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Trends and risk factors for childhood diarrhea in sub-Saharan countries (1990 2013): assessing the neighborhood inequalities
(Co-Action Publishing, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of child mortality and one of the main causes of medical
consultation for children in sub-Saharan countries. This paper attempts to determine the risk factors and
neighborhood ...
Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multilocular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae): Evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data
(International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), 2016)
"Ruschieae is the largest tribe in the highly speciose subfamily Ruschioideae (Aizoaceae). A generic-level phylogeny for
the tribe was recently produced, providing new insights into relationships between the taxa. Octopoma ...
Development consortium: HCI across borders
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2016)
Though every country and context is unique, and much
of HCI research aims to design for situatedness, there
are lessons to be learned across borders, across
contexts. Questions we ask include: What are common
themes ...
A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS
(SAGE Publications, 2016)
The aim of this article is to show a comparative analysis of contraceptive use in areas of traditionally high
fertility that have gone through profound changes. Data have been taken from the latest Demographic and
Health ...
Large Scale Screening of Southern African Plant Extracts for the Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Microtitre-Plate Method
(Molecules, 2016-11)
The preparation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) involves a variety of chemical and physical methods. These methods use toxic and environmentally harmful chemicals. Consequently, the synthesis of AuNPs using green chemistry ...
GlobalFiler® express DNA amplification kit in South Africa: Extracting the past from the present
(Elsevier, 2016)
In this study, the GlobalFiler1 Express amplification kit was evaluated for forensic use in 541 South
African individuals belonging to the Afrikaaner, amaXhosa,1 amaZulu,1 Asian Indian and Coloured
population groups.
Allelic ...
Climate change in coastal waters: Time series properties affecting trend estimation
(AMS, 2016)
In South Africa, 129 in situ temperature time series of up to 43 years are used for investigations of the
thermal characteristics of coastal seawater. They are collected with handheld thermometers or underwater
temperature ...
Prioritization of anti-malarial hits from nature: Chemo-informatic profiling of natural products with in vitro antiplasmodial activities and currently registered anti-malarial drugs
(BMC, 2016)
A large number of natural products have shown in vitro antiplasmodial activities. Early identification
and prioritization of these natural products with potential for novel mechanism of action, desirable pharmacokinetics ...
Multiple imputation of unordered categorical missing data: A comparison of the multivariate normal imputation and multiple imputation by chained equations
(Brazilian Statistical Association, 2016)
. Missing data are common in survey data sets. Enrolled subjects
do not often have data recorded for all variables of interest. The inappropriate handling of them may negatively affect the inferences drawn. Therefore,
special ...
Identifying multiple periodicities in sparse photon event time series
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
The data considered are event times (e.g. photon arrival times, or the occurrence of sharp
pulses). The source is multiperiodic, or the data could be multiperiodic because several unresolved sources contribute to the time ...