Science & Pharmacy Research Output: June 2016

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BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Nyakundi, D.O., Vuko, L.A.M., Bentley, S.J., Hoppe, H., Blatch, G.L. & Boshoff, A. 2016. Plasmodium falciparum Hep1 Is Required to Prevent the Self Aggregation of PfHsp70-3. PLOS ONE, 11: e0156446. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156446 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Sekhosana, K.E., Manyeruke, M.H. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Synthesis and optical limiting properties of new lanthanide bis- and tris-phthalocyanines. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1121: 111–118. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.05.068 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Mbosso Teinkela, J.E., Siwe Noundou, X., Nguemfo, E.L., Meyer, F., Djoukoue, A., Van Antwerpen, P., Ngouela, S., Tsamo, E., Mpondo Mpondo, E.A., Vardamides, J.C., Azebaze, G.A.B. & Wintjens, R. 2016. Identification of compounds with anti-proliferative activity from the wood of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. aerial roots. Fitoterapia, 112: 65–73. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2016.05.002 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Sekhosana, K.E. & Nyokong, T. 2016. The optical limiting of blue and green ytterbium double-decker phthalocyanines in solution and in poly(acrylic acid) as thin films. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 450: 87–91. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.05.026 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Zhu, W., Huang, T., Qin, M., Li, M., Mack, J. & Liang, X. 2016. Tuning the synthetic cobalt(III)corroles electroreductive catalyzed lindane dehalogenation reactivity through meso-substituents. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 774: 58–65. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.05.009 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Chan, P., Theron, J., Van, H. & Leenen, L. 2015. An ontological knowledge base for cyber network attack planning. Presented at the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2015, pp. 69–77.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Herbert, A. & Irwin, B. 2015. DDoS attack mitigation through control of inherent charge decay of memory implementations. Presented at the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2015, pp. 126–134.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Irwin, B. & Nkhumaleni, T. 2015. Observed correlations of unsolicited network traffic over five distinct IPv4 netblocks. Presented at the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2015, pp. 135–143.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Von, S. & Van, H. 2015. The consequences of Edward Snowden NSA related information disclosures. Presented at the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2015, pp. 358–368.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Pinchuck, S.C., Allanson, B.R. & Hodgson, A.N. 2015. Evolutionary retention of defensive lateral pedal glands in the smallest siphonariid limpet (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). African Zoology, 50: 327–330. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183115 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Kannan, R., Shackleton, C.M., Krishnan, S. & Shaanker, R.U. 2016. Can local use assist in controlling invasive alien species in tropical forests? The case of Lantana camara in southern India. Forest Ecology and Management, 376: 166–173. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.016 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Thondhlana, G. & Kua, H.W. 2016. Promoting household energy conservation in low-income households through tailored interventions in Grahamstown, South Africa. Journal of Cleaner Production, 131: 327–340. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.026 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

GEOLOGY: Büttner, S.H., Reid, W., Glodny, J., Wiedenbeck, M., Chuwa, G., Moloto, T. & Gucsik, A. 2016. Fluid sources in the Twangiza–Namoya Gold Belt (Democratic Republic of Congo): Evidence from tourmaline and fluid compositions, and from boron and Rb–Sr isotope systematics. Precambrian Research, 280: 161–178. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.006 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

GEOLOGY: Moore, A. & Costin, G. 2016. Kimberlitic olivines derived from the Cr-poor and Cr-rich megacryst suites. Lithos, 258–259: 215–227. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2016.04.022 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Doubleday, Z.A., Prowse, T.A.A., Arkhipkin, A., Pierce, G.J., Semmens, J., Steer, M., Leporati, S.C., Lourenço, S., Quetglas, A., Sauer, W. & Gillanders, B.M. 2016. Global proliferation of cephalopods. Current Biology, 26: R406–R407. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.002 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Hirohashi, N., Iida, T., Sato, N., Warwick, S.H.H. & Iwata, Y. 2016. Complex adaptive traits between mating behaviour and post-copulatory sperm behaviour in squids. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 1–7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-016-9434-1 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Barrett, D.I., Biggs, R., Remsing, C.C. & Rossi, O. 2016. Invariant nonholonomic Riemannian structures on three-dimensional Lie groups. Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 8: 139–167. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/jgm.2016001 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Bishop, N.T. & Rezzolla, L. 2016. Extraction of Gravitational Waves in Numerical Relativity. arXiv:1606.02532 [gr-qc]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02532 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Annis, J., Soares-Santos, M., Berger, E., Brout, D., Chen, H., Chornock, R., Cowperthwaite, P.S., Diehl, H.T., Doctor, Z., Drlica-Wagner, A., Drout, M.R., Farr, B., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Foley, R.J., Frieman, J., Gruendl, R.A., Herner, K., Holz, D., Kessler, R., Lin, H., Marriner, J., Neilsen, E., Rest, A., Sako, M., Smith, M., Smith, N., Sobreira, F., Walker, A.R., Yanny, B., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Capozzi, D., Carnero, R., Carrasco, K., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Cenko, S.B., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Da, C., Desai, S., Dietrich, J.P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Fernandez, E., Fischer, J., Fong, W., Fosalba, P., Fox, D.B., Fryer, C.L., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Karliner, I., Kasen, D., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., Martini, P., Metzger, B.D., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Peoples, J., Petravic, D., Plazas, A.A., Quataert, E., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Smith, R.C., Stebbins, A., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, R.C., Tucker, D.L., Vikram, V., Wechsler, R.H., Weller, J. & Wester, W. 2016. A DARK ENERGY CAMERA SEARCH for MISSING SUPERGIANTS in the LMC after the ADVANCED LIGO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE EVENT GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 823. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/823/2/L34 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Hindson, L., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Hurley-Walker, N., Callingham, J.R., Su, H., Morgan, J., Bell, M., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Dwarakanath, K.S., For, B.-Q., Gaensler, B.M., Greenhill, L.J., Hancock, P., Hazelton, B.J., Kapińska, A.D., Kaplan, D.L., Lenc, E., Lonsdale, C.J., Mckinley, B., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A., Ord, S.M., Procopio, P., Prabu, T., Srivani, K.S., Shankar, N.U., Staveley-Smith, L., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Williams, A., Williams, C.L., Wu, C. & Zheng, Q. 2016. A Large-Scale, Low-Frequency Murchison Widefield Array Survey of Galactic H ii Regions between 260 < l < 340. PASA - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 33: e020 (17 pages). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2016.19 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kirk, D., Omori, Y., Benoit-Lévy, A., Cawthon, R., Chang, C., Larsen, P., Amara, A., Bacon, D., Crawford, T.M., Dodelson, S., Fosalba, P., Giannantonio, T., Holder, G., Jain, B., Kacprzak, T., Lahav, O., MacCrann, N., Nicola, A., Refregier, A., Sheldon, E., Story, K.T., Troxel, M.A., Vieira, J.D., Vikram, V., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Becker, M.R., Benson, B.A., Bernstein, G.M., Bernstein, R.A., Bleem, L.E., Bonnett, C., Bridle, S.L., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Capozzi, D., Carlstrom, J.E., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Jarvis, M., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., March, M., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R.C., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Reichardt, C.L., Roodman, A., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E.S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Simard, G., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Wechsler, R.H. & Weller, J. 2016. Cross-correlation of gravitational lensing from DES Science Verification data with SPT and Planck lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459: 21–34. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw570 [Accessed 19 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Melchior, P., Sheldon, E., Drlica-Wagner, A., Rykoff, E.S., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Crocce, M., D’Andrea, C.B., da Costa, L.N., Desai, S., Doel, P., Evrard, A.E., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Jarvis, M., Kuehn, K., Li, T.S., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R., Wester, W. & Zhang, Y. 2016. Crowdsourcing quality control for Dark Energy Survey images. Astronomy and Computing, 16: 99–108. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2016.04.003 [Accessed 20 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Rykoff, E.S., Rozo, E., Hollowood, D., Bermeo-Hernandez, A., Jeltema, T., Mayers, J., Romer, A.K., Rooney, P., Saro, A., Cervantes, C.V., Wechsler, R.H., Wilcox, H., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G.M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Capozzi, D., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Castander, F.J., Childress, M., Collins, C.A., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N.D., Davis, T.M., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Evrard, A.E., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Glazebrook, K., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Hilton, M., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D.J., Kay, S.T., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lewis, G.F., Lidman, C., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., Mann, R.G., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Reil, K., Sahlén, M., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Stott, J.P., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D., Uddin, S., Viana, P.T.P., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R. & Zhang, Y. 2016. THE REDMAPPER GALAXY CLUSTER CATALOG from des SCIENCE VERIFICATION DATA. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 224. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/224/1/1 [Accessed 20 July 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Soumagnac, M.T., Barkana, R., Sabiu, C.G., Loeb, A., Ross, A.J., Abdalla, F.B., Balan, S.T. & Lahav, O. 2016. Large-Scale Distribution of Total Mass versus Luminous Matter from Baryon Acoustic Oscillations: First Search in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 10. Physical Review Letters, 116: 201302. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.201302 [Accessed 20 July 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & BOTANY: Baldanzi, S., Gouws, G., Barker, N.P. & Fratini, S. 2016. Molecular evidence of distinct evolutionary units in the sandhopper Talorchestia capensis. Hydrobiologia, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2797-4 [Accessed 20 July 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Murray, T.S., Magoro, M.L., Whitfield, A.K. & Cowley, P.D. 2015. Movement behaviour of alien largemouth bass micropterus salmoides in the estuarine headwater region of the kowie river, South Africa. African Zoology, 50: 263–271. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183123 [Accessed 20 July 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Iitembu, J.A. & Richoux, N.B. 2015. Trophic relationships of hake (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus) and sharks (Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea and D. profundorum) in the Northern (Namibia) Benguela Current region. African Zoology, 50: 273–279. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC183122 Accessed 20 July 2016].