Beyond the beach: a look into the community value of the Shark Spotters Organisation by Besser, Maxwell

“…Their main goal is to help minimise the interactions between beach goers and marine megafauna, with special attention given to sharks. …”
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Molecular genetic strategies to identify Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia candidate genes in a South African sub-population group by Kinnear, C. J. (Craig John)

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A proteomic analysis of the ventral and dorsal hippocampal brain areas of serotonin knockout rats by Fairbairn, Lorren R.

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Emergent Communication: The evolution of simplistic machines using different communication types by Karpul, Alexander

“…The âdirectâ method occurs when a creature transmits a signal that other creatures in its local environment can receive. …”
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Consumers’ trust in the sharing economy

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Navigating the Cairene Table: Food and Family between What Is Ideal and What Is Real by Afify, Iman

“…How do the passing interactions with food during our childhood shape our future understandings of our surrounding world(s)? …”
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To investigate whether VEGF and KDR polymorphisms are associated with chronic Achilles tendinopathy and self-reported measurements of tendon pain by Brazier, Christina Daniela

“…Conclusion: The novel findings of this dissertation implicate the VEGF and KDR genes, and by implication the potential biological role of the angiogenesis signalling pathway, with bilateral and/or multiple Achilles tendinopathy risk. …”
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Learning to speak and hear through multi-agent communication over a continuous acoustic channel by Eloff, Kevin

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Promotor engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for transcriptional control under different physiological conditions by Conradie, E. C. (Elizabeth Cornelia)

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The role of the tumour microenvironment components in cancer cell behaviour and drug response by Senthebane, Dimakatso Alice

“…Lastly, this study utilized multi-cell tumour spheroids (MCTS) from WHCO1 and MDA MB 231 cells co-cultured with WI38 and CT1 fibroblasts to mimic tumour cell-stromal cell interactions as observed within the in vivo tumour microenvironment. …”
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The role of T-box transcription factor TBX3 in rhabdomyosarcoma by Sims, Danica Anne

“…To address this problem requires the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms, including the signaling pathways and transcription factors that drive cancer initiation and progression. …”
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The role of Cysteinyl leukotriene type 1 receptor (CysLTR1) during Listeria monocytogenes and mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in mice by Poswayo, Sibongiseni Kwakho Luntukazi

“…CysLTs, which are pro-inflammatory lipid mediators, play a role in asthma and interact with three G-protein-coupled receptors (CysLTR1, CysLTR2, and GPR99). …”
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Genetic architecture of transcription factor expression variation in developing secondary xylem of Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla

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Fast accurate diphone-based phoneme recognition by Du Preez, Marianne

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Mechanisms of glucocorticoid pro-inflammatory effects on CCL20: crosstalk and synergy by Nhundu, Tawanda

“…The potentiation of the dex response by pro-inflammatory inducers may be due to the GR interacting with the AP-1 and C/EBP transcription factors, which have been shown to positively interact to increase gene expression. …”
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An investigation of the association between structural proteins and lipids with scalp hair curvature by Mukonyora, Michelle

“…The hair proteolipidome further revealed protein folding, formation of the extracellular matrix, and the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway as being associated with hair curvature (FDR < 0.05). …”
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Genomics of sickle cell disease and fetal hemoglobin in African populations by Esoh, Kum Kevin

“…Therefore, further evolutionary genetic studies are warranted to understand the interactions of these gene variants and the sickle gene. …”
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On noise regularised neural networks: initialisation, learning and inference by Pretorius, Arnu

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Identifying Neuronal Connectivity in the Rat Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) from Spike Train Data by Ibrahim, Maryam Elsayed Ali Hermas

“…These findings support the hypothesis that interactions among LGN neurons encode information about visual stimuli, consistent with a computational role for the LGN beyond simple signal relay. …”
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Supply-friendly single phase uninteruptible power supply by Mills, Carlo Juan

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