University of Johannesburg Research articles on ScienceDirect

Find below links to articles, which are available full-text on ScienceDirect.

I searched for 2008 publications only, by researchers from UJ Physics (APK), Botany & Plant Biotechnology, Geography, Geology and Zoology Departments.

Zoology Department

The ultrastructure of the digestive cells of Argulus japonicus, Thiele 1900 (Crustacea: Branchiura), Arthropod Structure & Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 September 2008, Q. Tam, A. Avenant-Oldewage

First maxillae suction discs in Branchiura (Crustacea): Development and evolution in light of the first molecular phylogeny of Branchiura, Pentastomida, and other “Maxillopoda”Arthropod Structure & Development, Volume 37, Issue 4, July 2008, Pages 333-346O.S. Møller, J. Olesen, A. Avenant-Oldewage, P.F. Thomsen, H. Glenner

Metal exposure and biological responses in resident and transplanted blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Scheldt estuaryMarine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 57, Issues 6-12, 2008, Pages 624-631, V. Wepener, L. Bervoets, V. Mubiana, R. Blust

Botany & Plant Biotechnology Department

A DNA barcode for the flora of the Kruger National Park (South Africa)South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 370-371R. Lahaye, M. Van der Bank, O. Maurin, S. Duthoit, V. Savolainen

Molecular phylogenetics of the genera Pimelea and Thecanthes (Thymelaeaceae)South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Page 373M.C. Motsi, B. Rye, M. Van der Bank

A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae)Journal of Ethnopharmacology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 August 2008, B.-E. van Wyk, C. Albrecht

A taxonomic revision of the genus Nanobubon (Apiaceae: Apioideae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 August 2008A.R. Magee, B.-E. Van Wyk, P.M. Tilney

A historical, scientific and commercial perspective on the medicinal use of Pelargonium sidoides (Geraniaceae)Journal of Ethnopharmacology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 August 2008T. Brendler, B.-E. van Wyk

A new species of Lichtensteinia (Apiaceae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 August 2008 B.-E. Van Wyk, P.M. Tilney

A taxonomic revision of the genus Cynorhiza (Apiaceae: Apioideae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 31 July 2008A.R. Magee, B-E. Van Wyk, P.M. Tilney

A new species of Lotononis section Oxydium (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 July 2008, B.-E. Van Wyk, H. Kolberg

A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotanyJournal of Ethnopharmacology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 July 2008, B.-E. Van Wyk

A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. plukenetiana group (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 June 2008 M.M. Le Roux, B.-E. Van Wyk

An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the southeastern Karoo, South AfricaSouth African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 June 2008, B.-E. Van Wyk, H. de Wet, F.R. Van Heerden

A new species of Alepidea (Apiaceae, subfam. Saniculoideae)South African Journal of Botany, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 June 2008 B.-E. Van Wyk, A. de Castro, P.M. Tilney, P.J.D. Winter, A.R. Magee

A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plantsJournal of Ethnopharmacology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 June 2008 B.-E. van Wyk

Systematic studies in the genus Lebeckia and related genera (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): A new generic classification for LebeckiaSouth African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Page 362 J.S. Boatwright, M.M. Le Roux, M. Wink, P.M. Tilney, B-E. Van Wyk

Vegetation cover changes of the Sand Forest in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia from 1937–2002South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Page 364B.M. Corrigan, B-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.F. Durand

The demise of Peucedanum (Apiaceae) in AfricaSouth African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Page 383 P.J.D. Winter, B-E. Van Wyk, A.R. Magee, S.R. Downie, P.M. Tilney

An ethnobotanical survey of southern African MenispermaceaeSouth African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 2-9 H. De Wet, B.-E. Van Wyk

A synopsis of the Middle-eastern and Asian species of Argyrolobium (Genisteae–Fabaceae)South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 10-24, A. Moteetee, B.-E. Van Wyk

Resistance genes in the Triticeae and the dynamics of divergence before duplicationSouth African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 51-64F.B. Du Preez, A.A. Myburg, E. Venter, A.-M. Botha

Physics Department

Physical properties of CVD boron-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubesMaterials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 111, Issues 2-3, 15 October 2008, Pages 386-390Kartick C. Mondal, Andre M. Strydom, Rudolph M. Erasmus, Jonathan M. Keartland, Neil J. Coville

Magnetic properties of Cr–Fe–Mn alloysJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 31 July 2008B. Li, H.L. Alberts, A.M. Strydom, B.M. Wu, A.R.E. Prinsloo, Zh.J. Chen

Electronic and magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compounds RRu4Sn6 (R=Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho)Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 320, Issue 14, July 2008, Pages e128-e131, N.E. Koch, A.M. Strydom

Field-dependent tuning of the ferromagnetic ordering in CeAgSb2Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 320, Issue 14, July 2008, Pages e453-e456, A.M. Strydom, B.M. Mhlungu, A. Thamizhavel

R3Ir4Ge13 (R=Yb, Lu): Thermal and magnetic propertiesPhysica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 746-748, A.M. Strydom, N. Oeschler, F. Steglich

Thermal properties and magnetic field effects in ferromagnetic CeAuGePhysica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 862-863B.M. Mhlungu, A.M. Strydom

Crystal field excitations in the cubic compound Ce3Rh4Sn13Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 898-899D.T. Adroja, A.M. Strydom, A.P. Murani, W.A. Kockelmann, A. Fraile

First neutron measurements on Ce3Pd20Si6Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 1306-1308S. Paschen, S. Laumann, A. Prokofiev, A.M. Strydom, P.P. Deen, J.R. Stewart, K. Neumaier, A. Goukassov, J.-M. Mignot

First order phase transitions in Ce3Rh4Sn13Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 1312-1314J. Custers, M. Kriegisch, M. Müller, A. Thamizhavel, A.M. Strydom, S. Paschen

Electrical and magnetic properties of the Kondo system Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 403, Issues 5-9, 1 April 2008, Pages 1350-1352M.B. Tchoula Tchokonté, P.de.V. du Plessis, D. Kaczorowski, A.M. Strydom

Ultrasonic Wave Velocities in Solids: Elastic Properties, Temperature, and Pressure DependenceEncyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, 2008, Pages 1-5,H. L. Alberts (not full-text, we don't subscribe to this encyclopedia)

Physics & Geography Departments

Evidence for large-scale transport of biomass burning aerosols from sunphotometry at a remote South African siteAtmospheric Environment, Volume 42, Issue 22, July 2008, Pages 5569-5578, H. Winkler, P. Formenti, D.J. Esterhuyse, R.J. Swap, G. Helas, H.J. Annegarn, M.O. Andreae

Geology

Fractionation between inorganic and organic carbon during the Lomagundi (2.22–2.1 Ga) carbon isotope excursionEarth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 271, Issues 1-4, 15 July 2008, Pages 278-291A. Bekker, C. Holmden, N.J. Beukes, F. Kenig, B. Eglinton, W.P. Patterson

Mapping Proterozoic unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Rockhole area, Northern Territory, Australia using landsat ETM+Ore Geology Reviews, Volume 33, Issues 3-4, June 2008, Pages 382-396, H.M. Rajesh

Petrogenesis of two granites from the Nilgiri and Madurai blocks, southwestern India: Implications for charnockite–calc-alkaline granite and charnockite–alkali (A-type) granite link in high-grade terrainsPrecambrian Research, Volume 162, Issues 1-2, 5 April 2008, Pages 180-197, H.M. Rajesh

Reply to comments on “P–T record of two high-grade metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa” by Armin Zeh and Reiner KlemdLithos, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 July 2008Leonid L. Perchuk, Dirk D. Van Reenen

P–T record of two high-grade metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South AfricaLithos, Volume 103, Issues 1-2, June 2008, Pages 70-105L.L. Perchuk, D.D. van Reenen, D.A. Varlamov, S.M. van Kal, Tabatabaeimanesh, R. Boshoff

Geochronological problems related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South AfricaGondwana Research, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 February 2008, D.D. Van Reenen, R. Boshoff, C.A. Smit, L.L. Perchuk, J.D. Kramers, S. McCourt, R.A. Armstrong

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Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter: 6:3 August 2008

This Elsevier "Library Connect" issue theme is "e-Learning".

"If anyone knows eLearning, it’s Generation Y, right? We thought it only fitting to launch Library Connect’s new Next Gen section in this issue, since next-gen’ers can practically eLearn with their eyes closed."

* Spotlight

Hear from Next Gen librarians as they discuss their experiences with eLearning.

- eLearning: Libraries increasingly help steer the ship, By Erika Bennett, Reference Librarian, Harold Abel School of Psychology, Capella University, USA

eLearning has traveled a long distance in a very short time. One can’t deny that, so far this Millennium, its impact has been enormous. In 2007, the Sloan Consortium reported that 3.5 million American college students (20%) were enrolled in an online course. The rise in online enrollments from 2005 to 2006 alone was 10%.

- eLearning 2.0, By Guofu Qian, Systems Librarian, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Library, China.

What is eLearning 2.0? This term refers to ways of thinking about eLearning which have been inspired by the emergence of Web 2.0. In my opinion, eLearning 2.0 is an eLearning environment based on Web 2.0 technologies. The most important characteristic of eLearning 2.0 is collective intelligence, which is also a core characteristic of Web 2.0.
In the world of eLearning 2.0, eLearners can share their knowledge and experience by creating blog, wiki, photo, video and audio content freely and easily. This function gives eLearners an opportunity to become eTeachers, and vice versa. The bottom line? Web 2.0 technology makes all sorts of eLearning platforms easy-to-use.

* Librarians speak out

- How is your library implementing eLearning?

* Also in this issue

- Tsinghua University Library case study: Developing a virtual learning environment By Lin Jia and Wang Yuan, Tsinghua University Library, China

" eLearning can help students become active learners, and libraries should play a greater role in this process of transformation."
- Dr. Bakary Diallo explains how the African Virtual University is furthering higher education through hybrid offerings, Interview by Risa Blumlein, Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, USA

"Coupled with frequent power outages, digital illiteracy, poor connectivity in some areas, lack of computer and telephone access, high operational costs of telephones and unfavorable ICT policies, the AVU (African Virtual University) had to refocus its strategy as one that would take cognizance of the different levels of technological and educational development throughout the African continent."

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Useful Links to Articles: Open Access, Scholarly Publishing, Institutional Repositories

Selected links to various materials received by e-mail (Aug-17 Sep 2008) from D. Nicholson, WITS, Copyright Services Librarian ( see below her e-mail, if you would like to subscribe to her e-mail alert):

Library/Faculty
Ithaka’s 2008 report on its 2006 faculty and librarian surveys
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/ithaka-2008-report-on-its-2006-faculty.html
http://www.ithaka.org/research/faculty-and-librarian-surveys

Open Access: Institutional Repositories
Publishers allowing the depositing of their published version/PDF in Institutional Repositories
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/PDFandIR.html
3 Articles on IR's in Developing Countries
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/09/3-articles-on-irs-in-developing.html
Open Access Repositories begin to reap benefits for South African Science as CSIR research goes global:
http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area/2008/07/29/csir-research-goes-global
Seven Academic Open-Access Repositories Compared
http://www.icommons.org/articles/oa-academia-in-repose
LabMeeting: a scientist’s answer to an institutional repository?
http://lib.calpoly.edu/blog/crossingthechasm/2008/07/30/labmeeting-a-scientists-answer-to-an-institutional-repository/
Many publishers do allow authors to deposit their works in institutional repositories. See: Sherpa/Romeo
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.html
Director of Open Access Repositories
http://www.opendoar.org/

Open Access: Science/ Education/ Research
Open Access – What is it?
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/scholcomm/openaccess.html
Open Access in South Africa
http://www.sivulile.org/
Open Educational Resources
http://deoracle.org/online-pedagogy/emerging-technologies/open-educational-resources.html
Open Access and Science
http://lib.calpoly.edu/blog/crossingthechasm/2008/09/11/open-access-and-science/
Are Online and Free Online Access Broadening or Narrowing Research?
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/443-Are-Online-and-Free-Online-Access-Broadening-or-Narrowing-Research.html
Research funders’ open access policies
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php
Open Access: Good for Business!
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2005/09/open-access-good-for-business.html
Structural Genomics Knowledgebase (free resource)
http://kb.psi-structuralgenomics.org/about/this_site.html
Science Dissemination using Open Access (free to download)
http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/SciDissOpenAccess.pdf
Max Planck Society - Scientists Publish at PloS - Free of charge for their institutes
http://lilyheart.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/max-planck-society-scientists-publish-at-plos-free-of-charge-for-their-institutes
Out in the Open: Some MIT Scientists Sharing Results, Posting Unpublished Data
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N31/openscience.html
Science Dissemination Using Open Access (free downloadable book)
http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/08/science-dissemination-using-open-access.html
How open access is your research area? (revisited)
http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/how_open_access_is_your1
Microsoft Research Unveils Free Software Tools to Help Scholars and Reseachers Share Knowledge
http://www.reviewspc.com/microsoft-research-unveils-free-software-tools-to-help-scholars-and-researchers-share-knowledge.html

Open Access: Scholarly Publishing/Peer Reviewing/Commons
Data Sharing and the Digital Science Commons
http://blog.mttlr.org/2008/09/data-sharing-and-digital-science.html
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/toc.htm
Who Profits when you Publish?
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2008/JA/Feat/wall.htm
The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship
http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-04.pdf
Best Practices for Access to Images: Recommendations for Scholarly Use and Publishing
http://www.arhv.lhivic.org/index.php/2008/08/22/790-best-practices-for-access-to-images-recommendations-for-scholarly-use-and-publishing
CreateChange – Digital Scholarship
http://www.createchange.org/
Bringing down the barriers (digital scholarship)
http://www.createchange.org/modes/bringing.shtml
Peer reviewing: privilege and responsibility
http://www.textjournal.com.au/april08/johnston_krauth.htm
Researchers benefit from Sharing
http://www.createchange.org/modes/researchers.shtml
Open Source approach to textbook publishing
http://www.springwise.com/education/open_source_approach_to_textbo/
ThoughtMesh: an Innovative Scholarly Publishing and Discovery Model
http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/05/thoughtmesh-innovative-scholarly.html
Funding for Open Access Publishing (one way of addressing OA publishing)
http://ucalgaryhslnews.blogspot.com/2008/08/funding-for-open-access-publishing.html

Open Access: Authorship/Copyright
Authorship: why not just toss a coin?
http://ajpcell.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/295/3/C567
Open Access anxiety in the publish or perish world
http://www.plos.org/cms/node/397
Authors’ rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors'_rights
http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtml
Canadian Association of University Teachers advises Authors to retain Copyright
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/caut-advises-authors-to-retain.html

Search Engines/ Directories/ References/ Databases
World Wide Web Reference
http://www.wwwreference.info/
Student Research Resources
http://www.studentresearch.info/
Quick Reference Research
http://www.refdesk.com/instant.html
Alltheweb.com
www.alltheweb.com
CompletePlanet (Deep Web Directory)
http://aip.completeplanet.com/index.jsp
The Web: How we use it.
http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/07/the_web_how_we_use_it.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
National Center for Biotechnology Information – Public Databases
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Life Sciences Search Engine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery
Biodiversity Heritage Library
www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Science Portal (Open Access - 90% of items not accessible on Google)
www.WorldWideScience.org
Biodiversity Heritage Library (Open Access)
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/About.aspx
The Digital Doorway (South Africa)
http://www.digitaldoorway.org.za/index_main.php

Open Access: Journals
Directory of Open Access Journal growth rate nearly doubles in the past year
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/08/doaj-growth-rate-nearly-doubles-in-past.html
Make China journals open access, says top scientist
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/make-china-journals-open-access-says-top-scientist.html
Support for Open Access Journals
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/support-for-oa-journals.html

Searching Patents
WIPO Patentscope
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/
European Patent Office
http://ep.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_ep
Google Patents
www.google.com/patents
Patent Information in Brief
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/data/patent_information.html

If you know of any persons who may benefit from this information, please ask them to email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za with their name, name of institution/organization and contact details.

Researchers' use of Academic Libraries and their Services

Researchers' use of academic libraries and their services

(http://www.rin.ac.uk/files/libraries-report-2007.pdf

Appendixes: http://www.rin.ac.uk/files/Appendix_0.pdf)

This study was designed to provide an up-to-date and forward-looking view of how researchers interact with academic libraries in the UK. Harnessing empirical data and qualitative insights from over 2250 researchers and 300 librarians, the RIN (Research Information network) and CURL (Consortium of Research Libraries) hope that the results will be useful in informing the debate about the future development of academic libraries and the services they provide to researchers.

Some of the results are:

The rise of e-research, interdisciplinary work, cross-institution collaborations, and the expectation of massive increases in the quantity of research output in digital form all pose new challenges. These challenges are about how libraries should serve the needs of researchers as users of information sources of many different kinds, but also about how to deal with the information outputs that researchers are creating.

* Pressure Points

- The majority of researchers in all disciplines have adapted readily to the widespread availability of digital content, accessible directly from their desktops.

* A sense of Place

- There has been a sharp fall over the past five years in the number of researchers who visit their institution’s library regularly. This is most pronounced in the sciences, but in all disciplines there is clear evidence of declining attendance. Researchers are choosing to access digital information from their desktops, primarily from their office but also from their homes.

* Researcher Behaviour

- Most researchers use digital finding aids to locate both digital and print-based resources.

* New ways of working

- As users of digital information, researchers place a very high value on electronic journals, but a much lower value as yet on libraries’ provision of other kinds of digital resources.

- There is an urgent need for librarians and the research community to work together to clarify the roles and responsibilities of key players – at national as well as institutional level - in managing these outputs.

* New ways of providing

- A significant part of the study focuses on the roles librarians play in support of the research process, and the related expectations of researchers. Both groups expect that libraries will have a key role as custodians and managers of digital resources.

- Multi-institutional developments such as Virtual Research Environments will continue to grow.

* Visibility, sharing, openness

- Feedback from researchers is very positive, but many information resources that could be useful to researchers remain under-used currently, mainly because they exist only in hard copy or are inadequately catalogued.

- Researchers’ awareness of new developments in scholarly communications, particularly issues to do with open access to research outputs, is low.

* Library-research community relations and the future promotion of library services

- For librarians, liaison with the research community presents a number of problems, arising from the transience of many of the individual relationships that can be formed, the increasing tendency for researchers to use library services remotely, and researcher independence.

For more information on RIN visit: http://www.rin.ac.uk/about

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5 September 2008Vol 321, Issue 5894, Pages 1268-1374 Table of Contents
- Scientific Publishing Standards
* News of the Week
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* News Focus:
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* Books:
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29 August 2008Vol 321, Issue 5893, Pages 1117-1256 Table of Contents
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A listing of books received at Science during the week ended August 22, 2008.
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