Transcriptional regulation of glycosyltransferase genes in MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line following drug treatment by Kim, Ju Young

“…A set of raw gene expression profiles from MCF-7 human breast cancer cell-line treated with different therapeutic drugs were obtained from the Connectivity Map (CMap) database. Initially 7,000 gene expression profiles were used and these were treated by 1,309 different FDA-approved drugs. …”
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The yield of colonoscopy in patients attending a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by Elhenghari, Emad

“…Methods: Demographic, clinical and endoscopic data was retrieved from a prospective endoscopy database from 01 Jan 2014 to 31 December 2019. The variables collected were patient details (age, sex), clinical indication, symptoms, urgency of colonoscopy, sedation used, quality of bowel preparation, and findings. …”
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Molecular characterization of Flavobacterium spp. isolated from Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farmed in Southern Africa and development of a PCR-based tool for differentiatin... by Komane, Godfrey M

“…A BLAST search of the GenBank database revealed that 47 of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed high similarity to several Flavobacterium spp.; 6 showed high similarity to Chryseobacterium spp., and 19 non-Flavobacterium isolates were identified, which included, amongst others, Hafnia spp. and Aeromonas spp. …”
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Effects of aminophylline therapy on urine output and renal function in children with acute kidney injury in an African setting by Nyann, Beatrice Irene

“…In the Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH), the use of aminophylline to augment urine output started in the early 2000s.This retrospective case-cross over study assesses the effect aminophylline in critically ill children with AKI; specifically, the effect on urine output, improvements in serum creatinine levels or limitations of renal replacement therapy as well as any age-related differences in aminophylline effects. Methods Children admitted to the PICU of RCWMCH with AKI (from 2012 to June 2018) were identified through a search of the PICU database, folders of cases were obtained, and a folder review carried out. …”
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Transition to novel Internet of things technology for measurement in hydrology? case study in Cape Town, South Africa by De Oliveira, Roberto

“…In the study, hydrological monitoring systems were built using sensors and a gateway that collected data from various points of measurement which were then conveyed from the network to an internet database. The data was accessed and visually displayed to an end user in a user-friendly manner. …”
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Ecological suitability modelling for anthrax in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Evaluating ecological monitoring systems on Mabula Game Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa

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Rapid distributed processing of medium velocity geospatial datastreams into contextualised 3D visualisations : evaluating the cloud computing paradigm

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Assessing genetic diversity of springtails (Collembola) across the Namib Desert and the potential role of environmental parameters in driving this diversity

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Structural and biophysical characterization of a multidomain xylanase Xyl

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Spatio-temporal analysis of bovine theileriosis (Theileria parva) in Zimbabwe from 1995 to 2018

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Methods used to make print and electronic information more accessible to persons with acquired commuincation disabilities in health and social care settings : a scoping review

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Fingerprinting and molecular characterisation of ARC's apricot and plum collection by Nyawo, Thembeka Amanda

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The location dynamics of knowledge-based service establishments : a Stellenbosch case study by Adendorff, Maria Anita

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Microbiome associated with Ulva lacinulata and seawater in an integrated abalone (Haliotis midae)–Ulva system with partial recirculation by Makhahlela, Nokofa

“…Following NGS using an Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform, sequence data were processed using QIIME2 and reads were mapped against the SILVA 16S rDNA database for the bacterial microbiome and the UNITE database for the mycobiome. …”
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Calprotectin (S100A8/A9) as a marker of inflammation and treatment monitoring in cases of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Western Cape, South Africa by Evert, Christine

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Military integrated environmental management at the Donkergat military-training area by Marx, Jan Taljaard

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Access to financial services: towards an understanding of the role and impact of financial exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ndlovu, Godfrey

“…The second paper uses macroeconomic data obtained from various World Bank databases over the period 2004-2014 to examine the extent to which the observed cross-country variations in financial inclusion are mirrored by country-specific structural and macroeconomic characteristics. …”
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Development of a model to address the content, process and communication aspects of emergency centre handover by Makkink, Andrew William

“…Questionnaires were compiled de novo using data sourced from a search of major databases and were pilot tested prior to distribution. …”
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The effect of mobile messaging-based health interventions on non-communicable disease health risks and behaviours by Emeran, Aminah

“…First a systematic review and meta analysis was performed by searching for relevant literature on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Eligibility included pre-post intervention studies using one way mobile messaging for health behaviour change. …”
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