Science & Pharmacy Research Output: February 2020

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ALBANY MUSEUM & BOTANY: Dietrich, P., Franchi, F., Setlhabi, L., Prevec, R. & Bamford, M. 2019. The Nonglacial Diamictite of Toutswemogala Hill (lower Karoo Supergroup, Central Botswana): Implications on the Extent of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in the Kalahari-Karoo Basin. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 89(10): 875–889. Available: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.48 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ALBANY MUSEUM & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Sonamzi, B., Mlambo, M.C., Appleton, C.C. & Barber-James, H.M. 2019. The importance of museum collections in determining biodiversity patterns, using a freshwater mussel Unio caffer (Krauss 1848) as an example. Bothalia, 49(1): a2400. Available: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v49i1.2400 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Allan Sanyanga, T., Nizami, B. & Bishop, Ö.T. 2019. Mechanism of action of non-synonymous single nucleotide variations associated with α-carbonic anhydrase II deficiency. Molecules, 24(21): 3987. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24213987 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Kumar, A.P., Lee, S. & Lukman, S. 2019. Computational and Experimental Approaches to Design Inhibitors of Amylin Aggregation. Current Drug Targets, 20(16): 1680–1694. Available: https://doi.org/10.2174/1389450120666190719164316 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Malgas, S., Kwanya Minghe, V.M. & Pletschke, B.I. 2020. The effect of hemicellulose on the binding and activity of cellobiohydrolase I, Cel7A, from Trichoderma reesei to cellulose. Cellulose, 27: 781–797. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02848-5 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Malgas, S., Mafa, M.S., Mkabayi, L. & Pletschke, B.I. 2019. A mini review of xylanolytic enzymes with regards to their synergistic interactions during hetero-xylan degradation. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35: 187. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-019-2765-z [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Okaiyeto, K., Ojemaye, M.O., Hoppe, H., Mabinya, L.V. & Okoh, A.I. 2019. Phytofabrication of silver/silver chloride nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extract of Oedera genistifolia: Characterization and antibacterial potential. Molecules, 24(23): 4382. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234382 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Onosi, O., Upfold, N.S., Jukes, M.D., Luke, G.A. & Knox, C. 2019. The First Detection of Human Bocavirus Species 2 and 3 in Raw Sewage and Mussels in South Africa. Food and Environmental Virology, 12: 84-88. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-019-09417-w [Accessed 12 February 2020].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Sanyanga, T.A., Nizami, B. & Tastan Bishop, O. 2019. Mechanism of Action of Non-Synonymous Single Nucleotide Variations Associated with alpha-Carbonic Anhydrase II Deficiency. Molecules, 24(21): 3987. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24213987 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Babu, B., Prinsloo, E., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic activity of Sn(iv) triarylcorroles with red-shifted Q bands. New Journal of Chemistry, 43: 18805–18812. Available: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nj03391b [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Molupe, N., Babu, B., Prinsloo, E., Kaassis, A.Y.A., Edkins, K., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Photodynamic activity of Sn(IV) meso-tetraacenaphthylporphyrin and its methyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes on MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 23(11n12): 1486–1494. Available: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424619501633 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Hulushe, S.T., Manyeruke, M.H., Hosten, E.C., Kaye, P.T., Watkins, G.M. & Krause, R.W.M. 2019. The crystal structure of 2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl acetate, C11H8O4. Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures, 235(2): 397–398. Available: https://doi.org/10.1515/ncrs-2019-0698 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Mapukata, S., Hainer, A.S., Lanterna, A.E., Scaiano, J.C. & Nyokong, T. 2020. Decorated titania fibers as photocatalysts for hydrogen generation and organic matter degradation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 388: 112185. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112185 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Matshitse, R., Managa, M. & Nyokong, T. 2020. The modulation of the photophysical and photodynamic therapy activities of a phthalocyanine by detonation nanodiamonds: Comparison with graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots. Diamond and Related Materials, 101: 107617. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2019.107617 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Ngoy, B.P., May, A.K., Mack, J. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Optical Limiting and Femtosecond Pump-Probe Transient Absorbance Properties of a 3,5-distyrylBODIPY Dye. Frontiers in Chemistry, 7: 740. Available: https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00740 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Sen, P. & Nyokong, T. 2019. A novel axially palladium(II)-Schiff base complex substituted silicon(IV) phthalocyanine: Synthesis, characterization, photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Polyhedron, 173: 114135. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.114135 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

CHEMISTRY: Sen, P., Sindelo, A., Mafukidze, D.M. & Nyokong, T. 2019. Synthesis and photophysicochemical properties of novel axially di-substituted silicon (IV) phthalocyanines and their photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Synthetic Metals, 258: 116203. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2019.116203 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Motara, Y.M. & der Schyff, K.V. 2019. A functional ontology for information systems. South African Computer Journal, 31(2): 57–76. Available: https://doi.org/10.18489/sacj.v31i2.691 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Pennefather, S., Bradshaw, K. & Irwin, B. 2019. Design and Evaluation of Bulk Data Transfer Extensions for the NFComms Framework. South African Computer Journal, 31(2): 77–98–77–98. Available: https://doi.org/10.18489/sacj.v31i2.692 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Venter, I.M., Blignaut, R.J., Renaud, K. & Venter, M.A. 2019. Cyber security education is as essential as “the three R’s”. Heliyon, 5(12): e02855. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02855 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Amoako, E.E. & Gambiza, J. 2019. Effects of anthropogenic fires on soil properties and the implications of fire frequency for the Guinea savanna ecological zone, Ghana. Scientific African, 6: e00201. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00201 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chakona, G. & Shackleton, C. 2019. Food Taboos and Cultural Beliefs Influence Food Choice and Dietary Preferences among Pregnant Women in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Nutrients, 11(11): 2668. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112668 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Ngulani, T. & Shackleton, C.M. 2019. The degree, extent and value of air temperature amelioration by urban green spaces in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. South African Geographical Journal. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2019.1685405 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Nolte, C., De Vos, A. & Schöttker, O. 2019. Cost-effectiveness of public policy for the long-term conservation of private lands: What is the deal? Conservation Letters, 12(6): e12691. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12691 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M. & Mograbi, P.J. 2020. Meeting a diversity of needs through a diversity of species: Urban residents’ favourite and disliked tree species across eleven towns in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 48: 126507. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126507 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

GEOGRAPHY: Grenfell, S., Grenfell, M., Ellery, W., Job, N. & Walters, D. 2019. A Genetic Geomorphic Classification System for Southern African Palustrine Wetlands: Global Implications for the Management of Wetlands in Drylands. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7: 174. Available: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00174 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Chakona, A., Gouws, G., Kadye, W.T., Jordaan, M.S. & Swartz, E.R. 2020. Reconstruction of the historical distribution ranges of imperilled stream fishes from a global endemic hotspot based on molecular data: Implications for conservation of threatened taxa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1): 144–158. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3251 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Khosa, D., South, J., Cuthbert, R.N., Wasserman, R.J. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2020. Temperature regime drives differential predatory performance in Largemouth Bass and Florida Bass. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103: 67–76. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-019-00933-z [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Magellan, K., Booth, A.J. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Innate responses to conspecific and heterospecific alarm cues in the endangered eastern cape redfin Pseudobarbus afer. Journal of Fish Biology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14197 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Potts, W.M., Downey-Breedt, N., Obregon, P., Hyder, K., Bealey, R. & Sauer, W.H.H. 2020. What constitutes effective governance of recreational fisheries?—A global review. Fish and Fisheries, 21(1): 91–103. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12417 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Elston, C., Cowley, P.D. & von Brandis, R.G. 2019. Movement patterns of juvenile porcupine rays Urogymnus asperrimus at a remote atoll: a potential nursery ground within a proposed marine protected area. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102: 1485–1498. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-019-00927-x [Accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Mofu, L., Woodford, D.J., Wasserman, R.J., Dalu, T. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Diet of Glossogobius callidus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in freshwater impoundments in the Sundays River Valley of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 44(4): 415–420. Available: https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1628701 [accessed 12 February 2020].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Ramoejane, M., Gouws, G., Swartz, E.R., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hybridisation between two endemic cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14153 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: Cowan, A.K., Jimoh, T., Laubscher, R. & Askew, D. 2019. Golden ponds peroxonated - For water, energy, and food. Water Sewage and Effluent, 39: 30–33. Available: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074475901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Edegbene, A.O., Arimoro, F.O. & Odume, O.N. 2019. Developing and applying a macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index for urban rivers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Ecology and Evolution, 9(22): 12869–12885. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5769 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): John, A.J. & Stevens, C.Z. 2019. Bondi accretion in the spherically symmetric Johannsen–Psaltis spacetime. European Physical Journal C, 79: 962. Available: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7481-1 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Mulongo, J., Atemkeng, M., Ansah-Narh, T., Rockefeller, R., Nguegnang, G.M. & Garuti, M.A. 2020. Anomaly Detection in Power Generation Plants Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 34(1): 64–79. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/08839514.2019.1691839 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

PHARMACY: Akinnuga, A.M., Siboto, A., Khumalo, B., Sibiya, N.H., Ngubane, P. & Khathi, A. 2019. Evaluation of the effects of bredemolic acid on selected markers of glucose homeostasis in diet-induced prediabetic rats. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/13813455.2019.1680697.

PHARMACY: Makoni, P.A., Chikukwa, M.T.R., Khamanga, S.M.M. & Walker, R.B. 2019. Stability indicating HPLC-ECD method for the analysis of clarithromycin in pharmaceutical dosage forms: Method scaling versus re-validation. Scientia Pharmaceutica, 87(4): 31. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/scipharm87040031 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

PHARMACY: Sibiya, S., Msibi, B., Khathi, A., Sibiya, N., Booysen, I. & Ngubane, P. 2019. The effect of dioxidovanadium complex (V) on hepatic function in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 97(12): 1169–1175. Available: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjpp-2019-0369.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Acciari, V.A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L.A., Engels, A.A., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J.A., González, J.B., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Chai, Y., Chilingaryan, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S.M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Contreras, J.L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D’Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Espiñeira, E.D.S., Prester, D.D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V.F., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Fidalgo, D., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M.V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., López, R.J.G., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Godinović, N., Green, D., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jouvin, L., Kerszberg, D., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., de Oliveira Fraga, B.M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Minev, M., Miranda, J.M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Nozaki, S., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J.M., Peñil, P., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Moroni, P.G.P., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Somero, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Tosti, L., Vagelli, V., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M.V., Vigorito, C.F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zarić, D., Nava, L., Veres, P., Bhat, P.N., Briggs, M.S., Cleveland, W.H., Hamburg, R., Hui, C.M., Mailyan, B., Preece, R.D., Roberts, O.J., von Kienlin, A., Wilson-Hodge, C.A., Kocevski, D., Arimoto, M., Tak, D., Asano, K., Axelsson, M., Barbiellini, G., Bissaldi, E., Dirirsa, F.F., Gill, R., Granot, J., McEnery, J., Omodei, N., Razzaque, S., Piron, F., Racusin, J.L., Thompson, D.J., Campana, S., Bernardini, M.G., Kuin, N.P.M., Siegel, M.H., Cenko, S.B., O’Brien, P., Capalbi, M., Daì, A., De Pasquale, M., Gropp, J., Klingler, N., Osborne, J.P., Perri, M., Starling, R.L.C., Tagliaferri, G., Tohuvavohu, A., Ursi, A., Tavani, M., Cardillo, M., Casentini, C., Piano, G., Evangelista, Y., Verrecchia, F., Pittori, C., Lucarelli, F., Bulgarelli, A., Parmiggiani, N., Anderson, G.E., Anderson, J.P., Bernardi, G., Bolmer, J., Caballero-García, M.D., Carrasco, I.M., Castellón, A., Segura, N.C., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Cherukuri, S.V., Cockeram, A.M., D’Avanzo, P., Di Dato, A., Diretse, R., Fender, R.P., Fernández-García, E., Fynbo, J.P.U., Fruchter, A.S., Greiner, J., Gromadzki, M., Heintz, K.E., Heywood, I., van der Horst, A.J., Hu, Y.-D., Inserra, C., Izzo, L., Jaiswal, V., Jakobsson, P., Japelj, J., Kankare, E., Kann, D.A., Kouveliotou, C., Klose, S., Levan, A.J., Li, X.Y., Lotti, S., Maguire, K., Malesani, D.B., Manulis, I., Marongiu, M., Martin, S., Melandri, A., Michałowski, M.J., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Misra, K., Moin, A., Mooley, K.P., Nasri, S., Nicholl, M., Noschese, A., Novara, G., Pandey, S.B., Peretti, E., del Pulgar, C.J.P., Pérez-Torres, M.A., Perley, D.A., Piro, L., Ragosta, F., Resmi, L., Ricci, R., Rossi, A., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Selsing, J., Schulze, S., Smartt, S.J., Smith, I.A., Sokolov, V.V., Stevens, J., Tanvir, N.R., Thöne, C.C., Tiengo, A., Tremou, E., Troja, E., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Valeev, A.F., Vergani, S.D., Wieringa, M., Woudt, P.A., Xu, D., Yaron, O. & Young, D.R. 2019. Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long γ-ray burst. Nature, 575: 459–463. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1754-6 [Accessed 12 February 2020].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Brustein, R., Medved, A.J.M. & Yagi, K. 2019. Lower limit on the entropy of black holes as inferred from gravitational wave observations. Physical Review D, 100: 104009. Available: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.104009.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: de Villiers, D.I.L., Asad, K.M.B., Smirnov, O., Lehmensiek, R., De Villiers, M. & Jonas, J. 2019. Primary Beams of the Meer KAT Radio Telescope: Measurements and Simulations, in: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting. Presented at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, IEEE, Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 393–394. Available: https://doi.org/10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2019.8888774.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Jew, L., Taylor, A.C., Jones, M.E., Barr, A., Chiang, H.C., Dickinson, C., Grumitt, R.D.P., Harper, S.E., Heilgendorff, H.M., Hill-Valler, J., Jonas, J.L., Leahy, J.P., Leech, J., Pearson, T.J., Peel, M.W., Readhead, A.C.S. & Sievers, J. 2019. The C-Band All-Sky Survey (C-BASS): Simulated parametric fitting in single pixels in total intensity and polarization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(2): 2958–2975. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2697 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Lokesha, H.S., Chithambo, M.L. & Chikwembani, S. 2020. Thermoluminescence of monoclinic ZrO2: Kinetic analysis and dosimetric features. Journal of Luminescence, 218: 116864. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116864 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Majola, S.N.T., Shi, Z., Song, B.Y., Li, Z.P., Zhang, S.Q., Bark, R.A., Sharpey-Schafer, J.F., Aschman, D.G., Bvumbi, S.R., Bucher, T.D., Cullen, D.M., Dinoko, T.S., Easton, J.E., Erasmus, N., Greenlees, P.T., Hartley, D.J., Hirvonen, J., Korichi, A., Jakobsson, U., Jones, P., Jongile, S., Julin, R., Juutinen, S., Ketelhut, S., Kheswa, B., Khumalo, N.A., Lawrie, E.A., Lawrie, J.J., Lindsay, R., Madiba, T.E., Makhathini, L., Maliage, S.M., Maqabuka, B., Malatji, K.L., Masiteng, P.L., Mashita, P., Mdletshe, L., Minkova, A., Msebi, L., Mullins, S.M., Ndayishimye, J., Negi, D., Netshiya, A., Newman, R., Ntshangase, S.S., Ntshodu, R., Nyako, B.M., Papka, P., Peura, P., Rahkila, P., Riedinger, L.L., Riley, M.A., Roux, D.G., Ruotsalainen, P., Saren, J.J., Scholey, C., Shirinda, O., Sithole, M.A., Sorri, J., Stankiewicz, M., Stolze, S., Timar, J., Uusitalo, J., Vymers, P.A., Wiedeking, M. & Zimba, G.L. 2019. beta and gamma bands in N=88, 90, and 92 isotones investigated with a five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian based on covariant density functional theory: Vibrations, shape coexistence, and superdeformation. Physical Review C, 100(4): 044324. Available: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.044324.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Smirnov, O., Hugo, B., Asad, K., Bester, L. & Tasse, C. 2019. Imaging in the presence of direction-dependent effects with the MeerKAT radio telescope, in: 2019 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA). Presented at the 2019 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), IEEE, Granada, Spain, pp. 1198–1198. Available: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA.2019.8879072.

PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS: Ssessanga, N., Kim, Y.H., Habarulema, J.B. & Kwak, Y.-S. 2019. On Imaging South African Regional Ionosphere Using 4D-var Technique. Space Weather, 17(11): 1584–1604. Available: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002321 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

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SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Grusd, S., Moloney, C., Distiller, G., Watson, R., Cowley, P. & Gennari, E. 2019. Using mark-recapture methods to estimate population size and survival of pyjama sharks Poroderma africanum in Mossel Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 41(4): 361–372. Available: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2019.1670263 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Kuguru, G., Gennari, E., Wintner, S., Dicken, M.L., Klein, J.D., Rhode, C. & der Merwe, A.E.B. 2019. Spatio-temporal genetic variation of juvenile smooth hammerhead sharks in South Africa. Marine Biology Research, 15(10): 568–579. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1695058 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Cuthbert, R.N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Monaco, C.J., Callaghan, A., Weyl, O.L.F. & Dick, J.T.A. 2019. Assessing multiple predator, diurnal and search area effects on predatory impacts by ephemeral wetland specialist copepods. Aquatic Ecology, 54: 181–191. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-019-09735-y [Accessed 13 February 2020].

STATISTICS & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Duangphakdee, O., Radloff, S.E., Pirk, C.W.W. & Hepburn, H.R. 2018. Corrigendum to “Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows.” Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2018: 1–1. Available: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8089740 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Cuthbert, R.N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Weyl, O.L.F., Froneman, P.W., Callaghan, A., Coughlan, N.E. & Dick, J.T.A. 2020. Alternative prey impedes the efficacy of a natural enemy of mosquitoes. Biological Control, 141: 104146. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104146 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hausberger, M., Giacalone, A., Harmand, M., Craig, A.J.F.K. & Henry, L. 2020. Calling rhythm as a predictor of the outcome of vocal interactions: flight departure in pale-winged starling pairs. Science of Nature, 107: 2. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-019-1658-1 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hudson, J., Johannesson, K., McQuaid, C.D. & Rius, M. 2019. Secondary contacts and genetic admixture shape colonization by an amphiatlantic epibenthic invertebrate. Evolutionary Applications, 13(3): 600-612. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12893 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Keates, C., Conradie, W., Greenbaum, E. & Edwards, S. 2019. A snake in the grass: Genetic structuring of the widespread African grass snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the description of a new genus and a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57(4): 1039–1066. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12337 [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Seuront, L., Nicastro, K.R., Zardi, G.I. & Goberville, E. 2019. Decreased thermal tolerance under recurrent heat stress conditions explains summer mass mortality of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Scientific Reports, 9: 17498. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53580-w [Accessed 13 February 2020].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Stutter, M., Wyness, A., Watson, H. & Dodd, N. 2020. Coupled macronutrient cycling in stream biofilms: Effects of stoichiometry, light and temperature. Science of the Total Environment, 703: 134880. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134880 [Accessed 13 February 2020].