• Trends in cases, hospitalizations, and mortality related to the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants in South Africa 

  Jassat, Waasila; Karim, Salim S. Abdool; Ozougwu, Lovelyn; Welch, Richard; Mudara, Caroline; Masha, Maureen; Rousseau, Petro; Wolmarans, Milani; Selikow, Anthony; Govender, Nevashan; Walaza, Sibongile; Von Gottberg, Anne; Wolter, Nicole; Groome, Michelle J.; Pisa, Pedro Terrence; Sanne, Ian; Govender, Sharlene; Cohen, Cheryl; Groome, Michelle J. (Oxford University Press, 2023-04-15)

  BACKGROUND : In this study, we compared admission incidence risk and the risk of mortality in the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 wave to previous waves. METHODS : Data from South Africa’s SARS-CoV-2 case linelist, national COVID-19 ...
• Control Systems Group, Department of Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa [Institutes in Control] 

  Sepulchre, Rodolphe; Craig, Ian Keith; Le Roux, Derik (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2024-04)

  In this issue, we talk with Ian Craig and Derik le Roux about the activities of the Control Systems Group in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (DEECE) at the University of Pretoria (UP), ...
• Sawmilling competitiveness from the perspective of industry competitiveness models : a review 

  Tshavhungwe, Vhuhwavho; Grobbelaar, Schalk (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)

  Globalisation and changes to the world economy have brought new challenges and opportunities for many industries, including the sawmill industry. This has led to a need to evaluate the competitiveness of South Africa’s ...
• Root exudate compounds change the bacterial community in bulk soil 

  Afzal, Muhammad Yasir; Das, Bikram K.; Valappil, Vishnu Thayil; Scaria, Joy; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Elsevier, 2024-06)

  The soil bacteria are diverse in nature both physiologically and phylogenetically with spatial variations within the soil microenvironments. Plant roots secrete organic substances called root exudates which benefit bacteria ...
• Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities 

  Lundgren, Erick J.; Bergman, Juraj; Trepel, Jonas; Le Roux, Elizabeth; Monsarrat, Sophie; Kristensen, Jeppe Aagaard; Pedersen, Rasmus Østergaard; Pereyra, Patricio; Tietje, Melanie; Svenning, Jens-Christian (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024-02)

  Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants ...

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