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Basic Density, Tracheid Length and Strength Properties of Juvenile and Mature Wood of Pinus patula Grown in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R.C. Ishengoma --- Department of Wood Utilization, Faculty of Forestry, P.R. Gillah --- Department of Wood Utilization, Faculty of Forestry, S. Iddi --- Department of Wood Utilization, Faculty of Forestry,More than 70% of Tanzanian plantations consist of conifers, 60% of which are Pinus patula plantations. Juvenile wood is one of the most important sources of variability. -
Effect of nitrogenous fertiliser on the yield of various annual fodder legumes nodulated by effective rhizobia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: V.D. Wassermann --- Department of Agriculture, Gillian Heyns --- Department of Agriculture, A.J. Kruger --- Department of Agriculture,The practice of applying N fertiliser to legumes at seeding was critically studied in Lupinus angustifolius, L. albus, Ornithopus sativus, Pisum sativum arvense, Vicia dasycarpa and Vigna unguiculata in a series of field and pot trials. In addition, the theory... -
Grazing of raphanus sativus. L (Japanese Radish)1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: N.F.G. Rethman --- Department of Plant Production, Gillian Heyns --- Department of Plant Production,The performance of young woolled sheep was markedly better when grazing Japanese radish early in winter, when more leaf was available .Continuous grazing resulted in better performance than rotational or zero grazing. -
The response of Bambara groundnut (Voandzeia subterranea) and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) to applications of lime, P and K
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: V.D. Wassermann --- Department of Agriculture, A.J. Kruger --- Department of Agriculture, Gillian Heyns --- Department of Agriculture,Voandzeia subterranea and Cajanus cajan are important pulse crops in tropical and subtropical Africa and their drought hardiness and ability to utilize poor soils are inter alia reasons for this popularity. Both species hold considerable promise as crops in South... -
Growth and production of Vicia dasycarpa Ten., Namoi as influenced by an oat support crop and nitrogen fertilizer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: V.D. Wassermann --- Rietondale Research Station, Gillian Heyns --- Rietondale Research Station, A.J. Kruger --- Rietondale Research Station,The performance of Vicia dasycarpa cv. Namoi in pure stand and mixed with oats at four densities, grown at three levels of N fertilizer, was studied in the field under irrigation. Both the increased plant density of oats and N... -
Cyclic patterns of growth and rubber deposition in guayule Parthenium argentatum. Suggestions for a management programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.G. Gilliland --- , J. van Staden --- ,As the natural pattern of development and rubber synthesis in guayule (Parthenium argentatum) is cyclic any treatments to improve growth and rubber production should be synchronized with the normal sequence of events pertaining to growth and metabolism. Starting with 25-week-old... -
Effectiveness of cattle manure and nitrogen fertilizer application on the agronomic and economic performance of maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. Nyamangara --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, M. Mudhara --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, K.E. Giller --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering,The effects of N fertilizer and aerobically composted cattle manure, applied separately or in combination, on maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields and net benefits were determined over three seasons. A field experiment was established on a moderately leached sandy... -
The lemmatization of nouns in African languages with special reference to Sepedi and Cilubà
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: D.J. Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaThe aim of this article is to analyze traditional approaches to the lemmatization of nouns on the macrostructural level in African languages against the background of the user- perspective, the physical limitations on volume, the consideration of currently available dictionaries... -
Electronic corpora as a basis for the compilation of African-language dictionaries, Part 1: The macrostructure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- , Belgium D.J. Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaGood modern dictionaries increasingly base the compilation of both their macro- and microstructure on electronic corpora. As the macrostructure is the subject of this article, a few typical macrostructural inconsistencies in existing African-language dictionaries, which can be rectified by the... -
Electronic corpora as a basis for the compilation of African-language dictionaries, Part 2: The microstructure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- , Belgium D.J. Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaGood modern dictionaries increasingly base the compilation of both their macro- and microstructure on electronic corpora. As the microstructure is the subject of this article, the focus is on corpora as the key to writing better dictionary articles, with special... -
The use of slashes as a lexicographic device, with special reference to the African languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: D.J. Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaLexicographers constantly strive to improve the quality of their dictionaries In respect of enhanced information retrieval strategies. The use of forward slashes is a powerful convention available to the lexicographer as—especially in paper dictionaries—a space saving device. It is however... -
Reversing an African-language lexicon: the Northern Sotho Terminology and Orthography No. 4 as a case in point
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: DJ Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaThe aim of this aiticle is to give a perspective on the required strategies and the potential difficulties involved in reversing a unidirectional bilingual dictionary with an African language as the target language. This will be done by means of... -
Drawing up the macrostructure of a Nguni dictionary, with special reference to isiNdebele
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaIn this article a four-step methodology is proposed for the creation of the lemma-sign list of a Nguni-language reference work. The theoretical principles are illustrated throughout with a full- scale case study revolving around isiNdebele For the suggested approach raw... -
Spellcheckers for the South African languages, Part 1: The status quo and options for improvement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages and Cultures, Belgium DJ Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaIn this article an annotated diachronic overview is presented of the field of spelling and grammar checkers with specific reference to the underlying computational techniques. Where appropriate, the various methods are illustrated with data drawn from the official South African... -
Spellcheckers for the South African languages, Part 2: The utilisation of clusters of circumfixes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: DJ Prinsloo --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages and Cultures, BelgiumThe aim of this article is to introduce the utilisation of “clusters of circumfixes' as a new strategy to increase the lexical recall in spellcheckers for especially African languages. This strategy is particularly useful in the compilation of spellcheckers for... -
Creating mutual identification and solidarity in highly diversified societies. The importance of identification by shared participation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Patrick Loobuyck --- University of Antwerp, Centre Pieter Gillis, BelgiumLike the liberal nationalists, we insist that a sense of belonging together is necessary for the practice of an egalitarian democracy. Therefore, we can take a shared national identity as one of the building blocks of the welfare state. However,... -
ENKELE NEIGINGS MET DIE GEBRUIK VAN HOUT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the South African Forestry Association • Authors: C. du T. Gillié --- ,Research and development of adhesives and timber connectors have made it possible to extend the use of wood as an engineering material. The utilization of wood as a structural material is no longer confined to sizes and lengths of existing... -
Modelling the complex dynamics of vegetation, livestock and rainfall in asemiarid rangeland in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: FD Richardson --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa MT Hoffman --- Plant Conservation Unit, Botany Department, South Africa L Gillson --- Plant Conservation Unit, Botany Department, South AfricaPredicting the effect of different management strategies on range condition is a challenge for farmers in highly variable environments. A model that explains how the relations between rainfall, livestock and vegetation composition vary over time and interact is needed. Rangeland... -
Photovoice as a Methodological Tool to Address HIV and AIDS and Gender Violence amongst Girls on the Street in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jean-Paul Umurungi --- National University of Rwanda, Claudia Mitchell --- McGill University, Myriam Gervais --- McGill University, Eliane Ubalijoro --- McGill University, Violet Kabarenzi --- Rwanda National Police,This study involved a particular group of children in Rwanda—girls who are living on the street and who miss out on education. Noting their relative absence from “the picture” in relation to accesses to services, the study explored how participatory... -
Young Men as Peer Counsellors: What's Under the Overcoat?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nick Davies --- University of the Witwatersrand, Gill Eagle --- University of the Witwatersrand,The aim of the study was to investigate masculine role identifications amongst male volunteer peer counsellors. Based on focus group interviews with young men (n=12) aged 16 to 18, the juxtapositioning of masculinity and the role of counsellor was explored... -
GENERALISED MAXIMAL INDEPENDENCE PARAMETERS FOR PATHS AND CYCLES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: E. J. Cockayne --- Department of Mathematics, CANADA G. MacGillivray --- Department of Mathematics, CANADA C. M. Mynhardt --- Department of Mathematics Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAA set B of vertices of a graph G = (V,E) is a k-maximal independent set (kMIS) if B is independent but the deletion of any l-subset X from B (where l ≤ k—1) followed by the addition of any... -
Corpus applications for the African languages, with special reference to research, teaching, learning and software
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: DJ Prinsloo Gilles-Maurice de SchryverThe point of departure of the present article is the realisation that more and more serious contemporary linguistic applications are based on electronic corpora. If African linguistics is to take its rightful place in the new millennium, the active compilation,... -
The Zulu locative prefix ku- revisited: a corpus-based approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Gilles-Maurice de Schryver Rachélle GautonThis article re-examines the distribution of the class 17 locative prefix ku- and its variants kwi- and ko- in the locativisation of nouns in Zulu. To this end an electronic corpus of 5 million running Zulu words—the University of Pretoria... -
Computational features of the dictionary application "TshwaneLex"
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: David Joffe Gilles-Maurice de Schryver DJ PrinslooThe aim of this article is to introduce and to elaborate on computational aspects of TshwaneLex, a new South African software application for dictionary compilation. A brief introduction to the lexicographic needs for such a computer program in South Africa... -
Non-word error detection in current South African spellcheckers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: DJ Prinsloo Gilles-Maurice de SchryverThe main objective of this article is to investigate the effectiveness of the current South African spellcheckers built by the authors of this article. To this end translations of the same text, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will... -
Decisions and advice about infant feeding: findings from sociological work in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gill SeidelWhat are women's practices and experiences? And what are pregnant women being told about risks through breastfeeding in an area of high HIV seroprevalence? This work sets out to explore these two principal questions in terms of the implications for... -
Disclosure among HIV-positive women: the role of HIV/AIDS support groups in rural Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: HannahJ Gillett --- , United Kingdom Jennifer Parr --- , United KingdomDisclosure by people living with HIV or AIDS is critical for HIV prevention and care. However, many women choose not to disclose their HIV status for fear of negative outcomes, such as blame and rejection. The World Health Organization suggests... -
Stream degradation, fish abundance and the potential viability of ornamental fisheries in south-western Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RE Brummett --- , Cameroon C Cargill --- , Cameroon LM Lekunzé --- , Cameroon D Puddister --- , CameroonFifteen sites on nine second- and third-order streams in the Mount Cameroon area, with varying degrees of human disturbance, were sampled during wet and dry seasons over 21 months in 2003–2005 to estimate their potential for sustainable exploitation of ornamental... -
FIFTY YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: E.L. GILL -
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, 1955
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: E.L. Gill -
THE DIET OF THE CURLEW SANDPIPER AT LANGEBAAN LAGOON, SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: GillianM. Puttick --- , South AfricaPuttick, G. M. 1978. The diet of the Curlew Sandpiper at Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa. Ostrich 49:158-167. -
Fertilising of Eucalyptus grandis (Saligna) on Old Wattle Soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: M. Pennefather --- Estates Research Department, F. MacGillivray --- Estates Research Department,The results of two fertiliser trials in seedling stands of E. grandis which were established on old wattle lands in the Natal Midlands are reported on. -
Dendroclimatology in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: JaneF. Gillooly --- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, -
An interdisciplinary method to harmonise ecology, economy and co-management: fisheries exploitation in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: I Vaccaro --- Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, Canada CA Chapman --- Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, Canada EA Nyboer --- Department of Biology, Canada M Luke --- McGill School of Environment, Canada A Byekwaso --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Uganda C Morgan --- McGill School of Environment, Canada D Mbabazi --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Uganda D Twinomugisha --- Makerere University Biological Field Station, Uganda LJ Chapman --- Department of Biology, CanadaCollective action theory predicts that natural resource management at a local level has a higher probability of success if territoriality and jurisdiction of the managerial institution are in synchrony with mobility and territoriality of the resource and exploitation patterns of... -
A visual and acoustic survey for harbour porpoises off North-West Africa: further evidence of a discrete population
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: O Boisseau J Matthews D Gillespie C Lacey A Moscrop N El OuamariThe distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in southern Europe and along the Atlantic African coast is poorly understood, with tentative assessments suggesting a discrete West African population with a northern limit around the Straits of Gibraltar. This study describes... -
Water location, piospheres and a review of evolution in African ruminants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JF Derry AJ DougillThe main radiation of large mammalian herbivores in Africa took place in the Pliocene–Pleistocene, when a long-term trend towards aridification promoted grasslands and the diversification of ruminant grazers. Traditional models of this evolution identify habitat fragmentation in response to climate... -
The Immanent Counter-Enlightenment: Christianity and Morality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charles Taylor --- McGill University and NorthWestern University,In this translation of Charles Taylor’s paper, ‘Die Immanente Gegenaufklarung: Christentum und Moral’, the author discusses the relationship between Christianity and morality, in the light of developments in the West over the past five centuries. Particular attention is paid to... -
EARLY SUMMER IN LITTLE NAMAQUALAND
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: E.L. Gill -
AN AFTERNOON WITH THE WADERS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: E.L. Gill -
2. KRUGER PARK BIRDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Leonard Gill --- , -
2. SOME ANNOTATIONS TO DR. ROBERTS'S “BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA.”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: E.L. GILL -
8. SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: H.H. Hamling M. E. W. North Gill T. RORKE --- , C.M. ENSLIN --- , -
The metabolic syndrome using the National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions among urbanised black South Africans with established coronary artery disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Lucas M Ntyintyane --- Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Vanessa R Panz --- Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Frederick J Raal --- Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Geoffrey V Gill --- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UKBackground. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) introduced a new definition of the metabolic syndrome (MS) that emphasises ethnic-specific cut-offs for waist circumference (WC). -
The effect of the introduction of a standard monitoring protocol on the investigations performed on the metabolic control of type 2 diabetes at Addington Hospital Medical Outpatients Department, Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JM Gill --- Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, F Pirie --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Division of Medicine, T Esterhuizen --- Programme of Biostatistics,Background: A comprehensive approach to the control of type 2 diabetes is required to reduce mortality and morbidity. To improve diabetes management, in 2005 a protocol for the monitoring and management of type 2 diabetes, aligned to the 2003 Society... -
Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Self-Directed Learning Among Women University Students: A Cross-Cultural Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karina de Bruin --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Gillian Hughes --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between career decision self-efficacy and self-directed learning among Black and White women university students. Three-hundred and fifty-five female university students (211 Black; 144 White) completed the Student Self-Directed Learning Questionnaire and the Career Decision Self-Efficacy... -
Introduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sharad Chari --- Centre for Indian Studies in Africa and Department of Anthropology, South Africa Kelly Gillespie --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa -
Murder and the whole city
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kelly Gillespie --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaHenri Lefebvre's The Urban Revolution makes a claim for the importance of seeing the whole urban form in our analyses of cities. He argues that we too often get trapped into a view of the urban that prioritises “fragments” of... -
Endotracheal tube cuff pressures in adult patients undergoing general anaesthesia in two Johannesburg academic hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: L Gilliland --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa H Perrie --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa J Scribante --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South AfricaBackground: Endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure commonly exceeds the recommended range of 20–30 cm H₂O during anaesthesia. A set volume of air will not deliver the same cuff pressure in each patient and the pressure exerted by the ETT cuff can... -
Seasonal variability of bull and tiger shark presence on the west coast of Reunion Island, western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Blaison --- IRD La Réunion, UMR MARBEC (IRD/IFREMER/UM/CNRS), France S Jaquemet --- Université de La Réunion, France D Guyomard --- Comité Régional des Pêches Maritimes et des Elevages Marins de La Réunion (CRPMEM), France G Vangrevelynghe --- Squal'Idées, Stella, France T Gazzo --- WEST, Saint Gilles, France G Cliff --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa P Cotel --- IRD La Réunion, UMR MARBEC (IRD/IFREMER/UM/CNRS), France M Soria --- IRD La Réunion, UMR MARBEC (IRD/IFREMER/UM/CNRS), FranceA fisheries‑independent survey using longlines and drumlines, and an acoustic telemetry study, revealed that bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas and tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier occur throughout the year off the west coast of Reunion Island. The research, which commenced in 2011,... -
The possibility of a critical anthropology after apartheid: relevance, intervention, politics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kelly Gillespie --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South Africa Bernard Dubbeld --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis paper, prompted by an Anthropology Southern Africa conference around the theme ‘Public Anthropology’, argues that any post-apartheid anthropology that abandons criticality as a core disciplinary principle risks dispelling any radical content that anthropology may have to offer South African... -
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Tribute to Professor Barry Schoub
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: R B Wiggill --- Previous Chairman of the PRF, and Trustee 1977-2010, -
The Osmoregulatory Ability of Three Grapsoid Crab Species in Relation to Their Penetration of an Estuarine System
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Gillian Boltt --- Department of Zoology, J. Hebg --- Department of Zoology,The osmoregulatory abilities of the grapsoid crabs Cyclograpsus punctata*, Sesarma catenata andSesarma eulimene were studied comparatively in an attempt to explain, at least in part, their distribution in estuaries. Both survival and haemorymph osmotic pressure were used as indices of... -
The Functional Anatomy of the Neck and Forelimbs of the Cape Golden Mole, Chrysochloris Asiatica (Lipotyphla: Chrysochloridae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Gillian M Puttick --- Zoology Department, Jennifer U M Jarvis --- Zoology Department,The anatomy of the neck and forelimb of Chrysochloris asiatica is described and illustrated. The sequence of events during digging and modifications for fossorial action are described. Modifications include the appearance of a third bone in the forearm; the shortening... -
Organic ‘compensatory’ osmolytes in osmolarity control and hydration changes in animal cells
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: R. Gilles --- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, BelgiumThis paper briefly reviews some aspects of the research on organic solutes in osmolarity control and hydration changes of animal cells. It is concerned with the nature of these solutes, their roles in acclimation to hyperosmotic situations, the control of... -
Properties of Juvenile and Mature Wood of Cupressus Lusitanica Grown in Kawetire Forest Plantation, Mbeya—Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: R.C. Ishengoma --- Department of Wood Utilization, Tanzania P.R. Gillah --- Department of Wood Utilization, Tanzania M.M. Kimu --- Department of Wood Utilization, Tanzania -
Ultrasound-guided neural blockade in Proteus syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Aidan C Kingwill --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Gillian Lamacraft --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South AfricaSummary: Proteus syndrome is a rare genetic disorder first described in 1979 and named after Proteus, a Greek demigod who was capable of changing his form to avoid capture. The incidence is < 1:1 000 000, but can be expected to be... -
A corpus-driven account of the noun classes and genders in Northern Sotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Elsabé Taljard --- Department of African Languages, South Africa Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaThis article offers a distributional corpus analysis of the Northern Sotho noun and gender system. The aim is twofold: first, to assess whether the existing descriptions of the noun class system in Northern Sotho are corroborated by information provided by... -
Methods for assessing the impact of research on innovation and development in the agriculture and food sectors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ludovic Temple --- Cirad Umr Innovation, France Estelle Biénabe --- Cirad Umr Innovation, France Danielle Barret --- Cirad-Dgdrs, France Gilles Saint-Martin --- Cirad-Dgdrs, FranceThe need for technological transition and the context of the privatization of public research funding both challenge the evolution of methods to assess the impact of research in the agricultural and food sectors. We analyze this evolution through a literature... -
Feeding and growth in a captive-born bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: V.M. Peddemors --- Biology Department, Republic of South Africa M. Fothergill --- Durban Sea World, South Africa V.G. Cockcroft --- Centre for Dolphin Studies, Port Elizabeth Museum, South AfricaThe feeding and growth of a captive-born bottlenose dolphin Tursiops trunÄtus calf were studied for 30 months post partum. Changes in the behaviours associated with suckling were monitored and suggested that the mammary glands need tactile stimulation before the calf... -
Just responses to problems associated with the brain drain: Identity, community, and obligation in an unjust world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Gillian Brock --- Philosophy, New ZealandIn this essay, which forms part of a symposium on the brain drain, I respond to the arguments of several critics. I defend my proposals concerning how to address problems associated with high levels of skilled migration, especially in the... -
Guest editors' introduction: Justice, the brain drain, and Africa: Introduction to a symposium on Debating Brain Drain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Gillian Brock --- Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand Michael Blake --- Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance, USA -
Elaine Rosa Salo (1962–2016)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kelly Gillespie --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa -
Reconstructing the origins of the Luganda (JE15) modal auxiliaries -sóból- and -yînz-: A historical-comparative study across the West Nyanza Bantu cluster
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Deo Kawalya --- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies, Department of Languages and Cultures, Belgium Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies, Department of Languages and Cultures, Belgium Koen Bostoen --- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies, Department of Languages and Cultures, BelgiumIn this article, a comparison is made of the expression of possibility in West Nyanza Bantu languages in order to reconstruct the origins of Luganda’s two most frequent possibility markers, viz. the near-synonymous auxiliaries -sóból- and -yînz-. Earlier Luganda diachronic... -
Genetic variability of growth and wood chemical properties in a clonal population of Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis in the Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Garel Makouanzi --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles (CRDPI), Republic of the Congo Gilles Chaix --- CIRAD, France Sophie Nourissier --- CIRAD, France Philippe Vigneron --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles (CRDPI), Republic of the CongoThirty-four Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis hybrids were evaluated with a view to selecting for improved growth and wood-quality traits for plantations in the Congo. Height, circumference at breast height and volume were measured at 12, 27, 37, 49 and... -
A Practical Grass Selection Guide (South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Richard Gill --- RM Gill and Associates, South Africa -
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... -
Photovoltaic performance prediction in Northern Nigeria using generated typical meteorological year dataset
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olayinka S. Ohunakin --- The Energy and Environment Research Group (TEERG), Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria Muyiwa S. Adaramola --- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norway Olanrewaju M. Oyewola --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria Richard O. Fagbenle --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria Damola S. Adelekan --- The Energy and Environment Research Group (TEERG), Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria Jatinder Gill --- Ph.D Research Scholar, IKGPTU, Kapurthala, India Fidelis I. Abam --- Energy, exergy and environment research group (EEERG), Department of Mechanical Engineering, NigeriaRelevant meteorological files are needed by simulation software to assess the energy performances of buildings or efficiency of renewable energy systems. This paper adopts the Sandia method to generate typical meteorological year (TMY), using a 35-year hourly measured meteorological dataset... -
Association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sandra B Letshwenyo-Maruatona --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Montlenyane Madisa --- Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning, Botswana Thokgamo Boitshwarelo --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Botho George-Kefilwe --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Caroline Kingori --- Department of Social and Public Health, USA Gillian Ice --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Health Sciences and Professions, USA Joseph A Bianco --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Marape Marape --- Marape & Marape Family Medical and Public Health Clinic, Botswana Zelalem T Haile --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, USAIn Botswana, an estimated 350 000 people live with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS testing rates are low, suggesting that many other people remain undiagnosed. Stigma related to HIV/AIDS is prevalent and contributes to low testing rates and under-diagnosis of the virus. Identifying... -
A corpus-driven study of the expression of necessity in Luganda (Bantu, JE15)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Deo Kawalya --- School of Languages, Literature and Communication, Uganda Gilles-Maurice de Schryver --- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies, Department of Languages and Cultures, Belgium Koen Bostoen --- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies, Department of Languages and Cultures, BelgiumThis article reports on the analysis of three major markers of necessity in Luganda, i.e. the modal auxiliaries -téekw- and -lina and the verbal prefix -andi-. On the basis a 4-million-word corpus it is argued that, overall, the auxiliary -téekw-... -
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Glynis Humphrey --- , South Africa Conor Eastment --- , South Africa Lindsey Gillson --- , South Africa M Timm Hoffman --- , South AfricaVegetation cover estimates for trees, shrub-grass mosaics, and grassland and bare ground, were quantified in the savanna-woodland of Bwabwata National Park, north-east Namibia. Changes in woody cover were analysed using repeat photographs in combination with aerial photographs and recent satellite... -
Sedimentary charcoal studies from southern Africa’s grassy biomes: a potential resource for informing the management of fires and ecosystems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Abraham N Dabengwa --- , South Africa Sally Archibald --- , South Africa Jemma Finch --- , South Africa Louis Scott --- , South Africa Lindsey Gillson --- , South Africa William J Bond --- , South AfricaAfrican grassy biomes evolved together with fire and have a long history of human manipulation of fire, yet few rangeland studies acknowledge the role of prehistoric fire in shaping contemporary ecological patterns. Nevertheless, prehistoric fire records have been used elsewhere... -
Preliminary study on improved postharvest practices for tomato loss reduction in Nigeria, Rwanda and India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olubukola Motunrayo Odeyemi --- , Nigeria Lisa Kitinoja --- , USA Neeru Dubey --- , India Solange Musanase --- , Rwanda Gurbinder Singh Gill --- , USATomato production is increasing along with postharvest losses in Nigeria, Rwanda and India. Modified Commodity Systems Assessment Methodology on tomato was conducted in the study areas during the July – August 2017 harvest season to evaluate the costs and benefits... -
Correlates of condom use among sexually experienced secondary school male students in Nairobi, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marcel Yotebieng --- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Health at the University of North Carolina, Carolyn Tucker Halpern --- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Ellen MH Mitchell --- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Medical Center, Ada Adimora --- Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,This study aimed to examine perceptual factors associated with condom use, and the relationship between condom use and the timing of sexual debut among male secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya. Data are from the TeenWeb study, a school-based project... -
More than a decade of addressing HIV and AIDS in education in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Naydene de Lange --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Claudia Mitchell --- McGill University, Canada Mathabo Khau --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa -
Spectrum of female commercial sex work in Bangui, Central African Republic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jean De Dieu Longo --- , Central African Republic Marcel Mbéko Simaléko --- , Central African Republic Richard Ngbale --- , Central African Republic Gérard Grésenguet --- , Central African Republic Gilles Brücker --- , , France Laurent Bélec --- , , FranceClassification of professional and non-professional female sex workers (FSWs) into different categories, never previously reported in the Central African Republic (CAR), may be useful to assess the dynamics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, design operational intervention programmes to... -
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BREVICEPS V. VERRUCOSUS. RAPPItem type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: H. PICKERSGILL -
THE FIRST CAPTIVE PROPOGATION OF STRIPED-PHASE PUFF ADDERS (BITIS ARIETANS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: SCOTT GILLESPIE --- Transvaal Snake Park, South Africa RODW. PATTERSON --- Transvaal Snake Park, South Africa DAVER. MORGAN --- Tygerberg Preservation Trust,The discovery and first captive breeding of a striped-phase of the puff adder (Bitis arietans) from southern Africa is described. -
Afrixalus dabagae Pickersgill 1992 relegated to synonomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: M. PICKERSGILL --- , EnglandPICKERSGILL, M. 1995. Afrixalus dabagae Pickersgill 1992 relegated to synonomy. J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr. 44(2): 58. -
A redefinition of Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) and Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876) (Amphibia, Anura Hyperoliidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Martin Pickersgill --- , EnglandThe validity of both Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) and A. vittiger (Peters, 1876) as separate species is supported. Differences in their morphology, calls and tadpoles are presented, and the distributional ranges of both species are discussed. Morphological and vocal evidence... -
A photo-identification-based assessment model of southern right whales Eubalaena australis surveyed in South African waters, with a focus on recent low counts of mothers with calves
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Brandão --- University of Cape Town, South Africa A Ross-Gillespie --- University of Cape Town, South Africa E Vermeulen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa DS Butterworth --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaPhoto-identification data for southern right whale cow–calf pairs on the South African calving grounds provide one of the longest abundance time-series for any whale population worldwide. Following a very steady increase from a heavily depleted state, surveys since 2015 reflect... -
Empirical investigation of the Fintech and financial literacy nexus: Small business managers’ insights in Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Prince Hikouatcha --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Alain Gilles Tagne Foka --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Armand Depesquidoux Fossi --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Simplice A Asongu --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaRecent and ongoing advancements in the field of ICT have led to the introduction of increasingly diversified financial products, and their use is improving people’s level of financial knowledge and skills. This article aims at assessing the effect of Fintech... -
Integration of psychobiography into professional training in clinical and counselling psychology: Strategies and prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zelda Gillian Knight --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaPsychobiography or the in-depth interpretation of the life and experiences of a single individual who made a significant impact on society has a long history in academic psychology. In psychological practice, similar methods are often employed to write a case... -
Gibberellic and salicylic acids improve seedling emergence, early growth and some physiological characteristics of Phaseolus vulgaris L. under soil compaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Hamid Reza Eisvand --- Lorestan University, Iran Hadis Nasrollahi --- Lorestan University, Iran Feizollah Shahbazi --- Lorestan University, Iran Mohammad Feizian --- Lorestan University, Iran Donald L Smith --- McGill University, CanadaHeavy soil compaction and crusting adversely affect the percentage and speed of seedling emergence, particularly in dicotyledonous epigeal plants. This study aimed to evaluate ways to cope with this phenomenon in kidney bean through hormonal priming. A factorial experiment was... -
Diversity, distribution and knowledge gaps of Polychaeta on the continental shelf of southern Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Amoré Malan --- , South Africa Aiden Biccard --- , South Africa Jessica Dawson --- , South Africa Robyn Payne --- , South Africa Kevin Schmidt --- , South Africa Kirti N Gihwala --- , South Africa Ken Hutchings --- , South Africa Deon Louw --- , Namibia Josef Shikeva --- , Namibia Blessing Kamwi --- , Namibia Lapaka Kaimbi --- , Namibia Julien Vumazonke --- , Namibia Megameno Mutaleni --- , Namibia Thomas Shannon --- , United Kingdom Sarah Chordekar --- , United Kingdom Vere Ross-Gillespie --- , United KingdomThis study investigated the diversity, composition and distribution patterns of polychaete macrofauna inhabiting unconsolidated sediments on the continental shelf of southern Namibia. During the austral summer of 2021, 910 Van Veen grab samples were collected from 91 sites in water... -
Participant acceptability and clinician satisfaction of cognitive behavioural therapy and medication management algorithm compared with enhanced standard care for treatment of depression among youth with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Emily A Barr --- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA Kristin Baltrusaitis --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Betsy D Kennard --- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Graham J Emslie --- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Chelsea Krotje --- , USA Kevin Knowles --- , USA Sarah Buisson --- , USA Lauren Bergam --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Jaime G Deville --- David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, USA Susan L Gillespie --- , USA Melissa Shikora --- , USA Ellen Townley --- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, USA David E Shapiro --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Larry K Brown --- Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USABackground: Primary results of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT) 2002 trial showed that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and medication management algorithm (MMA) (COMB-R) significantly improved depression in youth with HIV (YWH) compared with enhanced standard...
