Science & Pharmacy Research Output: August 2018

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ALBANY MUSEUM: Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., Schiller, D. von, Tockner, K., Mendoza-Lera, C., Clément, J.C., Gessner, M.O., Moleón, M., Stubbington, R., Gücker, B., Albariño, R., Allen, D.C., Altermatt, F., Arce, M.I., Arnon, S., Banas, D., Banegas-Medina, A., Beller, E., Blanchette, M.L., Blanco-Libreros, J.F., Blessing, J.J., Boëchat, I.G., Boersma, K.S., Bogan, M.T., Bonada, N., Bond, N.R., Barría, K.C.B., Bruder, A., Burrows, R.M., Cancellario, T., Canhoto, C., Carlson, S.M., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Cid, N., Danger, M., Terra, B. de F., Girolamo, A.M.D., Barra, E. de L., Campo, R. del, Diaz-Villanueva, V.D., Dyer, F., Elosegi, A., Faye, E., Febria, C., Four, B., Gafny, S., Ghate, S.D., Gómez, R., Gómez-Gener, L., Graça, M. a. S., Guareschi, S., Hoppeler, F., Hwan, J.L., Jones, J.I., Kubheka, S., Laini, A., Langhans, S.D., Leigh, C., Little, C.J., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J.C., Martín, E., McIntosh, A.R., Meyer, E.I., Miliša, M., Mlambo, M.C., Morais, M., Moya, N., Negus, P.M., Niyogi, D.K., Papatheodoulou, A., Pardo, I., Pařil, P., Pauls, S.U., Pešić, V., Polášek, M., Robinson, C.T., Rodríguez-Lozano, P., Rolls, R.J., Sánchez-Montoya, M.M., Savić, A., Shumilova, O., Sridhar, K.R., Steward, A.L., Storey, R., Taleb, A., Uzan, A., Vorste, R.V., Waltham, N.J., Woelfle-Erskine, C., Zak, D., Zarfl, C. & Zoppini, A. 2018. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience, 11: 497–503. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4.

ANTHROPOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Lemahieu, A., Scott, L., Malherbe, W.S., Mahatante, P.T., Randrianarimanana, J.V. & Aswani, S. 2018. Local perceptions of environmental changes in fishing communities of southwest Madagascar. Ocean and Coastal Management, 163: 209–221. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.012 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Boel, N.M.-E., Hunter, M.C., Edkins, A.L., 2018. LRP1 is required for novobiocin-mediated fibronectin turnover. Scientific Reports, 8: 11438. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29531-2 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Managa, M., Britton, J., Prinsloo, E. & Nyokong, T. 2018. Effects of Pluronic F127 micelles as delivering agents on the vitro dark toxicity and photodynamic therapy activity of carboxy and pyrene substituted porphyrins. Polyhedron, 152: 102–107. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2018.06.031 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Matlou, G.G., Oluwole, D.O., Prinsloo, E. & Nyokong, T. 2018. Photodynamic therapy activity of zinc phthalocyanine linked to folic acid and magnetic nanoparticles. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 186: 216–224. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.07.025 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Oluwole, D.O., Sarı, F.A., Prinsloo, E., Dube, E., Yuzer, A., Nyokong, T. & Ince, M. 2018. Photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of highly water-soluble Zn(II) phthalocyanines. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 203: 236–243. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2018.05.090 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Sewry, J.D. & Paphitis, S.A. 2018. Meeting important educational goals for chemistry through service-learning. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19: 973–982. Available: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8rp00103k [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Alexiou, A., Nizami, B., Khan, F.I., Soursou, G., Vairaktarakis, C., Chatzichronis, S., Tsiamis, V., Manztavinos, V., Yarla, N.S. & Ashraf, G.M. 2018. Mitochondrial Dynamics and Proteins Related to Neurodegenerative Diseases. Current Protein & Peptide Science, 19(9): 850–857. Available: https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170810150151 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Ejeromedoghene, O., Adewuyi, S., Amolegbe, S.A., Akinremi, C.A., Moronkola, B.A. & Salaudeen, T. 2018. Electrovalent chitosan functionalized methyl-orange/metal nanocomposites as chemosensors for toxic aqueous anions. Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects, 16: 174–179. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.06.004 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Lebechi, A.K., Gai, L., Shen, Z., Nyokong, T. & Mack, J. 2018. Electrospun 3,5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPY embedded polystyrene nanofibers for the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes in industrial wastewaters. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 22(6): 501–508. Available: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424618500360 [Accessed 14 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Matshitse, R. & Nyokong, T. 2018. Singlet Oxygen Generating Properties of Different Sizes of Charged Graphene Quantum Dot Nanoconjugates with a Positively Charged Phthalocyanine. Journal of Fluorescence, 28(3): 827–838. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-018-2247-y [Accessed 20 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Nwaji, N., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2018. An optical limiting study in aminophenoxy substituted phthalocyanine in the presence of semiconductor quantum dots. Journal of Luminescence, 203: 247–256. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.06.044 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Odame, F., Krause, J., Hosten, E.C., Betz, R., Lobb, K., Tshentu, Z.R. & Frost, C.L. 2018. Synthesis, Characterization and Dpph Scavenging Activity of Some Benzimidazole Derivatives. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 32(2): 271–284. Available: https://doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v32i2.8 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY & PHARMACY: Nkanga, C.I., Walker, R.B. & Krause, R.W. 2018. pH-Dependent release of isoniazid from isonicotinic acid (4-hydroxy-benzylidene)-hydrazide loaded liposomes. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 45: 264–271. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2018.03.016 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Sekhosana, K.E., Nkhahle, R. & Nyokong, T. 2018. The Primary Demonstration of Exciton Coupling Effects on Optical Limiting Properties of Blue Double-Decker Lanthanide Phthalocyanine Salts. ChemistrySelect, 3(23): 6671–6682. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201800597 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Tarique, M., Saini, C., Naz, H., Naqvi, R.A., Khan, F.I. & Sharma, A. 2018. Fate of T Cells and their Secretory Proteins during the Progression of Leprosy. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 19, 889–899. Available: https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170829120729 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Kuria, N., Reid, A., Owiti, P., Tweya, H., Kibet, C.K., Mbau, L., Manzi, M., Murunga, V., Namusonge, T. & Kibachio, J. 2018. Compliance with follow-up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 23(7): 785–794. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13078 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Machanick, P. 2018. Editorial: Fit for review. South African Computer Journal, 30(1): vii–x. Available: https://doi.org/10.18489/sacj.v30i1.612 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Shackleton, S. & Rouget, M. 2018. Towards Place-Based Research to Support Social–Ecological Stewardship. Sustainability, 10(5): 1434. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051434 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & PSYCHOLOGY: Thondhlana, G., Hlatshwayo, T., Thondhlana, G. & Hlatshwayo, T.N. 2018. Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Student Residences at Rhodes University, South Africa. Sustainability, 10(8): 2746. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082746 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Santhia, D., Shackleton, S. & Pereira, T. 2018. Mainstreaming sustainable adaptation to climate change into municipal planning: An analysis from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 35(4): 589–608. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2018.1488583 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M. 2018. Urban street names: An opportunity to examine biocultural relationships? PLOS ONE, 13(7): e0200891. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200891 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, R.T., Shackleton, C.M. & Kull, C.A. 2018. The role of invasive alien species in shaping local livelihoods and human well-being: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.007 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Kepe, T. 2018. Meanings, alliances and the state in tensions over land rights and conservation in South Africa, in: Land Rights, Biodiversity Conservation and Justice: Rethinking Parks and People. pp. 14–30. Available: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315439488.

GEOGRAPHY: Mokwe-Ozonzeadi, N., Foster, I., Valsami-Jones, E. & McEldowney, S. 2018. Trace metal distribution in the bed, bank and suspended sediment of the Ravensbourne River and its implication for sediment monitoring in an urban river. Journal of Soils and Sediments. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-018-2078-0 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

GEOLOGY: Korolev, N., Kopylova, M., Gurney, J.J., Moore, A.E. & Davidson, J. 2018. The origin of Type II diamonds as inferred from Cullinan mineral inclusions. Mineralogy and Petrology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-018-0601-z [Accessed 20 September 2018].

GEOLOGY: Oonk, P.B.H., Mason, P.R.D., Tsikos, H. & Bau, M. 2018. Fraction-specific rare earth elements enable the reconstruction of primary seawater signatures from iron formations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 238: 102–122. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.005 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

GEOLOGY: Wang, X., Planavsky, N.J., Hofmann, A., Saupe, E.E., De Corte, B.P., Philippot, P., LaLonde, S.V., Jemison, N.E., Zou, H., Ossa, F.O., Rybacki, K., Alfimova, N., Larson, M.J., Tsikos, H., Fralick, P.W., Johnson, T.M., Knudsen, A.C., Reinhard, C.T. & Konhauser, K.O. 2018. A Mesoarchean shift in uranium isotope systematics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 238: 438–452. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.024 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Bova, C.S., Aswani, S., Farthing, M.W. & Potts, W.M. 2018. Limitations of the random response technique and a call to implement the ballot box method for estimating recreational angler compliance using surveys. Fisheries Research, 208: 34–41. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.06.017 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Farthing, M.W., Winkler, A.C., Anderson, K., Kerwath, S., Wilke, C. & Potts, W.M. 2018. The age and growth of hottentot seabream Pachymetopon blochii before and after the South African linefish state of emergency in 2000. African Journal of Marine Science, 40(2): 187–196. Available:  https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2018.1475302 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Lee, B., Brewin, P.E., Brickle, P. & Randhawa, H., 2018. Use of otolith shape to inform stock structure in Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the south-western Atlantic. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69: 1238–1247. Available: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17327 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Ortega-Cisneros, K., Shannon, L., Cochrane, K., Fulton, E.A. & Shin, Y.-J. 2018. Evaluating the specificity of ecosystem indicators to fishing in a changing environment: A model comparison study for the southern Benguela ecosystem. Ecological Indicators, 95: 85–98. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.021 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Clifford-Holmes, J.K., Slinger, J.H., de Wet, C. & Palmer, C.G. 2017. Modelling in the ‘Muddled Middle’: A Case Study of Water Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa, in: García-Díaz, C., Olaya, C. (Eds.), Social Systems Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp. 215–234. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118974414.ch11.

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Gibson, L., Münch, Z., Palmer, A. & Mantel, S. 2018. Future land cover change scenarios in South African grasslands – implications of altered biophysical drivers on land management. Heliyon, 4(7): e00693. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00693 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Ganguly, A., Gannouji, R., Gonzalez-Espinoza, M. & Pizarro-Moya, C. 2018. Black hole stability under odd-parity perturbations in Horndeski gravity. Class. Quantum Grav. 35: 145008. Available: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aac8a0 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHARMACY: Okeyo, I.L.A. & Dowse, R. 2018. An illustrated booklet for reinforcing community health worker knowledge of tuberculosis and facilitating patient counselling. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 10(1): a1687. Available: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1687 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Bhandari, S., Bannister, K.W., Murphy, T., Bell, M., Raja, W., Marvil, J., Hancock, P.J., Whiting, M., Flynn, C.M., Collier, J.D., Kaplan, D.L., Allison, J.R., Anderson, C., Heywood, I., Hotan, A., Hunstead, R., Lee-Waddell, K., Madrid, J.P., McConnell, D., Popping, A., Rhee, J., Sadler, E. & Voronkov, M.A. 2018. A pilot survey for transients and variables with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(2): 1784–1794. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1157 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Bonnassieux, E., Tasse, C., Smirnov, O. & Zarka, P. 2018. The variance of radio interferometric calibration solutions Quality-based weighting schemes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615: A66. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732190 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Cendes, Y., Prasad, P., Rowlinson, A., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Swinbank, J.D., Law, C.J., van der Horst, A.J., Carbone, D., Broderick, J.W., Staley, T.D., Stewart, A.J., Huizinga, F., Molenaar, G., Alexov, A., Bell, M.E., Coenen, T., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Fender, R., Grießmeier, J.-M., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Pietka, M., Stappers, B., Wise, M. & Zarka, P. 2018. RFI flagging implications for short-duration transients. Astronomy and Computing, 23: 103–114. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2018.04.001 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Dubazane, M.B. & Habarulema, J.B. 2018. An Empirical Model of Vertical Plasma Drift Over the African Sector: PLASMA DRIFT MODEL. Space Weather, 16: 619–635. Available: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001820 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Fausti, N., da Costa, L.N., Carnero, A., Gschwend, J., Ogando, R.L.C., Sobreira, F., Maia, M.A.G., Santiago, B.X., Rosenfeld, R., Singulani, C., Adean, C., Nunes, L.D.P., Campisano, R., Brito, R., Soares, G., Vila-Verde, G.C., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Capozzi, D., Carrasco, K., Carretero, J., D’Andrea, C.B., Desai, S., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Evrard, A.E., Fosalba, P., García-Bellido, J., Gerdes, D.W., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Jeltema, T.E., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Marshall, J.L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Plazas, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G. & Walker, A.R. 2018. DES science portal: Creating science-ready catalogs. Astronomy and Computing, 24: 52–69. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2018.01.002 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Gehlot, B.K., Koopmans, L.V.E., de Bruyn, A.G., Zaroubi, S., Brentjens, M.A., Asad, K.M.B., Hatef, M., Jelić, V., Mevius, M., Offringa, A.R., Pandey, V.N. & Yatawatta, S. 2018. Wide-field LOFAR-LBA power-spectra analyses: impact of calibration, polarization leakage, and ionosphere. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(2): 1484–1501. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1095 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Gruen, D., Friedrich, O., Krause, E., DeRose, J., Cawthon, R., Davis, C., Elvin-Poole, J., Rykoff, E.S., Wechsler, R.H., Alarcon, A., Bernstein, G.M., Blazek, J., Chang, C., Clampitt, J., Crocce, M., De Vicente, J., Gatti, M., Gill, M.S.S., Hartley, W.G., Hilbert, S., Hoyle, B., Jain, B., Jarvis, M., Lahav, O., MacCrann, N., McClintock, T., Prat, J., Rollins, R.P., Ross, A.J., Rozo, E., Samuroff, S., Sanchez, C., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M.A., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Levy, A., Bertin, E., Bridle, S.L., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., da Costa, L.N., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Giannantonio, T., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Jeltema, T., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Plazas, A.A., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R., Weller, J. & Zhang, Y. 2018. Density split statistics: Cosmological constraints from counts and lensing in cells in DES Y1 and SDSS data. Physical Review D, 98: 023507. Available: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.023507.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M. & Chithambo, M.L. 2018. The effect of pre-dose on thermally and optically stimulated luminescence from α-Al2O3:C,Mg and α-Al2O3:C. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 140: 69–75. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.06.012 [Accessed 20 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Luque, E., Santiago, B., Pieres, A., Marshall, J.L., Pace, A.B., Kron, R., Drlica-Wagner, A., Queiroz, A., Balbinot, E., dal, P., Fausti, N., da Costa, L.N., Maia, M., Walker, A.R., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Carnero, R., Carrasco, K., Carretero, J., Crocce, M., Davis, C., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Flaugher, B., García-Bellido, J., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Miquel, R., Nichol, R.C., Plazas, A.A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G. & Thomas, D. 2018. Deep SOAR follow-up photometry of two Milky Way outer-halo companions discovered with Dark Energy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(2):  2006–2018. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1039 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Nyirenda, A.N. & Chithambo, M.L. 2018. Spectral study of radioluminescence in carbon-doped aluminium oxide. Radiation Measurements. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.026 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Pandey, A., Tiwari, S.P., Dutta, V. & Kumar, V. 2018. Photon upconversion in lanthanide-activated inorganic luminescent materials, in: Emerging Synthesis Techniques for Luminescent Materials. pp. 86–116. Available: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5170-6.ch004.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Tasse, C., Hugo, B., Mirmont, M., Smirnov, O., Atemkeng, M., Bester, L., Hardcastle, M.J., Lakhoo, R., Perkins, S. & Shimwell, T. 2018. Faceting for direction-dependent spectral deconvolution. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 611: A87. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731474 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Zucca, P., Morosan, D.E., Rouillard, A.P., Fallows, R., Gallagher, P.T., Magdalenic, J., Klein, K.-L., Mann, G., Vocks, C., Carley, E.P., Bisi, M.M., Kontar, E.P., Rothkaehl, H., Dabrowski, B., Krankowski, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Best, P., Blaauw, R., Breitling, F., Broderick, J.W., Brouw, W.N., Brueggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Garrett, M.A., Griessmeier, J.M., Gunst, A.W., Heald, G., Hoeft, M., Horandel, J., Iacobelli, M., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., van Leeuwen, J., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mulder, H., Munk, H., Nelles, A., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey, V.N., Pekal, R., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D.J., Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, C., Soida, M., Thoudam, S., Toribio, M.C., Vermeulen, R., van Weeren, R.J., Wucknitz, O. & Zarka, P. 2018. Shock location and CME 3D reconstruction of a solar type II radio burst with LOFAR. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615: A89. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732308.

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Gennari, E., Cowley, P.D. & Johnson, R.L. 2018. Performance and reliability of active acoustic biotelemetry to best track marine pelagic species in temperate coastal waters. Marine Biology, 165: 128. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3384-1 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Marr, S.M., Gouws, G., Avlijas, S., Khosa, D., Impson, N.D., van, der W. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2018. Record of Blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) in the Eerste River catchment, Western Cape province, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 43: 187–193. Available:  https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2018.1455576 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY, BOTANY, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE, Martin, G.D., Coetzee, J.A., Weyl, P.S.R., Parkinson, M.C. & Hill, M.P. 2018. Biological control of Salvinia molesta in South Africa revisited. Biological Control, 125: 74–80. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.06.011 [Accessed 21 September 2018].

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