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    • Radiations and male fertility 

      Kesari, Kavindra Kumar; Agarwal, Ashok; Henkel, Ralf (Springer Nature, 2018)
      During recent years, an increasing percentage of male infertility has to be attributed to an array of environmental, health and lifestyle factors. Male infertility is likely to be affected by the intense exposure to heat ...
    • Radio continuum surveys with square kilometre array pathfinders 

      Norris, Ray P.; Afonso, J.; Bacon, David; Cress, Catherine (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
      In the lead-up to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, several next-generation radio telescopes and upgrades are already being built around the world. These include APERTIF (The Netherlands), ASKAP (Australia), ...
    • Radio spectral properties of star-forming galaxies in the MIGHTEE-COSMOS field and their impact on the far-infrared-radio correlation 

      Vacaari, M; An, Fangxia; Smail, Ian (Oxford University Press, 2021)
      We study the radio spectral properties of 2094 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) by combining our early science data from theMeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey with VLA, GMRT ...
    • Radio-loud active calactic nucleus: is there a link between luminosity and cluster environment? 

      Ineson, J.; Croston, J. H.; Jarvis, Matt; Hardcastle, M.J.; Evans, D. A.; Kraft, R. P. (American Physical Society, 2013)
      We present here the first results from the Chandra ERA (Environments of Radio-loud AGN) Large Project, characterizing the cluster environments of a sample of 26 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z ∼ 0.5 that ...
    • Radiosensitization effect of gold nanoparticles in proton therapy 

      Cunningham, C.; De Kock, M.; Engelbrecht, M.; Miles, X. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The number of proton therapy facilities and the clinical usage of high energy proton beams for cancer treatment has substantially increased over the last decade. This is mainly due to the superior dose distribution of ...
    • 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)
      The Cape Point (CPT) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) research station have been monitoring climatically significant trace gases for four decades. Among these is radon, a naturally occurring noble gas with a large continental ...
    • RAMICS: Trainable, high-speed and biologically relevant alignment of high-throughput sequencing reads to coding DNA 

      Wright, Imogen A.; Travers, Simon A. (Oxford University Press, 2014)
      The challenge presented by high-throughput sequencing necessitates the development of novel tools for accurate alignment of reads to reference sequences. Current approaches focus on using heuristics to map reads quickly ...
    • Rapid assessment of tissue nitrogen in cultivated Gracilaria gracilis (Rhodophyta) and Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) 

      Robertson-Andersson, Deborah; Wilson, D.T.; Bolton, John J.; Anderson, Robert J.; Maneveldt, Gavin (NISC, 2009)
      Tissue nitrogen content and thallus colour were quantified using a rapid assessment method based on the Pantone® matt uncoated formula guide for raft-cultivated Gracilaria gracilis Steentoft Irvine et Farnham at Saldanha ...
    • Rare earths’ recovery from phosphogypsum: An overview on direct and indirect leaching techniques 

      Mukaba, J.-L.; Eze, C.P.; Pereao, O.; Petrik, Leslie (MDPI, 2021)
      The need for rare earth elements (REEs) in high-tech electrical and electronic-based materials is vital. In the global economy, deposits of natural REEs are limited except for countries such as China, which has prompted ...
    • Rare fungal species isolated from Libyan diabetic patients 

      Esmaio, Mustafa; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Africa, Charlene W.J. (Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN), 2016)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The emerging resistance of Candida species to antifungals routinely used to treat candidiasis in HIV patients and in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has resulted in the frequent isolation ...
    • A rare new species of the genus Wiborgiella (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae) 

      Boatwright, James Stephen; Helme, Nicholas Alexander (Elsevier, 2014)
      The new species Wiborgiella argentea is described. It is closely similar to Wiborgiella leipoldtiana and W. fasciculata but differs in its single-stemmed habit, densely sericeous leaves, wing petals that are longer than ...
    • A re-assessment of the nearest neighbour alignment of the X-ray isophotes of galaxy clusters 

      Koen, Chris; Lombard, Fred (Oxford University Press, 2006)
      Alignment is defined as the tendency of the distribution of pointing angles between the major axes of clusters and their nearest neighbours to be more concentrated towards small values for small nearest neighbour distances, ...
    • Re-engineering of South Africa’s primary health care system: where is the pharmacist? 

      Bheekie, Angeni; Bradley, Hazel A. (South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2016)
      South Africa’s transition towards a district-based health system (DHS) aims to offer health promotion and prevention services at community level, through re-engineered primary health care (PHC) services. Along with pharmacy ...
    • Reactive oxygen species and male reproductive hormones 

      Darbandi, Mahsa; Darbandi, Sara; Agarwal, Ashok; Sengupta, Pallav; Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi; Henkel, Ralf; Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza (BMC, 2018)
      Reports of the increasing incidence of male infertility paired with decreasing semen quality have triggered studies on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on the male reproductive potential. There are ...
    • Reactive oxygen species and male reproductive hormones 

      Darbandi, Mahsa; Darbandi, Sara; Agarwal, Ashok; Sengupta, Pallav; Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi; Henkel, Ralf; Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza (BMC, 2018)
      Reports of the increasing incidence of male infertility paired with decreasing semen quality have triggered studies on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on the male reproductive potential. There are ...
    • Reactive oxygen species in male reproduction: A boon or a bane? 

      Henkel, R; Baskaran, S; Finelli, R (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)
      Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are free radicals derived from oxygen during normal cellular metabolism. ROS play a crucial role in the physiological processes and signalling pathways associated with male fertility. At ...
    • Reactive oxygen species in male reproduction: A boon or a bane? 

      Finelli, Renata; Henkel, Ralf; Baskaran, Saradha (Wiley, 2020)
      Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are free radicals derived from oxygen during normal cellular metabolism. ROS play a crucial role in the physiological processes and signalling pathways associated with male fertility. At ...
    • A real time processing system for big data in astronomy: Applications to Hera 

      La Plante, Paul; Williams, Peter KG; Kittiwisit, Piyanat (Elsevier, 2021)
      As current- and next-generation astronomical instruments come online, they will generate an unprecedented deluge of data. Analyzing these data in real time presents unique conceptual and computational challenges, and their ...
    • Real-time assessment of Candida biofilm disruption by Galenia africana 

      Stuurman, Keith; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Klaasen, Jeremy; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (2022-05-25)
      Candida species often cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and are able to form highly structured biofilms that protect the yeast cells from the external environment and the action of antimicrobials. ...
    • Real-time assessment of Candida biofilm formation 

      Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Behardien, Kauthar; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (Elsevier, 2021-09)
      Background: Candida infections are responsible for increased morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, particularly when the Candida biofilm is composed of drug-resistant species. Although the biofilm formation ...