http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Index en-us 5 Climate change and small-scale farmer livelihood adaptation in rural border communities in Southern Africa: A case study of Ezondweni Village in Mchinji, Malawi http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44955 Wed 29 Jun 2022 16:01:39 SAST ]]> Generation news: Consuming, sharing, and producing news across generations in five Johannesburg households http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45217 Wed 29 Jun 2022 15:19:36 SAST ]]> An exploration of how schools and teachers interpret and implement the Language in Education Policy for their classroom practice: a case study http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45190 Wed 29 Jun 2022 11:56:33 SAST ]]> Potential Synergism between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Entomopathogenic Nematodes for the control of false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44790 Wed 27 Oct 2021 14:30:53 SAST ]]> Application of computer-aided drug design for identification of P. falciparum inhibitors http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45265 Wed 24 Nov 2021 15:28:04 SAST ]]> Employee views on organisational effectiveness of Chinese organisations operating in Kenya http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45177 Wed 23 Mar 2022 15:47:50 SAST ]]> The roots run deep?: Understanding branch politics within the African National Congress http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44978 Wed 23 Mar 2022 12:45:52 SAST ]]> Pessimism and the secular problem of evil http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44964 Wed 22 Jun 2022 15:40:50 SAST ]]> The tuber-feeding weevil Listronotus frontalis as a candidate biological control agent for the invasive semi-aquatic plant Sagittaria platyphylla within South Africa http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45023 Wed 22 Jun 2022 15:05:44 SAST ]]> A critical assessment of the relationship between the AfCFTA and World Trade Organisation dispute settlement mechanisms, in light of the Conflict of Jurisdiction http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45191 Wed 20 Apr 2022 14:32:37 SAST ]]> The de novo biosynthesis of biotin is required for the optimal growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the intracellular environment http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45195 Wed 16 Mar 2022 16:08:28 SAST ]]> A self-emulsifying delivery system loaded with efavirenz: The case for flax-seed oil http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45283 Wed 16 Mar 2022 15:50:45 SAST ]]> An analysis of citizen participation in service delivery in Zimbabwe’s small towns: A case study of Chiredzi Town Council http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44963 Wed 16 Mar 2022 15:05:29 SAST ]]> Mental Health Professionals’ Gender-Sensitivity and Responsiveness to the Genderqueer population in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Systematic Review http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44966 Wed 16 Mar 2022 12:03:28 SAST ]]> The role of a national system of innovation in facilitating development in South Africa from a comparative BRICS perspective http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:56079 Wed 14 Sep 2022 14:17:20 SAST ]]> Hermēs Dolios: Performances of Hermes as trickster in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45046 Wed 13 Apr 2022 15:19:50 SAST ]]> Observations of cosmic re-ionisation with the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array: simulations of closure phase spectra http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:42480 0:5 h Mpc-1. We also found that the foreground leakage is worse when edge antennas are included, as they have a more different primary beam compared to antennas at the centre of the array. The leakage magnitude is worse when bright foregrounds appear in the antenna sidelobes, as expected. Our simulations provide a useful framework to interpret observations and assess which power spectrum region is expected to be most contaminated by foreground power leakage.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 14:24:29 SAST ]]> Investigating the factors that influence use of ICTs for citizen engagement in Malawi http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:42782 Wed 12 May 2021 14:11:52 SAST ]]> Baseline description of the Benthic Biotopes for two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) stations in Algoa Bay, Agulhas ecoregion, South Africa http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45147 Wed 11 May 2022 12:11:11 SAST ]]> Settlement and metamorphosis in the veliger larvae of the South African abalone Haliotis midae exposed to ambient grown biofilms treated with conspecific mucous http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45203 Wed 06 Jul 2022 10:04:40 SAST ]]> Une analyse critique de deux adaptations filmiques de Les Liaisons 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SAST ]]> The economic valuation of ecosystem services using deliberation as a tool for value elicitation http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:57247 Thu 20 Oct 2022 12:24:48 SAST ]]> Language and the Thing in Itself in the fiction of John Banville http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44956 Thu 19 May 2022 15:54:42 SAST ]]> Nonlinear optical properties of metal free thio alkyl and tert-butyl phenoxy phthalocyanine http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45021 1.21×10−32(C4h) > 1.05×10−32 (C2v) esu, respectively, in chloroform. Symmetry was seen to have an effect on the observed reverse saturable absorption (RSA) response. Based on the five level model rate equation nonlinear fit of the RSA response curves and Real Time Time Dependant Density Functional Theory (RT-TDDFT) results, the singlet excited state population dynamics was found to play a significant role in producing the observed Im[γ] trend.]]> Thu 17 Feb 2022 15:40:47 SAST ]]> The prominence of choral music in the search for, and preservation of, an African identity: A study focusing on the role of choral composers in the formation of black nationalism during and after the colonial era in South Africa http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45045 Thu 14 Apr 2022 10:39:27 SAST ]]> Ethics of climate change: a normative account http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45272 Thu 13 Oct 2022 08:40:40 SAST ]]> Ubomi Sisilonda: Ingqokelela Yemibongo http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45219 Thu 07 Jul 2022 16:08:33 SAST ]]> Ecological infrastructure importance for drought mitigation in rural South African catchments: the Cacadu Catchment case example http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45070 Thu 07 Jul 2022 15:33:25 SAST ]]> The well-being implications of Urban Natures among Black Urban Dwellers in the Eastern Cape http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45285 Thu 07 Jul 2022 09:36:25 SAST ]]> Shifting Norms and Practices of International Criminal Justice: Exploring African State and Non-State Agency at the International Criminal Court http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45273 Thu 01 Feb 2024 09:44:59 SAST ]]> Lateral and vertical mineral-chemical variation in high-grade ores of the Kalahari Manganese Field, and implications for ore genesis and geometallurgy http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:65379 Sun 21 Jan 2024 14:37:43 SAST ]]> An interpretive analysis of the experiences of adults working as university support staff http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44795 Sun 14 Nov 2021 16:44:43 SAST ]]> To fail at becoming South African: Moral blindness, liminality, and Rainbowism http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44746 Sun 14 Nov 2021 15:47:58 SAST ]]> Practicing conciliation: Towards a practical application of the Equal Weight View http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44745 Sun 14 Nov 2021 15:35:48 SAST ]]> Cellphones and whistles: Exploring the communicative ecology and sociality of the Enkanini informal settlement in Makhanda http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45053 Sun 14 Nov 2021 09:37:21 SAST ]]> Evaluation of Megabruchidius tonkineus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), a candidate biological control agent for Gleditsia triacanthos L. 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There was no direct relationship between PDT and singlet oxygen quantum yields. Nonlinear optical characteristics of complexes was improved upon conjugation of DNDs. Absorbance, input energy, percentage loading, central metal, substituent of Pc and nature of interaction (covalent, noncovalent) are amongst some of the factors that influence nonlinear absorption properties of materials used in this study. All materials followed reverse saturable absorption through two photon absorption mechanism at the excitation wavelength of 532 nm. Aggregates reduce excited state lifetime and Beff under high concentrations/absorbance. A direct relationship between absorbance and Beff of DNDs nanoconjugated systems at low concentrations result in increased optical limiting characteristics of materials. The findings from this work show the importance of linking (nonlinear optics and photodynamic therapy) and doping (photodynamic therapy) photosensitisers such as phthalocyanines and sometimes boron dipyrromethenes onto carbon based nanoparticles for the enhanced characteristics in variable applications.]]> Mon 15 Nov 2021 16:13:10 SAST ]]> Integration of dual metallophthalocyanine catalysis and green energy for sustainable oxidative removal of endocrine disrupting compounds http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45267 Mon 15 Nov 2021 15:41:59 SAST ]]> Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells and fabricated photobioreactors applied with halotolerant microorganisms for nutrient and metal remediation under adverse hypersaline http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45237 Mon 15 Nov 2021 10:47:45 SAST ]]> Fabrication of gold-nanoparticle/conductive polymer composite materials: application to aptamer-based impedimetric biosensors for 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illegitimacy in the Hippolytus, the Andromache, and the Ion http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44957 Mon 04 Jul 2022 10:11:47 SAST ]]> The factors to be considered by the competition authorities when a fine may cause the firm to exit http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44751 Fri 29 Oct 2021 08:33:38 SAST ]]> Curriculum adjustment and adaptive leadership in two service-learning courses at Rhodes University as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45069 Fri 18 Feb 2022 15:33:54 SAST ]]> In silico identification of natural inhibitory compounds against the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Enzyme Pyrazinamidase using high-throughput virtual screening techniques http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45193 Fri 18 Feb 2022 12:59:54 SAST ]]> “This may not be your grandmother’s page, but we will definitely talk about her”: Lusaka women and the Zambian Feminists Facebook page http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:44965 Fri 18 Feb 2022 12:45:53 SAST ]]> Biton’s Lost Siege Engine: Experimental archaeology in Classical Studies http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45216 Fri 17 Jun 2022 15:26:37 SAST ]]> Concerning Marya Schechtman’s narrative account http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45024 Fri 14 Jul 2023 09:03:35 SAST ]]> Inkcitha nzila nobomi obutsha (The release of the widow and life after mourning): Xhosa widows and citizenship http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45206 Fri 11 Feb 2022 14:40:07 SAST ]]> A modelling approach to the analysis of complex survey data http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45284 Fri 07 Jul 2023 06:39:10 SAST ]]> Evaluating and predicting impacts of Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus and Louisiana red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii invasions http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45064 1 relative to the native crab irrespective of region, which were higher for the summer than the winter season, suggesting greater impact of the invaders compared to the native species. This study further estimated the socioeconomic losses due to catch spoilage by C. quadricarinatus which are up to 1500 t per year in the invaded Kafue River Basin, which translates to an annual income loss of US$ 2 million. Information provided in this study is vital for conservation management and to compel policymakers to develop appropriate conservation management tools within regulatory frameworks, which could stop or minimise the spread of crayfish species and protect Africa from further losing aquatic biodiversity.]]> Fri 06 May 2022 11:07:38 SAST ]]> What are the pertinent intersections in the lives of black women at Rhodes University? http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:45047 Fri 04 Feb 2022 09:08:49 SAST ]]>