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'A little hard piece of grass in your shoe': understanding student resistance to critical literacy in post-apartheid South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Carolyn McKinneyThis paper engages with some of the tensions raised by critical literacy in the post-apartheid South African context, both theoretically and in classroom practice. I examine Kress's (1996; 2000) challenge to the notion of 'critique', exploring the way in which... -
Poor-quality health services and lack of programme support leads to low uptake of HIV testing in rural Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CarolynM Audet --- Department of Preventive Medicine, United States Kate Groh --- Department of Medicine, United States TroyD Moon --- Department of Pediatrics, United States StenH Vermund --- , United States Mohsin Sidat --- , MozambiqueMozambique has one of the world's highest burdens of HIV infection. Despite the increase in HIV-testing services throughout the country, the uptake has been low. To identify barriers to HIV testing we conducted a study in six rural districts in... -
Thermal conductance and basal metabolism of the Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: CarolynM. Stephens RodneyB. Siegel WesleyW. Weathers -
Assessing the ability of fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L. ‘Brigadier’) to absorb sodium from a soil irrigated with sodium-enriched water
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Philip A Myburgh --- Agricultural Research Council–Infruitec/Nietvoorbij, South Africa Carolyn L Howell --- Agricultural Research Council–Infruitec/Nietvoorbij, South AfricaA pot experiment was carried out to determine the sodium (Na) absorption ability of halophytic fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L. ‘Brigadier’) irrigated with water enriched to Na levels found in winery wastewater. Treatments comprised (1) soil without plants irrigated with... -
A case of Riedel's thyroiditis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Carolyn Droste --- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, L Nokoane --- Department of Anatomical pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, K R L Huddle --- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, R Shires --- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine,Riedel's thyroiditis is a rare disorder that mainly affects middle-aged women. Dense fibrosis disrupts the normal thyroid architecture and replaces the normal thyroid architecture, and can extend beyond the thyroid capsule. -
The hospitality of Nepali tea houses: redefining the boundaries of empowerment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Andrew C MacLaren --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Carolyn L McMillan --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Kevin D O’Gorman --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThe paper reports on research which shows that in an environment where women traditionally represent the marginalised population, the female tea house owners/managers display higher levels of economic, social and psychological empowerment. It illustrates how commercial hospitality has catalysed social... -
Optimal register variation: High vowel elision in siSwati
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Carolyn Harford --- Department of African Languages and Literature, Swaziland Gloria B Malambe --- Department of African Languages and Literature, SwazilandIn siSwati (Guthrie S.43), [+hi] vowels are elided interconsonantally during fast speech. Interconsonantal [+hi] vowel elision takes place under four conditions: 1) the vowel occurs in a non-prominent syllable, 2) the vowel occurs in a functional morpheme, 3) the front... -
Heart rate variability predicts 30-day all-cause mortality in intensive care units
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: David G Bishop --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Robert D Wise --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Carolyn Lee --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Richard P von Rahden --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Reitze N Rodseth --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South AfricaBackground: Autonomic nervous function, as quantified by heart rate variability (HRV), has shown promise in predicting clinically important outcomes in the critical care setting; however, there is debate concerning its utility. HRV analysis was assessed as a practical tool for... -
Languaging-for-learning: Legitimising translanguaging and enabling multimodal practices in third spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Xolisa Guzula --- School of Education, South Africa Carolyn McKinney --- School of Education, South Africa Robyn Tyler --- School of Education, South AfricaWhile there have been significant paradigm shifts in conceptualising language in applied linguistics and in critiquing the historical monolingual bias in the discipline, monolingual approaches continue to dominate officially prescribed language teaching and learning approaches, curricula, policy and materials in... -
The hospitality of Nepali tea houses: redefining the boundaries of empowerment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Andrew C MacLaren --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Carolyn L McMillan --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Kevin D O'Gorman --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThe paper reports on research which shows that in an environment where women traditionally represent the marginalised population, the female tea house owners/managers display higher levels of economic, social and psychological empowerment. It illustrates how commercial hospitality has catalysed social... -
Outcomes 30 days after ICU admission: the 30DOS study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Robert Wise --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Kim de Vasconcellos --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa David Skinner --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Reitze Rodseth --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Dean Gopalan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa David Muckart --- Discipline of Surgery, South Africa Zohra Banoo --- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health District, South Africa Tashmin Bisseru --- Paediatrics, South Africa Steve Blakemore --- Aneasthesiology, South Africa Jenine de Meyer --- Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, National Health Laboratory Services, South Africa Michael Faurie --- Discipline of Surgery, South Africa Kom Govender --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Timothy Hardcastle --- Clinical Unit, South Africa Prakash Jeena --- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Africa Nicky Kalafatis --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Kroshlan Kistan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Theroshnie Kisten --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Carolyn Lee --- Head Clinical Department: Internal Medicine, South Africa Colin Mitchell --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Magesvaran Moodley --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Mary Morgan --- Discipline of Paediatrics, South Africa Arisha Ramkilliwana --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Rajesh Ramjee --- Anaesthesiology, South Africa Darshan Reddy --- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, South Africa Afke Robroch --- Wilhemina’s Childrens Hospital, UMC, The Netherlands Shivani Singh --- Discipline of Paediatrics, South Africa Richard von Rahden --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Bruce Biccard --- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The spectrum of illness and long-term outcome of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in South Africa remains largely unknown. -
SASAqS and water: Law, management, crisis, and scientists as water activists
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Carolyn (Tally) Palmer --- Institute for Water Research, -
An Economic Assessment of Woodlots for Smallholder Farms in the Coast Region of Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Linus Wekesa --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Sylivia Mwalewa --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Kevin Muema --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Joseph Muthini --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Phedister Riziki --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Peter Mukirae --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, Kenya Carolyne Menya --- Coast Eco-region Research Programme, KenyaLittle is known about economic viability of woodlots being integrated in smallholder production systems in the Coast Region of Kenya. The current study was therefore conducted as a cross-sectional survey covering a sample size of 282 smallholder farmers in the... -
Vulnerability of birds to contaminated water sources in the Karoo region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Alan TK Lee --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa Carolynne Geary --- Purposefully Lost Conservation Centre, South Africa Dale R Wright --- BirdLife South Africa, South Africa W Richard J Dean --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South AfricaThe Karoo is a unique region in South Africa in terms of its ecological processes and endemic species. Large areas are needed to maintain viable populations of nomadic birds that follow erratic rainfall events and subsequent food and nesting resources,... -
Cover crop performance in an apple orchard and its effect on the macro-elements and carbon levels in a loamy sand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Johan C Fourie --- , Carolyn L Howell --- , Marde Booyse --- , Kim M Adams --- ,Five treatments were applied in a newly established orchard on a loamy sand near Vyeboom, South Africa. Treatment 1 (T1): chemical control in the tree row from bud break to harvest, with dwarf fescue (Festuca arundinaceae Schreb.) slashed regularly in... -
A lineage of leadership: a story in memory of Brian Allanson
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Carolyn (Tally) Palmer --- , South Africa -
Perspectives on Protecting African freshwater Ecosystems in the Anthropocene
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Jackie King --- , South Africa Carolyn (Tally) Palmer --- , South Africa -
Using VCT statistics from Kenya in understanding the association between gender and HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kennedy Otwombe --- University of the Witwatersrand, Ndindi Mutisya --- Policy and Performance Department, Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya Carolyne Ajema --- Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya John Wanyungu --- National HIV/AIDS and STI Control Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaThis paper demonstrates the importance of utilising official statistics from the voluntary counselling and testing centres (VCT) to determine the association between gender and HIV infection rates in Kenya. The study design adopted was a record based survey of data... -
Correlates of condom use among sexually experienced secondary school male students in Nairobi, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marcel Yotebieng --- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Health at the University of North Carolina, Carolyn Tucker Halpern --- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Ellen MH Mitchell --- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Medical Center, Ada Adimora --- Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,This study aimed to examine perceptual factors associated with condom use, and the relationship between condom use and the timing of sexual debut among male secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya. Data are from the TeenWeb study, a school-based project... -
HIV knowledge and health-seeking behavior in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Carolyn M. Audet [d209e19] Mohsin Sidat Meridith Blevins Troy D. Moon Alfredo Vergara Sten H. VermundHIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns... -
Is psychological resilience associated with changes in youth sport participants’ health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Carolyn T Graham --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Heather A Shepherd --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Olivia Galea --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Daniel C Kopala-Sibley --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada Carolyn A Emery --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Keith Owen Yeates --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, CanadaObjectives: This study investigated the quality of life of youth sport participants over the COVID-19 pandemic as moderated by psychological resilience.
