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  1. A preliminary survey of viruses in pasture grasses in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: SarahN. Salm --- , Republic of South Africa M.E. Christine Rey --- Department of Microbiology,
    Little work has been done in South Africa on the incidence of viruses in pasture grasses. The aim of this work was to carry out a survey of virus infections of some of the economically‐important pasture grasses in South Africa...
  2. Epidemiology of ryegrass mosaic virus in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: SarahN. Salm --- , Republic of South Africa M.E. Christine Rey --- Department of Microbiology, Republic of South Africa
    The distribution and seasonal occurrence of ryegrass mosaic virus (RMV) in South Africa was determined. Italian ryegrass plants were collected from eight different research stations twice during the growing season in 1990 and 1991. Samples were tested for the presence...
  3. Application of Partial Least Squares regression to relate tastiness of boiled potatoes to chemical and physical tests

    Application of Partial Least Squares regression to relate tastiness of boiled potatoes to chemical and physical tests

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Marie F. Smith --- , South Africa Christine S. Leighton --- , South Africa Liesl Morey --- , South Africa Hettie C. Schönfeldt --- , South Africa
    Partial Least Squares regression (PLS) was used to understand the relationship between 15 sensory attributes of potatoes boiled in their skins as dependent variables (Y), and six objective (chemical and physical) measurements as the independent variables (X). The ARC-Sensory Analysis...
  4. Politeness and indirectness revisited

    Politeness and indirectness revisited

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Joy Christine Lwanga-Lumu --- Department of English,
    This article describes a study undertaken to investigate whether the notions of politeness and indirectness are considered related in requests formulated by native and non-native speakers. The request data were collected from two groups of speakers, namely: 100 Luganda and...
  5. Cross-cultural contrastive analysis of request directness levels

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: JoyChristine Lwanga- Lumu --- Department of English,
    This paper summarises the results from a study conducted to determine whether there are salient differences in the perception of request directness levels between first and second language speakers. Blum-Kulka and Olshtain (1984) claim that theoretically, speakers universally display three...
  6. Stress in Doctors: A Pilot Study of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

    Stress in Doctors: A Pilot Study of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anitha Menon --- University of Zambia, Betty Munalula --- University of Zambia, Christine Glazebrook --- University of Nottingham,
    This study had the objective of explored the stressful aspects of a doctor's job at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Stress can have a serious effect on the work output of a doctor and on their physical...
  7. Editorial

    Editorial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Christine Winberg --- , South Africa
  8. Teaching technical writing in multilingual contexts: A meta-analysis

    Teaching technical writing in multilingual contexts: A meta-analysis

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Christine Winberg --- , Thea van der Geest --- , The Netherlands Barbara Lehman --- , Joyce Nduna --- ,
    Teachers of technical and professional writing in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Programmes need to understand the particular needs and social contexts of students for whom English is not a first language. The focus of this paper is on technical...
  9. The survival of understorey birds in the Tropical Rainforest of Ziika, Uganda

    The survival of understorey birds in the Tropical Rainforest of Ziika, Uganda

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christine Dranzoa --- , Uganda
    Dranzoa, C. 1997. The survival of understorey birds in the Tropical Rainforest of Ziika. Ostrich 68 (2–4): 68–71.
  10. Implications of forest utilisation on bird conservation

    Implications of forest utilisation on bird conservation

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christine Dranzoa --- , Uganda
    Dranzoa, C. 2000. Implications of forest utilisation on bird conservation. Ostrich 71 (1 & 2): 257–261.
  11. Description of nesting and foraging habitat of the Madagascar Fish-eagle <em>Haliaeetus vociferoides:</em> a conservation initiative

    Description of nesting and foraging habitat of the Madagascar Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides: a conservation initiative

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: RichardT. Watson --- , USA James Berkelman --- Department of Fisheries and Wldlife Sciences, USA Rivo Rabarisoa --- , Madagascar Russell Thorstrom --- , USA Christine R.B. Watson --- , USA
    Watson R.T., Berkelman J., Rabarisoa R., Thorstrom R., & Watson C.R.B. 2000. Description of nesting and foraging habitat of the Madagascar Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides: a conservation initiative. Ostrich 71 (1 & 2): 336–340.
  12. Food consumption patterns, diversity of food nutrients and mean nutrient intake in relation to HIV/AIDS status in Kisumu district Kenya

    Food consumption patterns, diversity of food nutrients and mean nutrient intake in relation to HIV/AIDS status in Kisumu district Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Agatha Christine Onyango --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Mary Khakoni Walingo --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Lucas Othuon --- Department of Educational Psychology, Kenya
    As the causes and consequences of the AIDS epidemic become clearer, so does the fundamental importance of food and nutritional security for HIV-affected individuals. Even as food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, its effects are worsened in...
  13. Algal communities associated with aquatic macrophytes in some artificial ponds in Nyando District, Kenya

    Algal communities associated with aquatic macrophytes in some artificial ponds in Nyando District, Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Balthazar Mpawenayo Christine Cocquyt
    This study describes the algal communities of six ponds colonised by aquatic macrophytes in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Plankton samples were collected from the water column and epiphytic samples from macrophytes such as Azolla, Pistia, Nymphaea, Ipomoea and Ludwigia. Pond pH,...
  14. Abundance, movements and habitat use by African Grey Parrots (<em>Psittacus erithacus</em>) in Budongo and Mabira forest reserves, Uganda

    Abundance, movements and habitat use by African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) in Budongo and Mabira forest reserves, Uganda

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: JohnB Amuno Renato Massa Christine Dranzoa
    Populations of African Grey Parrots are threatened by increased forest loss and the pet trade. Budongo forest reserve has, for over 60 years, been subjected to selective logging. Mabira forest reserve faces human pressures characterised by extractive disturbances, and agricultural...
  15. 'You are not alone': the discursive construction of the 'suffering victim' identity on <em>The Oprah Winfrey Show</em>

    'You are not alone': the discursive construction of the 'suffering victim' identity on The Oprah Winfrey Show

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Christine Marshall Kiran Pienaar
    The Oprah Winfrey Show is widely recognised as the leading television talk show worldwide (Garson, 2004) and its appeal lies in its exploration of issues which have universal currency, such as relationship problems, gender-based violence and stories of survival. The...
  16. The role of APPRAISAL in the NRF Rating System: an analysis of Judgement and Appreciation in peer reviewers' reports

    The role of APPRAISAL in the NRF Rating System: an analysis of Judgement and Appreciation in peer reviewers' reports

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Christine Marshall --- Department of English Language and Linguistics, South Africa Ralph Adendorff --- Department of English Language and Linguistics, South Africa Vivian de Klerk --- , South Africa
    This research is based on analyses of a corpus of reviewers' reports that were elicited for the purposes of assessing South African researchers who have applied for a rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF). Such ratings are highly sought-after...
  17. Language and youth identity in a multilingual setting: A multimodal repertoire approach

    Language and youth identity in a multilingual setting: A multimodal repertoire approach

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anthea Bristowe --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marcelyn Oostendorp --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Christine Anthonissen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa
    This article is based on a study of a community of multilingual adolescents in Johannesburg which examines participants’ linguistic repertoires and how they use their linguistic resources as a basis for identity construction, integration and performance. This kind of linguistic...
  18. The infrastructural passions of urban mutuality

    The infrastructural passions of urban mutuality

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Christine Hentschel --- Institute for Criminological Research, Germany
    The article suggests an “infrastructural” approach to mutuality in the city. What organises mutuality is less a matter of the common urban horizon or the grown community than of “enabling conditions” (Calhoun) we would call infrastructures: their makeup shapes how...
  19. An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, Switzerland
    The food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to purchasing and...
  20. Social Scents in Hand-Reared Pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Dietland --- Utah State University, Christine Müller-Schwarze --- Utah State University,
    Three male and one female pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) were taken in the wild when a few hours to three days old and were hand-raised. The development of their behaviour was studied with particular emphasis on their olfactory communication. Fifty hours...
  21. Baboons as Dispersal Agents for Acacia Cyclops

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Christine Davidge --- Zoology Department,
  22. Activity Patterns of Chacma Baboons (Papio Ursinus) at Cape Point

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Christine Davidge --- Zoology Department, Western Australia
    Field data were analysed to assess daily and seasonal activity patterns of a troop of 85 free-ranging chacma baboons. The baboons emerged from their night-time shelters at sleeping cliffs at roughly 07h00 throughout the year. Foraging began almost immediately after...
  23. Ecology of Baboons (Papio Ursinus) at Cape Point

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Christine Davidge --- Zoology Department, Western Australia
    Observations on habitat, movements, population structure and recruitment of a troop of 85 free-ranging chacma baboons, Papio ursinus, were made in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, South Africa. The 3 700 ha minimum home-range for the troop, containing...
  24. Encountering a cartwheeling princess: relational psychoanalytic therapy of a child with attachment difficulties and ADHD

    Encountering a cartwheeling princess: relational psychoanalytic therapy of a child with attachment difficulties and ADHD

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Christine Laidlaw --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Greg Howcroft --- Department of Psychology, South Africa
    Objective: This study was conducted to demonstrate the use and process of contemporary relational psychoanalytic child therapy to address the interpersonal implications of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and interlinked insecure attachment processes.
  25. A meta-review of school-based disaster interventions for child and adolescent survivors

    A meta-review of school-based disaster interventions for child and adolescent survivors

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Christine Fu --- World Vision, USA Carol Underwood --- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
    Background: Children and adolescents are among the most vulnerable groups affected by natural and man-made disaster. To better understand research and practice concerning mental health and psychosocial support efforts in humanitarian settings, the authors conducted a comprehensive review of all...
  26. Nutrient intake and consumption of indigenous foods among college students in Limpopo Province

    Nutrient intake and consumption of indigenous foods among college students in Limpopo Province

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Xikombiso Mbhenyane --- Department of Human Nutrition, Christine Venter --- School of Physiology, Hester Vorster --- School of Physiology, Stefanus Steyn --- Department of Statistics,
  27. News

    News

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Xikombiso Mbhenyane --- Department of Human Nutrition, Christine Venter --- School of Physiology, Hester Vorster --- School of Physiology, Stefanus Steyn --- Department of Statistics,
  28. Some health benefits of low glycaemic index diets – a systematic review

    Some health benefits of low glycaemic index diets – a systematic review

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Maretha Opperman --- School of Physiology, Christine Venter --- School of Physiology, Welma Oosthuizen --- School of Physiology, Rachel Thompson --- Public Health Nutrition, UK
  29. More evidence for capillary sampling in the determination of glycaemic index

    More evidence for capillary sampling in the determination of glycaemic index

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Christine Venter --- School of Physiology, Johann Jerling --- School of Physiology, Yvonne van Heerden --- School of Physiology, Marlien Pieters --- School of Physiology,
  30. The effect of extrusion processing on the glycaemic index of dry bean products

    The effect of extrusion processing on the glycaemic index of dry bean products

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Welma Oosthuizen --- School of Physiology, Christine Venter --- School of Physiology, Theo Nell --- School of Physiology, Celia Matthew --- School of Physiology, Jacky Gouws --- School of Physiology, Johann Jerling --- School of Physiology, Klauss Englyst --- Englyst Carbohydrates – Research & Services Ltd, UK
  31. Continuing Professional Development Activity for Dietitians

    Continuing Professional Development Activity for Dietitians

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Christine Taljaard [AN0001]
  32. Nutrition leadership in Africa: making the change

    Nutrition leadership in Africa: making the change

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Christine Taljaard --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, Zelda de Lange --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, Pontsho Malibe --- Department of Health, Zandile Mchiza --- Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit,
  33. Network Bricolage as the Reconciliation of Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions in Africa

    Network Bricolage as the Reconciliation of Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions in Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kevin McKague --- Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Canada Christine Oliver --- Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
    This paper argues that network bricolage can play an important role in reconciling informal indigenous institutions rooted in African history with formal institutions mostly transplanted from outside. Drawing on the literature on bricolage, social entrepreneurship, networks and institutional entrepreneurship, and...
  34. An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators

    An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, Switzerland
    The food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to...
  35. Taking up the slack: The duties of source state citizens in the brain drain crisis<xref ref-type="fn" rid="F0001"/>

    Taking up the slack: The duties of source state citizens in the brain drain crisis

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Christine Hobden --- Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute, South Africa
    This paper proposes two shifts in our approach to the brain drain crisis. First, it argues for a collective view. Since the moral wrong of the brain drain is inherently collective, we can best understand our consequent duties through a...
  36. Psychometric properties of the Ndetei–Othieno–Kathuku (NOK) Scale: A mental health assessment tool for an African setting

    Psychometric properties of the Ndetei–Othieno–Kathuku (NOK) Scale: A mental health assessment tool for an African setting

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Christy A. Denckla --- Harvard TC Chan School of Public Health, USA David M. Ndetei --- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Kenya Victoria N. Mutiso --- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Kenya Christine W. Musyimi --- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Kenya Abednego M. Musau --- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Kenya Eric S. Nandoya --- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Kenya Kelly K. Anderson --- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Canada Snezana Milanovic --- Boston University Medical Center, USA David Henderson --- Boston University Medical Center, USA Kwame McKenzie --- Department of Psychiatry, Canada
    Background: Research suggests that psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents are highly debilitating, with sparse resources for assessment and treatment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
  37. HIV antiretroviral medication stock-outs in Ghana: contributors and consequences

    HIV antiretroviral medication stock-outs in Ghana: contributors and consequences

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca A Poku --- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, USA Adobea Yaa Owusu --- Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Ghana Patricia Dolan Mullen --- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, USA Christine Markham --- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, USA Sheryl A McCurdy --- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, USA
    Drug stock-outs are an unfortunate yet common reality for patients living in low and middle income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where trouble with consistent stock of antiretroviral medications (ARVs) continues. Our study takes a snapshot of this problem in...
  38. Supervisor support, flourishing, and intention to leave in a higher education setting

    Supervisor support, flourishing, and intention to leave in a higher education setting

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christine Janse van Rensburg --- Human Resource Department, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia, North-West University, South Africa Elsabé Diedericks --- Optentia, North-West University, South Africa
    This study investigated the relationship between supervisor support, flourishing at work, and intention to leave in a South African higher education setting. Participants comprised a convenience sample of 339 academic employees from three universities of technology. They completed the Supervisor...
  39. Monitoring Victoria’s public forests: implementation of the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program

    Monitoring Victoria’s public forests: implementation of the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Andrew Haywood --- European Forest Institute, Spain Kristen Thrum --- Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Australia Andrew Mellor --- School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, Australia Christine Stone --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia
    A new strategic inventory across all publicly managed forests has been installed in Victoria. For the preceding two decades, Victoria’s forest inventory has been compiled from various data sources from across the state, an approach that doesn’t allow information about...
  40. Job demands and resources: Flourishing and job performance in South African universities of technology settings

    Job demands and resources: Flourishing and job performance in South African universities of technology settings

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christine Janse van Rensburg --- Human Resource Management, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia, North-West University, South Africa Elsabé Diedericks --- Optentia, North-West University, South Africa
    We investigated the extent to which perceived job demands and resources influenced work-related flourishing and job performance among academic staff in South African universities of technology. Participants were 339 lecturers from three universities of technology (female = 53.8%; junior lecturers...
  41. Lexical restructuring processes in Sheng among the Matatu crew in Nakuru, Kenya

    Lexical restructuring processes in Sheng among the Matatu crew in Nakuru, Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Fridah Erastus Kanana --- Department of Literature, Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Kenya Atemo Christine Ny’onga --- Department of Literature, Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Kenya
    Sheng is an urban youth language which originated in the Eastlands areas of Nairobi in the early 1970s. It is now spoken all over the country and is especially popular in the media and among the urban youth across East...
  42. Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda

    Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Scholastic Ashaba --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Christine E Cooper-Vince --- Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Dagmar Vořechovská --- Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Godfrey Zari Rukundo --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Samuel Maling --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Dickens Akena --- Department of Psychiatry, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Uganda Alexander C Tsai --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda
    The availability of and increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV. As a result, perinatally infected youth are increasingly able to reach adolescence. There is limited information about the psychosocial challenges...
  43. Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya

    Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Kenneth Kipngeno Tonui --- , Kenya Eunice Njogu --- , Kenya Agatha Christine Onyango --- , Kenya
    Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS.
  44. ‘Before and after … ’: two eras of ethnomusicology. Interview with Simha Arom

    ‘Before and after … ’: two eras of ethnomusicology. Interview with Simha Arom

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: J Ignacio Martín-Vivaldi --- , Spain Christine Lucia --- , South Africa
  45. Unleashing traditional ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation and resilience to climate change in Rwanda

    Unleashing traditional ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation and resilience to climate change in Rwanda

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nathan Kanuma Taremwa --- , Rwanda Marie-Christine Gasingirwa --- , Rwanda Donat Nsabimana --- , Rwanda
    The purpose of this study was to assess how traditional ecological knowledge systems can be leveraged to achieve biodiversity conservation and build resilience to climate change. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to study 379 local people residing around...
  46. Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives

    Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christine Janse van Rensburg --- , South Africa Christel Marais --- , South Africa
    We investigated the lived workplace flourishing of South African female academics applying an interpretative phenomenological approach. Informants were female academic employees, ranging in ages from 32 to 58 years, within a university of technology. Most of the participants (60%) were...
  47. A review of the response to HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago: 1983–2010

    A review of the response to HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago: 1983–2010

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christine Laptiste --- , , Trinidad Vyjanti Beharry --- , , Trinidad Patricia Edwards-Wescott --- , , Trinidad
    This paper examines the character of the response to HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago and assesses the impact of the response on reducing the spread of the epidemic. The launch of the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan in 2004 signalled the...
  48. Adolescent experiences of HIV and sexual health communication with parents and caregivers in Soweto, South Africa

    Adolescent experiences of HIV and sexual health communication with parents and caregivers in Soweto, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christine N. Soon --- , , Canada Angela Kaida --- , , Canada Busi Nkala --- , , South Africa Janan Dietrich --- , , South Africa Angela Cescon --- , Canada Glenda Gray --- , , South Africa Cari L. Miller --- , , Canada
    Communication about sexual health between parents and adolescents has been shown to have a protective influence on behaviours that reduce the risk of HIV transmission. This study explored experiences of HIV and sexual health (HSH) communication between parents and/or caregivers...
  49. A new anuran genus from the fossil sites of Langebaanweg and Cooper’s Cave, South Africa

    A new anuran genus from the fossil sites of Langebaanweg and Cooper’s Cave, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Thalassa Matthews --- Iziko Museums of South Africa, South Africa Christine Steininger --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Enigmatic frog ilia were recovered from two geographically and temporally disparate fossil sites in South Africa, namely the Early Pliocene (5.1 Ma) fossil site of Langebaanweg (south-western Cape), and Cooper’s Cave D (Northern province), which dates to around 1.38 Ma...
  50. Navigating social and academic isolation: a qualitative exploration of American university students’ perspectives and experiences early in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Navigating social and academic isolation: a qualitative exploration of American university students’ perspectives and experiences early in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Ashlynn Lawston --- California Polytechnic State University, USA Luna Lowsky --- California Polytechnic State University, USA McKenna Ross --- California Polytechnic State University, USA Christine Hackman --- California Polytechnic State University, USA
    Objective: To qualitatively explore the multifaceted impacts of the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of American university students.
  51. Adolescent psychiatric inpatients’ perceptions of treatment and seclusion

    Adolescent psychiatric inpatients’ perceptions of treatment and seclusion

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Miriam K Yurtbasi --- School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Australia Michael Gordon --- School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Australia Leeanne Fisher --- Austin Health, Child & Youth Mental Health Services Directorate, Australia Ric Haslam --- Mental Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Chidambaram Prakash --- Mental Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Bianca Blatchford --- Austin Health, Child & Youth Mental Health Services Directorate, Australia Christine Pavlou --- Early in Life Mental Health Service, Monash Children’s Hospital, Australia Daniel Darmanin --- Mental Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Stephanie Verstandig --- Early in Life Mental Health Service, Monash Children’s Hospital, Australia Adam Blake --- Mental Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Whitney Cornell --- Mental Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Lauren Cameron --- School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Australia Glenn Melvin --- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Australia
    Objectives: A great deal of attention is being directed at the use of seclusion in adolescent inpatient psychiatric units due to its forceful nature and negative impact on inpatients and staff. This mixed methods study aimed to explore and compare...
  52. The impact of entrepreneurial cognition on opportunity-capitalizing capabilities and business model change: Evidence from Egypt

    The impact of entrepreneurial cognition on opportunity-capitalizing capabilities and business model change: Evidence from Egypt

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nancy Bouchra Hanna --- Amity University Dubai, UAE Erich Zahn --- University of Stuttgart, Germany Hadia H. Abdel Aziz --- Universities of Canada, Egypt Christine Madonna Kirkland --- Western Carolina University, USA R. Michael Holmes --- Florida State University, USA
    This study advances the upper echelons literature by examining the (a) cognitive microfoundations of business model change and (b) intervening organizational mechanisms that help to explain the influence of strategic leaders on firm outcomes. We develop our theory by considering...
  53. A baseline survey of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto region, Mozambique

    A baseline survey of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto region, Mozambique

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter G Ryan --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Cliff Dorse --- , South Africa Dave Gilroy --- , Mozambique James Hogg --- , United Kingdom Albert McLean --- , South Africa Christine Read --- , South Africa Evan Trotzuk --- African Parks Mozambique, Mozambique Gary Allport --- The David Attenborough Building, United Kingdom
    We report the numbers of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), Mozambique. In November–December 2023, we counted waterbirds foraging on tidal flats and at roost sites in the San Sebastian (São Sebastião) Peninsula, Bazaruto...