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Short‐term burning treatments and ecological interactions in the herb layer of false thornveld of the eastern province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: E.R. Robinson --- , G. Elizabeth Gibbs Russell --- , W.S.W. Trollope --- , B.H. Downing --- ,The effects of five years of controlled burning on total floristic composition and on some important species were investigated. -
Names of Southern African grasses: Name changes and additional species reported since 1955
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: G. Elizabeth Gibbs Russell --- , Lyn Smook --- ,In the twenty‐five years since Chippindall's ‘Guide to the Identification of Grasses’ in Meredith The Grasses and Pastures of South Africa (1955), which covered about 910 species and subspecific taxa, there have been 227 name changes and 1791 additional species... -
Effect of Ca, K and B supply on water-stress induced chlorophyll loss from tobacco and cotton leaf discs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: ElizabethA. Davies --- , England N. J.J. Combrink --- , Republic of South AfricaA study was made of the influence of Ca:K ratios and B levels on the chlorophyll content of tobacco and cotton leaves grown under glasshouse conditions. Excised leaf discs were floated on a solution of polyethylene glycol 6000 to study... -
Effect of Ca, K and B supply on growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N. J.J. Combrink --- , Republic of South Africa ElizabethA. Davies --- , EnglandThe effect of Ca:K ratios and B nutrition was investigated using tobacco and cotton grown in Mitcherlich pots with sand. A nutrient solution with three different ratios of Ca:K and two boron levels was used. Treatments were arranged factorially (3... -
Effects of four herbicides on the infestation of maize by the nematode Pratylenchus zeae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: ElizabethM. Jordaan --- , Republic of South Africa D. de Waele --- , Republic of South AfricaThe effects of atrazine, alachlor, EPTC and 2, 4-D on penetration and reproduction rate of Pratylenchus zeae on maize, were evaluated. The herbicides had no significant influence on the nematode populations. -
Requests as speech acts in Zulu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt --- Department of Europe Studies, Republic of South AfricaIn this article I attempt a tentative analysis of requests in Zulu against the background of speech act theory and politeness theory. Data collected by means of discourse completion tests were analysed using the CCSARP methodology and were found to... -
Towards a model for the study of politeness in Zulu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt --- Department of Europe Studies, Republic of South AfricaIn this article I present a tentative model for the study of politeness in Zulu against the background of politeness theory. I argue that such a model may not solely reflect verbal means of expressing politeness, but must further draw... -
Putting reading in Northern Sotho on track in the early years: Changing resources, expectations and practices in a high poverty school
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: ElizabethJ. Pretorius --- Department of Linguistics, South Africa MatselengM. Mokhwesana --- , South AfricaLarge scale literacy assessments that have taken place during the past decade in South Africa indicate that our learners are struggling to read. Low reading competence occurs in all the home languages as well as in the medium of instruction,... -
A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jakob Hallermann --- Center of Natural History (CeNak), Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Germany Luis MP Ceríaco --- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Andreas Schmitz --- Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Switzerland Raffael Ernst --- Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa Luke Verburgt --- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa Mariana P Marques --- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO), Universidade do Porto, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, USAAn integrative taxonomic review of the genus Boaedon in Angola is provided. A molecular phylogeny, based on 99 genetic samples for which the mitochondrial markers 16S rRNA have been sequenced, reveals 23 monophyletic species-level groups in Africa and indicates the... -
Book Reviews
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Gail M. Presbey --- Department of Philosophy, U.S.A Kobus de Smidt --- Department of New Testament, Bert Olivier --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa -
THE DETERMINATION OF CHLOROPHYLL
a IN WATER CONTAINING SEDIMENTItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.C. Grobler --- Department of Water Affairs, South Africa Elizabeth Davies --- Department of Water Affairs, South AfricaThe presence of sediment at concentrations of 0,2% by mass in water samples significantly lowered the amount of chlorophyll a that could be measured. Two types of sediment differed in their ability to lower the chlorophyll a concentration. The chemically... -
REVIEWS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt --- Department of Europe Studies, Malcolm Hacksley --- National English Literary Museum, -
The cross–cultural study of directives: zulu as a non–typical language
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt --- Department of Europe Studies, Republic of South AfricaIn die volgende referaat word direktiewe in SAE, Zoeloe en Engels as tweede taal van Zoeloesprekers kontrastief ondersoek. 'n Aanvanklike analise volgens die metodologie van die CCSARP projek bring wesenlike verskille in versoekstrategieë tussen SAE en Zoeloe aan die lig... -
Gutt’s relevance–theoretic account of translation: an account of ‘translation’ or ‘non–ranslation’?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Johanna Elizabeth Sapire --- , Republic of South AfricaErnst-August Gutt voer aan dat sy verduideliking van vertaling, wat op Sperber & Wilson se relevansieteorie van vertaling gegrond is, 'n deurslaggewende onderskeid tref tussen vertaling en ander vorms van interlinguistieke kommunikasie. Indien hierdie aanvoering juis is, beteken dit dat... -
'n NEURALE NETWERK-GEBASEERDE FOONHERKENNER VIR AFRIKAANS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: WillemH. le Roux --- Departement Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese, ElizabethC. Botha --- Departement Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese,Outomatiese spraakherkenning het 'n belangrike faktor geword in vandag se tegnologie-gedrewe samelewing, soos wat daar na meer effektiewe en natuurlike mens-masjien koppelvlakke gesoek word, 'n Verskeidenheid van kommersiële toepassings is reeds beskikbaar, maar geen wat spesifiek vir Afrikaans ontwikkel is... -
Letters to the editor
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Febe de Wet --- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, ElizabethC. Botha --- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, -
MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH OF INTERNATIONALLY SHARED WATERCOURSES IN SOUTIIERN AFRICA—NAMIBIAN EXPERIENCE WITH THE OKAVANGO RIVER AND RIVERS OF THE EASTERN CAPRIVI
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: E. D. Taylor --- , England S. Bethune --- , NamibiaAlthough the emphasis of the recent National Rivers Research Initiative (now the Research Programme for the Management of Rivers) in South Africa was on river research in that country, the reality is that in southern Africa many watercourses are shared... -
REVIEWS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt --- Department of Europe Studies, Malcolm Hacksley --- National English Literary Museum, -
Anaphoric resolution during the reading of expository texts by undergraduate students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: ElizabethJ. Pretorius --- ,To succeed at university, students need to read expository texts effectively and meaningfully in order to access and understand information, and internalise it for study purposes. Reading is a complex, multi-componential phenomenon that includes both decoding and comprehension processes. An... -
The Scientific Basis of Criminology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ann-Mari Elizabeth Hesselink --- University of South Africa, Friedo Johann Willem Herbig --- University of South Africa,Criminology as a science has evolved over the past 50 years from a “sub-discipline” into a self-reliant and contemporary discipline. Many adjacent to criminology Social Science experts believe that criminology has ‘nothing to offer’ but mere theoretical explanations while other... -
The Role and Function of Criminologists within the Criminal Justice and Private Sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Friedo Johann Willem Herbig --- University of South Africa, Ann-Mari Elizabeth Hesselink --- University of South Africa,Criminology gained prominence as an academic area of study because of the constant threat of crime and the social problems it highlights. Nonetheless, much doubt and criticism exists among professionals within social and human sciences regarding the role, application, value... -
Offender Rehabilitation and Counselling Dynamics in the South African Correctional Environment: Systems and Prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ann-Mari Elizabeth Hesselink --- University of South Africa, Friedo Johann Willem Herbig --- University of South Africa,This article provides a theoretical overview of the correctional reform as well as rehabilitative and counselling landscape within South African Correctional Centres. Key challenges being faced in this arena include corruption/collusion of correctional staff, poor and failing infrastructure, high staff... -
Ways of Relating and Interacting in School Communities: Lived Experiences of Learners, Educators and Parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ansie Elizabeth Kitching --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Ronél Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,This article reports on the findings of a baseline study on social interaction in schools as experienced by learners, educators and parents. A qualitative phenomenological approach was followed, utilising a cross-sectional descriptive survey design. Participants included 1 170 learners aged... -
Towards an Understanding of Nurturing and Restraining Relational Patterns in School Communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ansie Elizabeth Kitching --- North-West University, Vera Roos --- North-West University, Ronel Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,This study aimed to understand the nature of nurturing and restraining relationships in a school communiy. The inquiry entailed a single instrumental case study of a selected school community in a semi-urban context in South Africa. Participants were learners (n=720),... -
Multipliers of Hardy Spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Beth OsikiewiczWe summarize the results on multipliers from H p to l q for various p and q. In some instances we provide proofs which are different from the ones in the literature. On other occasions we are able to improve... -
Norm Estimates for Operators T : Hp → lq Involving lr (ls ) Norms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Beth OsikiewiczNorm estimates for bounded linear operators T : Hp → lq are derived in terms of the vector-valued norms of their matrix entries. Explanations are also provided to show that all of the upper estimates for ‖T‖ are sharp with... -
REGULARITIES AND COMPLEMENTARY RADICALS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: N.J. Croenewald --- Department of Mathematics, Port Elizabeth W.A. Olivier --- Department of Mathematics, Port ElizabethIn this paper we consider a class of Hoehnke radicals of associative rings. A radical H from this class is constructed using generalized semi-prime ideals determined by a ring regularity. It is shown that different regularitiesMaybe used to construct the... -
Reading and applied linguistics - a deafening silence?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: ElizabethJ PretoriusIn light of the fact that 2001 has been declared the Year of the Reader, this article presents some findings concerning reading levels within the learning context, from primary to tertiary level, and then briefly examines the relationship between reading... -
An Introduction to 'Gender and Language'
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt -
Gender aspects of bilingualism: language choice patterns of Zulu-speaking rural youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Dhalialutchmee Appalraju Elizabeth de KadtThe past decade has seen a reawakening of interest in the ways in which gender impacts on bilingualism and language change, as first demonstrated by Gal (1978). In this article, language choice patterns of some Zulu-speaking school pupils from the... -
Gendering politeness: Zulu-speaker identities at the University of Natal, Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Busayo Ige Elizabeth de KadtThis paper investigates politeness, with special focus on the speech act of apologies, in the discourse of some male and female Zulu students at the University of Natal, Durban, in order to explore ways in which language and gender are... -
Taal en Stryd 1989-1999: Gedenkbundel edited by T du Plessis and A van Gensen
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt -
Language and Gender by Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt -
Academic Literacy. Prepare to Learn by Albert Weideman
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de Kadt -
English, language shift and identities: a comparison between 'Zulu-dominant' and 'multicultural' students on a South African university campus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elizabeth de KadtWithin the discussion around potential language shift from indigenous languages to English, the article focusses on the impact of English on language use and identities of Zulu students on the Howard College campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. I... -
Laying foundations for academic language competence: the effects of storybook reading on Zulu language, literacy and discourse development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Danisile Ntuli ElizabethJ PretoriusSuccess at school depends heavily on language and literacy skills. Research indicates that pre-school children whose parents read storybooks to them have a linguistic and literacy head start over other children when they start school. In contrast, learners who come... -
Thinking about language and gender: a South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Vasu Reddy Elizabeth de KadtThis brief critical review considers the historical and theoretical development of language and gender research by abstracting some of the key themes, debates and ideas before extending these to the issues raised in this edition. The paper raises questions about... -
Hit me baby one more time: the engendering of violence in children's discourse in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Robert Balfour Elizabeth RalfeThis article explores the disjuncture between discourses of equity, equality, and consideration as evident in the formal secondary schooling curriculum (DoE, 2003) and learners' physical and speech behaviour in two schools in KwaZulu-Natal between 1999–2005, despite critical literacy interventions in... -
A preliminary bibliography of language and gender in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: CatherineE Dubbeld Elizabeth de Kadt Vasu Reddy -
Issues of complexity in reading: Putting Occam's razor aside for now
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: ElizabethJ Pretorius --- Department of Linguistics, South AfricaIn this article Occam's razor is used as metaphor to show how different conceptualisations of reading have tended to shave off or exclude important reading variables from their accounts, thus compromising our understanding of reading as a complex phenomenon. It... -
Is reading in an agglutinating language different from an analytic language? An analysis of isiZulu and English reading based on eye movements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Bertus van Rooy --- School of Languages, Vaal Triangle Campus, Elizabeth J Pretorius --- Department of Linguistics,In this article we examine the reading ability of Grade 4 learners in their home language, isiZulu and in English (first additional language), using both eye-tracking activities and traditional pen-and-paper reading comprehension assessment. The aim of the study was twofold:... -
Knowing but not knowing: providing maternity care in the context of HIV/AIDS in rural Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thubelihle Mathole Gunilla Lindmark Beth Maina AhlbergIndividual interviews with 25 nurses and midwives revealed their experiences with providing maternity care in rural Zimbabwe. These first-hand accounts especially illuminate the complexities of providing maternity care in the context of HIV/AIDS. The caregivers described feeling troubled by knowing... -
Zambian male adolescents' perceptions about premarital sexual relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elisabeth Dahlbäck Patrick Makelele C Bawa Yamba Staffan Bergström Anna-Berit Ransjö-ArvidsonThe role adolescent boys play in premarital sexual activities, gender power relations, and the reproductive health risks they are exposed to, has received little attention in research. This qualitative study has aimed to explore Zambian male adolescents' perceptions and expectations... -
Responses to VCT for HIV among young people in Kampala, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eva-Britta Råssjö Elisabeth Darj Joseph Konde-Lule Pia OlssonAttitudes to voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV among young men and women in a slum area of Kampala, Uganda, were studied through 22 individual semi-structured interviews and 5 focus group discussions. Attitudes to VCT ranged from having no... -
HIV/AIDS messages as a spur for conversation among young South Africans?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Lubinga --- School of Languages and Communication Studies, South Africa Margrit Schulze --- School of Languages and Communication Studies, South Africa Carel Jansen --- , The Netherlands Alfons Maes --- , The NetherlandsHIV/AIDS messages are often deliberately puzzling so as to increase the chance for them to be used as food for conversation. The South African health organisation ‘loveLife,’ for instance, uses messages that include complicated rhetorical expressions in their media campaigns,... -
Personal coping strategies for managing the side effects of antiretroviral therapy among patients at an HIV/AIDS clinic in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rogers Kyajja --- , Uganda Joshua Kanaabi Muliira --- , Uganda Elizabeth Ayebare --- , UgandaThe side effects of antiretroviral (ARV) medications negatively impact patients’ quality of life and adherence to treatment. This study describes the burden of side effects from ARV treatment as experienced by a sample of HIV/AIDS patients and identifies the personal... -
Transactional sex in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya: a catalyst for the spread of HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ZacharyA Kwena --- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Elizabeth Bukusi --- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Enos Omondi --- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Musa Ng'ayo --- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya KingK Holmes --- Department of Global Health, United StatesThe study describes the nature, context and implications of a unique form of transactional sexual relationships in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria in Kisumu County, Kenya. We conducted 12 focus group discussions and 17 key informant interviews among fishermen,... -
Have the educated changed HIV risk behaviours more in Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Gummerson --- Centre for Social Science Research, Leslie Social Sciences Building, South AfricaTheory predicts that when new health information becomes available, more educated individuals may adopt healthy behaviours sooner, resulting in lower morbidity and mortality among the highly educated. This may be the case for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Recent empirical work... -
Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bradley Goodnight --- Georgia State University, Christina Salama --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth C Grim --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth R Anthony --- Georgia State University, Lisa Armistead --- Georgia State University, Sarah L Cook --- Georgia State University, Donald Skinner --- Stellenbosch University, Yoesrie Toefy --- Stellenbosch University,Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to... -
Level of awareness and uptake of the female condom in women aged 18 to 49 years in Bindura district, Mashonaland Central province, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tirivanhu Chipfuwa --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Ancia Manwere --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Margret M Kuchenga --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Lynah Makuyana --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Estelle Mwanza --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Elizabeth Makado --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Zimbabwe Rumbidzai P Chimutso --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, ZimbabweZimbabwe introduced the female condom in 1997, but acceptance was slow. A study was conducted to determine its level of awareness and uptake in women aged 18 to 49 years at Bindura Provincial Hospital, and at Chipadze and Chiwaridzo council... -
BREEDING NOTES ON THE BLACK-NECKED GREBE PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS BREHM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. Liversidge --- The Museum, Port Elizabeth, G. R. McLachlan --- The Museum, Port Elizabeth, -
SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS ON THE SWARTKOPS ESTUARY, PORT ELIZABETH
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: A. P. Martin --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, D. Baird --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa,Martin, A. P. & Baird, D. 1987. Seasonal abundance and distribution of birds on the Swartkops estuary, Port Elizabeth. Ostrich 58:122-134. Counts of estuarine birds were made on the Swartkops estuary, Port Elizabeth, between September 1983 and August 1985. Seasonal variations... -
Using stable isotopes to trace resource acquisition and trophic position in four Afrotropical birds with different diets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Petr Procházka --- , Czech Republic Jiří Reif --- Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic David Hořák --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Petr Klvaňa --- , Czech Republic RaymondW Lee --- School of Biological Sciences, USA Elizabeth Yohannes --- , Germany -
The presence of the trematodes Cardiocephaloides physalis and Renicola sloanei in the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus on the east coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: ElizabethC Horne --- , South Africa RodneyA Bray --- Department of Zoology, UK Barry Bousfield --- , South Africa -
Validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in HIV-infected Batswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Elizabeth Lowenthal --- , USA Kathy Lawler --- , USA Nurit Harari --- , USA Lesedi Moamogwe --- , Botswana Japhter Masunge --- , Botswana Motshodi Masedi --- , Botswana Bolefela Matome --- , Botswana Esther Seloilwe --- , Botswana Michael Jellinek --- , USA Michael Murphy --- , USA Robert Gross --- , USAObjective: To determine the validity of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC), a brief measure of psychosocial health, for screening HIV+ Batswana children. -
Treating borderline personality disorder as a trainee psychologist: Issues of resistance, inexperience and countertransference
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: ElizabethVA Cambanis --- Psychology Department, South AfricaClients with borderline personality disorder are viewed as difficult to work with. They also have high drop-out rates and unpredictable treatment outcomes. The characteristics of patients with borderline personality disorder often have a negative effect on the therapeutic process and... -
The Talking Drum: Towards the dissemination of musics in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Elizabeth Oerhle --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -
Ecosystem considerations of the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Hutchings --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa T Morris --- Bayworld, Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa CD van der Lingen --- Marine Research Institute, South Africa SJ Lamberth --- Branch Fisheries, Department of Agriculture, South Africa AD Connell --- , South Africa S Taljaard --- , South Africa L van Niekerk --- , South AfricaThe annual winter sardine run along the South African east coast impacts the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastal system in a variety of ways. These include ecological impacts, such as enrichment of a largely oligotrophic environment, competition between migrant sardine Sardinops sagax,... -
Sustainable forest management in South Africa : Government perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Lael Bethlehem --- Department of Water affairs and Forestry, South Africa -
High prevalence of HIV and malaria co-infection in urban Douala, Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Theresa Nkuo-Akenji Etienne Emgilbert Tevoufouet Frankline Nzang Nancy Ngufor Elisabeth FonA prospective cohort study was undertaken among 684 adult hospital attendees in Douala, Littoral Province, Cameroon. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of HIV/malaria co-infection and to determine and compare the prevalence of some parasitological, haematological and clinical parameters... -
Wellness programme and health policy development at a large faith-based organisation in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ElizabethD ArendThis paper presents a case study of wellness programme and health policy development based on an HIV/AIDS organisation's Khayelitsha site in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The study examines the different challenges that the organisation faces in relation to... -
Exploring the relationship between HIV and alcohol use in a remote Namibian mining community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Lightfoot --- School of Social Work, United States Maretha Maree --- Department of Human Science, Namibia Janet Ananias --- Department of Human Science, NamibiaIn southern Africa, the use of alcohol is increasingly seen as creating a context of risk for HIV transmission. This qualitative study investigates the links between alcohol use and higher-risk sexual behaviours in a remote southern Namibian mining-town community. Using... -
HIV/AIDS and sexuality: concerns of youths in rural Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jeremiah Chikovore --- , South Africa Lennarth Nystrom --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sweden Gunilla Lindmark --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Sweden Beth Maina Ahlberg --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, SwedenConcerns regarding HIV and AIDS were elicited from 546 school youths (51% female, age range 9–25 years) in a Zimbabwean rural district, through a self-generated question-writing process. Concerns emerged around how to avoid HIV infection at a time when they... -
Kierkegaard, Levinas and the Question of Escaping Metaphysics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth,While Kierkegaard and Levinas may well be thought of as religious or ethical thinkers, I should not like the reader to be misled by this into assuming that this article is primarily about religion or ethics. Rather, my main concern... -
‘To Know and not to do is not to Know’: Heidegger’s Rectoral Address
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe present article is an analysis of Heidegger’s notorious Rectoral Address in terms of its attempt to bring together philosophy and politics in a way that would revitalise both. Through the repossession and reconfiguration of common words and concepts, Heidegger... -
Body, thought, being-human and artificial intelligence: Merleau-Ponty and Lyotard
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThis article focuses in a comparative manner on the thought of Merleau-Ponty and Lyotard with a view to lending support to Busch’s claim, that ‘existentialism’ preceded poststructuralism and postmodernism as far as criticism of certain features of modem philosophy are... -
Gadamer, Heidegger, play, art and the appropriation of tradition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe present paper is an investigation into the links between Gadamer’s conception of the mode of being of art in terms of ‘play’, and related models in the thought of some of his philosophical precursors, notably Kant and Heidegger. Due... -
Self-Formation and the speculative: Gadamer and Lacan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaGadamer’s project in Truth and Method is as much about truth in the human sciences as it is about human subjectivity, for, following Heidegger, he claims that truth is reducible to method (technical rationality) only if one is misled by... -
Helen and Heidegger: Disabled Dasein, Language and Others
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth,Both Heidegger’s Being and Time and Helen Keller’s The Story of my Life address the problem of what it means for humans to be optimally human. In reading these texts together, I hope to show that Helen’s life-story confirms Heidegger’s... -
An Analysis of Court Transcripts Pertaining to the Defence of Stewart Wilken in Die Staat Teen Stewart Wilken
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaIn the spirit of the work edited by Michel Foucault (1975) on Pierre Rivière, I propose to put philosophy to work by tackling a case study in which I shall analyse certain court transcripts that pertain to the defence of... -
An Analysis of Court Transcripts Pertaining to the Defence of Stewart Wilken in Die Staat Teen Stewart Wilken
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThis article forms the second part of an analysis of documents pertaining to the defence of serial killer Stewart Wilken in Die Staat Teen Stewart Wilken. Modelled on Foucault’s analysis of the discursive struggles among various professionals involved in the... -
Discourse, agency and the question of evil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThis paper addresses the question of evil from an ethical and discourse-analytical perspective, taking Joan Copjec’s commentary on Kant’s notion of ‘radical evil’ and its relation to human freedom as its point of departure. Specifically, Copjec’s argument, that for Kant... -
Lacan’s subject: the imaginary, language, the real and philosophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth,The thought of the psychoanalytical thinker, Jacques Lacan, is examined in this paper with a view to ascertaining the place and function of the so-called imaginary in it, the symbolic as well as the ‘real’. The extent to which the... -
Derrida’s Quasi-Transcendental Thinking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Andrea Hurst --- Philosophy, Centre for Advanced Studies University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaInstead of paralysing readers with a technical account of its nature and genealogy, I aim to accumulate a sense of Derrida’s quasi-transcendental thinking over a series of expositions. I begin with a critical account of the most prevalent misreading of... -
Nature, Capitalism, and the Future of Humankind
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy Centre for Advanced Studies Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port lizabeth, South AfricaThis paper addresses the question regarding the relation between capitalism and nature, on the one hand, and that of the continued existence of life, including humankind, on earth in light of the disturbing evidence that has emerged since the early... -
Nietzsche, immortality, singularity and eternal recurrence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Bert Olivier --- Philosophy NMMU Port Elizabeth South Africa,Joan Copjec has shown that modernity is privy to a notion of immortality all its own - one that differs fundamentally from any counterpart entertained in Greek antiquity or the Christian Middle Ages. She points to Blumenberg and Lefort as... -
Bodies as open projects: reflections on gender and sexuality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Maria Elizabeth Susanna (Elbie) van den Berg --- Department of Philosophy & Systematic Theology,This article argues that the social constructivist paradigm falls into the same dualistic trap as biological essentialism when attempting to respond to questions of gender and sexuality. I argue that social constructivism, like biological determinism, presumes a ‘split’ world, where... -
DOES HARTLAUB'S GULL BREED TWICE A YEAR?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R.M. Betham --- , -
GENERAL NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R.M. Betham --- , V.C. Stutfield --- , C.D. Priest --- , S. Rhodesia J.S. Carlisle --- , Austin Roberts Austin Robe -
Confirmation of the occurrence of a second killer whale morphotype in South African waters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PB Best --- Mammal Research Institute, Whale Unit, South Africa MA Meÿer --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa M Thornton --- Mammal Research Institute, Whale Unit, South Africa PGH Kotze --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa SM Seakamela --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa GJG Hofmeyr --- Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, Port Elizabeth, and Department of Zoology, South Africa S Wintner --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, and Biomedical Resource Unit, South Africa CD Weland --- Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Canada D Steinke --- Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, CanadaKiller whales Orcinus orca occur worldwide in a number of morphotypes that differ in size, pigmentation, acoustic behaviour, food type and genetics – some may indeed warrant subspecific or even specific status. Until recently, all killer whales in South African... -
Modelling of wander ratios, travel speeds and productivity of cable and grapple skidders in softwood sawtimber operations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Pierre Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Reino Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Elizabeth Gleasure --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to develop predictive models for cable and grapple skidder wander ratios, travel speeds (loaded and unloaded), and productivity in softwood roundwood sawtimber harvesting operations. For field data collection, the study utilised on-board computing systems... -
Antioxidant and oxidative stress status in type 2 diabetes and diabetic foot ulcer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Kensese Sontin Mossanda --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Elizabeth Bosede Bolajoko --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Mpho Moropane --- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Francis Adeniyi --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Nigeria Olubayo Akinosun --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Nigeria Adesoji Fasanmade --- Department of Medicine,Objective. Oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated in the aetiology and progression of diabetic complications including diabetic foot ulcer. In this study, the levels of lipid peroxides (LPO) and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as well as the enzymatic antioxidant activities of superoxide... -
Helping Arthritis Patients in Northern KwaZuluNatal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mariska Prins --- Bethesda Hospital,The South African Academy of Family Practice's Rural Health Initiative (RHI) is proud to be able to bring you the following section of the journal, that will concentrate on issues pertaining to rural health in South Africa. We hope to... -
Knowledge of, beliefs about and attitudes to disability: implications for health professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Masasa --- Physiotherapist Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Lesotho S Irwin-Carruthers --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Faure --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: South Africa is a multicultural, multiracial and multilingual nation with many different values, traditions and cultural practices. Different belief systems may give rise to different attitudes and practices relating to disability, which may impact on rehabilitation. The purpose of... -
Caring for our children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Ben J Marais --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Beth Kangwana --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Helena Rabie --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Mark Cotton --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa -
The perceptions of pregnant women, attending antenatal clinics, on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: VA Akeke --- Elizabeth Ross District Hospital, OO Oguntibeju --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, S Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Science,Background: The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women of reproductive age and children below the age of 15 years continues to increase, especially in the countries hardest hit by the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. -
Exploring the possibility of including African proverbs in HIV and AIDS messages to influence reception by the South African youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Elizabeth Lubinga --- Department of Communication, Media and Information Studies,Campaigns about health problems such as smoking, obesity, HIV and AIDS are increasingly facing the challenge of non-receptive target audiences. Researchers are studying what features of health messages could catch and hold the attention of audiences, in turn contributing to... -
Development of a career-enabler framework within a South African higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anton Grobler --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Elizabeth Cornelia Rudolph --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Magdalena Louise Bezuidenhout --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South AfricaThis study developed a preliminary career-enabler framework for use in a higher education setting. A quantitative survey was conducted with a sample of 1392 employees within a higher education institution in South Africa. Structural analysis was performed using exploratory factor... -
Suicide ideation and depression in university students in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Iram Korb --- Department of Psychology, Botswana Ilse Elisabeth Plattner --- Department of Psychology, BotswanaThe study aimed at exploring suicide ideation and its relationship to depression in university students in Botswana. Data were collected from 122 undergraduate students (68.9% females, 31.1% males) with a mean age of 20.02 years. Depressive symptoms were measured with... -
Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at National Hospital Abuja Nigeria: a five year retrospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Onyebuchi Stephanie Ofoegbu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Bethrand Brian Odume --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground: The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria has militated against efforts to control TB. This study determined the differences in TB treatment outcome between patients with TB/HIV co-infection and those without HIV co-infection in National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria. -
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)-inflicted bite wounds observed on Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at Black Rocks, Algoa Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Matthew L. Dicken --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa Michelle Bradshaw --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa Malcolm J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaThis paper presents the first quantitative study on the seasonal occurrence and body location of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)-inflicted injuries on Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at Black Rocks, in Algoa Bay. Between January 2010 and October 2011, 22... -
The status of the Damara Tern in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Philip A Whittington --- East London Museum, South Africa Anthony J Tree --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Maëlle Connan --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Elizabeth G Watkins --- , South AfricaThe Eastern Cape population of the Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum was estimated to be 25–29 pairs in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 breeding seasons. The population appears to be stable and has probably increased slightly since the early 1990s. An eastward... -
Comparative and theoretical framework of Brazilian hospitality studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Elizabeth K. Wada --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paolo, Brazil Airton José Cavenaghi --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paolo, Brazil Maria do Rosário Rolfsen Salles --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paolo, BrazilThe purpose of this article is to give a summary of the bibliographical production of the first publications made by the Master’s Programme in Hospitality at the Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paolo, the compilations edited by Célia Maria de Moraes... -
Softwood sawlog secondary transport travel speed prediction for the South African forestry industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Pierre A Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Reino E Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Elizabeth Gleasure --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to develop a predictive model for travel speed of softwood sawlog timber transport (STT) vehicles over a range of forest and provincial roads of varying condition for the South African forestry industry. Data was... -
Defining the cost of capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: R. W. Bethlehem -
The new Companies Act: An investment analyst's view
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: R. W. Bethlehem --- Southern African Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, -
The objective of the firm and its cost of capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Geoffrey Bethlehem -
The influence of financial policy on the growth profitability and size of firms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: G. Bethlehem --- Department of Business Economics, -
Investment basics—V
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: R. W. Bethlehem -
Investment basics—VI Interest rates, yield curves and the valuation of ordinary shares
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Keynes' theory of investment in retrospect
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: R. W. Bethlehem C. Rogers -
Inflation as an obstacle to job creation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: R W Bethlehem [AN0001]The trade-off between unemployment and inflation, suggested by empirical evidence both overseas and also in South Africa, has important implications for economic policy. If it can be relied upon, it suggests that it is within the power of governments to... -
Nationalisation and redistribution in the perspective of restructuring
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Ronald Bethlehem [AN0001] -
Therapists’ Experience of Working with Suicidal Clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Gabriel Rossouw [B0001] Elizabeth Smythe [B0002] Peter Greener [B0003]This paper is based on a study of therapists’ experiences of working with suicidal clients. Using a hermeneutic-phenomenological methodology informed by Heidegger, the study provides an understanding of the meaning of therapists’ experiences from their perspective as mental health professionals... -
Leadership: Wisdom in Action
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Elizabeth Smythe [B0001] Andrew Norton [B0002]The purpose of this paper is to reveal how the thinking of leadership is always in ‘play’ enacting the wisdom of practice. The ‘know how’ of leadership theory (techne) tends to assume that a plan, or a set of skills,... -
Organisational routines versus individual agency and personality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Elsbeth A de Boer --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Tjeerd Zandberg --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsAlthough rules and routines are recognised as important factors in decision-making, many people frequently deviate from rules. In a previous exploratory case study, research focused on how a combination of human agency and personality traits affects rule-following behaviour. In this... -
Do social media display correct conventional hotel ratings?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Wouter Hensens --- Stenden University (South African campus), PO Box 2821, Port Alfred 6170, South Africa Miemie Struwig --- School of Management Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa Oren Dayan --- Department of Business Management, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South AfricaThis study investigates conventional ratings as they are presented on TripAdvisor. Conventional ratings are ratings, commonly using stars as a symbol, allocated by government or private bodies that work with hotel inspectors. The data from guest ratings on TripAdvisor was... -
Environmental disclosure in annual reports: A legitimacy theory perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A Savage --- Oakland University, United States of America E Gilbert --- University of New Brunswick, Canada J Rowlands --- University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa AJ Cataldo --- Oakland University, United States of AmericaIn recent years, corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily disclose information relating to their social actions, particularly those concerning the natural environment. The conventional accounting framework, with its emphasis on decision-usefulness, has largely proved unsatisfactory in explaining... -
Seasonality, behaviour and philopatry of spotted ragged‑tooth sharks Carcharias taurus in Eastern Cape nursery areas, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MJ Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, South Africa ML Dicken --- Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, South Africa AJ Booth --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaSpotted ragged‑tooth sharks Carcharias taurus occur along the southern and eastern coasts of South Africa. We report on movements of juveniles and adults within a known nursery area on the Eastern Cape coast using acoustic telemetry. The focus area of... -
Doctors’ attitudes to and knowledge and usage of growth charts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Selma Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Elizabeth Reji --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Growth charts have been used worldwide for about 40 years but their use has always been fraught with problems. -
On the road again: concurrency and condom use among Uganda truck drivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth C Costenbader --- FHI 360 Headquarters, Kathryn Lancaster --- FHI 360 Headquarters, Leonard Bufumbo --- FHI 360 Uganda Country Office, Uganda Angela Akol --- FHI 360 Uganda Country Office, Uganda Greg Guest --- FHI 360 Headquarters,Long-distance truck drivers have been shown to be a critical population in the spread of HIV in Africa. In 2009, surveys with 385 Ugandan long-distance truck drivers measured concurrency point prevalence with two methods; it ranged from 37.4% (calendar-method) to... -
Shipwreck survivor camps: A neglected terrestrial component of maritime archaeology in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Elizabeth van Tonder --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaIn South Africa there has been limited systematic investigation of shipwreck survivor camps as an archaeological phenomenon. In most cases these sites are investigated purely as an adjunct to work on the associated wreck. The aim of this paper is... -
Current conservation status of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall 1850 in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven W Evans --- SARCHI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, South Africa Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Lizanne Roxburgh --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Andrew E McKechnie --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Ellizabeth M Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, United Republic of Tanzania Robert B Kizungu --- Organisation of Biodiversity Information and Conservation in Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Ian T Little --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa Fadzai Matsvimbo --- BirdLife Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Ronald K Mulwa --- National Museums of Kenya and Nature Kenya, Kenya Daniel Mwizabi --- Zambian Wildlife Authority, Zambia Dianah Nalwanga --- Nature Uganda, Uganda Kariuki Ndang'ang'a --- BirdLife International, Africa Partnership Secretariat, Kenya Leigh Combrink --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South AfricaThe global Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea was classified as Vulnerable in 2010 on account of its small and rapidly declining population estimated at less than 1 500 pairs. We undertook this study to gain a better understanding of the current... -
“When we are together I feel at home.” Types and sources of social support among youth newly diagnosed with HIV in Kenya: implications for intervention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn D Lypen --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nicole M Lockwood --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Firas Shalabi --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Gary W Harper --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Elizabeth Ngugi --- Centre for HIV Prevention and Research, KenyaSocial support helps youth manage psychosocial stress. Though many studies have investigated the role of social support in helping youth in developed countries cope with their HIV status, such research is lacking among youth living in sub-Saharan African countries, including... -
The bacterium and the platypus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Elizabeth Prentice --- Elizabeth Prentice, National Health Laboratory Service, -
The nasty habits of Mick, Samuel and George
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Elizabeth Prentice -
A Study of the Feeding Habits of the Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Amphibius Linn.) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, With Some Management Implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: C. R. Field --- Nuffield Unit of Tropical Animal Ecology, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda -
The Vertical Migration Behaviour of Estuarine Plankton
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: J.R. Grindley --- Port Elizabeth Museum,A series of investigations on the vertical migration behaviour of estuarine zooplankton have been carried out in recent years. Several of these investigations have been carried out in collaboration with other zoologists and the detailed findings are being published separately... -
Distribution of Macrobenthic Fauna of Soft Substrata in Swartkops Estuary, with Observations On the Effects of Floods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: A. Mclachlan --- Port Elizabeth Museum, I. R. Grindley --- Port Elizabeth Museum,The quantitative distribution of the macrofauna inhabiting soft substrata in the Swartkops estuary has been studied in relation to the prevailing abiotic and biotic factors. The most important factors limiting macrobenthic distribution appear to be substrate and competition between communities,... -
The Zooplankton of Msikaba Estuary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: T. Wooldridge --- Port Elizabeth Museum,Stratification is well developed in Msikaba estuary and has a major influence on the distribution of the zooplankton. The oligohaline zooplankton component does not become well established, while marine zooplankton organisms penetrate relatively far up the estuary in the high... -
Stomach Content Analyses of Pomadasys Commersonni from the Swartkops Estuary (Pisces: Pomadasyidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: H C Van Der Westhuizen --- University of Port Elizabeth, J F K Marais --- University of Port Elizabeth, -
Vertical gradients in the fauna and oxidation of two exposed sandy beaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A. McLachlan --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, A.H. Dye --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, P. van der Ryst --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth,Vertical profiles of oxygenation and fauna were measured in two exposed sandy beaches. At the less exposed site the whole upper metre of sediment was oxidized although the redox potential discontinuity started at 85 cm. Meiofauna were concentrated in the... -
Growth and Production of Bullia Rhodostoma on an Open Sandy Beach in Algoa Bay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A. McLachlan --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, C. Cooper --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, G. van der Horst --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth,The plough shell, Bullia rhodostoma (Mollusca: Gastropoda), has been studied on an open sandy beach where it is a common scavenger. Samples taken over a year indicate hatching of young individuals from December to February. They reach a length of... -
Measurement of biological oxygen demand in sandy beaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A.H. Dye --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth,Measurements of biological oxygen demand in a sandy beach using conventional in situ techniques are compared with laboratory measurements of interstitial oxygen changes in intact cores. Oxygen uptake as measured in the laboratory was approximately three times that measured in... -
Growth and production of Donax Sordidus Hanley on an Open Sandy Beach in Algoa Bay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A. McLachlan --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth,A population of Donax sordidus (Mollusca, Pelecypoda) has been studied for two years on an open sandy beach. There were summer and winter settlements each year with the former being larger. Growth was rapid, the animals reaching 20 mm length... -
Aspects of the ecology of meiofauna in Mngazana estuary, Transkei
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A.H. Dye --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth,The intertidal distribution and abundance of sand and mud-flat meiofauna at the mouth and the middle reaches of Mngazana estuary were monitored over a period of 15 months from April 1977 to July 1978 and the data compared with those... -
Primary settlement of Perna perna (L.) on littoral seaweeds on St. Croix Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Lynnath E. Beckley --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, -
Studies on the littoral seaweed epifauna of St Croix Island I Physical and biological features of the littoral zone
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: E. Beckley Lynnath --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa A. McLachlan [AN0001]The physical and biological features of the littoral zone of St. Croix Island are described as a prelude to studies on the seaweed epifauna. Wave action is the most important physical variable and shore community structure is markedly influenced by... -
Aspects of the biology, ecology and seasonal fluctuations in biochemical composition of Donax Serra in the East Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A. McLachlan [AN0001] N. Hanekom --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaDonax serra ROding (Pelecypoda) isalargesand mussel which forms vast populations on some East Cape shores. It is most abundant on exposed beaches where the sand is not too coarse and phytoplankton production is high. Adultsoccupy 1 zonejust above the mean... -
Growth and reproduction of two molluscs from an exposed sandy beach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: A. McLachlan --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa G. van der Horst --- Department of Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaPopulations of a gastropod, Bullia rhodostoma, and a bivalve, Donax sordidus, were monitored quantitatively over one year on an exposed sandy beach which supports a rich macrofauna. B. rhodostoma had a single reproductive season with copulation in early summer. Growth... -
Chromosome Morphology of the Madagascar tree Boa Sanzinia Madagascariensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: W.R. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaThe karyotype of Sanzinia madagascariensis (2n = 34, NF = 50) was obtained from peripheral lymphocytes. A survey of chromosome morphology in the Boidae reveals that the karyotype of S. madagascariensis is unique, and not easily derivable from that of... -
Seasonal abundance, distribution, and catch per unit effort using gill-nets, of fishes in the Sundays estuary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: J.F.K. Marais --- University of Port Elizabeth,Catch per unit effort was obtained for the fish of the Sundays estuary by means of gill-netting. Fifty-five gill-net catches were made in which 1258 fish were caught in the mouth, middle and upper reaches of the estuary. Sea catfish,... -
The occurrence and feeding of Pomatomus saltatrix (elf) and Lichia amia (leervis) juveniles in two Cape south coast estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa H.M. Kok --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South AfricaThe seasonal occurrence of Pomatomus saltatrix and Lichia amia juveniles in a permanently open (Knysna) and a periodically open (Swartvlei) estuary is described. P. saltatrix was caught only in Knysna from September to April. L. amia was found in both... -
Notes on the diet of Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner) and Rhabdosargus globiceps (Cuvier) in the marine environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa H.M. Kok --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa -
Inshore small-mesh trawling survey of the Cape south coast. part 1. Introduction, methods, stations and catches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: J.H. Wallace --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa H.M. Kok --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa B. Bennett --- Zoology Department, Republic of South AfricaThe main objective of this survey was to investigate the occurrence of marine nursery grounds of inshore fishes, with particular reference to species whose juveniles are abundant in estuaries. The sampling programme is described and station data are tabulated for... -
Inshore small-mesh trawling survey of the Cape south coast. Part 2. Occurrence of estuarine-associated fishes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: J.H. Wallace --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa H.M. Kok --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa Lyrinath E. Beckley --- Zoology Department, Republic of South AfricaMarine inshore trawl catches of 12 species of estuarineassociated fishes are reported together with their depth and length distributions. Underwater observations of four additional species, made during 122 SCUBA dives over rocky substrates, are also recorded. Species include Rhabdosargus holubi,... -
Inshore small-mesh trawling survey of the Cape south coast. Part 3. The Occurrence and feeding of Argyrosomus hololepidotus, Pomatomus saltatrix and Merluccius capensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South AfricaMarine nurseries of Argyrosomus hololepidotus (kob), Pomatomus saltatrix (elf) and Merluccius capensis (shallow-water hake) between Algoa Bay and Mossel Bay are described. Juvenile A. hololepidotus and P. saltatrix are most abundant in the shallows (<20 m) while M. capensis juveniles... -
Inshore small-mesh trawling survey of the Cape south coast. Part 4. Contributions to the biology of some teleostei and Chondrichthyes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa M.J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa J.H. Wallace --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa V.G. Cockcroft --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South AfricaThe distributions of eight teleosts and four Chondrichthyes trawled off the Cape south coast are given. The teleosts include Pagellus natalensis, Pomadasys olivaceum, Llthognathus mormyrus, Trachums spp., Galeichthys sp., Atractoscion aequidens, Cheimerius nufar and Sphyraena africana. The Chondrichthyes are Squalidae,... -
Inshore small-mesh trawling survey of the Cape south coast. Part 5. Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Isopoda and Decapoda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: B. Kensley --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South AfricaForty-six species of Crustacea from the shallow marine waters of the southern Cape coast are listed. Five new records for the area are dealt with, of which two are described as new species. These include a sphaeromatid isopod Cymodoce davleae... -
Notes on the diet of Pterogymnus laniarius (Cuvier) (Pisces: Sparidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, , Republic of South Africa J.R. Clarke --- Port Elizabeth Museum, , Republic of South AfricaStomach contents of fish taken between Mossel Bay and Algoa Bay were analysed. Prey associated with both hard and soft substrates were present in the diet although the latter were more Important. The mouth structure Is shown to be well... -
Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal on the coast of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: G.J. Greg Hofmeyr --- Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, South Africa Omar A. Amir --- Institute of Marine Sciences, TanzaniaAn immature Subantarctic fur seal was sighted on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, in 2008. This is the most northerly record of a vagrant of this species. The nearest breeding colony is on the Prince Edward Islands, 4500 km distant. While... -
The influence of family characteristics on glycaemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the general outpatient clinic, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bethrand Brian Odume --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Onyebuchi Stephanie Ofoegbu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Elias Chike Aniwada --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Emeka Franklin Okechukwu --- United States Agency for International Development, USAID, NigeriaBackground: There is an increasing epidemic of diabetes worldwide with many patients not achieving set treatment targets. Family interventions in diabetes patient management, a proven adjunct, have not been fully integrated to patient care. -
Digestive efficiency of indigenous and invasive avian species fed fruit of invasive alien plants in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Vuyisile Thabethe --- DST–NRF Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Amy-Leigh Wilson --- DST–NRF Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lorinda A Hart --- DST–NRF Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- DST–NRF Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMany highly invasive plant species produce fleshy fruit that are consumed and dispersed by frugivorous birds. However, little is known about assimilation efficiency of invasive fruit by indigenous and invasive avian species. We investigated whether indigenous Knysna (Tauraco corythaix) and... -
Repertoire performed in Anglican parishes in the Diocese of Cape Town: congregational music and local developments, 2009–2012
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Andrew-John Bethke --- Cathedral Director of Music, PO Box 2052, Grahamstown, 6140. South African College of Music, University of Cape Town,This essay explores the congregational repertoire of hymnody in the Anglican parishes of the Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa. This research was conducted over three years (2009–2012) using various media, including a survey, parish visits, interviews and archival visits... -
Current distribution and population size of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea in the southern Tanzanian highlands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven W Evans --- SARCHI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, South Africa Elizabeth M Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, Tanzania Neil E Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, Tanzania Dirk Cilliers --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (Zoology), South AfricaTwo surveys of Blue Swallows were conducted in the southern Tanzanian highland grasslands in order to determine the habitat preferences and estimate the size of this subpopulation. During the 2008/09 and 2012 surveys, a total distance of 3 635 km was... -
Involving parents from the start: formative evaluation for a large randomised controlled trial with Botswana Junior Secondary School students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jessica Vig --- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Kim S. Miller --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Catherine Chirwa-Motswere --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Botswana Kate Winskell --- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia Elizabeth Stallcup --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAWhile HIV prevention research conducted among adolescent populations may encounter parental resistance, the active engagement of parents from inception to trial completion may alleviate opposition. In preparation for implementing a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the efficacy of a... -
Expression of adhesion molecule epithelial cadherin and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in squamous neoplasia of the uterine cervix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Julian Crasta --- Department of Pathology, India Gayatri Ravikumar --- Department of Pathology, India Sharon Koorse --- Department of Pathology, India Premalatha Siddharta --- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, India Elizabeth Vallikad --- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, IndiaBackground: The objective of the study was to evaluate the expression of cell adhesion molecules [epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin)] and extracellular matrix protease [matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9] in preinvasive and invasive lesions of squamous neoplasia of the uterine cervix. -
Case Study: The nutritional management of a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: R. Tydeman-Edwards --- Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, South Africa -
Enabling sustainable future health
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Delport Elizabeth --- Executive Member: Research and Development Manager, -
Choice in HIV testing: the acceptability and anticipated use of a self-administered at-home oral HIV test among South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth A Kelvin --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Sonia Cheruvillil --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Stephanie Christian --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Joanne E Mantell --- Division of Gender, Health and Sexuality, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, USA Cecilia Milford --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Letitia Rambally-Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Nzwakie Mosery --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Ross Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaCombination HIV prevention is being widely promoted by funders. This strategy aims to offer HIV prevention choices that can be selected and combined to decrease HIV risk in ways that fit with each individual’s situation. Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure... -
The nutritional management of short bowel syndrome in a very low-birthweight neonate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lize Rossouw --- Chief Dietician, Elizabeth van der Merwe [cor1] -
Adverse drug reactions associated with antiretroviral therapy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sumeshni Birbal --- School of Health Sciences, South Africa Mukesh Dheda --- School of Health Sciences, South Africa Elizabeth Ojewole --- School of Health Sciences, South Africa Frasia Oosthuizen --- School of Health Sciences, South AfricaSouth Africa has one of the highest prevalences of HIV and AIDS in the world. HIV/AIDS patients face countless challenges, one of which is the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This study aimed to describe the ADRs reported in... -
World Health Organisation staging, adherence to HAART and abnormal cervical smears amongst HIV-infected women attending a government hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Appolinaire Ciamalenga Katumba --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Elizabeth Reji --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Tabither Gitau --- Population Council (Poverty, Gender and Youth Development), Kenya Cindy Firnhaber --- Right to Care,Introduction: South Africa (SA) has more people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) than any other country in the world. Women infected with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical dysplasia and cancer than women who are not infected. -
The subtidal gully fish community of the eastern cape and the role of this habitat as a nursery area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South Africa C.D. Buxton --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Republic of South AfricaThe fish fauna of rocky subtidal gullies between Chelsea Point and Skoenmakerskop (South Africa) was sampled between October 1985 and September 1986 using rotenone to investigate the species composition and the importance of this habitat as a nursery area for... -
Book Reviews
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, Marilyn L. Hurwitz --- Department of General Physiology, School of Dentistry, G.B. Dennill --- Plant Protection Research Institute, M.R. Perrin --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, G.H. Findlay --- Medical Research Council, Sevid N. Mashego --- Department of Zoology and Biology, A.J. Reinecke --- Department of Zoology, Brian C. Wilmot --- Albany Museum, -
Feeding and growth in a captive-born bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: V.M. Peddemors --- Biology Department, Republic of South Africa M. Fothergill --- Durban Sea World, South Africa V.G. Cockcroft --- Centre for Dolphin Studies, Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaThe feeding and growth of a captive-born bottlenose dolphin Tursiops trunÄtus calf were studied for 30 months post partum. Changes in the behaviours associated with suckling were monitored and suggested that the mammary glands need tactile stimulation before the calf... -
Organisational routines versus individual agency and personality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elsbeth A de Boer --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Tjeerd Zandberg --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsAlthough rules and routines are recognised as important factors in decision-making, many people frequently deviate from rules. In a previous exploratory case study, research focused on how a combination of human agency and personality traits affects rule-following behaviour. In this... -
Comparative and theoretical framework of Brazilian hospitality studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elizabeth K. Wada --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, Brazil Airton José Cavenaghi --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, Brazil Maria do Rosário Rolfsen Salles --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, BrazilThe purpose of this article is to give a summary of the bibliographical production of the first publications made by the Master's Programme in Hospitality at the Anhembi Morumbi University, Sã;o Paolo, the compilations edited by Célia Maria de Moraes... -
Sexual and reproductive health risk behaviours among South African university students: results from a representative campus-wide survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susie Hoffman --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Michael Levasseur --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Joanne E. Mantell --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Mags Beksinska --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Zonke Mabude --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Claudia Ngoloyi --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Elizabeth A. Kelvin --- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College & The CUNY School of Public Health, USA Theresa Exner --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Cheng-Shiun Leu --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Lavanya Pillay --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Jennifer A. Smit --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South AfricaAmong South African university students, HIV prevalence is lower than in age-peers, but at 3.8% it is not negligible. We examined prevalence of factors potentially associated with HIV risk, focusing on partnership characteristics and consistent condom use. We hypothesised that... -
Moringa (Moringa oleifera) leaf extracts inhibit spore germination of Alternaria solani, causal agent of early blight disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Culver Mvumi --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South Africa Elizabeth Ngadze --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Diana Marais --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South Africa Elsa S du Toit --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South Africa Brighton M Mvumi --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, ZimbabweAlternaria solani is highly infective and can sporulate on tomato at 13.2 × 106 spores mL−1. The fungicidal effect of Moringa oleifera leaf chloroform and aqueous extracts (MLCE and MLAE, respectively) was investigated in vitro to determine the inhibitory effect... -
Non-proper edge-colouring of graphs and hereditary graph properties
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Samantha Dorfling --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Elizabeth C.M. Maritz --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Jon Smit --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Tomáš Vetrík --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaA graph property is any isomorphism-closed class of graphs. A property is hereditary if, whenever a graph G is in , and H is a subgraph of G, then H is also in . For a hereditary graph property ,... -
Coping self-efficacy and psychosocial well-being of marginalised South African youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Seleme R. Melato --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elizabeth Bothma --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate coping self-efficacy and aspects of psychosocial well-being amongst youth from marginalised backgrounds. A total of 794 black South African marginalised youth (males = 54%, females = 46%, age range between 18 and... -
Eelgrass beds and bare substrata – sparid and mugilid composition in contrasting littoral estuarine habitats
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Pollard --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa AN Hodgson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa HM Kok --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa AK Whitfield --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaSeagrass beds serve as nursery grounds for many fish species and often play an important role in the juvenile stages of economically and recreationally important fishes. The eelgrass Zostera capensis is the dominant submerged macrophyte in permanently open South African... -
The influence of the importance of event factors on meeting planner satisfaction: A case study of a theme park event business
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jutta Fast --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, The Netherlands Elsbeth de Boer --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, The Netherlands Bill Rowson --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, The NetherlandsThis paper presents data from a research project aimed at identifying how important the different event factors are to the visiting meeting planners and how this might influence guest satisfaction. The focus for the researchers was to get an overall... -
A South African softwood sawtimber supply chain case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Pierre A Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Elizabeth A van der Merwe --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Reino E Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaSupply chain management principles were analysed by investigating the effects of smaller-scale and incremental interventions in a forest-to-mill value chain on financial returns and forest resource use in an Eastern Cape case study area. Three previous studies provided input by... -
Implementing constitutional language provisions through the Indigenous Language Publishing Programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Jana Möller --- Department of Information Science, Beth le Roux --- Department of Information Science,The trade publishing sector in South Africa produces books primarily in English and Afrikaans, which is not representative of the spread of languages spoken in the country. In particular, there are very few books published for general readers in the... -
Mental health, self-esteem, and influences on sexual values and attitudes among black South African adolescent males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jabulani G Kheswa --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Elizabeth Bothma --- Optentia Research Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationships between sexual values and attitudes, self-esteem, and mental health among black South African adolescents. Adolescent males (n = 522) aged between 13 and 21 years participated in the study. They completed the Mathteck Sexuality Questionnaire... -
The partition dimension of circulant graphs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Elizabeth C.M. Maritz --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Tomáš Vetrík --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaLet Π = {S1, S2, . . . , Sk} be an ordered partition of the vertex set V (G) of a graph G. The partition representation of a vertex v ∈ V (G) with respect to Π is the... -
Employees’ desire for personal development in the front office of the InterContinental Miami
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Irina Tamminga --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Elsbeth de Boer --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsEmployees in the hospitality industry are under continuous pressure to perform better and to develop and adapt themselves to ever-increasing demands and challenges. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between the time an employee has been... -
Weed density and biomass are reduced and plant growth and seed yield increased in common bean after solarisation with clear and black plastic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Elizabeth Ngadze --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Arnold B Mashingaidze --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Julia Sibiya --- Department of Crop Science, ZimbabweCommon bean is highly sensitive to early weed competition, which severely reduces growth and yield. An experiment was carried out in Zimbabwe in the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons to assess the effectiveness of solarisation in controlling weeds in beans. Four... -
Sharks caught in the KwaZulu-Natal bather protection programme, South Africa. 14. The smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa H Winker --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, South Africa MJ Smale --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa G Cliff --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South AfricaThe current study provides long-term catch-rate, biological and feeding data for smooth hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna zygaena, caught in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal bather protection programme. In total, 2 512 S. zygaena were caught in net installations between 1978 and 2014, and... -
Effects of exposure to an intensive HIV-prevention programme on behavioural changes among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ravi Prakash --- Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT), India Parinita Bhattacharjee --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Andrea Blanchard --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Helgar Musyoki --- National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Ministry of Health, Kenya John Anthony --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Joshua Kimani --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Gloria Gakii --- Partners for Health and Development in Africa (PHDA), Kenya Martin Sirengo --- National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Ministry of Health, Kenya Nicholas Muraguri --- Ministry of Health (MoH), Kenya Elizabeth Mziray --- The World Bank, USA Lombe Kasonde --- The World Bank, USA James Blanchard --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Shajy Isac --- Department of Community Health Sciences, Canada Stephen Moses --- Department of Community Health Sciences, CanadaWhile Kenya has had a long-standing national HIV-prevention programme, evidence on the level of exposure to its interventions and related effects on behavioural changes among female sex workers (FSWs) is limited. Using cross-sectional behavioural data collected in 2013 from 1... -
Psychosocial characteristics of primary care-seeking long-distance truck drivers in Kenya and associations with HIV testing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Matthew L Romo --- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, USA Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South Africa Joanne E Mantell --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, USA Eva Mwai --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Eston Nyaga --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Jacob O Odhiambo --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South Africa Elizabeth A Kelvin --- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, USAThe 90-90-90 strategy from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020 includes, as its first goal, to have 90% of all people living with HIV to know their status. Achieving this goal... -
Obesity and HIV: a compounding problem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Chara Biggs --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South Africa Elizabeth Spooner --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaObjectives: A cross-sectional study was undertaken at Lancers Road Clinic, Durban, South Africa to determine body composition, haemoglobin, serum albumin and serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in asymptomatic ART-naive HIV positive adults. -
Prevalence and determinants of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a rural South African central hospital in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Donald Tshabalala --- Department of Paediatrics, South Africa Howard Newman --- National Health Laboratory Service, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Charles Businge --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Sikhumbuzo A Mabunda --- Department of Public Health, South Africa Waldette Kemp --- National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Pakama Beja --- Department of Paediatrics, South AfricaBackground: The Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (NMAH) in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, is a rural central hospital, serving one of the poorest districts in South Africa. The prevalence of and risk factors for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) in this area are not... -
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the South African private sector report for 2016
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Olga Perovic --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Husna Ismail --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Erika Van Schalkwyk --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Warren Lowman --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Elizabeth Prentice --- Ampath Microbiology National Reference Laboratory, Marthinus Senekal --- Pathcare Pathology Group Reference Laboratory, Chetna N Govind --- Department of Clinical Microbiology, South AfricaAim: The relevance of surveillance for antimicrobial resistance is increasingly recognised in the light of a global action plan to combat resistance. This report presents antimicrobial susceptibility testing on ESKAPE pathogens from private sector laboratories in South Africa for 2016. -
Quantifying the largest aggregation of giant trevally Caranx ignobilis (Carangidae) on record: implications for management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Daly --- Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, South Africa CAK Daly --- Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) D’Arros Research Centre, Switzerland RH Bennett --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa MAM Pereira --- Centro Terra Viva, Mozambique JD Filmalter --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaThe giant trevally Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål) is an important apex predatory fish typically associated with coral reef communities. It is prized in recreational and commercial fisheries, yet little is known about its aggregation dynamics and susceptibility to fishing pressure. This... -
Community perceptions and personal accounts of HIV discordance in rural western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ken Ondenge --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Isdorah Odero --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Eucabeth Awuonda --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Tereza Omoro --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Michael Kibogo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya George Otieno --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Pauline Ongwena --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Deborah A Gust --- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAAmong HIV-discordant couples, the literature is sparse regarding issues related to stigma, relationships and coping. Objectives were to explore: 1) perceptions about discordant HIV status; 2) understanding of HIV discordancy; 3) effects of discordancy on couples; and 4) adaptation and... -
Molecular phylogenetics reveals a complex history underlying cryptic diversity in the Bush Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis wahlbergii) in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: KA Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa W Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa J Harvey --- Devonshire Avenue, South Africa J Measey --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa DC Blackburn --- Florida Museum of Natural History, United StatesThroughout the Miocene, the African landscape underwent broad climatic shifts that profoundly influenced the distribution of fauna and flora. Since the late Miocene, these shifts have created a landscape in southern Africa that is strongly characterised by savanna and arid... -
Effect of moringa extract on the leaf anatomy and yield potential of tomato infected by Alternaria solani
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Culver Mvumi --- Department of Plant and Soil Science, South Africa Diana Marais --- Department of Plant and Soil Science, South Africa Elizabeth Ngadze --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Elsa S du Toit --- Department of Plant and Soil Science, South Africa Albert Tsindi --- Faculty of Agriculture, ZimbabweTomato is often exposed to hormones and diseases, among other factors, to which responses in leaf anatomy and yield are observed. This study evaluated responses in the leaf anatomy of Alternaria solani infected (IN) and non-infected (NIN) tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)... -
The relationship between social support and anxiety amongst children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fred Besthorn --- Wichita State University, USA Eveline N Kalomo --- Wichita State University, USA Elizabeth Lightfoot --- University of Minnesota, USA Minli Liao --- Morgan State University, USAThis study examined how HIV-related stigma and social support are related to anxiety among children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia. This is a cross-sectional exploratory study with a sample of 132 caregiver–child dyads. Our study found that higher... -
TIGA-CUB-manualised psychoanalytic child psychotherapy versus treatment as usual for children aged 5–11 with treatment-resistant conduct disorders and their primary carers: results from a randomised controlled feasibility trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Elizabeth Edginton --- , UK Rebecca Walwyn --- , UK Maureen Twiddy --- , UK Alex Wright-Hughes --- , UK Sandy Tubeuf --- , UK Sadie Reed --- , UK Alix Smith --- , UK Laura Stubbs --- , UK Jacqueline Birtwistle --- , UK Sarah Jane Abraham --- , UK Lynda Ellis --- , UK Nick Midgley --- , UK Tom Hughes --- , UK Paul Wallis --- , , UK David Cottrell --- , UKBackground: Parenting programmes are recommended for conduct disorders in 5–11 year olds, but ineffective for 25–33%. A feasibility trial was needed to determine whether a confirmatory trial of second-line, manualised short-term psychoanalytic child psychotherapy (mPCP) versus treatment as usual (TaU)... -
Meki Emeka Nzewi at 80: a commemorative interview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Christian Onyeji --- Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Elizabeth Onyeji --- Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nigeria -
Assessing legumes indigenous to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland for their pasture potential
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Marike Trytsman --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Elizabeth L Masemola --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Francuois L Müller --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Frikkie J Calitz --- Agricultural Research Council–Central Office (Biometry Services), South Africa Abraham E van Wyk --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South AfricaIn contrast to the exploration and use of southern African grass plant genetic resources over the past century, only a few indigenous legume species are currently used as forages, notwithstanding the vast untapped legume diversity available in southern Africa. The... -
From Place to Space: A Heideggerian Analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Elizabeth Smythe --- , New Zealand Deborah Spence --- , New Zealand Jonathon Gray --- , New ZealandIn this paper, we pay attention to the impact on staff of what was a new place, Ko Awatea, within a large New Zealand hospital. The place became a space from within which a particular mood arose. This paper seeks... -
The Role of Gender and Other Socioeconomic Factors in the Adoption of the Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Vaccine: A Literature Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Elizabeth Waithanji --- Independent gender consultant, Salome Wanjira Kairu-Wanyoike --- Deputy Director Veterinary Services, Department of Livestock, Kenya Millicent Liani --- Centre for Capacity Research, United KingdomThis paper looks at the role of gender and other socioeconomic factors in the adoption of the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) vaccine in response to three research questions: What gender and socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of the CBPP vaccine?... -
Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as a feasible tool in detecting adult malnutrition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: E Van Tonder --- Department of Dietetics, South Africa L Mace --- Dietetics Department, Department of Health, South Africa L Steenkamp --- Dietetics Department, Department of Health, South Africa R Tydeman-Edwards --- Dietetics Department, Department of Health, Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, South Africa K Gerber --- Nursing Department, South Africa D Friskin --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaObjectives: This study aimed to expand on the limited South African malnutrition prevalence data and investigate the feasibility of mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) as a malnutrition screening tool. -
An evaluation of male learners’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding sexual and reproductive health in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mampho Mochaoa Rogers --- Bethesda Hospital, Department of Health, South Africa Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: With a disparate HIV prevalence among young men and women, high rates of teenage pregnancies and a lack of responsible fatherhood, issues of reproductive health among young people need to be urgently addressed. The aim of this research was... -
Ingoma and St Matthew’s Tune Book: two South African missionary tonic sol-fa hymn-tune collections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Andrew-John Bethke --- School of Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaChristopher Birkett’s Ingoma (1871) and Cyrill Wyche’s St Matthew’s Tune Book (1902), both collections of hymn tunes assembled in South Africa, have proven influential in contemporary Xhosa Anglican hymnody. This article provides the first detailed commentary on the contents of... -
First-time mothers’ perceptions of workplace social support: An exploratory qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zamandlovu Sizile Makola --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Elizabeth Cornelia Rudolph --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Yvonne Trijntje Joubert --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe goal of this study was to explore the perceptions of first-time mothers regarding the social support received from the workplace during pregnancy, maternity leave, and upon returning to work. The participants included 19 first-time mothers (ages 18 to 40... -
Continuous intention to use mobile money (MM) services: Driving factors among small and medium-sized tourism and hospitality enterprises (SMTHEs)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Frederick Dayour --- , Ghana Charles A. Adongo --- , Ghana Elizabeth Agyeiwaah --- , People’s Republic of ChinaMobile money (known popularly as “MOMO” in Ghana) usage has become common in Africa. However, the driving factors explaining the continuous use of such services among small and medium-sized tourism and hospitality enterprises (SMTHEs) is still unknown. This study examines... -
Applying a social-ecological lens to opinions about HIV self-testing among Kenyan truckers who declined to test: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephanie N Christian --- , USA Joanne E Mantell --- , USA Matthew L Romo --- , USA Christian Grov --- , USA Gavin George --- , South Africa Eva Mwai --- , Kenya Eston Nyaga --- , Kenya Jacob O Odhiambo --- , Kenya Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Elizabeth A Kelvin --- , USAHIV prevalence among truckers in Africa is high and testing rates suboptimal. With numerous African countries having approved HIV self-testing kits, more information on how to design acceptable and accessible self-testing programs for high-risk populations is necessary. We explored views... -
Rediscovery, range extension, habitat and phylogenetic relation of the endemic Scaled Sandveld Lizard Nucras scalaris Laurent, 1964 (Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Angolan plateau
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ninda L Baptista --- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED-Huíla), Angola Krystal A Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa Marc Bluhm --- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution of Plants, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany Manfred Finckh --- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution of Plants, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany William R Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South AfricaThe Scaled Sandveld Lizard Nucras scalaris Laurent, 1964 is a poorly known lacertid endemic to north-eastern Angola and is only known from the type series collected more than half a century ago. The original description provided a comprehensive morphological description,... -
Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa V Deepak --- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Chad Keates --- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, South Africa David J Gower --- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, United KingdomThe African natricine genus Limnophis is represented by two species: Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865 and Limnophis bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936). They are stout-bodied, semi-aquatic snakes that mostly feed on fish and amphibians, and occur from Botswana and Namibia in the south... -
Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chloe E Grotto --- , South Africa Tanja Wolf --- , South Africa Elizabeth Berkeley --- , United States Stephen Lee --- , United States Andre Ganswindt --- , South AfricaElephant interaction programs, specifically ones that provide elephant back riding, have come under public scrutiny, and little information exists to show whether these activities affect animal welfare. This study examined the impact of human interactions and ride-based activities on physiological... -
Abigbo music and the ever-evolving present: processing indigenous music as an indicator of communal experience among the Mbaise, Igbo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Christian Onyeji --- , Nigeria Elizabeth Onyeji --- , NigeriaThis paper on abigbo music of the Mbaise, Igbo argues that indigenous music could be processed beyond its value as a purveyor of historical facts to gain insights into the nature of experiences, trajectories, concerns, fears and projections of a... -
Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Mariska te Beest --- , The Netherlands Anne Kleinjan --- , The Netherlands Veerle Tuijnman --- , The Netherlands Nicky Findlay --- , The Netherlands Thembeka Mvelase --- , South Africa Elizabeth le Roux --- , United Kingdom Michelle Tedder --- , South Africa Paul Gordijn --- , South Africa Susan Janse van Rensburg --- , South AfricaClimate change is one of the main challenges facing humanity in the coming century. To understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, we urgently require a better understanding of plant responses to climate change. To address... -
Home range size of male dama gazelles, Nanger dama, in an ex situ population in West Texas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Elizabeth Cary Mungall --- , United States Susan M Cooper --- , United StatesDama gazelles (Nanger dama Pallas, 1766) are critically endangered within their native habitat of northern Africa’s Sahelo-Saharan Zone. However, several Texas ranches maintain populations that provide a hedge against extinction and that can provide suitable stock for conservation projects, including... -
Species-specific or assemblage-wide decline? The case of Arthroleptides dutoiti Loveridge, 1935 and the amphibian assemblage of Mount Elgon, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jacob M Ngwava --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Christopher D Barratt --- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany Elizabeth Boakes --- University College London, United Kingdom Beryl A Bwong --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Alan Channing --- North-West University, South Africa Olivia Couchman --- Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom Stefan Lötters --- Trier University, Germany Patrick K Malonza --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Vincent Muchai --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Julius K Nguku --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Joash Nyamache --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Nisha Owen --- On the EDGE Conservation, United Kingdom Victor Wasonga --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Simon P Loader --- Natural History Museum, United KingdomThe frog Arthroleptides dutoiti Loveridge, 1935, endemic to Mount Elgon, East Africa was last collected in 1962 and has not been observed since. The species is regarded as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List and is a priority species... -
The role of pharmacy personnel in promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Eastern Cape: communication barriers and breakthroughs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Rattine-Flaherty --- , USA Sue Burton --- , South AfricaBackground: Many people living with HIV struggle to adhere to their antiretroviral therapy, leading to suboptimal health outcomes and increased costs to the healthcare system. Due to their unique training and position in the health care system, South African pharmacists... -
Adherence to safety practices and risks associated with toxic chemicals in the research and postgraduate laboratories at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Liziwe Lizbeth Mugivhisa --- , South Africa Khanyi Baloyi --- , South Africa Joshua Oluwole Olowoyo --- , South AfricaThe study investigated the knowledge of postgraduate students in the Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry departments regarding safety practices, protective measures and risks associated with toxic chemicals in the postgraduate and research laboratories. The study was exploratory and was conducted through... -
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karen C. Stoiber --- , United States of America Maribeth Gettinger --- , United States of AmericaThis study examined the role of children’s early school attendance and social competency skills in their early literacy development. Participants were 286 African American pre-schoolers from low-income homes enrolled in Head Start classrooms in the Unites States of America (mean... -
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz --- , South AfricaForgiveness in the workplace can play a crucial role in employee health and organisational outcomes. This scoping review explored the emerging evidence on employee experiences of workplace forgiveness. The search included JSTOR (2020) and Scopus databases, spanning the period 2010-2020... -
iPrevent: Engaging youth as long-acting HIV prevention product co-researchers in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Miriam Hartmann --- , USA Alexandra M Minnis --- , USA Emily Krogstad --- , USA Sheily Ndwayana --- , South Africa Siyaxolisa Sindelo --- , South Africa Millicent Atujuna --- , South Africa Shannon O’Rourke --- , USA Linda-Gail Bekker --- , South Africa Elizabeth T Montgomery --- , USASouth African youth are one of the highest risk groups, globally, for HIV acquisition. Identifying prevention methods that will be acceptable and used consistently is an urgent priority. Engaging youth as co-designers is a targeted strategy to achieve the goal... -
COVID-19 and hyperglycaemic emergencies: perspectives from a developing country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Raisa Bhikoo --- , South Africa Marli Conradie-Smit --- , South Africa Gerhard Van Wyk --- , South Africa Sa’ad Lahri --- , South Africa Elizabeth Du Plessis --- , South Africa Jaco Cilliers --- , South Africa Susan Hugo --- , South Africa Ankia Coetzee --- , South Africa -
Tweeting on COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: LDA-based topic modelling approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Murimo Bethel Mutanga --- , South Africa Abdultaofeek Abayomi --- , South AfricaThe advent of COVID-19 has disrupted all facets of human lives. As of September 2020, there is no effective viral therapy for the disease, thus necessitating research efforts toward providing solutions to the diverse areas where the pandemic has wreaked... -
Using a nurse-driven and home-based telehealth intervention to improve insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care: a feasibility study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Patrick Ngassa Piotie --- , South Africa Paola Wood --- , South Africa Jane W Muchiri --- , South Africa Elizabeth M Webb --- , South Africa Paul Rheeder --- , South Africa -
Exploring how outreach team leaders perceive community health workers’ experiences of providing HIV services in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gugulethu E Khumalo --- , South Africa Elizabeth Lutge --- , South Africa Tivani P Mashamba-Thompson --- , South AfricaObjectives: In 2018, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health launched the ward-based primary health care outreach teams policy framework which sought to expand the community health worker (CHW) programme’s provision of longitudinal patient support, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services in... -
Co-branding hotel owners and operators to increase willingness to pay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elizabeth A Whalen --- Middle Tennessee State University, USA Annamarie D Sisson --- Southern Connecticut State University, USAAlthough hotel brands are well established in the industry, customers have not been educated about the different kinds of properties, nor has hotel structure been utilised as a functional marketing tool. Drawing on previous studies, the purpose of this study... -
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elizabeth Cornelia van Damme --- University of the Free State, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent and the nature of the behavioural and psychological control experienced by adolescents within four contexts (parental, peer, school, and community) of their everyday lives. The adolescents (n = 463; female = 52.5%, black African =... -
The association between social networks and self-rated risk of HIV infection among secondary school students in Moshi Municipality, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Elizabeth J. Lyimo --- , Tanzania Jim Todd --- , UK Lisa Ann Richey --- , , Denmark Bernard Njau --- , TanzaniaThis study describes the social networks of secondary school students in Moshi Municipality, and their association with self-rated risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 300 students aged 15–24 years in 5 secondary... -
PUFF ADDER BIRTH
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: RICHARD BOYCOTT --- Port Elizabeth Snake Park and Tropical House , -
BOOK REVIEW
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Bill Branch --- , S. Els --- University of Port Elizabeth, -
TURTLE CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT ELIZABETH
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: GERALDINEE. WENDT --- University of Port Elizabeth, -
ASPECTS OF THE THERMOREGULATION OF CHERSINA ANGULATA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: SHALEEN ELS --- University of Port Elizabeth, -
Some Diseases affecting Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings in Captivity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: G.E. Wendt --- University of Port Elizabeth, I.S. Davidson --- University of Port Elizabeth,Loggerhead Turtle hatchlings were reared under controlled conditions at the University of Port Elizabeth, to an age of 97 weeks. Various diseases were encountered during this period. The symptoms observed and the treatments applied are discussed. -
Oviposition site selection in Tetradactylus africanus africanus: A relationship with the ant Anochetus faurei
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: M.C. MASON --- University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa G.J. ALEXANDER --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaMASON, M.C., AND G.J. ALEXANDER 1996. Oviposition site selection in Tetradactylus africanus africanus: A relationship with the ant Anochetus faurei. Afr. J. Herpetol. 45(1): 31–37. -
Recognition of reptiles by Xhosa and Zulu communities in South Africa, with notes on traditional beliefs and uses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: T.S. SIMELANE --- University of Port Elizabeth, G. I.H. KERLEY --- University of Port Elizabeth,SIMELANE, T.S., and G.I.H. KERLEY. 1997. Recognition of reptiles by Xhosa and Zulu communities in South Africa, with notes on traditional beliefs and uses. Afr. J. Herpetol. 46(1): 49–53. -
Feeding ecology, reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the colubrid snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: J.Scott Keogh --- Australian National University, Australia WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa Richard Shine --- University of Sydney, AustraliaWe examined museum specimens to quantify diet, reproductive cycles and sexual dimorphism in body size of the colubrid snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia. Females attain sexual maturity at approximately 300 mm snout‐vent length (SVL) and males at approximately 240 mm SVL. Females... -
A review of the small east African Cordylus (Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DonaldG. Broadley --- Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaThe small and previously neglected East African girdled lizards (excluding the Cordylus warreni complex) are reviewed and seven species are recognised. The terrestrial species C. ukingensis (Loveridge) is restricted to montane grasslands in southwestern Tanzania and may be of conservation... -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa SimonP. Lailvaux --- Tulane University, USA GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaBiology of the Vipers. by Gordon W. Schuett, Mats Höggren, Michael E. Douglas, and Harry Greene (eds.). 2002. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Utah. Hardback, 580 pp, 16 colour plates. US$75.00. ISBN 0–9720154–0‐X. (available from Eagle Mountain Publishing, Utah, empub@msn.com). -
Obituary: Garth underwood, 1919 ‐ 2002
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Re‐discovery of Cynisca bifrontalis in Gabon, with additional notes on Monopeltis galeata (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Belgium Marius Burger --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA small series of amphisbaenians from the Toucan/Rabi region, Ogooué‐Maritime Province, south‐western Gabon, is reported. It includes five specimens of Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger 1906), previously known only from the holotype, and five specimens of Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell 1852). The Toucan/Rabi... -
A new species of rupicolous Cordylus Laurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Bayworld (formerly Port Elizabeth Museum), South Africa Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Biocenter of the University, Germany Johan Marais --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaA new rupicolous girdled lizard, Cordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, is described from Serra Mecula in the Niassa Game Reserve, northern Mozambique. Morphologically it is closest to C. rhodesianus ‐ which is restricted to the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe... -
Tremeropugus typicus A. Smith, 1831: Overlooked synonyms of Xenopus Wagler, 1827 and Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) (Amphibia: Pipidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaIn 1831 Sir Andrew Smith described a new genus and species of amphibian, Tremeropugus typicus, from South Africa. The description, which appeared in the obscure and short‐lived South African Quarterly Journal, has been overlooked for almost 175 years. Tremeropugus A... -
A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Bayworld (Port Elizabeth Museum), South Africa KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa ColinR. Tilbury --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaA new dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury sp. nov., is described from mountain fynbos habitat in the Great Swartberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is closest geographically to Bradypodion gutturale but distinguished by its smaller... -
A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaHomopus bergeri Lindholm 1906 was based on a single partial shell from Namibia. No other Homopus were recorded from the country until a population of Homopus was discovered in the Aus region, southern Namibia, in 1955. It was originally referred... -
A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Nadzikambia) from Mount Mabu, central Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South AfricaNadzikambia is a monotypic genus described to accommodate the Mulanje chameleon, N. mlanjensis. During herpetological surveys of isolated mountains in Mozambique a population of chameleons was discovered on Mount Mabu. It is referable to the genus Nadzikambia, but features of... -
A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa with comments on the African-Atlantic clade of Hemidactylus geckos
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: ElizabethC. Miller --- University of California, USA AnnaB. Sellas --- California Academy of Sciences, USA RobertC. Drewes --- California Academy of Sciences, USAThe remote oceanic Gulf of Guinea islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are home to a highly endemic herpetofauna, which has become the focus of modern, on-going scientific analysis only during the past decade. Until now, the endemic Hemidactylus greeffi... -
Mapping the strength of sectoral innovation system in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry: Empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rachael Aderonke Ayo-Lawal --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Caleb Muyiwa Adelowo --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Ayobami Adesina Oyewale --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Emmanuel Emeka Ejim-Eze --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Elizabeth Adeteju Omimakinde --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Wilson Oyekigho Erhun --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Okechukwu Ukwuoma --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaIt is well known that innovation in the modern economy is driven by interactions among the stakeholders that make up the innovation system. Effective interactions among key actors in an innovation system foster flow of knowledge and resources development and... -
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide/self-injury in adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Merrian Brooks --- , USA Barbara Burmen --- , Botswana Anthony Olashore --- University of Botswana, Botswana Alemayehu Mekonnen Gezmu --- University of Botswana, Botswana Keneilwe Molebatsi --- University of Botswana, Botswana Ontibile Tshume --- , Botswana Onkemetse Phoi --- , Botswana Knashawn Morales --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA Mogomotsi Matshaba --- University of Botswana, Botswana Tami Benton --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Elizabeth D Lowenthal --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USAGlobally, mental health problems have been reported to be more common in youth living with HIV (YLWH) than in the general population, but routine mental health screening is rarely done in high-volume HIV clinics. In 2019, YLWH in a large... -
Effect of multi-month antiretroviral dispensing on HIV clinic attendance at 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nkechinyere Harrison --- , Lagos Nigeria Ismail Lawal --- , Nigeria Kehinde Aribisala --- , Lagos Nigeria Kenneth Oruka --- , Lagos Nigeria Yakubu Adamu --- , Nigeria Patricia Agaba --- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA Elizabeth Lee --- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA Laura Chittenden --- , Nigeria Nathan Okeji --- , NigeriaBackground: Multi-month dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy has demonstrated benefits for HIV patients and health service delivery systems, including reduced frequency of hospital visits and improved retention. We evaluated the effect of 6-monthly dispensing (MMD6) on patient clinic attendance at... -
The qualitative methodology: Preparedness and experiences of journal reviewers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz --- North-West University, South AfricaReviewers are the gatekeepers of knowledge dissemination and promote the scientific validity of research. However, the literature indicates that authors often receive questionable feedback on qualitative manuscripts. This qualitative descriptive study sought to explore the preparedness and experiences of reviewers... -
Barriers to linkage and retention in HIV care still persist among adolescent girls and young women in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zachary A Kwena --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Rivet K Amico --- University of Michigan, USA Tsitsi B Masvawure --- College of the Holy Cross, USA Kenneth K Ngure --- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Elizabeth A Bukusi --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Robert H Remien --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA Perez O Ochwal --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nadia Nguyen --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA Joanne E Mantell --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USAAdolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa experience delayed linkage to and poor retention in HIV care. Identifying and addressing specific barriers in HIV care programming is important to achieving the upgraded UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets and epidemic control... -
Habitat scale and seasonality influence macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in a tropical Kenyan montane stream
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Frank O Masese --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Augustine Sitati --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Mourine J Yegon --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Elizabeth W Wanderi --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Phillip O Raburu --- University of Eldoret, KenyaHabitat quality and diversity strongly influence the composition of macroinvertebrate communities in lotic ecosystems. We evaluated the functional organization of macroinvertebrates in response to changes in habitat type and seasonality in the Afromontane Moiben River in western Kenya. In-stream substrate... -
Cessation of South African residency: A critical analysis of juridical double taxation on United Kingdom immovable property held by natural persons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elizabeth Fick --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Maryke Wiesener --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWhen a natural person ceases to be resident, there is a deemed disposal of worldwide assets, and a capital gain must be calculated. Taxation levied because of a change in residence is referred to as an exit tax. In this... -
Genetic variability of Tachigali vulgaris trees based on seed morphophysiological traits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Noemi Vianna Martins Leão --- , Brazil Sérgio Heitor Sousa Felipe --- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil Ricardo Gallo --- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil Elizabeth Santos Cordeiro Shimizu --- , BrazilTachigali vulgaris is a tree with high potential for energy purposes in Brazil. However, there is little information about genetic variability that can be applied to plant breeding. Here, we quantified genetic variability based on biometric and emergence traits of... -
The impact of news on South African sovereign bond yields
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Elizabeth-Ann van der Westhuizen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Leon Marx Brümmer --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Cornelis Hendrik van Schalkwyk --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaA reverse event study approach was used to investigate how the South African sovereign bond yield curve reacts to headline news. The change in daily yields, calculated as the difference between the natural log of zero-coupon yields on consecutive business... -
Integration of nutrition support using the FIGO nutrition checklist in the Bukhali trial: a dietitian’s perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lethabo Mogashoa --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shane A Norris --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Khuthala Mabetha --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Larske Soepnel --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Catherine E Draper --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe burden of malnutrition experienced globally, coupled with the increasing rate of micronutrient deficiencies, compromises the health and well-being of women during their reproductive years. Obesity places young South African women at particular risk during pregnancy, and increases obesity risk... -
Suboptimal control and failure to intensify therapy for South Africans with type 2 diabetes: an audit of diabetes management at primary health care facilities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Patrick Ngassa Piotie --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Elizabeth M Webb --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Paul Rheeder --- University of Pretoria, South Africa -
Experimental evaluation of a neurophysiological intervention designed to increase student resilience: a pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Alex Kresovich --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Kai MacLean --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Caroline M. Lancaster --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Elizabeth D. Torres --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Jeff R. Temple --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Elizabeth A. Mumford --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USASocial and emotional learning (SEL) interventions have shown promise for building resilience and protecting youth from adverse outcomes. This study reports on an experimental pilot evaluation of the Smart Brain Wise Heart SEL intervention during the 2021–2022 school year. Smart... -
Estimation accuracy of bean bags as portion size estimation aids for amorphous foods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Friedeburg Anna Maria Wenhold --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Una Elizabeth MacIntyre --- University of Pretoria, South Africa -
Phylogeographic structuring in a widespread southern African grass snake (Psammophiinae: Psammophylax rhombeatus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: C. Keates --- Rhodes University, South Africa W. Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa S. Edwards --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThe structural and environmental heterogeneity within southern Africa has given rise to many morphological forms of Psammophylax rhombeatus distributed throughout the country, with previous studies neglecting the associated molecular significance of these forms. The species’ widespread, generalist ecology coupled with... -
Filling the fiscal basket: Quantifying tax revenues from customer loyalty programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ilanri Croucamp --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jade Craigen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Teresa Pidduck --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Sumarie Swanepoel --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Elizabeth Coetzee --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African government is experiencing a significant shortfall in tax revenue, and recent research has identified customer loyalty programmes (CLPs) as a potential revenue stream. Despite the popularity of these programmes, which are used by 73% of economically active... -
Provision of HIV testing services and its impact on the HIV positivity rate in the public health sector in KwaZulu-Natal: a ten-year review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Rizwana Desai --- Health Services Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, South Africa Stanley Onwubu --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Elizabeth Lutge --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Nondumiso Patience Buthelezi --- Health Services Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, South Africa Nirvasha Moodley --- Health Services Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, South Africa Firoza Haffejee --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Bontle Segobe --- Health Services Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, South Africa Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Champaklal Chhaganlal Jinabhai --- Durban University of Technology, South AfricaSouth Africa has been rated as having the most severe HIV epidemic in the world since it has one of the largest populations of people living with HIV (PLHIV). KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is the epicentre of the HIV epidemic. The HIV... -
Challenges of teaching isiZulu reading in the early grades
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Fikile Winnie Simelane --- University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus, South Africa Jaclyn de Klerk --- University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Campus, South Africa Elizabeth Henning --- University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus, South AfricaThe present study was conducted at a time when South African educational researchers and practitioners have become increasingly concerned about the state of the reading competence of the country’s primary school learners. Another concern that also drove this study was... -
Healthcare providers and breastfeeding support skills: the need for education and training
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Elizabeth A Symington --- University of South Africa, South Africa -
Occurrence and pathogenicity of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici on wheat in South Africa during 2007 and 2008
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T. Terefe --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa I. Paul --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, South Africa J. Mebalo --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa L. Meyer --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa K. Naicker --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South AfricaSurveys were conducted in 2007 and 2008 to determine the distribution and frequency of pathotypes of Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers f. sp. tritici Eriks. E. Henn. in South Africa. Stem and/or leaf samples of wheat and triticale (X Triticosecale) infected with... -
Qualitative research methodology: approaches for nutrition research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Elizabeth Kempen --- University of South Africa, South Africa -
Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Javier Lobón-Rovira --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Ninda L Baptista --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Tyron Clark --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Luke Verburgt --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Gregory FM Jongsma --- New Brunswick Museum, Canada Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa Luis Veríssimo --- Fundação Kissama, Angola Pedro Vaz Pinto --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, PortugalThe global environmental crisis has reinforced the importance of improving the documentation of the geographical distributions of extant species. With this aim, species inventories of specific locations or regions are a high priority, especially so in poorly explored areas. Cabinda... -
Green practice implementation strategies and sustainability: a case of Kenya’s city hotels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elizabeth Kamunzyu --- The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya Josephine Opondo --- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya Richard Makopondo --- The Technical University of Kenya, KenyaDespite hotels pursuing sustainability through the adoption of green practices, how the adoption is implemented has not attracted much research attention. Thus, this study explores the implementation strategies employed by city hotels in Kenya in their adoption of green practices,... -
Saving for a rainy day: piloting a savings intervention to reduce HIV risk among young female sex workers in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Linet Achieng' Ochieng' --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Jacob Onyango --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Gerald Ochieng' Owuor --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Ivy Obare --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Marylyn Ochillo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Tobias Odwar --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Elizabeth Bukusi --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Kawango Agot --- Impact Research and Development Organization, KenyaFinancial insecurity pushes female sex workers into risky sexual transactions. We piloted an economic empowerment intervention among female sex workers in Kenya to test if they could save part of their income from which to make withdrawals to avoid risky... -
A comprehensive phylogeny of night adders (Causus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Krystal A Tolley --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Jody M Barends --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Eli Greenbaum --- University of Texas at El Paso, USA Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South AfricaAfrican night adders (Causus) are an enigmatic group of viperid snakes in the subfamily Viperinae. These snakes have a suite of unusual characters atypical of other species of vipers (e.g., oviparous reproduction, round pupils) but are firmly placed within the... -
Afro hip hop in contemporary Nigeria: stimulating alternative social identities among young fans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Elizabeth Onyeji --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Christian Onyeji --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaThis essay explores hip hop trends and their uninhibited stimulation of alternative social identities among young fans in contemporary Nigeria. This is an aspect that has not received much scholarly attention, and we believe that investigating it will deepen existing... -
Drivers of food choice in three urban communities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nazeeia Sayed --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Elizabeth Catherina Swart --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa
