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  1. GENERALISED MAXIMAL INDEPENDENCE AND CLIQUE NUMBERS OF GRAPHS

    GENERALISED MAXIMAL INDEPENDENCE AND CLIQUE NUMBERS OF GRAPHS

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: ChristinaM. Mynhardt --- Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, Republic of South Africa
    A set B of vertices of a graph G = (V,E) is a k-maximal independent set (kMIS) if B is independent but for all ℓ-subsets X of B, where ℓ ⩽ k—1, and all (ℓ + 1)-subsets Y of V—B,...
  2. Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families

    Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bradley Goodnight --- Georgia State University, Christina Salama --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth C Grim --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth R Anthony --- Georgia State University, Lisa Armistead --- Georgia State University, Sarah L Cook --- Georgia State University, Donald Skinner --- Stellenbosch University, Yoesrie Toefy --- Stellenbosch University,
    Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to...
  3. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  4. Substance abuse and anaesthesia—Part 2

    Substance abuse and anaesthesia—Part 2

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- Department of Anaesthesia,
    Tobacco and alcohol remain the most abused substances in South Africa and elsewhere in the western world. Tobacco is commonly smoked, but in South Africa it is also “sniffed” as snuff, and if inhaled causes as much damage as inhaled...
  5. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  15. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  16. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  17. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  18. The impaired an anesthetist

    The impaired an anesthetist

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  19. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  20. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren D Möhr --- University of Pretoria,
  21. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  22. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- ,
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  24. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren David Wilkinson
  25. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  26. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Lundgren Christina --- University of Cape Town, Neal O'Donnell --- University of Cape Town,
  27. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  28. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  29. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  30. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- ,
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    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Lundgren Christina
  33. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  34. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- SAJAA,
  35. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  36. 10th North West Anaesthetic Refresher Course

    10th North West Anaesthetic Refresher Course

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- ,
  37. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  38. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  39. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  40. Preoperative opportunities

    Preoperative opportunities

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  41. SAJAA WCA Edition 2008

    SAJAA WCA Edition 2008

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren --- ,
  42. Has anaesthesia improved?

    Has anaesthesia improved?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  43. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  44. A sad farewell

    A sad farewell

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christina Lundgren
  45. The effect of ungulate grazing on a small mammal community in southeastern Botswana

    The effect of ungulate grazing on a small mammal community in southeastern Botswana

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Eli R. Saetnan --- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. Christina Skarpe --- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway
    Ungulates can reduce the quantity of food available for other herbivores in general or reduce the available cover for small mammals in particular. On the other hand, browsing and grazing may facilitate foraging by other mammals if the quality and...
  46. Molossid bats in an African agro-ecosystem select sugarcane fields as foraging habitat

    Molossid bats in an African agro-ecosystem select sugarcane fields as foraging habitat

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer --- Animal Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Denmark Torben Dabelsteen --- Animal Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Denmark Kristine Bohmann --- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark Ara Monadjem --- All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland
    Two coexisting species of African molossids, the little free-tailed bat, Chaerephon pumilus, and the Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus, were studied in the lowveld of Swaziland. Nine C. pumilus and five M. condylurus, all non-lactating females, were radio-tracked in order...
  47. The long-lived queen: reproduction and longevity in female eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (<em>Fukomys damarensis</em>)

    The long-lived queen: reproduction and longevity in female eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christina M. Schmidt --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Jennifer U. M. Jarvis --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nigel C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa
    The inverse relationship between reproduction and lifespan is one of the main concepts of life history theory. This association has been observed in most taxa, although exceptions have been found in which a breeding female outlives her non-reproductive cohorts. This...
  48. The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Tingting (Christina) Zhang --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Hye Yoon Choi --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    In the hospitality industry, employees are critical to firm success, through their intimate interactions with customers to create memorable experiences and relationships. A nascent strategy adopted by many hospitality firms seeks to increase employee engagement and commitment through employee wellness programmes. Despite...
  49. Creating tangible and intangible hospitality products with a sustainable value – The case of the Altes Land apples

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sofie-Charlotte Depke --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Christina Lück --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Jennifer Peters --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Lara Wellmer --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
    This paper focuses on a specific sub-part of hospitality, namely sustainable product creation via regional integration. According to the research question “To what extent does the integration of local apple products contribute to regional sustainable value creation in Altes Land...
  50. Identity status and perceived parenting style in adolescents living in central South Africa

    Identity status and perceived parenting style in adolescents living in central South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lucie Christina Grové --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South Africa
    This study investigated the relationship between black South African adolescents’ identity statuses and their perceived parenting styles. Participants (n = 188; 66% = females) were from central South Africa. They completed the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status and the...
  51. Patient safety and nutrition: is there a connection?

    Patient safety and nutrition: is there a connection?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Christina Nieuwoudt --- University of Pretoria Past Chairperson, United Arab Emirates
    Nutrition care is not always recognised as a patient safety issue. This article explores the origins of the patient safety initiative and seeks to identify possible connections between nutrition care and patient safety. Examples of tools that can be used...
  52. Multiple sexual partnerships and their correlates among Facebook users in Swaziland: an online cross-sectional study

    Multiple sexual partnerships and their correlates among Facebook users in Swaziland: an online cross-sectional study

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bhekumusa Wellington Lukhele --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Teeranee Techasrivichien --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Patou Masika Musumari --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Christina El-saaidi --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan S. Pilar Suguimoto --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Masako Ono-Kihara --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Masahiro Kihara --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan
    Social networking sites (SNSs) have been suggested to facilitate risky sexual activities. However, it is unknown and of concern how SNSs such as Facebook shape risky sexual activities in developing settings such as Swaziland, the country hardest hit by HIV...
  53. The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice

    The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Tingting (Christina) Zhang --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Hye Yoon Choi --- Department of Human Sciences, USA
    In the hospitality industry, employees are critical to firm success, through their intimate interactions with customers to create memorable experiences and relationships. A nascent strategy adopted by many hospitality firms seeks to increase employee engagement and commitment through employee wellness...
  54. Creating tangible and intangible hospitality products with a sustainable value – The case of the Altes Land apples

    Creating tangible and intangible hospitality products with a sustainable value – The case of the Altes Land apples

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sofie-Charlotte Depke --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Christina Lück --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Jennifer Peters --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Lara Wellmer --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands
    This paper focuses on a specific sub-part of hospitality, namely sustainable product creation via regional integration. According to the research question “To what extent does the integration of local apple products contribute to regional sustainable value creation in Altes Land...
  55. Anaesthetic management for ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in an infant with Dandy–Walker Syndrome

    Anaesthetic management for ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in an infant with Dandy–Walker Syndrome

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Alastair Wayne Moodley --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa Steven Nel --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa Eduard Oosthuizen --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa Christina Lundgren --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa
    Dandy–Walker Syndrome (DWS) is a rare congenital brain anomaly affecting the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle. The chief components of the syndrome include cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle and agenesis or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis. These abnormalities are...
  56. Suicide behaviour among Guyanese orphans: identification of suicide risk and protective factors in a low- to middle-income country

    Suicide behaviour among Guyanese orphans: identification of suicide risk and protective factors in a low- to middle-income country

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Ellen-ge D. Denton --- Department of Psychology, USA George J. Musa --- Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, Department of Psychiatry, USA Christina Hoven --- Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, Department of Psychiatry, USA
    Objective: Suicide is the leading cause of death among youth in Guyana, a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), which globally ranks first in female adolescent suicides over the last decade. Worldwide, Guyana has experienced the largest increase in youth suicide,...
  57. Acquired physical disability: Personal meanings in a rural South African setting

    Acquired physical disability: Personal meanings in a rural South African setting

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marubini Christinah Sadiki --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Marty Prudence Zikhali --- Department of Sociology, South Africa
    This study explored personal meanings attached to acquired physical disabilities in a rural South African community. Informants were seven adults with disability (females = 4; age range = 18 to 55 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the meanings they attached to...
  58. Associations between mental distress, poly-victimisation, and gender attitudes among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti: an analysis of Violence Against Children surveys

    Associations between mental distress, poly-victimisation, and gender attitudes among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti: an analysis of Violence Against Children surveys

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Christina Juan --- , USA Jeffrey Edmeades --- , USA Suzanne Petroni --- , USA Chisina Kapungu --- , USA Rebecca Gordon --- , USA Daniela Ligiero --- , USA
    This study aims to explore the effects of poly-victimisation (defined as the experience of multiple different forms of violence, including physical, emotional, and/or sexual) and gender attitudes on mental distress and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls, using cross-sectional nationally representative...
  59. A pedogenetic method for land type survey disaggregation into soil association maps

    A pedogenetic method for land type survey disaggregation into soil association maps

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: George Munnik van Zijl --- , South Africa Christina Botha --- , South Africa
    There is an increasing demand worldwide for spatial soil information. Unfortunately, gathering new soil data is expensive, leading to a focus on extracting detailed information from existing datasets. The most extensive dataset in South Africa is that of the land...
  60. The affordances theory in teaching and learning African first additional languages: A case for task-based language teaching

    The affordances theory in teaching and learning African first additional languages: A case for task-based language teaching

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Edith Christina Minas --- Department of African Languages, South Africa
    Multilingual language policies in South Africa aim to promote tolerance and understanding of sociocultural differences and equal access to power. The current common curriculum for learning of all additional languages in South African primary schools presents negative affordances for the...
  61. Parent-carers of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting: Their cultural and social resourcing

    Parent-carers of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting: Their cultural and social resourcing

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marubini Christinah Sadiki --- , South Africa Israel Kibirige --- , South Africa
    This study explored lived parent-carer experiences of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting. Participants were eight parent-carers (female = 8; age range = 40 to 50 years). The parent-carers completed semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the lived...
  62. “I did not plan … that is what hurts”: Pregnancy intentions and contraceptive use among pregnant young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    “I did not plan … that is what hurts”: Pregnancy intentions and contraceptive use among pregnant young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jessica N Coleman --- , USA Cecilia Milford --- , South Africa Nzwakie Mosery --- , South Africa Karmel W Choi --- , USA Letitia Rambally Greener --- , South Africa Lynn T Matthews --- , USA Abigail Harrison --- , USA David R Bangsberg --- , USA Steven A Safren --- , USA Jennifer A Smit --- , South Africa Christina Psaros --- , USA
    Unintended pregnancy impacts many young women in South Africa, and rates of consistent contraceptive use among this population are suboptimal. Limited empirical work has investigated reasons for inconsistency between pregnancy intention and contraceptive use behaviour with data collected during pregnancy...
  63. Avian diversity in Moka, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

    Avian diversity in Moka, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christina D Perella --- , United States Jacob R Owens --- , United States Drew T Cronin --- , United States
    Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is a biodiversity hotspot facing encroaching development, logging, and hunting. Long-term monitoring of the species composition and community structure of birds on Bioko allows for a better understanding of the effects of seasonality, anthropogenic development, and...
  64. How individuals learn to do more with less: The role of informal learning and the effects of higher-level education and unemployment in Ghana

    How individuals learn to do more with less: The role of informal learning and the effects of higher-level education and unemployment in Ghana

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Anne Kristin Pia König --- , Germany Corinna Vera Hedwig Schmidt --- , Germany Bastian Kindermann --- , Germany Marc Alexander Peter Schmidt --- , Germany Tessa Christina Flatten --- , Germany
    With a rapidly growing population, Africa faces a significant job creation challenge. One solution to this is to encourage local entrepreneurship. Yet, entrepreneurs are facing an environment where resources are scarce. A way to enact entrepreneurial opportunities in such a...
  65. Complex information and accounting standards: Evidence from UK narrative reporting

    Complex information and accounting standards: Evidence from UK narrative reporting

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ekaete Efretuei --- , United Kingdom Abel Usoro --- , Nigeria Christina Koutra --- , United Arab Emirates
    The application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been introduced in many countries to enhance efficiencies in financial markets and improve communication in financial reporting. However, extant studies have suggested that the introduction of IFRS has increased narrative complexity,...
  66. Predictors of parent–child communication among a nationally representative sample in Nigeria

    Predictors of parent–child communication among a nationally representative sample in Nigeria

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Katrina Berg [d113e18] Christina J. Sun Stella Babalola
    This study explores what constructs are associated with parent–adolescent communication about AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual relationships in Nigeria. The analyses use data from the 2007 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey on 2593 men and women who had...
  67. Fighting against HIV and AIDS within a resource constrained rural setting: a case study of the <em>Ruvheneko</em> Programme in Chirumhanzu, Zimbabwe

    Fighting against HIV and AIDS within a resource constrained rural setting: a case study of the Ruvheneko Programme in Chirumhanzu, Zimbabwe

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christina Tafadzwa Dzimiri --- , , South Africa Patrick Dzimiri --- , , South Africa Kezia Batisai --- , , South Africa
    Since reports of the first incidence of the HIV virus in Zimbabwe in 1985, the epidemic has negatively impacted on every facet of human security. Rural areas, by virtue of being the periphery and constrained in terms of resources and...
  68. Phylogenetic relationships within the Madagascan boophids and mantellids as elucidated by mitochondrial ribosomal genes

    Phylogenetic relationships within the Madagascan boophids and mantellids as elucidated by mitochondrial ribosomal genes

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: ChristinaM. Richards --- Wayne State University, USA RonaldA. Nussbaum --- University of Michigan, USA ChristopherJ. Raxworthy --- , USA
    Previous work has demonstrated that mitochondrial ribosomal gene sequences are useful for elucidating amphibian phylogenetic relationships at the levels of order, family and genus. Here, we use sequences from these genes somewhat longer than those used in previous studies to...
  69. The critical role that national culture and ethical leadership play in fostering employee commitment to service quality in the hotel industry

    The critical role that national culture and ethical leadership play in fostering employee commitment to service quality in the hotel industry

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Christina K. Dimitriou --- New Mexico State University, USA
    The hotel industry is the most diverse and fastest growing industry in the world, offering its companies tremendous opportunities for international expansion and immersion in different cultures. However, this creates several obstacles that block the way to success. Through the...
  70. Influences on decision-making about disclosure of HIV status by adolescents and young adults living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Influences on decision-making about disclosure of HIV status by adolescents and young adults living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thandeka Smith --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Christina Psaros --- , USA Chiedza Munikwa --- , South Africa Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
    Background: Adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYA) are faced with the challenge of living with a life-long chronic condition. We investigated the influences on the decisions by AYA to disclose their HIV status to family, intimate partners and...
  71. The African Penguin <em>Spheniscus demersus</em> should be considered Critically Endangered

    The African Penguin Spheniscus demersus should be considered Critically Endangered

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Richard B Sherley --- Environment and Sustainability Institute/Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Azwianewi B Makhado --- , South Africa Robert JM Crawford --- , South Africa Christina Hagen --- , South Africa Jessica Kemper --- , Namibia Katrin Ludynia --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Makhudu J Masotla --- , South Africa Alistair McInnes --- , South Africa Lorien Pichegru --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Desmond Tom --- , Namibia Leshia Upfold --- , South Africa Lauren J Waller --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa
    The African Penguin Spheniscus demersus has been considered a threatened species since 1984 and, aside from a short period around 2000, its population has been in constant decline since at least the 1950s. By combining counts of the numbers of...