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Encouraging and discouraging factors to crime reporting in South Africa: a survey of residents’ crime reporting behaviour in Mthatha South Africa police service precinct

Cogent Social Sciences, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore issues concerning dispositions of crime-reporting behaviour of both witnesses and victims and comes against a backdrop of a rise in crime levels in South Africa.
Ithandile Mbewu, Emeka E Obioha, Ishmael Mugari   +2 more
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Updating the modified Thompson test by using whole-body bioluminescence imaging to replace traditional efficacy testing in experimental models of murine malaria

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Rodent malaria models are extensively used to predict treatment outcomes in human infections. There is a constant need to improve and refine these models by innovating ways to apply new scientific findings and cutting edge technologies.
Diana Caridha, Mark Hickman, Lisa Xie, Franklyn Ngundam, Erin Milner, Amanda Schenk, Kirk Butler, Dylan Nugent, Patricia Lee, Norma Roncal, Susan Leed, Eve Hosford, Jangwoo Lee, Richard J. Sciotti, Gregory Reichard, Chad Black, Mara Kreishman-Deitrick, Qigui Li, Brian Vesely   +18 more
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Comparison of arterial stiffness in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women from a semi-rural region of South Africa

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2017
Background: Preeclampsia is associated with arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction. The pathophysiology of arterial tone in preeclampsia has not been well described in rural African population, where the incidence is higher. Objective: The aim of
A. Namugowa, J. Iputo, J. Wandabwa, A. Meeme, G. A. B. Buga   +4 more
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Oct2 and Obf1 as facilitators of B:T cell collaboration during a humoral immune response

Frontiers in Immunology, 2014
The Oct2 protein, encoded by the Pou2f2 gene, was originally predicted to act as a DNA binding transcriptional activator of immunoglobulin (Ig) in B lineage cells.
Lynn M Corcoran, Dianne eEmslie, Tobias eKratina, Wei eShi, Susanne eHirsch, Nadine eTaubenheim, Stephane eChevrier   +6 more
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Molecular characterisation of human adenoviruses associated with respiratory infections in Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Human adenoviruses (HAdV) are a diverse group of viruses causing a broad range of infections of the respiratory, urogenital and gastrointestinal tracts and keratoconjunctivitis.
Qouilazoni A. Ukuli, Bernard Erima, Andrew Mubiru, Gladys Atim, Titus Tugume, Hannah Kibuuka, Edison Mworozi, Mariette F. Ducatez, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Denis K. Byarugaba   +9 more
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Legal Crisis and Artistic Innovation in Thirteenth-Century Scotland

British Art Studies, 2017
Weathered, damaged, and largely forgotten, the thirteenth-century effigies of Walter and Mary Stewart lie amid the evocative ruins of Inchmahome Priory on an island in the Lake of Menteith, Stirlingshire (Scotland).
Jessica Barker
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Hexachlorophene as a topically applied chemical for prophylaxis against Schistosoma mansoni infections in mice

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1985
Treatment of mouse tail skins with hexachlorophene (1.25% w/v) in absolute methanol or 70% isopropanol suppressed Schistosoma mansoni infections by more than 95% even when the application was performed up to three days prior to exposure to cercarial ...
Marie M. Grenan, Lyfford K. Greene, David E. Davidson Jr., Douglas H. Jones, Tommy R. Shedd, Gregory Hiestand   +5 more
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Reconceptualising initial teacher education in South Africa: A quest for transformative and sustainable alternatives

Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Research
Education serves as a catalyst for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it is essential for education to keep pace with societal dynamics.
Clever Ndebele, Newlin Marongwe, Thobeka Ncanywa, Samson Matope, Zanele Ginyigazi, Grasia Chisango, Phumla Nomatolo Msindwana, Rufaro Garidzirai   +7 more
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PacBio long-read amplicon sequencing enables scalable high-resolution population allele typing of the complex CYP2D6 locus

Communications Biology, 2022
PLASTER is a broadly-applicable data processing pipeline that enables robust allele typing of SMRT-sequenced amplicons, as evidenced by allele typing of the CYP2D6 gene in a cohort from the Solomon Islands.
Sarah Charnaud, Jacob E. Munro, Lucie Semenec, Ramin Mazhari, Jessica Brewster, Caitlin Bourke, Shazia Ruybal-Pesántez, Robert James, Dulcie Lautu-Gumal, Harin Karunajeewa, Ivo Mueller, Melanie Bahlo   +11 more
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Detection of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer patients using a methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed a cost‐effective methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex assay containing tissue‐conserved and tumor‐specific methylation markers. The assay can detect circulating tumor DNA with high accuracy in patients with localized and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Luisa Matos do Canto, Louise Raunkilde, Jan Lindebjerg, Mads Malik Aagaard, Christina Therkildsen, Jakob Kleif, Lars Henrik Jensen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Rikke Fredslund Andersen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source