Correlation between pro-inflammatory alleles and clinical and laboratory markers of allergy in Xhosa South Africans by Laurence, Craig

“…Despite the limitations described above, we feel that this study has provided valuable baseline prevalence data, and unearthed some interesting associations between PIAs and allergic disease. …”
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Over Growth: a metabolic densification of Cape Town by Saczek, Ted

“…It suggests that to retain its local character and multi-cultural identity new buildings should grow over valuable, existing urban fabric. The cell is used to interrogate basic increments of city growth. …”
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Investigating the role of dithiophosphate in the flotation of base metal sulfides by Jordaan,Thomas Ignatius

“…This synergistic effect between SEDTP and a frother can be explained by the ability of SEDTP, as well as the frothers, to adsorb at both the air-water interface and the solid-water interface. …”
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Reciprocal relationships between vegetation structure and soil properties in selected biomes of South Africa by Mills, A. J.

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MHC Class I diversity influences haematozoon infection intensity in the polymorphic black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) by Le Roux, Liezl

“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a multigene family known to be the most variable gene group in vertebrates in terms of allelic diversity and gene number. …”
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The measurement and analysis of flux variations in Seyfert galaxy nuclei by Winkler, Hartmut

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The Firm-Specific Determinants of Capital Structure in Public Sector and Private Sector Banks in India by Garach, Jatin Bijay

“…The results show that for private sector banks, all independent variables are statistically significant in explaining total leverage, where all the independent variables conform to the current literature on capital structure – profitability (-), firm size (-), growth (+) and credit risk (-). …”
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Pursuing fit: a grounded theory of e-recruitment in Namibia – an integrated jobseeker and agency perspective by Abia, Mike

“…Pursuing Fit emerged as the core variable (core category) representing how the participants continuously resolved their main concern. …”
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Domestic Work as Decent Work: An Empirical Test of the Predictors of Decent Work To Extend the Psychology of Working Theory by Vollenhoven, Tarquin

“…It is thus a suitable theoretical framework to predict and explain the work experiences of individuals performing domestic work, one of the largest work sectors in South Africa. …”
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Key performance indicators to predict the future performance of office nodes

“…The most relevant KPIs mentioned by the specialists were used in a multiple regression model as the independent variables and total return as the dependent variable. …”
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The role of liquidity and solvency in the probability of DFI loan defaults by private firms

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Analysis of genetic variants in the 5’ regulatory region of the ALAS1 gene in South African patients with Variegate Porphyria (VP) by Du Plessis, Nelita

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Growth, yield and economics of Pinus patula in the Natal Midlands by Crowe, N. D

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Socioeconomic related health inequalities in South Africa by Khaoya, David Wanyama

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Introducing a Kantian interpretation of quantum physics : in accordance with Kant's philosophy of science in the Critique of the power of judgment, reinterpreted and reworked with... by Mc Loud, Willem

“…In my view spontaneous causality grounds a non-spatiotemporal potentiality which explains why superpositions of states have the ability to collapse to reduced states. …”
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Validation of the PARVA c.392A>T variant in a South African family with severe Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy by Kamuli, Stephen

“…We observed that the phenotypic variability seen within this family cannot be explained by the PARVA c.392A>T variant alone and called into question the causative role of PARVA within this family We also screened the cardiomyopathy cohort consisting of 180 probands diagnosed with ARVC, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in the Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory. …”
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Savings and shock-coping behavior in South Africa's metropolitan townships by Santamicone, Maurizio

“…We investigated how variables like education level achieved, employment status and approach to life of the respondents influence their behavior. …”
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Leading the Economy: Do both the banking sector and stock market development independently lead economic activity in South Africa? Evidence from South Africa using Granger-causalit... by Mellon, Richard

“…The empirical investigation of this study reveals some positive evidence in favour of the JSE as a leading indicator of economic activity, where unidirectional causality is established between the four market segmentation proxies and the macroeconomic variables. This is however less conclusive than the findings of previous South African studies, which is explained. …”
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Camera traps as sensor networks for space-time exploration of terrestrial mammal communities by Bussière, Elsa Marion Sylvie

“…Therefore, it would be insightful if future studies were to embrace the metacommunity concept and explain these patterns of species distribution, abundance and interaction at multiple scales of spatio-temporal organisation.…”
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An investigation of spatial-temporal diel changes in Loligo reynaudii catch rates in the commercial squid jig fishery of South Africa by Botes, Peet

“…The final model explained 24.4 % deviance and all terms were statistically significant in their effect on the response (p<0.05). …”
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