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IRNdb: the database of immunologically relevant non-coding RNA’s

Denisenko, E; Ho, D; Tamgue, O; Ozturk, M; Suzuki, H; Brombacher, F; Guler, R; Schmeier, S (Oxford University Press, 2016-10-25)

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and other functional non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have emerged as pivotal regulators involved in multiple biological processes. Recently, ncRNA control of gene expression has ...
Surfactant protein-d is essential for immunity to helminth infection

Thawer, S; Auret, J; Schnoeller, C; Chetty, A; Smith, K; Darby, M; Roberts, L; Mackay, RM; Whitwell, HJ; Timms, JF; Madsen, J; Selkirk, ME; Brombacher, F; Clark, HW; Horsnell, WG (Public Library of Science, 2016-02-22)

Pulmonary epithelial cell responses can enhance type 2 immunity and contribute to control of nematode infections. An important epithelial product is the collectin Surfactant Protein D (SP-D). We found that SP-D concentrations ...
β-Glucan exacerbates allergic airway responses to house dust mite allergen

Hadebe, S; Kirstein, F; Fierens, K; Redelinghuys, P; Murray, GI; Williams, DL; Lambrecht, BN; Brombacher, F; Brown, GD (BioMed Central, 2016-04-02)

β-(1,3)-Glucan is present in mould cell walls and frequently detected in house dust mite (HDM) faeces. β-Glucan exposure is thought to be associated with pulmonary allergic inflammation in mouse and man, although the ...
Higher education, employment, and economic growth: exploring the interactions

Bhorat, H; Cassim, A; Tseng, D (Taylor & Francis, 2014)

The purpose of this report is to interrogate the impact and nature of South Africa’s post-apartheid economic growth performance through the lens of human-capital investment with a particular emphasis on higher education. ...
Minimum wages and youth: the case of South Africa

Bhorat, H; Cassim, A; Kanbur, R; Stanwix, B; Yu, D (Oxford University Press, 2016-01-27)

This article applies the econometric methods of the new minimum wage literature to assess the impact of minimum wages on employment, wages and non-wage benefits for youth in South Africa. We find a statistically significant ...
Partial minimum wage compliance

Bhorat, H; Kanbur, R; Stanwix, B (SpringerOpen, 2015-11-16)

In many developing countries, a significant portion of the wage distribution is found below the legal minimum wage. In order to fully understand the nature of this non-compliance, we need to compare the counterfactual wage ...
Can Parallel Lines Ever Meet? The Strange Case of the International Standards on Sovereign Debt and Business and Human Rights

Bradlow, DD (Yale University, 2016-07-01)

Sovereigns have a long history of defaulting on their debts. Despite the bitter lessons learned through this history, the international community has not yet developed an effective method for dealing with these events. As ...
Lessons from the frontlines: what I learned from my participation in the G20

Bradlow, DD (Oxford University Press, 2016-01-21)

It is a rare privilege for an academic who has specialized in international economic institutions to get a chance to put what he researched into practice. I had this privilege when I became the first head of the South ...
Southern African governments, multilateral development bank, non-state actors, and sustainable infrastructure: managing changing relationships

Bradlow, DD (Taylor & Francis, 2015-10-05)

There is a need for the countries of Southern Africa to invest in building infrastructure, for which purpose they can be expected to utilise the services of multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDB-funded infrastructure ...
Poverty reduction co-benefits through indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation: a study within the eThekwini Municipality

Bracking, S; Diga, K; Ngcoya, M; Lombo, M; Ntombela, S (Scientific Digest, 2017-10-11)

The research utilizes mixed methods to discuss the incorporation of concepts of sustainable livelihoods for climate change adaptation in the eThekwini municipality, South Africa. The municipality identified and implemented ...
The modern practice of intervention by invitation in Africa and its implications for the prohibition of the use of force

De Wet, E (Oxford University Press, 2016-02-12)

This article examines how two prominent criteria for permissible military intervention by invitation as developed in doctrine are currently implemented by states as well as how this impacts the prohibition of the use of ...
Diamond pricing and valuation in South Africa’s extractive political economy

Sharife, K; Bracking, S (Taylor & Francis, 2016-06-30)

This article explores the valuation and marketisation of diamonds in South Africa from 2004 to 2012. It argues that there is no positivist foundation for a ‘real’ or ‘fair’ price from which derogations can be measured, ...
Rapid synthesis of blue emitting ZnO nanoparticles for fluorescent applications

Jule, LT; Dejene, FB; Roro, KT; Urgessa, ZN; Botha, JR (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)

ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), with size ∼16–20 nm were produced using simple, cost effective and rapid synthesis method. In this method zinc salt (typically zinc acetate dehydrate) is directly annealed in air at a temperature ...
Body temperature patterns of a small endotherm in an extreme desert Environment.

Alagaili, AN; Bennett, NC; Mahomed, OB; Zalmout, IS; Boyles, JD (Elsevier, 2017-02)

Most desert small mammals use mechanisms to avoid overheating or dehydration during summer (e.g. nocturnality or torpor), but some are apparently able to cope with higher body temperatures (Tb) than normally recorded for ...
Evidence for interspecific interactions in the ectoparasite infracommunity of a wild mammal

Hoffmann, S; Horak, IG; Bennett, NC; Lutermann, H (BioMed Central, 2016-02-02)

Background: Co-infection with multiple parasite species is commonly observed in nature and interspecific interactions are likely to occur in parasite infracommunities. Such interactions may affect the distribution of ...
Bright spots: Seeds of a good Anthropocene

Bennett, E; Solan, M; Biggs, R; McPhearson, T; Norström, A; Olsson, P; Pereira, L; Peterson, G; Raudsepp-Hearne, C; Biermann, F; Carpenter, S; Ellis, E; Hichert, T; Galaz, V; Lahsen, M; Milkoreit, M; Martin-Lòpez, B; Nicolas, K; Preiser, R; Vince, G; Vervoort, J; Xu, J (Ecological Society of America, 2016-10-03)

The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. ...
The defect passivation effect of hydrogen on the optical properties of solution-grown ZnO nanorods

Urgessa, ZN; Mbulanga, C; Tankio Djiokap, SR; Botha, JR; Duvenhage, M; Swart, HC (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)

In this study the effect of annealing environment on both low temperature and room temperature photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of ZnO nanorods, grown in solution, is presented. Particular attention is given to the ...
Transport characteristics of n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction as determined from temperature dependent current–voltage measurements

Unknown author (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods have been synthesized by a two-step chemical bath deposition process on silicon substrates having different dopant densities and orientations. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction ...
Surface characterisation of ZnO nanorods grown by chemical bath deposition

Mbulanga, C; Urgessa, ZN; Tankio Djiokap, SR; Botha, JR; Duvenhage, M; Swart, HC (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)

The surface composition of as-grown and annealed ZnO nanorods (ZNs) grown by a two-step chemical bath deposition method is investigated by the following surface-sensitive techniques: Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass ...
Wavelength-modulated spectroscopy of the sub-bandgap response of solar cell devices

Unknown author (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)

A wavelength-modulation setup for measuring the differential photo-response of a GaSb/GaAs quantum ring solar cell structure is reported. The pseudo-monochromatic wavelength is modulated at the output of a conventional ...