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The crystal structure of fac-tricarbonyl(bis(3,5-dimethyl-4H-pyrazole)-κ1 N)-((nitrato)-κ1 O)-rhenium(I) - 3,5-dimethyl-4H-pyrazole(1/1), C18H23N7O6Re
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024)C18H23N7O6Re, triclinic, P 1 (no. 2), a = 10.527(2) Å, b = 10.849(2) Å, c = 11.215(2) Å, α = 72.798(2)°, β = 69.767(2)°, γ= 87.496(10)°, V = 1145.52(4) Å3, Z = 2, R gt(F) = 0.0273, wR ref(F 2) = 0.0727, T = 150(2) K. -
The Use and Ethics of Dental Photography in South Africa
(Department of Community Dentistry and Department of Paediatric Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, 2023)The ethics surrounding the use and sharing of photographs on social media has come under the limelight as the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) act has come into play. Photos of patients are being shared for ... -
Land, natural resources and the social reproduction of South Africa's ‘relative surplus population’
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)In the past few decades, there has been a renewed interest by feminist scholars in social reproduction. Global South scholars have argued that in agrarian societies of the global South that are marked by a high prevalence ... -
How age and sex affect treatment outcomes for children with severe malnutrition: A multi-country secondary data analysis
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)Age and sex influence the risk of childhood wasting. We aimed to determine if wasting treatment outcomes differ by age and sex in children under 5 years, enroled in therapeutic and supplementary feeding programmes. Utilising ... -
Land commoning in deagrarianized contexts: Potentials for agroecology?
(University of California Press, 2024)Amid socially and ecologically failing food systems, land commoning has been proposed as a pathway to align food systems with agroecology and food sovereignty. This article aims to contribute to nascent understandings of ... -
Physical activity is personal: A mixed-methods study of undergraduate students at a South African university
(Ubiquity Press, 2024)Background: Physical inactivity is a public health concern. Personal factors play a pivotal role in either prohibiting or promoting students’ physical activity (PA) participation. Limited studies have explored the influence ... -
A systematic review assessing the potential use of cystatin c as a biomarker for kidney disease in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy
(Frontier, 2024)The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly prolonged the lifespan of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH). However, the sustained use of this drug regimen has also been associated ... -
Stability and control in a stochastic model of malaria population dynamics
(Springer, 2023)This article proves a stability theorem for the disease-free equilibrium of a stochastic differential equations model of malaria disease dynamics. The theorem is formulated in terms of an invariant which is similar to the ... -
Simba-c: the evolution of the thermal and chemical properties in the intragroup medium
(Oxford University Press, 2024)The newly updated GIZMO and Simba based simulation, Simba-C, with its new stellar feedback, chemical enrichment, and recalibrated AGN feedback, allows for a detailed study of the intragroup medium X-ray properties. We ... -
Cosmological constraints from the EFT power spectrum and tree-level bispectrum of 21 cm intensity maps
(Elsevier B.V., 2024)We explore the information content of 21 cm intensity maps in redshift space using the 1-loop Effective Field Theory power spectrum model and the bispectrum at tree level. The 21 cm signal contains signatures of dark matter, ... -
African moral theory and media ethics: An exploration of rulings by the South African press council 2018 to 2022
(Routledge, 2024)In light of a history of an unethical news media system used by the state as an instrument of oppression, media ethics in South Africa is intended to uphold the foundational tenets of journalism and play a pivotal role in ... -
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein diversity at an intra-host level, among SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals in South Africa, 2020 to 2022
(Public Library of Science, 2023)Intra-host diversity studies are used to characterise the mutational heterogeneity of SARSCoV-2 infections in order to understand the impact of virus-host adaptations. This study investigated the frequency and diversity ... -
Local governments in federal systems: Deepening federal democracy?
(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2023)Local government is increasingly seen as an integral part of federal governance systems; it is often recognized as an order of government in federal constitutions and performs a range of functions exclusively and/or ... -
VERTICO and IllustrisTNG: The spatially resolved effects of environment on galactic gas
(American Astronomical Society, 2023)It has been shown in previous publications that the TNG100 simulation quantitatively reproduces the observed reduction in each of the total atomic and total molecular hydrogen gas for galaxies within massive halos, i.e., ... -
Delegation and directors' reliance on the performance of others – a companies act 2008 analysis in the light of international best practices
(North-West University, 2023)South Africa has included in the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Act), provisions dealing with directors' delegation and reliance on the performance of others for their (the directors') own performance. In keeping with their ... -
Revisiting the [C II]158μm line-intensity mapping power spectrum from the eor using non-uniform line-luminosity scatter
(Oxford University Press, 2023)Detecting the line-intensity mapping (LIM) signal from the galaxies of the epoch of reionization is an emerging tool to constrain their role in reionization. Ongoing and upcoming experiments target the signal fluctuations ... -
Human resource information systems as strategic tool for the sustainability of the public health sector
(IGI Global, 2023)Information and communication technologies (ICT) dominate almost all professional domains, including the field of human resources management. Human resources information system (HRIS) is one such technology that can transform ... -
Remineralization and inactivation of carious lesions treated with silver fluoride in Brazilian children with special healthcare needs
(Frontier, 2024)Introduction: Providing conventional, restorative dental care to children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) often requires sedation using general anesthesia. Saliva consistency, diet, and oral hygiene practice are ... -
Assessment of drinking water quality using metal index, degree of contamination and hazard indices on ground water sources in an agricultural tropical environment
(Informatics Publishing Limited, 2023)The study conducted in the dry and rainy seasons of 2019 assessed the levels of metals in groundwater sampled from boreholes and dug wells in Ikwo, southeastern Nigeria. Nine water samples were analysed for calcium, iron, ... -
Thinking with/in surfing: Podcasting as public pedagogy and scholarship in/for the global South
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This article introduces The Deep Duck Dive —a podcast engaging with the oceanic turn in the global South by focusing on issues that matter within surfing as a lifestyle sport. As co-hosts of the podcast, we have approached ...
