Rhodes University’s Faculties of Science & Pharmacy Research Output: February 2015

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BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. Aliwaini, S., Peres, J., Kröger, W.L., Blanckenberg, A., de la Mare, J., Edkins, A.L., Mapolie, S. & Prince, S. 2015. The palladacycle, AJ-5, exhibits anti-tumour and anti-cancer stem cell activity in breast cancer cells. Cancer Letters, 357: 206–218. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2014.11.027 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. Hatherley, R., Clitheroe, C.-L., Faya, N. & Tastan Bishop, Ö. 2015. Plasmodium falciparum Hop: detailed analysis on complex formation with Hsp70 and Hsp90. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 456: 440–445. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.11.103 [Accessed 04 March 2014].

BOTANY. Hoppe-Speer, S.C., Adams, J.B. & Rajkaran, A. 2015. Mangrove expansion and population structure at a planted site, East London, South Africa. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 0: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2014.1001622 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

BOTANY. Kong, T.M., Kellner, K., Austin, D.E., Els, Y. & Orr, B.J. 2015. Enhancing participatory evaluation of land management through photo elicitation and photovoice. Society and Natural Resources, 28: 212–229. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.941448 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

BOTANY. Wheeler, A., Knight, A.T. & Vetter, S. 2015. Examining the evidence for ecologically sustainable ostrich breeding practices on natural veld in the Little Karoo, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 0: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2014.982708 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Bankole, O.M., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photophysical and non-linear optical behavior of novel tetra alkynyl terminated indium phthalocyanines: Effects of the carbon chain length. Polyhedron, 88: 73–80. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.12.020 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Sekhosana, K.E., Amuhaya, E., Khene, S. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Synthesis, photophysical and nonlinear optical behavior of neodymium based trisphthalocyanine. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 426: 221–226. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2014.11.029 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. D’Souza, S., Moeno, S. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Effects of ZnO nanohexagons and nanorods on the fluorescence behavior of metallophthalocyanines. Polyhedron, 85: 476–481. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.09.012 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Galwey, A.K. 2014. Solid state reaction kinetics, mechanisms and catalysis: a retrospective rational review. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 114: 1–29. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11144-014-0770-7 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Ikram, M., Rehman, S., Khan, A., Baker, R.J., Hofer, T.S., Subhan, F., Qayum, M., Faridoon & Schulzke, C. 2015. Synthesis, characterization, antioxidant and selective xanthine oxidase inhibitory studies of transition metal complexes of novel amino acid bearing Schiff base ligand. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 428: 117–126. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2015.01.021 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Khoza, P. & Nyokong, T. 2014. Photocatalytic behavior of phthalocyanine-silver nanoparticle conjugates supported on polystyrene fibers. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 395: 34–41. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2014.07.031 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Kuvarega, A.T., Krause, R.W.M. & Mamba, B.B. 2015. Evaluation of the simulated solar light photocatalytic activity of N, Ir co-doped TiO2 for organic dye removal from water. Applied Surface Science, 329: 127–136. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.12.089 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Modisha, P., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Photophysical properties of zinc tetracarboxy phthalocyanines conjugated to magnetic nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15: 3688–3696. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2015.9247 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Ovaskainen, L., Chigome, S., Birkin, N.A., Howdle, S.M., Torto, N., Wågberg, L. & Turner, C. 2014. Superhydrophobic polymeric coatings produced by rapid expansion of supercritical solutions combined with electrostatic deposition (RESS-ED). The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 95: 610–617. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2014.09.014 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Sekhosana, K.E., Amuhaya, E. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Nanosecond nonlinear optical limiting properties of new trinuclear lanthanide phthalocyanines in solution and as thin films. Polyhedron, 85: 347–354. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.08.047 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Taylor, J.M., Litwinski, C., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E.M. 2015. Synthesis and characterization of Na(Y,Gd)F4 upconversion nanoparticles and an investigation of their effects on the photophysical properties of an unsubstituted tetrathiophenoxy phthalocyanine. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-2889-5 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

CHEMISTRY. Xue, Z., Wang, Y., Mack, J., Zhu, W. & Ou, Z. 2015. Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemistry of the manganese(I) complexes of meso-Substituted [14]tribenzotriphyrins(2.1.1). Chemistry - A European Journal, 21: 2045–2051. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201405135 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. Kota, Z. & Shackleton, S.E. 2015. Harnessing local ecological knowledge to identify priority plant species for restoration of the Albany Thicket, South Africa. Forests Trees and Livelihoods, 24: 43–58. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2014.943305 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. Selinske, M.J., Coetzee, J., Purnell, K. & Knight, A.T. 2015. Understanding the Motivations, Satisfaction, and Retention of Landowners in Private Land Conservation Programs. Conservation Letters. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12154 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. Shackleton, S., Ziervogel, G., Sallu, S., Gill, T. & Tschakert, P. 2015. Why is socially-just climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa so challenging? A review of barriers identified from empirical cases. WIREs Climate Change. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.335 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & STATISTICS. Steele, M.Z., Shackleton, C.M., Uma Shaanker, R., Ganeshaiah, K.N. & Radloff, S. 2015. The influence of livelihood dependency, local ecological knowledge and market proximity on the ecological impacts of harvesting non-timber forest products. Forest Policy and Economics, 50: 285–291. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2014.07.011 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. Thondhlana, G. & Muchapondwa, E. 2014. Dependence on environmental resources and implications for household welfare: evidence from the Kalahari drylands, South African Ecological Economics, 108: 59–67. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.003 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

GEOGRAPHY. Bersaglio, B., Enns, C. & Kepe, T. 2015. Youth under construction: the United Nations’ representations of youth in the global conversation on the post-2015 development agenda. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2015.994596 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

GEOGRAPHY. Kepe, T., McGregor, G. & Irvine, P. 2015. Rights of “passage” and contested land use: gendered conflict over urban space during ritual performance in South Africa. Applied Geography, 57: 91–99. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.021 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

GEOGRAPHY. Pulley, S., Foster, I. & Antunes, P., 2015c. The uncertainties associated with sediment fingerprinting suspended and recently deposited fluvial sediment in the Nene river basin. Geomorphology, 228: 303–319. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.016 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS. Pote, L. & Christie, C.J. 2014. Physiological and perceptual demands of high intensity sprinting between the wickets in cricket. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 9: 1375–1382.

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY. Aswani, S. 2014. Investigating coral reef ethnobiology in the Western Solomon Islands for enhancing livelihood resilience. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 123: 237–276. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.15286/jps.123.3.237-276 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE. Chalmers, R., Oosthuizen, A., Götz, A., Paterson, A. & Sauer, W. 2014. Assessing the suitability of commercial fisheries data for local-scale marine spatial planning in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 36: 467–480. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.979228 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE. Murray, T., Gouws, G., Mwale, M., Mann, B. & Cowley, P. 2014. Unravelling population structure of black musselcracker Cymatoceps nasutus: evidence for multiple populations in South African coastal waters. African Journal of Marine Science, 36: 493–503. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.983970 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Booth, A.J., Moss, S. & Weyl, O.L.F., 2015. Effect of rotenone on gill-respiring and plastron-respiring insects. African Journal of Aquatic Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.986432 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Ellender, B.R., Woodford, D.J. & Weyl, O.L.F., 2014c. The invasibility of small headwater streams by an emerging invader, Clarias gariepinus. Biological Invasions, 17: 57–61. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0744-8 [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Miya, T., Gon, O., Mwale, M. & Christina Cheng, C.-H., 2014. The effect of habitat temperature on serum antifreeze glycoprotein (AFGP) activity in Notothenia rossii (Pisces: Nototheniidae) in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 37: 367–373. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1437-y [Accessed 04 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Taylor, G.C., Weyl, O.L.F., Cowley, P.D. & Allen, M.S., 2015. Dispersal and population-level mortality of Micropterus salmoides associated with catch and release tournament angling in a South African reservoir. Fisheries Research, 162: 37–42. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.09.014 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE. Winkler, A., Santos, C. & Potts, W. 2014. Diagnosing the sexual pattern of Diplodus cervinus hottentotus (Pisces: Sparidae) from southern Angola. African Journal of Marine Science, 36: 505–512. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.969771 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Nel, A., Pitcher, G., Richoux, N. & Jackson, S. 2014. Culture environment and hatchery of origin influence growth, condition and feeding organ morphology in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 36: 481–491. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2014.982187 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ICHYTHOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE. Alexander, M.E., Kaiser, H., Weyl, O.L.F., Dick, J.T.A. 2014. Habitat simplification increases the impact of a freshwater invasive fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98: 477–486. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0278-z [Accessed 05 March 2015].

MATHEMATICS. Hees, A., Minazzoli, O. & Larena, J. 2014. Breaking of the equivalence principle in the electromagnetic sector and its cosmological signatures. Physical Review D, 90: 124064. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.124064 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

MATHEMATICS. Hees, A., Minazzoli, O. & Larena, J. 2015. Observables in theories with a varying fine structure constant. General Relativity and Gravitation, 47. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10714-015-1855-y [Accessed 05 March 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS. Bernardi, G., McQuinn, M. & Greenhill, L.J. 2015. Foreground model and antenna calibration errors in the measurement of the sky-averaged λ21 cm signal at z 20. Astrophysical Journal, 799. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/90 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS. Hurley-Walker, N., Morgan, J., Wayth, R.B., Hancock, P.J., Bell, M.E., Bernardi, G., Bhat, R., Briggs, F., Deshpande, A.A., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Hazelton, B.J., Hindson, L., Jacobs, D.C., Kaplan, D.L., Kudryavtseva, N., Lenc, E., McKinley, B., Mitchell, D., Pindor, B., Procopio, P., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A., Ord, S., Riding, J., Bowman, J.D., Cappallo, R., Corey, B., Emrich, D., Gaensler, B.M., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L., Hewitt, J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kasper, J., Kratzenberg, E., Lonsdale, C., Lynch, M., McWhirter, R., Morales, M.F., Morgan, E., Prabu, T., Rogers, A., Roshi, A., Shankar, U., Srivani, K., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S., Waterson, M., Webster, R., Whitney, A., Williams, A. & Williams, C. 2014. The Murchison Widefield Array Commissioning Survey: A Low-Frequency Catalogue of 14 110 Compact Radio Sources over 6 100 Square Degrees. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 31. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2014.40 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS. Nsengiyumva, S., Chithambo, M.L. & Pichon, L. 2015. Influence of nitrogen implantation on thermoluminescence of synthetic quartz. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 0: 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2014.988624 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Tweddle, D., Cowx, I.G., Peel, R.A. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 22: 99–111. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fme.12107 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Magoro, M.L., Whitfield, A.K. & Carassou, L. 2015. Predation by introduced largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides on indigenous marine fish in the lower Kowie River, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.983889 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

STATISTICS. Raubenheimer, L. & Van der Merwe, A. 2014. Bayesian Estimation for Linear Functions of Poisson Rates. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 43: 4025–4045. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2012.712191 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Bergamino, L. & Richoux, N.B. 2014. Spatial and Temporal Changes in Estuarine Food Web Structure: Differential Contributions of Marsh Grass Detritus. Estuaries and Coasts, 38: 367–382. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9814-5 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Goble, T.A., Conlong, D.E. & Hill, M.P. 2015. Virulence of Beauveria brongniartii and B. bassiana against Schizonycha affinis white grubs and adults (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 139: 134–145. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12182 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Hill, J.M., Jones, R.W., Hill, M.P. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Comparisons of isotopic niche widths of some invasive and indigenous fauna in a South African river. Freshwater Biology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12542 [Accessed 05 March 2015].  

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Kotzé, Z., Villet, M.H. & Weldon, C.W. 2015. Effect of temperature on development of the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). International Journal of Legal Medicine, 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1153-y [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Kuiper, T.R., Forbes, R.W., Smith, D.L., Wolmarans, M.H.L., Jones, S.S., Hulley, P.E. & Craig, A.J.F.K. 2015. The importance of winter-flowering Aloe ferox for specialist and generalist nectar-feeding birds. Emu, 115: 49–57. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU14054 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY. Kuria, S.K., Kingu, H.J.C., Villet, M.H. & Dhaffala, A. 2015. Human myiasis in rural South Africa is under-reported. South African Medical Journal, 105(2): 129–133. Available: http://0-hdl.handle.net.wam.seals.ac.za/10520/EJC165568 [Accessed 05 March 2015].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY. Bellingan, T.A., Woodford, D.J., Gouws, J., Villet, M.H. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2015. Rapid bioassessment of the effects of repeated rotenone treatments on invertebrate assemblages in the Rondegat River, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2014.984651 [Accessed 05 March 2015].