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Morphological characters and ascorbic acid content of an elite genotype of Corchorus olitorius: the influence of moisture stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: AnofiOT Ashafa --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa AbidemiA Abass --- Department of Botany, Nigeria Titilola Osinaike --- Department of Botany, Nigeria FrancisB Lewu --- Agriculture Department, South AfricaMoisture stress can be deleterious to physicochemical properties of crop species to a varying degree. The influence of moisture stress on the ascorbic acid content in the leaf and morphological characters of an elite genotype of Corchorus olitorius were tested... -
Spurious high-tone extensions in Luganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: LarryM. Hyman --- Department of Linguistics, United States of America FrancisX. Katamba --- Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, EnglandA handful of mostly older descriptions of Bantu tone systems note an unexpected H tone effect on verb stems containing a causative -j- or passive -u- extension. Meeussen cites these effects as archaic and reconstructs H tone on these vocalic... -
The use of African languages as medium of instruction in Mozambique: problems and possibilities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaAccording to the figures released after the 1980 census, about 75.6% of the Mozambican population does not speak Portuguese and only 1.2% of the population speaks it as a mother tongue. The rest of the population either speaks it as... -
Editorial: Violence against Children in the African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dennis Francis --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa -
Racial/Ethnic Identity among Creole Peoples in Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christin M. Jungers --- Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA Jocelyn Gregoire --- Duquesne University, USA Leslie Slagel --- Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, USAThis article provides the findings of qualitative research into the perceptions of racial/ethnic identity among the Creole community of Mauritius. Participants were 24 Creole Mauritians (males = 16, females = 8, age range = 22–69 years). Interview data were collected... -
Sexuality Education in South Africa: Wedged within a Triad of Contradictory Values
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- University of the Free State, South AfricaFew studies have investigated how teachers teach sexuality within the Outcomes-Based Life Orientation programme. This desktop review investigates sex and sexuality teaching practices in the classroom. First it gives a brief overview of the curriculum requirements for sexuality education. Secondly,... -
AL- and AM-spaces of integrable scalar functions with respect to a Fréchet-valued measure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Antonio Fernández Francisco NaranjoWe study the question of determining conditions for the space of R-valued integrable functions with respect to a vector measure taking its values in a real Fréchet space to be an AL- or an AM-space. -
Correction to the paper "Embedding c 0 in the space of Pettis integrable functions"
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: FranciscoJ. FrenicheA complete argument is given for the proof of Theorem 5 in [F]. -
EMBEDDING C0 IN THE SPACE OF PETTIS INTEGRABLE FUNCTIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: FranciscoJ. Freniche --- Departamento de Análisis Matemático,We show that the normed space of μ-measurable Pettis integrable functions on a probability space with values in a Banach space X contains a copy of the sequence space c0 if and only if X contains a copy of c0... -
Geometric properties on non-complete spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: FranciscoJ. García-Pacheco --- Department of Mathematics, Spain Bentuo Zheng* --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, USAThe purpose of this paper is to study certain geometrical properties for non-complete normed spaces. We show the existence of a non-rotund Banach space with a rotund dense maximal subspace. As a consequence, we prove that every separable Banach space... -
Youth have a new attitude on AIDS, but are they talking about it?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alison Zisser Dennis FrancisIn advocating HIV prevention, organisations such as loveLife in South Africa have increasingly used the media to encourage communication and influence behaviour change in youth. Our study examined youths' understanding and communication habits surrounding loveLife's extensive 'Get Attitude' print campaign... -
Motor speed and reaction time in HIV/AIDS patients: a case-control study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Olubunmi Ogunrin Francis OdiaseHIV infection can produce a range of cognitive and behavioural symptoms that become more frequent and severe as the immune system deteriorates. This case-control study assessed the reaction time and the motor speed of Nigerian Africans with HIV or AIDS... -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: John Blignaut --- , C. H. B. Grant --- , C.W. Mackworth-Praed --- , J. Paterson --- , S. Rhodesia J. Paterson --- , S. Rhodesia J.M. Winterbottom --- , J. Blignaut --- , R.C. Long --- , Nyasaland Francis Hemming --- Managing Director and Secretary, -
Habitat use pattern of three species of egrets in a small coastal lagoon in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Francis Gbogbo --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana Gideon Kwarteng Acheampong --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana John-Mark Yaw Atiemo --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana Quist Elorm Crepindale --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, GhanaThe foraging and pattern of habitat use of Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, Little Egret Egretta garzetta and Great Egret Egretta alba were studied in Sakumo II Lagoon in Ghana to determine the extent of utilisation of non-fish resources by... -
Bullying in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: DavidM Ndetei FranciscaA Ongecha Lincoln Khasakhala Judy Syanda Victoria Mutiso CalebJ Othieno Gideon Odhiambo DonaldA KokonyaBackground: The prevalence and frequency of bullying in Nairobi public secondary schools in particular and in Kenyan schools in general is not known. Knowledge of the extent of the problem is essential in developing effective interventions. -
Traumatic experiences of Kenyan secondary school students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: DavidM Ndetei FrancisaA Ongecha-Owuor Lincoln Khasakhala Victoria Mutiso Gideon Odhiambo DonaldA KokonyaBackground: There is no information on the socio-demographic variations and determinants of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Kenyan adolescents. -
Investigating Disparities in Access and Returns to Endowments between Male and Female Headed Households in Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Boniface Ngah Epo --- Department of Economics and Management, Yaoundé Francis Menjo Baye --- Department of Economics and Management, Yaoundé Nadine Teme Angele Manga --- Department of Economics and Management, YaoundéThis paper investigates disparities in access and returns to endowments between male and female headed households in Cameroon using the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition and the 2007 Cameroon Household Consumption Survey. In particular, synthetic variables for education and health constructed by the... -
Stand structure and regeneration of harvested Araucaria araucana–Nothofagus stands in central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rafael M Navarro-Cerrillo --- DendrodatLab, Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Spain Fernando Olave --- Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile Francisco Moreno --- DendrodatLab, Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Spain Sergio de Miguel --- Faculty of Science and Forestry, Finland Margarita Clemente --- Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales, SpainIn this study we examined the current structure and regeneration status of mixed Araucaria araucana–Nothofagus spp. stands that had been logged 20 years ago. We measured stand density of saplings, juvenile and adult trees, as well as stand basal area... -
Youth as research fieldworkers in a context of HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Dennis Francis --- School of Social Science Education, South Africa Crispin Hemson --- School of Social Science Education, South AfricaWhat are the strengths and limitations of using out-of-school youths as researchers in a study of the relationships among young people of the same group? While youth-to-youth research approaches have increased in both popularity and practice, our understanding of the... -
Growth of market-size abalone (Haliotis midae) fed kelp (Ecklonia maxima) versus a low-protein commercial feed
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: TL Francis GW Maneveldt J VenterThe growth of grow-out abalone fed on kelp, with c. 10 % dry weight protein content, was compared with that of those fed on 'Feed A' (a new low-protein commercial feed of c. 26 % protein), in a flow-through system... -
Guides to the Freshwater Invertebrates of Southern Africa. Volume 7: Insecta I. Ephemeroptera, Odonata and Plecoptera
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: FrancisO Arimoro --- , South AfricaApril 2003, Water Research Commission, Pretoria, South Africa, Soft cover, 288 pages. WRC Report No. TT 207/03; ISBN 978-1-77005-017-4; price R100 (South Africa), US$50 (international), Obtainable from the Water Research Commission, Private Bag X03, Gezina, Pretoria 0031, South Africa, or... -
The prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and syndromes in Kenyan children and adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: DavidM Ndetei Lincoln Khasakhala Lambert Nyabola Francisca Ongecha-Owuor Soraya Seedat Victoria Mutiso Donald Kokonya Gideon OdhiamboBackground: Community studies on children and adolescents in Western settings suggest prevalence rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms that require intervention. -
Impact of commercial salt production on wetland quality and waterbirds on coastal lagoons in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Francis GbogboA comparative study conducted on two saline coastal wetlands that have been developed into saltpans and two others (referred to as 'non-saltpans'), that are also saline but have no saltpans, describes the quality of lagoon water, benthic macroinvertebrates and waterbird... -
Strawson on Philosophy – Three Episodes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Paul Francis Snowdon --- Department of Philosophy, UKStrawson repeatedly wrote about the nature of philosophy. This article responds to three of his discussions. First, in his review of Wittgenstein’ s Philosophical Investigations (1954) Strawson expressed dissatisfaction with Wittgenstein’s philosophy of philosophy. It is argued that Strawson’s response... -
Antioxidant and oxidative stress status in type 2 diabetes and diabetic foot ulcer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Kensese Sontin Mossanda --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Elizabeth Bosede Bolajoko --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Mpho Moropane --- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Francis Adeniyi --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Nigeria Olubayo Akinosun --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Nigeria Adesoji Fasanmade --- Department of Medicine,Objective. Oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated in the aetiology and progression of diabetic complications including diabetic foot ulcer. In this study, the levels of lipid peroxides (LPO) and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as well as the enzymatic antioxidant activities of superoxide... -
Modelling dominant height and site index in different edaphoclimatic zones of Nothofagus dombeyi secondary forest in the Andes of south-central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Carlos Esse --- Universidad Católica de Temuco, Escuela de Ciencias Forestales, Chile Pablo J Donoso --- Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad, Chile Víctor Gerding --- Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad, Chile Celso Navarro --- Universidad Católica de Temuco, Escuela de Ciencias Forestales, Chile Francisco Encina-Montoya --- Universidad Católica de Temuco, Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, ChileNothofagus dombeyi grows in a wide variety of sites. The information about its productivity is still scarce, which makes it difficult for foresters and landowners to take decisions about the best practices to maintain and/or improve the goods and services... -
On i-operators on real normed spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Francisco Javier García-Pacheco --- Department of Mathematics, Spain Daniele Puglisi --- Department of Mathematics, Italy Gusti van Zyl --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaWe gradually study i-operators on real vector spaces, on real topological vector spaces, and on real normed spaces. Among several things we prove the existence of real topological vector spaces (different from the James’ space) that are free of continuous... -
Description and ecology of larvae of Glossogobius callidus and Redigobius dewaali (Gobiidae) from temperate South African estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nadine A. Strydom --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Francisco J. Neira --- Marine Research Laboratories, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI), University of Tasmania, AustraliaThis paper describes the morphology and ecology of the larvae and early juveniles of two common gobiids in warm temperate South African estuaries. The early developmental stages of Glossogobius callidus and Redigobius dewaali were collected during plankton surveys in seven... -
Silencing the past: historical and archaeological colonisation of the Southern San in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael Francis --- Athabasca University, I University Drive, CanadaThe San of the Drakensberg are assumed to be extinct. Yet, there are Zulu-speaking people in the Drakensberg who still identify as San. These people and their claims both challenge the preconceived notions of what it means to be San... -
A survey for the Critically Endangered Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri in Somaliland, north-western Somalia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michael SL Mills --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Callan Cohen --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Julian Francis --- Tolpuddle Manor, UK Claire N Spottiswoode --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaThe Critically Endangered Archer's Lark (now Liben Lark) Heteromirafra archeri was formerly considered to be endemic to north-western Somalia and known only from the Tog Wajaale Plain, where 18 specimens were collected between 1918 and 1922. Fifteen visits between 1970... -
Application of geographical information system and remote sensing in malaria research and control in South Africa: a review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Abiodun Morakinyo Adeola --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Joel O Botai --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Jane Mukarugwiza Olwoch --- South African Space Agency (SANSA), Earth Observation Directorate, South Africa Hannes CJ de W Rautenbach --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Ahmed M Kalumba --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Philemon L Tsela --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Mayowa Omolola Adisa --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Nsubuga Francis Wasswa --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Paul Mmtoni --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Ausi Ssentongo --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South AfricaThis paper presents a review of numerous items of published literature on the use of spatial technology for malaria epidemiology in South Africa between 1930 and 2013. In particular, focus is on the use of statistical and mathematical models as... -
Aerial Spray Trial on Kenaf Insect Pests at Kahe, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: M. E. A. Materu --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania J. M. Kahumbura --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania M. M. Lwanga --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania W. W. Luhanga --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania E. N. Shikony --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania I. M. Lusasi --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania R. A. Makusi --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania J. Francis --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania -
Quality Changes in Bottled and Canned Lime Juice During Processing and Storage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Francis M. Mathooko --- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Kenya Vincezia G. Njiru --- Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Kenya -
The Influence of Intercropping and Nitrogen Fertility on Yield of Kale and Beans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Francis M. Itulya --- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kenya -
Beekeeping as a Forest Industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Francis G. Smith --- , TanganyikaAlthough beekeeping is often classified as a branch of agriculture, beekeeping is a forest industry in regions which are not intensively cultivated and in forest areas, whether the beekeepers use primitive hives or modern commercial beekeeping techniques. -
Toxicity of 40 Per Cent ULV Gardona to Glossina Pallidipes Aust.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: C. S. Tarimo --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania J. M. Kahumbura --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania J. Francis --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania I. M. Lusasi --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania E. N. Shikony --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania D. N. Maeda --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania H. Kissio --- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania -
Effects of Plant Spacing and Leaf Removal Frequency on Leaf Numbers and Fresh Leaf Weight of Kale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Paul W. Chahira --- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, KENYA Francis M. Itulya --- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, KENYA -
A look at language problems experienced by children with hearing impairments—the learner's experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Francis Emson Dakwa --- Special Needs Education, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Martin Musengi --- Special Needs Education, Great Zimbabwe University, ZimbabweThe study examines language problems experienced by children with hearing impairments as perceived by the learners themselves. Thirty children were randomly selected from a special school for children with hearing impairments and from two resource rooms where children with hearing... -
Effect of briquetting temperature on the properties of biomass briquettes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Okey Francis Obi --- Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, NigeriaThe importance of and growing worldwide interest in developing technologies that could utilise biomass material cannot be over looked particularly in developing countries. This study investigated the effect of briquetting temperature (normal and high temperature) on the physical and combustion... -
A proportional integral synthesis for a variable speed wind energy conversion system using a permanent magnet synchronous generator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Francis-Daniel Menga --- Department of Renewable Energy, Cameroon Noël Djongyang --- Department of Renewable Energy, Cameroon Danwé Raïdandi --- Department of Renewable Energy, Cameroon Réné Tchinda --- LISIE, CameroonA wind energy conversion system applied to battery charge is proposed in this paper. A permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is used as a variable speed generator in the proposed system. In order to extract the maximum power, the generator... -
Positive Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Behavior in a Vocational Training Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michael M. Gielnik --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Michael Frese --- National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, Singapore Kim Marie Bischoff --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Gordon Muhangi --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, Uganda Francis Omoo --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, UgandaUnemployment among youths is a serious problem in many African countries. Researchers and politicians alike consider entrepreneurship to be part of the solution to the high unemployment rates. In this study, we present the conceptual basis of an action-oriented entrepreneurship... -
Patients’ knowledge and perception of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist at a tertiary health care facility in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Robert Djagbletey --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana George Aryee --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Raymond Essuman --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Vincent Ganu --- Department of Internal Medicine, Ghana Ebenezer O Darkwa --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Christian Owoo --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Francis Ahiaku --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Alfred Yawson --- Department of Community Health, GhanaBackground: Anaesthesia has always been misconstrued as a ‘behind the scenes’ specialty. Despite advancements in anaesthesia, there is inadequate public knowledge regarding the specialty, the scope of the functions of anaesthetists, and the pivotal role anaesthetists play in the healthcare... -
Gunnera perpensa L.: A multi-use ethnomedicinal plant species in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fitsum K. Mammo --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Africa Viresh Mohanlall --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Africa Francis O. Shode --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South AfricaGunnera perpensa L. is a medicinal plant used in many parts of South Africa to treat several human ailments. G. perpensa is inherited from and linked to the Siswati, Changana, Sotho, Venda, Shona, Tsonga, and Zulu traditional healing systems, particularly... -
Socio-economic factors influencing household dependence on forests and its implication for forest-based climate change interventions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Chidiebere Ofoegbu --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Paxie W Chirwa --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Joseph Francis --- Institute for Rural Development, University of Venda, South Africa Folarannmi D Babalola --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South AfricaIn most African countries, forest-based climate change intervention initiatives such as nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) are widely accepted. This is mainly due to the fact that they are relevant in addressing multiple... -
Human life invaluableness: An emerging African bioethical principle
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Francis C. L. Rakotsoane --- Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Anton A. van Niekerk --- Centre for Applied Ethics, Philosophy Department, South AfricaSome bioethical literature reveals that there is some concern by some scholars that certain elements of the current bioethical principlism show limitations when applied in the case of communities or societies whose value systems fall outside those of the Western... -
An investigation of maternal mortality at a tertiary hospital of the Limpopo province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Sam Thembelihle Ntuli --- Research Development Administration, South Africa Mabina Mogale --- Department of Public Health: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, South Africa Francis LM Hyera --- Department of Public Health Medicine, South Africa Shan Naidoo --- Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, South AfricaObjective: To understand the elements influencing the maternal deaths in the Limpopo province, South Africa. -
Linear topologies and sequential compactness in topological modules
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Francisco Javier García-Pacheco --- Department of Mathematics, Spain Pablo Piniella --- Department of Mathematics, SpainWe prove that an absolute semi-valued ring is first-countable if the set of invertibles is separable and its closure contains 0. We also show that every linearly topologized topological module over an absolute semi-valued ring whose invertibles approach 0 has... -
Exploring dual disclosures for men who have sex with men in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a report from the field
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Daniels --- Lehman College, USA Tim Lane --- University of California San Francisco, USA Kabelo Maleke --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa Wini Mogos --- University of California Irvine, USA Ryan Assaf --- University of California Irvine, USA Helen Struthers --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa James McIntyre --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa Tom Coates --- University of California Los Angeles, USAWe explored to whom rural men who have sex with men (MSM) disclose their sexual identity and HIV status in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were recruited using a modified snowball sampling method in order to complete a questionnaire. Descriptive and... -
Estimating risk factors for HIV infection among women in Mozambique using population-based survey data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sara S Dias --- EpiDoC Unit, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas da NOVA Medical School, Portugal Francisco Mbofana --- Ministry of Health, Mozambique Sheyla R Cassy --- Departamento de Matemática e Informática, Faculdade de Ciências, Mozambique Sónia Dias --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal Gonçalo F Augusto --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal Victor Agadjanian --- Center of Population Dynamics, USA Maria R O Martins --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, PortugalThe use of population-based survey data together with sound statistical methods can enhance better estimation of HIV risk factors and explain variations across subgroups of the population. The distribution and determinants of HIV infection in populations must be taken into... -
Literacy programs efficacy for developing children’s early reading skills in familiar language in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis K. Sampa --- Read To Succeed, Zambia Emma Ojanen --- Department of Psychology, Finland Jari Westerholm --- Research, Niilo Mäki Institute, Finland Ritva Ketonen --- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Finland Heikki Lyytinen --- Department of Psychology, FinlandThis study investigated the comparative efficacy of a phonics-based reading program and a language experience approach based literacy program to develop reading skills among Zambian early childhood school learners. The learners (n = 1 986; Grade 2 level; females =... -
Secondary Nothofagus dombeyi forests: site index curves and dominant height in the Coastal Range of south-central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Carlos Esse --- Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Nucleo de Estudios Ambientales, Chile Pablo J Donoso --- Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile Victor Gerding --- Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile Francisco Encina-Montoya --- Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Nucleo de Estudios Ambientales, Chile Celso Navarro --- Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Nucleo de Estudios Ambientales, ChileNothofagus dombeyi is distributed on very diverse sites in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina. In Chile, studies on its dynamics and productivity in forests, where it is the dominant species, have been carried out mainly in the foothills... -
Healthcare providers’ understanding of HIV serodiscordance in South Africa and Uganda: implications for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ross Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Cecilia Milford --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Francis Bajunirwe --- Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Faith N Mosery --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Claudia K Ng --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Rachel Rifkin --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USA Jasmine Kastner --- McGill University Research Centre, Canada Lavanya Pillay --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Angela Kaida --- Simon Fraser University, Canada David R Bangsberg --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USA Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Lynn T Matthews --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USAHIV transmission within stable heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples accounts for almost half the new incident infections in South Africa and Uganda. Advances in HIV prevention provide opportunities to reduce transmission risk within serodiscordant partnerships (e.g., antiretroviral treatment (ART), pre-exposure prophylaxis... -
Undernutrition among children under five in the Bandja village of Cameroon, Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Léonie Dapi Nzefa --- Department of Public Health, Cameroon Francisca Monebenimp --- Department of Public Health, Cameroon Christofer Äng --- Department of Clinical Medicine, Umeå, SwedenBackground: Sub-Saharan Africa has a long history of struggling with child undernutrition. The prevalence of undernutrition is still high and knowledge about this public health problem and the underlying causes is essential for children’s health. -
Experiences of Online Closeness in Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Luis Francisco Vargas-Madriz --- , CanadaIn virtual learning environments (VLEs) students often find themselves in front of a computer, looking at a bright screen, interacting with classmates and teachers through a keyboard and a mouse, and, in most cases, listening and watching someone who is... -
Conservation buffer sizes derived from movement data of adult Cape vultures (Gyps coprotheres) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Jan A Venter --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Francis R Martens --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro, South AfricaThe endangered Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is facing a new emerging threat, e.g. wind energy development. Given their vulnerability to wind energy infrastructure, there is a necessity to establish proactive measures that could potentially mitigate future collisions, such as conservation... -
A meta-analysis approach for estimating average unit costs for ART using pooled facility-level primary data from African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Diego Cerecero-García --- National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Carlos Pineda-Antunez --- National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Lily Alexander --- HIV AIDS TB Research Consortium CISIDAT, Mexico Drew Cameron --- Health Policy, USA Gisela Martinez-Silva --- National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Carol Dayo Obure --- African Development Bank Group, Tunis Elliot Marseille --- Center for Global Surgical Studies, USA Lung Vu --- Population Council, USA James G Kahn --- Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, USA Anna Vassall --- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Gabriela Gomez --- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Lori Bollinger --- Avenir Health, USA Carol Levin --- Department of Global Health, USA Sergio Bautista-Arredondo --- National Institute of Public Health, MexicoObjective: To estimate facility-level average cost for ART services and explore unit cost variations using pooled facility-level cost estimates from four HIV empirical cost studies conducted in five African countries . -
Organisational commitment influences on the relationship between transactional and laissez- faire leadership styles and employee performance in the Ghanaian public service environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Donkor --- School of Management and Economics, China Dongmei Zhou --- School of Management and Economics, ChinaThis study explored organisational commitment influences on the relationship between leadership style and employee performance in a developing country’s public sector enterprises. The study participants were 330 full-time employees in ten units in the Ghanaian public sector commission (female =... -
Transformational leadership and management safety practices: Their role in the relationship between work pressure and compliance with safety work behaviour in a health-care sector industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fabian O. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Adeline N. Idike --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Okechukwu E. Ibiam --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- Department of Political Science, Nigeria Cornelius O. Okorie --- Department of Political Science, NigeriaThis study examined both the direct and interactive effects on employee compliance to safety work behaviour of perceived work pressure, transformational leadership behaviour, and organisation management safety practices. Study participants were 208 nurses from public hospitals in South-eastern, Nigeria. The... -
Cliff roost site selection of the endangered Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Francis R Martens --- School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, South Africa Morgan B Pfeiffer --- School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Jan A Venter --- School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, South AfricaRoost site preferences influence the spatial distribution of species. Large soaring birds often roost on cliffs and large structures, and thus are restricted to areas where safe take-offs and landings can occur. The cliff roosting preferences of the Cape Vulture... -
The impact of audio-lingual and TPR methods in teaching Igbo to L2 learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Kelvin Francis Olisaemeka Obitube --- Linguistics, Igbo and other Nigerian Languages, Boniface Monday Mbah --- Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Olusanmi Babarinde --- Linguistics and Nigerian Languages,This study evaluates the value of the total physical response (TPR) method for teaching Igbo to L2 learners. Specifically, it evaluates which of these methods is more effective. It is quantitative research which adopts the experimental design. 100 students are... -
Measuring bankers’ deviant behaviour: Structure and reliability in a Nigerian sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ifeanyichukwu Chukwudi Eze --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Police Academy, Nigeria Lawrence Ejike Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Obiageli Omeje --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Ejike Okonkwo --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Obinna O. Ike --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Francisca N. Ogba --- Department of Education Foundations, Nigeria Chinyere Nwajiuba --- Department of Education Foundations, Nigeria Enuma Icha-Ituma --- Department of Mass Communication, NigeriaIn combating the increasing number of challenges faced by the banking industries that range from disobedience to standard operations, connivance with fraudulent clients, and regular counterproductive behaviours, a measure of deviant behaviour in the banking sector is necessary. We validated... -
Assessment of vulnerability to groundwater pollution in Department of Odienné (North-West Côte d’Ivoire)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oi Mangoua Jules Mangoua --- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Côte d’Ivoire Kouamé Auguste Kouassi --- Laboratory Geosciences and Environment, Côte d'Ivoire Williams Francis Kouassi --- Laboratory Geosciences and Environment, Côte d'Ivoire Gountôh Aristide Douagui --- Laboratory Geosciences and Environment, Côte d'Ivoire Issiaka Savane --- Laboratory Geosciences and Environment, Côte d'Ivoire Jean Biemi --- Laboratory of Sciences and Techniques of Water and Environment, Côte d'IvoireDrinking water supply to populations is increasingly oriented towards the exploitation of groundwater whose quality meets WHO standards. However, groundwater is subjected to a pollution phenomenon of anthropogenic origin due to agro-industrial and mining operations that alter water quality. The... -
A review of vulvar carcinoma at Groote Schuur hospital for the period 2002 to 2012 with particular emphasis on HPV-related disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Francisca E Loggenberg --- , South Africa Tracey S Adams --- , South AfricaBackground: Vulvar carcinoma is rare and ranks fourth amongst the gynaecological malignancies. GLOBOCAN reported 44 235 new cases in 2018. There has been a rise in the number of cases of vulvar carcinoma in recent years and younger women are... -
Regional efficiency disparities in rural and community banks in Ghana: A data envelopment analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joy Say --- , China Hongjiang Zhao --- , China Francisca Sena Agbenyegah --- , Ghana Angela Abena Nusenu --- , China Evans Asante Boadi --- , China Samuel Morkporkpor Egbadewoe --- , USAThis study measured the level of rural and community banks’ (RCBs) efficiency in Ghana to ascertain whether there were regional disparities in the levels of efficiency using Charnes-Cooper-Rhodes (CCR) and Barker-Charnes-Cooper (BCC) models. We collected data from 127 banks over... -
Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector: Do strengths use, and promotion focus matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adeline N. Idike --- , Nigeria Okechukwu Ibiam Egwu --- , Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- , Nigeria Cornelius O. Okorie --- , Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- , NigeriaThis study examined experiences of abuse and work engagement behaviours of general employees in the Nigerian public service sector. Cross-lagged survey data were collected from 219 workers (female = 57.3%; age range = 24 – 59 years, mean age =... -
Soil β-glucosidase activity, organic carbon and nutrients in plant tissue in response to cover crop species and management practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Adewole T Adetunji --- , South Africa Bongani Ncube --- , South Africa Andre H Meyer --- , South Africa Reckson Mulidzi --- , South Africa Francis B Lewu --- , South AfricaCover crop (CC) management can be improved to enhance carbon storage, microbial activity and fertility in agricultural soils. This study assessed the immediate effect of living CCs and residues, two termination stages (vegetative and flowering) and two termination methods (slash... -
Inter-annual growth response of three Miombo tree species to climatic effects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Francis Munalula --- , South Africa Thomas Seifert --- , South Africa Martina Meincken --- , South AfricaMiombo woodlands cover a large part of Southern Africa and contribute an important wood source for the local wood industry. The already observed and further predicted changes in climatic patterns can be expected to affect the wood properties of Miombo... -
Impact of the 2008 wage review on the public-private sector wage-gap in Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ebenezer Lemven Wirba --- , Cameroon Fiennasah Annif’ Akem --- , Cameroon Francis Menjo Baye --- , CameroonThis paper examines the impact of the 2008 wage review on the public-private sector wage-gap in Cameroon. Specifically, the paper evaluates the determinants of participating in the labour market and choosing formal sector employment; assesses the correlates of wages in... -
Measuring the asymmetry level around quarterly reports in the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and Standard & Poor’s: Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Jaime González Maiz Jiménez --- , Mexico Adán Reyes Santiago --- , Mexico Francisco López-Herrera --- , MexicoThis study tests investors’ asymmetry level around the quarterly reports of 47 shares from 2010 to the second quarter of 2020. This asymmetry level was determined by analysing three measures: the Corwin and Schultz’s (2012) spread level, residual sum of... -
Job insecurity and psychological well-being: The moderating roles of self-perceived employability and core self-evaluations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fabian O. Ugwu --- , Nigeria Victor C. Nwaosumba --- , Nigeria Emmanuella U. Anozie --- , Nigeria Chioma K. Ozurumba --- , Nigeria Chisom E. Ogbonnaya --- , Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- , Nigeria Chinelo H. Ogwuche --- , Nigeria Okechukwu E. Ibiam --- , NigeriaThis study examined the relationship between job insecurity and psychological well-being of bank sector employees and the role of core self-evaluations and self-perceived employability in that relationship. Employing a two-wave panel design, we surveyed 259 casual employees of commercial banks... -
Long-term wheat production management effects on soil fertility indicators in the semi-arid eastern Free State, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Palo Francis Loke --- , South Africa Johannes Jacobus Schimper --- , South Africa Elmarie Kotzé --- , South Africa Christiaan Cornelius du Preez --- , South AfricaThis study evaluated temporal effects of wheat production management practices on soil fertility under semi-arid conditions. Treatments applied for 37 years included straw management (unburned and burned), tillage practices (no-tillage, stubble mulch, and mouldboard ploughing) and weed control methods (chemical... -
Water-related technology research landscape in India: Current status and perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Deep Jyoti Francis --- , Anup Kumar Das --- ,While seventy-one per cent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, equitable access to safe and drinking water remains a challenge across countries. Especially developing countries, like India, have been identified as water-stressed. In India, various institutions are participating... -
Parenting style, social interaction anxiety, and problematic internet use among students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Blessing Nneka Onyekachi --- , Nigeria Francisca Oluchukwu Egboluche --- , Nigeria JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji --- , NigeriaOur study examined the roles of parenting styles and social interaction anxiety in problematic internet use (PIU) in a sample of Nigerian undergraduate students (n = 300; female = 63.3%; mean age = 19.66 years, SD = 2.64 years). The... -
Barriers to development of entrepreneurial ecosystems and economic performance in Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Beverlley Madzikanda --- , People’s Republic of China Cai Li --- , People’s Republic of China Francis Tang Dabuo --- , People’s Republic of ChinaSouthern Africa has fewer innovative entrepreneurs per capita than other regions of Africa and a high failure rate amongst SMEs. Common problems such as corruption, crime and poverty plague the region, and as a result many of the economies do... -
Factors enhancing agricultural productivity under innovation technology: Insights from Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Francis Andrianarison --- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Cameroon Cyrille Bergaly Kamdem --- University of Yaounde II Soa, Cameroon Blaise Che Kameni --- University of Yaounde II Soa, CameroonThis paper analyzes the impact of innovation adoption, namely, improved seeds or modern equipment and examines the effects of farmer education, access to credit, and land tenure security on agricultural productivity in Cameroon. We take advantage of a nationally representative... -
Understanding the role of men in women's use of the vaginal ring and oral PrEP during pregnancy and breastfeeding: multi-stakeholder perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Petina Musara --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Miriam Hartmann --- , USA Julia H Ryan --- , USA Krishnaveni Reddy --- Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Joseph Ggita --- Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Makerere University, Uganda Prisca Mutero --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Nicole Macagna --- , USA Frank Taulo --- University of Malawi, Malawi Nyaradzo M Mgodi --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Jeanna Piper --- , USA Ariane van der Straten --- University of California San Francisco, USAWe examined men’s influence on women’s interest in biomedical HIV prevention during pregnancy and breastfeeding through structured questionnaires and focus group discussions with currently or recently pregnant and breastfeeding (P/BF) women (n = 65), men with P/BF partners (n =... -
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paulo Ferrajão --- Universidade Europeia, Portugal Francisco Frias --- Universidade Europeia, Portugal Joana Ramos --- Universidade Europeia, Portugal Ask Elklit --- University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkThis study aimed to characterise adverse childhood events (ACEs) experiences of school-going Ugandan adolescents (female = 50.6%, with diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder: PTSD = 38.2%; mean age = 15.9 years, SD = 1.2 years). The children completed the Harvard... -
Soil organic carbon stocks and properties are affected by plant cover types in an urban ecosystem in Colombia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Víctor Mondragón --- Universidad Nacional de, Colombia Sede Medellín Flavio Moreno Hurtado --- Universidad Nacional de, Colombia Sede Medellín Daniel Francisco Jaramillo Jaramillo --- Universidad Nacional de, Colombia Sede MedellínSoil organic carbon (SOC) is the main element in soil organic matter (SOM) and its storage or release into the atmosphere is sensitive to changes in land use. This study evaluated SOC storage and SOM quality in the Metropolitan Regional... -
The Laplace transform on the rearrangement of invariant spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: René Erlin Castillo --- Departamento de Matemáticas Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia A. Ricardo Miranda B. --- Departamento de Matemáticas Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia Julio C. Ramos-Fernández --- Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, ColombiaIn a self contained presentation we study the boundedness of the Laplace transform on the rearrangement invariant Lebesgue Lp -space, we use real analysis techniques provided by convex analysis and the K-method. -
Maternal HIV status and infant feeding practices among Ugandan women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pius Okong --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Praxedes Kituuka Namaganda --- Department of Paediatrics, St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Luciana Bassani --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Mary Mbidde Tabaro --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Francesca Zanetto --- St Joseph's Hospital, Edith Birungi Mwebaze --- Social Sector Planning and Management, Makerere University, Liliana Weimer --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health), Lina Tomasoni --- Unit for Tropical and Imported Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Francesco Castelli --- Department for Mother and Child Care and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Italy Marina Giuliano --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health),To describe the infant feeding practices in the general population in Uganda, and to assess the impact of maternal HIV status on these practices, a questionnaire was administered to women attending the follow-up clinics for child vaccination. Among the mothers... -
Determinants of extramarital sex by men in Tanzania: A case study of Mbeya region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maurice CY Mbago --- Department of Statistics and Member of the Demographic Training Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Francis J Sichona --- Department of Statistics and Member of the Demographic Training Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis paper attempts to identify some factors associated with extramarital sex by men in the Mbeya region of Tanzania using data from a survey conducted in 2003/2004. The choice of Mbeya region was prompted by the fact that it has... -
Experiences of HIV-related stigma among HIV-positive older persons in Uganda – a mixed methods analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Monica O. Kuteesa --- , Uganda Stuart Wright --- , , UK Janet Seeley --- , Uganda Joseph Mugisha --- , Uganda Eugene Kinyanda --- , Uganda Frederick Kakembo --- , USA Richard Mwesigwa --- , USA Francis Scholten --- , UgandaThere is limited data on stigma among older HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa. We describe the experiences of stigma and disclosure in a cohort of HIV-positive older people in Uganda. Using data from the Wellbeing of Older Peoples' Study of... -
Acceptability, feasibility and challenges of implementing an HIV prevention intervention for people living with HIV/AIDS among healthcare providers in Mozambique: Results of a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Prafulta Jaiantilal --- , , Mozambique Sarah A. Gutin --- , , USA Beverley Cummings --- , , Mozambique Francisco Mbofana --- , , Mozambique Carol Dawson Rose --- , , USADespite the Mozambique government's efforts to curb human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), national prevalence is 11.5% and support is needed to expand HIV-related services and improve program quality. Positive prevention (PP) programs, which prioritize HIV prevention with... -
‘You need to have some guts to teach’: Teacher preparation and characteristics for the teaching of sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- , South Africa Renée DePalma --- , SpainUsing in-depth interviews, we asked sexuality educators in South Africa about their own professional preparation and what they believed were necessary educator characteristics for teaching Sexuality Education. Our findings show that our teachers taught Sexuality Education without any appropriate qualification... -
Forgetting to take HIV antiretroviral therapy: a qualitative exploration of medication adherence in the third decade of the HIV epidemic in the United States
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: R. Freeman --- , USA M. Gwadz --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA K. Francis --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA E. Hoffeld --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USAOptimal adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is challenging, and racial/ethnic disparities in adherence rates are substantial. The most common reason persons living with HIV (PLWH) give for missed ART doses is forgetting. We took a qualitative exploratory approach to... -
An enigmatic mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frog Xenopus longipes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- University of Kansas, USA BenJ. Evans --- McMaster University, Canada AllanP. Pessier --- San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, USA VanceT. Vredenburg --- San Francisco State University, USAContemporary global declines and mortality events in amphibian populations have been often attributed to infectious disease and climate change, separately and in combination. We report on an enigmatic mortality event in the only known population of the Critically Endangered frog... -
The use of monitoring data and community feedback mechanisms to increase HIV testing among men during a cluster-randomised community mobilisation trial in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca L West --- University of California San Francisco, USA Rhandzekile Mathebula --- , South Africa Dumisani Rebombo --- , South Africa Rhian Twine --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Aimée Julien --- University of Antwerp, Belgium Nkosinathi Masilela --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Mi-Suk Kang Dufour --- University of California San Francisco, USA Dean Peacock --- , South Africa Kathleen Kahn --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Audrey Pettifor --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Sheri A Lippman --- University of California San Francisco, USAThis short communication describes the development and implementation of a programme monitoring and feedback process during a cluster-randomised community mobilisation intervention conducted in rural Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Intervention activities took place from August 2015 to July 2018 with the... -
Tropical wood species: alternative model to determine the characteristic compressive strength perpendicular to grain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Arthur Filipe Freire Gomes --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil Fernando Júnior Resende Macarenhas --- Rua Luís Reis Santos - Pólo II, University of Coimbra, Portugal Diego Henrique de Almeida --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil Alfredo Manuel Pereira Geraldes Dias --- Rua Luís Reis Santos - Pólo II, University of Coimbra, Portugal Tulio Hallak Panzera --- Federal University of São João Del Rey (UFSJ), Brazil Francisco Antônio Rocco Lahr --- University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil André Luis Christoforo --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), BrazilBrazil has a vast area of native forests with the potential to be sustainably exploited for application in civil construction. Density is a key factor when analysing the characteristics of different wood species and their future uses, and additionally it... -
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus diet in a nutshell: use of indigenous and exotic plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kirsten Wimberger --- , South Africa Kate F Carstens --- , South Africa Johann C Carstens --- , South Africa Francis R Brooke --- , South Africa Fanie Rautenbach --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThe success of conservation action for a threatened species can be improved by knowledge of its feeding and breeding requirements. The Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus is a threatened endemic restricted to patches of mistbelt forest in South Africa. Cape Parrots... -
On finite Sylow tower and σ-tower groups
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jinzhuan Cai --- Hainan University, P.R. China Inna N. Safonova --- Belarusian State University, Belarus Alexander N. Skiba --- Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus Zhigang Wang --- Hainan University,In this paper, G is a finite group and σ a partition of the set of all primes ℙ, that is, σ = {σ i | i ∈ I}, where ℙ = ⋃ i∈I σ i and σ i ∩... -
Approximate controllability of non-instantaneous impulsive semi-linear neutral differential equations with non-local conditions and unbounded delay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Oscar Camacho --- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador S. Lalvay-Segovia --- , Ecuador Hugo Leiva --- , Ecuador L. Riera-Segura --- , EcuadorIn this work, we study the approximate controllability for retarded neutral differential equations with unbounded delay, non-instantaneous impulses, and non-local conditions. First, we set the problem in a natural Banach phase space satisfying Hale-Kato axiomatic Theory about the phase space... -
Seshadri-type constants and Newton-Okounkov bodies for non-positive at infinity valuations of Hirzebruch surfaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Carlos Galindo --- Departamento de Matemáticas & Institut Universitari de Matemàtiques i Aplicacions de Castelló, Spain Francisco Monserrat --- Instituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Carlos-Jesús Moreno-Ávila --- Departamento de Matemáticas & Institut Universitari de Matemátiques i Aplicacions de Castelló, SpainWe consider flags E • = {X ⊃ E ⊃ {q}}, where E is an exceptional divisor defining a non-positive at infinity divisorial valuation νE of a Hirzebruch surface , q a point in E and X the surface given... -
Timing and effectiveness of media frames reporting the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: KelvinFrancis Obitube --- University of Nigeria, Nsukka Ijeoma Dorathy Ajaero --- University of Nigeria, Nsukka Bestman Odeh --- University of Nigeria, NsukkaThis article analyses media frames employed by the Nigerian media in reporting events of the COVID-19 pandemic. It determines the linguistic choices that shaped the intentions of the media and how they aligned with the timing and effectiveness that impacted... -
Predicting tax fraud using supervised machine learning approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Belle Fille Murorunkwere --- University of Rwanda, Rwanda Revenue Authority, Dominique Haughton --- Université Paris 1 (SAMM), Joseph Nzabanita --- University of Rwanda, Francis Kipkogei --- Stepwise Inc, Kenya Ignace Kabano --- College of Business and Economics/University of Rwanda,With the advancement in technology, the tax base in Rwanda has become broader, and as a result, tax fraud is growing. Depending on the dataset used, fraud detection experts and researchers have used different methods to identify questionable cases. This... -
Resilience in Iranian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychometric Evaluation of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hamid Sharif-Nia --- Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Long She --- Sunway University, Malaysia Erika Sivarajan Froelicher --- University of California San Francisco, USA Gökmen Arslan --- Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Sima Hejazi --- North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani --- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Daniyal Kohestani --- Iran University of Medical Science, Iran Elham Akhlaghi --- Iran University of Medical Sciences, IranBackground: Resilience is a measure of the ability to cope with stress and the accurate measurement of it is critical. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Iranian adolescents during the... -
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear (Opuntia stricta) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) shoot silages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: --- Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Brazil --- Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco, Brazil --- , Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil --- Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, BrazilThis study evaluated the effects of different inclusion levels of cactus pear (Opuntia stricta) (at 0%, 15%, 30% or 45% on fresh matter basis) ensiled with shoots of cassava (Manihot esculenta) on the mineral nutrients, carbohydrates fractionation, nitrogen compounds and... -
Remarks on weak compactness criteria in variable exponent Lebesgue spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Francisco L. Hernández --- Complutense University of Madrid, Spain César Ruiz --- Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Mauro Sanchiz --- Complutense University of Madrid, SpainWe give two weak compactness Andô type criteria in variable exponent Lebesgue spaces Lp (·) (Ω) on infinite measures. This extends some results of [13] given in the case of finite measures. Spaces Lp (·) (Ω) on infinite measures are... -
Confirmed cases of Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppelli breeding in Senegal: advocating systematic sampling to reassess the conservation status of the species in West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Antonio-Román Muñoz --- Universidad de Málaga, Spain Juan Ramírez --- Universidad de Málaga, Spain Marina Guerrero --- Universidad de Málaga, Spain Francisco María Zufiaur --- , SpainVulture populations are declining across Africa and the conservation status of Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppelli has changed from Near Threatened in 2007 to Critically Endangered in 2015. Its global population was estimated at 30 000 individuals in the early 1990s... -
Retorts in Igbo discourse
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: KelvinFrancis Olisaemeka Obitube --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Sopuruchi Christian Aboh --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Chimezirim Iheoma Ucheoma --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaThis article studies the social factors influencing the use of retorts in Igbo discourse and how these factors determine the psychological impact of retorts. By adopting a cross-sectional survey design and anchoring on the concept of politeness system, the study... -
The good Dogs are still in the Portico: Making sense of the cynic-stoic moral and sociopolitical continuities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Francisco Miguel Ortiz-Delgado --- University of Guadalajara, MexicoThe Cynic moral and sociopolitical imprint on Stoic philosophy has frequently been overlooked in recent academic studies. However, the Cynic influence is palpable throughout the history of Stoicism. In this article, I recognise seven Cynic-Stoic conceptual continuities concerning the idea... -
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Agyei --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ama de-Graft Aikins --- Institute of African Studies (IAS), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Annabella Osei-Tutu --- University of Ghana, Ghana Francis Annor --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaMainstream psychology research promotes social group membership as a remedy for poor mental health. However, empirical evidence from African communities is limited. Using a survey of 384 respondents (female = 55.7%; mean age = 34.38 years, SD = 14.37 years),... -
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Agyei --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ama de-Graft Aikins --- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Annabella Osei-Tutu --- University of Ghana, Ghana Francis Annor --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaWe utilised a multiple mediation model to investigate the pathways linking dimensions of community social capital to collective participation in mental health promotion in two urban communities in Ghana. Participants (n = 384) were from Jamestown (n = 144) and... -
A multimodal discourse analysis of COVID-19 posters in Tanzania: the case of the University of Dar es Salaam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Godfrey Francis Muganda --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis article analyses the multimodal discourse in COVID-19 posters at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kress and Van Leeuwen’s grammar of visual design was used to analyse the data. The findings indicate that representational, interactive and compositional meanings... -
Population trends of the Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus in the Amatholes, Eastern Cape: trialling ground-based flock photography for demographic and health assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Clare J Padfield --- , South Africa Kate F Carstens --- , South Africa Johann C Carstens --- , South Africa Francis R Brooke --- , South Africa Kirsten Wimberger --- , South AfricaGlobally, 60% of species in the order Psittaciformes are experiencing population declines. Understanding demographic and health trends in populations is vital for the prioritisation of limited conservation resources. The Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus is a South African endemic forest species... -
The Africa Bird Data packages: African citizen science bird data in R
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Francisco Cervantes --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Alan TK Lee --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Dominic AW Henry --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Michael Brooks --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Vernon Visser --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Ané Cloete --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Nancy Job --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Res Altwegg --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe African Bird Atlas Project (ABAP) and the Coordinated Waterbird Counts (CWAC) are the main citizen science bird monitoring programmes in southern Africa. ABAP data are collected by volunteers that compile bird lists over a grid of geographic areas known... -
Phylogenetic diversity of Actinomycetota species isolated from waters of Lake Natron, Arusha, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Sadikiel E Kaale --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Robert S Machangu --- St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Thomas J Lyimo --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActinomycetota are bacteria with biotechnological potential known to produce bioactive compounds in their natural ecosystems. Natural ecosystems include extreme environments such as soda lakes. Lake Natron is one of the soda lakes found in Arusha region, Tanzania. This study aimed... -
Changes in hepatic volume and body composition following a two-week very low-calorie diet (VLCD) prior to a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Francis-Mico Price --- University of the Free State, South Africa Francois Nicholaas Schutte --- Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, South AfricaAn enlarged fatty liver makes laparoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) more technically challenging. A 35-year-old female was referred to the dietitian for a preoperative very low-calorie diet (VLCD) to assist in decreasing hepatic volume and visceral adiposity... -
Training Social Network-Central Fishermen in Western Kenya to Distribute HIV Self-Test Kits and Health Facility Referral Vouchers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Onyango Okore --- , Kenya Carol S Camlin --- University of California San Francisco, USA Jayne Lewis-Kulzer --- University of California San Francisco, USA Sarah A Gutin --- University of California San Francisco, USA Edwin Charlebois --- University of California San Francisco, USA Benard Ayieko --- , Kenya Zachary Kwena --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Kawango Agot --- , KenyaLow HIV testing among men, particularly highly mobile fishermen, is a persistent challenge. The Owete study (NCT#04772469) used social network-central men (Promoters) to promote testing and linkage to HIV services among social networks of fishermen in western Kenya. The Promoters... -
Trends and psychosocial factors associated with health-risk behaviours among university students in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marizanne Lu-Visser --- Asia University, Taiwan Laurencia Sylvano --- Asia University, Taiwan Earl Francis Infante Mallari --- Asia University, Taiwan Karl Peltzer --- Asia University, TaiwanSignificant urbanisation and increased tertiary enrolment shifted lifestyle and health behaviours among young adults in South Africa. Therefore, we investigated the trends and psychosocial determinants associated with health-risk behaviours among university students in South Africa. Cross-sectional survey data collected during... -
Was J. C. Smuts an idealist philosopher?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: William Sweet --- St Francis Xavier University, CanadaThe history of South African philosophy is only recently becoming widely known. Recent books and articles have been written on figures such as Martin Versfeld, Mongameli Mabona, Andrew H. Murray, and Alfred Hoernlé. But perhaps the best-known book bearing on... -
Barriers to Lean Manufacturing implementation for micro industries in Tanzania: Structural equation modelling (sem)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Juma Matindana --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Francis Sinkamba --- Tanzania Institute of Accountancy, Tanzania Mussa Mgwatu --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThe study aims to identify barriers and examine their relationships in implementing Lean Manufacturing (LM) for micro industries in Tanzania. Using a survey design and purposive sampling, data was collected from 96 respondents through questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, Partial Least Squares... -
Advancing disease-resistant stock in aquaculture: a brief overview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Nur Nashyiroh Izayati Mastor --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Wahidatul Husna Zuldin --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Norfazreena Mohd Faudzi --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Kenneth Francis Rodriques --- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Julian Ransangan --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, MalaysiaThe effective management of diseases caused by aquatic pathogens is one of the primary challenges in aquaculture. The breeding of disease-resistant fish requires a combination of traditional and modern genetic approaches. With an increasing global population and demand for food,... -
Assessment of compliance level with the International Labor Organization child labour utilization regulation: Evidence from cassava farmers in Osogbo ADP Zone, Osun State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lateef Olatunbosun Jimoh --- Osun State University, Nigeria Timothy Olusola Agboola --- Osun State University, Nigeria Olaide Kamila Akintunde --- Osun State University, Nigeria Kaothar Modupe Idris-Adeniyi --- Osun State University, Nigeria Francis Oluwadamilare Ajayi --- Osun State University, Nigeria Festus Adelekan Oyeniyi --- Osun State University, NigeriaInvestigating the compliance level of International Labor Organization (ILO) regulation on child labour use among cassava farming households in Osogbo ADP Zone, Osun State, Nigeria, the study determines the factors influencing child labour usage among cassava farmers in the study... -
Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Nicola J Holt --- University of the West of England (UWE), United Kingdom Ángela Flórez-Varela --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Carlos Gómez-Restrepo --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Natalia Godoy-Casasbuenas --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Mauricio Toyama --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Liliana Hidalgo-Padilla --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Francisco Diez-Canseco --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Luis Ignacio Brusco --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Natividad Olivar --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Santiago Lucchetti --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Catherine Fung --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Stefan Priebe --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBackground: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient understanding of how adolescents use such resources to reduce distress. -
Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Addison Kwasi Akowuah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Collins Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Solomon Asirifi --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Pascal Benson Atiglah --- St Francis’ College of Education, GhanaPlanting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) as a development intervention has come with many successes. However, the recent concerns about its gradually dwindling prospects call for academics to study farmers’ participation and motivation, focusing on the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality in... -
Bird community composition across a land use gradient in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Regine C Tabe Tiku --- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria Samuel EI Jones --- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Malange NF Elikwo --- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Cameroon Kowo Cyril --- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Cameroon Steve Ngoy --- Centre de Suiveillance de la Biodiversite, Universite de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo Virginia Zaunbrecher --- Center for Tropical Research, University of California, United States Ravinder NM Sehgal --- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, United StatesCocoa agroforestry expansion is widespread in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, posing a significant threat to the integrity of protected areas. Despite this threat, the impact of this expansion on forest bird communities remains largely unexamined. This study investigated bird... -
HIVST in the presence of a partner among fishermen in Western Kenya: A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Peter Abade --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Phoebe Olugo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Sarah A. Gutin --- Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, USA Holly Nishimura --- Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention Sciences, University of California San Francisco, USA Jayne Lewis-Kulzer --- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, USA Marguerite Thorp --- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, USA Benard Ayieko --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Lennah Oluoch --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya David Angawa --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Carol S. Camlin --- Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention Sciences, University of California San Francisco, USA Zachary A. Kwena --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
