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Time-dependent changes in urinary metabolome before and after intensive phase tuberculosis therapy: a pharmacometabolomics study
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2019)Pharmacometabolomics is a rapidly emerging omics science signaling the convergence of clinical pharmacology, metabolomics, precision medicine, and biomarker research. Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes have complex ... -
Re-thinking the fundamentals of EIA through the identification of key assumptions for evaluation
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)EIA is increasingly being questioned as a decision-making instrument of choice for decision makers. In addressing these concerns, the paper aims to re-think the fundamentals of EIA through the identification of key assumptions ... -
An administrative justice perspective on improving EIA effectiveness
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)The aim of this letter is to provide an administrative justice perspective on EIA effectiveness. EIA is described as essentially an administrative instrument, reflecting a number of principles that revolve around an ... -
Impact assessment for the twenty-first century – rising to the challenge
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)The future of impact assessment has to contend with global megatrends, including the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that are set to change the face of the planet, and with the neoliberal economy, and the implications this ... -
On the structure of the set of positive maps
(Springer, 2020)The full description of the set of positive maps T:A→B(H) ( A a C∗ -algebra) is given. The approach is based on the simple prescription for selecting various types of positive maps. This prescription stems from the ... -
Isometries between non-commutative symmetric spaces associated with semi-finite von Neumann algebras
(Springer, 2020)We show that positive surjective isometries between symmetric spaces associated with semi-finite von Neumann algebras are projection disjointness preserving if they are finiteness preserving. This is subsequently used to ... -
Metagenomic insights into the microbial community and biogas production pattern during anaerobic digestion of cow dung and mixed food waste
(Wiley, 2020)BACKGROUND: The uncontrolled overproduction of fruit and vegetable waste causes serious environmental challenges such asemission of greenhouse gases. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is becoming a widely adopted technology for ... -
Detection of new methanol maser transitions associated with G358.93−0.03
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)We report the detection of new 12.178, 12.229, 20.347, and 23.121 GHz methanol masers in the massive star-forming region G358.93−0.03, which are flaring on similarly short time-scales (days) as the 6.668 GHz methanol masers ... -
Relationship between sedentary behaviors and sleep duration in university students from five ASEAN countries
(Kowsar, 2019)Background: Sedentary behavior may negatively affect sleep. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effects of sedentary behavior and its different domains on sleep duration in ASEAN university students. Methods: A ... -
Persistent precarity and the disaster of everyday life: homeless people’s experiences of natural and other hazards
(Springer, 2019)Knowledge of how homeless people deal with natural hazards and disasters is sparse and there is a remarkable absence of homeless people in policies and practices for disaster risk reduction (DRR). This article aims at ... -
The problem of hospital malnutrition in the African continent
(MDPI, 2019)This study aims to determine the prevalence of risk of malnutrition on admission and discharge in African hospitals, and to identify the association with selected indicators. In this multi-center prospective cohort study, ... -
Results from the Healthy Active Kids South Africa 2018 Report Card
(HMPG, 2019)Background. Healthy Active Kids South Africa (HAKSA) Report Cards were produced in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2016. Objective. The 2018 Report Card aims to report on the latest available evidence relating to the physical activity ... -
The association between under-nutrition, school performance and perceptual motor functioning in first-grade South African learners: the North-West Child Health Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: Early childhood is characterised by an immense spurt of growing and learning where under-nutrition can have adverse effects on the neuro-developmental health and school performance of children. A full ... -
Corrigendum to: May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)Corrigendum to: May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension [Eur Heart J 2019;40:2006–2017]. In the original version ... -
Aloe vera gel and whole leaf extract: functional and versatile excipients for drug delivery?
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (Aloe barbadensis Miller) is a perennial xerophyte plant that has many medicinal applications. A. vera leaves contain water storage tissue, which is fundamentally made up of a viscous mucilage contained ... -
Density functional theory studies of the SrC and SrN compounds
(Elsevier, 2019)The structural, magnetic, elastic, dynamical and thermodynamic properties of the SrC and SrN compounds were studied using density functional theory. We found that the CsCl and NaCl phases have the lowest energy configurations ... -
Households water quality in O’Kiep-South Africa and community perception of related health risks
(Balaban Publishers, 2019)South Africa faced challenges related to potable water quality that has periodically deteriorated, coupled with inconsistent supply of tap water (TW) to households. These challenges are a primary exasperation in the arid ... -
First principles study of single and multi-site transition metal dopant ions in MoS2 monolayer
(Elsevier, 2019)Using first-principles calculation, a systematic study on the effect of transition metal (TM: V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) dopant atoms in the MoS2 monolayer as potential spintronic, catalytic and optoelectronic materials were ... -
Predicted dynamically stable new phase for CrO2 compound: DFT + U calculations
(Elsevier, 2019)The structural, vibrational, elastic, mechanical, thermodynamic and magnetic properties of CrO2 compound in different phases have been studied using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. Because ... -
An ab initio study on the transition path of carbon dioxide at high pressure: evidence for a new intermediate P(4)over-barm2 phase
(Elsevier, 2019)The structural and dynamical behaviour of seventeen solid polymorph of the non-molecular CO2 compound was evaluated using the full potential linear augmented plane wave method (FP-LAPW) in the framework of density functional ...
