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Impact of Wood Quality Assessments on Future Fibre Resources in the Pulp and Paper-making Industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: J.A. Wright --- Sappi Forests, Research Division, RSARecent evidence from research in Europe has indicated that individual trees can be sampled for their pulping properties by the removal of small quantities (5–50 g) of wood at about breast height (1,3 m above ground). Work began at Sappi's... -
The Hydrological Effects of a Wildfire in a Eucalypt Afforested Catchment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: D.F. Scott --- Division of Forest Science and Technology, Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre, RSA R.E. Schulze --- Department of Agricultural Engineering, RSAA high-intensity wildfire through a humid, upland catchment which was partially afforested to Eucalyptus fastigata, markedly increased stormflows and caused high soil losses off the afforested slopes. Total streamflow yield was unchanged but baseflow was reduced after the fire. The... -
Micropropagation of Eucalyptus radiata ssp. radiata Using Explants from Mature and Coppice Material
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: S.H. Chang --- Department of Forestry, RSA D. G.M. Donald --- Department of Forestry, RSA G. Jacobs --- Department of Horticulture, RSANodes from young field-grown coppice regrowth and branches of a mature tree of Eucalyptus radiata ssp. radiata were cultured on a MS medium containing BA and NAA. BA at 0,5 mg/ℓ and NAA at 0,01-0,1 mg/ℓ were most effective in... -
Spatial Variation of Forest Floor Loading in Pine Stands of the Tsitsikamma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: C. de Ronde --- Division of Forest Science and Technology, Sabie Forest Research Centre, RSAA lack of litter breakdown was recorded in Pinus taeda stands on the Tsitsikamma plateau, particularly in humus layers. A total litter mass of 195 t/ha was recorded in these stands. Litter was also significantly more compacted in these stands,... -
Working Towards a P-Response Model for Pinus radiata in the Tsitsikamma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: C. de Ronde --- Division of Forest Science and Technology, Sabie Forestry Research Centre, RSA D. G.M. Donald --- Faculty of Forestry, RSALong-term response of Pinus radiata to P-application at time of planting was recorded on representative soil types of the Tsitsikamma. P-response models were developed for future use on the shale-derived incised plateau. Significant responses on duplex soils derived from TMS... -
Evaluation of soilless production systems for small scale production of two Amaranthus species and Swiss chard, Beta vulgaris
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.M. Sedibe --- Dept. of Agronomy, RSA N. J.J. Combrink --- Dept. of Agronomy, RSA E.Y. Reinten --- , South AfricaTo improve the diet of rural families, small scale production of leafy vegetables, as a source of vitamin A and other nutrients should be encouraged. In this study, conducted under controlled environmental conditions (day temperatures in the greenhouse varied between... -
Image analysis to quantify herbicide efficacy for Cynodon dactylon control
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.L. Campbell --- , Republic of South Africa M.T. Smith --- , Republic of South Africa C. Sewpersad --- , Republic of South Africa M. van den Berg --- , Republic of South AfricaStudies on the effectiveness of herbicides for control of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (cynodon) normally rely on visual recording methods, which are rapid and convenient, but lack objectiveness and reproducibility. To address this problem, a computer software package was customized... -
Effects of liming on microbial activity and N mineralization in broiler manure-amended soils from Bizana, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.G. Jezile --- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, USA D.G. Westfall --- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, USA G. Peterson --- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, USA D.R. Child --- Department of Rangeland Ecosystem Sciences, USA D.P. Turner --- , RSA W. Van Averbeke --- , RSAA laboratory incubation study was conducted to determine the effects of liming on microbial activity and N mineralization in two Bizana soils amended with broiler manure. The experimental layout was a 4 x 3 complete factorial experiment with three replicates,... -
Isolation, identification and molecular characterisation of an isolate of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus occurring in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L Usher --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa B Sivparsad --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa A Gubba --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaZucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is an economically important virus infecting cucurbits and has a worldwide distribution. In the Republic of South Africa, ZYMV has been reported as a major limiting factor to cucurbit production. The aim of this study... -
Identification and distribution of viruses infecting sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Benice J Sivparsad --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Augustine Gubba --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaA survey to determine occurrence and distribution of viruses infecting sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) was conducted in major sweet potato growing areas in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. Eighty-four symptomatic vine samples were collected and graft-inoculated onto universal indicator... -
THE CONCEPT “STANDARD LANGUAGE”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: E.B. van Wyk --- , RSAA non-standard language variety can only be identified with reference to a corresponding standard language. Although a standard language may be regarded as a superordinate variety representing correct or prestigious usage, standard languages can differ in many respects, it is... -
STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD: TOWARDS FINDING A SUITABLE TEACHING STRATEGY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: K.J. Mashamaite --- , RSAIt is well-known that the standard of performance of pupils in the mother tongue is gradually dropping year after year. Although various factors may jointly be responsible for this, it should be noted that most of the language errors made... -
SALIENT FEATURES OF KOINES: PRETORIA SOTHO, SPOKEN KOINE GREEK AND TOWN BEMBA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: G.K. Schuring --- , RSAAn attempt is made to describe the salient features of koine varieties on the basis of three defining examples and with reference to Hymes' (1971) model for the study of pidgins. creoles and other language types. First the most salient... -
COLLOQUIAL ZULU SPOKEN IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ORANGE FREE STATE AS A DIALECTICAL VARIATION
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: M.A. Radebe --- , RSAColloquial Zulu, as spoken in the north-eastern O.F.S., is nicely spiced with elements from Southern Sotho, English and Afrikaans. This paper aims to study (a) the characteristics of this Colloquial Zulu variety, (b) the morphological and semantic interference of Southern... -
THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC ELEMENTS OF TSOTSI LANGUAGE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ZULU—A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: A.V. Ngwenya --- , RSATsolsi language (also known as isicamtho) developed a long time ago, is still spoken today and In fact, the number of people who use this variety for communicative purposes, is growing steadily. Whereas it was originally used as a secret... -
ZULU AND ENGLISH ADOPTIVES: MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHONOLOGICAL INTERFERENCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: A. Koopman --- , RSAThe Zulu language has assimilated a number of words from other languages, particularly English. As the two languages have different phonological and morphological systems, interference often takes place in the process of lexical adoption. This paper looks at various forms... -
SOUTH NDEBELE AND ITS ASSIMILATION TO THE PEDI LANGUAGE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Z.J. Mashiyane --- , RSAThis article reiterates the sociolinguistic fact that: Any language left alienated and surrounded by foreign languages, will adopt certain linguistic features from those languages. Due to historical circumstances. South Ndebele, which is a Nguni language, has been surrounded by a... -
SOME REMARKS ON THE STATUS OF ADOPTIVES IN VENDA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: M.R. Madiba --- , RSAVenda has adopted a considerable number of words from other languages. However, the status which these adopted forms occupy in the language remains uncertain. There is always the fear that adoption may cause the language to lose its character. To... -
Kweetsa ya pelo ya motho (NP Maake): Narrative of human behaviour in political turmoil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: C.F. Swanepoel --- Department of African Languages, RSALiterature of the struggle in South Africa existed long before restrictions on publications were officially lifted. While most was in manuscript form and/or exsisted orally, some did find their way to the bookseller's shelve, feigning innocence or otherwise leading a... -
A diachronic approach to the explanation of problematic/unusual past tense forms in Lobedu and Northern Sotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: AlbertE Kotzé --- Department of African Languages, RSALobedu is one of the dialects belonging to the North-eastern dialect cluster of Northern Sotho. It features numerous intriguing differences with Northern Sotho, ranging from phonological, morphological and syntactical to vocabulary. A prominent feature of past tense forms in Lobedu... -
Commercial Harvesting of Pinestraw in the South-Eastern United States
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Janusz Zwolinski --- , RSA Harold Quicke --- , USAPinestraw is a name used in the USA for pine needlefall or pine litterfall. Harvesting of pinestraw from stands of Pinus taeda, P. elliottii and P. palustris has become a US $150 million business in the southeastern USA. Pinestraw is... -
Correcting measures of national income for environmental values: The case of water abstraction and carbon sink externalities of industrial plantations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: RashidM. Hassan --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, RSAConventional measures of national income and capital formation underestimate the contribution of industrial plantations to gross domestic product and do not account for the social costs or benefits of their environmental impacts. The present study adopted an environmental accounting approach... -
Experiences of Children Heading Households in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nomlindo E. Dlungwana --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Reshma Sathiparsad --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study explored the experiences of children who are heads of households, particularly with regard to the psychological, emotional and social effects of heading a household, and access to schooling and support services. Fifteen children (females, n=9; males, n= 6;... -
Child Sexual Abuse in Schools: Preliminary Indication for Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project)—Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Twesigye Consilous Rwanyonga --- Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project), Mbaziira Mike --- Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project), Aisha Nakubulwa --- City Council of Kampala,This study sought to access pupils' knowledge on their rights as children, establishing the common violations experienced with emphasis to understanding the forms of child sexual abuse acts in Ugandan primary schools. Quantitative data were collected from 30 schools covering... -
Young Rural Males in South Africa Speak on Teenage Pregnancy: “It's Really Her Problem”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Reshma Sathiparsad --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of school-going rural males in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on teenage pregnancy. Two methods of data collection were used, namely, a quantitative survey with a sample of 294... -
Breast Cancer Health Beliefs and Perceived Barriers to Self-Examination Amongst Hindu Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Catherine Govender --- University of South Africa, Prashilla Soma --- University of Pretoria, Leeana Persad --- University of Witwatersrand, Julie Moodley --- National Health Laboratory Services, Vinay Rajah --- , South AfricaThis study explored the breast cancer health beliefs and perceived barriers to breast self-examination of South African Hindu women. Participants were 68 Hindu women (mean age = 39.36 years SD=13.42) from two South African cities. They completed the Champion's Health... -
NIL PROBLEMS REVISITED FOR ALMOST NILPOTENT RINGS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: H. FRANCE-JACKSON --- , RSA G. A.P. HEYMAN --- , RSA B. de la ROSA --- , RSA -
THE Σλ-CALCULUS AND DERIVED PROGRAM FORMS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: StefW. Postma --- Department of Computer Science, RSAThe Σλ-calculus is an extension of an applied λ-calculus designed to abstract parallel and non-deterministic function application evaluation. The abstraction is extended to include Landin's closure, and constant terms and a special form of the conditional allows the regular logics... -
A WEAKER FORM OF BAER'S SPLITTING PROBLEM OVER VALUATION DOMAINS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: L. Fuchs --- Department of Mathematics, USA G. Viljoen --- Department of Mathematics, RSAEklof-Fuchs [3] have shown that over an arbitrary valuation domain R, the modules B which satisfy Ext 1/R (B,T) = 0 for all torsion R-modules T are precisely the free R-modules. Here we modify the problem and describe all R-modules... -
PIECEWISE ENDOMORPHISMS OF RING MODULES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: C.J. Maxson --- Department of Mathematics, A. P.J. van der Walt --- Department of Mathematics, RSAWe study centralizer near-rings of ring modules which are rather special in two respects. Firstly, the elements of the near-rings are piecewise endomorphisms of the modules concerned. and secondly, the near-rings themselves are, in fact, rings. -
WEAKLY SPECIAL CLASSES OF HEMIRINGS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: D.M. Olson --- , U.S.A. G. A.P. Heyman --- , RSA H.J. Le Roux --- , RSAWeakly special classes of hemirings are defined and properties are obtained which have the flavour of those in ring theory. A condition is given which yields an equivalence to the definition of a special class. The radical generated by the... -
ULTRA-UNIVERSAL MODELS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Colin Naturman --- Department of Mathematics, RSA Henry Rose --- Department of Mathematics, RSAThe concept of ultra-universal algebras in varieties is generalized to models of first order theories. Characterizations of theories which have ulta-universal models are found and general examples of ultra-universal models are investigated. In particular we show that a theory has... -
ON THE STRUCTURE OF MINIMAL R n ACTIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: H.B. Keynes --- , USA N.G. Markley --- Department of Mathematics, USA M. Sears --- Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, RSAIn this paper we study several concepts and models which are relevant in describing both the topological and dynamical structure of a typical R n flow. Some of these ideas originated in our earlier papers, and those of other... -
THREE SPECIAL RADICALS FOR HEMIRINGS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: D.M. Olson --- , H.J. LeRoux --- , RSA G. A.P. Heyman --- , RSAThe classes of strongly prime, uniformly strongly prime and superprime hemirings are defined and shown to be special classes. Intersection properties of the radicals generated by these classes are studied and related to α-ideas. Hemiring radicals and ring radicals of... -
Selmer groups in twist families of elliptic curves
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Ilker Inam --- Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Mathematics, Bursa-TurkeyThe aim of this article is to give some numerical data related to the order of the Selmer groups in twist families of elliptic curves. To do this we assume the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture is true and we use... -
URBAN NESTING OF TRISTRAM'S GRACKLES ONYCHOGNATHUS TRLSTRAMLL IN ISRAEL
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Hana Hofshi --- Dept of Biology, Israel Mordechai Gersani --- Dept of Biology, Israel Gadi Katzir --- Dept of Zoology, IsraelHofshi, H., Gersani, M. & Katzir, G. 1987. Urban nesting of Tristram's Grackles Onychognathus tristramii in Israel. Ostrich 58: 156–159. -
Afforestation of Marginal Land to Meet the Needs of Local Communities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: G.H. von dem Bussche --- , RSAThe need for and policies relating to the establishment of woodlots in rural areas of Southern Africa, particularly those areas where conditions for the planting of exotic trees are unfavourable, are described. The silvicultural techniques followed and some suitable species... -
Carrying Capacity and Thinning Response of Pinus taeda in the CCT Experiments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: MikeR. Strub --- , USA BrianV. Bredenkamp --- , RSALong-term thinning studies replicated on low, medium and high quality sites in South Africa indicate that high quality sites have a higher basal area carrying capacity that low quality sites. High quality sites also produce a higher maximum stand density... -
The Role Of Pharmacotherapy In Child And Adolescent Psychiatry: Introducing the Western Cape Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: B.H. Harvey --- Ell Lilly (SA) (Pty) Ltd, RSAThe use of psychotropic agents in children is poorly reported in the scientific literature. As a result, inexperience with the use of these agents, together with resistance from parents, remains a therapeutic dilemma for the clinician who is called on... -
Exotic pine forestry in the Southern Hemisphere: A brief history of establishment and quarantine practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Treena Burgess --- , RSA MichaelJ. Wingfield --- , RSAAfforestation with exotic softwoods commenced in the Southern Hemisphere at the end of the 19th century. Initially the areas under afforestation were small, but today, exotic plantation species are the basis of huge forestry industries, forming a crucial component ofthe... -
Influence of the origin of stem cutting, season of collection and auxin application on the vegetative propagation af African Sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Z. Teklehaimanot --- School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, UK P.L. Mwang'ingo --- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Tanzania A.G. Mugasha --- Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conversation, Tanzania C.K. Ruffo --- Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, TanzaniaAn investigation into the possibility of propagating O.lanceolata through stem cutting was carried out at Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, Iringa Zone, Tanzania. The aim was to test the potential of stem cuttings in providing an alternative/supplement to the use of... -
Role of pelagic crustaceans in the diet of the longnose lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox in the Seychelles waters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Potier F Ménard Y Cherel A Lorrain R Sabatié F MarsacThe role of pelagic crustaceans in the diet of the longnose lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox was investigated from stomach content analysis of fish collected in the waters surrounding the Seychelles Archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. Crustaceans accounted for 88.4% by... -
The First Group (co)homology of a Group G with Coefficients in Some G–Modules
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: LucíliaD. Borsari DacibergL. GonçalvesLet G be a group. We give some formulas for the first group homology and cohomology of a group G with coefficients in an arbitrary G–module Ž. More explicit calculations are done in the special cases of free groups, abelian... -
Graph Compositions and Flats of Cycle Matroids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Eunice Mphako-Banda --- School of Mathematics, RSAWe give an alternative method for counting the number of graph compositions of any graph G. In particular we show that counting the number of graph compositions of a graph G is equivalent to counting the number of flats of... -
A survey of metabolic syndrome in first-degree relatives (fathers) of patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: M Akbarzadeh --- Academic Instructor, Iran F Moradi --- Midwife, University of Medical Sciences, Iran MH Dabbaghmanesh --- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran P Jafari --- Department of Biostatistics, Iran ME Parsanezhad --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IranObjectives: Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are at twice the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, compared to women from the general population. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the first-degree relatives... -
MP-Joint Dislocation of the Thumb
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department Hand- and Microsurgery, RSA -
“Bossing” of the second and third Carpo-Meta-Carpal joint
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department Hand- and Microsurgery Medical, RSA -
Tennis elbow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department of Hand and Microsurgery, RSA -
Avulsion injury of the Flexor Digitorum Profundus of the left ring finger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department of Hand and Microsurgery, RSA -
Radial nerve compression at the elbow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department Hand- and Microsurgery, RSA -
Burns to the Hand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Mennen --- Department Hand- and Microsurgery, RSA -
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 -
Gender discrepancies in the HIV/AIDS Community Home-Based Care Programme in Kanye, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SM Kang'ethe --- Social Work Department, RSAThe aim and objective of this paper is to discuss the gender discrepancies associated with caregiving based on empirical findings from the Kanye HIV/AIDS Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) Programme. The research study was explorative and descriptive in nature and qualitative... -
SARS, Bird Flu and other scares —epidemic and pandemic preparedness in intensive careItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GM Joynt --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hong Kong CD Gomersall --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hong KongIntensive care units are expensive facilities and as a consequence intensive care units are usually maximally utilised. An additional requirement for intensive care facilities is likely to occur during an epidemic. Any additional requirement has the potential to overwhelm existing... -
Knowledge of Livestock Grading and Market Participation among Small Ruminant Producers in Northern Somalia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: F. Wanyoike --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya N. Mtimet --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya N. Ndiwa --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya K. Marshall --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya L. Godiah --- Terra Nuova, Kenya A. Warsame --- IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School (ISTVS), SomalilandThis study focused on market participation and producers’ knowledge of the indigenous livestock grading and pricing system applied to small ruminant marketing in Somaliland. Data were collected from a random sample of 144 men and women producers in three livelihood... -
Tutte polynomial of some multigraphs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Julian A. Allagan --- Department of Mathematics, USA Eunice Mphako-Banda --- University of the Witwatersrand, RSAUsing two related parameters, ζ and γ, we extend the recursion for com- puting the Tutte polynomial of any graph to the computation of the Tutte polynomial of any multigraph. With this recursion, we found explicit formulae for several fami-... -
The association between HIV testing and sexual behaviour amongst rural Zulu high school students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: M Taylor --- Department of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, S B Dlamini --- Department of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, N Nyawo --- Department of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, H de Vries --- Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, Maastricht University., R Sathiparsad --- School of Social Work and Community Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, C C Jinabhai --- Department of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, R M E Huver --- Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, Maastricht University., K R Sullivan --- Department of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal,This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of HIV testing amongst South African high school students, their perceptions about HIV testing, and the influence of HIV testing on their sexual behaviour. Grade 10 students at 28 high schools completed a questionnaire... -
Distribution Et Écologie de Quelques MammifèRes de L’est du Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: U. Rahm --- IRSAC Rép. du Congo, -
Papers from the International Conference on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 31 August to 5 September 1997 : Introduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.S. Gordon --- Department of Biology, USA W.J. Van Aardt --- Department of Zoology, RSA A. Vosloo --- Department of Zoology, RSA -
Consumer patronage and willingness-to-pay at different levels of restaurant attributes: A study from Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: David Njite --- The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Joyce Njoroge --- School of Accounting, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Haragopal Parsa --- School of Accounting, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Rahul Parsa --- Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Jean-Pierre van der Rest --- Department of Business Studies, Institute of Tax Law and Economics, Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden, The NetherlandsThis study investigates the effect of three key restaurant attributes – food quality, service quality and ambiance – on consumers’ (i) willingness-to-pay (WTP) and (ii) intentions to patronage (ITP) for limited service and upscale restaurants in Kenya. A full-profile 2 (types of... -
Diet and gill morphology of the East Coast redeye round herring Etrumeus wongratanai off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LD Vorsatz --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa CD van der Lingen --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, South Africa MJ Gibbons --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaStomach content analyses and measurements of gillraker morphology were used to assess the diet and feeding ecology of the East Coast redeye round herring Etrumeus wongratanai and provide data for comparisons with other small pelagic fishes off South Africa. Samples... -
Comparative evaluation of commercial rhizobial inoculants of soybean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Benice J Sivparsad --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Nyasha Chiuraise --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mark D Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaInoculation of soybean seeds with root-nodule bacteria results in a significant increase in nodulation and yield. Two commercial rhizobial inoculants available on the South African market were tested for their efficacy under standardised conditions in a short-term greenhouse experiment. The... -
Strengthening HIV surveillance: measurements to track the epidemic in real time
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Usangiphile E Buthelezi --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Candace L Davidson --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Ayesha BM Kharsany --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaSurveillance for HIV as a public health initiative requires timely, detailed and robust data to systematically understand burden of infection, transmission patterns, direct prevention efforts, guide funding, identify new infections and predict future trends in the epidemic. The methods for... -
Teaching African philosophy alongside Western philosophy: Some advice about topics and texts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Thaddeus Metz --- Philosophy Department and Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, South AfricaIn this article, I offer concrete suggestions about which topics, texts, positions, arguments and authors from the African philosophical tradition one could usefully put into conversation with ones from the Western, especially the Anglo-American. In particular, I focus on materials... -
Levels of burnout among registrars and medical officers working at Bloemfontein public healthcare facilities in 2013
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: U Sirsawy --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa WJ Steinberg --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa JE Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Burnout is prevalent among medical personnel and affects their work environment. This study investigated the level of burnout among registrars and medical officers at public healthcare facilities in Bloemfontein. -
Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two morphotypes of African large barb Labeobarbus intermedius (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: S Sorsa --- Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Ethiopia A Gezahagn --- Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes Basin Authority, Ethiopia E Dadebo --- Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, EthiopiaWater and muscle tissue samples from two morphotypes of the African large barb Labeobarbus intermedius collected from three sites in Lake Hawassa in 2012–2013 were analysed for eight heavy metals, including Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn... -
Consumer patronage and willingness-to-pay at different levels of restaurant attributes: A study from Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Njite --- The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, University of New Orleans, USA Joyce Njoroge --- School of Accounting, Drake University, USA Haragopal Parsa --- Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, University of Denver, USA Rahul Parsa --- Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, USA Jean-Pierre van der Rest --- Department of Business Studies, The NetherlandsThis study investigates the effect of three key restaurant attributes—food quality, service quality and ambiance—on consumers' (i) willingness-to-pay (WTP) and (ii) intentions to patronage (ITP) for limited service and upscale restaurants in Kenya. A full-profile 2 (types of restaurants) x... -
Stability and enhancement analysis of a modelled self-balancing verticalized mobility aid using optimal control techniques
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Roger van Rensburg --- Department of Electrical Engineering, South-Africa Nico Steyn --- Department of Electrical Engineering, South-Africa Lambert Trénoras --- Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes de Versailles, France Yskandar Hamam --- Department of Electrical Engineering, South-Africa Eric Monacelli --- Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes de Versailles, FranceThis research comprises an analytical study of the Gyrolift, a new type of robotic wheelchair mobility aid adapted from the Segway self-balancing human transporter, and suggests additional contributions to its development. The Gyrolift is equipped with an agility module that... -
Use of a chimeric transgene construct to confer broad resistance in zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) plants against cucurbit-infecting potyviruses occurring in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Jacques D Ibaba --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Benice J Sivparsad --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mark D Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Augustine Gubba --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThe frequent identification of cucurbit-infecting viruses across the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in South Africa necessitates developing effective methods of controlling these diseases. Putative transgenic baby marrow (Cucurbita pepo L.) plants resistant to Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), Moroccan watermelon... -
Nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a Brinkman porous channel with variable porosity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Shirley Abelman --- School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, South Africa Amir Basiri Parsa --- Mechanical Engineering Department, Iran Habib-Olah Sayehvand --- Mechanical Engineering Department, IranThe problem of forced convection in a channel filled with a nanofluidsaturated porous medium is investigated, numerically. A finite difference Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model with structured uniform grid system is employed to solve the momentum and energy equations. In... -
Perceived HIV-related stigma among university students in South Africa: implications for HIV testing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Firoza Haffejee --- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Brendan Maughan-Brown --- Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, South Africa Thulasizwe Buthelezi --- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Ayesha B M Kharsany --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaHIV-related stigma, and particularly perceived stigma, has a negative impact across the HIV care continuum. This study adds to our understanding of stigma by assessing how perceived stigma varies from one context to another and how such differences are associated... -
On unitary down-closed regular monomorphisms of pomonoid actions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Farideh Farsad --- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Iran Ali Madanshekaf --- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, IranIn this paper we characterize injective objects in the category of S-posets and S-poset maps for a pomonoid S, with respect to the class of unitary down-closed embeddings. Also, the behaviour of this notion of injectivity with respect to products... -
On statistical convergence of difference sequences of fractional order and related Korovkin type approximation theorems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: P. Baliarsingh --- Department of Mathematics, India U. Kadak --- Department of Mathematics, Turkey M. Mursaleen --- Department of Mathematics, IndiaPrior to investigating on sequence spaces and their convergence, we study the notion of statistical convergence of difference sequences of fractional order α ∈ ℝ. As generalizations of previous works, this study includes several special cases under different limiting conditions... -
Greenhouse evaluation of Trichoderma harzianum for the control of Sclerotinia wilt (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) of sunflower
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: James R Mathews --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Benice J Sivparsad --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mark D Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaSclerotinia sclerotiorum, the causal organism of Sclerotinia wilt, is an economically important disease affecting sunflower in South Africa. The goal of this investigation was to evaluate the potential of a strain of Trichoderma harzianum, T77, for control of S. sclerotiorum... -
An introduction to the k-defect polynomials
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Eunice Mphako-Banda --- School of Mathematics, RSAThe 0-defect polynomial of a graph is just the chromatic polynomial. This polynomial has been widely studied in the literature. Yet little is known about the properties of k-defect polynomials of graphs in general, when 0 < k ≤ |E(G)|... -
Rethinking the metaphysical questions of mind, matter, freedom, determinism, purpose and the mind-body problem within the panpsychist framework of consolationism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Ada Agada --- The Conversational School of Philosophy, NigeriaConsolationism is an emergent intellectual current in 21st century African philosophy that presents itself as an alternative constructive framework for metaphysics, with an epistemic foundation in the African thought-world and being universally applicable. In this paper, I trace the influences... -
Quantifying the impact of foliar insects on two Eucalyptus hybrids in Zululand, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Lindokuhle S Dlamini --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Keith M Little --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Benice Sivparsad --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa Ryan Nadel --- School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, USAThe effects of defoliation by insect pests on Eucalyptus growth in South Africa is poorly understood, with the need for negative impacts to be quantified. In 2010, two long-term insect exclusion trials were established at Palm Ridge and Teza plantations... -
Compliance with local diabetic guidelines at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Rampersad --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa S Rangiah --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa M Kendon --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a major health-related problem in South Africa and throughout the world. The management goals of diabetes are first to maintain normal blood glucose levels and second to prevent the development of complications. Local guidelines developed... -
Solvability of infinite systems of second-order differential equations with boundary conditions in ℓP
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M. Mursaleen --- , India E. Pourhadi --- , Sweden R. Saadati --- , IranIn this paper, governed by the fundamental solutions we introduce the Green’s function of the second-order differential equations in general form with respect to boundary conditions and deal with the solvability of the infinite system of second-order differential equations -
On the fourier algebra of certain hypergroups
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Seyed Mahmoud Manjegani --- , Iran Jafar Soltani Farsani --- , IranWe consider certain classes of hypergroups and address some problems regarding their Fourier algebras, including zero product preserving maps, local derivations and weak amenability. The key tool in our approach is to show that the Fourier algebra of such hypergroups... -
Pot trial screening of chemical, biological and natural insecticides for the management of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) during eucalypt and wattle establishment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Benice J Sivparsad --- , South Africa Andrew R Morris --- , South Africa Ilaria Germishuizen --- , South AfricaIn South African forest plantations, white grubs (Scarabaeidae larvae) can contribute to high transplant mortality following re-establishment. Currently registered insecticides are considered highly hazardous and their use is restricted by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Therefore, there is an immediate... -
VENOM OF THE SOUTH WEST AFRICAN CORAL SNAKE ASPIDELAPS LUBRICUS INFUSCATUS Mertens
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: W.R. BRANCH --- , RSA -
NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF THE COMMON HORNED ADDER (BITIS CAUDALIS) IN THE CENTRAL NAMIB DESERT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ROD DOUGLAS --- , RSA -
ADDITIONAL RECORDS AND CORRECTIONS FOR THE CAPE PROVINCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JOHN VISSER --- , RSA -
NEW LOCALITY FOR PHYLLODACTYLUS MICROLEPIDOTUS (REPTILIA, GEKKONIDAE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: P Le F N MOUTON --- University of Stellenbosch, RSA JH VAN WYK --- University of Stellenbosch, RSA -
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND EDITORIAL POLICY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: W.R. BRANCH --- , RSA -
NOTES ON REPRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN WATER MONITORS, VARANUS NILOTICUS NILOTICUS (SAURIA:VARANIDAE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WILLIAMR. BRANCH --- , South Africa, RSA HENNIE ERASMUS --- , South Africa, RSA -
A NEW SIZE RECORD AND NOTES ON FEEDING IN CAPTIVITY OF AMBLYODIPSAS CONCOLOR (A. SMITH)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ROOM. DOUGLAS --- , RSA -
CAVERNICOLOUS AMPHIBIANS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: N. H. G. JACOBSEN --- , RSA -
ACONTIAS PLUMBEUS BIANCONI (SAURIA:SCINCIDAE). NOTES ON BIRTH AND CAPTIVE CARE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: R.M. DOUGLAS --- , South Africa RSA -
A CAVE INHABITING XENOPUS LAEVIS FROM THE CANGO VALLEY NEAR OUDTSHOORN, CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: W.D. HAACKE --- , South Africa, RSA -
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JACOBSON'S ORGAN IN THE NORTH AMERICAN TAILED FROG ASCAPHUS TRUEI (ANURA: LEIOPELMATIDAE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H. W. BAARD --- University of Stellenbosch, RSAThe North American tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) is presently regarded as one of the primitive members of the Anura owing to the possession of the following primitive characteristics: free bony ribs, the retention of two ‘tail-wagging’ muscles and Jacobson's organ,... -
Nonlinear dependencies in the Fama and French three-factor model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Jakub Bandurski --- University of Warsaw, Poland Łukasz Postek --- University of Warsaw, PolandThis article addresses the topic of nonlinear dependencies in the Fama and French three-factor model. Five time-series models, including nonlinear terms, are assessed using US and European data and compared with a benchmark linear model. The analysis found that nonlinear... -
Examining swap butterfly risk premia in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Sanveer Hariparsad --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Eben Maré --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis paper studies a long butterfly strategy (which is immune to parallel curve shifts but exposed to non-parallel curve shifts) on the South African interest rate swap curve. Ten swap butterfly risk factors are identified using monthly South African swap... -
Play therapy efficacy in ADHD-symptom reduction as measured by the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Susi Rutmalem Bangun --- , Indonesia Bayu Soenarsana Putra --- , Indonesia Wahyu Tri Atmojo --- , Indonesia Ery Surya Sevriana --- , Indonesia Yumna Nur Millati Hanifa --- , Indonesia Rayi Citra Ayu Pangestuti --- , IndonesiaObjective: We aimed to investigate the effect of play therapy combined with the standard psychotropic medication treatment, compared to only standard psychotropic medication treatment in ADHD children as measured by the test of variables of attention (TOVA). -
Conditional indicators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Dorsaf Cherif --- , Tunisia Emmanuel Lepinette --- Paris Dauphine University, FranceIn this paper, we introduce a large class of (so-called) conditional indicators, on a complete probability space with respect to a sub σ-algebra. A conditional indicator is a positive mapping, which is not necessary linear, but may share common features... -
Assessing the extent to which African wetland inventories can report to the global targets on biodiversity, including Goal A of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MM Sadiki --- University of Pretoria, RSA H van Deventer --- University of Pretoria, RSA CD Hansen --- University of Pretoria, RSAWetlands face global threats with estimates suggesting a loss ranging from 21% to 85% of their original extent. Africa’s wetlands, covering about 4.4% of the continent, provide crucial services to millions of people and harbour significant biodiversity. This study assesses... -
Some remarks on the projective properties of Menger and Hurewicz
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mikołaj Krupski --- Universidad de Murcia, Spain Kacper Kucharski --- Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, PolandIt is known that both the Menger and Hurewicz property of a Tychonoff space X can be described by the way X is placed in its Čech-Stone compactification βX. We provide analogous characterizations for the projective versions of the properties... -
The effect of superphosphate on the productivity of mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) on a sandy loam soil in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.D. Shoko --- Department of Agronomy, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, RSA P.J. Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, RSA G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, RSAPositive responses to increased soil phosphorus (P) supply have been noted for several leguminous species including mucuna (Mucuna pruriens). The major objective of this research was to investigate the effect of P level of 40 kg P ha-1 on the... -
Gender preferences in cryptocurrency systems: Sentiment analysis and predictive modelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Samer Muthana Sarsam --- School of Management, Coventry University, UK Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani --- Community College, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Hosam Al-Samarraie --- School of Design, University of Leeds, UK Fahad Alblehai --- Community College, King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaThis study explored the role of gender preferences in cryptocurrency investments using sentiment analysis. X (Twitter) users’ gender (male/female) together with relevant sentiments (positive/negative) were extracted and investigated in this study. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation technique was utilised to model... -
Access to PrEP for cis and transgender women: Developing and implementing a community-based intervention adapted to populations exposed to HIV in Mali, Morocco, and Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mustapha Sodqi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Amal Ben moussa --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Rosemary Delabre --- , France Rime Barrakad --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Luis Sagaon Teyssier --- Aix-Marseille University, France Niloufer Khodabocus --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Sofia Fathi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Fodié Diallo --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Patrice Monvoisin --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Bintou Keita Dembele --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Annette Treebhoobun --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Naoual Laaziz --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Lahoucine Ouarsas --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Daniela Rojas Castro --- , France Mehdi Karkouri --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, MoroccoBackground: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention approach, but its uptake among women, particularly those in key populations, remains limited. -
Techno-craftsmanship to rejuvenate a UNESCO cultural heritage tradition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nihal Bursa --- Istanbul Bilgi University, TürkiyeEvolving over 500 years of history, Turkish coffee as known today has a unique character, owing much to its brewing technique, which requires dedicated time and manual skills. Urbanisation and digitalisation in the 21st century have created a pace of... -
Exploring the integration of indigenous languages into teaching and learning practices at primary schools in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mousin Omarsaib --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Muvhulawa Matumba --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Patricia Badenhorst --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Ghulam Masudh Mohamed --- Durban University of Technology, South AfricaThis systematic literature review explores the integration of indigenous languages (ILs) into teaching and learning practices at primary schools in South Africa. The authors examine the current state and preparedness of teachers in integrating ILs to enhance learning. The PRISMA... -
Optimizing real-time stereo image retargeting for AR/VR: Lightweight disparity CNNs on AI-Driven edge architectures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mahendra T. Jagtap --- University of South Florida, Muma College of Business (Sarasota-Manatee Campus), USA Bhuvan Unhelkar --- University of South Florida, USA Pravin R. Kshirsagar --- JD College of Engineering and Management, India Nitin Rakesh --- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, India R. Thiagarajan --- VelTech multiTech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, India Vishal Patil --- Loknete Gopinathji Munde Institute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik and SPPU, IndiaReal-time stereo image retargeting for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) necessitates precise per-pixel depth estimation and ultra-low latency performance on resource-limited edge devices. Current disparity convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and retargeting pipelines are unable to meet these demanding... -
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer: The role of proximity in driving coopetition between small-and-medium-sized enterprises for technological innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mostapha El Idrissi --- Cadi Ayyad University, UCA, FSJES-KS, LERAEM, Morocco Younès El Manzani --- Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Paris-Saclay University, LAREQUOI, France Amel Charleux --- Montpellier University, MRM, FranceThis research employs the proximity framework to understand the factors that drive small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to collaborate with their competitors in innovative projects. It investigates how different proximity dimensions, geographical, organizational, social, cognitive, and institutional, shape coopetition among SMEs in...