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Scopus | 2-s2.0-84956597471 | Decreasing the burden of type 2 diabetes in South Africa: The impact of taxing sugar-sweetened be... | Manyema M., Veerman J.L., Chola L., Tugendhaft A., Labadarios D., Hofman K. | 2015 | PLoS ONE | 10 | 11 | 10.1371/journal.pone.0143050 | PRICELESS SA-MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), Schoo... | Manyema, M., PRICELESS SA-MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agin... | Introduction Type 2 diabetes poses an increasing public health burden in South Africa (SA) with o... | None | Article; beverage; body mass; caloric intake; cost of illness; disability; disability adjusted li... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84928400347 | Triple return on investment: The cost and impact of 13 interventions that could prevent stillbirt... | Michalow J., Chola L., McGee S., Tugendhaft A., Pattinson R., Kerber K., Hofman K. | 2015 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 15 | 1 | 10.1186/s12884-015-0456-9 | Priority Cost-Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening-South Africa (PRICELESS SA), Medical Re... | Michalow, J., Priority Cost-Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening-South Africa (PRICELESS S... | Background: The time of labor, birth and the first days of life are the most vulnerable period fo... | Child health; Cost analysis; Maternal health; South Africa; Stillbirths | magnesium sulfate; tetanus toxoid; antibiotic therapy; Article; case management; child care; cort... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84929497624 | Low parasitemia in submicroscopic infections significantly impacts malaria diagnostic sensitivity... | Lo E., Zhou G., Oo W., Afrane Y., Githeko A., Yan G. | 2015 | PLoS ONE | 10 | 3 | 10.1371/journal.pone.0121763 | Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine,... | Lo, E., Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine,... | Asymptomatic malaria infections represent a major challenge in malaria control and elimination in... | None | adolescent; adult; age; Article; child; controlled study; diagnostic test accuracy study; disease... | D43TW001505, NIH, National Institutes of Health; R01 A1050243, NIH, National Institutes of Health... | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84937199630 | Dynamics, impact, and feasibility of self-monitoring of blood glucose in the rural, resource-cons... | Pastakia S.D., Cheng S.Y., Kirui N.K., Kamano J.H. | 2015 | Clinical Diabetes | 33 | 3 | 10.2337/diaclin.33.3.136 | Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Purdue Kenya Partnership, Eldoret, Kenya; Academic Model P... | Pastakia, S.D., Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Purdue Kenya Partnership, Eldoret, Kenya, ... | [No abstract available] | None | glucose; hemoglobin A1c; insulin; insulin lispro; isophane insulin; adolescent; adult; Article; b... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84939791011 | The impact of corporate governance on firm performance in the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector | Siwadi P., Miruka C., Ogutu F.A. | 2015 | Corporate Ownership and Control | 12 | 4Cont7 | None | Qraduate School of Business and Government Leadership, North West University, Mafikeng Campus, So... | Siwadi, P., Qraduate School of Business and Government Leadership, North West University, Mafiken... | Corporate governance studies in Zimbabwe have concentrated on existence of frameworks that contro... | Corporate governance; Firm performance; Significant factors | None | None | |
None | None | Impact of malaria preexposure on antiparasite cellular and humoral immune responses after control... | Obiero J.M., Shekalaghe S., Hermsen C.C., Mpina M., Bijker E.M., Roestenberg M., Teelen K., Billi... | 2015 | Infection and Immunity | 83 | 5 | 10.1128/IAI.03069-14 | Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Ifa... | Obiero, J.M., Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen, Ne... | To understand the effect of previous malaria exposure on antiparasite immune responses is importa... | None | gamma interferon; ionomycin; parasite antigen; phorbol 13 acetate 12 myristate; antibody response... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84939789783 | Impact of patient-selected care buddies on adherence to HIV care, disease progression, and conduc... | Nakigozi G., Makumbi F.E., Bwanika J.B., Atuyambe L., Reynolds S.J., Kigozi G., Nalugoda F., Chan... | 2015 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes | 70 | 1 | 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000710 | Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda; School of Public Health, Makerere University, Co... | Nakigozi, G., Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda; Makumbi, F.E., School of Public He... | Background: Data are limited on effects of household or community support persons ("care buddies"... | HIV; patient-selected care buddy; pre-ART; randomized controlled trial; Uganda | anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; CD4 antigen; cotrimoxazole; adolescent; adult; Article; ... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84942501614 | Using a dual kernel density estimate as a preliminary evaluation of the spatial distribution of d... | Oviasu O.I. | 2015 | GeoJournal | 80 | 5 | 10.1007/s10708-014-9590-6 | Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria | Oviasu, O.I., Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ni... | Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing problem in Nigeria, presenting challenges to the nation... | Chronic kidney disease; Dual kernel density estimate; Edo State; Spatial analysis | Decision making; Hospitals; Areas of concerns; Chronic kidney disease; Edo State; Kernel density ... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84933035582 | Earth observation in support of malaria control and epidemiology: MALAREO monitoring approaches | Franke J., Gebreslasie M., Bauwens I., Deleu J., Siegert F. | 2015 | Geospatial Health | 10 | 1 | 10.4081/gh.2015.335 | Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH, Baierbrunn, Germany; School of Agricultural, Earth and Environment... | Franke, J., Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH, Baierbrunn, Germany; Gebreslasie, M., School of Agricu... | Malaria affects about half of the world’s population, with the vast majority of cases occuring in... | Disease monitoring; Health; Malaria risk; Remote sensing; Vector control | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84937728099 | Performance of Cervical Cancer Screening Techniques in HIV-Infected Women in Uganda | Bansil P., Lim J., Byamugisha J., Kumakech E., Nakisige C., Jeronimo J.A. | 2015 | Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease | 19 | 3 | 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000090 | Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Gynaecology a... | Bansil, P., Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH, Seattle, WA, United States; Lim, J., Reprod... | Objective: Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of HPV infec... | cervical cancer; HIV; human papillomavirus (HPV); screening tests; Uganda | acetic acid; adolescent; adult; Article; cancer screening; cervical care human papilloma virus; c... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84925815778 | The impact of providing rapid diagnostic malaria tests on fever management in the private retail ... | Ansah E.K., Narh-Bana S., Affran-Bonful H., Bart-Plange C., Cundill B., Gyapong M., Whitty C.J.M. | 2015 | BMJ (Online) | 350 | None | 10.1136/bmj.h1019 | Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PO Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana; Dodowa Heal... | Ansah, E.K., Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PO Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana... | Objective To examine the impact of providing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on fever manageme... | None | antibiotic agent; antimalarial agent; antipyretic agent; artemisinin; antibiotic therapy; Article... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84929299666 | The impact of high temperatures on foraging behaviour and body condition in the Western Australia... | Edwards E.K., Mitchell N.J., Ridley A.R. | 2015 | Ostrich | 86 | 42371 | 10.2989/00306525.2015.1034219 | School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; Centre for Evo... | Edwards, E.K., School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia;... | High temperatures can pose significant thermoregulation challenges for endotherms, and determinin... | Australian Magpie; body condition; body mass; Cracticus tibicen dorsalis; foraging effort; heat d... | Animalia; Cracticus; Gymnorhina tibicen; Tibicen | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84907992931 | Evaluation of catalytic activity of Ag and Au dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles in the reducti... | Bingwa N., Meijboom R. | 2015 | Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical | 396 | None | 10.1016/j.molcata.2014.09.019 | Research Center for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg,... | Bingwa, N., Research Center for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of J... | LangmuirHinshelwood parameters were determined with the use of gold and silver dendrimer-encapsul... | 4-Nitrophenol; Kinetics; Langmuir-Hinshelwood; Silver and gold nanoparticles | Catalyst activity; Dendrimers; Enzyme kinetics; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Gold; Hi... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84932122751 | Population density modifies the ecological impacts of invasive species | Jackson M.C., Ruiz-Navarro A., Britton J.R. | 2015 | Oikos | 124 | 7 | 10.1111/oik.01661 | School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth Univ., Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom; Centre for Invasion... | Jackson, M.C., School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth Univ., Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom, Cent... | In assessments of ecological impact in invasion ecology, most studies compare un-invaded sites wi... | None | abundance; biomass; body mass; cyprinid; diet; ecological impact; invasive species; life history ... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84925070811 | Ethnopharmacological evaluation of a traditional herbal remedy used to treat gonorrhoea in Limpop... | Mulaudzi R.B., Ndhlala A.R., Van Staden J. | 2015 | South African Journal of Botany | 97 | None | 10.1016/j.sajb.2014.12.007 | Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-... | Mulaudzi, R.B., Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, Univer... | The indigenous people from Limpopo regard herbal remedies as the most effective way of treating S... | Antimicrobial; Gonorrhoea; Herbal remedy; HIV-type 1 reverse transcriptase; Mutagenicity | antimicrobial activity; bacterium; bioassay; drug; efficiency measurement; enzyme activity; fungu... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84939626138 | Assessment of the Potential Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Self-Testing for HIV in Low-Income C... | Cambiano V., Ford D., Mabugu T., Napierala Mavedzenge S., Miners A., Mugurungi O., Nakagawa F., R... | 2015 | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 212 | 4 | 10.1093/infdis/jiv040 | Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Rowland Hill St, London, United Kingdom; ... | Cambiano, V., Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Rowland Hill St, London, Un... | Background. Studies have demonstrated that self-testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is... | cost-effectiveness; diagnostic; HIV; mathematical modeling; self-testing | antiretrovirus agent; anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; adolescent; adult; aged; Article; ... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84930014569 | Some impacts of south African FDI flows on the current account balance | De Beer B., Rangasamy L. | 2015 | Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics | 39 | 1 | None | Research Department, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, South Africa; International Economic R... | De Beer, B., Research Department, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, South Africa; Rangasamy, ... | There has been a significant surge in capital flows to emerging market economies over the last de... | None | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84943513859 | The impact of Ghana's R3M programme on the provision of safe abortions and postabortion care | Sundaram A., Juarez F., Ahiadeke C., Bankole A., Blades N. | 2015 | Health Policy and Planning | 30 | 8 | 10.1093/heapol/czu105 | Research Division, Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, United States; Centro de Estudios Demográf... | Sundaram, A., Research Division, Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, United States; Juarez, F., R... | In 2006, in response to the high maternal mortality, driven largely by unsafe abortions, the gove... | Abortion; Ghana; programme evaluation; propensity score analysis | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84955664781 | The language issue and academic performance at a South African University | van Rooy B., Coetzee-Van Rooy S. | 2015 | Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies | 33 | 1 | 10.2989/16073614.2015.1012691 | Research Focus Area: Understanding and Processing Language in Complex Settings (UPSET), North-Wes... | van Rooy, B., Research Focus Area: Understanding and Processing Language in Complex Settings (UPS... | Academic performance at universities in South Africa is a cause of concern. It is widely acknowle... | None | None | NRF, National Research Foundation | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84942921309 | JMS: An open source workflow management system and web-based cluster front-end for high performan... | Brown D.K., Penkler D.L., Musyoka T.M., Bishop O.T. | 2015 | PLoS ONE | 10 | 8 | 10.1371/journal.pone.0134273 | Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes Unive... | Brown, D.K., Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,... | Complex computational pipelines are becoming a staple of modern scientific research. Often these ... | None | analytical parameters; Article; bioinformatics; cluster analysis; computer interface; computer pr... | 93690, National Research Foundation |