Faculty of Natural Sciences: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of the effects of Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S. Green (Oleaceae) leaf methanol extract against castor oil-induced diarrhoea in mice
(Oxford University Press, 2010)Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S. Green is widely used in South Africa by traditional medicine practitioners to treat diarrhoea. However, little is known scientifically about this South African species in the ... -
Semantic interrogation of a multi knowledge domain ontological model of tendinopathy identifies four strong candidate risk genes
(Nature Research, 2016)Tendinopathy is a multifactorial syndrome characterised by tendon pain and thickening, and impaired performance during activity. Candidate gene association studies have identified genetic factors that contribute to ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of a polysulfone-polyvinyl alcohol hydrogelic material
(ESG, 2016)Hydrogels are flexible materials that have found a niche in membrane science owing to their ability to absorb water without dissolving. The synthesis of polyvinyl alcohol-polysulfone hydrogel in the presence of N-hydroxy ... -
Efficient superoxide scavenging and metal immobilization in roots determines the level of tolerance to vanadium stress in two contrasting Brassica napus genotypes
(Elsevier, 2018)Brassica napus also known as Rapeseed is a member of the Brassicaceae family which is mainly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds. Indeed, B. napus is ranked the third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world. Brassica ... -
Amount of cycloserine emanating from terizidone metabolism and relationship with hepatic function in patients with drug resistant tuberculosis
(Springer, 2019)The dosing of cycloserine and terizidone is the same, as both drugs are considered equivalent or used interchangeably. Nevertheless, it is not certain from the literature that these drugs are interchangeable. Therefore, the ... -
New formulas for the (−2) moment of the photoabsorption cross section, σ−2
(American Physical Society, 2015)Two new formulas for the (−2) moment of the photoabsorption cross section, σ−2, have been determined, respectively, from the 1988 photoneutron evaluation of Dietrich and Berman and a mass-dependent symmetry energy ... -
Recalibrating the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) W4 Filter
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)We present a revised effective wavelength and photometric calibration for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer W4 band, including tests of empirically motivated modifications to its pre-launch laboratory-measured ... -
Generalizing the Hilton–Mislin genus group
(Elsevier, 2001)For any group H, let H be the set of all isomorphism classes of groups K such that K H . For a finitely generated group H having finite commu- Ž .tator subgroup H, H , we define a group structure on H ... -
Multifilter observations of the complex periodic variations in eight pre-main sequence stars
(Royal Astronomical Society, 2023)Follow up time series photometry through various combinations of the BVRCIC filter set is presented for eight young stars. The complex periodic variability of seven of the stars was first discovered in TESS photometry, ... -
Human coronavirus NL63: A clinically important virus?
(Future Science Group, 2011)Respiratory tract infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially among young children. Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have only recently been shown to cause both lower and upper respiratory tract ... -
A critical look at the mass-metallicity-star formation rate relation in the local universe. I. An improved analysis framework and confounding systematics
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2014)It has been proposed that the (stellar) mass-(gas) metallicity relation of galaxies exhibits a secondary dependence on star formation rate (SFR), and that the resulting M∗-Z-SFR relation may be redshift-invariant, i.e., ... -
Unpacking physics representations: Towards an appreciation of disciplinary affordance
(American Physical Society, 2014)This theoretical article problematizes the access to disciplinary knowledge that different physics representations have the possibility to provide; that is, their disciplinary affordances. It is argued that historically ... -
Graphs, designs and codes related to the n-cube
(Elsivier, 2009)For integers n 1; k 0, and k n, the graph k n has vertices the 2n vectors of Fn 2 and adjacency defined by two vectors being adjacent if they differ in k coordinate positions. In particular 1 n is the ... -
Protein interaction networks as metric spaces: A novel perspective on distribution of hubs
(BMC, 2014)In the post-genomic era, a central and overarching question in the analysis of protein-protein interaction networks continues to be whether biological characteristics and functions of proteins such as lethality, physiological ... -
Continuing influence of shell effects at high-excitation energies
(Elsevier, 2019)Empirical drops in ground-state nuclear polarizabilities indicate deviations from the effect of giant dipole resonances and may reveal the presence of shell effects in semi-magic nuclei with neutron magic numbers N = 50, ... -
Hall measurements on carbon nanotube paper modified with electroless deposited platinum
(Springer, 2010)Carbon nanotube paper, sometimes referred to as bucky paper, is a random arrangement of carbon nanotubes meshed into a single robust structure, which can be manipulated with relative ease. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes ... -
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 ... -
Identification of a novel protein with guanylyl cyclase activity in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Elsevier, 2003)Guanylyl cyclases (GCs) catalyze the formation of the second messenger guanosine 3 ,5 -cyclic monophos- phate (cGMP) from guanosine 5 -triphosphate (GTP). While many cGMP-mediated processes in plants have been reported, ... -
Extremophiles in biofuel synthesis
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2010)The current global energy situation has demonstrated an urgent need for the development of alternative fuel sourcesto the continually diminishing fossil fuel reserves. Much research to address this issue focuses on the ... -
The orbital periods of aa dor and ny vir
(Oxford University Press, 2011)New timings of eclipses made between 2000 and 2010 are presented for two binary systems with hot subdwarf primary stars. In the case of AA Dor, an sdOB star with a very cool secondary, the period is found to be constant ...