• Quantitative 18F-FDG PET-CT scan characteristics correlate with tuberculosis treatment response 

  Malherbe, Stephanus T.; Chen, Ray Y.; Dupont, Patrick; Kant, Ilse; Kriel, Magdalena; Loxton, Andre G.; Smith, Bronwyn; Beltran, Caroline G. G.; Van Zyl, Susan; McAnda, Shirely; Abrahams, Charmaine; Maasdorp, Elizna; Doruyter, Alex; Via, Laura E.; Barry, Clifton E.; Alland, David; Griffith- Richards, Stephanie; Ellman, Annare; Peppard, Thomas; Belisle, John; Tromp, Gerard; Ronacher, Katharina; Warwick, James M.; Winter, Jill; Walzl, Gerhard (SpringerOpen (part of Springer Nature), 2020)

  Background: There is a growing interest in the use of F-18 FDG PET-CT to monitor tuberculosis (TB) treatment response. Tuberculosis lung lesions are often complex and diffuse, with dynamic changes during treatment ...
• Ek het uiteindelik op straat beland; dis ʼn harde lewe : Uitdagings van kwesbare vroue wat alkohol of dwelms misbruik 

  Slabbert, Ilze (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2019)

  Daar is wêreldwyd ʼn toename in die misbruik van alkohol- en/of dwelms. Dit is veral kwesbare vroue wat alkohol of dwelms misbruik, wat gespesialiseerde behandeling benodig. Die doel van die studie was om die uitdagings wat ...
• Studentification in Stellenbosch, South Africa 

  Visser, Gustav; Kisting, Dene (Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)

  Globally, studentification has emerged as a prominent urban process, fast becoming entrenched in geographical discourse. Since the early 1990s, in both developed and developing world countries, an expansion in student ...
• Stellenbosch coffee society : societal and locational preferences 

  Ferreira, Sanette; Beuster, Lukas (Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)

  Stellenbosch is a university town boasting knowledge-intensive economic sectors with a variety of ‘new economy’ occupations and activities. The presence of a professional and creative class, as well as university students ...
• Architecture in Southern African informal settlements : a contextually appropriate intervention 

  Perold, Rudolf; Donaldson, Ronnie; Devisch, Oswald (Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)

  Architectural professionals can contribute to efforts at achieving sustainable urbanism. However, the realm of professional discourse is extremely limited. Grounded architectural practice (GAP) is developed as a conceptual ...
• New vaccine introductions in Africa before and during the decade of vaccines –are we making progress? 

  Sambala, Evanson Z.; Wiyeh, Alison B.; Ngcobo, Ntombenhle; Machingaidze, Shingai; Wiysonge, Charles S. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Vaccines are excellent investments with far-reaching rewards beyond individual and population health, but their introduction into national programs has been historically slow in Africa. We provide an overview of the ...
• Refugee migrants as agents of change : strategies for improved livelihoods and self-reliance 

  Msabah, Barnabe A. (AOSIS Publishing, 2019)

  Although many refugees leave their home countries with a certain level of uncertainty concerning their survival in the host country, they are hopeful of improving their livelihood and thus being self-reliant. They seize ...
• Filovirus disease outbreaks : a chronological overview 

  Languon, Sylvester; Quaye, Osbourne (SAGE, 2019)

  Filoviruses cause outbreaks which lead to high fatality in humans and non-human primates, thus tagging them as major threats to public health and species conservation. In this review, we give account of index cases responsible ...
• Characterisation of different GLRaV-3 variant infections by determining virus concentration ratios and miRNA expression profiles 

  Aldrich, D. J.; Bester, R.; Burger, J.; Maree, H. J. (Bundesanstalt fur Zuchtungsforschung an Kulturpflanzen, 2019)

  Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is present in all grape-growing regions of the world and is considered the most significant grapevine viral disease. Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is considered the primary ...
• Projected climatic and hydrologic changes to lake Victoria Basin Rivers under three RCP emission scenarios for 2015–2100 and impacts on the water sector 

  Olaka, Lydia A.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Said, Mohammed Y.; Oludhe, Christopher (MDPI, 2019)

  Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin support a multitude of ecosystem services, and the economies of the riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi) rely on their discharge, but projections of their ...
• Liquid violence : the politics of water responsibilisation and dispossession in South Africa 

  Marcatelli, Michela; Buscher, Bram (Water Alternatives Network, 2019)

  This article introduces the notion of liquid violence to explain structural and racialised water inequality in contemporary South Africa. Investigating the Waterberg region in Limpopo Province from a water perspective ...
• Laboratory method design for investigating the phytoremediation of polluted water (with erratum) 

  Jacklin, D. M.; Brink, I. C.; De Waal, J. (South African Water Research Commission, 2019)

  The performance of plants to remove, remediate or immobilise environmental contaminants in a growth matrix through natural biological, chemical or physical activities was studied in a laboratory phytoremediation system. ...
• Assessing the influence of DEM source on derived streamline and catchment boundary accuracy 

  Mashimbye, Zama Eric; De Clercq, Willem Petrus; Van Niekerk, Adriaan (South African Water Research Commission, 2019)

  Accurate DEM-derived streamlines and catchment boundaries are essential for hydrological modelling. Due to the popularity of hydrological parameters derived mainly from free DEMs, it is essential to investigate the accuracy ...
• Garden irrigation as household end-use in the presence of supplementary groundwater supply 

  Meyer, Bettina Elizabeth; Jacobs, Heinz Erasmus (South African Water Research Commission, 2019-05)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Garden irrigation is a significant and variable household water end‑use, while groundwater abstraction may be a notable supplementary water source available in some serviced residential areas. Residential ...
• Determining the diet of an African mesocarnivore, the caracal: scat or GPS cluster analysis? 

  Jansen, Corle; Leslie, Alison J.; Cristescu, Bogdan; Teichman, Kristine J.; Martins, Quinton (Nordic Council for Wildlife Research, 2019)

  The caracal Caracal caracal is the largest of Africa's small felids (<20 kg). Across much of Africa, particularly where larger predators have been extirpated, caracal are one of the main carnivores contributing to livestock ...
• Mitochondrial event localiser (MEL) to quantitativelydescribe fission, fusion and depolarisation in the three-dimensional space 

  Theart, Rensu P.; Kriel, Jurgen; Du Toit, Andre; Loos, Ben; Niesler, Thomas R. (Public Library of Science, 2020-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial fission and fusion play an important role not only in maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis but also in preserving overall cellular viability. However, quantitative analysis based on the ...
• Spiritual care practices in hospices in the Western cape, South Africa : the challenge of diversity 

  Mahilall, Ronita; Swartz, Leslie (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2021)

  Background: South Africa is a very diverse middle-income country, still deeply divided by the legacy of its colonial and apartheid past. As part of a larger study, this article explored the experiences and views of ...
• Composition of rabbit caecal microbiota and the effects of dietary quercetin supplementation and sex thereupon 

  North, M. K.; Zotte, A. Dalle; Hoffman, L. C. (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2019)

  The purpose of this study was to add to the current understanding of rabbit caecal microbiota. This involved describing its microbial composition and linking this to live performance parameters, as well as determining the ...
• Elucidation of a human urine metabolite as a seryl-leucine glycopeptide and as a biomarker of effective anti-tuberculosis therapy 

  Fitzgerald, Bryna L.; Islam, M. Nurul; Graham, Barbara; Mahapatra, Sebabrata; Webb, Kristofor; Boom, W. Henry; Malherbe, Stephanus T.; Joloba, Moses L.; Johnson, John L.; Winter, Jill; Walzl, Gerhard; Belisle, John T. (American Chemical Society, 2018-12-26)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The evaluation of new tuberculosis (TB) therapies is limited by the paucity of biomarkers to monitor treatment response. Previous work detected an uncharacterized urine metabolite with a molecular mass ...
• Mce3R stress-resistance pathway is vulnerable to small-molecule targeting that improves tuberculosis drug activities 

  Yang, Xinxin; Yuan, Tianao; Ma, Rui; Chacko, Kieran I.; Smith, Melissa; Deikus, Gintaras; Sebra, Robert; Kasarskis, Andrew; Van Bakel, Harm; Franzblau, Scott G.; Sampson, Nicole S. (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  One-third of the world’s population carries Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the infectious agent that causes tuberculosis (TB), and every 17 s someone dies of TB. After infection, Mtb can live dormant for decades in ...
• Use of δ¹³C as water stress indicator and potential silvicultural decision support tool in Pinus radiata stand management in South Africa 

  Fischer, Phillip M.; Du Toit, Ben (Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, 2018-11-15)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study, the carbon isotope ratio in tree rings was investigated as a potential measure of water availability and drought stress in Pinus radiata stands in South Africa. An understanding of water ...
• Mechanical and physical properties of Cunninghamia lanceolata wood decayed by brown rot 

  Li, Shengcai; Gao, Yuewen; Brunetti, Michele; Macchioni, Nicola; Nocetti, Michela; Palanti, Sabrina (Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, 2019-04-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relationship between the mechanical properties of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir) wood and the development of fungal decay was investigated with the aim of implementing a statistical model useful ...
• Prevalence of substance use amongst people living with human immunodeficiency virus who attend primary healthcare services in Mthatha, South Africa 

  Kaswa, Ramprakash; De Villiers, Marietjie (AOSISPublisher's version, 2020)

  Background: About 13.3% of the South African population use some kind of substance during their lifetime. The incidence of substance use disorders is twice the global average. The use of various substances amongst people ...
• Essential environmental variables to include in a stratified sampling design for a national-level invasive alien tree survey 

  Kotze , Johann D. F.; Beukes , Hein B.; Seifert , Thomas (Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, 2020)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a direct relationship between the abundance of biological invasions and their impact, which means that it is important to capture spatial patterns in their abundance and use this information to ...
• Sustainable workforce : South African Audiologists and Speech Therapists 

  Pillay, Mershen; Tiwari, Ritika; Kathard, Harsha; Chikte, Usuf (World Health Organization, 2020-07-01)

  Background: Audiologists and Speech Therapists play a vital role in addressing sustainable development goals by supporting people who are marginalised due to communication challenges. The global burden of disease and ...
• Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) phenology and associated arthropod diversity in the Overberg region, South Africa 

  Slabbert, Eleonore; Malgas, Rhoda; Veldtman, Ruan; Addison, Pia (AOSIS, 2019)

  Background: Cyclopia is endemic to regions of the Cape Floristic Region across the Eastern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa and is commonly known as honeybush. Honeybush has historically been used as an herbal ...
• The impact of the moratorium on the regulation governing vehicle height restriction : a South African high cube container case 

  Adams, Tiffany Michelle; Goedhals-Gerber, Leila L.; Van Eeden, Joubert (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African National Road Traffic Act stipulates a legal vehicle height of 4.3 metres. The standard flat deck trailer fleet used in South Africa, combined with the international standard high cube ...
• Factors affecting the location of economic activities : a multi-disciplinary review and conceptual framework 

  Bam, Wouter Gideon; De Bruyne, Karolien; Schutte, Corne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A holistic framework that enables a systematic evaluation of the factors affecting the location of economic activities has thus far been lacking. Using a structured review, this research summarises the ...
• Towards technological awareness and wisdom 

  Van Wyk, Rias Johann (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-12-14)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article aims to enhance technology foresight by contributing to technological awareness and wisdom. It is based on an understanding of the fundamental nature of technology, and requires an overarching ...
• A case report of an aorto-pulmonary-venacaval fistula after penetrating cardiac injury 

  Koen, Johannes Gerhardus; Wagenaar, Riegardt; Janson, Jacques T. (Oxford University Press, 2020-12-15)

  Background: Penetrating cardiac injury (PCI) is an accepted burden in high violent crime areas. Traumatic intracardiac fistulae are however not that commonly detected on initial presentation, with most of these injuries ...

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