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BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Davison, C., Abdullah, S., Smit, C. J., Dlamini, P., Booysen, I. N., & Mare, J.-A. D. L. (2025). Probing the anticancer activities of facial trioxorhenium and tricarbonylrhenium compounds with heterocyclic ligands. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 406, 111351. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2024.111351 [Accessed 24 March 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Grobler, C. E., Mabate, B., Prins, A., Le Roes-Hill, M., & Pletschke, B. I. (2024). Expression, Purification, and Characterisation of Recombinant Alginate Lyase (Flammeovirga AL2) for the Bioconversion of Alginate into Alginate Oligosaccharides. Molecules, 29(23), 5578. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29235578 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Mabate, B., Daub, C. D., Malgas, S., & Pletschke, B. I. (2025). Characterisation of Sargassum elegans fucoidans extracted using different technologies: Linking their structure to α-glucosidase inhibition. Algal Research, 85, 103885. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103885 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Waterworth, S. C., Solomons, G. M., Kalinski, J.-C. J., Madonsela, L. S., Parker-Nance, S., & Dorrington, R. A. (2024). The unique and enigmatic spirochete symbiont of latrunculid sponges. mSphere, 9(12), e00845-24. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00845-24 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
BOTANY: Moir, M., Butler, H., Peter, C., Dold, T., & Newman, E. (2025). A test of the Grant–Stebbins pollinator-shift model of floral evolution. New Phytologist, 245(5), 2322–2335. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20373 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
BOTANY: Pilon, N., Peixoto, F., Oliveira, R. S., Oliveira, A. C. C., Alquéres, J., Alvarado, S., Angelo, J. G. M., Archibald, S., Armani, M., Baldaszti, L., Barot, S., Barros, F. D. V., Barroso, M., Bassani, A., te Beest, M., Benavides-Tocarruncho, J., Benitez, L. M., Bernardino, P. N., … Durigan, G. (2025). Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Plants People Planet. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10635 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
BOTANY: Vázquez-Segovia, K., Olson, M. E., Campo, J., Ángeles, G., Martínez-Garza, C., Vetter, S., & Rosell, J. A. (2025). Tip-to-base bark cross-sectional areas contribute to understanding the drivers of carbon allocation to bark and the functional roles of bark tissues. New Phytologist, 245(5), 1953–1968. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20379 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Baso, N. C., Hill, M. P., Bownes, A., & Coetzee, J. A. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the Enemy Release Hypothesis as applied to aquatic plants. Aquatic Botany, 198, 103866. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2025.103866 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Cousins, L., Peyper, M., Marsberg, T., Moore, S., & Hill, M. (2025). Differences in abundance of Thaumatotibia leucotreta and its natural enemies between organic and conventionally farmed citrus ecosystems. Biological Control, 200, 105668. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105668 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Martin, G., Canavan, K., Chikowore, G., Bugan, R., De Lange, W., du Toit, B., Harding, G., Heath, R., Hill, M., Hurley, B. P., Ivey, P., Muir, D., Musedeli, J., Richardson, D. M., Slippers, B., Stafford, L., Turner, A., Watson, K., & van Wilgen, B. W. (2025). Managing wilding pines in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Progress and prospects. South African Journal of Botany, 177, 377–391. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.12.011 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Sandenbergh, E., Gervazoni, P., Grewell, B., Franceschini, C., Minuti, G., McGrannachan, C., Stiers, I., & Coetzee, J. (2024). Biology of Invasive Plants 6. Iris pseudacorus L. (Iridaceae). Invasive Plant Science and Management. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2024.35 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Mokgopa, K. P., Adeyinka, A. S., Mnyakeni-Moleele, S. S., & Tshiluka, N. R. (2025). A Computational Study of New Glitazones-Sulphonylureas Hybrids as Potential Antidiabetic Agents. ChemistrySelect, 10(3), e202404445. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202404445 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
CHEMISTRY: Silihe, K. K., Zingue, S., Yeshak, M. Y., Bisrat, D., Kemboi, D., Bräutigam, K., Rody, A., Michel, T., Asres, K., Njamen, D., Bishayee, A., & Köster, F. (2025). Purification of α-amyrin-acetate and phenylpropanoïd compounds from Ficus umbellata Vahl (Moraceae) stem bark and evaluation of their anti-breast cancer potential. South African Journal of Botany, 177, 445–456. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.12.015 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
COMPUTER SCIENCE: Chieza, K., Brown, D., Connan, J., & Salie, D. (2025). Automated Fish Detection in Underwater Environments: Performance Analysis of YOLOv8 and YOLO-NAS. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2326 CCIS, 334–351. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78255-8_20.
COMPUTER SCIENCE: Salie, D., Brown, D., & Chieza, K. (2025). Deep Neural Network Compression for Lightweight and Accurate Fish Classification. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2326 CCIS, 300–318. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78255-8_18.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, & INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Cockburn, J., Weaver, M., & Sitas, N. (2024). Shedding light on global south transformations: Integration, transgression, diversity and hope. Ecosystems and People, 20(1), 2438174. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2438174 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Knowles, T., Stevens, N., Amoako, E. E., Armani, M., Barbosa, C., Beale, C., Bond, W., Chidumayo, E., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Dintwe, K., Dobson, A., Donaldson, J., Dziba, L., Govender, N., Hempson, G., Humphrey, G. J., Kimuyu, D., Laris, P., … Archibald, S. (2025). Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management. Nature Sustainability, 8, 226–233. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01490-9.
GEOGRAPHY: Ndude, A., & Memela, S. (2024). Utilisation of rondavel space by amaXhosa people: A case of Mbhashe local municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1122. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03649-3 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Bova, C. S., Potts, W. M., Radford, Z., Schiefer, P., & Hyder, K. (2024). Tools for assessing recreational fisheries compliance—An underappreciated yet essential component of management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 35, 23–44. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09908-5 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Grati, F., Hyder, K., Mugerza, E., Arlinghaus, R., Baudrier, J., Bell, B., Bolognini, L., De Groote, A. I., Diogo, H., Haase, K., Pita, P., Potts, W., Radford, Z., Regimbart, A., Scanu, M., Skov, C., Ustups, D., Verleye, T., … Strehlow, H. V. (2025). Effective governance of marine recreational fisheries in Europe is needed to maximize the societal benefits of its fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(2), fsae169. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae169 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Wilhelm, M. R., Jagger, C. E., Nghipangelwa, N. M., Pringle, B. A., Shaw, P. W., Potts, W. M., Henriques, R., & McKeown, N. J. (2025). Otolith shape analysis as a tool for species identification and management of cryptic congeners in the northern Benguela ocean warming hotspot. Fisheries Research, 281, 107262. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107262 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Bhatta, A., Vreugdenhil, H., & Slinger, J. (2025). Harvesting living labs outcomes through learning pathways. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 9, 100277. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100277 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Feio, M. J., Silva, J. P., Hughes, R. M., Aguiar, F. C., Alves, C. B. M., Birk, S., Callisto, M., Linares, M. S., Macedo, D. R., Pompeu, P. S., Robinson, W., Schürings, C., Almeida, S. F. P., Anastácio, P. M., Arimoro, F. O., Baek, M. J., Calderón, M., Chen, K., … Tachamo-Shah, R. D. (2025). The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 123874. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123874 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Fry, A., Clifford-Holmes, J., & Palmer, C. (2024). A systemic analysis of participatory land and water governance in the Tsitsa River Catchment, South Africa. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 41(5), 771–787. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3051 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gulumbe, B. H., Chishimba, K., Shehu, A., & Chibwe, M. (2024). Zambia’s battle against cholera outbreaks and the path to public health resilience: A narrative review. Journal of Water and Health, 22(12), 2257–2275. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2024.094 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Hüsken, L. M., Slinger, J. H., Vreugdenhil, H. S. I., & Altamirano, M. A. (2024). Money talks. A systems perspective on funding and financing barriers to nature-based solutions. Nature-Based Solutions, 6, 100200. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100200 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Akolade, M. T., Tijani, Y. O., Adeosun, A. T., Farotimi, O. P., & Otegbeye, O. (2024). Enhancing synthesized engine oil thermal performance through the use of tri-hybrid nanofluids over a bi-directed sheet with Coriolis force. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1177/23977914241304633.
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Iheanetu, K., & Obileke, K. (2024). Short-Term Forecasting of Photovoltaic Power Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network, Convolutional Neural Network, and k-Nearest Neighbors’ Algorithms. Optics, 5(2), 293–309. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/opt5020021 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Tchakounté, F., & Atemkeng, M. (2024). Global perspectives on the applications of computer vision in cybersecurity (pp. 306). IGI Global. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8127-1.
PHARMACY: Dowse, R. (2024). Pharmaceutical pictograms in supporting health literacy. In Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide (pp. 105–128). Academic Press. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824407-4.00016-7.
PHARMACY: Matseke, B., Mapfumari, S., & Mothibe, M. (2025). Qualitative Phytochemical Profiling and In Vitro Antioxidant Potential Evaluation of South African Momordica Balsamina Linn Fruit Pulp. Life, 15(1), 4. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/life15010004 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHARMACY: Nhau, P. T., Gamede, M., & Sibiya, N. (2024). COVID-19-Induced Diabetes Mellitus: Comprehensive Cellular and Molecular Mechanistic Insights. Pathophysiology, 31(2), 197–209. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology31020016 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHARMACY, & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Msimang, A., Edwards, S., Alloggio, S., & Tandlich, R. (2024). Human well-being and animal welfare: Is there an ethical link to be implemented from the COVID-19 pandemic into the practice of emergency management? American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 19(3), 237–250. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.0481.
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Baczko, A.-K., Kadler, M., Ros, E., Fromm, C. M., Wielgus, M., Perucho, M., Krichbaum, T. P., Baloković, M., Blackburn, L., Chan, C.-K., Issaoun, S., Janssen, M., Ricci, L., Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., Alberdi, A., Alef, W., Algaba, J. C., … Zhao, G.-Y. (2024). The putative center in NGC 1052. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, A205. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450898 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R., & Medved, A. J. M. (2025). Sourcing the Kerr Geometry. Fortschritte Der Physik, 2400256. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.202400256 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R., Medved, A. J. M., & Shindelman, T. (2024). Defrosting frozen stars: Spectrum of nonradial oscillations. Physical Review D, 110(12), 124067. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.124067 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R., Medved, A. J. M., & Simhon, T. (2024). Kerr black hole mimickers sourced by a string fluid. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2024(11), 044. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/11/044 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Charlton, K. K. L., Delhaize, J., Thorat, K., Heywood, I., Jarvis, M. J., Hardcastle, M. J., An, F., Delvecchio, I., Hale, C. L., Whittam, I. H., Brüggen, M., Marchetti, L., Morabito, L., Randriamanakoto, Z., White, S. V., & Taylor, A. R. (2025). A spatially resolved spectral analysis of giant radio galaxies with MeerKAT. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(1), 272–284. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2543 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chithambo, M. L., Ferreira, I. A., & Trindade, N. M. (2025). Phototransferred thermoluminescence of rose quartz: Measurement and analysis. Optical Materials: X, 25, 100391. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omx.2024.100391 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Hale, C. L., Heywood, I., Jarvis, M. J., Whittam, I. H., Best, P. N., An, F., Bowler, R. A. A., Harrison, I., Matthews, A., Smith, D. J. B., Taylor, A. R., & Vaccari, M. (2025). MIGHTEE: The continuum survey Data Release 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(3), 2187–2211. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2528 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Pasini, T., Mahatma, V. H., Brienza, M., Kolokythas, K., Eckert, D., de Gasperin, F., van Weeren, R. J., Gastaldello, F., Hoang, D., & Santra, R. (2025). Non-thermal emission in galaxy groups at extremely low frequency: The case of A1213. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A94. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452006 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Wong, O. I., Garon, A. F., Alger, M. J., Rudnick, L., Shabala, S. S., Willett, K. W., Banfield, J. K., Andernach, H., Norris, R. P., Swan, J., Hardcastle, M. J., Lintott, C. J., White, S. V., Seymour, N., Kapiåska, A. D., Tang, H., Simmons, B. D., & Schawinski, K. (2025). Radio Galaxy Zoo data release 1: 100185 radio source classifications from the FIRST and ATLAS surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(4), 3488–3506. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2790 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
STATISTICS: Langston, A., Finkelstein, M., & Cha, J. H. (2025). A bathtub pattern for repairable systems: From better-than-minimal to minimal and worse-than-minimal repairs. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X241306853.
STATISTICS: Raubenheimer, L. (2024). Discussion of “Specifying prior distributions in reliability applications.” Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 40(1), 115–116. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/asmb.2806 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Magaela, N. B., Managa, M., & Nyokong, T. (2025). Gold-silver bimetallic nanoparticles conjugated to asymmetric porphyrin for photodynamic therapy against triple negative breast cancer. Journal of Luminescence, 280, 121065. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2025.121065 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
TEBELLO NYOKONG INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Mulaudzi, I., Mpeta, L., Matshitse, R., Chindeka, F., & Nyokong, T. (2025). The effect of reduced graphene oxide and exfoliated graphite on dye sensitized solar cells containing octa carboxylic acid Cu phthalocyanine. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 78(4), 386–397. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2024.2442078 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Barnes, R. S. K., & Seath, J. L. (2025). The meaning of Benthic Ecological Quality status through a warm temperate South African estuary and in a contained blind-ending marina. Ocean and Coastal Management, 262, 107550. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107550 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: De Meyer, M., Goergen, G., Midgley, J., & Jordaens, K. (2024). On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 958(1), 242–290. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Deng, J.-Y., van Noort, S., Compton, S. G., Chen, Y., & Greeff, J. M. (2025). The population genetic structure of Ficus craterostoma in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 178, 235–243. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.01.033 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE, & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Gusha, N. M. C., & McQuaid, C. D. (2025). Traits without boundaries: The environmental influence on biological traits across an intertidal region. Journal of Sea Research, 203, 102559. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102559 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Mlambo, S., Machekano, H., Mvumi, B. M., Moatswi, C., Makopa, T. P., Engl, T., & Nyamukondiwa, C. (2024). First record of the occurrence of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Botswana. BioInvasions Records, 13(4), 909–925. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.4.06 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Uguen, M., Gaudron, S. M., & Seuront, L. (2025). Plastic pollution and marine mussels: Unravelling disparities in research efforts, biological effects and influences of global warming. Science of the Total Environment, 959, 178078. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178078 [Accessed 26 March 2025].
