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Harnessing benzamides as plant stress inhibitors, growth promoters and in management of crop resilience—A review

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Benzamides boost crop resilience by inhibiting poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) to enhance stress tolerance and, through their antimicrobial, herbicidal, and insecticidal derivatives, they offer broad protection for sustainable crop improvement. Abstract Benzamides have emerged as potent stress inhibitors and growth promoters in plant biotechnology ...
M. J. Koetle, T. E. Motaung, S. O. Amoo
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A study protocol for co-designing risk communication strategies for hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing among priority populations in Johannesburg district, Gauteng, South Africa. [PDF]

Discov Public Health
Chauke NP, Mashamba-Thompson T, Maluleke K.   +2 more
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Regulating Autonomous Weapon Systems: Searching for African Solutions to Regional and Global Problems

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), while offering strategic advantages in warfare, pose significant ethical, legal, and security risks, especially for countries in the Global South. This article examines how a philosophical perspective, rooted in African ethical and political thought, can enrich regional and global debates on regulating ...
Ezenwa E. Olumba, Samuel Oyewole, Christopher Isike, Tony Onazi Oche   +3 more
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The profile of pleural effusions in oncological patients referred to the cardiothoracic surgery department in a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa: A retrospective study. [PDF]

Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med
Leeuw PM, du Plessis DJ, Fourie R, Becker PJ.   +3 more
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Climate Shocks and Unemployment Claims

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a US state–level climate risk measure and the panel local projections framework, this study analyzes both linear and asymmetric effects of climate shocks on unemployment claims. The results provide strong evidence that climate shocks significantly increase both initial and continuing claims, with the linear estimates showing a stronger ...
Abeeb Olaniran, Xin Sheng, Oguzhan Cepni, Rangan Gupta   +3 more
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Reframing diabetes mellitus care in South Africa through lived experience, peer support and advocacy: Lessons from the 2025 Diabetes Summit. [PDF]

Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Pienaar MA, Van Essche A, Singh S, Piotie PN, Mwangi KJ.   +4 more
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Enacting Lived Sovereignty Amid Epistemic and Ontological Violence in the Settler‐Colonial Academy

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the tensions between Indigenous sovereignty and the structural and institutional logics of the settler‐colonial academy. Critical scholarship suggests that higher education can regulate epistemic boundaries, discipline knowledge production, and shape the subjectivities of colonized students.
Nadera Shalhoub‐Kevorkian, Abeer Otman
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Delivery motorbike crash injuries in South Africa: A scoping review and call for policy reform. [PDF]

J Public Health Afr
Rachuene PA, Sukati F, Ngcelwane M.
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Patterns of Drug Resistance, Drug Resistance Conferring Mutations and Genomic DNA Methylation Revealed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis From South Africa

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis remains a major public health threat globally, with drug‐resistant strains undermining treatment efficacy. We analyzed 126 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates with diverse drug resistance spectra and selected 35 for whole genome sequencing (WGS) using Illumina NextSeq, SMRT PacBio Onso and SMRT PacBio Revio ...
Unarine Matodzi, Awelani Mutshembele, Eric Mensah, Dillon Muzondiwa, Ndivhuho A. Makhado, Oleg N. Reva   +5 more
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Corrigendum: Locally relevant, ethically urgent: Defending SASOP's stance on transgender and non-binary youth. [PDF]

S Afr J Psychiatr
Dunkle KL, Lynch I, Msweli S, Addinall-van Straaten R, Brouard P, De Beer-Procter JL, Madlala N, McLachlan C, Muller M, Pickstone-Taylor S, Pillay M, Spitaels A, Tomson A, de Vries E.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source