Science & Pharmacy Research Output: May 2019

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ALBANY MUSEUM, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Bellingan, T.A., Hugo, S., Woodford, D.J., Gouws, J., Villet, M.H. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Rapid recovery of macroinvertebrates in a South African stream treated with rotenone. Hydrobiologia, 834(1): 1–11. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3885-z [Accessed 17 May 2019].

ALBANY MUSEUM: Bilton, D.T. & Mlambo, M.C. 2019. Two new Mesoceration Janssens, 1967 from the Piketberg, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Zootaxa, 4555(2): 268–274. Available: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.7.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Kalinski, J.-C.J., Waterworth, S.C., Noundou, X.S., Jiwaji, M., Parker-Nance, S., Krause, R.W.M., McPhail, K.L. & Dorrington, R.A. 2019. Molecular networking reveals two distinct chemotypes in pyrroloiminoquinone-producing tsitsikamma favus sponges. Marine Drugs, 17(1): 60. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010060 [Accessed 11 June 2019].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Venkatachalam, S., Matcher, G.F., Lamont, T., van den Berg, M., Ansorge, I.J. & Dorrington, R.A. 2019. Influence of oceanographic variability on near-shore microbial communities of the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Limnology and Oceanography, 64(1): 258–271. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11035 [Accessed 11 June 2019].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mzozo, Z.B., Matcher, G.F. & Vine, N.G. 2019. Aspects of the feeding biology of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida) under culture conditions. Aquaculture Research, 50(4): 1329–1337. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14009 [Accessed 11 June 2019].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Nyamai, D.W. & Tastan Bishop, Ö. 2019. Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases as malarial drug targets: A comparative bioinformatics study 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1108 Medical Microbiology 06 Biological Sciences 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Malaria Journal, 18: 34. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2665-6 [Accessed 11 June 2019].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Odeyemi, S.W., De La Mare, J., Edkins, A.L. & Afolayan, A.J. 2019. In vitro and in vivo toxicity assessment of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles from Elaeodendron croceum. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Available: https://doi.org/10.1515/jcim-2018-0184.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Penkler, D.L. & Bishop, O.T. 2019. Modulation of Human Hsp90 alpha Conformational Dynamics by Allosteric Ligand Interaction at the C-Terminal Domain. Scientific Reports, 9: 1600. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35835-0.

BOTANY: Gouws, G., Daniels, S.R., MacDonald, A.H., Chakona, A. & Barker, N.P. 2018. Development and characterization of a microsatellite library for the freshwater crab Potamonautes danielsi Peer, Gouws, Lazo-Wasem, Perissinotto & Miranda, 2017 (Brachyura: Potamonautidae) and its transferability across three congeneric species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38(6): 765–771. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy081 [Accessed 11 June 2019].

BOTANY: Martinez-Azorin, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso-Vargas, M.A., Dold, A.P., Crouch, N.R., Pfosser, M., Mucina, L., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2019. New combinations in the tribe Urgineeae (Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae) with comments on contrasting taxonomic treatments. Phytotaxa, 397(4): 291–299. Available:  https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.3.

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Afieroho, O.E., Noundou, X.S., Onyia, C.P., Festus, O.H., Chukwu, E.C., Adedokun, O.M., Isaacs, M., Hoppe, H.C., Krause, R.W.M. & Abo, K.A. 2019. Antiplasmodial activity of the n-Hexane extract from pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex. Fr) P. Kumm. Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 16(1): 37–42. Available: https://doi.org/10.4274/tjps.18894 [Accessed 12 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Jesumoroti, O.J., Faridoon, Mnkandhla, D., Isaacs, M., Hoppe, H.C. & Klein, R. 2019. Evaluation of novel N′-(3-hydroxybenzoyl)-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbohydrazide derivatives as potential HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. MedChemComm, 10(1): 80–88. Available: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8md00328a [Accessed 12 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Babu, B., Amuhaya, E., Oluwole, D., Prinsloo, E., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Preparation of NIR absorbing axial substituted tin(iv) porphyrins and their photocytotoxic properties. MedChemComm, 10(1): 41–48. Available: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8MD00373D [Accessed 12 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Dube, E., Oluwole, D.O., Njemuwa, N., Prinsloo, E. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Photophysicochemical and photodynamic therapy properties of metallophthalocyanines linked to gold speckled silica nanoparticles. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 25: 325–333. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2019.01.019 [Accessed 12 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Furkan, M., Siddiqi, M.K., Zakariya, S.M., Khan, F.I., Hassan, M.I. & Khan, R.H. 2019. An In Vitro elucidation of the antiaggregatory potential of Diosminover thermally induced unfolding of hen egg white lysozyme; A preventive quest for lysozyme amyloidosis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 129: 1015–1023. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.02.107 [Accessed 12 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Harris, J., May, A.K., Ngoy, B.P., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. An analysis of the photophysical and optical limiting properties of a novel 1,3,5-tristyryIBODIPY dye. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 23(01n02): 63–75. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424619500019 [Accessed 13 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Idahosa, K.C., Davies-Coleman, M.T. & Kaye, P.T. 2019. Exploratory applications of 2-nitrobenzaldehyde-derived Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts as synthons in the construction of drug-like scaffolds. Synthetic Communications, 49(3): 417–430. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/00397911.2018.1559333 [Accessed 13 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Magadla, A., Oluwole, D.O., Managa, M. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Physicochemical and antimicrobial photodynamic chemotherapy (against E. coli) by indium phthalocyanines in the presence of silver–iron bimetallic nanoparticles. Polyhedron, 162: 30–38. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.01.032 [Accessed 13 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Makinde, Z.O., Mashazi, P. & Khene, S. 2019. Electrocatalytic behavior of single walled carbon nanotubes with alkylthio-substituted cobalt binuclear phthalocyanines towards oxidation of 4-chlorophenols. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 23(01n02): 142–153. Available: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424619500172 [Accessed 13 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Matlou, G.G., Managa, M. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Effect of symmetry and metal nanoparticles on the photophysicochemical and photodynamic therapy properties of cinnamic acid zinc phthalocyanine. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 214: 49–57. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2019.02.005 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Nkhahle, R., Sekhosana, K.E., Centane, S. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Electrocatalytic Activity of Asymmetrical Cobalt Phthalocyanines in the Presence of N Doped Graphene Quantum Dots: The Push-pull Effects of Substituents. Electroanalysis, 31(5): 891–904. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201800837 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

CHEMISTRY: Sen, P., Zeki Yildiz, S., Dege, N., Yasa Atmaca, G., Erdogmus, A. & Dege, M. 2018. Synthesis of a novel benzimidazole moiety-appended schiff base derivative: Fluorescence and chemosensor study. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 5(3): 1375–1386. Available: https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.478665 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Motara, Y.M. 2018. Development of an LCT-Based MOOC Taxonomy, in: Proceedings of the 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference on ZZZ - CSERC ’18. Presented at the 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference, ACM Press, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, pp. 35–43. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1145/3289406.3289411 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chakona, G. & Shackleton, C.M. 2019. Food insecurity in South Africa: To what extent can social grants and consumption of wild foods eradicate hunger? World Development Perspectives, 13: 87–94. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.02.001 [Accessed 24 June 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mograbi, P.J., Witkowski, E.T.F., Erasmus, B.F.N., Asner, G.P., Fisher, J.T., Mathieu, R. & Wessels, K.J. 2019. Fuelwood extraction intensity drives compensatory regrowth in African savanna communal lands. Land Degradation & Development, 30(2): 190–201. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3210 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Mograbi, P.J., Drimie, S., Fay, D., Hebinck, P., Hoffman, M.T., Maciejewski, K. & Twine, W. 2019. Deactivation of field cultivation in communal areas of South Africa: Patterns, drivers and socio-economic and ecological consequences. Land Use Policy, 82: 686–699. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.01.009 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Tata Ngome, P.I., Shackleton, C., Degrande, A., Nossi, E.J. & Ngome, F. 2019. Assessing household food insecurity experience in the context of deforestation in Cameroon. Food Policy, 84: 57–65. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.02.003 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

GEOGRAPHY: Grenfell, M.C., Aalto, R., Grenfell, S.E. & Ellery, W.N. 2019. Ecosystem engineering by hummock-building earthworms in seasonal wetlands of eastern South Africa: Insights into the mechanics of biomorphodynamic feedbacks in wetland ecosystems. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(1): 354–366. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4497 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

GEOLOGY: McFall, K., McDonald, I., Tanner, D. & Harmer, R.E.J. 2019. The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora Cu-Ni-Au-PGE deposit, Northern Limb, Bushveld Complex. Ore Geology Reviews, 106: 403–422. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.02.008 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Pote, L. & Christie, C.J. 2019. Workloads placed on adolescent cricket players: A pilot study. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 14(1): 107–113. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954118810505 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Cochrane, K.L., Sauer, W.H.H. & Aswani, S. 2019. Science in the service of society: Is marine and coastal science addressing South Africa’s needs? South African Journal of Science, 115(1/2): 20–26. Available: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/4418 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Khosa, D., Marr, S.M., Wasserman, R.J., Zengeya, T.A. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. An evaluation of the current extent and potential spread of Black Bass invasions in South Africa. Biological Invasions, 21(5): 1721–1736. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01930-0 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Kerwath, S.E., Parker, D., Winker, H., Potts, W., Mann, B., Wilke, C. & Attwood, C. 2019. Tracking the decline of the world’s largest seabream against policy adjustments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 610: 163–173. Available: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12853 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Teta, C. & Kaiser, H. 2019. Menthol as an alternative anaesthetic and sedative for rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 44(1): 71-76. Available:  https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2018.1548342.

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Barrett, D. & Remsing, C.C. 2019. On geodesic invariance and curvature in nonholonomic Riemannian geometry. Publicationes Mathematicae, 94(1-2): 197–213.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Avila, S., Banerji, M., Banik, N., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, R.A., Bernstein, G.M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Camacho, H., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Cawthon, R., Chan, K.C., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Da Costa, L.N., Davis, C., De Vicente, J., Depoy, D.L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T.F., Elvin-Poole, J., Estrada, J., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Giannantonio, T., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W.G., Hollowood, D., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., Jain, B., James, D.J., Jeltema, T., Johnson, M.D., Kent, S., Kokron, N., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lacasa, F., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Lin, H., Maia, M.A.G., Manera, M., Marriner, J., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Neilsen, E., Percival, W.J., Plazas, A.A., Porredon, A., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Rosenfeld, R., Ross, A.J., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E.S., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Smith, R.C., Smith, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Troxel, M.A., Tucker, D.L., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R., Wechsler, R.H., Weller, J., Yanny, B. & Zhang, Y. 2019. Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Measurement of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale in the distribution of galaxies to redshift 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483: 4866–4883. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3351.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Banda-Huarca, M., Camargo, J.I.B., Desmars, J., Ogando, R.L.C., Vieira-Martins, R., Assafin, M., Da Costa, L.N., Bernstein, G.M., Kind, M.C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Gomes, R., Gysi, M.M., Braga-Ribas, F., Maia, M. a. G., Gerdes, D.W., Hamilton, S., Wester, W., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., Davis, C., De Vicente, J., Diehl, H.T., Doel, P., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W.G., Hollowood, D.L., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Menanteau, F., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C. & Tarle, G. 2019. Astrometry and Occultation Predictions to Trans-Neptunian and Centaur Objects Observed within the Dark Energy Survey. Astronomical Journal, 157(3): 120. Available: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aafb37.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Dugassa, T., Habarulema, J.B. & Nigussie, M. 2019. Longitudinal variability of occurrence of ionospheric irregularities over the American, African and Indian regions during geomagnetic storms. Advances in Space Research, 63: 2609–2622. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.01.001 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Gurkan, G., Hardcastle, M.J., Best, P.N., Morabito, L.K., Prandoni, I., Jarvis, M.J., Duncan, K.J., Rivera, G.C., Callingham, J.R., Cochrane, R.K., Croston, J.H., Heald, G., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., Sabater, J., Rottgering, H.J.A., Shimwell, T.W., Smith, D.J.B., Tasse, C. & Williams, W.L. 2019. LoTSS/HETDEX: Optical quasars I. Low-frequency radio properties of optically selected quasars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622: A11. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833892.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Hardcastle, M.J., Williams, W.L., Best, P.N., Croston, J.H., Duncan, K.J., Röttgering, H.J.A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T.W., Tasse, C., Callingham, J.R., Cochrane, R.K., De Gasperin, F., Gürkan, G., Jarvis, M.J., Mahatma, V., Miley, G.K., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., Morabito, L.K., O’Sullivan, S.P., Prandoni, I., Shulevski, A. & Smith, D.J.B. 2019. Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release: The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833893.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Kolwa, S., Jarvis, M.J., McAlpine, K. & Heywood, I. 2019. The relation between galaxy density and radio jet power for 1.4 GHz VLA selected AGNs in Stripe 82. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(4): 5156–5166. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3019 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Mahatma, V.H., Hardcastle, M.J., Williams, W.L., Best, P.N., Croston, J.H., Duncan, K., Mingo, B., Morganti, R., Brienza, M., Cochrane, R.K., Gürkan, G., Harwood, J.J., Jarvis, M.J., Jamrozy, M., Jurlin, N., Morabito, L.K., Röttgering, H.J.A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T.W., Smith, D.J.B., Shulevski, A. & Tasse, C. 2019. LoTSS DR1: Double-double radio galaxies in the HETDEX field. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833973.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Mooney, S., Quinn, J., Callingham, J.R., Morganti, R., Duncan, K., Morabito, L.K., Best, P.N., Gürkan, G., Hardcastle, M.J., Prandoni, I., Röttgering, H.J.A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T.W., Shulevski, A., Tasse, C. & Williams, W.L. 2019. Blazars in the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622: A14. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833937.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Morabito, L.K., Matthews, J.H., Best, P.N., Gurkan, G., Jarvis, M.J., Prandoni, I., Duncan, K.J., Hardcastle, M.J., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Mechev, A.P., Mooney, S., Sabater, J., Rottgering, H.J.A., Shimwell, T.W., Smith, D.J.B., Tasse, C. & Williams, W.L. 2019. The origin of radio emission in broad absorption line quasars: Results from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622: A15. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833821.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: O’Sullivan, S.P., Machalski, J., Van Eck, C.L., Heald, G., Brüggen, M., Fynbo, J.P.U., Heintz, K.E., Lara-Lopez, M.A., Vacca, V., Hardcastle, M.J., Shimwell, T.W., Tasse, C., Vazza, F., Andernach, H., Birkinshaw, M., Haverkorn, M., Horellou, C., Williams, W.L., Harwood, J.J., Brunetti, G., Anderson, J.M., Mao, S.A., Nikiel-Wroczyński, B., Takahashi, K., Carretti, E., Vernstrom, T., Van Weeren, R.J., Orrú, E., Morabito, L.K. & Callingham, J.R. 2019. The intergalactic magnetic field probed by a giant radio galaxy. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622: A16. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833832.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Sabater, J., Best, P.N., Hardcastle, M.J., Shimwell, T.W., Tasse, C., Williams, W.L., Brüggen, M., Cochrane, R.K., Croston, J.H., De Gasperin, F., Duncan, K.J., Gürkan, G., Mechev, A.P., Morabito, L.K., Prandoni, I., Röttgering, H.J.A., Smith, D.J.B., Harwood, J.J., Mingo, B., Mooney, S. & Saxena, A. 2019. The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe: The most massive galaxies are always switched on. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622: A17. Available:   https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833883.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Thomas, S. & Chithambo, M.L. 2018. Characteristics of the thermoluminescence of Sm3+-doped P2O5-K2O-MgO-Al2O3-ZnF2 glass. Radiation Measurements, 120: 83–88. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.005 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Uwamahoro, J.C., Habarulema, J.B. & Buresova, D. 2019. Highlights about the performances of storm-time TEC modelling techniques for low/equatorial and mid-latitude locations. Advances in Space Research, 63(10): 3102–3118. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.01.027 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Williams, W.L., Hardcastle, M.J., Best, P.N., Sabater, J., Croston, J.H., Duncan, K.J., Shimwell, T.W., Rottgering, H.J.A., Nisbet, D., Gurkan, G., Alegre, L., Cochrane, R.K., Goyal, A., Hale, C.L., Jackson, N., Jamrozy, M., Kondapally, R., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Mahatma, V.H., Mingo, B., Morabito, L.K., Prandoni, I., Roskowinski, C., Shulevski, A., Smith, D.J.B., Tasse, C., Urquhart, S., Webster, B., White, G.J., Beswick, R.J., Callingham, J.R., Chyzy, K.T., de Gasperin, F., Harwood, J.J., Hoeft, M., Iacobelli, M., McKean, J.P., Mechev, A.P., Miley, G.K., Schwarz, D.J. & van Weeren, R.J. 2019. The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey III. First data release: Optical/infrared identifications and value-added catalogue. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622: A2. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833564 [Accessed 24 June 2019].

PSYCHOLOGY & STATISTICS: Zoccola, D., Shuttleworth-Edwards, A.B. & Radloff, S.E. 2019. Signs of cognitive dysfunction in adult players of club level rugby. South African Journal of Psychology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246319826816 [Accessed 14 June 2019].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Fratini, S., Cannicci, S., Porri, F. & Innocenti, G. 2019. Revision of the Parasesarma guttatum species complex reveals a new pseudocryptic species in south-east African mangroves. Invertebrate Systematics, 33(1): 208–224. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1071/IS18028.

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Aigbedion-Atalor, P.O., Day, M.D., Idemudia, I., Wilson, D.D. & Paterson, I.D. 2019. With or without you: stem-galling of a tephritid fly reduces the vegetative and reproductive performance of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) both alone and in combination with another agent. Biocontrol, 64(1): 103–114. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-018-09917-x [Accessed 18 June 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Aigbedion-Atalor, P.O., Idemudia, I., Witt, A.B.R. & Day, M.D. 2019. First record of the impact of the parasitism of Cecidochares connexa (Diptera: Tephritidae) by a solitary larval ectoparasitoid in West Africa: Cause for concern? Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 126(1): 93–95. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-018-0189-x [Accessed 18 June 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Allen, B.L., Allen, L.R., Ballard, G., Drouilly, M., Fleming, P.J.S., Hampton, J.O., Hayward, M.W., Kerley, G.I.H., Meek, P.D., Minnie, L., O’Riain, M.J., Parker, D.M. & Somers, M.J. 2019. Animal welfare considerations for using large carnivores and guardian dogs as vertebrate biocontrol tools against other animals. Biological Conservation, 232: 258–270. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.019 [Accessed 18 June 2019].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Badenhorst, R. & Villet, M.H. 2018. The uses of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in forensic entomology. Forensic Sciences Research, 3(1): 2–15. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1426136 [Accessed 18 June 2019].

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