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Spoken language corpora for the nine official African languages of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Jens Allwood JP HendrikseIn this paper we give an outline of a corpus planning project which aims to develop linguistic resources for the nine official African languages of South Africa in the form of corpora, more specifically spoken language corpora. In the course... -
Developing a tagset and tagger for the African languages of South Africa with special reference to Xhosa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Jens Allwood Leif Grönqvist AP HendrikseThere are currently two distinct but not necessarily mutually exclusive approaches to the retrieval of information from linguistic corpora. 'Corpus-driven' approaches rely solely on the corpus itself to yield significant patterns. With the exception of orthographic spacing, no additional annotations... -
African communalism and public health policies: the relevance ofindigenous concepts of personal identity to HIV/AIDS policies in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kipton Jensen --- Department of Philosophy and Religion, United States JosephBR Gaie --- Department of Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, BotswanaThis article explores the possible relevance of African communalism to HIV/AIDS policies in Botswana and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. We examine various interpretations of African communalism, which many consider to be the cardinal insight of African thought. We suggest... -
RECORDS OF BROOD PARASITISM FROM CENTRAL SOUTH WEST AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: A.C. Kemp --- , M.I. Kemp --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- Nature Conservation and Tourism Branch S.W. Administration, C.F. Clinning --- , -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R.K. Brooke --- , J. M. E. Took --- , Isobel Taylor --- , H.F. Meÿer --- , Southern Rhodesia Lida Jensen --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , G.L. Maclean --- , G.L. Maclean --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , R.K. Brooke --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , Isobel Taylor --- , P.A. Clancey --- , M.E. Trouohton --- , AntonionA. da Rosa Pinto --- , DonaldW. Lamm --- , Virginia J.M. Winterbottom --- , -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: P.A. Clancey --- , R. Jensen --- , G.J. Broekhuysen --- , J. G. R. Macleod --- , E. Martin --- , R. Martin --- , J. Robinson --- , G.J. Broekhuysen --- , J. Martin --- , J. Robinson --- , C.J. Uys --- , -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: J. E. W. Dixon --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , K. R. L. Hall --- , England P.A. Clancey --- , G.J. Broekhuysen --- , J. Martin --- , W.R. Siegfried --- Dept. Nature Conservation, J.B. Condy --- , S. Rhodesia A. Clark --- , Springs KeithH. Cooper --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- c/o Poultry Dept., U.S.A. D.I. Barbour --- , T.E. Reilly --- , Swaziland B. Wasdell --- , Swaziland W.J. Lawson --- , N.A. Campbell --- , R.K. Schmidt --- , D.W. Crowe --- , ClemenceM. Acland --- , England ClemenceM. Ackland --- , England VioletC. Maxe --- , England -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: J.S. De Villiers --- , K.Z. Edwards --- , J.R. Grindley --- , W.J. Lawson --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, W.R. Siegfried --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, R.B. Payne --- Department of Zoology, U.S.A. RobertB. Payne --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Karen Payne --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia D. Tredgold --- , Rhodesia P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia D. Tredgold --- , Rhodesia B. Every --- , J. W. H. Ferguson --- , R.K. Brooke --- , Rhodesia M.B. Markus --- Dept. of Zoology, MilesB. Markus --- Dept. of Zoology, A.J. Tree --- , A.J. Tree --- , P.A. Clancey --- , R. A.C. Jensen --- , M.K. Jensen --- , B.G. Donnelly --- , B.G. Donnelly --- , C.J. Vernon --- , C.J. Vernon --- , C.J. Vernon --- , D. Mcculloch --- , W.R. Siegfried --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, J.R. Grindley --- , -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: J.M. Mendelsohn --- , J. Martin --- , C. P. W.R. Dean --- , I.C. Cannell --- , G.B. Neame --- Dept. of History, E.C. R.K. Brooke --- , F.V. Tuer --- , Peter Steyn --- , Peter Steyn --- , P.A. Clancey --- , J. Martin --- , C. P. R. A. C. Jensen --- , C. P. P.A. Clancey --- , K.J. Fourh --- , C. P. P.S. Lockhart P.S. Lockhart A. E. N. Molesworth D.J. Barbour G.B. Neame D.J. Barbour R.K. Brooke P.S. Lockhart K.B. Newman D.M. Skead B.L. Pentzhorn A.K. Morris I. Taylor G. Harrison D.J. Barbour -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: A.B. Daneel --- , C. Niven --- , J. Niven --- , Peter Johnson --- , Ernst Schüz --- , P.A. Clancey --- , H.E. Wolters --- , C.J. Skead --- , C.P. J.H. Oosthuizen --- Department of Zoology, MilesB. Markus --- Department of Zoology, R.K. Brooke --- , Rhodesia J. Cooper --- Dept. of Agriculture, J.V. Groves --- , Salisbury W. R. S. Dean --- , A.C. Kemp --- , W. R. J. Dean --- , A.C. Kemp --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- , U.S.A. M.K. Jensen --- , U.S.A. A.C. Pooley --- , T.P. Dutton --- , G.W. Schutte --- , H.E. Evans --- , Nico Myburgh --- , C. J. O. Harrison --- , England D.H. Eccles --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- , M.K. Jensen --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , -
ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUCKOOS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. A. C. Jensen --- Zoology Department, M.K. Jensen --- Zoology Department, -
FIRST BREEDING RECORDS OF THE HERERO CHAT NAMIBORNIS HERERO, AND TAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. A. C. Jensen --- , South West Africa M.K. Jensen --- , South West Africa -
ON THE BIOLOGY OF THE DIDRIC CUCKOO IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. A. C. Jensen --- , C.J. Vernon --- , -
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R. A. C. Jensen --- , South West Africa -
NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA: 4
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: J. W. H. Ferguson R. A. C. Jensen A.J. Tree R.M. Harwin A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree W. Fraser A.J. Tree R.M. Harwin J.M. Winterbottom D. M. V. Brown J. Cranston A.C. Kemp A.J. Tree A.J. Tree B. Every A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree W. Fraser W. Fraser K.Z. Edwards A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree E.O. Pike A.J. Tree A.J. Tree B. Every R.M. Harwin W. Fraser W. Fraser A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree A.J. Tree P.S. Lockhart R.D. Nixon J.B. Kinahan G.N. Jonsson R.K. Brooke B.D. Colahan C.J. Skead C.J. Skead H. Nevill H. Nevill J. Kinahan C.J. Skead A.J. Tree B. Every A.J. Tree R.D. Nixon A.J. Tree -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: I.H. Davidson --- , South Africa H.C. Biggs --- , South Africa P.J. Mundy --- Dept. of Zoology, Rhodesia P.A. Clancey --- , South Africa P. le S. Milstein --- , R.H. Taylor --- , South Africa A. Clark --- , South Africa P.A. Clancey --- , South Africa P.A. Clancey --- , South Africa N. Lees-May --- Department of National Parks & Wildlife Management, Rhodesia M.K. Rowan --- , C.P. P. Steyn --- , Rhodesia P. Ellman-Brown --- , Rhodesia P.F. Woodall --- , Rhodesia B.G. Donnelly --- , Rhodesia C.R. Thomson --- , Rhodesia W. R. J. Dean --- , South Africa R. A. C. Jensen --- , South West Africa -
Population estimates and distribution changes of landbirds on Silhouette Island, Seychelles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: W. Cresswell --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland M. Irwin --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland M. Jensen --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland A. Mee --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland R. Mellanby --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland M. McKean --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, Scotland L. Milne --- Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, IBLS, ScotlandCresswell, W., Irwin, M., Mee, A., Mellanby, R., McKean, M. & Milne, L. 1997. Population estimates and distribution changes of landbirds on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. Ostrich 68 (2–4): 50–57. -
Excerpt From The Newsletter Of The International Association For Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Allied Professions (IACAPAP) No IV, Summer 1996
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: B. Vitiello P.S. Jensen -
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii in Niger: population size, breeding ecology and home range
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kim Diget Christensen Knud Falk Flemming Pagh Jensen Bo Svenning PetersenAbdim's Stork is a common breeding bird in most human settlements across the Sahel. However, very few studies have surveyed the population and described its breeding and feeding ecology during the breeding season. We identified the breeding range in Niger,... -
Migration routes and staging areas of Abdim's Storks Ciconia abdimii identified by satellite telemetr
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Flemming Pagh Jensen Knud Falk Bo Svenning PetersenThis paper presents the results of a satellite tracking study of seven adult Abdim's Storks Ciconia abdimii that were followed from the nesting areas in southern Niger across the equator to the non-breeding range and back. Post-breeding migration started between... -
The development of an expert system for arid rangeland management in central Namibia with emphasis on bush thickening
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: David Joubert --- Nature Conservation, Namibia Ibo Zimmermann --- Nature Conservation, Namibia Jens Fendler --- Nature Conservation, Namibia Heike Winschiers-Theophilus --- Nature Conservation, Namibia Friedrich P Graz --- Nature Conservation, Namibia Nico Smit --- Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, South Africa M Timm Hoffman --- Plant Conservation Unit, Botany Department, South AfricaAn online decision support system derived from research and expert knowledge was developed for arid rangeland management in central Namibia. The expert system emphasises the control of bush thickening and is divided into three forms of decisions: adaptive, reactive and... -
Practice of sumo kodhi among the Luo and implications for HIV transmission in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Omondi Olang'o --- Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya Erick Nyambedha --- Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya Jens Aagaard-Hansen --- Steno Health Promotion Center, DenmarkThis paper discusses the practice of sumo kodhi among the Luo ethnic group and its implications for spread of HIV in western Kenya. Sumo kodhi is a practice in which a woman arranges to have sex with a man other... -
New evidence for a South Atlantic stock of humpback whales wintering on the Northwest African continental shelf
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Koen Van Waerebeek --- COREWAM-Senegal, Musée de la Mer, Senegal Abdoulaye Djiba --- COREWAM-Senegal, Musée de la Mer, Senegal Jens-Otto Krakstad --- Institute of Marine Research, Norway Abdellahi Samba Ould Bilal --- Institut Mauritanien des Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches (IMROP), Mauritania Idrissa L. Bamy --- Centre National des Sciences Halieutiques de Boussoura (CNSHB), Guinea Amadeu Almeida --- Centro de Investigaç ão Pesqueira Aplicada (CIPA), Guinea-Bissau Ebou Mass Mbye --- Fisheries Department, The GambiaSeventeen confirmed and four probable sightings of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, were documented from platform-of-opportunity Research Vessel (R/V) Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in a passing-mode visual survey of continental shelf waters between Conakry and Cap Vert Peninsula (Dakar), 21 October -5... -
Anthropologist to activist: Paul Farmer's changing perspectives on cultural difference and human rights
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hanne Jensen Haricharan --- Department of Social Anthropology,This paper outlines shifting perspectives in Paul Farmer's work with regard to cultural difference and human rights. It describes Farmer's critique of medical anthropology's focus on culture to the detriment of economic factors, and his critique of cultural relativism being... -
Ascorbic acid losses in vegetables associated with cook-chill food preparation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Charlton --- Nutrition and Dietetics Division, Paula Patrick --- Nutrition and Dietetics Division, Linda Dowling --- Nutrition and Dietetics Division, Elmarie Jensen --- Kagiso Khulani Supervision Foodservices, Cape TownObjective. To assess ascorbic acid (AA) losses in four vegetables (broccoli, peas, cauliflower and cabbage) at each production stage in a cook-chill food service system. -
An exploration of the nature, functions and subcategories of the discourse functional category, Interactive, in spoken Xhosa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: AP Hendrikse --- Department of Linguistics, N Nomdebevana --- School of Interdisciplinary Research & Graduate Studies, Jens Allwood --- SCCIIL – Interdisciplinary Center & Division of Communication and Cognition, Department of Applied IT, SwedenIt is a generally accepted view among discourse analysts that the so-called ‘discourse particles’ are extremely variable in meaning and multi-functional, and consequently highly context-dependent for their understanding. As a result of this view no generally accepted view of the... -
Vegetation responses to seasonal weather conditions and decreasing grazing pressure in the arid Succulent Karoo of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Ute Schmiedel --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Germany Jens Oldeland --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, GermanyThe Succulent Karoo biome is a renowned centre of biodiversity and endemism in the arid winter rainfall region of South Africa that is threatened by climate change. On 20 permanently marked plots within a biodiversity observatory, species richness and cover... -
Impact of land use on woody aboveground biomass in Miombo woodlands of western Zambia – comparison of three allometric equations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Priscilla Sichone --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany Ute Schmiedel --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany Jens Oldeland --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany Norbert Jürgens --- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, GermanyGlobally, the intensification of land use for agriculture, timber and fuel is considered the leading threat to the diversity and biomass of forests and woodlands. To suggest management options, it is important to understand the patterns and drivers of diversity,... -
African Journal of Herpetology: Bibliography and taxonomic discoveries of the past ten years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jens Reissig --- Ultimate Creatures, South AfricaDuring the past ten years, the African Journal of Herpetology has published various papers regarding African Herpetology from all corners of the African continent. The journal is published twice per annum with an average of six articles per issue. Below... -
A SUMMARY OF AFRICAN HOLDINGS AND AFRICAN RESEARCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HERPETOLOGY, CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AARONM. BAUER --- Villanova University, USA JENSV. VINDUM --- California Academy of Sciences, USA ROBERTC. DREWES --- California Academy of Sciences, USAAfrican holdings of amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) comprise 21058 specimens in 38 families from 49 countries. A bibliography of publications on African herpetology by CAS staff and associates is appended. -
A review of Barbour's Short-headed Viper, Adenorhinos barbouri (Serpentes: Viperidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JensB. Rasmussen --- University of Copenhagen, Denmark KimM. Howell --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThe recent collection of 13 specimens of the Tanzanian endemic Adenorhinos barbouri more than doubles the number of known specimens of this rare viper. Internal and external characters were examined in the older and the more recently collected specimens and... -
A review of Whyte's Water‐snake, Lycodonomorphus whytii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Lamprophiinae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Jens Bødtker Rasmussen --- University of Copenhagen, DenmarkLycodonomorphus whytii from Malawi and Tanzania is only known from three specimens. Additional potential records from the area in question are carefully discussed and four recently obtained specimens have been examined in respect to lepidosis, dentition, size, internal morphology and... -
On the identification and distribution of the two‐striped night adder (Causus bilineatus) and related forms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jens Bødtker Rasmussen --- University of Copenhagen, DenmarkAn examination of material of Causus bilineatus Boulenger 1905 and of its sympatric congeners from south central Africa confirms its distinctness. Comparisons of allopatric populations of C. bilineatus indicate that the variation in number of ventral and subcaudal scutes is... -
Notes on lung development in South African ghost frogs (Anura: Heleophrynidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times • Authors: Jackson R Phillips --- , USA Jens Reissig --- , South Africa Gary Kyle Nicolau --- , USALungs are a prototypical trait of most tetrapods, but some amphibians have become secondarily lungless over evolutionary time. Anuran (frog) tadpoles offer an opportunity to examine lung loss from an evolutionary perspective, because there are many independent instances where lungs... -
Seasonal altitudinal migration of White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni in Tanzania documented with a barometric pressure logger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Flemming P Jensen --- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chacha Werema --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaSeasonal altitudinal movements from breeding areas in montane forests to non-breeding or wintering areas at lower elevations, during the cool dry season from April–June to September–October, has long been suspected for several species of birds breeding in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc... -
Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: Evidence from Korea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Wonhee You --- Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Jens Müller-Merbach --- , Germany Doojin Ryu --- Sungkyunkwan University, KoreaThis study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP) in listed Korean companies over ten years. The results show a significant positive effect of CSR on CFP in the manufacturing sector, but no notable... -
The amphibians and reptiles of Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve on the Mambilla Plateau of eastern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Denise Arroyo-Lambaer --- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Lauren A Scheinberg --- , USA Jens V Vindum --- , USA Walter P Tapondjou --- University of Florida, USA Morgan G Davidson --- University of Florida, USA Hazel Chapman --- University of Canterbury, New Zealand David C Blackburn --- , USAThe herpetofauna of the montane forests of Taraba State in eastern Nigeria is poorly known. During the twentieth century, two short surveys of amphibian and reptile diversity were conducted on the Mambilla Plateau, but these did not generate a comprehensive...