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Dictionary as Whip: On Comforting the Nietzsche Audience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Louise Mabille --- University of Pretoria, -
Sexual specificity, rape law reform and the feminist quest for justice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Louise du Toit --- Department of Philosophy,Recent rape law reform is most saliently characterised by a turn to gender neutrality in its definition of the crime of rape. The few possible advantages of a gender neutral approach to rape are offset by a series of disadvantages... -
Come about Five-ish: Vagueness in Language
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mary-Louise Peires --- ,The article examines differing use of vague terms such as “about”, “or so”, “more than” and “less than” in the discourse of English first-language (L1) users and English second-language (L2) users. It shows that while L1 users show a broadly... -
Psychofortology of Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Fouché --- University of the Free State, South Africa Nico Nortjé --- University of the Free State, South Africa Kerry Phillips --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Louise Stroud --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,This study explored the coping and subjective well-being of women undergoing infertility treatment. Participants were 61 South African women attending a fertility clinic was selected by means of non- probability purposive sampling (mean age = 34.5). Data were gathered by... -
Children's caregiving of HIV-infected parents accessing treatment in western Kenya: challenges and coping strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Louise Buhl Andersen --- London School of Economics and Political Science, United KingdomThis article describes qualitative research carried out in rural western Kenya in a setting characterised by poverty and high HIV prevalence. It discusses the responsibilities and challenges that children face when becoming the primary caregiver to an HIV-infected parent enrolled... -
Some thoughts about the impact of domestic violence on infants and young children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Louise EmanuelThis paper describes the impact on children of both the primary trauma of severe domestic violence and the secondary consequences of chronic situations where domestic violence forms part of a general background of neglect, deprivation and abuse. Links are made... -
Bullying boys: the traumatic effects of bullying in male adolescent learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Susan Louise Penning --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Anil Bhagwanjee --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaObjective: This study investigated the nature and extent of the relationship between bullying and trauma among male adolescent learners. Trauma was operationalised through the multiple constructs of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, dissociation and anger. Method: In this quantitative study, two... -
Genetic research, behavioural science, and child and adolescent mental health in South Africa: an important new agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Mark Tomlinson Leslie Swartz Louise WarnichBackground: Since the announcement of the results of the international research project to unravel the human genome in the early 1990s there has been a burgeoning of research into the genetic basis of psychopathology and development. South African behavioural researchers,... -
Old wives’ tales and philosophical delusions: on ‘the problem of women and African philosophy’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Louise du Toit --- Department of Philosophy University of Johaimesburg, South AfricaThis article represents a response to ‘the problem of women and African philosophy’, which refers mainly to the absence of sRong women’s and feminist voices within the discipline of African philosophy. I investigate the possibility that African women are not... -
Observations of Cape Parrot, Poicephalus robustus, nesting in the wild
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Craig Symes Mark Brown Louise Warburton Michael Perrin Colleen DownsMost Cape Parrot, Poicephalus robustus, nests have been recorded in snags (standing dead trees) making monitoring of nest contents and nest activities difficult and dangerous. Here the breeding activity of a Cape Parrot pair in the cavity of a live... -
Development of a career-enabler framework within a South African higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anton Grobler --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Elizabeth Cornelia Rudolph --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Magdalena Louise Bezuidenhout --- Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, South AfricaThis study developed a preliminary career-enabler framework for use in a higher education setting. A quantitative survey was conducted with a sample of 1392 employees within a higher education institution in South Africa. Structural analysis was performed using exploratory factor... -
Molecular diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the gastropod genus Melanoides in Lake Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louise Von Gersdorff Sørensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, Denmark Aslak Jørgensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, Denmark Thomas K. Kristensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, DenmarkThe freshwater snails belonging to the genus Melanoides Olivier, 1804 are widespread across tropical regions of the world and endemic species have evolved in the African Lakes Malawi, Mweru and Tanganyika. The endemic Melanoides species of Lake Malawi have been... -
Aspects of the ecology of Cichlidogyrus philander collected from Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander from the Padda Dam, Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louise E. le Roux --- Department of Zoology, South Africa A. Avenant-Oldewage --- Department of Zoology, South Africa F. C. van der Walt --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaCichlidogyrus philander was originally described from Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Specimens from four fish species were collected during this study over a 14-month period from the Padda Dam, Johannesburg, transported to the laboratory and killed. Following examination,... -
Some aspects of the evaluation of Business Process Reengineering projects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: Dan Remenyi --- Professor in the Department of Information Systems at the University of the Witwatersrand, Louise Whittaker --- Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems at the University of the Witwatersrand,Evaluation is an important facet of human existence because it is an intrinsic part of the process of understanding. The evaluation of business process reengineering is no exception to this statement. -
A psychobiographical analysis of Dambudzo Marechera's personal development through his writings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kudakwashe C Muchena --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Greg Howcroft --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Louise Stroud --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThis study applied psychobiography to explore the personal development of Zimbabwean novelist Dambudzo Marechera – and particularly focus on psychological disintegration. For the evidence, we examined primary and secondary works on his life history with special attention to his literary... -
Range extensions of blennioid fishes on the southern African west coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Penrith* --- State Museum, Windhoek, South West Africa/Namibia Mary-Louise Penrith --- State Museum, Windhoek, South West Africa/Namibia -
The diets of littoral fish from the Cape Peninsula
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: B. Bennett --- Zoology Department, Republic of South Africa C.L. Griffiths --- Zoology Department, Republic of South Africa Mary-Louise Penrith --- Zoology Department, Republic of South AfricaIntertidal fish communities in the south·western Cape have a high density and biomass, implying that the fish are important con· sumers in the ntertidal zone. Stomach content analyses of 20 species were undertaken to ascertain which food resources are most... -
Oxygen dissociation curves of whole blood from the Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca E. Geoffroy, using a thin-layer optical cell
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: W.J. van Aardt --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South Africa G.N. Bronner --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Marie-Louise de Necker --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South AfricaTadarida aegyptiaca (mean body mass 13.5 g) is a fast flying insectivorous bat that hunts in open areas for extended periods, covering extensive distances during its foraging bouts. Whole blood samples taken from the wing arteries were analysed for 2,3-diphosphoglyceric... -
Herbal weight-loss products: how informed are we?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Louise van den Berg --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Corinna Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences,Objective: Non-prescription, weight-loss products are advertised as quick-solution alternatives to long-term lifestyle changes. -
Agreement between measured height, and height predicted from ulna length, in adult patients in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Louise van den Berg --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mariëtte Nel --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South Africa Desiré Brand --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Jessica Bosch --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Wieda Human --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Shannon Lawson --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaObjective: To assess the agreement between measured height, and height predicted from ulna length using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) equations, in adult patients admitted to government hospitals in Bloemfontein, South Africa. -
Debating brain drain: Three objections that complicate the picture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Louise du Toit --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaIn my contribution to this brain drain debate sparked by Brock and Blake’s book, Debating Brain Drain, I respond only to Brock’s position, and raise three objections which I suggest complicate the picture that she sketches. First, I take issue... -
Incidence of hypoglycaemia among insulin-treated patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus: South African cohort of International Operations Hypoglycaemia Assessment Tool (IO HAT) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Mahomed AK Omar --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa Adri Kok --- Specialist Physician, South Africa Duma Khutsoane --- Physician, Medi-Clinic, South Africa Shaifali Joshi --- General Physician, South Africa Michael Ramaboea --- Physician, Louis Pasteur Hospital, South Africa Makepisi Lesiba Isaac Mashitisho --- Physician, Legae Medi Clinic, South Africa Verushka Chetty --- Novo Nordisk A/S, South Africa Levi John Koopman --- Novo Nordisk A/S, South Africa Louise Johnson --- Physician, Montana Hospital, South AfricaObjectives: To assess the incidence and rates of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the South African cohort of the International Operations Hypoglycaemia Assessment Tool (IO HAT) study. -
Seabird breeding populantions decrease along the arid coastline of South Africa’s Northern Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Robert JM Crawford --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Bruce M Dyer --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Louise Geldenhuys --- Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature Conservation, South Africa W Herman Oosthuizen --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Azwianewi B Makhado --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South AfricaNumbers of eight seabird species that have bred in coastal areas of South Africa’s arid Northern Cape province have all shown substantial decreases since initial estimates of their abundance were made in the latter part of the twentieth century. Likely... -
An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acaciae, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Stuart Fraser --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Alistair R McTaggart --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Julian Moreno Chan --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa Thobile Nxumalo --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa Louise S Shuey --- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Michael J Wingfield --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Jolanda Roux --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South AfricaUromycladium acaciae is the cause of a severe wattle rust epidemic in plantations of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in southern Africa. Research on the biology of this damaging rust is assisting in the development of control strategies. One strategy under... -
“Men don’t cry”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Black South African Men’s Experience of Divorce
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Kudakwashe C. Muchena --- , Zimbabwe Greg Howcroft --- , South Africa Louise A. Stroud --- , South AfricaThe decision to divorce marks a turning point for every individual involved. It can be viewed as more than just a legal process. From a psychological perspective, it does not matter who initiated the divorce, since it always comes with... -
Nutritional status, glycaemic control and barriers to treatment compliance among patients with type 2 diabetes attending public primary health clinics in Maseru, Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Louise van den Berg --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mohlakotsana Mokhehle --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Jacques Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaObjectives: To evaluate the nutritional status, glycaemic control and barriers to treatment compliance of outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attending two public primary health clinics in Maseru, Lesotho. -
Estimating above-ground biomass of individual trees with terrestrial laser scanner and 3D quantitative structure modelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Tasiyiwa P Muumbe --- , Zimbabwe Paradzayi Tagwireyi --- , Zimbabwe Pride Mafuratidze --- , Zimbabwe Yousif Hussin --- , The Netherlands Louise van Leeuwen --- , The NetherlandsThis study explored the feasibility of using the terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) and quantitative structure modelling (QSM) to estimate the above-ground biomass (AGB) of individual trees in the tropical rainforest using data from the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, Malaysia. We... -
Agreement between measured height, and height predicted from published equations, in adult South African patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Hanna Williamson --- , Corinna Walsh --- , Mariette Nel --- , Louise van den Berg --- , -
Intergroup‐movement in a group‐living lizard, Cordylus cataphractus, from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Louise Visagie --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa P. le FrasN. Mouton --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa AlexanderF. Flemming --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa -
On thinking about interpersonal violence and the impotence of force
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Charla Smith --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Louise du Toit --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWe argue that the problem of violence persists, to a certain degree, because of our refusal or inability to think about traumatic, difficult or “senseless” material systematically. We explore the connection between thinking and violence, and specifically Arendt’s question whether... -
Non-binary gender in African personhood?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Julia Huysamer --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Louise du Toit --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaA case has been made by various authors that the normative and processual notion of personhood found in African philosophy is discriminatory: it has been labelled as sexist, ableist and anti-queer. Within the anti-queer critique, one area that has not... -
Job satisfaction and perception of workloads among dietitians and nutritionists registered in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Louise van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South Africa Sindi-marie de Beer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Talitha Claassen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Jemima Meyer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Ingrid Strydom --- University of the Free State, South Africa Cornelius van Rooyen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Hermina Spies --- University of the Free State, South Africa -
Language matters: dietitians’ lived experiences of language barriers during nutrition counselling with Sesotho-speaking mothers in the first 1 000 days of life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Phozia Jansen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Lucia N Meko --- University of the Free State, South Africa Louise van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South Africa