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A preliminary investigation of woody plant increase in the western Transvaal and implications for veld assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: MargaretH. Friedel --- Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, AustraliaThe relationships between tree density and indices of pasture and soil condition were examined in Western Transvaal grasslands where Acacia karroo had increased following disturbance. The correlation between tree density and pasture condition was not linear, indicating a threshold in... -
Suspense in Nyembezi's moral story ‘Mntanami! Mntanami!’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: MargaretM. Marggraff --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaNyembezi's moral story ‘Mntanami! Mntanami!’ displays diverse techniques with regard to suspense. These techniques can broadly be divided into two categories: those relating to the relationship between events on story level and plot level of a narrative, namely repetition/order and... -
Interlingual variables in measuring and interpreting the degree of ethnicity in speech
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii --- Department of English and Linguistics, KenyaThis article presents findings of a research into the way an ethnic language interacts sociolinguistically with two lingua francas in Kenya. Some of its major findings include how to set up inter-lingual variables and how to establish quantitatively the function... -
JOSEPH STORR LISTER, THE FIRST CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the South African Forestry Association • Authors: MargaretH. Lister -
A FORGOTTEN EXPERIMENT IN TREE PLANTING
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the South African Forestry Association • Authors: MargaretH. Lister -
Coherence as a criterion for the assessment of written reports
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Margaret Inglis --- , Loveness Kaunda --- ,The coherence of a piece of writing depends on there being a close relationship between what the writer intends to say and how this is said. In addition it depends on how clearly the context of the presented content is... -
A Comparison of Quality of Life in Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Priyesh Bipath --- University of Pretoria, Catherine Govender --- University of Pretoria, Margaretha Viljoen --- University of Pretoria,Decreased quality of life of end-stage renal disease is further compromised by renal function replacement treatments such as haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). Poor quality of life negatively affects treatment outcome. This study compared quality of life between HD... -
Knowledge and perception of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ogun State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AdeniyiK Adeneye MargaretA Mafe AdejuwonA Adeneye KabiruK Salami WilliamR Brieger MusbauA Titiloye TaiwoA Adewole PhilipU AgomoMother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is responsible for more than 90% of the cases of HIV infection in infants and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate data on the knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS among women attending antenatal clinics in Nigeria... -
BIRDS AT 7,000 FEET IN AN AREA OF MONTANE GRASSLAND ON THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: MargaretL. Snell --- , S. RHODESIA -
NOTES ON THE BREEDING OF THE BLUE SWALLOW
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: MargaretL. Snell --- , Rhodesia -
Rüppell's Parrot: status, ecology and conservation biology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: RichardG Selman --- , South Africa MargaretL Hunter --- , South Africa MikeR Perrin --- , South AfricaSelman, R.G., Hunter, M.L. & Perrin, M.R. 2000. Rüppell's Parrot: status, ecology and conservation biology. Ostrich 71 (1& 2): 347–348. -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: MARGARET WATT W.E. Watt -
Junior-headed households as a possible strategy for coping with the growing orphan crisis in northern Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jan Kuhanen Riikka Shemeikka Veijo Notkola Margareth NghixulifwaThis paper reports research concerning junior-headed households among Oshiwambo speakers in north-central Namibia. Based on field interviews with randomly sampled junior heads of households and selected key informants, we outline some features common to the junior-headed households and the ways... -
Ethnographic experiences of HIV-positive nurses in managing stigma at a clinic in rural Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Margaret Kyakuwa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsThis paper explores the workplace experiences of HIV-positive nurses and their attempts to manage HIV/AIDS stigma. An HIV diagnosis can have a major impact on an individual's psychological and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, caring for those suffering from chronic HIV-related illnesses... -
Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie (eds)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mark Brown Margaret Sandwith -
Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds by Bo Beolens and Michael Watkins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret Sandwith -
Characteristics of and competition for nest sites by the Rüppell's Parrot, Poicephalus ruepelli
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Richard Selman Mike Perrin Margaret HunterA knowledge of the nesting requirements of Rüppell's Parrot can aid its conservation. Nests were found during 17 months of fieldwork in Namibia and characteristics of the sites are reported here. Nests were found in woodpecker cavities. 72% of the... -
Publications by CJ Skead
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret Sandwith -
Megaloblastic anaemia, diabetes and deafness in a 2-year-old child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Alan Davidson --- Haematology Oncology Service, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital and University of Cape Town, Patricia S Hartley --- Haematology Oncology Service, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital and University of Cape Town, Peter Berman --- Department of Chemical Pathology, Margaret H G Shuttleworth --- Haematology Pathology Service, Red Cross Children's Hospital and University of Cape Town,Megaloblastic anaemia in childhood usually occurs as a result of dietary folate deficiency or, rarely, congenital disorders of vitamin B12 metabolism. -
Perceptions of sugar mommy practices in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Olive Shisana --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Adlai Davids --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Cily Tabane --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Margaret Mbelle --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Gladys Matseke --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Mercy Banyini --- University of Venda, South Africa Queen KekanaThe study sought to explore sugar mommy practices regarding their occurrence, acceptability as well as perceived reasons why older women and younger men enter into sugar mommy relationships. An exploratory qualitative study involving 135 participants from 11 diverse focus groups... -
Music and the Play of Power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Margarethe Adams --- Stony Brook University, -
Tick infestations in the Namaqualand speckled padloper, Homopus signatus signatus (Gmelin, 1789)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Victor J. T. Loehr --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Brian T. Henen --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaMany terrestrial chelonians are parasitized by ticks, but we have a poor understanding of what determines tick infestations on chelonian hosts. We counted ticks on Homopus signatus signatus during each spring in the years 2001–2004, and evaluated tick frequencies in... -
Sexual disparity in activity patterns and time budgets of angulate tortoises (Chersina angulata) on Dassen Island, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Toby Keswick --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Brian T. Henen --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaBehavioural frequencies and time budgets for male and female Chersina angulata were recorded in spring, September 2004. The daily activity of the population was 10.51 ± 0.42 h (mean ± CI), but individual males and females were in the open... -
Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Margaret E Andrew --- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Australia -
“Heartful” or “Heartless” Teachers? Or should we look for the Good Somewhere Else? Considerations of Students’ Experience of the Pedagogical Good
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Tone Saevi [B0001] Margareth Eilifsen [B0002]Educational practice is concerned in profound ways with what is pedagogically good and right for children, and as parents and teachers we intend to help each child to cultivate his or her personal and educational potential in a human fashion... -
To Use a Method Without Being Ruled by It: Learning Supported by Drama in the Integration of Theory with Healthcare Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Karin Dahlberg [B0001] Margaretha Ekebergh [B0002]The study reported in this paper focused on nursing students’ learning and, in particular, their integration of caring science in theory and practice. An educational model incorporating educational drama was developed for implementation in three different teaching contexts within the... -
Capture the Unexpressed: Anecdote as a Device in Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Margareth Eilifsen [B0001]I sit on the edge of the bed of my youngest daughter and read the fairy tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. My little four-year-old daughter has heard this story thousands of times and simply loves it. In my... -
The feeding ecology of Rüppell's Parrot, Poicephalus rueppellii, in the Waterberg, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Richard G. Selman --- School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, South Africa Mike R. Perrin --- School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, South Africa Margaret L. Hunter --- School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, South Africa W.R.J. DeanRüppell's Parrot, Poicephalus rueppellii, inhabits a markedly seasonal environment in Namibia and feed on plant seeds that respond to that seasonality. Although Rüppell's Parrots were seen feeding at 37 plant species they showed clear preferences. The diet was dominated by... -
Spirited Women: The role of spirituality in the work lives of female entrepreneurs in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Margaret Reid --- Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Dorothea Roumpi --- Sam M. Walton College of Business, Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly --- Sam M. Walton College of Business,The purpose of this research is to explore the role of spirituality in the work lives of female entrepreneurs in Ghana. Using a qualitative methodology, we explored three research questions that examined: (1) the types of spirituality expressions used by... -
The Scent Marking Behaviour of the Brown Hyaena Hyaena Brunnea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.G.L. Mills --- National Parks Board, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa M.L. Gorman --- Department of Zoology, Scotland Margaret E.J. Mills --- National Parks Board, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South AfricaThe deposition onto grass stalks of two distinct, strong-smelling substances produced in the anal scent pouch, is the most common form of scent marking in the brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea). It is called pasting. The behaviour associated with pasting is... -
A contribution from barn owl pellets to known micromammalian distributions in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Margaret Avery --- South African Museum (Iziko Museums of Cape Town), South Africa Graham Avery --- South African Museum (Iziko Museums of Cape Town), South Africa Anthony Roberts --- KwaZulu Natal Nature Conservation Service, South AfricaSamples of barn owl pellets were collected from the Dundee, Estcourt and Kokstad areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, during March 2000 for their micromammalian prey remains. Other material collected from near Pietermaritzburg in 1988/89 by the late J.O. Wirminghaus was... -
Genetic variation in three> Chersina angulata> (angulate tortoise) populations along the west coast of South Africa>
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mosa G.A. Lesia --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Maria E. D΄Amato --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaWe investigated genetic variation within and among three populations of Chersina angulata; two in the southwestern Cape (West Coast National Park and Dassen Island) of South Africa and Kleinzee in the northwestern parts of the species’ range. Mitochondrial DNA sequences... -
Leaf biomechanics as a potential tool to predict feeding preferences of the geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ronald A. Balsamo --- Department of Biology, U.S.A Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Brian T. Henen --- Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Aaron M. Bauer --- Department of Biology, U.S.AFood and non food plant characteristics were studied for the geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus, to test the hypothesis that feeding preferences in tortoises may be influenced by the mechanical properties of plant leaves. Twelve focal feeding observations made between 8... -
Light-Trap Catches of Spodoptera Exempta(Walk.) in Relation to Wind Direction Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Margaret J. Haggis --- Centre for Overseas Pest Research, -
African Armyworm Spodoptera Exempta(Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Wind Convergence in the Kenya Rift Valley, May 1970 Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Margaret J. Haggis --- Centre for Overseas Pest Research, United Kingdom -
Effect of Bruchid Damage on the Germination of Grain Legume
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: I.K. Mariga --- Crop Science Department, Zimbabwe Rosalia Dube --- Crop Science Department, Zimbabwe Margaret Munetsi --- Crop Science Department, Zimbabwe -
Speaking the language of the patient: indigenous language policy and practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Margaret Matthews --- University Language Board, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Republic of South Africa Jacqueline Van Wyk --- Clinical and Pedagogical Education, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Republic of South AfricaSouth Africa faces numerous challenges in healthcare, with the result that communities in many rural provinces are grossly underserved. These problems are compounded when doctors are unable to communicate with their patients. IsiZulu is spoken by most people in KwaZulu-Natal... -
The effects of fire-breaks on plant diversity and species composition in the grasslands of the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Laura M Bachinger --- Department of Plant Science, South Africa Leslie R Brown --- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystem Research Unit, Department of Environmental Sciences, South Africa Margaretha W van Rooyen --- Department of Plant Science, South AfricaThere is a dearth of knowledge on the effects of annual burning of fire-breaks on species composition, plant diversity and soil properties. Whittaker's plant diversity technique was used to gather data on species composition and diversity in four grassland communities... -
Psychological skills and mindfulness training effects on the psychological wellbeing of undergraduate music students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Barend JM Steyn --- Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, South Africa Margaretha H Steyn --- Department of Psychology, South Africa David JF Maree --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Clorinda Panebianco-Warrens --- Department of Music, South AfricaThis study explored the efficacy of psychological skills and mindfulness training intervention on the psychological wellbeing of undergraduate music students. Participants were undergraduate music students (n = 36) from the Department of Music at a South African university, 21 of... -
Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres breeding status in southern Africa: monitoring results from 2010–2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPO, South Africa Walter Neser --- VulPro NPO, South Africa Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPO, South Africa Alvaro Camiña --- ACRENASL Environmental Consultants, SpainMonitoring of eight Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres breeding colonies in South Africa and Botswana took place between 2010 and 2014 using standardised counting methods. Counts of breeding pairs, nestlings and fledglings were used to calculate breeding success and general population... -
South African indigenous fruits – Underutilized resource for boosting daily antioxidant intake among local indigent populations?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Daniela Amalia Kucich --- Department of Chemistry, South Africa Merrill Margaret Wicht --- Department of Chemistry, South AfricaConsuming more than seven portions of fruit and vegetables daily substantially lowers the risk of mortality from any cause, yet many South Africans living below the poverty line have a very low or even zero intake of fruit and vegetables... -
Season, sex and age variation in the haematology and body condition of geometric tortoises Psammobates geometricus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Margaretha D Hofmeyr --- Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Department, South Africa Brian T Henen --- Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Department, South Africa Shasheen Walton --- Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Department, South AfricaBody condition and haematological indices provide powerful information when assessing wildlife health. Reference intervals for these indices can facilitate wildlife management, and would benefit initiatives to save the Critically Endangered geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus). We collected data from 126 geometric... -
Is the Black Harrier Circus maurus a specialist predator? Assessing the diet of a threatened raptor species endemic to southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa François Mougeot --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Beatriz Arroyo --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Graham Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Margaret Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Robert E Simmons --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaStudying the diet of wild animals is central for understanding their flexibility in food requirements. The Black Harrier Circus maurus is an endangered raptor in South Africa and Namibia. To date, information about the diet of the species is insufficient... -
Natal philopatry in young Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPC, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPC, South Africa Walter Neser --- VulPro NPC, South AfricaIn 2010, 14 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres chicks were ringed as nestlings on the cliffs at the Skeerpoort Cape Vulture colony in the Magaliesberg mountains, South Africa. Observations made during the 2014 and 2015 breeding colony censuses confirm two individuals... -
Erythrocyte morphology of the Critically Endangered Geometric Tortoise Psammobates geometricus: effects of season, sex and age
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Shasheen Walton --- , , South Africa Margaretha Hofmeyr --- , , South AfricaLand transformation reduced the habitat of Psammobates geometricus to small isolated fragments, rendering the species vulnerable to extinction. Field biologists often use erythrocyte metrics to assess wildlife health but need baseline values to distinguish normal variations from disease or chronic... -
High occurrence of extra-pair partnerships and homosexuality in a captive Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres colony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPC, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPC, South AfricaThe Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres is an Endangered colonial cliff-nesting species that is typically cited as monogamous. Observations of wild Cape Vulture colonies note extra-pair breeding activities but homosexual activity has never been confirmed. Observations of breeding behaviours within a... -
Sexual dimorphism and plumage characteristics of juvenile Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Nobuhle T Mabhikwa --- Department of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management, Zimbabwe Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPO, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPO, South AfricaThe plumage of young Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres is streaked to varying degrees on the breast, ruff and upper wing coverts. Observations of breast plumage (individual feather streak coverage and overall streaking intensity) were made on Cape Vultures aged one... -
Embodied self-awareness among South African social services therapist-practitioners: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Colleen Angela Potgieter --- CCYF, COMPRES, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Cornelia Hesther Margaretha Bloem --- CCYF, COMPRES, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaWe explored South African social service therapist-practitioners’ experiences of their own lived body in the context of practice. The participants consisted of a convenience sample of 13 therapist-practitioners registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the South... -
Variation in the daily activity, movement and refugia of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, Psammobates geometricus, in autumn and spring
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Brian T. Henen --- , , South Africa Ulric P. van Bloemestein --- , , South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- , , South Africa Craig A. Weatherby --- , , USATo help assess habitat requirements of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, we used thread-trailing to measure daily activity, movements and refugia of adult Psammobates geometricus in autumn and spring 2002. We found strong differences between seasons, and effects of weather, individuals... -
Sexing Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres based on head morphometrics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPC, Skeerpoort, South Africa Tapiwa Zimunya --- VulPro NPC, Skeerpoort, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPC, Skeerpoort, South Africa Ara Monadjem --- All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, SwazilandThe Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres is considered sexually monomorphic in the literature, but visual differences in head shape between the sexes have been observed. Furthermore, head morphometrics of other Gyps species show statistically significant variation between the sexes. We show... -
Second language teaching of vocation-specific isiZulu communication skills to health sciences students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Margaret Matthews --- School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Roshni Gokool --- School of Arts (African Languages), College of Humanities, South AfricaThe importance of integrating teaching of the previously disadvantaged languages of South Africa in the mainstream courses offered in higher education is widely acknowledged. IsiZulu is taught formally to first-year health science undergraduates, complying with the 2006 University of KwaZulu-Natal... -
A case study of two adolescent–parent pairs describing the association between vagal tone and social-emotional adjustment during a Positive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Deborah van der Westhuizen --- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa Nicolaas Claassen --- School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa Margaretha Viljoen --- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South AfricaObjective: A case study describing the association between vagal tone and social-emotional adaptation in two distressed adolescent–parent (A–P) pairs during a Positive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Programme (P-CBTP). -
Courage and confidence to stop lying: caregiver perspectives on a video to support paediatric HIV disclosure in Kampala, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sonja Klingberg --- Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit & UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre for Diet and Activity Research, United Kingdom Rachel King --- Global Health Sciences, Uganda Janet Seeley --- Department of Global Health and Development, United Kingdom Resty Lubwama --- Makerere University–Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda Margaret Namuganga --- Makerere University–Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda Barbara Nabiryo --- Makerere University–Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda Monica Etima --- Makerere University–Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda Philippa Musoke --- Makerere University–Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda Lisa M. Butler --- Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy, ConnecticutThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that HIV-positive children are told their diagnosis by age 12 years. However, most perinatally-infected children reach adolescence without being told their HIV status. Effective strategies are needed to promote disclosure, and optimise children’s health... -
Long-term vegetation change (>20 years) in the plains habitat on the Goegap Nature Reserve, Succulent Karoo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Margaretha W van Rooyen --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Annelise le Roux --- CapeNature, Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve, South Africa Helga van der Merwe --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South Africa Noel van Rooyen --- Private, South Africa Conrad Geldenhuys --- Environment and Nature Conservation, South AfricaBecause vegetation change in arid ecosystems is slow, long-term data are essential to gain an understanding of how the vegetation responds to short-term, inter-annual variation in rainfall; long-term cyclic rainfall patterns; and grazing pressure. The point intercept method was conducted... -
The padloper’s tortuous path (Chelonia: Testudinidae): Two genera, not one
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- , , South Africa William R. Branch --- , , South AfricaSince 1957, all padlopers were considered Homopus, which was an anomaly, because only two species have four claws on the front and hind limbs. The revival of the genus Chersobius for the five-toed species (signatus, boulengeri and solus) now limits... -
Yields of Green Grams and Pigeonpeas under Smallholder Conditions in Machakos County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: John Mulwa Wambua --- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Kenya Margaret Ngigi --- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Kenya Muhammad Lutta --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, KenyaGreen grams and pigeonpeas have multiple benefits to the rural poor as food security, fodder for livestock and fuel for small-scale farmers, despite low smallholder yields in Kenya. However, little is known about the factors between different farmers that influence... -
Assessment of Differences in Small Farmer Uses of Produce and Determinants of Marketed Surplus of Green Grams and Pigeon Peas in Semi-arid Machakos County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: John Mulwa Wambua --- Department of Agricultural Economics and agribusiness, Kenya Margaret Ngigi --- Department of Agricultural Economics and agribusiness, Kenya Lutta Muhammad --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, KenyaSmall farmers in semi-arid areas of eastern Kenya produce green grams and pigeon peas for both subsistence and income. Because of this, it was important for a detailed investigation on the difficulty of raising marketed surplus (produce) of green grams... -
Functional Diversity and Performance of Direct Marketing Outlets for Smallholder Farmers of Green Gram and Pigeon Pea Commodities in Machakos County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: John Mulwa Wambua --- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Kenya Margaret Ngigi --- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Kenya Lutta Muhammad --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, KenyaThe smallholder direct marketing outlets (private grain traders) serve the smallholder farmers poorly in the rural areas of Kenya, making local markets thin and less competitive. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diversity and the determinant factors... -
Inflammatory activity and academic performance in university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bianca Lee Thomas (neé Negrao) --- Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, South Africa Priyesh Bipath --- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, South Africa Margaretha Viljoen --- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, South AfricaThis study aimed to assess inflammatory levels in first year university students and to determine whether associations exist between pro-inflammatory biomarker levels and academic performance. Inflammatory activity was assessed by urinary neopterin-to-creatinine ratios in 180 students attending a large South... -
Resilience and pathways to wellness among HIV-positive patients in Ghana: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chantal Lewis --- Brown University Schools of Public Health, USA Margaret Lartey --- University of Ghana School of Medicine & Dentistry, Ghana Don Operario --- Brown University Schools of Public Health, USAFew African studies have focused on resilience factors related to engagement in HIV-related care among people living with HIV; instead, many studies have identified health risk factors and barriers within this population. Informed by the Disability-Stress-Coping Model of Adjustment, a... -
Moringa oleifira noise: Science or quackery and the way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Margaret Huruma Mollel --- , Republic of South Africa Munyaradzi Mujuru --- , Republic of South Africa Vuyo Mjimba --- , Republic of South Africa Nicolas Darangwa --- , Republic of South Africa Richard Nyanzi --- , Republic of South AfricaThe moringa tree is a rising star in South Africa where it is increasingly playing a variety of social and economic roles, especially among the rural poor. Also known as the horseradish tree, moringa has been referred to as the... -
Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Isaac Justice Kobina Biney --- , Ghana Kofi Adesi Kyei --- , Ghana Vincent Jessey Ganu --- , Ghana Ernest Kenu --- , Ghana Peter Puplampu --- , Ghana Steven Manortey --- , Ghana Margaret Lartey --- , GhanaWith the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV-infected children are growing into adolescence and adulthood. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Fevers Unit of one of the teaching hospitals in Ghana. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8)... -
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Atractaspis bibronii Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia • Authors: MargaretM. Stewart --- State University of New York, U.S.A. -
A COLLECTION OF REPTILES FROM NORTHERN MALAWI
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: MARGARETM. STEWART --- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY,A collection of 34 species of reptiles was made in the Northern Region of Malawi during 1963–64. The following species are new records for that region: Riopa sundevalli, Chamaesaura miopropus, Mehelya nyassae, Pseudaspis cana, Calamelaps unicolor, Aparal-lactus capensis, Atractaspis bibronii. -
Shell characteristics and sexual dimorphism in the Namaqualand speckled padloper, Homopus signatus signatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: VictorJ.T. Loehr --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa BrianT. Henen --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa MargarethaD. Hofmeyr --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThere is little quantitative information regarding the two subspecies of the world's smallest tortoise, Homopus signatus. To help characterise the northern subspecies H. s. signatus and evaluate the development of shell size and colour patterns, we measured shell characteristics of... -
Small and sensitive to drought: consequences of aridifiation to the conservation of Homopus signatus signatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Victor J. T. Loehr --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa MargarethaD. Hofmeyr --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa BrianT. Henen --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaSeveral climate models predict that the western Succulent Karoo in South Africa will aridi-fy. This region includes the range of the smallest tortoise, Homopus signatus signatus. Although the effects of rainfall on the physiology and ecology of H. s. signatus... -
Population ecology of Psammobates oculifer in a semi-arid environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Toby Keswick --- , , South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- , , South AfricaWe studied the ecology of Psammobates oculifer over 13 months near Kimberley, South Africa, to ascertain if the population's life history traits conform to chelonian patterns in arid environments. Capture rates were highest in spring and lowest in winter when... -
Influence of career orientations and career guidance need on students’ employability attributes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Margaret Mosima Ngope --- University of South Africa,This study explored the interplay between students’ career orientations and career guidance need in relation to their employability attributes of graduateness and personal employability qualities. Applying a cross-sectional design, 369 black South African students at a university of technology were... -
Effect of land use/land cover changes on water quality in the Upper Athi River sub-catchment in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Margaret Waturu --- The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya Lewis Sitoki --- The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya Joseph Lalah --- The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya Stanley Chasia --- The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya Evance Mbao --- The Technical University of Kenya, KenyaThe unprecedented pollution of Athi River has negatively impacted the downstream communities who depend on the river's waters. Moreover, the Upper Athi River Catchment has recently experienced an increase in human population coupled with rapid industrialisation, which has led to... -
Children’s voices through teachers’ stories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Elisabetta Musi --- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy Margareth Eilifsen --- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, NorwayWe understand our lives through narratives, and the form of these narratives is appropriate for understanding the actions of others, writes MacIntyre (1981). Meanwhile, narratives and our understanding of them also inform our understanding of our own actions. In this...