Browsing Research Articles (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies) by Title
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STIAS–Wallenberg Roundtable on mHealth : towards a roadmap for image-based mobile technologies for health care
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)No abstract available -
Still Bay Point-production strategies at Hollow Rock Shelter and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter and Knowledge-transfer systems in Southern Africa at about 80-70 thousand years ago
(Public Library of Science, 2016)It has been suggested that technological variations associated with Still Bay assemblages of southern Africa have not been addressed adequately. Here we present a study developed to explore regional and temporal variations ... -
Stochastic thermodynamics for Ising chain and symmetric exclusion process
(American Physical Society, 2017)We verify the finite-time fluctuation theorem for a linear Ising chain in contact with heat reservoirs at its ends.Analytic results are derived for a chain consisting of two spins. The system can be mapped onto a model ... -
Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty : examples from South Africa and beyond
(Resilience Alliance, 2015)Improving our ability to manage complex, rapidly changing social-ecological systems is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. This is particularly crucial if large-scale poverty alleviation is to be secured ... -
Systems approach to the study of brain damage in the very preterm newborn
(Frontiers Media, 2016)Background: A systems approach to the study of brain damage in very preterm newborns has been lacking. Methods: In this perspective piece, we offer encephalopathy of prematurity as an example of the complexity and ... -
They are my future : childbearing desires and motivations among women with disabilities in Ghana - implications for reproductive healthcare
(BMC, 2020-10-06)Background: Previous research has highlighted widespread public mis/perceptions that portray women with disabilities (WWDs) as asexual, less likely to marry, and often not interested in childbearing. However, evidence ... -
Tracking the cellulolytic activity of Clostridium thermocellum biofilms
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-29)Background Microbial cellulose conversion by Clostridium thermocellum 27405 occurs predominantly through the activity of substrate-adherent bacteria organized in thin, primarily single cell-layered biofilms. The importance ... -
Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans
(Istituto Italiano di Antropologia, 2017)We suggest a seven-grade model for the evolution of causal cognition as a framework that can be used to gauge variation in the complexity of causal reasoning from the panin-hominin split until the appearance of cognitively ... -
Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation
(MDPI, 2017)Abstract: Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or ... -
Transfusion in Haemoglobinopathies : review and recommendations for local blood banks and transfusion services in Oman
(Sultan Qaboos University, 2018)Sickle cell disease and homozygous β-thalassaemia are common haemoglobinopathies in Oman, with many implications for local healthcare services. The transfusions of such patients take place in many hospitals throughout the ... -
TRAPLINE : a standardized and automated pipeline for RNA sequencing data analysis, evaluation and annotation
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Technical advances in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) provide a means to acquire deeper insights into cellular functions. The lack of standardized and automated methodologies poses a challenge for the analysis ... -
Two distance memories in desert ants - modes of interaction
(Public Library of Science, 2018-10-10)Navigation plays an essential role for many animals leading a mobile mode of life, and for central place foragers in particular. One important prerequisite for navigation is the ability to estimate distances covered during ... -
Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2017)Data from many high- and low- or middle-income countries have linked exposures during key developmental periods (in particular pregnancy and infancy) to later health and disease. Africa faces substantial challenges with ... -
Understanding iron metabolism : lessons from transfusion-dependent Thalassemia
(Oman Medical Specialty Board, 2018)No abstract available -
Upscaling biodiversity : estimating the species–area relationship from small samples
(Ecological Society of America, 2018)The challenge of biodiversity upscaling, estimating the species richness of a large area from scattered local surveys within it, has attracted increasing interest in recent years, producing a wide range of competing ... -
Why model?
(Frontiers Media, 2014-01-28)Next generation sequencing technologies are bringing about a renaissance of mining approaches. A comprehensive picture of the genetic landscape of an individual patient will be useful, for example, to identify groups of ...
