Science & Pharmacy Research Output: July 2016

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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Bizabani, C., Fontenla, S. & Dames, J.F. 2016. Ericoid fungal inoculation of blueberry under commercial production in South Africa. Scientia Horticulturae, 209: 173–177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2016.06.029 [Accessed 19 August 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Edkins, A.L. 2016. Hsp90 Co-chaperones as Drug Targets in Cancer: Current Perspectives, in: McAlpine, S.R., Edkins, A.L. (Eds.), Heat Shock Protein Inhibitors, Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. Springer International Publishing, pp. 21–54.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Lourens, A.C.U., Gravestock, D., Zyl, R.L. van, Hoppe, H.C., Kolesnikova, N., Taweechai, S., Yuthavong, Y., Kamchonwongpaisan, S. & Rousseau, A.L. 2016. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 6-aryl-1,6-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamines as antiplasmodial antifolates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 14: 7899–7911. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6OB01350C [Accessed 22 August 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Pesce, E.-R., Blatch, G.L. & Edkins, A.L. 2015. Hsp40 Co-chaperones as Drug Targets: Towards the Development of Specific Inhibitors, in: McAlpine, S.R., Edkins, A.L. (Eds.), Heat Shock Protein Inhibitors, Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. Springer International Publishing, pp. 163–195.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Ross, C., Upfold, N., Luke, G.A., Bishop, Ö.T. & Knox, C. 2016. Subcellular localisation of Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) capsid subunit VP1 vis-á-vis host protein Hsp90. Virus Research, 222 53–63. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2016.06.003 [Available 22 August 2016].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Soni, H., Rawat, H.K., Pletschke, B.I. & Kango, N. 2016. Purification and characterization of β-mannanase from Aspergillus terreus and its applicability in depolymerization of mannans and saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass. 3 Biotech, 6: 136. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0454-2 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

BOTANY: Clark, R. 2016. Mrs Barber’s beauty: Lotononis harveyi rediscovered. Veld & Flora, 102(2): 64–67. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC189017 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

BOTANY: Lubke, R.A. & Webb, C. 2016. The interaction between the dunes systems and the lower estuary at the Bushmans River Mouth, Eastern Cape over the past 60 years. South African Journal of Botany. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.05.020 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Atlabachew, M., Torto, N., Chandravanshi, B.S., Redi-Abshiro, M., Chigome, S., Mothibedi, K. & Combrinck, S. 2016. A (−)-norephedrine-based molecularly imprinted polymer for the solid-phase extraction of psychoactive phenylpropylamino alkaloids from Khat (Catha edulis Vahl. Endl.) chewing leaves. Biomedical Chromatography, 30(7): 1007–1015. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bmc.3643 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Mack, J., Mkhize, S., Safonova, E.A., Martynov, A.G., Gorbunova, Y.G., Tsivadze, A.Y. & Nyokong, T. 2016. MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of magnesium tetra-(15-crown-5-oxanthreno)-phthalocyanine. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 20: 505–513. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424616500322 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Ogunlaja, A.S., Kleyi, P.E., Walmsley, R.S. & Tshentu, Z.R. 2016. Nanofiber-supported metal-based catalysts, in: Nanofiber-Supported Metal-Based Catalysts. pp. 144–174.

CHEMISTRY: Olalekan, T.E., Ogunlaja, A.S., VanBrecht, B. & Watkins, G.M. 2016. Spectroscopic, structural and theoretical studies of copper(II) complexes of tridentate NOS Schiff bases. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1122: 72–79. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.05.098 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shi, M., Zhao, Y., Xu, H., Mack, J., Yin, L., Wang, X. & Shen, Z. 2016. Photoisomerization and optical properties of a subphthalocyanine–azobenzene–subphthalocyanine triad. RSC Advances, 6: 71199–71205. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA11452K [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Development of nanocomposites of phosphorus-nitrogen co-doped graphene oxide nanosheets and nanosized cobalt phthalocyanines for electrocatalysis. Electrochimica Acta, 213: 529–539. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.07.079 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Electrocatalytic Activity of Nanocomposites of Sulphur Doped Graphene Oxide and Nanosized Cobalt Phthalocyanines. Electroanalysis. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201600226 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Xu, L., Huang, T., Liang, X., Mack, J., Harris, J., Nyokong, T., Li, M. & Zhu, W. 2016. Spectroscopic investigations and theoretical calculations of DABCO induced xanthene bridged self-assembled zinc(II) porphyrin dimer. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 20: 647–655. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424616500231 [Available 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Yan, Y., Wu, F., Qin, J., Xu, H., Shi, M., Zhou, J., Mack, J., Fomo, G., Nyokong, T. & Shen, Z. 2016. Efficient energy transfer in ethynyl bridged corrole–BODIPY dyads. RSC Advances, 6: 72852–72858. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA12271J [Accessed 22 August 2016].

CHEMISTRY: Zhou, J., Gai, L., Zhou, Z., Mack, J., Xu, K., Zhao, J., Qiu, H., Chan, K.S. & Shen, Z. 2016. Highly efficient near IR photosensitizers based-on Ir–C bonded porphyrin-aza-BODIPY conjugates. RSC Advances, 6: 72115–72120. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA10131C [Accessed 22 August 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Duff, K., Siebörger, I. & Terzoli, A. 2014. A Comparison of Four End-User Devices as Thin Clients for Public Access to the Internet in Poor Communities, in: Nungu, A., Pehrson, B., Sansa-Otim, J. (Eds.), E-Infrastructure and E-Services for Developing Countries, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer International Publishing, pp. 229–238.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Swart, I., Irwin, B. & Grobler, M. 2015. Data Centre vulnerabilities: physical, logical & trusted entity security, in: ResearchGate. Presented at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305442546_Data_Centre_vulnerabilities_physical_logical_trusted_entity_security [Accessed 23 August 2016].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Swart, I., Irwin, B. & Grobler, M.M. 2016. Adaptation of the JDL Model for Multi-Sensor National Cyber Security Data Fusion. IJCWT 6, 17–30. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2016070102 [Accessed 22 August 2016].

EDUCATION & CHEMISTRY: Ngcoza, K.M., Sewry, J., Chikunda, C. & Kahenge, W. 2016. Stakeholders’ perceptions of participation in science expos: a South African case study. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(2): 189-199. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC191943 [Accessed 20 August 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C. 2016. Do Indigenous Street Trees Promote More Biodiversity than Alien Ones? Evidence Using Mistletoes and Birds in South Africa. Forests, 7(7): 134. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f7070134 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, S. & Cobban, L. 2016. Gender and vulnerability to multiple stressors, including climate change, in rural South Afirca, in: Colfer, C.J.P., Basnett, B.S. & Elias, M. (Eds), Gender and Forests: Climate Change, Tenure, Value Chains and Emerging Issues. New York: Routledge.

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Goble, D. & Christie, C.J.-A. 2016. Cognitive, physical and physiological responses of school boy cricketers to a 30-over batting simulation. Journal of Sports Sciences, 0: 1–7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1211731 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Maree, B.A., Cowley, P.D., Næsje, T.F., Childs, A.-R., Terörde, A.I. & Thorstad, E.B. 2016. Influence of prey abundance and abiotic factors on the long-term home-range and movement dynamics of spotted grunter Pomadasys commersonnii in an intermittently open estuary. African Journal of Marine Science, 0: 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2016.1176956 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Parker, D., Winker, H., Bernard, A. & Götz, A. 2016. Evaluating long-term monitoring of temperate reef fishes: A simulation testing framework to compare methods. Ecological Modelling, 333: 1–10. Accessed: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.04.006 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Brent, A., Musango, J., Smit, S., Pillay, N.S., Botha, A., Louw, R., Roper, S., Simelani, T., Clifford-Holmes, J. & Pretorius, L. 2016. Utilization of System Dynamics in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.2401 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Rivers-Moore, N., Mantel, S., Ramulifo, P. & Dallas, H. 2016. A disconnectivity index for improving choices in managing protected areas for rivers. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26(S1): 29–38. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2661 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Bartlett, C.E., Biggs, R. & Remsing, C.C. 2016. Control systems on the Heisenberg group: equivalence and classification. Publicationes Mathematicae Debrecen, 88: 217–234. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5486/PMD.2016.7363 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHARMACY: Rambanapasi, C., Zeevaart, J.R., Buntting, H., Bester, C., Kotze, D., Hayeshi, R. & Grobler, A. 2016. Bioaccumulation and Subchronic Toxicity of 14 nm Gold Nanoparticles in Rats. Molecules, 21(6): 763. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21060763 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHARMACY: Rowe, M. & Oltmann, C. 2016. Randomised controlled trials in educational research: Ontological and epistemological limitations. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 8(1): 6-8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2016.v8i1.683 [Accesseed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Allison, J.R., Sadler, E.M., Moss, V.A., Whiting, M.T., Hunstead, R.W., Pracy, M.B., Curran, S.J., Croom, S.M., Glowacki, M., Morganti, R., Shabala, S.S., Zwaan, M.A., Allen, G., Amy, S.W., Axtens, P., Ball, L., Bannister, K.W., Barker, S., Bell, M.E., Bock, D.C.-J., Bolton, R., Bowen, M., Boyle, B., Braun, R., Broadhurst, S., Brodrick, D., Brothers, M., Brown, A., Bunton, J.D., Cantrall, C., Chapman, J., Cheng, W., Chippendale, A.P., Chung, Y., Cooray, F., Cornwell, T., DeBoer, D., Diamond, P., Edwards, P.G., Ekers, R., Feain, I., Ferris, R.H., Forsyth, R., Gough, R., Grancea, A., Gupta, N., Guzman, J.C., Hampson, G., Harvey-Smith, L., Haskins, C., Hay, S., Hayman, D.B., Heywood, I., Hotan, A.W., Hoyle, S., Humphreys, B., Indermuehle, B.T., Jacka, C., Jackson, C., Jackson, S., Jeganathan, K., Johnston, S., Joseph, J., Kendall, R., Kesteven, M., Kiraly, D., Koribalski, B.S., Leach, M., Lenc, E., Lensson, E., Mackay, S., Macleod, A., Marquarding, M., Marvil, J., McClure-Griffiths, N., McConnell, D., Mirtschin, P., Norris, R.P., Neuhold, S., Ng, A., O’Sullivan, J., Pathikulangara, J., Pearce, S., Phillips, C., Popping, A., Qiao, R.Y., Reynolds, J.E., Roberts, P., Sault, R.J., Schinckel, A., Serra, P., Shaw, R., Shields, M., Shimwell, T., Storey, M., Sweetnam, T., Troup, E., Turner, B., Tuthill, J., Tzioumis, A., Voronkov, M.A., Westmeier, T. & Wilson, C.D. 2016. Erratum to Discovery of H I gas in a young radio galaxy at z = 0.44 using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder [MNRAS, 453, (2015), 1249]. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456: 3030–3031. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2908 [Accessed 23 August 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 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Bilous, A.V., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Keane, E.F., Hessels, J.W.T., Stappers, B.W., Malofeev, V.M., Sobey, C., Breton, R.P., Cooper, S., Falcke, H., Karastergiou, A., Michilli, D., Osłowski, S., Sanidas, S., Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Verbiest, J.P.W., Weltevrede, P., Zarka, P., Grießmeier, J.-M., Serylak, M., Bell, M.E., Broderick, J.W., Eislöffel, J., Markoff, S. & Rowlinson, A. 2016. A LOFAR census of non-recycled pulsars: average profiles, dispersion measures, flux densities, and spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 591: A134. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527702 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Broderick, J.W., Fender, R.P., Breton, R.P., Stewart, A.J., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J.D., Hessels, J.W.T., Staley, T.D., Horst, A.J. van der, Bell, M.E., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Hassall, T.E., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Law, C.J., Markoff, S., Molenaar, G.J., Pietka, M., Scheers, L.H.A., Serylak, M., Stappers, B.W., Veen, S. ter, Leeuwen, J. van, Wijers, R. a. M.J., Wijnands, R., Wise, M.W. & Zarka, P. 2016. Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459: 2681–2689. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw794 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chang, C., Pujol, A., Gaztañaga, E., Amara, A., Réfrégier, A., Bacon, D., Becker, M.R., Bonnett, C., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Crocce, M., Fosalba, P., Giannantonio, T., Hartley, W., Jarvis, M., Kacprzak, T., Ross, A.J., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M.A., Vikram, V., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Annis, J., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Capozzi, D., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., 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., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D. & Walker, A.R. 2016. Galaxy bias from the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data: combining galaxy density maps and weak lensing maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459: 3203–3216. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw861 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Franzen, T.M.O., Jackson, C.A., Offringa, A.R., Ekers, R.D., Wayth, R.B., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Gaensler, B.M., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Lonsdale, C.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Morgan, J., Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Seymour, N., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Trott, C.M., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2016. The 154 MHz radio sky observed by the Murchison Widefield Array: noise, confusion, and first source count analyses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459: 3314–3325. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw823 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B. & Carelse, S.A. 2016. Long-term analysis between radio occultation and ionosonde peak electron density and height during geomagnetic storms. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9): 2016GL068944. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068944 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B., Katamzi, Z.T., Yizengaw, E., Yamazaki, Y. & Seemala, G. 2016. Simultaneous storm time equatorward and poleward large-scale TIDs on a global scale. Geophysical Research Letters, 43: 2016GL069740. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069740 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kohn, S.A., Aguirre, J.E., Nunhokee, C.D., Bernardi, G., Pober, J.C., Ali, Z.S., Bradley, R.F., Carilli, C.L., DeBoer, D.R., Gugliucci, N.E., Jacobs, D.C., Klima, P., MacMahon, D.H.E., Manley, J.R., Moore, D.F., Parsons, A.R., Stefan, I.I. & Walbrugh, W.P. 2016. Constraining Polarized Foregrounds for EoR Experiments I: 2D Power Spectra from the PAPER-32 Imaging Array. Astrophysical Journal, 823(2): 88. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/88 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Nsengiyumva, S., Chithambo, M.L. & Pichon, L. 2016. Influence of argon-implantation on conventional and phototransferred thermoluminescence of synthetic quartz. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 171(3-4): 328–339. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2016.1194412 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Nyirenda, A.N., Chithambo, M.L. & Polymeris, G.S. 2016. On luminescence stimulated from deep traps using thermally-assisted time-resolved optical stimulation in α-Al2O3:C. Radiation Measurements, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Luminescent Detectors and Transformers of Ionizing Radiation (LUMDETR 2015). Radiation Measurements, 90: 109–112. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.01.016 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Orce, J.N., Raju, M.K., Khumalo, N.A., Dinoko, T.S., Jones, P., Bark, R.A., Lawrie, E.A., Majola, S.N.T., Robledo, L.M., Rubio, B., Wiedeking, M., Easton, J., Khaleel, E.A., Kheswa, B.V., Kheswa, N., Herbert, M.S., Lawrie, J.J., Masiteng, P.L., Nchodu, M.R., Ndayishimye, J., Negi, D., Noncolela, S.P., Ntshangase, S.S., Papka, P., Roux, D.G., Shirinda, O., Sithole, P.S. & Yates, S.W. 2016. Search for two-phonon octupole excitations in 146Gd. The European Physical Journal A, 52: 166. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16166-2 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Pagonis, V., Ankjærgaard, C. & Jain, M. 2016. Quantitative analysis of time-resolved infrared stimulated luminescence in feldspars. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 497: 78–85. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2016.06.013 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Soares-Santos, M., Kessler, R., Berger, E., Annis, J., Brout, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Chen, H., Cowperthwaite, P.S., Diehl, H.T., Doctor, Z., Drlica-Wagner, A., Farr, B., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Foley, R.J., J. Frieman, Gruendl, R.A., Herner, K., Holz, D., Lin, H., Marriner, J., Neilsen, E., Rest, A., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., F. Sobreira, Walker, A.R., Wester, W., Yanny, B., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Armstrong, R., M. Banerji, Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Brown, D.A., Burke, D.L., Capozzi, D., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Cenko, S.B., Chornock, R., Crocce, M., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, Desai, S., Dietrich, J.P., Drout, M.R., Eifler, T.F., Estrada, J., Evrard, A.E., S. Fairhurst, Fernandez, E., Fischer, J., Fong, W., Fosalba, P., Fox, D.B., Fryer, C.L., Garcia-Bellido, J., E. Gaztanaga, Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Karliner, I., D. Kasen, Kent, S., Kuropatkin, N., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., Margutti, R., P. Martini, Matheson, T., McMahon, R.G., Metzger, B.D., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nichol, R.C., B. Nord, Ogando, R., Peoples, J., Plazas, A.A., Quataert, E., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., V. Scarpine, Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Smith, M., Smith, N., Smith, R.C., A. Stebbins, Sutton, P.J., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, R.C., Tucker, D.L., Vikram, V., Wechsler, R.H., Weller, J. & Collaboration, T.D. 2016. A Dark Energy Camera Search for an Optical Counterpart to the First Advanced LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW150914. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 823: L33. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/823/2/L33 [Accessed 23 August 2016].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Wijnholds, S.J., Grobler, T.L. & Smirnov, O.M. 2016. Calibration artefacts in radio interferometry – II. Ghost patterns for irregular arrays. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457: 2331–2354. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw118 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Peel, R.A., Taylor, G.C. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2016. Validation of annulus formation in sagittal otoliths of three tropical cichlids Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861), Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912), and Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1896). Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13110 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Porri, F., McQuaid, C.D. & Erlandsson, J. 2016. The role of recruitment and behaviour in the formation of mussel-dominated assemblages: an ontogenetic and taxonomic perspective. Marine Biology, 163: 157. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2932-9 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Antonio, E.S. & Richoux, N.B. 2016. Influence of diet on the metabolic turnover of stable isotope ratios and fatty acids in the omnivorous shrimp Palaemon peringueyi. Marine Biology, 163: 154. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2930-y [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Claassens, L. 2016. An artificial water body provides habitat for an endangered estuarine seahorse species. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 180, 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.06.011 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Collinson, W., Parker, D., Patterson-Abrolat, C., Alexander, G., Davies-Mostert, H., 2015. Setjhaba Sa, South Afrika, in: Ree, R. van der, Smith, D.J. & Grilo, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Road Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 439–447.

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Craig, A. 2016. Birders of Africa: History of a network. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 71: 203–204. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2016.1176081 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Downey, P.O. & Paterson, I.D. 2016. Encompassing the relative non-target risks from agents and their alien plant targets in biological control assessments. BioControl, 1–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9744-1 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Farache, F.H.A., Rasplus, J.-Y., Azar, D., Pereira, R.A.S. & Compton, S.G. 2016. First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs. Journal of Natural History, 50: 2237–2247. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1193646 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Human, L., Adams, J. & Allanson, B. 2015. Insights into the cause of an Ulva lactuca Linnaeus bloom in the Knysna Estuary. South African Journal Botany. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.05.016 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Lathlean, J.A., Seuront, L., McQuaid, C.D., Ng, T.P.T., Zardi, G.I. & Nicastro, K.R. 2016. Cheating the Locals: Invasive Mussels Steal and Benefit from the Cooling Effect of Indigenous Mussels. PLOS ONE, 11: e0152556. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152556 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Madeira, P.T., Hill, M.P., Dray Jr., F.A., Coetzee, J.A., Paterson, I.D. & Tipping, P.W. 2016. Molecular identification of Azolla invasions in Africa: The Azolla specialist, Stenopelmus rufinasus proves to be an excellent taxonomist. South African Journal of Botany, 105: 299–305. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.03.007 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Nel, H.A. & Froneman, P.W. 2016. Diet of the endemic bivalve Solen cylindraceus inferred from stable isotope analysis in the Kariega Estuary, South Africa. Molluscan Research, 0: 1–6. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1175917 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Raja, S., Suleman, N. & Compton, S.G. 2016. Floral constraint resulting from intersexual mimicry in a gynodioecious fig tree. Entomological Science, 19: 290–295. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ens.12202 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Heyns-Veale, E.R., Bernard, A.T.F., Richoux, N.B., Parker, D., Langlois, T.J., Harvey, E.S. & Götz, A. 2016. Depth and habitat determine assemblage structure of South Africa’s warm-temperate reef fish. Marine Biology, 163: 158. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2933-8 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Strümpher, W.P., Sole, C.L., Villet, M.H. & Scholtz, C.H. 2016. Allopatric speciation in the flightless Phoberus capensis (Coleoptera: Trogidae) group, with description of two new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution; Evolution, 47: 149–179. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-47022138 [Accessed 24 August 2016].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wilhelm, M.R., Kirchner, C.H., Roux, J.P., Jarre, A., Iitembu, J.A., Kathena, J.N. & Kainge, P. 2015. Biology and fisheries of the shallow-water hake (Merluccius capensis) and the deep-water hake (Merluccius paradoxus) in Namibia, in: Arancibia, H. (Ed.), Hakes. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 70–100.