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OBSERVATIONS ON THE THREE ALLOPATRIC POPULATIONS OF THE MALUTI MINNOW,
OREODAIMON QUATHLAMBAE (BARNARD) WITH NOTES ON ITS EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, SPAWNING, AND CONSERVATIONItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: S.R. Gephard --- , LesothoMeristics and pigmentation of specimens of Oreodaimon quathlambae from the three known populations were compared to determine whether the species has experienced divergent evolution. Pigmentation was found to vary substantially but meristics counts did not. A proposal is made-to recognise... -
FRESHWATER FISH CONSERVATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: A RISING TIDE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: M. Coke --- Natal Parks Board, South AfricaAttitudes towards the conservation of South African indigenous freshwater fishes have changed radically. Initially alien sport angling species were the focus of fisheries interest and local fishes were considered worthless. Gradually, in response to the work of collectors, taxonomists and... -
Expensive anaesthesia complications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AG Beeton --- Private Practice, Anaesthesiologist, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre,The major, costly, and catastrophic adverse consequences of anaesthesia are reviewed. The American Society of Anesthesiologists' closed claims registry yields valuable insights. The size and success of claims is determined by the standard of care, and extent of injury. Ongoing... -
Sources of life meaning among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaThis study explored the sources of meaning in life among a group of 243 South African university students, using a sequential exploratory mixed methods design. First, data from semi-structured questionnaires (n=40) were subjected to qualitative content analysis; next, from the... -
Self-realisation and meaning making in the face of adversity: a eudaimonic approach to human resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carol D. Ryff --- Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United StatesThis article considers a eudaimonic approach to psychological well-being built on the integration of developmental, existential and humanistic formulations as well as distant writings of Aristotle. Eudaimonia emphasizes meaning-making, self-realisation and growth, quality connections to others, self-knowledge, managing life and... -
Functional limitations and coping mechanisms of women aged 60 years and older with self-reported hand osteoarthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J McIntyre --- Department of Occupational Therapy, South Africa RWE Joubert --- Department of Occupational Therapy, South Africa SS Ramklass --- School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is common in older women who seem to cope with the associated limitations in hand function. The importance of identifying coping mechanisms within a local context might have implications for intervention, especially with the introduction of... -
Meaning, happiness and psychological distress: correlates and qualitative reflections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support (HEDS), South AfricaThe study investigated the concepts of meaning and happiness within an African context. Two hundred and forty-one participants (Mean age = 20.52 years, SD = 1.73, female = 57.67%) completed surveys on meaning, happiness and psychological distress. A subgroup of... -
The roots and complexity of the land issue and of land claims in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: FC de Beer --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Land reform and land restitution are current and emotional issues in South Africa and a scrutiny of the antecedent events and processes is crucial for an understanding of the complexities involved. Comprehending the land issue requires a reflection on the... -
Memory, landscape and event: How Ndebele labour tenants interpret and reclaim the past
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Chris J van Vuuren --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The article discusses the roots of memory of former Ndebele labour tenants, and how these memories manifest in landscape, object and event. Recognising the role of history that bound most of the Ndundza community into labour tenancy, the author unpacks... -
Claiming Cape Town: towards a symbolic interpretation of Khoisan activism and land claims
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rafael Verbuyst --- African Studies Centre Leiden, The NetherlandsCurrent political negotiations in South Africa which explore the possibility of pre-1913 land claims and the recognition of Khoisan traditional authorities have spurred the growth of the “Khoisan revival”: the phenomenon of people identifying as Khoisan and asserting indigenous rights... -
Information on nutritional supplement labels: time for legislation?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: G. Gabriels --- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, M. Lambert --- MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, P. Smith --- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine,Background: Nutritional supplements have received attention both from food manufacturers, as a means of marketing the added value to health; and from consumers, in terms of awareness, education, and improved health. To assist this process, it is important to have... -
The advertising of nutritional supplements in South African women’s magazines: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A Schoonees --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, T Young --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J Volmink --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Objective: Nutritional supplements are inadequately regulated in South Africa. These types of products are increasingly advertised and the advertisements frequently contain health claims. Because advertisements play a considerable role in informing potential consumers, it is crucial that information about supplements... -
Anti-epileptic prescribing patterns in the South African private health sector (2008–2013)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Karen Jacobs --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Marlene Julyan --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Martie S Lubbe --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Johanita R Burger --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Marike Cockeran --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Little is known about longitudinal prescribing practices for anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in South Africa. The prescribing patterns and associated direct medicine costs of AEDs in the private health sector were investigated, using claims data from January 1, 2008 to... -
Different Orders of Pleasure: Good Life and Human Flourishing in the City in Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edwin Mhandu --- English Department, South AfricaIn this article, I argue that Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues demonstrates different and varied orders of enjoyment and well-being in the city that challenge the authenticity and truthfulness of the narration of the enjoyment space(s) sanctioned by the ZANU PF... -
Personal growth initiative: Relation to Hedonia and Eudaimonia happiness among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Student Development and Support, South AfricaThis study examined the relationship between personal growth initiative (PGI) and hedonic and eudaimonic happiness among a sample of South African university students (N = 235; mean age = 20.38, SD = 1.55; female = 61.70%). Students completed measures on... -
Gratitude, well-being and psychological distress among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Student Development and Support, South AfricaThis study investigated the associations between gratitude, measures of well-being, and indicators of psychological distress (depression and negative emotion) among South African university students. Data were collected from 198 first-year university students (female = 69.70%; mean age = 20.55 years,... -
The nutrient quality and labelling of ready-to-eat snack foods with health and/or nutrition claims
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Andrea Susan Bursey --- , South Africa Nicola Laurelle Wiles --- , South Africa Chara Biggs --- , South AfricaBackground: Nutrition claims on food labels are used to attract attention to products. Inaccurate claims on ready-to-eat (RTE) snack food products may mislead consumers into consuming a higher volume of a seemingly ‘healthy’ product. -
Grit and its relation to well-being among first-year South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- , South AfricaThis mixed methods study explored grit and well-being among South African first-year university students (N = 405, female = 57.10%; mean age = 20.59, SD = 1.65 years). The students self-reported their grit and well-being. A small subsample of the... -
Building legitimacy and distinctiveness on Nigerian-Canadian transnational ventures’ websites
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Diane A. Isabelle --- , Canada Mika Westerlund --- , Canada Victoria Sajuyigbe --- ,Achieving legitimacy in several markets is crucial for transnational ventures. Moreover, the literature on competitive strategy suggests that distinctiveness from competitors is a major source of competitive advantage for ventures. Nevertheless, our knowledge is sparse on how transnational ventures use... -
Food insecurity among students living with HIV: Strengthening safety nets at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: L. Steenkamp --- , , South Africa A. Goosen --- , , South Africa D. Venter --- , South Africa M. Beeforth --- , , South AfricaThe HIV prevalence in South Africa among students at higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2008 was reported to be 3.4%, with the highest HIV prevalence found in the Eastern Cape Province. Students at these facilities are also increasingly affected by... -
Representation theorems for closed ideals of CB (X)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Alireza Olfati --- Yasouj University, IranLet CB (X) be the Banach algebra of all continuous bounded ℂ-valued functions on a completely regular Hausdorff space X equipped with the supremum norm. We provide representation theorems for arbitrary closed ideals of CB (X). Indeed, for a closed... -
Cross-disciplinary meaning and language for innovation in a business context: A conceptual paper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Craig Andrew Duff --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Jan Hendrik Dubery --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaIn this conceptual work, we describe cross-disciplinary meaning and language related to the innovation phenomenon located in a business context. Our work attempts to find common meaning and language for innovation that can be applied across all business innovation projects... -
Religiosity and well-being among Nigerians: Exploring the mediating role of fatalism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Aaron Adibe Agbo --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Christopher Ndubisi Ngwu --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Nkechi Gloria Onah --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Ifeanyi E. Iwundu --- Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, NigeriaThe current study examined how intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientations relate to hedonic and eudaimonic well-being and the mediating role of the dimensions of fatalism among Nigerians. Data were obtained from a survey of young Nigerians aged between 17 and...
