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Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Forest Soils in the Transvaal and Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Mariette Marais --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division, NaomiH. Buckley --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division,During a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in forest soils between June 1989 and April 1991,164 soil samples were collected from forestry areas in the Transvaal and Natal. Acacia mearnsii plantations, species of Pinus and Eucalyptus, indigenous forests and virgin veld... -
Plant Nematodes in the Bergplaas Plantation, Western Cape Province with a Description of a New Criconema Species and Notes on Two Known Species of Criconematidae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Mariette Marais --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division, Esther van den Berg --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division,During a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in the Bergplaas Plantation, Western Cape Province, one Acacia melanoxylon compartment, seven Pinus compartments and twenty-two pockets of indigenous forest and virgin veld were sampled. Criconema, Rotylenchus and Scutellonema species were found at most... -
The relative yield potential of westerwolds and Italian ryegrass cultivars in autumn‐planted pastures and their flowering patterns following spring‐establishment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.C.W. Goodenough --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region), A. Smith --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region), MarieF. Smith --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region),Herbage yields from autumn‐planted Lolium multiflorum cultivar trials conducted in the Natal Mist Belt indicated that, in general, the Westerwolds ryegrass cultivars had greater yield potential than the Italian ryegrass cultivars during the cold winter months. Conversely, the Italian ryegrass... -
Some factors effecting the dry matter production of lucerne cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: A. Smith --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, MarieF. Smith --- ,Dry matter yields of lucerne cultivars were affected by different factors. A simple equation is given for predicting total dry matter yield of irrigated lucerne based on mean maximum temperatures in January. -
Defoliation effects on resource allocation in Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica) and Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: JerryR. Cox --- , Republic of South Africa M. Giner‐Mendoza --- , Mexico A.K. Dobrenz --- Plant Sciences Department, United States of America MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South AfricaArizona cottontop (Digitaria californica), a bunchgrass native to the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts in North America, and Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana), a bunchgrass introduced to the southwestern USA from southern Africa, were defoliated and examined for above‐ and below‐ground productivity,... -
A field evaluation of the differential tolerance to soil acidity of forty-eight South African maize cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ana Paula Mendes --- Summer grain Sub-Centre, M. P.W. Farina --- Summer grain Sub-Centre, P. Channon --- Summer grain Sub-Centre, Marie Smith --- Biometry Section, Directorate of Biometrie and Datametric Services,A field experiment was conducted on a Normandien clay loam (Plinthic Paleudult) to compare the acid tolerance of 48 commercially grown maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars. Cultivars were compared in terms of grain yield, plant height and leaf Al content... -
Comparison of methods for estimating cation exchange capacity of orchard soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Marie Conradie --- , Republic of South Africa W. A.G. Kotze --- , Republic of South AfricaVarious methods for estimating soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) were compared. CEC obtained by the sum of extractable cations and the Adams-Evans buffer method were considerably higher than those obtained by saturation and displacement of either NH4 + or Na+... -
A multivariate approach to a specific problem of grouping maize cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South AfricaThe use of multivariate techniques in the analysis of multivariate problems is illustrated by comparing the results of univariate and multivariate techniques applied to the problem of establishing the nutritional requirements of, and the acid tolerance differences between maize cultivars... -
The success of the AMMI model in predicting lucerne yields for cultivars with differing dormancy characteristics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa A. Smith --- , Republic of South AfricaThe AMMI model, which incorporates both additive and multiplicative components into an integrated, powerful, least squares analysis, is used for the analysis of cultivar trials at different localities. These trials are a major experimental component in crop production and plant... -
AMMI analysis of potato cultivar yield trials
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.J. Steyn --- , Republic of South Africa A.F. Visser --- , Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa J.L. Schoeman --- , Republic of South AfricaPotatoes, Solanum tuberosum (L), are cultivated in South Africa under a variety of different climates and seasons. The wide environmental variation encountered and the confirmed occurrence of genotype-environmental interaction necessitates the use of criteria, other than averages, in the evaluation... -
Comparison of protein extraction procedures to assess the effect of quantitative protein composition on the bread-making quality of South African winter wheat cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. van Lill --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa B.S. Wentzel --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa O.T. de Villiers --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaA suitable technique for the extraction of wheat flour protein fractions was pursued to assess the effect of quantitative protein composition on the bread-making quality of winter wheat cultivars on a large scale. Nine procedures involving the use of different... -
Multivariate assessment of environmental effects on hard red winter wheat. I. Principal-components analysis of yield and bread-making characteristics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. van Lili --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J.L. Purchase --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy and Pastures, Republic of South Africa O.T. de Villiers --- Department of Agronomy and Pastures, Republic of South AfricaThe attributes of yield and bread-making quality of winter wheats produced in the Free State are subject to environmental effects. The result is a supply to the baking industry of flour of inconsistent quality, which in turn is detrimental to... -
Multivariate assessment of environmental effects on hard red winter wheat. II. Canonical correlation and canonical variate analysis of yield, biochemical and bread-making characteristics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. van Lili --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J.L. Purchase --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy and Pastures, Republic of South Africa O.T. De Villiers --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaThe inconsistent production of winter wheat with acceptable bread-making quality in the Free State reduces the commercial value of the wheat crop. In the second part of this study, canonical correlation analysis was used to determine to what extent variation... -
Determination of the preharvest sprouting resistance of South African winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Annelie Barnard --- , Republic of South Africa J.L. Purchase --- , Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa D. van Lill --- Department of Food, Clothing and Hotel Management, Technicon Free State, Republic of South AfricaPreharvest sprouting significantly reduces the quality of the South African wheat crop. This study classified the preharvest sprouting resistance of 17 South African winter wheat cultivars sampled over a range of typical winter wheat growth environments. Sampling was performed under... -
The influence of Demeton-S-Methyl/Parathion and Imidacloprid on the yield and quality of Russian wheat aphid resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: VickiL. Tolmay --- , South Africa D. van Lill --- , South Africa MarieF. Smith --- , South AfricaRussian wheat aphid, (Diuraphis noxia) causes severe damage to wheat in South Africa and producers have been forced to use insecticides for control. Plant resistance to Russian wheat aphid has been successfully transferred into bread wheat cultivars. A split plot... -
A quality assurance strategy for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) where growth environment predominates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. van Lill --- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Technikon Free State, South Africa MarieF. Smith --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaThe variation in the processing quality of South African winter wheat cultivars over growth environments is detrimental to its market value. Variation in protein content has previously been identified as a primary contributor to this variation and should therefore be... -
Phosphorous sorption study of selected South African soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,Phosphorous isotherms for 21 selected soils from the Republic of South Africa were constructed and the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin sorption models were compared using regression analysis. Over a range of solution concentrations of 0.025 - 2.00 mg P I−1,... -
The relationship between the phosphorus requirement and some phosphorus characteristics of selected soils of the South African tobacco industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,Estimates of the phosphorus requirement (P0.11) of 20 selected soils of the South African tobacco industry were interpolated from phosphorus sorption isotherms. The relationships between P0.11 and various soil phosphorus characteristics, including Bray 2 P content and various indices of... -
A single point sorption test for the routine determination of the phosphorus requirement of low to moderate P-fixing soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,The phosphorus requirement (P0.11) of low to moderate P-fixing soils from the South African tobacco industry and KwaZulu-Natal was interpolated from multiple point P sorption isotherms. The relationship between P0.11 and a single point sorption measurement, consisting of the P... -
An improved phosphorus desorption index for the routine determination of the Ambic 2 phosphorus requirement factor of South African soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,A short (24 h) laboratory incubation study was conducted and plots of P desorbed in Ambic 2 extraction solutions versus added P were constructed for a wide range of soils of varying P fixing capacity representative of the province of... -
A study of the kinetics of the adsorption of phosphorus by selected South African soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,Plots of the decline of the concentration of phosphorus in soil suspensions over time were constructed for 23 selected soils from South Africa and, using non-linear regression analysis, various models were fitted to the time curves, including mechanistic first and... -
The relationship between the phosphorus requirement and Ambic 1 phosphorus content of selected South African soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,The phosphorus requirement (P0.11) of low to moderate P-fixing soils from the South African tobacco industry and KwaZulu-Natal was estimated from P sorption isotherms. The relationships between P0.11, Ambic 1 P, clay content and various indices of P sorption were... -
Stability analysis of grain yield of tef (Eragrostis tef) using the mixed model approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L.D. Kassa --- Discipline of Statistics & Operations Research, Republic of South Africa MarieF. Smith --- Biometry Unit, Republic of South Africa H. Fufa --- , EthiopiaMulti-environment trials are usually used to assess the grain yield stability of genotypes. Most of the common stability measures such as Finlay and Wilkinson (1963), Eberhart and Russell (1966) and Shukla (1972), can be accommodated by a linear mixed model... -
Two-step approach to determining some useful phosphorus characteristics of South African soils: a review of work done at the ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.C. Henry --- , MarieF. Smith --- ,Work carried out at the ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water on soil phosphorus characteristics was reviewed. Regression functions were established in order to test the correlations between P parameters, single point indices and soil properties. The parameters investigated were... -
Application of Partial Least Squares regression to relate tastiness of boiled potatoes to chemical and physical tests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Marie F. Smith --- , South Africa Christine S. Leighton --- , South Africa Liesl Morey --- , South Africa Hettie C. Schönfeldt --- , South AfricaPartial Least Squares regression (PLS) was used to understand the relationship between 15 sensory attributes of potatoes boiled in their skins as dependent variables (Y), and six objective (chemical and physical) measurements as the independent variables (X). The ARC-Sensory Analysis... -
VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF TAN WATTLES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the South African Forestry Association • Authors: MARIE S. J. LEDEBOER --- Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, -
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VAN AAN DIE HAND VAN DIE KASUSGRAMMATIKAItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Taalfasette • Authors: MARIETJIE VINK --- , -
Vertaling in Suid-Afrika by 'n kruispad
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Anne-Marie Beukes --- Departement van Kuns, Kultuur, Wetenskap en Tegnologie, Republiek van Suid-AfrikaIn die artikel word geargumenteer dat die, vertaalprofessie in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika in 'n krisis verkeer. Daar word bevind dat die linguisistiese grondslag van vertaalpraktyk slegs ten behoewe van die sprekers van die vroeëre amptelike tale, Engels en Afrikaans, gerig was... -
The relationship between cognitive styles and pronunciation accuracy in english as a second language
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Carisma Dreyer --- Department of English, Republic of South Africa Daan Wissing --- Research Unit for Phonetics and Phonology and Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, Republic of South Africa Marie Wissing --- Department of Psychology, Republic of South Africa -
Identifying key grazing indicators to monitor trends in the veld condition of Lambert's Bay Strandveld, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nelmarie Saayman --- Directorate: Plant Science, South Africa Craig Morris --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, South Africa Hannes Botha --- Directorate: Plant Science, South AfricaCurrently, the methods used to assess the veld condition of the Lambert's Bay Strandveld along the West Coast of South Africa require that the operator knows all the plants encountered in the survey area. In this study data were collected... -
Plant nematodes in the Lottering Plantation, Eastern Cape Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Mariette Marais --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division, Antoinette Swart --- National Collection of Nematodes, Biosystematics Division,During a survey of plant nematodes in the Lottering Plantation, Eastern Cape Province, thirteen Pinus compartments, six indigenous forest and eight Fynbos areas were sampled. The nematode genera Helicotylenchus and Scutellonema were the most common whereas Criconema, Hemicycliophora, Mesocriconema, Tylenchorhynchus,... -
Fostering Self-Determination and Resilience Through Sports Counselling: Psychosocial Development of Youth in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Taunya Marie Tinsley --- California University of Pennsylvania, Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University,Sports can promote pro-social behaviors and confidence in physical abilities among participants. We conducted an extensive review of the literature on the ways in which youth in Southern African countries, severely affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other hardships may... -
Exploring the Validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University, South Africa Marie P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African context. A convenience sample of 256 African students completed the VIA-IS in English. The majority of strengths subscales had good reliability coefficients and mean scores... -
Validation of a Community Collective Efficacy Scale in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilmien van Straten --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Marie P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Johan Potgieter --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to validate a community collective efficacy scale in an African context. An abridged version of the Community Collective Efficacy Scale was validated in a cross-sectional survey design. Participants (N = 1050) from urban (n... -
Psychometric Properties of Various Scales Measuring Psychological Well-Being in a South African Context: The FORT 1 Project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jan A. B. Wissing --- North-West University, Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, Marietjie M. du Toit --- North-West University, Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University,The aim of this study was to do a first phase screening of psychometric properties of various scales measuring facets of psychological well-being so as to address further questions in the FORT 1 project (FORT 1 = Clarifying the nature... -
Street Children's Experiences of Aggression during Interaction with Police
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Aneesa Moolla --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg,The research investigated street children's experiences of aggression during interaction with police. The participants were 16 black male street children (aged =13 to 18 years) residing in a temporary shelter in Hillbrow of Johannesburg. Data were collected through phenomenological individual... -
A Parent's Experience of the Couple Relationship After Child Bereavement in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeanette Maritz --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg,The objective of this qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research was to explore and describe a parent's experience of the couple relationship after child bereavement in South Africa. Participants were nine parents as well as the researcher who lost children... -
Facilitation of Spatial Orientation Among Adolescents from a Disadvantaged Background
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Glen van der Westhuizen --- University of Johannesburg,The study investigated structural and shape recognition in two to three dimensions by adolescents from a historically disadvantaged neighbourhood. Data on the spatial orientation of grade eight learners in a specific school were collected using specifically adjusted and developed tests... -
Experience of Women after a Spontaneous Abortion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elsie Janse van Rensburg --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Diana Du Plessis --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe objective of this research was to explore and describe the experience of women after a spontaneous abortion to facilitate the mental health of these women in future. The participants in this study were seven white South African (ages range... -
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Motivational Factors in Kenyan and Danish Middle and Long Distance Elite Runners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anne-Marie Elbe --- University of Copenhagen, Christian Madsen --- University of Copenhagen, Julie Midtgaard --- Copenhagen University Hospital,This study examined similarities and differences in motivational factors and reasons for running between Kenyan and Danish elite runners. Participants were elite middle and long distance runners (distances from 800m to marathon) from Kenya (n = 139, males = 114,... -
Exploring the Intersecting Health Risks of Substance Abuse, Sexual Risk, and Violence for Female South African Teen Dropouts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kyla Marie Sawyer-Kurian --- North Carolina Central University, USA Felicia A. Browne --- RTI International, USA Tara Carney --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Petal Petersen --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Wendee M. Wechsberg --- RTI International, USAThe study sought to better understand the cultural contexts of the risks for adolescent females who have dropped out of school. Focus groups were conducted with 37 Black and Coloured females aged 13 to 17 in Cape Town, South Africa... -
Teachers' Experience of Aggression in a Secondary School: Case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hester Steyn --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study explored and described the experience of aggression on teachers by students in a secondary school. Participants were a purposive sample of 8 (males = 3, females = 5, language group= Afrikaans and English, range in years of experience... -
Coping Self-Efficacy as Mediator in the Dynamics of Psychological Well-Being in Various Contexts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Tertia M. Oosthuizen --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Alida Nienaber --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Annamarie Kruger --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Johan C. Potgieter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore whether coping self-efficacy mediates between various distress related variables on the one hand (symptoms of stress and depression), and the degree of psycho-social well-being as measured on the upper end of the... -
Experiences of Managers of Aggression in the Workplace
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Sumari Breetzke --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study explored and described the experiences of workplace aggression by managers in a northern South African district. Participants were seven managers from two medium sized companies. One of the companies was from the dairy industry and the other from... -
The Effect of the Lifeplan® Programme on the Psychological Wellbeing of a Rural Community in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize Bonthuys --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Karel F. H. Botha --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Alida W. Nienaber --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Fazel E. Freeks --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Annamarie Kruger --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study explored the effect of the Lifeplan® programme on a rural South African community's psychological wellbeing. Participants were adult individuals (N=99) between 20 and 83 years (mean age = 43 years, SD=13.28). A mixed method sequential explanatory research design... -
Perceptions of Violence and Crime as Aggression by Turkish—Islamic Families in Johannesburg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Estelle August --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg,This study explored perceptions of aggression of Turkish-Islamic families with adolescent children in a large South African city. Participants were from four Turkish families with adolescent children (father = 4, mothers = 4; children = 5). Data were collected via... -
Peer Aggression by Secondary School Learners in a South African School Setting: Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Botha --- North West University, South Africa Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study reports the experience of aggression by secondary school learners attending a South African school. There were 14 participants ranging in age from 16 to 19 years (Gender: 6 young women and 8 young men; Ethnicity: 7 Black; 3... -
An Ethic of Care in Participatory Research in School Community Settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Estelle Swart --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marietjie Oswald --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWe explored the manifestation and development of an ethic of care in school communities using a variety of participatory research methods. The qualitative data from this ethnographic case study were analysed using constructivist grounded theory. Our findings suggest that an... -
Ethnic Identification as Contributor to the Development of Moral Identity in Child-Headed Households
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacqueline Pretorius --- Private Practice, Piet Retief, Susanne Jacobs --- North West University, South Africa Marie van Reenen --- North West University, South AfricaThis study explored whether ethnic membership was a core construct in the moral identity development of adolescents in Zulu child-headed households. A convenience sample of 60 participants (31 male and 29 female) were recruited for the study from a mixed... -
Community-Based Collaboration in Support of Older Persons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martha J. Watson --- North-West University, South Africa Hester C. Klopper --- North-West University, South Africa Annamarie Kruger --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study describes the processes for community-based collaboration in support of the older person living in the world of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Secondary data from study from 333 older persons (> 60 years) and 28 leaders of community agencies... -
TWO RESULTS ON GENERALIZED CHROMATIC NUMBERS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Izak Broere --- Department of Mathematics, South Africa Marietjie Frick --- Department of Mathematics, South AfricaThe m'th chromatic number Xm(G) of a graph G is the least number of colours required to colour the vertices of G such that no m-clique of G is mono-coloured. For each k ≥ 2 and m ≥ 2 we... -
Cognitive frame theory: an analytical framework for time differentiation in discourse.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Marie SpruytThis article develops an analytical framework for the description of time differentiation in discourse based on principles set out in a previous article (Spruyt, 2000). Language is described as a communication frame within which a speaker and a hearer have... -
A cognitive linguistic investigation of time differentiation in a narrative poetic text
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Marie SpruytThis article utilises the principles of Cognitive Rhetoric, as set out in previous articles (Spruyt, 2000; 2001), to show that the analytical framework for the description of time differentiation in actual language usage can also be applied to a fictional... -
Translation in South Africa: the politics of transmission
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anne-Marie BeukesThis article investigates interlingual mediation, i.e. translation and interpreting as a macro-level language-planning goal in contemporary South Africa. The focus of the article is the political dimensions of translation as social practice. The study argues that, in addition to being... -
Governmentality and the good offices of translation in 20th-century South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anne-Marie BeukesA postmodern approach to language policy and planning suggests a rethinking of our social, economic, and political categories in favor of a more localised understanding of modes of governmentality (Pennycook, 2006: 71). This article provides an overview of the ideological... -
On language heroes and the modernising movement of Afrikaner nationalism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anne-Marie BeukesThis article explores the re-invention of translators as 'language heroes' in periods of intense Afrikaner mobilisation during the first half of the 20th century. The narrative construction of translators' accomplishments in standardising the corpus and modernising the functional uses of... -
The use of slang by black youth in Gauteng
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Magdeline Princess Bembe Anne-Marie BeukesYouth generally use slang to identify themselves with particular groups in terms of age, gender, region, race, etc. The focus of this paper is to discuss the use of slang, particularly in English, by black youth in Gauteng and their... -
Uitdagings en struikelblokke by die vertaling van die FIT internasionale-vertaalterminologielys in Afrikaans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anne-Marie Beukes --- Departement Linguistiek en Literatuurwetenskap, Marné Pienaar --- Departement Afrikaans, Suid AfrikaThis article reports on a project whereby a translation list consisting of some 200 key concepts identified by the International Federation of Translators (FIT) was revised and translated into Afrikaans. The article is concerned with the processes followed in compiling... -
Who is laughing last in the South African classroom? A critical reflection on language in education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mariette Postma --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Dirk Postma --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThe performance of pupils using African languages at home testifies to both the inequalities of South African society and education and to a failure to address language problems in education. We reflect on findings from a case study in a... -
DATES DE REPRODUCTION DE QUELQUES OISEAUX DU SAHEL SENEGALAIS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gérard Morel --- , Marie-Yvonne Morel --- , -
PRODUCTIVITÉ ET RENOUVELLEMENT DES POPULATIONS DE LAGONOSTICTA SENEGALA DANS LA BASSE VALLÉE DU SÉNÉGAL
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marie-Yvonne Morel --- , -
ADAPTATIONS ÉCOLOGIQUES DE LA REPRODUCTION CHEZ LES OISEAUX GRANIVORES DE LA SAVANE SAHÉLIENNE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gérard Morel --- , Marie-Yvonne Morel --- , -
The vulnerable Osprey breeding population of the Al Hoceima National Park, Morocco: present status and threats
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Flavio Monti --- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CNRS UMR5175), France Houssine Nibani --- Association de Gestion Intégrée des Ressources (AGIR), Morocco Jean-Marie Dominici --- Rèserve Naturelle Scandola, Parc Naturel Règional de Corse, France Hamid Rguibi Idrissi --- University Chouaib Doukkali, Faculty of Sciences, Morocco Mathieu Thévenet --- , France Pierre-Christian Beaubrun --- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CNRS UMR5175), France Olivier Duriez --- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CNRS UMR5175), FranceIn the Mediterranean, most areas belonging to the initial distribution range of the Osprey Pandion haliaetus have been lost and local populations have disappeared in recent decades because of persecution. Even though direct management actions have allowed local partial recovery,... -
Gender and sexuality in South African music by Chris Walton and Stephanus Muller Marie Jorritsma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Marie Jorritsma -
Containment and Reciprocity: Integrating Psychoanalytic Theory and Child Development Research for Work with Children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Annemarie Youngleson -
Skryf Afrikaans van A tot Z. Die essensiële gids vir taalgebruikers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Anne-Marie Beukes -
Knowledge of foot care in people with diabetes in a tertiary care setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Paul Rheeder --- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marie Venn --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ewald de Korte --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Danie van Zyl --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background. The objective of this study was to investigate levels of foot care knowledge among patients attending the diabetes clinic at Pretoria Academic Hospital by comparing the knowledge of patients with ‘at risk’ feet (ARF) to those with ‘normal/not at... -
Impressions from the 17th WONCA World Conference for Family Doctors, Orlando, USA, 13–17 October 2004—Part 2
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Marietjie de Villiers --- University of Stellenbosch, RSA -
Impressions from the 17th WONCA World Conference for Family Doctors, Orlando, USA, 13–17 October 2004—Part 1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Marietjie de Villiers --- University of Stellenbosch, RSA -
Occupational stress and mental well-being in a cohort of Black South African teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nelmarie Boshoff --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Johan C. Potgieter --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Esme van Rensburg --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Suria Ellis --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThis study explored levels of occupational stress and mental well-being of a cohort of Black South African teachers. 200 secondary school teachers completed the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI: Boyle, Borg, Falzon, & Baglion, 1995), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28: Goldberg &... -
The lived experiences of single mothers in Swaziland of their son's aggressive behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Chris PH Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Rejoice J Simelane --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study explored and described the lived experiences of single mothers and described guidelines for psychiatric nurses to facilitate the mental health of single mothers subjected to aggression by their adolescent sons. Participants were a purposive sample of 8 (single... -
South African adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a qualitative exploration of their bio-psychosocial fields
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Carina Jacobie Hugo --- At the time of research — MA Psychology student, Centre for Child, Youth and Family Studies, Mariette van der Merwe --- Centre for Child, Youth and Family Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Exploring adult learners’ self-directedness in relation to their employability attributes in open distance learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jo-Anne Botha --- Department of Human Resource Management, Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Mariette Coetzee --- Department of Human Resource Management,This study investigated the relationship between adult learners’ self-directedness and their perceptions of their employability attributes. A stratified proportional random sample (N = 1 102) was taken of undergraduate adult learners at a South African open distance learning (ODL) higher... -
Invertebrates or iron: does large-scale opencast mining impact invertebrate diversity in ephemeral wetlands?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Falko T. Buschke --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Joan Adendorff --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Jaco Lamprechts --- Kolomela Iron Mine, South Africa Marie Watson --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Maitland T. Seaman --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South AfricaDisturbance has been offered as an explanatory mechanism in structuring the variation of species across a landscape. In this study, we investigated the effect of the impact by Kolomela Iron Mine on the variation of species occurring in temporary pans... -
The value-relevance of goodwill reported under IFRS 3 versus IAS 22
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Anne-Marie Eloff --- School of Accountancy, South Africa Charl de Villiers --- Department of Accounting, New ZealandThe application of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 3, which became compulsory for financial periods beginning on or after 31 March 2004, significantly changed the initial and subsequent measurement of goodwill in annual reports. This change in the accounting treatment... -
Give Sorrow Words: The Meaning of Parental Bereavement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Anne-Marie Lydall [B0001] H. Gertie Pretorius [B0002] Anita Stuart [B0003]A fundamental tenet of hermeneutic phenomenology is that people seek to create meaning of their experience from the response sited within human consciousness. The focus of this study is on the world of the lived experience as it is interpreted... -
Crossing Boundaries: A Variety of Perspectives on Preschool Stories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Jeanne Marie Iorio [B0001]Emergent curriculum is present in many early childhood classrooms but sharing the deep thoughts, reflections and actions of young children engaged in emergent curriculum is often hindered by the use of traditional report cards. Through the use of year-long preschool... -
Intern to independent doctor: basic surgical skills required for South African practice and interns’ reports on their competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Frank Peters --- Department of Family Medicine,, South Africa Jacky van Wyk --- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Marietjie van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine,, South AfricaBackground: The role and scope of general practitioners in semi-urban and rural areas is poorly understood and documented. An absence of specialist support results in generalists being called to perform surgical procedures. It is imperative that they competently and confidently... -
Ocean, time and value: speaking about the sea in Kassiesbaai
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marieke van Zyl --- Department of Social Anthropology,This article looks at the manner in which different parties engage with the issue of fishing rights on the inter-personal and public levels over the issue of fishing rights allocation in South Africa. Taking the historic fishing village of Kassiesbaai... -
Mycoplasma genitalium: a brief review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Marie C le Roux --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, Anwar A. Hoosen --- Department of Medical Microbiology,Mycoplasma genitalium belongs to the class Mollicutes and is the smallest prokaryote capable of independent replication. It was originally isolated from the urethras of two men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). It has a number of characteristics which are similar to... -
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... -
Biomass equations for selected drought-tolerant eucalypts in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Darius Phiri --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Pierre Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Brand Wessels --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Ben du Toit --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Marie Johansson --- Department of Building Technology, Sweden Harald Säll --- Department for Forestry and Wood Technology, Sweden Sven-Olof Lundqvist --- Wood and Fibre Measurement Laboratory, Innventia AB, Sweden Thomas Seifert --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaIn the water-scarce environment of South Africa, drought-tolerant eucalypt species have the potential to contribute to the timber and biomass resource. Biomass functions are a necessary prerequisite to predict yield and carbon sequestration. In this study preliminary biomass models for... -
Molecular detection and characterisation of mumps virus in cerebrospinal fluid in a Gauteng laboratory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Marieke Brauer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Virology, South Africa Marianne Wolfaardt --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Virology, South Africa Lynne M Webber --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Virology, South Africa Maureen B Taylor --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Virology, South AfricaThe study aimed to determine the presence of mumps virus (MuV) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens and to genetically characterise detected MuV strains. A real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the MuV F gene, and characterisation... -
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. -
Anaemia in South Africa: the past, the present and the future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Janicke Visser --- Senior Lecturer, Therapeutic Nutrition, Division of Human Nutrition Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Marietjie Herselman --- Retired Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, -
Adolescent boys with obesity: The lived experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jenilee Axsel --- Department of Educational Psychology, Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaThis study explored and described the lived experiences of adolescent boys who are obese. Participants were a purposive sample of nine boys between the ages of 13 and 18, six of them currently with obesity and with BMI levels at... -
Psychosocial well-being of people living with HIV and the community before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” network intervention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catharina D Prinsloo --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Minrie Greeff --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Annamarie Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Suria Ellis --- Unit for Business Mathematics and Informatics, South AfricaThe purpose of the research was to determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” network intervention in a South African urban area would bring about a difference in the psychosocial well-being of people living with HIV (PLWH), as well as... -
Positive Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Behavior in a Vocational Training Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michael M. Gielnik --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Michael Frese --- National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, Singapore Kim Marie Bischoff --- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany Gordon Muhangi --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, Uganda Francis Omoo --- Nakawa Vocational Training Institute, UgandaUnemployment among youths is a serious problem in many African countries. Researchers and politicians alike consider entrepreneurship to be part of the solution to the high unemployment rates. In this study, we present the conceptual basis of an action-oriented entrepreneurship... -
Livestock grazing has minimal effect on the species richness and diversity of semi-arid shrubland in the Western Little Karoo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nelmarie Saayman --- Directorate of Plant Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Craig Morris --- Agricultural Research Council–Livestock Business Division, Range and Forage Unit, c/o School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, South Africa Hannes Botha --- Directorate of Plant Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South AfricaThe Succulent Karoo, one of two arid biodiversity hotspots in the world, is known for its high plant species richness, but little is known about the influence of topography and how it mediates the potentially deleterious effects of grazing. Changes... -
Challenges to implementing the food-based dietary guidelines in the South African primary school curriculum: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of principals and curriculum advisors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Kim Anh Nguyen --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Anniza De Villiers --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Jean Marie Fourie --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Michael Hendricks --- School of Child and Adolescent Health, South AfricaObjectives: The South African food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) were developed and implemented to promote healthy lifestyles in the population along with preventing non-communicable diseases and other forms of diet-related illness. The FBDG were recommended for implementation within the national school... -
Differences in nitrogen cycling and soil mineralisation between a eucalypt plantation and a mixed eucalypt and Acacia mangium plantation on a sandy tropical soil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Sogni Viviane Tchichelle --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles, Republic of the Congo Daniel Epron --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles, Republic of the Congo Fidèle Mialoundama --- Université Marien NGouabi, Republic of the Congo Lydie Stella Koutika --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles, Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel Harmand --- CIRAD, France Jean-Pierre Bouillet --- CIRAD, France Louis Mareschal --- Centre de Recherche sur la Durabilité et la Productivité des Plantations Industrielles, Republic of the CongoSustainable wood production requires appropriate management of commercial forest plantations. Establishment of industrial eucalypt plantations on poor sandy soils leads to a high loss of nutrients including nitrogen (N) after wood harvesting. An ecological intensification of eucalypt plantations was tested... -
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... -
Malnutrition in the elderly residing in long-term care facilities: a cross sectional survey using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) screening tool
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Liska Robb --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Corinna May Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mariette Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, South Africa Annica Nel --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Hester Odendaal --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Reon van Aardt --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaObjectives: The objective of this study was to determine and compare the nutritional status of the elderly in two long-term care facilities - one situated in a higher socio-economic area and one in a lower socio-economic area. -
Principals’ experiences of being disempowered by union members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Veronica Mapitso Kgabo --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored school principals’ experience of managing unionised schools in South Africa. Qualitative in-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted with a purposeful selected sample of 13 school principals of unionised schools (age range 36-60 years). The school principals responded to... -
HIV stigma experiences and stigmatisation before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” intervention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catharina Dorothea Prinsloo --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Minrie Greeff --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Annamarie Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Itumeleng Paul Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study sought to explore, describe and determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” intervention would change the HIV stigma experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH) and the stigmatisation by the community in an urban area in South Africa... -
Love matters: exploring conceptions of love in Rwanda and Swaziland and relationship to HIV and intimate partner violence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison Ruark --- Department of Medicine, USA Erin Stern --- Department of Global Health and Development, UK Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane --- Institute for Health Measurement, Swaziland Marie Fidele Kakuze --- Independent Consultant, SwazilandHealth risks such as intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV infection often occur within intimate sexual relationships, yet the study of love and intimacy is largely absent from health research on African populations. This study explores how women and men... -
Possible rehabilitation methods of Galenia africana-dominated old lands in the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nelmarie Saayman --- Directorate Plant Sciences, South Africa Clement Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, c/o Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Hannes Botha --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Rudi Swart --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South AfricaSeveral methods to rehabilitate old cropping lands in the Cederberg Mountains were tested to determine what type of soil disturbance, if any, and which of five indigenous perennial plant species are the most successful and economically feasible. Old lands are... -
Measuring dimensions of social climate among South African higher education students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Hastings-Tolsma --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaWe investigated the structure of social climate among university students to characterise the relative importance of personal and interpersonal factors. Participants were 266 students from a school of education of a large South African university (females = 66.5%; black =... -
Sexual cycle and seasonal expression of testosterone (T) in the testes of Sclerophrys mauritanica (Schlegel, 1841)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Omar Kisserli --- , , Algérie Elara Moudilou --- , France Jean-Marie Exbrayat --- , FranceSclerophrys mauritanica is an anuran amphibian found in the wetlands of Beni-belaid, Jijel, Algeria. The animals are constrained by wet (from September until May) and dry (from June until August) seasons, however, the sexual cycle of males is continuous (all... -
An African Festivity for Flute: sensing diversity, creolisation and knowledge through sound
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Marietjie Pauw --- Africa Open – Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis article begins by exploring the concept of diversity in music and arts education. A survey undertaken maps lesser and greater musico-cultural diversity amongst selected tertiary institutions that offer Music as a degree subject in South Africa and in Uganda... -
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycoplasma genitalium isolates from Pretoria, South Africa in 2012 and 2016
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Marie C Le Roux --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South Africa Maanda Mafunise --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South Africa Barbara E de Villiers --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South Africa Ramalau Mm Ditsele --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South AfricaBackground: Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen associated with non-gonococcal urethritis and cervicitis. Azithromycin regimens have been considered first-line treatment for M. genitalium infections, with fluoroquinolone regimens effective as second-line treatments. However, the proportion of M. genitalium harbouring macrolide... -
Authentic leadership, followership, and psychological capital as antecedents of work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marieta du Plessis --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Adré B. Boshoff --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour influences on work engagement of employees. Respondents were 901 South African employees within the healthcare industry organisation (n = 647) and mining industry (n = 254). The employees completed... -
What effects do student jobs have on the study performance, competency and career development of hospitality management students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Annemarie Geerlink --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThis research examines the effects student jobs have on the study performance, and the competency and career development of hospitality management students. A 13-item survey was administered to a sample of 82 hospitality management students to see how they think... -
Phytomass estimation using eMODIS NDVI and ground data in arid rangelands of Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Hamid Mahyou --- Centre Régional de la Recherche Agronomique d’Oujda, Morocco Bernard Tychon --- Department of Environmental Sciences and Management, Belgium Marie Lang --- Department of Environmental Sciences and Management, Belgium Riad Balaghi --- Centre Régional de la Recherche Agronomique de Meknès, MoroccoThe assessment of rangeland productivity in semi-extensively grazed arid rangelands is a prerequisite for livestock management in relation to sustainable use of pastoral resources. The objective of this study was to assess rangeland productivity based on normalised difference vegetation index... -
Promoting mental health of students living with HIV using appreciative inquiry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Teolene Diedricks --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Christoffel Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaLiving with HIV poses many challenges. This is especially true for students living with HIV (SLHIV) within a university setting. The challenges faced by SLHIV makes it difficult for them to see new possibilities in living with the virus. The... -
Life stories managing chronic illness: Young adults’ lived experiences with type 1 diabetes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marietjie Willemse --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elmari Deacon --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa David Segal --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study aimed to characterise diabetes management experiences of South African young adults living with well-controlled type 1 diabetes (n = 8, female = 5, male = 3, age range = 20–25). The young adults told life stories managing their... -
Personality and adjustment in South African higher education accounting studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elmarie Papageorgiou --- , South Africa Chris William Callaghan --- , South AfricaThis study seeks to investigate the contribution of individual personality differences to diverse aspects of accounting student adjustment to university in the context of a South African university. In a context in which many have but one opportunity to access... -
The effectiveness of audit sampling methods recommended to small and medium practices in guides published by audit regulators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elmarie Swanepoel --- , South AfricaThe paper focuses on the quality of audits in small and medium practices (SMPs) when these audits are performed according to the freely available guidelines published by various regulatory bodies. Audit sampling is highlighted as a key component of audit... -
Adult malnutrition: prevalence and use of nutrition-related quality indicators in South African public-sector hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Esmarie van Tonder --- Department of Dietetics, School of Lifestyle Science, South Africa Lynn Gardner --- Department of Health, Health Centre, South Africa Saskia Cressey --- Department of Health, South Africa Reinette Tydeman-Edwards --- Department of Health, South Africa Karin Gerber --- Nursing Science Department, South AfricaObjectives: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of malnutrition among adult hospitalised patients in three South African public hospitals and to determine the availability of nutrition-related quality indicators at ward and institutional level. -
Prediction of overt aggression experienced by college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Cornelius Fourie --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South AfricaWe sought to predict overt aggression among college students from their intra- and interpersonal relationships self-perceptions. Respondents were 311 students (females = 69.8%; black = 65.9%, white = 16.7%; mean age = 26.38 years, SD = 9.57 years) from a... -
Seasonal variation in diet and prey availability in the wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905) from the Djurdjura Mountains, northern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rabah Mamou --- , France Faïza Marniche --- , , Algeria Mansour Amroun --- , , Algeria Jean-Marie Exbrayat --- , France Anthony Herrel --- , FranceWe studied the composition and seasonal changes in diet and prey selection in the wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri of the Djurdjura Mountains throughout its activity period, from April to October 2014. The analysis of 238 faecal pellets revealed 1 206... -
Sex work among female workers in the traditional mining sector in Mali – results from the ANRS-12339 Sanu Gundo cross-sectional study in 2015
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Cheick Haïballa Kounta --- Aix Marseille University, France Luis Sagaon-Teyssier --- Aix Marseille University, France Hubert Balique --- Aix Marseille University, France Fodié Diallo --- ARCAD Sida, Mali Nikos Kalampalikis --- University Lyon 2, France Marion Mora --- Aix Marseille University, France Michel Bourrelly --- Aix Marseille University, France Marie Suzan-Monti --- Aix Marseille University, France Bruno Spire --- Aix Marseille University, France Bintou Dembélé Keita --- ARCAD Sida, MaliFemale sex workers (FSW) in mining sites are considered to be at very high risk of HIV infection. We aimed to characterize FSW at the Kôkôyô artisanal gold mining site in Mali, and identify factors associated with sex work using... -
The quality of feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to the primary care providers in the Western Cape: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Herma Steyn --- Department of Health, South Africa Muideen Bello --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Klaus von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Liezel Rossouw --- Department of Health, South Africa Gavin Hendricks --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Germarie Fouche --- Department of Health, South Africa Dusica Stapar --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Coordinating care for patients is a key characteristic of effective primary care. Family physicians in the Western Cape formed a research network to enable them to perform practical research on key questions from clinical practice. The initial question selected... -
Time, space, modality, and (inter)subjectivity: Futures in isiNdebele and other Nguni languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Thera Marie Crane --- Department of Languages and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Faculty of Arts, Finland Msuswa Petrus Mabena --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaPerhaps more than any other tense, expressions of futurity are intricately linked with modality: the future is inherently uncertain. This article explores the outcomes of future markers grammaticalised from ‘come’ and ‘go’ in isiNdebele and several other South African Nguni... -
Case study of effect of glyphosate application on plant-parasitic nematodes associated with a soybean–maize rotation system in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Akhona Mbatyoti --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Integrated Pest Management, South Africa Mieke S Daneel --- Agricultural Research Council–Tropical and Subtropical Crops, South Africa Antoinette Swart --- Agricultural Research Council–Plant Health and Protection, South Africa Mariette Marais --- Agricultural Research Council–Plant Health and Protection, South Africa Dirk De Waele --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Integrated Pest Management, South Africa Hendrika Fourie --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Integrated Pest Management, South AfricaInformation on the effect of the herbicide glyphosate on nematodes in the field is limited and contradictory. A small field experiment was conducted during two consecutive summer-growing seasons to investigate the response of plant-parasitic nematode communities on the application of... -
The diet of Malagasy dry forest understory birds based on faecal samples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Manoa L Faliarivola --- Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Domaine Sciences et Technologies, Madagascar Marie J Raherilalao --- Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Domaine Sciences et Technologies, Madagascar Aristide Andrianarimisa --- Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Domaine Sciences et Technologies, Madagascar Steven M Goodman --- Association Vahatra, MadagascarThis study provides data on the diet of understory birds living in the dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar. Samples were collected at three lowland localities: Ankarafantsika National Park in the northwest, the Kirindy forest (Menabe Antimena Protected Harmonious Landscape)... -
Knowledge, perceptions and practices of HIV-infected mothers regarding HIV and infant feeding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Liska Robb --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mariette Nel --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaObjectives: The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, perceptions and practices of HIV-infected mothers regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and infant feeding. -
Experiences of grandmothers caring for female adolescents living with HIV in rural Manzini, Eswatini: a caregiver stress model perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bonisile S Nsibandze --- , South Africa Charlene Downing --- , South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- , South Africa Chris PH Myburgh --- , South AfricaThe HIV pandemic has immense effects on the Eswatini population. The burden of caregiving rests on women, typically grandmothers who are elderly and dealing with chronic diseases themselves. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences... -
Climbing the illusive ladder: Examining female employees’ perceptions of advancement opportunities at a higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maryam Moosa --- , South Africa Mariette Coetzee --- , South AfricaThe study examined how women at a higher education institution in South Africa identify factors they perceive as affecting their advancement opportunities to leadership positions. The study sampled women employees (n = 2 000) working in top management (1%), academic (44.1%), professional... -
Debarking damage by alien Pallas’s squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus, in Argentina and its effects on tree growth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Paula A Pedreira --- , Argentina Eduardo A Penon --- , Argentina Mariela Borgnia --- , ArgentinaIntroduced squirrels threaten forest ecosystems by debarking, resulting in economic losses to the timber industry and additional damage mitigation and pest control costs. The Pallas’s squirrel, also called the red-bellied squirrel. (Callosciurus erythraeus), originally from Asia, is the first squirrel... -
The efficacy of the context-adaptive model in facilitating utilisation-focused language programme evaluation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Annamarie Mostert --- ,Recent language programme evaluations show a growing emphasis on collaboration with multiple stakeholders to increase their actual use in programme management and development. In turn, the demand for effective models to guide a collaborative, utilisation-focused evaluation process has increased. This... -
Translanguaging during collaborative learning: A ‘transcollab’ model of teaching
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe --- , South Africa Rose-Marie McCabe --- , South AfricaCollaborative learning has been used strategically to support pedagogical practices in higher education. On the other hand, translanguaging has been mainly used as a pedagogical practice to teach English as an additional language as well as in content subjects at... -
Pheromones as management tools for non-Scolytinae Curculionidae: development and implementation considerations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Luki-Marie Scheepers --- , South Africa Jeremy D Allison --- , Canada Marc C Bouwer --- , South Africa Egmont R Rohwer --- , South Africa Bernard Slippers --- , South AfricaFor the large family Curculionidae, the number of species considered pests is expected to increase due to global movement of plant and soil material, as well as climate change. Pheromones are increasingly popular for use in pest management programmes, either... -
The impact of a face-to-face peer-support intervention on adults with type 2 diabetes: a cluster-randomised trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Melanie Pienaar --- , South Africa Marianne Reid --- , South Africa Mariette Nel --- , South Africa -
Contextual relevance and decolonisation of South African Industrial Psychology training: An exploratory case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edel-Quinn F. Nibafu --- , South Africa Marieta Du Plessis --- , South Africa Fatima Abrahams --- , South AfricaThis study explored the contextual relevance of Industrial Psychology training in a South African university, focussing on its responsiveness to contemporary multi-cultural work settings. Our purposive sample of informants (n = 15, female = 66.67%, South African black citizens =... -
Parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Marie Ludick --- , South Africa Vicki Koen --- , South AfricaThis article explores and describes parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context. Our sample of six parent-adolescent dyads (n = 12) completed structured gratitude activities to participate in over a period of three weeks, followed by... -
When language revitalisation transcends linguistic issues: Motivations for the revitalisation of Tonga
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Jubilee Chikasha --- , South Africa Anne-Marie Beukes --- ,This article presents findings from research on Tonga language revitalisation. Tonga is a formerly marginalised indigenous language spoken in north-western Zimbabwe. It is part of Zimbabwe’s linguistic ecology comprising 16 officially recognised languages that exist in a polyglossic situation. The... -
Long-term wheat production management effects on soil fertility indicators in the semi-arid eastern Free State, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Palo Francis Loke --- , South Africa Johannes Jacobus Schimper --- , South Africa Elmarie Kotzé --- , South Africa Christiaan Cornelius du Preez --- , South AfricaThis study evaluated temporal effects of wheat production management practices on soil fertility under semi-arid conditions. Treatments applied for 37 years included straw management (unburned and burned), tillage practices (no-tillage, stubble mulch, and mouldboard ploughing) and weed control methods (chemical... -
Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Jimu --- , South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South Africa Marie-Jeanne Offosse Ngbesso --- , South AfricaThis study explored experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative methodology to explore the intricacies of living with HIV as an adolescent. Thirty (N... -
Sustainable person-environment fit and subjective career success: The moderating role of resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zilmarie Carstens --- , South Africa Eileen Koekemoer --- , South Africa Andries Masenge --- , South AfricaThis study examined the relationship between person-environment fit and subjective career success (SCS), as well as the role of personal resilience in that relationship. A convenience sample of 742 employees from various sectors in South Africa (female = 55.3%; Afrikaans... -
Institutions and brain drain: The role of business start-up regulations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patrick Marie Nga Ndjobo --- , Cameroon Noémia Certo Simões --- , PortugalThe objective of this article is to re-examine the relationship between African institutions and the migration phenomena. Specifically, we analyze the relationship between business start-up regulations and the brain drain from sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries towards those in OECD. Using... -
Evaluating practical teaching approach in civil engineering training among public universities of Ethiopia: students’ view and opinion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Henok Marie Shiferaw --- , EthiopiaThis study presents civil engineering students’ observations on the practical education they receive at public universities in Ethiopia. The teaching approach in Ethiopia heavily favours theory-based teaching over skills-based teaching and there has been a gap in studies addressing the... -
Unleashing traditional ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation and resilience to climate change in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nathan Kanuma Taremwa --- , Rwanda Marie-Christine Gasingirwa --- , Rwanda Donat Nsabimana --- , RwandaThe purpose of this study was to assess how traditional ecological knowledge systems can be leveraged to achieve biodiversity conservation and build resilience to climate change. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to study 379 local people residing around... -
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 --- , -
Controlling the clock: Working hours in the UK hotel sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Annemarie Piso --- , UKThe hotel sector is synonymous with working hours that are long, unpredictable and result in poor outcomes for employees. Arguably, they constitute one of the most significant features of the employment relationship, yet little research exists to explore the factors... -
Assessing resistance levels of potato cultivars in South Africa against Alternaria alternata
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Avhurengwi Shirley Mathelemuse --- , Kwasi Sackey Yobo --- , Mariette Truter --- , Philippus Steyn --- , Mapotso Anna Kena --- , Rene Sutherland --- ,Brown leaf spot caused by Alternaria alternata (Fries) Keissler is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of potato. Management of this disease relies mostly on fungicide applications. However, fungicides are becoming less effective due to the development of fungal... -
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frances L. Jasson --- , South Africa Marieta Du Plessis --- , South Africa Abigail Simons --- , South AfricaAcademic employees at Higher Education Institutions face numerous challenges, ranging from workload, student protests, and emergency remote learning. We explored the lived work wellness experiences of South African academics and how well institutional wellness services were meeting these needs. Thirteen... -
Co-branding hotel owners and operators to increase willingness to pay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elizabeth A Whalen --- Middle Tennessee State University, USA Annamarie D Sisson --- Southern Connecticut State University, USAAlthough hotel brands are well established in the industry, customers have not been educated about the different kinds of properties, nor has hotel structure been utilised as a functional marketing tool. Drawing on previous studies, the purpose of this study... -
Patients in public hospitals received insufficient food to meet daily protein and energy requirements: Cape Town Metropole, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Marieke Theron --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Siobhan O’Halloran --- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway -
Students’ experience and commentary on the internship programme of civil engineering training in public universities of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Henok Marie Shiferaw --- University of Gondar, EthiopiaThis paper presents challenges of the internship programme among civil engineering training in public universities of Ethiopia based on students’ experiences and comments. Sample students from two major public universities in Ethiopia shared their experiences. Validated standard questionnaires were used... -
Acceptance of e-learning applications by accounting students in an online learning environment at residential universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Wendy Terblanche --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Ilse Lubbe --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Elmarie Papageorgiou --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Nico van der Merwe --- North-West University, South AfricaTechnology acceptance models have been used in the higher education context to understand students’ acceptance of various learning technologies. Not only was the use of e-learning technologies heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the shift to predominantly online teaching and... -
Social support and health behaviour in women living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Bernhard Gaede --- Emmaus Hospital, Sisana Majeke --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Rugira Regis Marie Modeste --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Joanne Rachel Naidoo --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mokete Joseph Titus --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, Leana R Uys --- College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal,The article explores the relationship between social support and health behaviour of rural and urban women who are living with HIV in South Africa. Our study was a descriptive survey of a group of pregnant and non-pregnant women living with... -
Experiences of orphan care in Amach, Uganda: assessing policy implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christopher Oleke --- Ministry of Health - Uganda, Astrid Blystad --- University of Bergen, Norway Ole Bjørn Rekdal --- Bergen University College, Karen Marie Moland --- University of Bergen, NorwayUganda is estimated to have around two million orphans constituting approximately 19% of all the children in the country. This paper presents findings from a study on the experiences of orphan care among Langi people of Amach sub-county in Lira... -
Difficult choices: Infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sebalda Charles Leshabari --- Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Astrid Blystad --- University of Bergen, Karen Marie Moland --- Bergen University College,Infant feeding represents a great challenge in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (pMTCT). The international guidelines informing infant feeding counselling suggest feeding methods that reduce the risk of HIV transmission, and discourage mixed feeding (combining breastfeeding with other... -
Talk radio as the soundtrack of our lives: Participatory HIV/AIDS communication, public self-expression and Positive Talk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mariekie Burger --- , , South AfricaDespite the many HIV/AIDS communication initiatives, combined with support and infrastructural support in South Africa, risky behaviour associated with the spread of the epidemic is increasing amongst many groups. This calls for a re-evaluation of endeavours aimed at curbing the... -
The Achilles’ heel of prevention to mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Protocol implementation, uptake, and sustainability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Violeta J. Rodriguez --- , , USA Richard P. LaCabe --- , , USA C. Kyle Privette --- , , USA K. Marie Douglass --- , USA Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Gladys Matseke --- , South Africa Audrey Mathebula --- , South Africa Shandir Ramlagan --- , South Africa Sibusiso Sifunda --- , South Africa Guillermo “Willy” Prado --- , USA Viviana Horigian --- , , USA Stephen M. Weiss --- , , USA Deborah L. Jones --- , , USAThe Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS proposed to reduce the vertical transmission of HIV from ∼72,200 to ∼8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers hinder the implementation of... -
Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marie A. Brault --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sarah Christie --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sasha Aquino --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Abigail Rendin --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Amanda Manchia --- Project Last Mile, South Africa Leslie A. Curry --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Erika L. Linnander --- Yale School of Public Health, USAIn eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW demonstrate low demand for SRH services, further contributing... -
Morphometrics, sexual dimorphism, and growth in the angonoka tortoise (Geochelone yniphora) of western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: LoraL. Smith --- University of Florida, USA Miguel Pedrono --- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France RobertM. Dorazio --- U.S. Geological Survey, USA Jack Bishko --- University of Florida, USAThe most recent description of the morphology of the rare endemic Madagascar tortoise, Geochelone yniphora was based on fewer than 20 specimens. We collected morphological data for 200 free‐ranging tortoises from five populations over a four‐year period. Tortoises ranged in... -
Low magnesium content in potato tubers associated with mass loss during storage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R Gericke --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa NJJ Combrink --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marieta van der Rijst --- Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaPotatoes are an important crop in the Sandveld and Kouebokkeveld regions of South Africa, and one of the challenges in effective potato production is maintaining quality post-harvest. In order to identify tuber characteristics that may be used to predict keeping... -
Predicting soil carbon in granitic soils using Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy: the value of database disaggregation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Kelebohile Rose Seboko --- University of the Free State, South Africa Johan van Tol --- University of the Free State, South Africa Elmarie Kotze --- University of the Free State, South AfricaSoil carbon (C) is an important component in quality assessments and efficient models are required to estimate C rapidly. Accurate C assessments are valuable in monitoring land-use changes. Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy has proved to be a powerful tool for... -
Liberate or obliterate: Women’s leadership in academia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariette Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Maryam Moosa --- University of South Africa,Women form a critical component of the workforce of South Africa, yet the retention of women in leadership positions is problematic. This study examined the relationship between leadership opportunities and the retention of women at an open-distance education institution. A... -
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shihaam Solomon --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Marieta du Plessis --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaTemporary academic appointments are increasingly prevalent in higher education institutions across the globe. The lived experiences of temporary academic staff within South African higher education institutions were explored. Twenty-six temporary academic staff (females = 69%, black = 75%, white =... -
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 -
Happy families: How to protect and support your child’s mental health
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Caroline Marie Newman --- , Ireland -
Influence of optimal room occupancy strategies on revenue maximisation during slack periods in selected 3- to 5-star hotels in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: John Adanse --- School of Business, Economics and Tourism Management, Kenyatta University, Kenya Rosemarie Khayiya --- School of Business, Economics and Tourism Management, Kenyatta University, Kenya Vincent Maranga --- School of Business, Economics and Tourism Management, Kenyatta University, KenyaAn organisation’s inability to generate adequate income to sustain its business activities poses a significant challenge to maintaining profitability. Employing revenue-maximisation strategies is crucial to securing necessary resources and ensuring the continued success and stability of organisations. The purpose of... -
Parasitoid guild of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Tunisian citrus orchards and a new report of Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Dorra Mansour --- University of Sousse, Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem, Tunisia Mohamed Braham --- University of Sousse, Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem, TunisiaA survey of the parasitoid species of the citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a cosmopolitan pest of citrus, was carried out in 2019 and 2020 in the major citrus production area of Tunisia. Four different Eulophidae species... -
Stylistics of the injunction in the advertising language of mobile telephony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Arsène Elongo --- Marien Ngouabi University, Republic of CongoThis article intends to examine the injunction in the advertising language of mobile telephony. It scrutinises the problem of stylistic choice in the use of the injunction, to draw out the intentional implications of the speaker and to investigate the... -
Filling the fiscal basket: Quantifying tax revenues from customer loyalty programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ilanri Croucamp --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jade Craigen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Teresa Pidduck --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Sumarie Swanepoel --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Elizabeth Coetzee --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African government is experiencing a significant shortfall in tax revenue, and recent research has identified customer loyalty programmes (CLPs) as a potential revenue stream. Despite the popularity of these programmes, which are used by 73% of economically active... -
Knowledge, attitudes and support practices related to breastfeeding promotion of doctors and nurses in Motheo district, Free State province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Imke Hennop --- University of the Free State, South Africa Janet Adede Carboo --- University of the Free State, South Africa Mariette Nel --- University of the Free State, South Africa Corinna May Walsh --- University of the Free State, South Africa -
Adolescents’ school experiences: Understanding the needs of young people post COVID-19
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Pamela Marie Patrick --- Monash University, Australia Sarah Pamflett --- Monash University, AustraliaBackground: During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in Victoria, Australia, completed two years of virtual schooling, which has been reported to contribute to many academic, social, and mental health impacts. Thus, it is important to capture the voices of the students...
