User profiles for "author:Catherine Ward"

Catherine Ward

- Verified email at uct.ac.za - Cited by 6428

Catherine Ward Roy

- Verified email at wakehealth.edu - Cited by 2685

[HTML][HTML] Long term sequelae from childhood pneumonia; systematic review and meta-analysis

K Edmond, S Scott, V Korczak, C Ward, C Sanderson… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The risks of long term sequelae from childhood pneumonia have not been
systematically assessed. The aims of this study were to:(i) estimate the risks of respiratory …

Pathophysiology of volumetric muscle loss injury

BT Corona, JC Wenke, CL Ward - Cells Tissues Organs, 2016 - karger.com
Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries are prevalent in civilian and military trauma patients
and are known to impart chronic functional deficits. The frank loss of muscle tissue that …

Functions of FUS/TLS from DNA repair to stress response: implications for ALS

RRK Sama, CL Ward, DA Bosco - ASN neuro, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Fused in sarcoma/translocated in liposarcoma (FUS/TLS or FUS) is a multifunctional DNA-
/RNA-binding protein that is involved in a variety of cellular functions including transcription …

Parenting in a time of COVID-19

L Cluver, JM Lachman, L Sherr, I Wessels, E Krug… - 2020 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is changing family life. The United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates 1· 38 billion children are out of …

A Synthetic Maternal-Effect Selfish Genetic Element Drives Population Replacement in Drosophila

CH Chen, H Huang, CM Ward, JT Su, LV Schaeffer… - science, 2007 - science.org
One proposed strategy for controlling the transmission of insect-borne pathogens uses a
drive mechanism to ensure the rapid spread of transgenes conferring disease refractoriness …

Oxygen generating scaffolds for enhancing engineered tissue survival

SH Oh, CL Ward, A Atala, JJ Yoo, BS Harrison - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
One of the continued challenges in engineering clinically applicable tissues is the
establishment of vascularization upon implantation in vivo. Although the effectiveness of an …

The estimation of groundwater recharge

KR Rushton, C Ward - Journal of Hydrology, 1979 - Elsevier
Methods of estimating groundwater recharge in temperate climates are reviewed and it is
suggested that the conventional method of Penman and Grindley tends to underestimate the …

Managing to learn: Instructional leadership in South African secondary schools

U Hoadley, P Christie, CL Ward - School leadership and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article reports on an empirical study of the management of curriculum and instruction in
South African secondary schools. Drawing on data collected from 200 schools in 2007, a …

Volumetric muscle loss: persistent functional deficits beyond frank loss of tissue

K Garg, CL Ward, BJ Hurtgen, JM Wilken… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Open fracture is a common occurrence in civilian and military populations. Though great
strides have been made in limb salvage efforts, persistent muscle strength deficits can …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual violence against children in South Africa: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of prevalence and correlates

CL Ward, L Artz, L Leoschut, R Kassanjee… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background We aimed to complete a nationally representative study of sexual violence
against children in South Africa, and its correlates, since we could identify no other such …