Science & Pharmacy Research Output: December 2017 to January 2018

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ALBANY MUSEUM: Gess, R.W. & Prestianni, C. 2018. Kowieria alveoformis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new heterosporous lycophyte from the Latest Devonian of Southern Africa. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 249: 1–8. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.10.002 [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Daniyan, M.O. & Blatch, G.L. 2017. Plasmodial Hsp40s: New avenues for antimalarial drug discovery. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23: 4555–4570. Available: https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612823666170124142439 [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Edkins, A.L., Price, J.T., Pockley, A.G. & Blatch, G.L. 2018. Heat shock proteins as modulators and therapeutic targets of chronic disease: an integrated perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 373: 20160521. Available: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0521 [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Himmel, M.E., Abbas, C.A., Baker, J.O., Bayer, E.A., Bomble, Y.J., Brunecky, R., Chen, X., Felby, C., Jeoh, T., Kumar, R., McCleary, B.V., Pletschke, B.I., Tucker, M.P., Wyman, C.E. & Decker, S.R. 2017. Undefined cellulase formulations hinder scientific reproducibility. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10: 283. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0974-y [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY: Matcher, G.F., Froneman, P.W., Meiklejohn, I. & Dorrington, R.A. 2018. Distinct responses of bacterial communities to agricultural and urban impacts in temperate southern African estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 20: 224–233. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.015 [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Nambati, E.A., Kiarie, W.C., Kimani, F., Kimotho, J.H., Otinga, M.S., Too, E., Kaniaru, S., Limson, J. & Bulimo, W. 2018. Unclear association between levels of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (PfLDH) in saliva of malaria patients and blood parasitaemia: diagnostic implications? Malaria Journal, 17: 9. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2151-y [Accessed 13 February 2018].

BOTANY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Coetzee, J.A., Hill, M.P., Ruiz-Téllez, T., Starfinger, U. & Brunel, S. 2017. Monographs on invasive plants in Europe N° 2: Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Botany Letters, 164(4): 303–326. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2017.1381041 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Ayeni, A.O. & Watkins, G.M. 2018. Kinetic studies of the impact of thiocyanate moiety on the catalytic properties of Cu(II) and Fe(III) complexes of a new Mannich base. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1158: 19–25. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.12.011 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Idowu, M.A., Xego, S., Arslanoglu, Y., Mark, J., Antunes, E. & Nyokong, T. 2018. Photophysicochemical behaviour and antimicrobial properties of monocarboxy Mg (II) and Al (III) phthalocyanine-magnetite conjugates. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 193: 407–414. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.12.052 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Milanowski, D.J., Oku, N., Cartner, L.K., Bokesch, H.R., Williamson, R.T., Saurí, J., Liu, Y., Blinov, K.A., Ding, Y., Li, X.-C., Ferreira, D., Walker, L.A., Khan, S., Davies-Coleman, M.T., Kelley, J.A., McMahon, J.B., Martin, G.E. & Gustafson, K.R. 2018. Unequivocal determination of caulamidines A and B: Application and validation of new tools in the structure elucidation tool box. Chemical Science, 9: 307–314. Available: https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01996c [Accessed 14 February 2018].

CHEMISTRY: Syed, S.B., Khan, F.I., Khan, S.H., Srivastava, S., Hasan, G.M., Lobb, K.A., Islam, A., Ahmad, F. & Hassan, M.I. 2018. Mechanistic insights into the urea-induced denaturation of kinase domain of human integrin linked kinase. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 111: 208–218. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.12.164 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chakona, G. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Local setting influences the quantity of household food waste in mid-sized South African towns. PLOS ONE, 12: e0189407. Available: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189407 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chakona, G. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Voices of the hungry: a qualitative measure of household food access and food insecurity in South Africa. Agriculture & Food Security, 6: 66. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-017-0149-x [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Dalu, M.T.B., Shackleton, C.M. & Dalu, T. 2017. Influence of land cover, proximity to streams and household topographical location on flooding impact in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.12.009 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mugido, W. & Shackleton, C.M. 2018. Price Determination of Non-timber Forest Products in Different Areas of South Africa. Ecological Economics, 146: 597–606. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.010 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Hurley, P.T., Dahlberg, A.C., Emery, M.R. & Nagendra, H. 2017. Urban Foraging: A Ubiquitous Human Practice Overlooked by Urban Planners, Policy, and Research. Sustainability, 9: 1884. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/su9101884 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, M.T.B., Wasserman, R.J. & Dalu, T. 2017. A call to halt destructive, illegal mining in Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Science, 113(11/12): 2–2. Available: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0242 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Biddulph, M., Collins, A. L., Foster, I. D. L., Holmes, N., 2017. The scale problem in tackling diffuse water pollution from agriculture: Insights from the Avon Demonstration Test Catchment programme in England. River Research and Applications, 33(10): 1527–1538. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3222 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Favis-Mortlock, D., Boardman, J., Foster, I. & Greenwood, P. 2017. “Local gradient” and between-site variability of erosion rate on badlands in the Karoo, South Africa. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4293 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Harper, S.E., Foster, I.D.L., Lawler, D.M., Mathers, K.L., McKenzie, M. & Petts, G.E. 2017. The complexities of measuring fine sediment accumulation within gravel-bed rivers. River Research and Applications, 33: 1575–1584. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3198 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Collins, A.L. & Van der Waal, B. 2018. Variability in the mineral magnetic properties of soils and sediments within a single field in the Cape Fold mountains, South Africa: Implications for sediment source tracing. CATENA, 163: 172–183. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.019 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Van Der Waal, B., Collins, A. l., Foster, I. d. L. & Rowntree, K. 2017. Are source groups always appropriate when sediment fingerprinting? The direct comparison of source and sediment samples as a methodological step. River Research and Applications, 33(10): 1553–1563. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3192 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

GEOLOGY: Kampouroglou, E.E., Tsikos, H. & Economou-Eliopoulos, M. 2017. Carbonate stable isotope constraints on sources of arsenic contamination in Neogene tufas and travertines of Attica, Greece. Open Geosciences 9: 577–592. Available: https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2017-0043 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Griffin, N.J. 2017. The rise and fall of dissolved phosphate in South African rivers. South African Journal of Science, 113(11/12): 7–7. Available: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/20170020 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHARMACY & BIOMEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH UNIT: Veale, C.G.L., Chen, W., Chaudhary, S., Kituyi, S.N., Isaacs, M., Hoppe, H., Edkins, A.L., Combrinck, S., Mehari, B. & Viljoen, A. 2018. NMR structural elucidation of channaine, an unusual alkaloid from Sceletium tortuosum. Phytochemistry Letters, 23: 189–193. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2017.11.018 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHARMACY: Nondlazi, S., Ngqwala, N.P., Zuma, B. & Tandlich, R. 2017. Investigating the viability and performance of the pilot scale fly ash/lime filter tower for onsite greywater treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment, 91: 349–364. Available:  http://uest.ntua.gr/swws/proceedings/pdf/SWWS2016_NondlaziPaper.pdf [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHARMACY: Pudumo, J., Chaudhary, S.K., Chen, W., Viljoen, A., Vermaak, I. & Veale, C.G.L. 2018. HPTLC fingerprinting of Croton gratissimus leaf extract with Preparative HPLC-MS-isolated marker compounds. South African Journal of Botany, 114: 32–36. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.10.004 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B., Yizengaw, E., Katamzi-Joseph, Z.T., Moldwin, M.B., Buchert, S., n.d. Storm Time Global Observations of Large-Scale TIDs From Ground-Based and In Situ Satellite Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2017JA024510. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024510 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M. & Chithambo, M.L. 2018. The effect of annealing and beta irradiation on thermoluminescence spectra of α-Al2O3:C,Mg. Journal of Luminescence, 196: 195–200. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.12.036 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. A comparative study of the dosimetric features of α-Al2O3: C,Mg and α-Al2O3: C. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 177(3): 261–271. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx039 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Scolnic, D., Kessler, R., Brout, D., Cowperthwaite, P.S., Soares-Santos, M., Annis, J., Herner, K., Chen, H.-Y., Sako, M., Doctor, Z., Butler, R.E., Palmese, A., Diehl, H.T., Frieman, J., Holz, D.E., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Villar, V.A., Nicholl, M., Biswas, R., Hounsell, R., Foley, R.J., Metzger, J., Rest, A., García-Bellido, J., Möller, A., Nugent, P., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N.D., Davis, C., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T.F., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W.G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Johnson, M.W.G., Johnson, M.D., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Plazas, A.A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, R.C., Tucker, D.L. & Walker, A.R. 2018. How Many Kilonovae Can Be Found in Past, Present, and Future Survey Data Sets? Astrophysical Journal Letters, 852. Available: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9d82 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Bennett, R.H., Cowley, P.D., Childs, A.-R., Attwood, C.G., Swart, L. & Næsje, T.F. 2017. Movement patterns of an endangered fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae), and the role of no-take marine protected areas as a management tool. African Journal of Marine Science, 39(4): 475–489. Available:  https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2017.1404493 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Cowley, P.D., Bennett, R.H., Childs, A.-R. & Murray, T.S. 2017. Reflection on the first five years of South Africa’s Acoustic Tracking Array Platform (ATAP): status, challenges and opportunities. African Journal of Marine Science, 39(4): 363–372. Available: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2017.1399927 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY, ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Chakona, G., Swartz, E.R., Chakona, A. 2017. The status and distribution of a newly identified endemic galaxiid in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion, of South Africa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28(1): 55–67. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2850 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Nodo, P., James, N.C., Childs, A.-R. & Nakin, M.D.V. 2017. The impact of river flooding and high flow on the demersal fish assemblages of the freshwater-dominated Great Fish Estuary, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 39(4): 491–502. Available: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2017.1404494 [Accessed 14 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Vermeulen, E., Bouveroux, T., Plön, S., Atkins, S., Chivell, W., Cockcroft, V., Conry, D., Gennari, E., Hörbst, S., James, B.S., Kirkman, S., Penry, G., Pistorius, P., Thornton, M., Vargas-Fonseca, O.A. & Elwen, S.H. 2018. Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) movement patterns along the South African coast. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28(1): 231–240. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2836 [Accessed 15 February 2018].

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Cowley, P.D., Terörde, A.I., Whitfield, A.K., 2017. Birds as Major Predators of Fishes in the East Kleinemonde Estuary. African Zoology, 52(3): 147–154. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2017.1361865 [Accessed 15 February 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Barnes, R.S.K. 2018. Little-known and phylogenetically obscure South African estuarine microgastropods (Mollusca: Truncatelloidea) as living animals. Journal of Natural History, 52: 87–113. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1408867 [Accessed 15 February 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Krejmer-Rabalska, M., Rabalski, L., de, S., Moore, S.D. & Szewczyk, B. 2018. New method for differentiation of granuloviruses (Betabaculoviruses) based on multitemperature single stranded conformational polymorphism. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(1):83. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19010083 [Accessed 15 February 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moyo, S. & Richoux, N.B. 2017. Macroinvertebrate functional organisation along the longitudinal gradient of an Austral temperate river. African Zoology, 52: 125–136. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2017.1354721 [Accessed 16 February 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Wu, Q., Froneman, W.P. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2018. River sediment metal and nutrient variations along an urban–agriculture gradient in an arid austral landscape: implications for environmental health. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(3): 2842–2852. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0728-1 [Accessed 16 February 2018].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Uyi, O.O., Zachariades, C., Heshula, L.U. & Hill, M.P. 2018. Developmental and reproductive performance of a specialist herbivore depend on seasonality of, and light conditions experienced by, the host plant. PLoS ONE, 13. Available: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190700 [Accessed 16 February 2018].