Science & Pharmacy Research Output: February 2019

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ALBANY MUSEUM: Mazancourt, V.D., Castelin, M., Renneville, C., Mlambo, M.C., Marquet, G. & Keith, P. 2019. Revalidation of Caridina natalensis De Man, 1908 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in the South Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4543(3): 375–387.available: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4543.3.3.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Amusengeri, A. & Tastan Bishop, Ö. 2019. Discorhabdin N, a South African Natural Compound, for Hsp72 and Hsc70 Allosteric Modulation: Combined Study of Molecular Modeling and Dynamic Residue Network Analysis. Molecules, 24(1): 188. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24010188 [Accessed 04 March 2019].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Krejmer-Rabalska, M., Rabalski, L., Jukes, M.D., Lobo de Souza, M., Moore, S.D. & Szewczyk, B. 2019. New Method for Differentiation of Granuloviruses (Betabaculoviruses) Based on Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Real-Time PCR). Viruses, 11(2): 115. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/v11020115 [Accessed 04 March 2019].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Bentley, S.J., Jamabo, M. & Boshoff, A. 2019. The Hsp70/J-protein machinery of the African trypanosome, Trypanosoma brucei. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 24(1): 125–148. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-018-0950-x [Accessed 04 March 2019].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Beukes, N., Levendal, R.-A., Prinsloo, E. & Frost, C. 2019. Comparative detection method of early onset cytokine-induced stress in β-cells (INS-1E). Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1002/bab.1729 [Accessed 04 March 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Gulzar, M., Ali, S., Khan, F.I., Khan, P., Taneja, P. & Hassan, M.I. 2018. Binding mechanism of caffeic acid and simvastatin to the integrin linked kinase for therapeutic implications: a comparative docking and MD simulation studies. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 0, 1–11. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2018.1546621 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Mafukidze, D.M. & Nyokong, T. 2019. A comparative study of the singlet oxygen generation capability of a zinc phthalocyanine linked to graphene quantum dots through π-π stacking and covalent conjugation when embedded in asymmetric polymer membranes. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1180: 307–317. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.11.096 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Mgidlana, S., Oluwole, D.O. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Fabrication of efficient nonlinear optical absorber using Zn phthalocyanine-semiconductor quantum dots conjugates. Polyhedron, 159: 102–115. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2018.11.024 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Nnaji, N., Nwaji, N., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum against Acid Activation: Impact of Benzothiazole-Substituted Gallium Phthalocyanine. Molecules, 24(1): 207. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24010207 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Sindelo, A., Kobayashi, N., Kimura, M. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Physicochemical and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy activity of morpholine-substituted phthalocyanines: Effect of point of substitution and central metal. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 374: 58–67. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.01.025 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Falayi, M., Shackleton, S.E., Kemp, G.C. & Shackleton, C.M. 2019. Changes in household use and sale of locally collected environmental resources over a 15-year period in a rural village, South Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 1–18. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2019.1568309 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ngulani, T. & Shackleton, C.M. 2019. Use of public urban green spaces for spiritual services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 38: 97–104. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.11.009 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C., Ticktin, T. & Cunningham, A. 2018. Nontimber forest products as ecological and biocultural keystone species. Ecology and Society, 23(4): 22. Available: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10469-230422 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

GEOLOGY: Hayes, B., Bybee, G.M., Mawela, M., Nex, P.A.M. & van Niekerk, D. 2018. Residual Melt Extraction and Out-of-sequence Differentiation in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, 59(12): 2413–2434. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egy101 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

GEOLOGY: Roberts, R.J., Lehong, K.D., Botha, A.E.J., Costin, G., De Beer, F.C., Hoffman, W.J. & Hetherington, C.J. 2019. Clinopyroxene megacrysts from Marion Island, Antarctic Ocean: evidence for a late stage shallow origin. Mineralogy and Petrology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-018-00651-x [Accessed 05 March 2019].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Clark, M.E., McEwan, K. & Christie, C.J. 2018. The effectiveness of constraints-led training on skill development in interceptive sports: A systematic review. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 1747954118812461. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954118812461 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Cochrane, K.L., Rakotondrazafy, H., Aswani, S., Chaigneau, T., Downey-Breedt, N., Lemahieu, A., Paytan, A., Pecl, G., Plagányi, E., Popova, E., van Putten, E.I., Sauer, W.H.H., Byfield, V., Gasalla, M.A., van Gennip, S.J., Malherbe, W., Rabary, A., Rabearisoa, A., Ramaroson, N., Randrianarimanana, V., Scott, L. & Tsimanaoraty, P.M. 2019. Tools to Enrich Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities in Data-Poor Regions: Application to a Case Study in Madagascar. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. Available: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00505 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Brownscombe, J.W., Hyder, K., Potts, W., Wilson, K.L., Pope, K.L., Danylchuk, A.J., Cooke, S.J., Clarke, A., Arlinghaus, R. & Post, J.R. 2019. The future of recreational fisheries: Advances in science, monitoring, management, and practice. Fisheries Research, 211: 247–255. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.019 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Matomela, N., Chakona, A., Bere, T. & Kadye, W.T. 2018. Does ecomorphological variation explain trophic resource partitioning between sympatric lineages of Afromontane stream catfishes? African Journal of Ecology, 56: 1006–1011. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12531 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Reizenberg, J.-L., Bloy, L.E., Weyl, O.L.F., Shelton, J.M. & Dallas, H.F. 2019. Variation in thermal tolerances of native freshwater fishes in South Africa’s Cape Fold Ecoregion: examining the east-west gradient in species’ sensitivity to climate warming. Journal of Fish Biology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13866 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH, de Wet, C., Odume, O.N., 2019. Developing a systemic-relational approach to environmental ethics in water resource management. Environmental Science & Policy, 93: 139–145. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.030 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH, Gwapedza, D., Hughes, D.A., Slaughter, A.R., 2018. Spatial scale dependency issues in the application of the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE). Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(13-14): 1890–1900. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1546388 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Baxter, E.J., Omori, Y., Chang, C., Giannantonio, T., Kirk, D., Krause, E., Blazek, J., Bleem, L., Choi, A., Crawford, T.M., Dodelson, S., Eifler, T.F., Friedrich, O., Gruen, D., Holder, G.P., Jain, B., Jarvis, M., MacCrann, N., Nicola, A., Pandey, S., Prat, J., Reichardt, C.L., Samuroff, S., Sánchez, C., Secco, L.F., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M.A., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bechtol, K., Benson, B.A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Cawthon, R., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., da Costa, L.N., Davis, C., De Vicente, J., DePoy, D.L., Diehl, H.T., Doel, P., Estrada, J., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W.G., Hollowood, D., Hoyle, B., James, D.J., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Plazas, A.A., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Walker, A.R., Wu, W.L.K. & Weller, J. 2019. Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Methodology and projections for joint analysis of galaxy clustering, galaxy lensing, and CMB lensing two-point functions. Physical Review D, 99: 023508. Available: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.023508 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: McClintock, T., Varga, T.N., Gruen, D., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E.S., Shin, T., Melchior, P., DeRose, J., Seitz, S., Dietrich, J.P., Sheldon, E., Zhang, Y., von der Linden, A., Jeltema, T., Mantz, A.B., Romer, A.K., Allen, S., Becker, M.R., Bermeo, A., Bhargava, S., Costanzi, M., Everett, S., Farahi, A., Hamaus, N., Hartley, W.G., Hollowood, D.L., Hoyle, B., Israel, H., Li, P., MacCrann, N., Morris, G., Palmese, A., Plazas, A.A., Pollina, G., Rau, M.M., Simet, M., Soares-Santos, M., Troxel, M.A., Vergara Cervantes, C., Wechsler, R.H., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bridle, S.L., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., da Costa, L.N., Davis, C., De Vicente, J., Diehl, H.T., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Giannantonio, T., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kirk, D., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nord, B., Ogando, R.L.C., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Tucker, D.L., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R. & Weller, J. 2019. Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Weak lensing mass calibration of redMaPPer galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(1): 1352–1378. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2711 [Accessed 05 March 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: McKinley, B., Bernardi, G., Trott, C.M., Line, J.L.B., Wayth, R.B., Offringa, A.R., Pindor, B., Jordan, C.H., Sokolowski, M., Tingay, S.J., Lenc, E., Hurley-Walker, N., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F. & Webster, R.L. 2018. Measuring the global 21-cm signal with the MWA-I: improved measurements of the Galactic synchrotron background using lunar occultation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(4): 5034–5045. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2437 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Rivi, M., Lochner, M., Balan, S.T., Harrison, I. & Abdalla, F.B. 2019. Radio galaxy shape measurement with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo in the visibility domain. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(1): 1096–1109. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2700 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Sorgho, A., Carignan, C., Pisano, D.J., Oosterloo, T., de Blok, W.J.G., Korsaga, M., Pingel, N.M., Sardone, A., Goedhart, S., Passmoor, S., Dikgale, A., Sirothia, S.K., 2019. Early observations of the MHONGOOSE galaxies: Getting ready for MeerKAT. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(1): 1248–1269. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2785 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BOTANY: Porter, J.D., Owen, C.A., Compton, S.G. & Coetzee, J.A. 2019. Testing the thermal limits of Eccritotarsus catarinensis: a case of thermal plasticity. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 0:1–13. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1572712 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BOTANY: Hussner, A., Smith, R., Mettler-Altmann, T., Hill, M.P. & Coetzee, J. 2019. Simulated global increases in atmospheric CO2 alter the tissue composition, but not the growth of some submerged aquatic plant bicarbonate users growing in DIC rich waters. Aquatic Botany, 153: 44–50. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.11.009 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Cole, M.L., Raheem, D.C. & Villet, M.H. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Chondrocyclus (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae), a widespread genus of sedentary, restricted-range snails. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 131: 193–210. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.018 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Gerson, A.R., McKechnie, A.E., Smit, B., Whitfield, M.C., Smith, E.K., Talbot, W.A., McWhorter, T.J. & Wolf, B.O. 2018. The functional significance of facultative hyperthermia varies with body size and phylogeny in birds. Functional Ecology, 0. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13274 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kwong, R.M., Sagliocco, J.L., Harms, N.E., Butler, K.L., Martin, G.D. & Green, P.T. 2019. Could enemy release explain invasion success of Sagittaria platyphylla in Australia and South Africa? Aquatic Botany, 153: 67–72. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.11.011 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Mangan, R., Carolan, J.C. & Baars, J.-R. 2019. Molecular characterization of Hydrellia lagarosiphon, a leaf mining biological control agent for Lagarosiphon major, reveals weak variance across large geographic areas in South Africa. Biological Control, 132: 8–15. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.01.017 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Monaco, C.J., Porporato, E.M.D., Lathlean, J.A., Tagliarolo, M., Sara, G. & McQuaid, C.D. 2019. Predicting the performance of cosmopolitan species: dynamic energy budget model skill drops across large spatial scales. Marine Biology, 166: 14. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3462-4 [Accessed 06 March 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Nhiwatiwa, T., Wasserman, R.J., Maseko, Z. & Dalu, T. 2019. Identifying environmental drivers of chlorophyll-a dynamics in Austral subtropical ephemeral ecosystems. Limnologica, 74: 38–41. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2018.11.001 [Accessed 06 March 2019].