• Dataset from:Combination antiretroviral therapy (Atripla) in diabetes exacerbates diabetogenic effects on hippocampal microstructure, neurogenesis, and cytokines levels in male Sprague Dawley rats 

  Johnson, Jaclyn Asouzu; Ndou, Robert; Mbajiorgu, Ejikeme F (2021-11-25)

  Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has effectively reduced the scourge of HIV infection. However, with the increasing incidence of diabetes, HIV/AIDS-diabetes co-morbidity has become prevalent in society with chronic ...
• Dataset from:Combination antiretroviral therapy (Atripla) in diabetes exacerbates diabetogenic effects on hippocampal microstructure, neurogenesis, and cytokines levels in male Sprague Dawley rats 

  Johnson, Jaclyn Asouzu; Ndou, Robert; Mbajiorgu, Ejikeme F (2021-11-25)

  Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has effectively reduced the scourge of HIV infection. However, with the increasing incidence of diabetes, HIV/AIDS-diabetes co-morbidity has become prevalent in society with chronic ...
• Dataset from : Browsing is a strong filter for savanna tree seedlings in their first growing season 

  Archibald, Sally; Twine, Wayne; Mthabini, Craddock; Stevens, Nicola (ARCHIBALD ECOLOGY LAB, 2021-06-15)

  1: Newly germinated seedlings are vulnerable to biomass removal but usually have at least six months to grow before they are exposed to dry-season fires, a major disturbance in savannas. In contrast, plants are exposed to ...
• Exploring a South African Indian Woman Poet and her Poetry from an Indigenous Perspective: Interviews with Francine Simon and Readings of Selected Poems from Thungachi. 

  Govender, Arushani (University of the Witwatersrand, 2019-07-30)

  This dissertation executes a critical reading of Francine Simon’s poetry in relation to contemporary perspectives of indigenous knowledge (IK), and against the political background and socio-cultural context of the poet’s ...
• Moringa Study (20151151B) 

  Muhammad, Nasiru; Ibrahim, Kasimu Ghandi; Ndhlala, Ashwell; Erlwanger, Kennedy (2020-12-15)

  Cleaned data from the experiement conducted with 21-day old male Sprague-Dawley rats . These rats(n=50) were randomized to six treatment groups (n=8-9) with unlimited access to commercial rat feed. Either plain water (C) ...
• Wits Face Database 

  Bacci, Nicholas; Davimes, Joshua; Steyn, Maryna; Briers, Nanette (2020-11-02)

  The human face is important in social, cultural and recognition contexts. Many research fields make use of faces to understand human interaction and identify individuals. Studies relying on facial image data often make use ...
• Dataset from : The lateral semicircular canal and head posture in “ungulate” mammals: implications on diet, behavior and paleobiological reconstructions 

  Benoit, Julien; Legendre, Lucas; Farke, Andrew; Neenan, James M; Mennecart, Bastien; Costeur, Loic; Merigeaud, Samuel; Manger, Paul (2020-07-07)

  For over a century, it has been assumed that the plane of the lateral semicircular canal of the inner ear is parallel to the earth horizontal when the head is at rest. This has long been used by paleontologists to reconstruct ...
• Using mixed-method approaches to provide new insights into media coverage of femicide 

  Brodie, Nechama R. (2019)

  South Africa has a femicide rate that is six times the world average. Over 2,500 women aged 14 years or older are murdered every year, the majority of these women killed by an intimate partner. Despite the prevalence of ...
• Institutionalizing research capacity strengthening in LMICs: A systematic review and meta-synthesis 

  Vicente-Crespo, M; Agunbiade, M.O; Eyers, J.; Thorogood, M; Fonn, S (2020)
• 'Credible' child perpetrators: A critical discourse analysis of South African juvenile murderers 

  Masuku, Kwanele (2019)

  Constructions of violence constrain women and children to victims and men to perpetrators, and imply that children are, at all times pure, innocent and, vulnerable. As such, child perpetrated crimes contradict these normative ...
• The motive of a South African male muti murder offender: a case study 

  Thenga, Khalirendwe (2018)

  Traditional healers in South Africa are easily accessible to individuals who require their services. Traditionally, traditional healers would help their clients either by giving them advice or by giving them muti made from ...
• Dataset : metadata extration tables of femicide reported in News Media 

  Brodie, Nechama Rachel (Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,, 2019-03-15)

  South Africa has a femicide rate that is six times the world average. Over 2,500 women aged 14 years or older are murdered every year, the majority of these women killed by an intimate partner. Despite the prevalence of ...
• Dataset From " Factors affecting students’ eLearning at one South African medical school: A cross-sectional survey 

  Ingratta, Argentina Maria; George, Ann; Lionel, Green-Thompson (Open Science Framework osf.io/8n3ys, 2019-01-29)
• Dataset for AJIC Issue 22 (2018) article entitled "Evolution of Africa’s Intellectual Property Treaty Ratification Landscape" 

  De Beer, Jeremy; Baarbé, Jeremiah; Ncube,Caroline (LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, 2018-12-07)

  This open access dataset is described and analysed in the following article: De Beer, J., Baarbé, J., & Ncube, C. (2018). Evolution of Africa’s intellectual property treaty ratification landscape. The African Journal of ...
• Exploring childhood, criminality and power in South African juvenile murderers' constructions of their offences 

  Mostert, Alexa Ellen (2018)

  In instances of child-perpetrated crime or violence, normative constructions of the child contradict those of the criminal, creating an ambiguous discursive landscape in which juvenile-offenders have to situate themselves. ...
• Effects of Methanolic Extract of Moringa oleifera leaves on Fructose-Induced Metabolic dysfunction in growing Sprague Dawley Rats 

  Muhammad, Nasiru (2017)

  Excess dietary fructose intake has been associated with an increase in metabolic disorders. Traditionally, these disorders are managed by physical exercise, lifestyle modification, and by conventional drug therapy. A ...
• Minds, objects, and persons – narratives of perpetrators of violent crime 

  Dias, Angelo Ridge (2017)

  Although research on violence has gained momentum over the last 3 decades, very little work on situational factors involved in violent enactments has been undertaken in South Africa. As a means to address this limitation, ...
• The relationship between awareness of violence against women prevention campaigns and gender attitudes and talking about violence among women in Gauteng 

  Mataba, Rumbidzayi B (2016-10-12)

  Introduction: Gender based violence (GBV) is a public health problem with as many as 35% of women having been subjected to either physical and or sexual violence globally. Gender attitudes and silence around gender based ...
• Survey of the perceptions of key stakeholders on the attributes of the South African Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System: data documentation 

  Benson, Frew (2016-10-25)

  An original and uniquely created electronic semi-structured questionnaire was piloted and then sent out using the secure, web-based Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), programme hosted at the University of ...
• Unmasking serial murder: a comparison of a South African murder series with characteristics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Serial Murder Database 

  Holland, Shakeera (2015)

  The term ‘serial killer’ brings to mind notorious criminals whose crimes are so heinous as to test the limits of the most vivid imagination and make us question their humanity. What is the reality of serial murder? In ...

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