spectrum estimation: A method demonstration and new limits from early Murchison Widefield Array 128-tile data. Physical Review D, 91: 123011. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.123011 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Lochner, M., Natarajan, I., Zwart, J.T.L., Smirnov, O., Bassett, B.A., Oozeer, N. & Kunz, M. 2015. Bayesian inference for radio observations. MNRAS - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450: 1308–1319. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv679 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Loi, S.T., Trott, C.M., Murphy, T., Cairns, I.H., Bell, M., Hurley-Walker, N., Morgan, J., Lenc, E., Offringa, A.R., Feng, L., Hancock, P.J., Kaplan, D.L., Kudryavtseva, N., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., Deshpande, A.A., Emrich, D., Gaensler, B.M., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kasper, J.C., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Waterson, M., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Whitney, A.R., Williams, A., Williams, C.L., 2015f. Power spectrum analysis of ionospheric fluctuations with the Murchison Widefield Array. Radio Science, 2015RS005711. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005711 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Perkins, S.J., Marais, P.C., Zwart, J.T.L., Natarajan, I., Tasse, C. & Smirnov, O. 2015. Montblanc11https://github.com/ska-sa/montblanc.: GPU accelerated radio interferometer measurement equations in support of Bayesian inference for radio observations. Astronomy and Computing, 12: 73–85. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2015.06.003 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Swinbank, J.D., Staley, T.D., Molenaar, G.J., Rol, E., Rowlinson, A., Scheers, B., Spreeuw, H., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Carbone, D., Garsden, H., van der Horst, A.J., Law, C.J., Wise, M., Breton, R.P., Cendes, Y., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Stewart, A.J., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wijnands, R. & Zarka, P. 2015. The LOFAR Transients Pipeline. Astronomy and Computing, 11(Part A): 25–48. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2015.03.002 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Thyagarajan, N., Jacobs, D.C., Bowman, J.D., Barry, N., Beardsley, A.P., Bernardi, G., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Carroll, P., Deshpande, A.A., Oliveira-Costa, A. de, Dillon, J.S., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Hernquist, L., Hewitt, J.N., Hurley-Walker, N., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Kim, H.-S., Kittiwisit, P., Lenc, E., Line, J., Loeb, A., Lonsdale, C.J., McKinley, B., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Neben, A.R., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A.R., Ord, S.M., Paul, S., Pindor, B., Pober, J.C., Prabu, T., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Shankar, N.U., Sethi, S.K., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Sullivan, I.S., Tegmark, M., Tingay, S.J., Trott, C.M., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Williams, A., Williams, C.L. & Wyithe, J.S.B. 2015. Confirmation of Wide-field Signatures in Redshifted 21 cm Power Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal, 807, L28. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/807/2/L28 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Wayth, R.B., Lenc, E., Bell, M.E., Callingham, J.R., Dwarakanath, K.S., Franzen, T.M.O., For, B.-Q., Gaensler, B., Hancock, P., Hindson, L., Hurley-Walker, N., Jackson, C.A., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kapińska, A.D., McKinley, B., Morgan, J., Offringa, A.R., Procopio, P., Staveley-Smith, L., Wu, C., Zheng, Q., Trott, C.M., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., Deshpande, A.A., Emrich, D., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Kaplan, D.L., Kasper, J.C., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Waterson, M., Webster, R.L., Whitney, A.R., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2015. GLEAM: The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-Sky MWA Survey. PASA - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2015.26 [Available 14 August 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Ellender, B.R. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Resilience of imperilled headwater stream fish to an unpredictable high-magnitude flood. Koedoe ,57: 1258. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1258 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Smith, M.K., Kruger, N. & Murray, T.S. 2015. Aerial surveys conducted along the garden route coastline, south africa, to determine patterns in shore fishing effort. Koedoe, 57: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1236 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Bere, T., Richoux, N.B. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Assessment of the spatial and temporal variations in periphyton communities along a small temperate river system: A multimetric and stable isotope analysis approach. South African Journal of Botany, 100: 203–212. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.028 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, T., Richoux, N.B. & Froneman, P.W. 2015. Distribution of benthic diatom communities in a permanently open temperate estuary in relation to physico-chemical variables. South African Journal of Botany. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.06.004 [Accessed 14 August 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, 42: 1538–1552. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12511 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Ridgeway, J.A. & Timm, A.E. 2015. Reference Gene Selection for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Normalization in Larvae of Three Species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). PLoS ONE, 10: e0129026. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129026 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Baldanzi, S., McQuaid, C.D. & Porri, F. 2015. Temperature Effects on Reproductive Allocation in the Sandhopper Talorchestia capensis. Biological Bulletin, 228(3): 181–191.

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Tweddle, G.P. & Froneman, P.W., 2015. Influence of mouth status on population structure of southern African endemic estuarine-spawning ichthyofauna in a temperate, temporarily open/closed estuary. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 40: 221–225. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2015.1051940 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Uyi, O.O., Zachariades, C., Hill, M.P. & Conlong, D. 2015. The nocturnal larvae of a specialist folivore perform better on Chromolaena odorata leaves from a shaded environment. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 156: 187–199. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12321 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: von der Meden, C.E.O., Cole, V.J. & McQuaid, C.D. 2015. Do the threats of predation and competition alter larval behaviour and selectivity at settlement under field conditions? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 471: 240–246. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.017 [Accessed 14 August 2015]

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wang, R., Aylwin, R., Barwell, L., Chen, X.-Y., Chen, Y., Chou, L.-S., Cobb, J., Collette, D., Craine, L., Giblin-Davis, R.M., Ghana, S., Harper, M., Harrison, R.D., McPherson, J.R., Peng, Y.-Q., Pereira, R.A.S., Reyes-Betancort, A., Rodriguez, L.J.V., Strange, E., van Noort, S., Yang, H.-W., Yu, H. & Compton, S.G. 2015. The fig wasp followers and colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 8, 322–336. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12111 [Accessed 14 August 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wang, R., Segar, S.T., Harper, M., Yu, H., Quinnell, R.J. & Compton, S.G. 2015. Between-species facilitation by male fig wasps in shared figs. Ecological Entomology, 40: 428–436. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12201 [Accessed 14 August 2015].