• Value chain-induced constraints limiting scale of conservation agriculture in South Africa 

  Von Loeper, Wolfgang Johann; Drimie, Scott; Blignaut, James (IntechOpen, 2019)

  The potential of scaling conservation agriculture (CA), for long-term food security, remains under-investigated within the context of agricultural food value chains in South Africa. To scale the use of CA an understanding ...
• Strengthening prehospital clinical practice guideline implementation in South Africa : a qualitative case study 

  McCaul, Michael; Young, Taryn; Bruijns, Stevan R.; Clarke, Mike (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)

  Background: Methods on developing new (de novo) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have received substantial attention. However, research into alternative methods of CPG development using existing CPG documents ...
• Putting RFMix and ADMIXTURE to the test in a complex admixed population 

  Uren, Caitlin; Hoal, Eileen G.; Moller, Marlo (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)

  Background: Global and local ancestry inference in admixed human populations can be performed using computational tools implementing distinct algorithms. The development and resulting accuracy of these tools has been ...
• Molecular epidemiology of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Africa : a systematic review 

  Chisompola, Namaunga Kasumu; Streicher, Elizabeth Maria; Muchemwa, Chishala Miriam Kapambwe; Warren, Robin Mark; Sampson, Samantha Leigh (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)

  Background: The burden of drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa is largely driven by the emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. MDR-TB is ...
• Domestic free-range pig genetic resources in Southern Africa : progress and prospects 

  Halimani, Tinyiko Edward; Mapiye, Obvious; Marandure, Tawanda; Januarie, Diedre; Imbayarwo-Chikosi, Venancio Edward; Dzama, Kennedy (MDPI, 2020)

  Pig genetic resources in Africa originate from different regions and were introduced through several migration pathways. Genetic analysis has shown a strong phylogeographic pattern, with pigs on the eastern parts showing ...
• Non-executive directors : employees or independent contractors for both income tax and employees' tax purposes? 

  Van Schalkwyk, Linda; Nel, Rudie (AOSIS, 2013)

  The concept ‘independent contractor’ is one of the more contentious concepts contained in the Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, as amended. The classification of a person rendering services as either an ...
• Constantly weighing the pig will not make it grow : do teachers teach assessment tests or the curriculum? 

  Le Cordeur, Michael (University of the Free State, 2014)

  For a number of years now, South Africa, like many other countries, has been debating a major paradigm shift in education, a shift from learning and teaching, which focused primarily on content to learning and teaching ...
• Freedom of speech and public interest, not allegiance, should underpin science advisement to government 

  Singh, Jerome Amir; Habib, Adam; Jansen, Jonathan (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)

  South Africa (SA) is Africa’s science heavyweight, leading the continent in scientific output, and ranks in the top 40 globally in research productivity.[1-3] Not surprisingly, SA’s scientific and academic communities ...
• From dis-enclosure to decolonisation : in dialogue with Nancy and Mbembe on self-determination and the other 

  Gerber, Schalk Hendrik (MDPI, 2018)

  What might a sense of decolonisation (not)/be? Or, what comes after the logic of the coloniser? This question is at the centre of many debates in South Africa and extends to all countries worldwide who are faced with the ...
• The development of a single health-endorsement logo for South Africa 

  Koen, Nelene; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Blaauw, Renee (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  Objective: To develop health-endorsement logos (HEL) for food products indicating healthy choices based on the South African nutrient profile model and to pilot test these logos with consumers. Design: Multistage ...
• Complete blood count reference intervals from a healthy adult urban population in Kenya 

  Omuse, Geoffrey; Maina, Daniel; Mwangi, Jane; Wambua, Caroline; Radia, Kiran; Kanyua, Alice; Kagotho, Elizabeth; Hoffman, Mariza; Ojwang, Peter; Premji, Zul; Ichihara, Kiyoshi; Erasmus, Rajiv (Public Library of Science, 2018)

  Background: There are racial, ethnic and geographical differences in complete blood count (CBC) reference intervals (RIs) and therefore it is necessary to establish RIs that are population specific. Several studies have ...
• Lamivudine monotherapy as a holding regimen for HIV-positive children 

  Patten, Gabriela; Bernheime, Jonathan; Fairlie, Lee; Rabie, Helena; Sawry, Shobna; Technau, Karl; Eley, Brian; Davies, Mary-Ann (Public Library of Science, 2018)

  Background: In resource-limited settings holding regimens, such as lamivudine monotherapy (LM), are used to manage HIV-positive children failing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) to mitigate the risk of drug ...
• Gold exploration in two and three dimensions : improved and correlative insights from microscopy and X-Ray computed tomography 

  Chisambi, Joshua; Von der Heyden, Bjorn; Tshibalanganda, Muofhe; Le Roux, Stephan (MDPI, 2020)

  Abstract: In this contribution, we highlight a correlative approach in which three-dimensional structural/positional data are combined with two dimensional chemical and mineralogical data to understand a complex orogenic ...
• Design analysis methods for Stirling engines 

  Snyman, H.; Harms, T. M.; Strauss, J. M. (Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2008)

  Worldwide attempts are being made to increase the use of our renewable energy sources as well as to use our current fossil fuel energy sources more efficiently. Waste heat recovery forms a substantial part of the latter ...
• A heat pipe heat recovery heat exchanger for a mini-drier 

  Meyer, A.; Dobson, R. T. (Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2006)

  This paper considers the thermal design and the experimental testing of a heat pipe (thermosyphon) heat exchanger for a relatively small commercially available mini-drier. The purpose of the heat exchanger is to recover ...
• Stainless steel finned tube heat exchanger design for waste heat recovery 

  Wipplinger, K. P. M.; Harms, T. M.; Taylor, A. B. (Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2006)

  Around the world the implementation of heat recovery systems play an increasingly important role in the engineering industry. Recovered energy is utilised in production plants (especially in the food industry) and saves ...
• Replacement depreciation and price regulation 

  Lambrechts, I. J. (Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2006)

  Price regulation occurs quite commonly amongst natural monopolies which frequently include public utilities. In South Africa and in certain countries in Africa, there has recently been a revival of price regulation in ...
• Performance of a parabolic trough solar collector 

  Brooks, M. J.; Mills, I.; Harms, T. M. (Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2006)

  The performance of a South African parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) module has been characterised using the ASHRAE 93-1986 standard. The collector is designed for component testing and development in a solar ...
• Towards 90-90 : findings after two years of the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomized trial of a universal testing-and-treatment intervention in Zambia 

  Floyd, Sian; Ayles, Helen; Schaap, Albertus; Shanaube, Kwame; MacLeod, David; Phiri, Mwelwa; Griffith, Sam; Bock, Peter; Beyers, Nulda; Fidler, Sarah; Hayes, Richard (Public Library of Science, 2018)

  Background: HPTN071(PopART) is a 3-arm community-randomised study in 21 peri-urban/urban communities in Zambia and the Western Cape of South Africa, with high HIV prevalence and high mobility especially among young adults. ...
• Automated IS6110-based fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : reaching unprecedented discriminatory power and versatility 

  Dekhil, Naira; Skhairia, Mohamed Amine; Mhenni, Besma; Fradj, Saloua Ben; Warren, Rob; Mardassi, Helmi (Public Library of Science, 2018)

  Background: Several technical hurdles and limitations have restricted the use of IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (IS6110 RFLP), the most effective typing method for detecting recent tuberculosis (TB) ...
• Geospatial distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Africa 

  Chihota, Violet N.; Niehaus, Antoinette; Streicher, Elizabeth M.; Wang, Xia; Sampson, Samantha L.; Mason, Peter; Kallenius, Gunilla; Mfinanga, Sayoki G.; Pillay, Marnomorney; Klopper, Marisa; Kasongo, Webster; Behr, Marcel A.; Van Pittius, Nicolaas C. Gey; Van Helden, Paul D.; Couvin, David; Rastogi, Nalin; Warren, Robin M. (Public Library of Science, 2018-08-01)

  Objective: To investigate the distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes across Africa. Methods: The SITVIT2 global repository and PUBMED were searched for spoligotype and published genotype data respectively, ...
• Barriers to accessing cervical cancer screening among HIV positive women in Kgatleng district, Botswana : a qualitative study 

  Matenge, Tjedza G.; Mash, Bob (Public Library of Science, 2018)

  Background: Low and middle-income countries have a greater share of the cervical cancer burden, but lower screening coverage, compared to high-income countries. Moreover, screening uptake and disease outcomes are generally ...
• 'n Kritiese blik op 21ste-eeuse onderrig en leer deur 'n onderwyser- en leerderbril 

  Pedro, Marne; Van der Merwe, Michele (LitNet, 2020)

  Tegnologie het die potensiaal om te verander hoe daar onderrig en geleer word. Baie navorsers en onderwyspersoneel ondersoek derhalwe doeltreffender benaderings om aan die eise van die 21ste eeu te voldoen en leerders ...
• Die estetika van 'n skreeu-lelike, "weerlose God". Skilderkuns as medium in prosesse van teologiesparadigmatiese transformasie – ver-beeld-ende stank (skúbalon) vir skandalige on-dank (skandalon) 

  Louw, D. J. (Daniel Johannes), 1944- (LitNet, 2020)

  Die Christelike tradisie het dikwels in die Godsvraagstuk op die vraag gekonsentreer: Wie is God? Die Godskonsep, veral die al-mag van God, is in verskillende tradisies omskryf in statiese “omni”- of “almag”-kategorieë ...
• Gemeenskapsvertaalpraktyk : gewone taal vir die hervertaling van 'n bankteks 

  Cupido, Adriaan; Lesch, Harold (LitNet, 2020)

  Suid-Afrika is ’n land waar Engels geredelik as voorkeurtaal of oorbruggingstaal in verskeie openbare domeine gebruik word. Een van daardie domeine is die bankwese. Hierdie toedrag van sake is egter problematies, veral ...
• Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa : one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries 

  Mehtar, Shaheen; Preiser, Wolfgang; Lakhe, Ndeye Aissatou; Bousso, Abdoulaye; TamFum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe; Kallay, Oscar; Seydi, Moussa; Zumla, Alimuddin; Nachega, Jean B. (Elsevier, 2020)

  On March 11, 2020, when coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by WHO, there were comparatively few cases reported from Africa. Our ...
• Radon-222 measurements at Cape Point : a characterization of a 15-year time series 

  Botha, R.; Labuschagne, C.; Williams, A. G.; Bosman, G.; Brunke, E.-G.; Rossouw, A.; Lindsay, R. (National Association for Clean Air, 2018)

  Radon-222 measurements at Cape Point: A characterization of a 15-year time series The Cape Point (CPT) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) research station have been monitoring climatically significant trace ...
• Characterization and cardiovascular effects of (13S)-9α,13α-epoxylabda-6β(19),15(14)diol dilactone, a diterpenoid isolated from Leonotis leonurus 

  Obikeze, Kene C.; McKenzie, Jean M.; Green, Ivan R.; Mugaboa, Pierre (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2008)

  A new diterpenoid, (13S)-9α,13α-epoxylabda-6β(19),15(14)diol dilactone (1), was isolated from Leonotis leonurus and the structure determined via NMR analysis. The compound causes significant changes in blood pressure of ...
• Critical self-assembly concentration of bolaamphiphilic peptides andpeptide hybrids determined by fluorescence measurements 

  Martari, Marco; Sanderson, Ronald D. (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2013)

  The study of the self-assembly properties of peptides and proteins is important for the understanding of molecular recognition processes and for the rational design of functional biomaterials. Novel bolaamphiphilic peptides ...
• The development and refinement of a questionnaire on the investigation of students' experience of first-year chemistry practicals 

  Retief, Liezel; Lutz, Marietjie; Potgieter, Marietjie (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2013)

  This article reports on the development and refinement of a questionnaire for first-year Chemistry students. Three subscales were probed, namely affective attitudes, perceptions towards tutor effectiveness and outcomes achieved.

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