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The invisibility of richness: A critique of Vice’s ‘strange place’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles Villet --- School of Social Science, South AfricaThis article builds on Samantha Vice’s argument on the problem of whiteness in contemporary South Africa. I will explore the thesis of invisibility regarding whiteness and argue for its relevance to the rich per se. This thesis demonstrates how white... -
BEHAVIOUR OF A RADIO-TAGGED TILAPIA RENDALLI BOULENGER IN LAKE NGEZI, ZIMBABWE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: CharlesH. Hocutt --- Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, United States of AmericaThe behaviour of a single specimen of Tilapia rendalli Boulenger was observed June through October 1986 in Lake Ngezi, Zimbabwe, by the use of a surgically-implanted radiotransmitter. The individual displayed a distinct homing response on two occasions, returning to the... -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elron S. Fouten --- Psychology/Women's and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Joseph M. Kasayira --- Psychology Department, Zimbabwe Charles Malcolm --- Department of Psychology, South Africa -
The Transportability and Utility of Cognitive Therapy in South African Contexts: A Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Young --- Rhodes University, South AfricaCognitive therapy could be more widely promoted in South Africa given the great disparity between the need and provision of psychological therapies. Three possible objections to the promotion of cognitive therapy are considered: uncertainty surrounding the effectiveness of cognitive therapy... -
Psychosocial Effects of Conditions of Military Deployment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Makatipe Kgosana --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaDeployment may lead the soldiers to dichotomise their profession and their family life, resulting in unwanted effects on family or career. Effects on reintegration and functioning within family are considered. Reunions may be characterized by perceived negative reception and consequences... -
Speech and Language Disorders in Kenyan Children: Adapting Tools for Regions with Few Assessment Resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julie Anne Carter --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Grace Murira --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Joseph Gona --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Judy Tumaini --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Janet Lees --- Neurosciences Unit, Brian George Neville --- Neurosciences Unit, Charles Richard Newton --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast),This study sought to adapt a battery of Western speech and language assessment tools to a rural Kenyan setting. The tool was developed for children whose first language was KiGiryama, a Bantu language. A total of 539 Kenyan children (males=271,... -
Barriers to counselling support for HIV/AIDS patients in south-western Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CharlesC Fonchingong TimothyO Mbuagbo JenniferT AbongThe potential synergy between counselling and HIV/AIDS prevention is gaining recognition in Cameroon as counselling sessions are more often organised at health centres. In order to evaluate the actual achievements of these efforts, a qualitative ethnographic survey (based on interviews... -
Modelling a traditional game as an agent in HIV/AIDS behaviour-change education and communication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Ogoye-NdegwaThe level of HIV/AIDS awareness among the Luo of western Kenya is at its highest yet the epidemic continues unabated. While HIV/AIDS is locally recognised as an emergent deadly condition, people seem unconcerned. Deaths related to HIV/AIDS are often euphemistically... -
Understanding HIV-related posttraumatic stress disorder in South Africa: a review and conceptual framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Young --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaA number of epidemiological studies have attempted to measure the prevalence of HIV-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review of the literature identified eight relevant studies that put current estimates of the prevalence of HIV-related PTSD... -
Children as caregivers of older relatives living with HIV and AIDS in Nyang'oma division of western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CharlesO Olang'o --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya IsaacK Nyamongo --- Gender and African Studies, Kenya ErickO Nyambedha --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KenyaThere is growing debate about the situations of children who care for a relative with HIV-related illness, especially in developing countries with high HIV prevalence. In particular, there is inadequate information on the long-term consequences of children taking on this... -
The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Peter Goodman Charles Breen -
Preliminary testing of the Integrated Habitat Assessment System (IHAS) for aquatic macroinvertebrates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DeanJ Ollis Charles Boucher HelenF Dallas KarenJ EslerPreliminary testing of the Integrated Habitat Assessment System (IHAS), a widely-used aquatic macroinvertebrate habitat assessment method in South Africa, was undertaken. Based on the sensitivity of the South African Scoring System (SASS) to biotope availability and assuming that SASS Scores... -
Bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates: an overview with a focus on South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DeanJ Ollis HelenF Dallas KarenJ Esler Charles BoucherAn overview is given of the bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates, focussing on the South African situation within a global context. Biotic indices and their use in aquatic bioassessment are covered, and comparative descriptions... -
NOTICES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles R. S. Pitman --- , -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: W.J. Lawson --- , W. D.L. Ride --- , A.J. Cain --- Dept. of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, C.J. Uys --- , G.J. Broekhuysen --- , J. Martin --- , J.G. Macleod --- , J. M.E. Took --- , A. Findlay --- , W.J. Lawson --- , P.A. Clancey --- , W.J. Lawson --- , T. C. L. Symmes --- , Northern Rhodesia C.W. Benson --- , Northern Rhodesia J.M. Winterbottom --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, J.M. Winterbottom E. Middlemiss CharlesG. Sibley --- , U.S.A. A. J. M. Carnegie --- Department of Conservation and Extension, J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , B. Carp --- , Isobel Taylor --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: V.B. Beattie --- , C. St. C. Robinson --- , E. Martin --- , R.Charles Long --- , C.J. Vernon --- , C.J. Vernon --- , Ernest Middlemiss --- , DesmondT. Cole --- Department of Bantu Languages, DesmondT. Cole --- Department of Bantu Languages, -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: D.M. Skead --- , P.le S. Milstein --- , J. Martin --- , J. Macleod --- , W.T. Ferguson --- , J.S. Taylor --- , M.B. Markus --- , T. Powett --- , J. Martin --- , E. Martin --- , R. Martin --- , E. Middlemiss --- , G.R. McLachian --- , R.Charles Long --- , R.Charles Long --- , -
SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. Charles Long --- , -
NOTICE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: CharlesT. Collins --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. -
BIRDS OBSERVED DURING A 1,500 MILES MOTOR JOURNEY IN THE CAPE PROVINCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles R. S. Pitman --- , S.W.I. -
1. BIRDS OF A KENYA HIGHLAND DISTRICT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: CHARLESF. BELCHER -
THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE AFRICAN SUGARBIRDS (PROMEROPS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: CharlesG. Sibley --- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, U.S.A JonE. Ahlquist --- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, U.S.ASibley, C. G. & Ahlquist, J. E. 1974. The relationships of the African sugarbirds (Promerops). Ostrich 45: 22–30. -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: RonaldL. Tilson --- Research Associate: Desert Ecological Research Unit, CharlesF. Leck --- Department of Zoology, U.S.A. M.C. Roberts --- , H.N. Chittenden --- , G.R. Batchelor --- Division of Nature Conservation, J.S. Pringle --- Physics Department, South Africa S.T. Madden --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J. van Heerden --- , C.J. Stutterheim --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nicholas Wood --- , U.K. -
Evidence for altitudinal migration of forest birds between montane Eastern Arc and lowland forests in East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: N.D. Burgess --- Danish Centre for Tropical Biodiversity, Denmark C. O.F. Mlingwa --- Charles Mlingwa, GermanyBurgess, N.D. & Mlingwa, C.O.F. 2000. Evidence for altitudinal migration of forest birds between montane Eastern Arc and lowland forests in East Africa. Ostrich 71 (1 & 2): 184–190. -
Food of the Little Swift Apus affinis and African Black Swift Apus barbatus in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: CharlesT Collins --- Department of Biological Sciences, USA MarkD Anderson --- , South Africa DavidN Johnson --- , South AfricaThe food habits of the Little Swift Apus affinis and African Black Swift Apus barbatus were quantified at Kimberley, Northern Cape province and Makapansgat, Limpopo province, South Africa. As previously documented for other species, both of these swifts took a... -
Seasonal changes in abundances of waterbirds at Sabaki River Mouth (Malindi, Kenya), a key stopover site on the West Asian–East African Flyway
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Simon Valle --- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘Charles Darwin’, Italy Luigi Boitani --- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘Charles Darwin’, Italy IlyaMD Maclean --- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, UKInformation on seasonal changes in waterbird numbers in coastal East Africa is limited, but crucial for estimating global flyway populations and targeting conservation efforts. The Sabaki River Mouth is an important site for waterbirds in the region. We counted waterbirds... -
Population estimates of three vulture species in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Campbell Murn --- , UK Leigh Combrink --- , South Africa G Scott Ronaldson --- , South Africa Charles Thompson --- , South Africa André Botha --- , South AfricaVultures are globally threatened, yet reliable population data on these birds are few, thus measuring their response to change is difficult. Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa is an important stronghold for many avian species, particularly vultures. In this... -
Tree Growth in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: CharlesM. Tenei --- Division of Soil Conservation, -
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Scale (AUDIT) normative scores for a multiracial sample of Rhodes University residence students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Charles Young --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tamara Mayson --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaObjective: The objective of this research is to obtain accurate drinking norms for students living in the university residences in preparation for future social norms interventions that would allow individual students to compare their drinking to an appropriate reference group. -
Correlates of heavy alcohol consumption at Rhodes University
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Charles Young --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Vivian de Klerk --- Dean of Students, South AfricaObjective: To establish the extent to which students typically overestimate normative drinking and to determine whether these estimates are uniquely implicated in alcohol consumption over and above the role of the various demographic and family variables. -
Spiritual well-being and lifestyle choices in adolescents: A quantitative study among Afrikaans-speaking learners in the North West Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: AnneC Jacobs --- School of Philosophy, South Africa CharlesT Viljoen --- School of Education, South Africa JohannesL van der Walt --- School of Education, South AfricaObjective: This article reports on an investigation into the connection between spirituality and the lifestyle choices of adolescents in the North West Province of South Africa. -
First record of Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville 1817) from continental East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Valle --- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, ItalyBlainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris is one of the most widely distributed members of the family Ziphiidae (the beaked whales). However, its exact distribution in many parts of the world remains unknown. On 24 November 2004, the partly skeletonised carcass... -
Objectifs et priorités pour la conservation des oiseaux et de la biodiversité d'Afrique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Thomas Brooks Luciano Andriamaro Roy Gereau Frank Hawkins Kim Howell David Knox Penny Langhammer JohnF Lamoreux PorterP Lowry Quentin Luke Paul Matiku MeghanW McKnight Charles Msuya Robinson Mugo Harison Rabarison Zo Lalaina Rakotobe Harison RandrianasoloBiodiversity is facing an extinction crisis, with rates of species loss three orders of magnitude higher than average throughout geological history. However, neither biodiversity nor threats are randomly distributed around the planet, and so it is extremely important to target... -
E-mail and Eudaimonia: Global Justice and Moral Concern
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Emma Rooksby --- Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University c/o LPO Box A260, Australian National University,In his recent book, Happiness, Pedro Tabensky has argued for an Aristotelian account of happiness as eudaimonia or flourishing. However, his account of happiness appears to have the unfortunate implication that both individual eudaimonia and global justice are in principle... -
The Immanent Counter-Enlightenment: Christianity and Morality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles Taylor --- McGill University and NorthWestern University,In this translation of Charles Taylor’s paper, ‘Die Immanente Gegenaufklarung: Christentum und Moral’, the author discusses the relationship between Christianity and morality, in the light of developments in the West over the past five centuries. Particular attention is paid to... -
Vice’s Vicious Virtues: The Supererogatory as Obligatory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles W. Mills --- Dept. of Philosophy, Kresge Hall 2–335, USASamantha Vice’s essay, ‘How Do I Live in This Strange Place?’, is a sensitive and subtle exploration of the difficult moral terrain of the issues of white responsibility and white moral self-reform in a South Africa that is formally post-apartheid,... -
A need for continued collecting of avian voucher specimens in Africa: why blood is not enough
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: JohnM Bates RauriCK Bowie DavidE Willard Gary Voelker Charles Kahindo -
Fowl play: identification and management of hybridisation between wild and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida melea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: AndrewL Walker RauriCK Bowie CharlesS Ratcliffe TimothyM CroweThis study investigates the possibility of hybridisation between introduced domestic Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris, derived from the West African subspecies N. m. galeata, and South African guineafowl, N. m. coronata. There is putative morphological evidence of such hybridisation in wild... -
3. A FEW BIRD NOTES FROM SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles Bloomhill -
8. CORRESPONDENCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Cecil Frost --- , MarjorieCampbell Watt --- , R.W. Talbot --- , Charles M. N. White --- , Northe -
8. CORRESPONDENCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: W. Gilges --- , A.J. van der Spuy --- Department of Public Health, Charles Gould --- , C. Hartman --- Normal College, -
Genotype × environment interactions and yield stability of stress-tolerant open-pollinated maize varieties in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Vimbayi GP Chimonyo --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Charles S Mutengwa --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South AfricaGenotype × environment interactions are inherent in multilocational trials and complicate identification of superior genotypes. The aim of the study was to determine yield performance and stability of 13 maize genotypes in five locations of the Eastern Cape province, South... -
Adrenocortical function in hospitalised patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis receiving a rifampicin-based regimen—a pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: W D Francois Venter --- Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Vanessa R Panz --- Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Group, Department of Medicine, Charles Feldman --- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Barry I Joffe --- Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology,Objective. To assess whether adrenocortical function was compromised in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) during the first 5 days of therapy with either a rifampicin-based or ciprofloxacin-based regimen. -
South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Parry Andreas Plüddemann Arvin Bhana Nadine Harker Hennie Potgieter Welma Gerber -
Chest Medicine in SA family practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Feldman --- Pulmonology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Medical School, -
Methamphetamine abuse, psychosis and your patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bronwyn Myers --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, MRC, Charles Parry --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, MRC and Department of Psychology, Cathy Karassellos --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, MRC and Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, Grant Jardine --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, MRC,Recent findings from the MRC-led South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU) Project (which collects data on treatment episodes from substance abuse treatment centres) point to a significant and unprecedented increase in the proportion of clients reporting methamphetamine... -
Let's get real: developing realist approaches within the philosophy of social science
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles Crothers --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaIt is argued that the philosophical approach of ‘critical realism’ is of considerable importance in providing a framework to guide the development of useful social science analyses, but that its impact is limited by its poor ‘public relations’ and lack... -
Reasons for the low uptake of adult male circumcision for the prevention of HIV transmission in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Maibvise --- University of Swaziland, Swaziland Thandisizwe R Mavundla --- University of South Africa, South AfricaSwaziland is currently experiencing the worst impact of HIV and AIDS of any country in the world. In an effort to curb further spread of the virus, the country adopted mass male circumcision (MC) as recommended by the World Health... -
Practice of sumo kodhi among the Luo and implications for HIV transmission in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Omondi Olang'o --- Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya Erick Nyambedha --- Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya Jens Aagaard-Hansen --- Steno Health Promotion Center, DenmarkThis paper discusses the practice of sumo kodhi among the Luo ethnic group and its implications for spread of HIV in western Kenya. Sumo kodhi is a practice in which a woman arranges to have sex with a man other... -
Language contact in African urban settings: The case of Sepitori in Tshwane
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Thabo Ditsele --- Department of Applied Languages, South Africa Charles C Mann --- Department of Applied Languages, South AfricaThere is undisputed evidence that the use of so-called non-standard varieties of language in South Africa is on the increase, and serves as an important communication bridge for a supranation that has many people of different ethnicities living side-by-side in... -
The disjunctive domination number of a graph
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Wayne Goddard --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, USA Michael A. Henning --- Department of Mathematics, South Africa Charles A. McPillan --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, USAFor a positive integer b, we define a set S of vertices in a graph G as a b-disjunctive dominating set if every vertex not in S is adjacent to a vertex of S or has at least b vertices... -
Characterization of Abelian groups with a minimal generating set
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Michal Hrbek --- Charles University, Czech Republic Pavel Růžička --- Charles University, Czech RepublicWe characterize Abelian groups with a minimal generating set: Let τ A denote the maximal torsion subgroup of A. An infinitely generated Abelian group A of cardinality κ has a minimal generating set iff at least one of the following... -
Biogeographical patterns in the fauna associated with southern African mussel beds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Wendy Hammond --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa Charles Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South AfricaMacrofauna communities colonizing intertidal mussel beds were sampled at seven sites between Swakopmund (Namibia) and Salt Rock (KwaZulu-Natal). Mean mussel cover, length, biomass and bed depth were all low in the southeast (former Transkei). Faunal abundance and biomass were minimal... -
Microsatellite DNA analyses reveal population subdivisions among the recently introduced Nile perch (Lates spp.) in Lake Victoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Matthew T. Mwanja --- ARDC–Kajjansi, Uganda Vincent B. Muwanika --- Department of Environmental Management, South Africa Charles Masembe --- Biology Department, Uganda Wilson W. Mwanja --- Department of Fisheries Resources, Uganda Silvester Nyakaana --- Biology Department, UgandaNile perch (Lates spp.) was introduced into Lake Victoria only five decades ago but is now well established and distributed throughout the lake. Given the extensive size of the lake, there is a possibility of isolation by distance that can... -
HIV-related stigma: implications for symptoms of anxiety and depression among Malawian women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Kamen --- Behavioral Medicine Unit, USA Jill Arganbright --- Center for AIDS Intervention Research, USA Eliza Kienitz --- PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, USA Melissa Weller --- PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, USA Anna Khaylis --- British Columbia Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Canada Tammy Shenkman --- PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, USA Sarah Smith --- Center for AIDS Intervention Research, USA Cheryl Koopman --- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USA Cheryl Gore-Felton --- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USAAn estimated 11% of the adult population in Malawi, Africa, is living with HIV/AIDS. The disease has taken a toll on communities, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Malawian women carry the burden of being caretakers for individuals infected with... -
Adolescents, their Parents, and Information and Communication Technologies: Exploring Adolescents’ Perceptions on How these Technologies Present in Parent-Adolescent Relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Willem Odendaal [B0001] Charles Malcolm [B0002] Shazly Savahl [B0003] Rose September [B0004]The differences between parents and adolescents in relation to information and communication technologies (ICT) are well documented, yet little is known about how adolescents experience these differences. The study reported in this paper therefore aimed to elucidate adolescents’ views on... -
Practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors in Owo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Oluwole Omolase --- Department of Ophthalmology, Nigeria AA Egberongbe --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria OO Komolafe --- Department of Ophthalmology, Nigeria AA Olasinde --- Department of Orthopaedics, Nigeria BO Omolase --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria OA Adeosun --- Department of Ophthalmology, NigeriaAim: This study aimed at appraising the practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors working at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Barriers to health research were also identified. -
Dissemination effort, innovation attributes, and variations in innovation dissemination rate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mawuena Aggey --- Process Technology and Innovation Research, Ghana Nana Kwamina Tekyi Ghartey --- Centre for Development Studies, Ghana Charles Kweku Brown --- Centre for Development Studies, GhanaInnovation-decision type, communication channels, social system, and change agents’ promotion effort influence innovation adoption, but 49–87% of variance in adoption rates is explained by perceived innovation attributes (Rogers 1995). Relationships between adoption rates and these variables are much researched but... -
Sexual HIV risk among substance-using female commercial sex workers in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tara Carney --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South Africa Petal M Petersen Williams --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South Africa Andreas Plüddemann --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South Africa Charles DH Parry --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South AfricaThis study examined data collected from a sample of female sex workers (FSWs) during the first two years of a brief risk-reduction intervention for vulnerable populations that focused on substance use and HIV risk-related behaviours (2007–2009) as part of a... -
Guideline for the prevention and management of nosocomial infections in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Feldman Charles Brink Adrian Dusé Adriano -
The Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) — four years since inception
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Adrian Brink --- Clinical Microbiologist, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, South Africa Charles Feldman --- Professor of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, South Africa -
Revised guideline for the management of upper respiratory tract infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Adrian J Brink --- Department of Clinical Microbiology, South Africa Charles Feldman --- Division of Pulmonology, South Africa -
The Year of the Lung
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Charles Feldman --- SAJEI, -
Professor Barry David Schoub
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Charles Feldman Hendrik Koornhof Lucille Blumberg -
New publishing format for the SAJEI: time for a change?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Charles Feldman --- Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, -
Some Parasitic Worms in Freshwater Fishes and Fish-Predators from the Transvaal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Stephen Prudhoe --- British Museum (Natural History), Charles G. Hussey --- British Museum (Natural History),This report concerns a collection of parasitic worms from South Africa, and contains a new species of monogenean, Gyrodactylus transvaalensis, six species of adult trematodes, including a new species of Phyllodistomum.P. van der waali, two metacercariae of the Family Clinostomidae... -
Digestion rates of prey eaten by intertidal sea anemones from the south-western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Lisa M. Kruger --- Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa Charles. L. Griffiths --- Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, South AfricaDigestion rates were determined for natural prey items offered to each of seven species of sea anemones found at Wooley’s Pool in False Bay and to the single species (Bunodactis reynaudi) recorded at Biouberg on the Atlantic coast of the... -
Shark and skate egg-cases cast up on two South African beaches and their rates of hatching success, or causes of death
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Craig Smith --- Marine Biology Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa Charles Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, South AfricaCollections of chondrichthyan egg-cases cast ashore at two sites along the South African coastline were identified and examined for cause of mortality. A total of 574 egg-cases collected from False Bay could be attributed to five species of scyliorhinid shark,... -
Book Reviews
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Charles Griffiths --- JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, South Africa P.H. Skelton --- Department of Biology, New Zealand Tim Martin --- Zoology Department, South Africa G.M. Branch --- Zoology Department, South Africa J.U.M. Jarvis --- Zoology Department, South Africa -
Korsaranthus natalensis (Carlgren, 1938) nov. comb. (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) a mobile sea anemone attacking octocorals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Zürneck Karin Riemann --- Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (Zentrum für Biodiversitätsforschung), Germany L. Griffiths Charles --- Zoology Department, South AfricaIn-situ observations and photographs of an unusual and spectacular red and white striped, mobile anemone, which appears to feed on gorgonians on sublittoral habitats on the south and east coasts of South Africa, prompted a closer examination of two preserved... -
Helminths of four species of gekkonid lizards from southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephen R. Goldberg --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Charles R. Bursey --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.One hundred and seven specimens of four species of gekkonid lizards from southern Africa, Chondrodactylus angulifer, Pachydactylus bibronii, Pachydactylus capensis and Ptenopus garrulus, were examined for helminths. One species of cestode, Oochoristica ubelakeri, an undetermined cyclophyllid metacestode, six species of... -
Helminths of seven species of lacertid lizards from southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephen R. Goldberg --- Department of Biology, Whittier College, U.S.A Charles R. Bursey --- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.ATwo hundred and forty five lacertid lizards representing seven species (Heliobolus lugubris, Ichnotropis squamulosa, Meroles anchietae, M. cuneirostris, M. suborbitalis, Pedioplanis lineoocellata, P. namaquensis) from southern Africa were examined for helminths. Adults of one species of cestode, Oochoristica ubelakeri, and... -
The Biology of the Deep Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Charles Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Institute University of Cape, -
Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria & Corallimorpharia)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Fabian H. Acuña --- Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Argentina Charles L. Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Institute, South AfricaA revised and updated list of South African sea anemones is compiled and the distribution pattern and endemicity of each determined from museum and literature records. Forty nine valid species are recognized. Species richness appears fairly uniform around the coast,... -
Symbionts of comatulid crinoids in False Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tessa N. Hempson --- Marine Biology Research Centre and Department of Zoology, South Africa Charles L. Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Centre and Department of Zoology, South AfricaThis study documents the fauna associated with two common comatulid crinoid species, Comanthus wahlbergi and Tropiometra carinata, in False Bay, South Africa, and describes the patterns of infestation of obligate associate species. A total of 11 invertebrate species was found... -
Helminths from three species of African chameleons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephen R. Goldberg --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Charles R. Bursey --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.Three species of African chameleons (Chamaeleo gracilis, C. jacksoni and C. johnstoni) were examined for helminths. Two species of Cestoda (Oochoristica truncata and tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides sp.) and four species of Nematoda (Oswaldocruzia chamaeleonis, Parapharyngodon kenyaensis,Raillietnema chamaeleo, and Strongyluris elegans)... -
Daily growth of young-of-the-year of the Baringo tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis (Trewavas, 1983)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chrisphine S. Nyamweya --- Lake Baringo Laboratory, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Chrisestom M. Mlewa --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Kenya Charles C. Ngugi --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Kenya Boaz Kaunda-Arara --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, KenyaOtolith microstructure analysis was used to validate microincrement deposition rate and to determine daily growth rates of young-of-the-year (YOY) Baringo tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis. Microincrement formation was validated as daily by correlating the number of circuli on otoliths with the... -
Effects of a fast-burning spring fire on the ground-dwelling spider assemblages (Arachnida: Araneae) in a central South African grassland habitat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Charles R Haddad --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Stefan H Foord --- Department of Zoology, Chair in Biodiversity Value and Change, South Africa René Fourie --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Anna S Dippenaar-Schoeman --- Biosystematics: Arachnology, Agricultural Research Council–Plant Protection Research Institute, South AfricaFire is widely used as a management strategy in grasslands to maintain vegetation structure and improve grazing quality for large herbivores. The impacts of burning on invertebrates in South Africa remain poorly understood. A study was initiated in spring 2005... -
Children’s songs and human factor development: A comparative analysis of Shona children’s songs and imported English nursery rhymes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Itai Muwati --- Department of African Languages, Charles Tembo --- Department of African Languages, Davie E Mutasa --- Department of African Languages,The article juxtaposes Shona children’s songs and English nursery rhymes in order to unravel the contesting human factor values and epistemological codes and modes of socialisation. It largely approaches the songs as cultural texts that are quintessentially an expression of... -
Cardiac tamponade due to hypothyroidism: a case cluster report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Ankia Coetzee --- Division of Endocrinology, South Africa Charles Kyriakakis --- Department of Medicine, South Africa Chris Greyling --- Department of Medicine, South Africa BH Ascott-Evans --- Division of Endocrinology, South AfricaThis study reports on three patients who were seen at Tygerberg Hospital within a short period of six months, with a new diagnosis of biochemically severe primary hypothyroidism. Pericardial effusion was suspected on clinical and X-ray findings and confirmed with... -
Does the exclusion of meiofauna affect the estimation of biotic indices using stream invertebrates?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: John G Mbaka --- Biological Sciences Department, Kenya Charles M M’Erimba --- Biological Sciences Department, Kenya Henry T Karanja --- Natural Resources Department, Kenya Jude M Mathooko --- Global Research Akademic and Mentoring Services, Kenya Mercy W Mwaniki --- Department of Geomatic Engineering and Geospatial Information Sciences, KenyaBiomonitoring of rivers is usually undertaken using information based on macroinvertebrate assemblages. However, exclusion of meiofauna (i.e. invertebrates less than 0.5 mm in size) when sorting benthic invertebrates can affect the estimation of densities and other biotic indices. In the present... -
Additions to the barnacle (Crustacea: Cirripedia) fauna of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Aiden Biccard --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Charles L Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaThe purpose of this paper is to document recent additions to the South African barnacle (Cirripedia) fauna. New species records were obtained by examining accumulated collections of unidentified material in the Iziko South African Museum, as well as via material... -
The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Lovemore C Gwiriri --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Godfrey Manyawu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Promise B Mashanda --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Irenie Chakoma --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Siboniso Moyo --- International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia Charles Chakoma --- Independent, Zimbabwe Hazel Sethaunyane --- Chikwaka-Kubatana Dairy Co-operative, Zimbabwe Venancio E Imbayarwo-Chikosi --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Sikhalazo Dube --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Barbara V Maasdorp --- Department of Crop Science, ZimbabweThe effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpeaand lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy cows was investigated in the 2013 and 2014 dry seasons. Using 3 ×... -
Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Irenie Chakoma --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Godfrey Manyawu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Lovemore C Gwiriri --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Siboniso Moyo --- International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia Sikhalazo Dube --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Venancio E Imbayarwo-Chikosi --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Tinyiko E Halimani --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Charles Chakoma --- , Zimbabwe Barbara V Maasdorp --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Victor Buwu --- Department of Animal Science, ZimbabweThe economic and performance effect of supplementing smallholder cattle by substituting commercial feed with iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic diets based on alternative protein sources was investigated in two trials. In trial 1, three diets (commercial concentrate, commercial concentrate partially substituted with... -
Ensuring an optimal environment for peer education in South African schools: Goals, systems, standards and policy options for effective learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sharlene Swartz --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Charles Deutsch --- Harvard Catalyst Population Health Research Program, USA Benita Moolman --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Emma Arogundade --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Dane Isaacs --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Barbara Michel --- Centre for the Support of Peer Education, South AfricaPeer education has long been seen as a key health promotion strategy and an important tool in preventing HIV infection. In South African schools, it is currently one of the strategies employed to do so. Based on both a recent... -
A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique (Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Charles L Griffiths --- University of Cape Town, South Africa -
Disentangling the identities and distribution patterns of the introduced beachfleas Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Natalie Diemer --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa Charles L Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa Alan Hodgson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaTwo introduced beachfleas, Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis, have been recorded from South Africa, but have been misidentified by some earlier researchers and, prior to this study, each was also known from just a few, scattered observations, such that their... -
A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Charles L Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa -
Interaction of small-scale supplemental irrigation, sawah preparation intensity and soil amendment type on productivity of lowland sawah-rice system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: John C Nwite --- Department of Crop Production Technology, Nigeria Sunday E Obalum --- Department of Soil Science, Nigeria Charles A Igwe --- Department of Soil Science, Nigeria Toshiyuki Wakatsuki --- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, JapanSole dependence on rainfall, poor water management and low soil fertility largely explain the fluctuations in agricultural productivity in West Africa. Lowlands for sawah-based rice farming often offer opportunities for small-scale supplemental irrigation but these are rarely explored and their... -
A personal memorial: Peter Zoutendyk (born 23 April 1934; died 15 June 2017)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: John Field --- Marine Research Institute and Department of Oceanography, South Africa Charles Griffiths --- Marine Research Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa -
Knowledge transfer model for improving productivity of the cable manufacturing industry: A South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thomas Munyai --- Department of Operations Management, South Africa Stephen Nyakala --- Department of Operations Management, South Africa Charles Mbohwa --- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South AfricaIndustry is faced with increased challenges relating to transferring knowledge due to the complex nature of the manufacturing process. This paper is part of a comprehensive research study to develop a knowledge transfer model for improving productivity. Although knowledge management... -
Inventing Women: Female Voice in Kenyan Television Drama
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kebaya --- Literature, Creative and Performing Arts, KenyaThis article examines contemporary women's voices mediated through Kenyan television drama while focusing on Mother-in-law and Tabasamu. It investigates how female characters’ revelation of self transforms their silence into visibility and action, in the process, showing how they move from... -
Self-regulated learning among teacher education students: Motivational beliefs influence on the use of metacognition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Magoba Muwonge --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Ulrich Schiefele --- Department of Educational Sciences, Germany Joseph Ssenyonga --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Henry Kibedi --- Department of Psychology, UgandaIn the present study, we examined the relationships between motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, task value, and control of learning beliefs) and use of metacognitive learning strategies among teacher education students in Uganda. The sample comprised of 649 students selected from seven... -
Trends in diagnostic techniques and factors associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Lesotho, 2010–2015
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Eltony Mugomeri --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Lesotho Bisrat S Bekele --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Lesotho Charles Maibvise --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Swaziland Clemence Tarirai --- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South AfricaTuberculosis is a global public health problem. Lesotho, a sub-Saharan country with high HIV and tuberculosis burden, launched the Three I’s programme of the World Health Organization in 2013. However, the outcomes of this intervention are scarcely known. This study... -
Detection of rust resistance in selected Zimbabwean and ICARDA bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) germplasm using conventional and molecular techniques
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Bruce Mutari --- Crop Breeding Institute, Zimbabwe Sripada M Udupa --- Biotechnology Section, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco Peter Mavindidze --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Charles S Mutengwa --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaHost resistance is the most effective and economical method to minimise yield losses caused by rusts. The aim of this study was to detect the presence of resistance in 75 wheat genotypes. The presence of the genes Sr2, Sr24, Lr34,... -
Managing Culture and Money: Some Critical Issues Facing African Management and Managers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nicolas Papadopoulos --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Charles Blankson --- Department of Marketing, Logistics, and Operations Management, College of Business, USA -
Woman with voice: An analysis of female agency in Dino Mudondo’s song, ‘Jatirofa’ and Josphat Somanje’s ‘Handibvume’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Itai Muwati --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Charles Tembo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Davie E Mutasa --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaThe article is an exegesis of Shona songs which canonise the mother as a centrepiece of agency and family-centred commitments in times when family integrity comes under threat. Remarkably, the woman is privileged with a voice in a manner that... -
Popular Art and the Reconfiguration of Police Atrocities in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kebaya --- Department of Literature, Creative and Performing Arts, KenyaThe government of Kenya has the singular obligation to protect, respect and ensure that its citizens enjoy the right to life1, prohibit all forms of torture2 and protect them from arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention3 as enshrined in the constitution... -
Self-motivated behaviour: Its influence on intergroup contact for intergroup harmony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emenike N. Anyaegbunam --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Charles O. Anazonwu --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaWe investigated the role of self-motivated behaviour in promoting intergroup member contact for intergroup harmony. A multi-ethnic group of 68 freshmen students attending a Nigerian state university were participants (female = 43.8%; Mean age = 22.15 years, SD = 2.35... -
Poverty as a barrier to antiretroviral therapy access for people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Markus Haacker --- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA Charles Birungi --- UNAIDS, BotswanaUnderstanding barriers to access to essential health services is critical for devising effective strategies to improve access and align such strategies with national health and development policy objectives. However, while considerable empirical evidence exists on correlates of HIV prevalence and... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors at Jubilee Hospital, Tshwane District, regarding the syndromic management guidelines for sexually transmitted infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Uchenna --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaBackground: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a public health problem globally, but especially so in sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute significantly to the burden of disease in South Africa and are recognised as major contributors to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)... -
Invertebrate drift densities in the Njoro and Kamweti Rivers in the Kenyan highlands that differ in the level of anthropogenic disturbances
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Charles M M’Erimba --- Department of Biological Sciences, Kenya John G Mbaka --- Department of Land and Water Management, Kenya Priscilla W Mureithi --- Department of Biological Sciences, Kenya Ken O Ouma --- Department of Biological Sciences, KenyaInvertebrate drift is one of several fundamental ecological processes in streams. However, little is known about the dynamics of invertebrate drift in Kenyan streams. In this study, we assessed invertebrate drift in two rivers, i.e. Njoro and Kamweti, that differ... -
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... -
Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk’s Music: Oral Narratives, (Hi)story and Culture of the Kalenjin People
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kipng’eno Rono --- Literature, Theatre and Film, KenyaFocusing on the Koilong’eet Band, this paper is an interrogation of how the selected songs by Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk incorporate Kalenjin oral techniques to create a space for narrating the past and the culture of the Kalenjin people. By conducting... -
Temporal analysis of electricity consumption for prepaid metered low- and high-income households in Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Njabulo Kambule --- Department of Geography, Environmental management and Energy Studies, South Africa Kowiyou Yessoufou --- Department of Geography, Environmental management and Energy Studies, South Africa Nnamdi Nwulu --- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Charles Mbohwa --- School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, South AfricaThis study explores the temporal trend in electricity consumption since the introduction of prepaid metres in low-income households of Soweto and compares the findings with high-income households. Monthly electricity consumption data (over 96 months: 2007–2014) for 4427 households in Soweto,... -
Life-affirmation in Chirikure Chirikure’s ‘Europe Vakomana!’ and Greater Mhondera’s ‘Usatye Kani Africa!’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Charles Tembo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Dave Mutasa --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaArt that does not affirm life is invalid. Life-affirmation continues to be an urgent matter among peoples of Africa against the life-negating prison that European domination has located them in. The inspiration, impetus and ambition for African development require a... -
Trauma awareness and preparedness: Their influence on posttraumatic stress disorder development related to armed conflict experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne Duagani Masika --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Christophe Leys --- Faculty of Psychology, Belgium Pierre Fossion --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Paul Verbanck --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Maurice Tingu Yaba Nzolameso --- Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Samuel Mampunza Ma Miezi --- Département de Psychiatrie, RDC Charles Kornreich --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, BelgiumThis study examined influences of trauma awareness and preparedness on the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian and military personnel with exposure to the civil war. Participants were 302 people with exposure to civil war in the Democratic... -
It’s politics, stupid! A political analysis of the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Birungi --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Timothy Colbourn --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United KingdomThe role of trust funds in the practice of and the policy discourse on the sustainable financing for health and HIV is growing. However, there is a paucity of political analyses on implementing trust fund arrangements. Drawing on a novel... -
Market orientation and poverty reduction: A study of rural microentrepreneurs in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Charles Blankson --- Department of Marketing, Logistics and Operations Management, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, USA Julius A. Nukpezah --- Department of Political Science and Public Administration, USAWe draw on the quality of life theory and government economic development policies that focus on entrepreneurship for a theoretical backdrop to investigate the consequences of market orientation among microentrepreneurs in Ghana. We use qualitative data from 28 microentrepreneurs involving... -
Post COVID-19 online shopping in South Africa: A mediation analysis of customer satisfaction on e-service quality and purchase intention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Matolwandile M. Mtotywa --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Charles Kekana --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThe study investigated the dynamics of online shopping focusing on mediation analysis of customer satisfaction on e-service quality and purchase intention. The study used a cross-sectional quantitative method where 324 responses were collected through a self-administered online survey questionnaire from... -
One Buzzy Evening (2017) for tenor trombone and percussion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Charles Lwanga --- Brain Aging and Cognitive Health Lab, University of Pittsburgh, USAOne Buzzy Evening (2017) for tenor trombone and percussion is a creative musicological work that explores the gradual transformation of limited motivic ideas, both rhythmic and melodic. Moving from a percussive sound world to a mixture with melodic sounds, the... -
Goodwill impairment testing disclosures – South African compliance in 2018
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Charles Day --- Oxford Brookes Business School, United KingdomThis paper reviews compliance with the IAS 36 goodwill impairment testing disclosure requirements by South African entities included in the All Share Index of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. A detailed extraction of disclosures provided by entities with material levels of... -
A robust fitted numerical method for singularly perturbed turning point problems whose solution exhibits an interior layer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Charles K. Mbayi --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Justin B. Munyakazi --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Kailash C. Patidar --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaIn this paper we considerer singularly perturbed convection-diffusion-reaction problems with a turning point whose solution exhibits an interior layer. We establish bounds on the solution to these problems and their derivatives. We construct a fitted mesh finite difference method (FMFDM)... -
Kwaito's Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Lwanga --- Psychology/Music, USA -
Context and complexity: response to Fabricius review of ‘Complex Ecology’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Charles G Curtin --- , United States -
Sub-Saharan African cultural belief system and entrepreneurial activities: A Ghanaian perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: William K. Darley --- , Charles Blankson --- , USAThis article seeks to advance our understanding of the culture-entrepreneurship relationship from an African perspective by examining how six African traditional beliefs either promote or hinder entrepreneurial activities. These six traditional Ghanaian cultural beliefs (i.e. belief in godliness, belief in... -
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... -
Enhancing the food security status of yam (Dioscorea spp.) for smallholder farmers through an improved farm-gate storage structure in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Charles Tortoe --- , Ghana Solomon Dowuona --- , Ghana Paa Toah Akonor --- , Ghana Nanam Tay Dziedzoave --- , GhanaYams (Dioscorea spp.) are a good source of food in Ghana. This study investigated the storage of seven (7) key yam varieties in an improved farm-gate yam storage structure. Seven freshly harvested key yam varieties identified as Pona, Lariboko, Dente,... -
Living as a person until death: An African ethical perspective on meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles Nkem Okolie --- , NigeriaThe primary focus of philosophical reflections and debates on meaning in life are varied. My interest in this article is strictly on the interpretation of meaning in life to connote the question: what is the fundamental goal of human life... -
Gonadal development and intersex condition of marbled lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus (Heckel, 1851), in contaminated sites in Lake Victoria, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Inuwa Badamasi --- , Uganda Robinson Odong --- , Uganda Charles Masembe --- , UgandaThe first evidence of the impact of environmental contamination on populations of Protopterus aethiopicus (Heckel, 1851) in terms of body indices, cellular development (histology) and intersex condition in Lake Victoria, Uganda is provided. Specimens were obtained from the more polluted... -
Large Pleistocene avian tracks on the Cape south coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles W Helm --- , South Africa Martin G Lockley --- , United States Hayley C Cawthra --- , South Africa Jan C De Vynck --- , South Africa Carina JZ Helm --- , South Africa Guy HH Thesen --- , South AfricaPrior to the inception of the Cape south-coast ichnology project, only one avian tracksite had been reported from South Africa. An additonal twenty-nine sites have now been identified. Although there are limitations and challenges inherent in the study of fossil... -
Impact of pine plantation establishment on soil properties and fungal communities of natural forests in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Luke Jimu --- , Zimbabwe Innocent W Nyakudya --- , Zimbabwe Charles Magogo --- , Zimbabwe Admore Mureva --- , ZimbabweGlobally, large expanses of land were cleared for the establishment of exotic pine and eucalypt tree plantations for commercial purposes. In Zimbabwe, these plantations resulted in the clearance of over 120 000 ha of native vegetation, especially miombo woodlands that... -
The service semiotics of luxury events: An exploration for future research and events management industry practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Charles Bladen --- , UKThis article discusses the implications of the role of semiotics in the design and delivery of luxury event-attendees’ experience. Within the contemporary industry and sector, the place of semiotics within the field of design will be established and its importance... -
Biomass-based value chain analysis of plantain in two regions in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Charles Tortoe --- , Ghana Wilhelmina Quaye --- , Ghana Paa Toah Akonor --- , Ghana Charlotte Oduro Yeboah --- , Ghana Evelyn Serwah Buckman --- , Ghana Nana Yamoah Asafu-Adjaye --- , GhanaPlantain biomass value chain analysis was conducted to generate benchmark information that supports reduction of post-harvest losses of plantain and to identify value-added opportunities and linkages to new markets in Ghana. Specifically, this study sought to identify the actors and... -
Network Novel: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo’s Wizard of the Crow and Dialogues in African Literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kipng’eno Rono --- , KenyaThis essay reads Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo’s Wizard of the Crow (2006) as an intervention in the ongoing dialogues in African literature. Through the paradigms of ‘reciprocality’, ‘extensibility’ and ‘reconfigurability’, the essay gauges the impacts of dialoguing on the readings of... -
Death and the sociocultural dimensions of forced relocations: experiences from the Tugwi-Mukosi displacement in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hardlife Stephen Basure --- , Zimbabwe Lloyd Nhodo --- , Ghana Charles Dube --- , Zimbabwe Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South AfricaThis article is an ethnographic inquiry into the cultural dimensions of forced relocations. It is based on the experiences of four resident anthropologists on the forced displacements at Tugwi-Mukosi in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Using the concept of death, we question... -
Challenges managing women with suspected Lynch Syndrome in Zimbabwe: a case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Kotti-Emily Mukucha --- , Zimbabwe Marshall T Manase --- , Zimbabwe Charles Muronda --- , Zimbabwe Judy Whittaker --- , South Africa Bothwell T Guzha --- , ZimbabweLynch Syndrome (LS) is associated with a genetic predisposition to colorectal, endometrial and multiple extracolonic cancers. The lifetime risk of developing endometrial and ovarian cancers is 40–62% and 4–12% respectively. The case is presented of a 56-year-old woman with a... -
A review of marine invertebrates used as fishing baits and the implications for national and regional management in the Western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Carol A Simon --- , South Africa Agnes WN Muthumbi --- , Kenya Charles M Kihia --- , Kenya Kyle MS Smith --- , South Africa Riaan B Cedras --- , South Africa Paubert T Mahatante --- , Madagascar Virginia W Wangondu --- , Kenya Robert Katikiro --- , TanzaniaIn the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), more than 76 records from peer-reviewed and grey literature identified approximately 60 invertebrate taxa harvested for bait and food. The most diverse phyla were Mollusca, followed by Arthropoda and Annelida, with few records of... -
Interactions among actors in improved rice varieties innovation system in the Eastern Zone of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sospeter J. Charles --- , Tanzania Amon Z. Mattee --- , Tanzania Catherine P. Msuya-Bengesi --- , TanzaniaThe concept of IS has gained importance in understanding the interactions among actors as determinants of innovation. Determinants of innovation are not viewed individually but within the context of a complex IS involving many actors and interactions. Therefore, this study... -
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Rheinhardt Scholtz --- , United States Victoria M Donovan --- , United States Tercia Strydom --- , South Africa Carissa Wonkka --- , United States Urs P Kreuter --- , United States William E Rogers --- , United States Charles Taylor --- , United States Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa Navashni Govender --- , South Africa Winston Trollope --- , South Africa Dillon T Fogarty --- , United States Dirac Twidwell --- , United StatesHuman alteration of fire regimes is a hallmark of the Anthropocene; yet few studies have fully explored the implications of utilizing high-intensity fires in grasslands and savannas to manage shrub encroachment. Decades of fire research in South Africa inspired a... -
Factors affecting interactions between different key actors in improved rice varieties innovation system in the Eastern Zone of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sospeter J. Charles --- , Iringa, Tanzania Amon Z. Mattee --- , Tanzania Catherine P. Msuya-Bengesi --- , TanzaniaThis study examines factors affecting the interactions between different key actors in the innovation system of improved rice varieties in the Eastern Zone of Tanzania. A parallel mixed design was used to collect the data from a sample of 340... -
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Birungi --- , Switzerland Jaime Atienza Azcona --- , Switzerland Daniel Munevar --- , SwitzerlandThis article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, we did a cross-national systematic analysis of all data sources... -
History matters: AIDS in the time of COVID-19
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Birungi --- , Switzerland Warren Parker --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Alan Whiteside --- , Canada -
The effect of external knowledge on innovation capacity of SMES: Does the source of knowledge matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Clovis Miamo Wendji --- , Cameroun Charles Bertin Pilag Kakeu --- , CamerounThis paper aims to analyze the effects of different sources of external knowledge (market sources, institutional sources and business network affiliation) on firms’ capacity to innovate. Using cross-sectional data collected with the help of questionnaires on a sample of 514... -
Economic implications of COVID-19 for the HIV epidemic and the response in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Birungi --- , Switzerland Markus Haacker --- University College London, United Kingdom Isaac Taramusi --- , Zimbabwe Amon Mpofu --- , Zimbabwe Bernard Madzima --- , Zimbabwe Tsitsi Apollo --- , Zimbabwe Owen Mugurungi --- , Zimbabwe Martin Odiit --- , Zimbabwe Michael A Obst --- , GermanyUnderstanding the economic implications of COVID-19 for the HIV epidemic and response is critical for designing policies and strategies to effectively sustain past gains and accelerate progress to end these colliding pandemics. While considerable cross-national empirical evidence exists at the... -
Evaluation of the Nigerian national antiretroviral (ARV) treatment training programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: E Oni Idigbe --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Oluwole Odutolu --- World Bank/UNAIDS Global HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Team (GAMET) and Harvard PEPFAR, Nigeria Prosper Okonkwo --- Harvard School of Public Health's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Nigeria Morenike Folayan --- Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Rosemary Audu --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Osagbemi Makanjuola --- Department of Geography and Planning, University of Jos, Nigeria Charles BR Uwakwe --- Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Oluwatoyin Jolayemi --- AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN),There is an understanding that greater availability of HIV treatment for the 40.3 million people currently infected with HIV is a humanitarian imperative that could prolong the lives of millions, restore economic productivity, and stabilise societies in some of the... -
Difficult choices: Infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sebalda Charles Leshabari --- Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Astrid Blystad --- University of Bergen, Karen Marie Moland --- Bergen University College,Infant feeding represents a great challenge in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (pMTCT). The international guidelines informing infant feeding counselling suggest feeding methods that reduce the risk of HIV transmission, and discourage mixed feeding (combining breastfeeding with other... -
Rapid assessment of drug use and sexual HIV risk patterns among vulnerable drugusing populations in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Charles Parry --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit (ADARU), South African Medical Research Council (MRC), Petal Petersen --- ADARU/MRC, Tara Carney --- ADARU/MRC, Sarah Dewing [B0004] Richard Needle --- Vulnerable Populations Project of the Global AIDS Program (GAP), Centers of Disease Control,This exploratory study examines the links between drug use and high-risk sexual practices and HIV in vulnerable drug-using populations in South Africa, including commercial sex workers (CSWs), men who have sex with men (MSM), injecting drug users (IDUs) and non-injecting... -
Review of national AIDS councils in Africa: Findings from five countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Charles Hongoro --- Policy Analysis Unit, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC), Akim J Mturi --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA), Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC), Joshua Kembo --- Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at UNISA,National AIDS councils (NACs) were established in many African countries to co-ordinate the multi-sectoral response to HIV/ AIDS. Their main mandate is to provide strategic leadership and co-ordinate activities geared to fight against HIV/AIDS. This study sought to understand the... -
Descriptive systematic review of sub-Saharan African studies on the association between alcohol use and HIV infection
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anne Pithey --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit (ADARU), South African Medical Research Council (MRC), Charles Parry --- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit (ADARU), South African Medical Research Council (MRC),The purpose of this review was to identify and assess studies that have quantified the association between alcohol consumption and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. PubMed, CAB Abstracts and article references were searched to identify studies published in English between... -
An evaluation of a refresher training intervention for HIV lay counsellors in Chongwe District, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Charles Msisuka --- , Zambia Ikuma Nozaki --- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Kazuhiro Kakimoto --- Osaka Prefecture University, Motoko Seko --- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Mercy M S Ulaya --- National AIDS Council, ZambiaTo address a severe shortage of human resources for health, the Zambian Ministry of Health has begun to make use of lay counsellors for HIV counselling and testing. However, their skills and knowledge rarely have been reviewed or refreshed. We... -
Measuring change in vulnerable adolescents: Findings from a peer education evaluation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sharlene Swartz [d63e18] Charles Deutsch Mokhantšo Makoae Barbara Michel James Hamilton Harding Gabrielle Garzouzie Amanda Rozani Toby Runciman Ingrid Van der HeijdenIntroduction: In the context of poverty and HIV and AIDS, peer education is thought to be capable of providing vulnerable youth with psychosocial support as well as information and decision-making skills otherwise limited by scarce social and material resources. As... -
Experiences of sexual relationships of young black women in an atmosphere of coercion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Frances Clüver [d373e18] Diane Elkonin Charles YoungNegotiations surrounding sexual activity are characterised by multiple power disparities that include race, social status and age, with gender being the most dominant differential in heterosexual interactions. Research has shown that women are physiologically more at risk of contracting HIV... -
Feasibility and acceptability of a bar-based sexual risk reduction intervention for bar patrons in Tshwane, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Neo K. Morojele --- , , South Africa Naledi Kitleli --- , , South Africa Kgalabi Ngako --- , , South Africa Connie T. Kekwaletswe --- , , South Africa Sebenzile Nkosi --- , , South Africa Katherine Fritz --- , USA Charles D.H. Parry --- , , South AfricaAlcohol consumption is a recognised risk factor for HIV infection. Alcohol serving establishments have been identified as appropriate venues in which to deliver HIV prevention interventions. This paper describes experiences and lessons learnt from implementing a combined HIV prevention intervention... -
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RHAMPHIOPHIS OXYRHYNCHUS ROSTRATUS (PETERS) IN NYASALANDItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia • Authors: Charles Sweeney -
THE SAW-SCALED VIPER OR CARPET VIPER, (
ECHIS CARINATUS ) IN AFRICA AND ITS BITEItem type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: CHARLES R. S. PITMAN --- , England -
GENETIC VARIABILITY OF FOUR SPECIES OF THE GENUS TESTUDO(LINNAEUS, 1758)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: HAKIMA SQALLI-HOUSSAINI --- Universite Montpellier 3, France CHARLESP. BLANC --- Universite Montpellier 3, FranceA preliminary analysis of four taxa in the genus Testudo, at 14 presumed loci does not fully accord with current taxonomy. T. h. hermanni and T. g. gracca on one hand, and T. h. boettgeri and T. horsfieldii on the... -
The comparative diet of three Saharan sand dune skinks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Omar Attum --- University of Louisville, Charles Covell --- University of Louisville, Perri Eason --- University of Louisville,We compared the diets of the only three sand dune skinks of North Sinai, Chalcides ocellatus, Scincus scincus, and Sphenops sepsoides. Despite our small sample size, we found several interesting trends. Coleoptera was the most common prey order eaten by... -
A new species of Running Frog, (Kassina, Anura: Hyperoliidae) from Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: CharlesA. Msuya --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania KimM. Howell --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA new species of Kassina is described from Unguja Island, Zanzibar, East Africa. It is distinguished from other species in its genus by an advertisement call that is pulsed, frequency modulated, and with a longer duration than that of K... -
A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- University of Texas at El Paso, USA EdwardL. Stanley --- Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, USA Chifundera Kusamba --- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, République Démocratique du, Congo WandegeM. Moninga --- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, République Démocratique du, Congo StephenR. Goldberg --- Whittier College, USA CharlesR. Bursey --- , USACurrently there are 20 recognised species of the widespread lizard genus Cordylus, which is distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa's non-forested habitats from Ethiopia to South Africa. Most recent taxonomic work has focused on forms in southern Africa, where several subspecific taxa... -
Sustainability of energy transition on output growth and carbon emission abatement in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ikechukwu Sebastine Asogwa --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria Charles Nnamdi Anumudu --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, NigeriaThis study examined the effects of renewable energy use on the output growth convergence, as well as the impacts of renewable energy use for an alternative to carbon emission (CO2) abatement in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The dual purpose followed the... -
Tribute to Kim Monroe Howell (1945–2022)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Simon N Stuart --- , United Kingdom Flora J Magige --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Olivier Hamerlynck --- , Kenya William D Newmark --- University of Utah, United States Flora Stephano --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Steven Spawls --- , United Kingdom Cuthbert Nahonyo --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Yunus D Mgaya --- National Institute of Medical Research, Tanzania David C Moyer --- , United States Charles Msuya --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -
Performing Trauma in Central Africa: Shadows of Empire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kipng’eno Rono --- Moi University, -
Core self-evaluations and job embeddedness: Influences on career adaptability and work engagement in Nigerian public sector employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cornelius O. Okorie --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Felix M. Nwankwo --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Harrison O. Iwuala --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Moses O. Agudiegwu --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Samuel O. Nnadi --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Joseph O. Nkwede --- Ebonyi State University, Nigeria Charles K. Nwachukwu --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Christopher C. Arua --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Kenneth T. Osuebi --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Ernest N. Ejem --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Emmanuel S. Chigbata --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, NigeriaThis study examined the mediation effect of job embeddedness and the moderating effect of core self-evaluation in the relationship between career adaptability and work engagement among a sample of 387 employees of 12 local government areas of Nigeria (female =... -
Foucault and Governmentality: Living to Work in the Age of Control
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Charles Villet --- University of Free State, South Africa -
New Pleistocene avian ichnosites on South Africa’s Cape south coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles W Helm --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Martin G Lockley --- University of Colorado Denver, United States Andrew S Carr --- University of Leicester, United Kingdom Hayley C Cawthra --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Jan C De Vynck --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Mark G Dixon --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Pieter-Jan Gräbe --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Renée Rust --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaTwelve new avian ichnosites have been identified on South Africa’s Cape south coast, adding to the 29 sites previously identified. More than half of these 41 avian ichnosites are found along a 9-km stretch of coastline east of Still Bay... -
An analysis of pre-recorded street audio adverts in Zimbabwe: A dariro perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Tevedzerai Gijimah --- Literature and Cultural Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Charles Tembo --- University of South Africa, South AfricaStreet vending has become the order of the day in Zimbabwe. Because of the popularity of vending, vendors have come up with various ways of making their goods visible in a highly populated market. Audio advertising is one of the... -
District analysis of poverty dynamics in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manana Mamabolo --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Petronella Chaminuka --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Charles Machethe --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaPersistent poverty is a major developmental challenge for South Africa and has multifaceted dimensions. This paper profiled and investigated poverty transitions among rural households in 22 district municipalities in South Africa. Foster-Greer-Thorbecke indices were applied to panel data from the... -
Smallness in topology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jiří Adámek --- Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Miroslav Hušek --- Charles University, Czech Republic Jiří Rosický --- Masaryk University, Czech Republic Walter Tholen --- York University, CanadaQuillen’s notion of small object and the Gabriel-Ulmer notion of finitely presentable or generated object are fundamental in homotopy theory and categorical algebra. Do these notions always lead to rather uninteresting classes of objects in categories of topological spaces, such... -
Some properties of conjunctivity (subfitness) in generalized settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M. Andrew Moshier --- CECAT, Chapman University, USA Jorge Picado --- University of Coimbra, Portugal Aleš Pultr --- Charles University, Czech RepublicThe property of subfitness used in point-free topology (roughly speaking) to replace the slightly stronger T 1-separation, appeared (as disjunctivity) already in the pioneering Wallman’s [16], then practically disappeared to reappear again (conjunctivity, subfitness), until it was in the recent... -
C’ing is believing: What types of characteristics are found on bottles of wine? Do more characteristics mean more online presence?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gregory Charles Zetzsche --- IAE, Université de Bordeaux, France John Dunning --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, United KingdomWine bottles feature various textual and visual elements. Aside from necessary legal information, wine-branding decision-makers choose what goes on the bottle. They may also choose a bottle shape that is out of the ordinary to draw more attention. Rather than... -
Corruption is making people sick
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arlette Campbell White --- , Oliver Charles Campbell White --- ,According to Transparency International, of the US$7.5 trillion spent globally on health each year, US$500 billion is lost to corruption.1 This article deals with the topic of corruption in the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on how... -
Two new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the coastal areas of northern Somaliland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tomáš Mazuch --- Mendel University, Czech Republic Vojtěch Janák --- Charles University, Czech Republic Doubravka Velenská --- Charles University, Czech Republic Annamaria Nistri --- Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Univesità degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi --- Charles University, Czech Republic Jiří Šmíd --- Charles University, Czech RepublicThe taxonomy of many Hemidactylus geckos from the Horn of Africa has recently been evaluated. However, the lack of fresh material for some species and also regions has led to the misidentification of some taxa and an underestimation of the... -
Notes on sublocales and dissolution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jorge Picado --- University of Coimbra, Portugal Aleš Pultr --- Charles University, Czech RepublicThe dissolution (introduced by Isbell in [3], discussed by Johnstone in [5] and later exploited by Plewe in [12, 13]) is here viewed as the relation of the geometry of L with that of the more dispersed T(L) = S(L)op... -
Insights into the phylogenetic position of genus Synodontella (Monopisthocotylea) among some other Dactylogyridea gill parasites of African catfishes and the importance of haptoral elements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Jonathan A Mbondo --- Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Mbalmayo Agricultural Research Centre, Cameroon Dieu ne dort Bahanak --- Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Minko Multipurpose Research Station, Cameroon Etienne D Bassock Bayiha --- University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Charles F Bilong Bilong --- University of Yaoundé I, CameroonThis work provides new molecular data on seven species representing three genera (Protoancylodiscoides, Schilbetrema and Synodontella) in the order Dactylogyridea. The results help to explain the origin of Synodontella spp. and to elucidate the phylogenetic position of Synodontella in relation... -
Evolutionary relationships in the African frog family Ptychadenidae, including the first molecular analysis, range extension, and distribution modelling of the monotypic genus Lanzarana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Tadeáš Nečas --- , Czech Republic Tomáš Mazuch --- Mendel University, Czech Republic Janis Czurda --- , Czech Republic Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi --- Charles University, Czech Republic Mark-Oliver Rödel --- , Germany Václav Gvoždík --- , Czech RepublicThe family Ptychadenidae contains three ecologically and morphologically distinct genera: the widespread, species-rich and above-ground dwelling Ptychadena, the less widespread and diverse, burrowing Hildebrandtia, and the little-known, burrowing, monotypic Lanzarana, endemic to Somalia. Previous morphological studies placed Lanzarana in a... -
Maize farmers’ perceptions of the use of agrochemicals and their impact on the environment: A case study of Iringa District Council, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Caphlene Japhet Peter --- University of Dar es Salaam, Mkwawa University College of Education, Department of Geography and Economics, Tanzania Sospeter Jibunge Charles --- University of Dar es Salaam, Mkwawa University College of Education, Department of Geography and Economics, Tanzania Michael Elias Mgalula --- University of Dar es Salaam, Mkwawa University College of Education, Department of Geography and Economics, TanzaniaThis study examines farmers’ perceptions of agrochemical use in maize production and their harmful environmental effects. A convergent parallel mixed design was used to collect quantitative data from 254 respondents via structured interviews and qualitative data through in-depth interviews and... -
Tax buoyancy dynamics in sub-Saharan African nations: The case study of Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gaudence Uwimana --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Charles Ruranga --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Emmanuel Masabo --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Mammo Muchie --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaTax buoyancy exhibits unique behaviour in nations facing specific challenges. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in sub-Saharan countries which often implement tax exemptions to boost investment and facilitate trade. This study investigates tax buoyancy in Rwanda. It uses government administrative... -
Assessing digital competencies and AI ethics awareness among customers in the banking sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: McArthur Fundira --- University of South Africa, South Africa Emmanuel Innocents Edoun --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Anup Pradhan --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Charles Mbohwa --- University of South Africa, South AfricaAs digital technologies and AI systems increasingly pervade banking services, understanding customers’ digital capabilities and awareness of AI ethics principles is paramount. This paper delves into these critical aspects among banking clientele. Employing a survey research approach with a cross-sectional... -
The use and protection of water resources in the uThukela River Catchment, South Africa: a review of its past, present and future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Wade --- University of Mpumalanga, South Africa GC O’Brien --- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia G Jewitt --- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the NetherlandsSouth Africa is a water-stressed country and therefore the quantity and quality of the water resources are very important. The uThukela River is one of South Africa’s largest rivers and is a critical component of water resource utilisation in South... -
Understanding depression, anxiety and stress in young people living with HIV in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John-Paul Omuojine --- , Ghana Charles Martyn-Dickens --- , Ghana Sheila Agyiewaa Owusu --- , Ghana Allysa Warling --- , USA Ruth Charlotte Sackey --- , Ghana Gustav Nettey --- , Ghana Evans Otieku --- University of Ghana, Ghana Anthony Enimil --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Leah Ratner --- , USAGhanaians with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection now live into adulthood. It is known that adolescents and young adults living with HIV have a high risk of mental health comorbidity. Despite increasing global attention on HIV–mental health interactions,... -
Managerial capabilities and their drivers: Lessons from grain-milling firms in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David Rwehikiza --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Goodluck Charles --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Lettice Rutashobya --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaDespite managerial capabilities being credited for driving business performance, little evidence exists about how those capabilities are acquired. This study investigated managerial capabilities and their drivers in grain-milling firms in Tanzania. Based on a qualitative analysis of ten enterprises, the... -
Influence of actors’ interactions under agricultural innovation system lens on the adoption of rice innovations in Mvomero district and Ifakara Town council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sospeter Jibunge Charles --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis study addresses the gap in empirical evidence on how and to what extent interactions among numerous actors within the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) can influence smallholder farmers’ adoption of rice innovations. The study employed a mixed-methods embedded design to... -
Does financial technology and innovation promote bank performance? Evidence from COMESA member countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Charles O. Manasseh --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Chi Aloysius Ngong --- University of Bamenda, Cameroon Chidiebere Jude Anago --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Nnenna G. Nwonye --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Paul C. Obidike --- Institute of Management & Technology, Nigeria Felicia C. Abada --- University of Nigeria, Anuli R. Ogbuagu --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaThis study examines the impact of financial technology and innovation on bank performance in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African from 1997 to 2022. Previous studies provide inconsistent results on the impact of financial technology and innovation on... -
Universal Health Service Coverage under threat? A study of the effects of PEPFAR HIV funding on UHC
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lazarus Muchabaiwa --- UNAIDS, Kenya Charles Birungi --- UNAIDS, Kenya Melissa Sobers --- UNAIDS, Kenya Jaime Atienza Azcona --- UNAIDS, SwitzerlandIntroduction: While the effects of the US government’s sudden pause of foreign aid on the global HIV response have been well documented, little is known about the likely impact on universal health coverage (UHC) in recipient countries. This study assesses... -
Wine stewards: future professionalism in a rapidly changing hospitality world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: John Dunning --- Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Gregory Charles Zetzsche --- OMNES Education INSEEC, FranceThe hospitality industry is diverse, with restaurants forming a significant sub-sector. Within these, the sale of wine and other drinks is not only a potential source of profit, but also an integral part of the dining experience. Wine stewards, or... -
Pleistocene Hamerkop Scopus umbretta (Scopidae) tracks and other new avian ichnosites on South Africa’s Cape south coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Charles W Helm --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Given Banda --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Andrew S Carr --- University of Leicester, United Kingdom Hayley C Cawthra --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Jan C de Vynck --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Mark G Dixon --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Alex van den Heever --- Magazine Hill, South AfricaEight Pleistocene avian ichnosites have been identified in aeolianites on South Africa’s Cape south coast, adding to the 41 sites previously identified. All the newly identified sites are thought to fall within the age range of marine isotope stages (MIS)... -
Adding economic and ecological value to communal pastoralism: lessons from implementing a Herding for Health model in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Edwin I Mudongo --- Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Botswana Mathata Tomeletso --- Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Botswana Kelebogile Motshoi --- Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Botswana Paul Dube --- Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Botswana Charles Chibidika --- , Botswana Andrew B Stein --- Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, BotswanaThe Herding for Health (H4H) model integrates ecosystem restoration with improved livestock management to address rangeland degradation, livestock losses, and market constraints in pastoral communities. This four-year case study evaluates the implementation of H4H in Eretsha, Botswana, where annual cattle... -
Interactions between Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) and hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Salambala Conservancy, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Michael S Lukubwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, South Africa Adrian JFK Craig --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, South Africa Charles Byaruhanga --- Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, South AfricaOxpeckers (Buphagus spp.) play dual roles as mutualists and parasites of large mammals, primarily engaging in ectoparasite removal, with occasional instances of wound feeding. However, studies on their interactions with semi-aquatic species, such as hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius, hereafter hippos), remain... -
Fish community dynamics of seasonal rivers of the Incomati Basin, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A Kaiser-Reichel --- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa GC O’Brien --- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia R Petersen --- Garden Route National Park, South Africa National Parks, South Africa TW Khoza --- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa A Van der Merwe --- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa E Riddell --- Kruger National Park, South Africa National Parks, South Africa N Smit --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa T Dalu --- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, South AfricaSeasonal rivers play a critical role in shaping aquatic ecosystems and provide essential ecosystem services in freshwater systems. Due to a limited understanding of seasonal rivers and how ecological indicators such as fish communities are structured, it is important to... -
Distribution and community structure of riverine fish in two east-flowing rivers in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Japhet Kaadzo Tembo --- Egerton University, Kenya Charles Maina Kihia --- Egerton University, Kenya Nzula Kivuva Kitaka --- Egerton University, Kenya Gordon O’Brien --- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa Emmanuel Mbaru --- , Malaysia Catherine Kariuki --- Egerton University, KenyaThis study investigated the distribution, composition and habitat associations of freshwater eels in the Athi–Galana–Sabaki (Athi) and Ramisi Rivers using fortnightly fyke-net sampling conducted between April 2021 and March 2022. A total of 304 eels were recorded, with the Ramisi...
