Science & Pharmacy Research Output: February to March 2017

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ANTHROPOLOGY & BOTANY: Cocks, M., Alexander, J., Mogano, L. & Vetter, S. 2016. Ways of Belonging: Meanings of “Nature” AMong Xhosa-Speaking Township Residents In South Africa. Journal of Ethnobiology, 36: 820–841. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-36.4.820 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

ANTHROPOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Aswani, S. 2017. Customary management as TURFs: social challenges and opportunities. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93: 3–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2015.1084 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Cornick, J.E., Tastan Bishop, Ö., Yalcin, F., Kiran, A.M., Kumwenda, B., Chaguza, C., Govindpershad, S., Ousmane, S., Senghore, M., du Plessis, M., Pluschke, G., Ebruke, C., McGee, L., Sigaùque, B., Collard, J.-M., Bentley, S.D., Kadioglu, A., Antonio, M., von Gottberg, A., French, N., Klugman, K.P., Heyderman, R.S., Alderson, M. & Everett, D.B. 2017. The global distribution and diversity of protein vaccine candidate antigens in the highly virulent Streptococcus pnuemoniae serotype 1. Vaccine, 35: 972–980. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.037 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Gu, C., Liu, Y., Mohamed, I., Zhang, R., Wang, X., Nie, X., Jiang, M., Brooks, M., Chen, F. & Li, Z. 2016. Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land. PLOS ONE, 11: e0168384. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168384 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Fogel, R., Limson, J. & Seshia, A.A. 2016. Acoustic biosensors. Essays In Biochemistry 60: 101–110. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/EBC20150011 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

BOTANY & ALBANY MUSEUM: Clark, R., Zikishe, V., Bentley, J., Dold, T. & Barker, N. 2016. The mystery of the missing Macowania - solved! Veld & Flora, 102: 118–119. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC199255 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

BOTANY: Andrew, K., Brett, S., Ibbetson, R., Ingersoll, P., Jarvie, R., Offord, L. & Barker, N. 2016. Fort Fordyce : the Eastern Cape’s hidden gem. Veld & Flora, 102: 128–130. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC199251 [Accessed 0 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Achadu, O.J. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Application of graphene quantum dots functionalized with thymine and thymine-appended zinc phthalocyanine as novel photoluminescent nanoprobes. New Journal of Chemistry, 41: 1447–1458. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6NJ03285K [Accessed 30 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Achadu, O.J. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Graphene quantum dots coordinated to mercaptopyridine-substituted phthalocyanines: Characterization and application as fluorescence “turn ON” nanoprobes. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 174: 339–347. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2016.11.043 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Bankole, O.M. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Azide-derivatized gold nanosphere “clicked” to indium and zinc phthalocyanines for improved nonlinear optical limiting. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1136: 309–320. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.01.088 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Adeyemi, C.M., Isaacs, M., Mnkandhla, D., Klein, R., Hoppe, H.C., Krause, R.W.M., Lobb, K.A. & Kaye, P.T. 2017. Synthesis and anti-parasitic activity of C-benzylated (N-arylcarbamoyl)alkylphosphonate esters. Tetrahedron, 73: 1661–1667. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2017.01.045 [Accessed 30 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Chithambo, B., Noundou, X.S. & Krause, R.W.M. 2017. Anti-malarial synergy of secondary metabolites from Morinda lucida Benth. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 199: 91–96. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2017.01.051 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Managa, M., Ngoy, B.P. & Nyokong, T. 2017. The photophysical studies of Pluronic F127/P123 micelle mixture system loaded with metal free and Zn 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(benzyloxy) phenyl]porphyrins. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 339: 49–58. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.02.018 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Martynov, A.G., Mack, J., Ngoy, B.P., Nyokong, T., Gorbunova, Y.G. & Tsivadze, A.Y. 2017. Electronic structure and NH-tautomerism of a novel metal-free phenanthroline-annelated phthalocyanine. Dyes and Pigments, 140: 469–479. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.01.072 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Nwaji, N., Oluwole, D.O., Mack, J., Louzada, M., Khene, S., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Improved nonlinear optical behaviour of ball type indium(III) phthalocyanine linked to glutathione capped nanoparticles. Dyes and Pigments, 140: 417–430. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.01.066 [Available 31 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Nxele, S.R., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Surface functionalization of glassy carbon electrodes via adsorption, electrografting and click chemistry using quantum dots and alkynyl substituted phthalocyanines: A brief review. Presented at the Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 10036. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2245687 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Oluwole, D.O., Yagodin, A.V., Mkhize, N.C., Sekhosana, K.E., Martynov, A.G., Gorbunova, Y.G., Tsivadze, A.Y. & Nyokong, T. 2017. First Example of Nonlinear Optical Materials Based on Nanoconjugates of Sandwich Phthalocyanines with Quantum Dots. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23: 2820–2830. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604401 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Ghaziasgar, M., Connan, J. & Bagula, A.B. 2016. Enhanced adaptive skin detection with contextual tracking feedback, in: 2016 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech). Presented at the 2016 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech), pp. 1–6. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2016.7813194 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Herbert, A. & Irwin, B. 2016. Adaptable exploit detection through scalable NetFlow analysis, in: 2016 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA). Presented at the 2016 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), pp. 121–128. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2016.7802938 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Rudman, L. & Irwin, B. 2016. Dridex: Analysis of the traffic and automatic generation of IOCs, in: 2016 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA). Presented at the 2016 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), pp. 77–84. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2016.7802932 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Webb, H., Steeb, O., Blane, A., Rotherham, L., Aron, S., Machanick, P., Dirr, H. & Fanucchi, S. 2017. The FOXP2 forkhead domain binds to a variety of DNA sequences with different rates and affinities. Journal of Biochemistry. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvx003 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ECONOMICS & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Arp, R.S., Fraser, G.C.G. & Hill, M.P. 2017. Quantifying the economic water savings benefit of water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes) control in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme. Water SA, 43: 58–66. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-565efff44 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Boon, R., Cockburn, J., Douwes, E., Govender, N., Ground, L., Mclean, C., Roberts, D., Rouget, M. & Slotow, R. 2016. Managing a threatened savanna ecosystem (KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld) in an urban biodiversity hotspot: Durban, South Africa. Bothalia, 46(2). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v46i2.2112 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Bowker, J.N., De Vos, A., Ament, J.M. & Cumming, G.S. 2017. Effectiveness of Africa’s tropical protected areas for maintaining forest cover. Conservation Biology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12851 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, TEACHING AND LEARNING: Thondhlana, G. & Belluigi, D.Z. 2016. Students’ reception of peer assessment of group-work contributions: problematics in terms of race and gender emerging from a South African case study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 0: 1–14. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1235133 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mangwale, K., Shackleton, C.M. & Sigwela, A. 2017. Changes in forest cover and carbon stocks of the coastal scarp forests of the Wild Coast, South Africa. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 0: 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2016.1255480 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Nott, M. & Thondhlana, G. 2017. Fuelwood preferences, use and availability in the #Khomani San resettlement farms, southern Kalahari, South Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 0: 1–14. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2017.1294507 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ruwanza, S. 2017. Invasion of abandoned agricultural fields by acacia mearnsii affect soil properties in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 15: 127–139. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1501_127139 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Ecosystem-scale impacts of non-timber forest product harvesting: effects on soil nutrients. Journal of Applied Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12891 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Tata Ngome, P.I., Shackleton, C., Degrande, A. & Tieguhong, J.C. 2017. Addressing constraints in promoting wild edible plants’ utilization in household nutrition: case of the Congo Basin forest area. Agriculture & Food Security, 6: 20. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40066-017-0097-5 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Taylor, C., Cockburn, J., Rouget, M., Ray-Mukherjee, J., Mukherjee, S., Slotow, R., Roberts, D., Boon, R., O’Donoghue, S. & Douwes, E. 2016. Evaluating the outcomes and processes of a research-action partnership: The need for continuous reflective evaluation. Bothalia, 46. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v46i2.2154 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, M.T.B., Wasserman, R.J., Maposa, V.G. & Dalu, T. 2017. Environmental traps in developing countries: A case of the Dema emergency diesel power plant (EPP), Zimbabwe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 150: 123–126. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.168 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Hall, R. & Kepe, T. 2017. Elite capture and state neglect: new evidence on South Africa’s land reform. Review of African Political Economy, 0: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2017.1288615 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Mander, M., Jewitt, G., Dini, J., Glenday, J., Blignaut, J., Hughes, C., Marais, C., Maze, K., van der Waal, B. & Mills, A. 2017. Modelling potential hydrological returns from investing in ecological infrastructure: Case studies from the Baviaanskloof-Tsitsikamma and uMngeni catchments, South Africa. Ecosystem Services. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.003 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Mighall, T., Timberlake, S., Martínez-Cortizas, A., Silva-Sánchez, N., Foster, I.D.L. 2017. Did prehistoric and Roman mining and metallurgy have a significant impact on vegetation? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports: 11: 613–625. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.021 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Shackleton, R.T., Angelstam, P., van der Waal, B. & Elbakidze, M. 2017. Progress made in managing and valuing ecosystem services: a horizon scan of gaps in research, management and governance. Ecosystem Services. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.020 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOLOGY & ALBANY MUSEUM: Qu, Y., Wang, J., Xiao, S., Whitehouse, M., Engdahl, A., Wang, G. & McLoughlin, N. 2017. Carbonaceous biosignatures of diverse chemotrophic microbial communities from chert nodules of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation. Precambrian Research, 290: 184–196. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.01.003 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOLOGY & ALBANY MUSEUM: Scholze, F. & Gess, R.W. 2017. Oldest known naiaditid bivalve from the high-latitude Late Devonian (Famennian) of South Africa offers clues to survival strategies following the Hangenberg mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 471: 31–39. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.018 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOLOGY: Büttner, S.H., Reid, W.K. & Erasmus, R. 2016. Late Permian tectonics and associated fluid influx during the Cape Orogeny: evidence from fault-bound quartz veins in the Witteberg Group (Cape Supergroup, South Africa). South African Journal of Geology, 119: 379–398. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.2.379 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

GEOLOGY: Moulin, M., Fluteau, F., Courtillot, V., Marsh, J., Delpech, G., Quidelleur, X. & Gérard, M. 2017. Eruptive history of the Karoo lava flows and their impact on early Jurassic environmental change. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122: 2016JB013354. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013354 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

HUMAN KINETICS AND ERGONOMICS: Victor, E.A., Valeria, U.K., Ebere, I.Y., Echezona, E.N. & Okoroafor, A.U. 2016. Musculoskeletal symptoms among string instrumentalists in the Nigerian population: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and associated risk factors. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 4: 169–183. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHFE.2016.082242 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Maduna, S.N., Rossouw, C., da Silva, C., Soekoe, M. & Bester-van der Merwe, A.E. 2017. Species identification and comparative population genetics of four coastal houndsharks based on novel NGS-mined microsatellites. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 1462–1486. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2770 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: van der Walt, K.-A., Swartz, E.R., Woodford, D. & Weyl, O. 2017. Using genetics to prioritise headwater stream fish populations of the Marico barb, Enteromius motebensis Steindachner 1894, for conservation action. Koedoe, 59. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1375 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Dowse, R., Palmer, C.G., Hills, K., Torpy, F. & Kefford, B.J. 2017. The mayfly nymph Austrophlebioides pusillus Harker defies common osmoregulatory assumptions. Open Science, 4: 160520. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160520 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH& Gwate, O., Mantel, S.K., Finca, A., Gibson, L.A., Munch, Z. & Palmer, A.R. 2016. Exploring the invasion of rangelands by Acacia mearnsii (black wattle): biophysical characteristics and management implications. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 33: 265–273. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2016.1271013 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Mantel, S.K., Rivers-Moore, N. & Ramulifho, P. 2017. Small dams need consideration in riverscape conservation assessments. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2739 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Münch, Z., Okoye, P.I., Gibson, L., Mantel, S. & Palmer, A. 2017. Characterizing Degradation Gradients through Land Cover Change Analysis in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. Geosciences, 7: 7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7010007 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH:  Odume, O.N. 2017. Ecosystem Approach to Managing Water Quality, in H. Tutu, Ed., Water Quality. Rijeka: InTech. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/65707 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Odume, O.N. & Mgaba, N. 2016. Statistical analysis of macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in relation to river-health assessment of an urban river, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 19: 420–430. Available: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14634988.2016.1255098  [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Slaughter, A.S., Mantel, S.K. & Hughes, D.A. 2016. Water quality management in the context of future climate and development changes: a South African case study. Journal of Water and Climate, 7: 775–787. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2016.138 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Slinger, J.H. 2016. Hydro-morphological modelling of small, wave-dominated estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 190. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.038 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHARMACY & CHEMISTRY: Magwenzi, F.N., Khanye, S.D. & Veale, C.G.L. 2017. Unexpected transformations of 3-(bromoacetyl)coumarin provides new evidence for the mechanism of thiol mediated dehalogenation of α-halocarbonyls. Tetrahedron Letters, 58: 968–972. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.01.082 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Albert, A., Anderson, B., Bechtol, K., Drlica-Wagner, A., Meyer, M., Sánchez-Conde, M., Strigari, L., Wood, M., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G.M., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Neto, A.F., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., K. Honscheid, James, D.J., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Reil, K., Romer, A.K., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., M. Soares-Santos, Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R., Wechsler, R.H., Fermi-LAT, T. & Collaborations, D.E.S. 2017. Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation in Recently Discovered Milky Way Satellites with Fermi-Lat. Astrophysical Journal, 834: 110. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/110 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Allison, J.R., Moss, V.A., Macquart, J.-P., Curran, S.J., Duchesne, S.W., Mahony, E.K., Sadler, E.M., Whiting, M.T., Bannister, K.W., Chippendale, A.P., Edwards, P.G., Harvey-Smith, L., Heywood, I., Indermuehle, B.T., Lenc, E., Marvil, J., McConnell, D. & Sault, R.J. 2017. Illuminating the past 8 billion years of cold gas towards two gravitationally lensed quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465: 4450–4467. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2860 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Baxter, E., Clampitt, J., Giannantonio, T., Dodelson, S., Jain, B., Huterer, D., Bleem, L., Crawford, T., Efstathiou, G., Fosalba, P., Kirk, D., Kwan, J., Sánchez, C., Story, K., Troxel, M.A., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Armstrong, R., Benoit-Lévy, A., Benson, B., Bernstein, G.M., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Carlstrom, J., Rosell, A.C., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Chown, R., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., Costa, D., N, L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Evrard, A.E., Fausti Neto, A., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., de Haan, T., Holder, G., Honscheid, K., Hou, Z., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nord, B., Omori, Y., Plazas, A.A., Reichardt, C., Romer, A.K., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Stark, A., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Walker, A.R. & Wechsler, R.H. 2016. Joint measurement of lensing–galaxy correlations using SPT and DES SV data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461: 4099–4114. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1584 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Blecher, T., Deane, R., Bernardi, G. & Smirnov, O. 2017. meqsilhouette: a mm-VLBI observation and signal corruption simulator. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464: 143–151. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2311 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Bryan, K.L.H. & Medved, A.J.M. 2017. Black Holes and Information: A New Take on an Old Paradox. Advances in High Energy Physics, 2017: e7578462. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7578462 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Bufanda, E., Hollowood, D., Jeltema, T.E., Rykoff, E.S., Rozo, E., Martini, P., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Banerji, M., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., Costa, D., N, L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Evrard, A.E., Fausti Neto, A., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M. a. G., Marshall, J.L., Melchior, P., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Rooney, P., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D.L. & Walker, A.R. 2017. The evolution of active galactic nuclei in clusters of galaxies from the Dark Energy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465: 2531–2539. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2824 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Carroll, P.A., Line, J., Morales, M.F., Barry, N., Beardsley, A.P., Hazelton, B.J., Jacobs, D.C., Pober, J.C., Sullivan, I.S., Webster, R.L., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Corey, B.E., de Oliveira-Costa, A., Dillon, J.S., Emrich, D., Ewall-Wice, A., Feng, L., Gaensler, B.M., Goeke, R., Greenhill, L.J., Hewitt, J.N., Hurley-Walker, N., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Kaplan, D.L., Kasper, J.C., Kim, H.S., Kratzenberg, E., Lenc, E., Loeb, A., Lonsdale, C.J., Lynch, M.J., McKinley, B., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morgan, E., Neben, A.R., Oberoi, D., Offringa, A.R., Ord, S.M., Paul, S., Pindor, B., Prabu, T., Procopio, P., Riding, J., Rogers, A.E.E., Roshi, A., Shankar, N.U., Sethi, S.K., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tegmark, M., Thyagarajan, N., Tingay, S.J., Trott, C.M., Waterson, M., Wayth, R.B., Whitney, A.R., Williams, A., Williams, C.L., Wu, C. & Wyithe, J.S.B. 2016. A high reliability survey of discrete Epoch of Reionization foreground sources in the MWA EoR0 field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461: 4151–4175. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1599 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chennamangalam, J., MacMahon, D., Cobb, J., Karastergiou, A., Siemion, A.P.V., Kaustubh Rajwade, Armour, W., Gajjar, V., Lorimer, D.R., McLaughlin, M.A., Werthimer, D. & Williams, C. 2017. SETIBURST: A Robotic, Commensal, Realtime Multi-science Backend for the Arecibo Telescope. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 228: 21. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/228/2/21 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chithambo, M.L. 2017. Thermoluminescence of the main peak in SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+: Spectral and kinetics features of secondary emission detected in the ultraviolet region. Radiation Measurements, 96: 29–41. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.12.001 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Chithambo, M.L. & Niyonzima, P. 2017. Radioluminescence of annealed synthetic quartz. Radiation Measurements. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.02.005 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Doctor, Z., Kessler, R., Chen, H.Y., Farr, B., Finley, D.A., Foley, R.J., Goldstein, D.A., Holz, D.E., Kim, A.G., Morganson, E., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Spinka, H., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, DePoy, D.L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T.F., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., E. Gaztanaga, Gerdes, D.W., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., James, D.J., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., N. Kuropatkin, Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., E. Neilsen, Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., I. Sevilla-Noarbe, Smith, R.C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Walker, A.R. & Wester, W. 2017. A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey. Astrophysical Journal, 837: 57. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d09 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Feng, L., Vaulin, R., Hewitt, J.N., Remillard, R., Kaplan, D.L., Murphy, T., Kudryavtseva, N., Hancock, P., G. Bernardi, Bowman, J.D., Briggs, F., Cappallo, R.J., Deshpande, A.A., Gaensler, B.M., Greenhill, L.J., Hazelton, B.J., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Lonsdale, C.J., McWhirter, S.R., Mitchell, D.A., Morales, M.F., E. Morgan, Oberoi, D., Ord, S.M., Prabu, T., Shankar, N.U., Srivani, K.S., Subrahmanyan, R., Tingay, S.J., Wayth, R.B., Webster, R.L., Williams, A. & Williams, C.L. 2017. A Matched Filter Technique for Slow Radio Transient Detection and First Demonstration with the Murchison Widefield Array. Astronomical Journal, 153: 98. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/3/98 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B. & Ssessanga, N. 2017. Adapting a climatology model to improve estimation of ionosphere parameters and subsequent validation with radio occultation and ionosonde data. Space Weather, 15: 84–98. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016SW001549 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kacprzak, T., Kirk, D., Friedrich, O., Amara, A., Refregier, A., Marian, L., Dietrich, J.P., Suchyta, E., Aleksić, J., Bacon, D., Becker, M.R., Bonnett, C., Bridle, S.L., Chang, C., Eifler, T.F., Hartley, W.G., Huff, E.M., Krause, E., MacCrann, N., Melchior, P., Nicola, A., Samuroff, S., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M.A., Weller, J., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Armstrong, R., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G.M., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Crocce, M., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, D., N, L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Evrard, A.E., Neto, A.F., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D.J., Jarvis, M., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Plazas, A.A., 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., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R. & Zhang, Y. 2016. Cosmology constraints from shear peak statistics in Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463: 3653–3673. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2070 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. Comprehensive kinetic analysis of thermoluminescence peaks of α-Al2O3:C,Mg. Journal of Luminescence, 185: 72–82. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.01.003 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Le Poncin-Lafitte, C., Hees, A. & Lambert, S. 2016. Lorentz symmetry and very long baseline interferometry. Physical Review D, 94: 125030. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.125030 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: McNichols, A.T., Teich, Y.G., Nims, E., Cannon, J.M., Adams, E.A.K., Bernstein-Cooper, E.Z., Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M.P., Jozsa, G.I.G., McQuinn, K.B.W., Salzer, J.J., Skillman, E.D., Warren, S.R., Dolphin, A., Elson, E.C., Haurberg, N., Ott, J., Saintonge, A., Cave, I., Hagen, C., Huang, S., Janowiecki, S., Marshall, M.V., Thomann, C.M. & Van Sistine, A. 2016. Shield: Neutral Gas Kinematics and Dynamics. Astrophysical Journal, 832: 89. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/89 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Nyirenda, A.N. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. The influence of radiation-induced defects on thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence of α-Al2O3:C. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 397, 92–100. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2017.02.077 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Shimwell, T.W., Röttgering, H.J.A., Best, P.N., Williams, W.L., Dijkema, T.J., Gasperin, F. de, Hardcastle, M.J., Heald, G.H., Hoang, D.N., Horneffer, A., Intema, H., Mahony, E.K., Mandal, S., Mechev, A.P., Morabito, L., Oonk, J.B.R., Rafferty, D., Retana-Montenegro, E., Sabater, J., Tasse, C., Weeren, R.J. van, Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Chyży, K.T., Conway, J.E., Haverkorn, M., Jackson, N., Jarvis, M.J., McKean, J.P., Miley, G.K., Morganti, R., White, G.J., Wise, M.W., Bemmel, I.M. van, Beck, R., Brienza, M., Bonafede, A., Rivera, G.C., Cassano, R., Clarke, A.O., Cseh, D., Deller, A., Drabent, A., Driel, W. van, Engels, D., Falcke, H., Ferrari, C., Fröhlich, S., Garrett, M.A., Harwood, J.J., Heesen, V., Hoeft, M., Horellou, C., Israel, F.P., Kapińska, A.D., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., McKay, D.J., Mohan, N.R., Orrú, E., Pizzo, R.F., Prandoni, I., Schwarz, D.J., Shulevski, A., Sipior, M., Smith, D.J.B., Sridhar, S.S., Steinmetz, M., Stroe, A., Varenius, E., Werf, P.P. van der, Zensus, J.A. & Zwart, J.T.L. 2017. The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - I. Survey description and preliminary data release. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598: A104. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629313 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Tie, S.S., Martini, P., Mudd, D., Ostrovski, F., Reed, S.L., Lidman, C., Kochanek, C., Davis, T.M., Sharp, R., S. Uddin, King, A., Wester, W., Tucker, B.E., Tucker, D.L., Buckley-Geer, E., Carollo, D., Childress, M., K. Glazebrook, Hinton, S.R., Lewis, G., Macaulay, E., O’Neill, C.R., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Annis, J., A. Benoit-Lévy, Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., Costa, L.N. da, DePoy, D.L., Desai, S., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., J. Frieman, García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., G. Gutierrez, Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., Marshall, J.L., F. Menanteau, Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., E. Sanchez, Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., F. Sobreira, Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Walker, A.R. 2017. A Study of Quasar Selection in the Supernova Fields of the Dark Energy Survey. Astronomical Journal, 153: 107. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa5b8d [Accessed 31 March 2017].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Wasserman, R.J., Whitfield, A.K., Welch, R.J. & Dalu, T. 2017. Are nest sites a limiting resource for speleophilic nesting fishes in sand dominated temporarily open/closed estuaries? Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100: 187–192. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0570-1 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

STATISTICS: Adgaba, N., Al-Ghamdi, A.A., Getachew, A., Tadesse, Y., Belay, A., Ansari, M.J., Radloff, S.E. & Sharma, D. 2017. Characterization of honeys by their botanical and geographical origins based on physico-chemical properties and chemo-metrics analysis. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 1–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11694-017-9487-4 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

STATISTICS: Hassan, A.M.A., Giovanetti, M., Raweh, H.S.A., Owayss, A.A., Ansari, M.J., Nuru, A., Radloff, S.E. & Alqarni, A.S. 2017. Nectar secretion dynamics of Ziziphus nummularia: a melliferous species of dry land ecosystems. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.059 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Adgaba, N., Alghamdi, A., Sammoud, R., Shenkute, A., Tadesse, Y., Ansari, M.J., Sharma, D. & Hepburn, C. 2017. Determining spatio-temporal distribution of bee forage species of Al-Baha region based on ground inventorying supported with GIS applications and Remote Sensed Satellite Image analysis. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.01.009 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Ismail, M., Compton, S.G. & Brooks, M. 2017. Interaction between temperature and water nutrient levels on the fitness of Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Hemiptera: Miridae), a biological control agent of water hyacinth. Biological Control, 106: 83–88. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2017.01.001 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BOTANY: Owen, C.A., Coetzee, J.A., van Noort, S. & Austin, A.D. 2017. Assessing the morphological and physiological adaptations of the parasitoid wasp Echthrodesis lamorali for survival in an intertidal environment. Physiological Entomology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phen.12187 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Nel, H.A., Hean, J.W., Noundou, X.S. & Froneman, P.W. 2017. Do microplastic loads reflect the population demographics along the southern African coastline? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115: 115–119. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.056 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Craig, A.J. 2016. Gordon Lindsay Maclean (1937–2008). Ostrich, 87: 293–294. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2016.1239373 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Daigle, R.M., Monaco, C.J. & Elgin, A.K. 2017. An adaptable toolkit to assess commercial fishery costs and benefits related to marine protected area network design. F1000Research, 4: 1234. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7312.2 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Daniels, R.J., Hulley, P.E. & Craig, A.J. 2017. Comparative perch selection in Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris and Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens at Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa. Ostrich, 0: 1–6. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2016.1264496 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Horak, I.G., Pearcy, A. & Lloyd, K.J. 2017. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. LI. Ticks infesting leopard tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis, hingeback tortoises Kinixys zombensis and angulate tortoises Chersina angulata. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 84(1). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1303 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Liversage, K., Cole, V., Coleman, R. & McQuaid, C. 2017. Availability of microhabitats explains a widespread pattern and informs theory on ecological engineering of boulder reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 489: 36–42. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.013 [Accessed 31 March 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Rodriguez, L.J., Young, F., Rasplus, J.-Y., Kjellberg, F. & Compton, S.G. 2017. Constraints on convergence: hydrophobic hind legs allow some male pollinator fig wasps early access to submerged females. Journal of Natural History, 0: 1–22. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293746 [Accessed 03 April 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Vink, T.J.F. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2017. Sex and species specific isotopic niche specialisation increases with trophic complexity: evidence from an ephemeral pond ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 7: 43229. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43229 [Accessed 03 April 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Fusi, M., Babbini, S., Giomi, F., Fratini, S., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Daffonchio, D., McQuaid, C.D., Porri, F. & Cannicci, S. 2017. Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 1–13. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3151-1 [Accessed 03 April 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Nhiwatiwa, T., Dalu, T. & Brendonck, L. 2017. Impact of irrigation based sugarcane cultivation on the Chiredzi and Runde Rivers quality, Zimbabwe. Science of The Total Environment, 587–588: 316–325. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.155 [Accessed 03 April 207].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Stander, O.P.J., Gilbert, M.J., Moore, S.D., Kirkman, W. & Schutte, G.C. 2017. Benefits of reducing the size of the navel-end opening in “Navel” sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis). Crop Protection, 96: 123–129. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2017.02.009 [Accessed 03 April 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Villet, M.H., Clitheroe, C. & Williams, K.A. 2017. The temporal occurrence of flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) at carrion-baited traps in Grahamstown, South Africa. African Invertebrates, 58: 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.9537 [Accessed 03 April 2017].