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Phylogenetics of the rust fungi (Pucciniales) of South Africa, with notes on their life histories and possible origins by Wood, Alan R, Aime, M Catherine

“…South Africa has an indigenous rust (Pucciniales) funga of approximately 460 species. This funga was sampled with species from as many genera as possible. The…”
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Harmonic Instability Analysis of a Single-Phase Grid-Connected Converter Using a Harmonic State-Space Modeling Method by Jun Bum Kwon, Xiongfei Wang, Blaabjerg, Frede, Bak, Claus Leth, Wood, Alan R., Watson, Neville R.

“…The increasing number of renewable energy sources in the distribution grid is becoming a major issue for utility companies since grid-connected converters are…”
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The impact of new technology on soft error rates by Dixit, Anand, Wood, Alan

“…This paper presents the impact of new microprocessor technology on microprocessor soft error rate (SER). The results are based on Oracle's (formerly Sun…”
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The High Latitude Ionospheric Response to the Major May 2024 Geomagnetic Storm: A Synoptic View by Themens, David R., Elvidge, Sean, McCaffrey, Anthony, Jayachandran, P. T., Coster, Anthea, Varney, Roger H., Galkin, Ivan, Goodwin, Lindsay V., Watson, Chris, Maguire, Sophie, Kavanagh, Andrew J., Zhang, Shun‐Rong, Goncharenko, Larisa, Bhatt, Asti, Dorrian, Gareth, Groves, Keith, Wood, Alan G., Reid, Ben

“…The high latitude ionospheric evolution of the May 10‐11, 2024, geomagnetic storm is investigated in terms of Total Electron Content and contextualized with…”
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Social organization in a flatworm: trematode parasites form soldier and reproductive castes by Hechinger, Ryan F., Wood, Alan C., Kuris, Armand M.

“…In some of the most complex animal societies, individuals exhibit a cooperative division of labour to form castes. The most pronounced types of caste formation…”
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Single-Phase Charging of EV Embedded Batteries in an MMC with Submodule Override Capability by Omar, Alaa, Wood, Alan, Laird, Hamish, Gaynor, Paul

“…The modular multilevel converter with embedded batteries is a viable alternative in electric vehicle drive systems. This research investigates integrated…”
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Real-time emulation of a PMSM-loaded MMC with BESS by Omar, Alaa, Wood, Alan, Laird, Hamish, Gaynor, Paul

“…This paper details a validated real-time emulation of a modular multilevel converter with integrated energy storage sub-modules. The real-time emulated system…”
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Harmonic State-Space Model of a Controlled TCR by Orillaza, Jordan Rel C., Wood, A. R.

“…This paper presents a harmonic state-space (HSS) model of a three-phase thyristor-controlled reactor (TCR) in a voltage-control application. In using the HSS…”
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Analysis and synthesis of fractional order repetitive control for power converters by Nazir, Rabia, Zhou, Keliang, Watson, Neville, Wood, Alan

“…•Detailed analysis and synthesis of fractional order repetitive control (FORC).•FORC of single-phase inverter is implemented.•Effect of various variables in…”
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Fungi and invasions in South Africa by Wood, Alan R.

“…Background: Fungi are a major component of the functioning of all terrestrial ecosystems.Objectives: To increase awareness of fungi as drivers of ecosystem…”
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The rust fungus Puccinia arechavaletae, a potential biological control agent of balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) in South Africa. I: Biology by Fourie, Andries, Wood, Alan R.

“…Studies on the rust fungus Puccinia arechavaletae, were conducted to determine its potential for use as a classical biological control agent against the alien…”
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Variability of Ionospheric Plasma: Results from the ESA Swarm Mission by Wood, Alan G., Alfonsi, Lucilla, Clausen, Lasse B. N., Jin, Yaqi, Spogli, Luca, Urbář, Jaroslav, Rawlings, James T., Whittaker, Ian C., Dorrian, Gareth D., Høeg, Per, Kotova, Daria, Cesaroni, Claudio, Cicone, Antonio, Miedzik, Jan, Gierlach, Ewa, Kochańska, Paula, Wojtkiewicz, Pawel, Shahtahmassebi, Golnaz, Miloch, Wojciech J.

“…Swarm is the first European Space Agency (ESA) constellation mission for Earth Observation. Three identical Swarm satellites were launched into near-polar…”
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On the present and potential distribution of Ageratina adenophora (Asteraceae) in South Africa by Tererai, Farai, Wood, Alan R.

“…Invasive alien plants pose a threat to biodiversity worldwide, and the costs of control are ever-escalating. Early detection and prediction of areas…”
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Arsenic Speciation in Phloem and Xylem Exudates of Castor Bean by Ye, Wen-Ling, Wood, B. Alan, Stroud, Jacqueline L, Andralojc, P. John, Raab, Andrea, McGrath, Steve P, Feldmann, Jörg, Zhao, Fang-Jie

“…How arsenic (As) is transported in phloem remains unknown. To help answer this question, we quantified the chemical species of As in phloem and xylem exudates…”
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The life cycle of Puccinia digitariae on Digitaria eriantha and Solanum species in South Africa by Boshoff, Willem H. P., Wood, Alan R., Visser, Botma, Bender, Cornel M., Joubert, Lize, Richter, Jan, Aime, M. Catherine, Pretorius, Zacharias A.

“…Rust fungi are important plant pathogens and have been extensively studied on crops and other host plants worldwide. This study describes the heterecious life…”
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Experimental aeromagnetic survey using an unmanned air system by Wood, Alan, Cook, Ian, Doyle, Buddy, Cunningham, Michael, Samson, Claire

“…Currently, Stratus Aeronautics is developing an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), called the Venturer, for aeromagnetic surveying. On 2 October 2013, in southern…”
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Incidence of gummosis disease in silky hakea under natural conditions in South Africa by Wood, Alan R, Breeyen, Alana Den

“…The pathogen Colletotrichum acutatum J.H.Simmonds was developed in South Africa during the 1980s as a mycoherbicide to control invasive silky hakea (Hakea…”
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The rust Puccinia arechavaletae, a potential biological control agent of balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) in South Africa. II: Host range by Fourie, Andries, Wood, Alan R.

“…Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Balloon vine), a subtropical climber native to America, is rapidly increasing in importance as an invasive environmental weed in…”
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The Genera of Fungi - fixing the application of the type species of generic names - G 2: Allantophomopsis, Latorua, Macrodiplodiopsis, Macrohilum, Milospium, Protostegia, Pyricularia, Robillarda, Rotula, Septoriella, Torula, and Wojnowicia by Crous, Pedro W, Carris, Lori M, Giraldo, Alejandra, Groenewald, Johannes Z, Hawksworth, David L, Hernández-Restrepo, Margarita, Jaklitsch, Walter M, Lebrun, Marc-Henri, Schumacher, René K, Stielow, J Benjamin, van der Linde, Elna J, Vilcāne, Jūlija, Voglmayr, Hermann, Wood, Alan R

“…The present paper represents the second contribution in the Genera of Fungi series, linking type species of fungal genera to their morphology and DNA sequence…”
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Puccorchidium and Sphenorchidium, two new genera of Pucciniales on Annonaceae related to Puccinia psidii and the genus Dasyspora by Beenken, Ludwig, Wood, Alan R.

“…Two-celled puccinioid teliospores are widely distributed in the rust fungi and appear in several independent lineages of the Pucciniales. About 25 genera in 4…”
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