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  1. The effect of Alar (succinic acid 2,2-dimethylhydrazide) on the growth of cassava (<em>Manihot esculenta</em>) under subtropical conditions

    The effect of Alar (succinic acid 2,2-dimethylhydrazide) on the growth of cassava (Manihot esculenta) under subtropical conditions

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R. J.M. Melis --- Department of Crop Science, Republic of South Africa J. van Staden --- UN/CSIR Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa
    The effect of Alar (succinic acid 2,2-dimethylhydrazide) and pruning on cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) was studied under subtropical conditions in Natal. Alar application in early summer had little effect on shoot growth and did not increase yield. Pruning at the...
  2. The yield potential and crude protein content of five rhizomatous and stoloniferous grass pastures in the escarpment areas of the eastern Transvaal

    The yield potential and crude protein content of five rhizomatous and stoloniferous grass pastures in the escarpment areas of the eastern Transvaal

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N. F.G. Rethman --- Athole Research Station, Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Republic of South Africa C. C. de Witt --- Athole Research Station, Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Republic of South Africa
    Whilst Cynodon aethiopicus and the Cynodon hybrid, ‘Coast Cross II’, proved to be unsuited to the cool high rainfall conditions, Acroceras macrum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Digitarla scalarum were well adapted. There was little difference in yield potential between local and...
  3. Resistance of little seeded canary grass (<em>Phalaris minor</em> Retz.) to ACC-ase inhibitors

    Resistance of little seeded canary grass (Phalaris minor Retz.) to ACC-ase inhibitors

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.J. Smit --- , Republic of South Africa A. L.P. Cairns --- Department of Agronomy, Republic of South Africa
    Since 1996, several incidents of poor weed control regarding little seeded canary grass (Phalaris minor Retz.) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production have been reported from the Western Cape. Little seeded canary grass showed indications of resistance towards ACC-ase inhibitors...
  4. Effect of leaf-section position and physiological stage of the donor plant on <em>Lachenalia</em> leaf-cutting performance

    Effect of leaf-section position and physiological stage of the donor plant on Lachenalia leaf-cutting performance

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.M. Ndou --- , South Africa J.G. Niederwieser --- , South Africa P.J. Robbertse --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South Africa
    The effect of leaf-section position and physiological stage of the donor plant on leaf cutting performance was determined on three Lachenalia cultivars, viz ‘Romelia’, ‘Rupert’ and ‘Robyn’. Performance was evaluated in terms of leaf cutting survival, number of bulblets formed,...
  5. THE EFFECT OF CONSTANT TEMPERATURES ON THE HATCHING OF EGGS AND SURVIVAL OF THE FRESHWATER SNAIL <em>BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA</em> (SAY)

    THE EFFECT OF CONSTANT TEMPERATURES ON THE HATCHING OF EGGS AND SURVIVAL OF THE FRESHWATER SNAIL BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA (SAY)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.H. Joubert --- South African Medical Research Council and Department of Zoology, South Africa S.J. Pretorius --- South African Medical Research Council and Department of Zoology, South Africa
    The incubation period and percentage hatching of eggs of pigmented and unpigmented Biomphalaria glabrata at constant temperatures were investigated in the range 14 °C to 34 °C. In order to determine the influence of extreme temperatures on adult snails, specimens...
  6. AN EVALUATION OF BABY FISH FOOD AS A SUITABLE DIET FOR THE FRESHWATER SNAIL, <em>BIOMPHALABIA GLABRATA</em> (SAY)

    AN EVALUATION OF BABY FISH FOOD AS A SUITABLE DIET FOR THE FRESHWATER SNAIL, BIOMPHALABIA GLABRATA (SAY)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.H. Joubert --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa K.N. de Kock --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa
    Tetra Kin Baby Fish Food ‘E’ for Egglayers (Tetra ‘E’) was evaluated as a possible nutrient for the laboratory culture and maintenance of pigmented and unpigmented Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Growth was monitored weekly by determining shell diameter and mass. The...
  7. An evaluation of dryland legume and legume‐grass pastures based on lucerne and red clover, with sheep, using a put‐and‐take system in the outeniqua area of the Southern Cape

    An evaluation of dryland legume and legume‐grass pastures based on lucerne and red clover, with sheep, using a put‐and‐take system in the outeniqua area of the Southern Cape

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J.M. van Heerden --- Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa P.R. Botha --- Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa
    The production of a pure lucerne (Medicago sativa) pasture, two lucerne‐grass pastures and two red clover (Trifolium pratense)‐grass pastures was compared at two grazing pressures (3.5 and 4.0 kg DM per small stock unit d‐1) in the Outeniqua area, using...
  8. Speech and Language Disorders in Kenyan Children: Adapting Tools for Regions with Few Assessment Resources

    Speech and Language Disorders in Kenyan Children: Adapting Tools for Regions with Few Assessment Resources

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julie Anne Carter --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Grace Murira --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Joseph Gona --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Judy Tumaini --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Janet Lees --- Neurosciences Unit, Brian George Neville --- Neurosciences Unit, Charles Richard Newton --- The Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast),
    This study sought to adapt a battery of Western speech and language assessment tools to a rural Kenyan setting. The tool was developed for children whose first language was KiGiryama, a Bantu language. A total of 539 Kenyan children (males=271,...
  9. Sequences of measures on atomic subalgebras of <em>P</em>(N)

    Sequences of measures on atomic subalgebras of P(N)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Antonio Aizpuru Antonio Gutiérrez-Dávila
    A vector form of Phillips' theorem, for atomic Boolean algebras with countably many atoms, is given. As a consequence we obtain a new characterization of weak compact sets of σ-additive measures.
  10. On the Projective Curvature Tensor of Generalized Sasakian-Space-Forms

    On the Projective Curvature Tensor of Generalized Sasakian-Space-Forms

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: U.C. De --- Department of Pure Mathematics, India Avijit Sarkar --- Department of Mathematics, India
    The object of the present paper is to study the nature of generalized Sasakian-space-forms under some conditions regarding projective curvature tensor. All the results obtained in this paper are in the form of necessary and sufficient conditions.
  11. Benthic macrofauna community composition, abundance and distribution in the Tanzanian and Ugandan inshore and offshore waters of Lake Victoria

    Benthic macrofauna community composition, abundance and distribution in the Tanzanian and Ugandan inshore and offshore waters of Lake Victoria

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: GW Ngupula --- , Tanzania R Kayanda --- , Tanzania
    Benthic macroinvertebrate community composition was investigated in 2008 at 55 stations at various depths in the nearshore and offshore waters of Lake Victoria, in relation to dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, chlorophyll a and conductivity. Macroinvertebrate abundance was higher in the...
  12. A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal activity of some Nigerian plant species used as anthelmintics

    A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal activity of some Nigerian plant species used as anthelmintics

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AA Adenusi --- Parasitology Unit, Department of Plant Science and Applied Zoology, Nigeria AB Odaibo --- Department of Zoology, Nigeria
    Laboratory studies were conducted to determine the potential molluscicidal activity of five Nigerian plant species used in alternative medicine practice as anthelmintics. Laboratory-bred adult Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the snail host of Schistosoma mansoni in Nigeria, and their viable 0- to 24-hour-old...
  13. Currents along the Tsitsikamma coast, South Africa, and potential transport of squid paralarvae and ichthyoplankton

    Currents along the Tsitsikamma coast, South Africa, and potential transport of squid paralarvae and ichthyoplankton

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MJ Roberts M van den Berg
    In July 1998, a bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler was deployed at 36m depth in the centre of the Tsitsikamma National Park on the eastern Agulhas Bank, South Africa. The purpose was to investigate transport of chokka squid Loligo vulgaris...
  14. First Lagrangian ROMS–IBM simulations indicate large losses of chokka squid <em>Loligo reynaudii</em> paralarvae from South Africa's Agulhas Bank

    First Lagrangian ROMS–IBM simulations indicate large losses of chokka squid Loligo reynaudii paralarvae from South Africa's Agulhas Bank

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MJ Roberts --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa C Mullon --- , France
    Present knowledge of ocean currents based on in situ observation and models suggests that passive biological material such as eggs and larvae can be advected offshore away from the Agulhas Bank, South Africa, and hence removed from the ecosystem on...
  15. High prevalence of HIV and malaria co-infection in urban Douala, Cameroon

    High prevalence of HIV and malaria co-infection in urban Douala, Cameroon

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Theresa Nkuo-Akenji Etienne Emgilbert Tevoufouet Frankline Nzang Nancy Ngufor Elisabeth Fon
    A prospective cohort study was undertaken among 684 adult hospital attendees in Douala, Littoral Province, Cameroon. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of HIV/malaria co-infection and to determine and compare the prevalence of some parasitological, haematological and clinical parameters...
  16. A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal potency of <em>Jatropha curcas</em> aqueous extracts

    A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas aqueous extracts

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJ Chimbari CJ Shiff
    Preliminary laboratory studies were conducted to determine the molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas, the physic nut. Biomphalaria glabrata and Bulinus globosus snails were exposed to varying concentrations of aqueous extracts of crushed J. curcas seeds from unripe, ripe and overripe...
  17. <em>Quambalaria</em> species: increasing threat to eucalypt plantations in Australia

    Quambalaria species: increasing threat to eucalypt plantations in Australia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GS Pegg AJ Carnegie MJ Wingfield A Drenth
    Spotted gum (Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata and C. maculata) is a valuable source of commercial timber and suitable for a wide range of different soil types in eastern Australia. The main biological constraint to further expansion of spotted gum plantations...
  18. Turning the Big Mac Index into the Medical MAC Index

    Turning the Big Mac Index into the Medical MAC Index

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JM Wilson --- Mackay Anaesthetic Group, Australia TK Wilson --- Wilson's Recruitment Solutions, Australia
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to create a global medical earnings index, called the Medical MAC Index, to enable a comparison of what medical specialists earn in the countries included in the study.
  19. The response of theatre personnel to the pulse oximeter alarm

    The response of theatre personnel to the pulse oximeter alarm

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AR Raha --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia A Aswad --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia M Muhammad --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia I Azarinah --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia Y Nurlia --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia
    Background: False alarms and sounds in the operating theatre (OT) that alert personnel to a crisis can be irritating. This can result in personnel ignoring genuine alarm warnings. This study was carried out to determine how alert OT personnel are...
  20. Making Sense of Statistics for Family Practitioners: “What are ecological studies?”

    Making Sense of Statistics for Family Practitioners: “What are ecological studies?”

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D N Durrheim --- Anton Breinl Centre, Australia GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa
  21. Audit of efficacy of Coartem™ to clear plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia at single forty-two day follow-up

    Audit of efficacy of Coartem™ to clear plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia at single forty-two day follow-up

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Williams CH Vaughan --- Mosvold Hospital, South Africa C La Cock --- KwaZulu-Natal Laboratory Services Stationed at Department of Health, BLF Bredenkamp --- Malaria Research Programme of Medical Research Council,
    Background: A follow-up study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of Coartem™ tablets (20 mg artemether and 120 mg lumefantrine—Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd) to clear plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia at a single 42-day follow-up, with 42 days being chosen...
  22. Mosquitoes as vectors of human disease in South Africa

    Mosquitoes as vectors of human disease in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PG Jupp --- National Institute for Virology and National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
    While malaria is the most important mosquito-borne disease in South Africa, there are also several mosquito-borne viruses that also cause human disease. The most significant are chikungunya, West Nile, Sindbis and Rift Valley fever viruses. In this review these are...
  23. Malaria prevention in travelling children

    Malaria prevention in travelling children

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Mathijs --- Department of Pharmacology,
    Preventing malaria in children is often neglected. Prevention is very important, as malaria is still a significant cause of childhood mortality. Parents must be aware that the same measures must be taken by children to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes...
  24. The Mollusca inhabiting rice fields in northern Cameroon and their role as intermediate hosts for schistosomes

    The Mollusca inhabiting rice fields in northern Cameroon and their role as intermediate hosts for schistosomes

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A. Ndassa --- General Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Cameroon R. Mimpfoundi --- General Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Cameroon
    A systematic account is given of the freshwater gastropod and bivalve fauna of Ouro-Doukoudje, northern Cameroon, based on a survey conducted from July 2000 to June 2001 at 12 sites in rice fields spanning 800 ha. In total, 14 species...
  25. Sympatric <em>Biomphalaria</em> species (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert, Uganda, show homoplasies in shell morphology

    Sympatric Biomphalaria species (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert, Uganda, show homoplasies in shell morphology

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Maria Plam --- Mandahl-Barth Research Centre for Biodiversity in Developing Countries, DBL – Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Aslak Jørgensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Centre for Biodiversity in Developing Countries, DBL – Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Thomas K. Kristensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Centre for Biodiversity in Developing Countries, DBL – Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Henry Madsen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Centre for Biodiversity in Developing Countries, DBL – Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
    The three known sympatric Biomphalaria species that occur in Lake Albert; B. choanomphala, B. stanleyi and B. sudanica, were studied using both molecular (COI, 16S and ITS) and shell morphometric data. An unidentified sample of 18 Biomphalaria specimens from Lake...
  26. A comparison of techniques employed in detection of avian malaria infection, South Africa

    A comparison of techniques employed in detection of avian malaria infection, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sharon Okanga --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa Graeme S. Cumming --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa Phillip A. R. Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mercedes Grome --- Department of Biological Sciences, U.S.A. Jeffrey L. Peters --- Department of Biological Sciences, U.S.A.
    Avian malaria remains an obscure and mostly unknown avian infection despite the socio-economic threat it poses for poultry industries and its potential to hinder conservation efforts. Therefore, diagnostics for the infection should be expedient, efficient and flexible in applicability. We...
  27. Characteristics of the alarm calls of buff-streaked chat groups and African stonechat pairs in response to increased distances from surrogate raptors and snakes

    Characteristics of the alarm calls of buff-streaked chat groups and African stonechat pairs in response to increased distances from surrogate raptors and snakes

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: N. Seoraj-Pillai --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa G. Malan --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa
    Many animals emit alarm calls in response to a potential predator. These calls may transmit information about predator type and response urgency. This study compared the alarm calls of the social buff-streaked chat, Oenanthe bifasciata, to the asocial African stonechat,...
  28. Knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviour and socio-economic impact of malaria in the desert of Rajasthan, India

    Knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviour and socio-economic impact of malaria in the desert of Rajasthan, India

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: S.P. Yadav --- , S. Yadav P. Kuma --- Desert Medicine Research Centre, India S. Yadav --- National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, India
    Climate change has resulted in water mismanagement, increased population, urbanisation, industrialisation, poor sanitation and other developmental activities in the desert of Rajasthan. As a consequence, malariagenic conditions have developed and malaria is now a major public health problem in this...
  29. Cord blood malaria parasitaemia in term, normal birthweight nigerian babies

    Cord blood malaria parasitaemia in term, normal birthweight nigerian babies

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Ayebo Sadoh --- Department of Child Health, Nigeria Henry Cummings --- Department of Child Health, Nigeria Wilson Sadoh --- Department of Child Health, Nigeria Adedapo Ande --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nigeria
    An important risk factor for congenital malaria is cord blood malaria parasitaemia. We report on the effect of malaria prevention methods [intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)] on cord blood malaria parasitaemia, as well as the effect of...
  30. A cross-sectional study on knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of malaria prevention and control measures in central nigeria

    A cross-sectional study on knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of malaria prevention and control measures in central nigeria

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: C A Okoli --- Department of Paediatrics, M A Enna --- Department of Microbiology,
    There is limited evidence of a decrease in malaria-related mortality and morbidity with the expiration of the 2010 Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership target deadline. Thus, there is a need to evaluate the knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of...
  31. Application of geographical information system and remote sensing in malaria research and control in South Africa: a review

    Application of geographical information system and remote sensing in malaria research and control in South Africa: a review

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Abiodun Morakinyo Adeola --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Joel O Botai --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Jane Mukarugwiza Olwoch --- South African Space Agency (SANSA), Earth Observation Directorate, South Africa Hannes CJ de W Rautenbach --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Ahmed M Kalumba --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Philemon L Tsela --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Mayowa Omolola Adisa --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Nsubuga Francis Wasswa --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Paul Mmtoni --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa Ausi Ssentongo --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South Africa
    This paper presents a review of numerous items of published literature on the use of spatial technology for malaria epidemiology in South Africa between 1930 and 2013. In particular, focus is on the use of statistical and mathematical models as...
  32. Indexing immunity to malaria in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s

    Indexing immunity to malaria in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Randall Packard --- Institute of the History of Medicine, United States of America
    During the 1920s and 1930s, medical authorities, municipal officials and employers of African farm labour in the lowveld regions of the former Transvaal constructed a system for classifying Africans in terms of their susceptibility or resistance to malaria. This classification...
  33. Observed instances of alarm calling in the Cape Rockjumper

    Observed instances of alarm calling in the Cape Rockjumper

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Krista N Oswald --- Department of Zoology, South Africa
    Here I give an account of alarm calls recorded during behavioural observations on Cape Rockjumpers (CRJs) and the potential predators observed nearby. I found CRJs did not produce alarm calls in the presence of Boomslang (a previously known predator of...
  34. Life cycle of chokka-squid <em>Loligo reynaudii</em> in South African waters

    Life cycle of chokka-squid Loligo reynaudii in South African waters

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MR Lipiński --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa JSF van der Vyver --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa P Shaw --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Penglais, UK WHH Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa
    This short note summarises past and current knowledge of the life cycle of chokka-squid Loligo reynaudii d’Orbigny, 1845, in South African waters. Prior to approximately 2010, the chokka-squid stock was considered simple and uniform, with one paralarval pool, the drift...
  35. Prevalence of HIV and malaria: a cross-sectional study on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

    Prevalence of HIV and malaria: a cross-sectional study on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Xiangbin Zheng --- Central Laboratory, People’s Republic of China Min Lin --- Central Laboratory, People’s Republic of China Dong-De Xie --- Laboratory Medical Center, People’s Republic of China Jian Li --- Department of Parasitology, People’s Republic of China Jiang-Tao Chen --- The Chinese medical aid team to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, People’s Republic of China Urbano Monsuy Eyi --- Central Blood Transfusion Service, Republic of Equatorial Guinea Santiago-m Monte-Nguba --- Medical Laboratory, Republic of Equatorial Guinea Juan Carlos Sala Ehapo --- Medical Laboratory, Republic of Equatorial Guinea Hui Yang --- Central Laboratory, People’s Republic of China Hui-Tian Yang --- Central Laboratory, People’s Republic of China Li-Ye Yang --- Central Laboratory, People’s Republic of China
    Malaria and HIV are two of the most severe public health problems in Africa. However, epidemiological data on Bioko Island is scarce. To investigate the prevalence of malaria and HIV infections and assess association of malaria and HIV infections and...
  36. Knowledge, attitudes and practices in the control and prevention of malaria in four endemic provinces of Zambia

    Knowledge, attitudes and practices in the control and prevention of malaria in four endemic provinces of Zambia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Nzooma M. Shimaponda-Mataa --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Zambia Enala Tembo-Mwase --- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambia Michael Gebreslasie --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    This study sought to determine malaria knowledge levels, attitudes and practices of the communities in four malaria endemic provinces of Zambia. A cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on malaria transmission, prevention and control was conducted among 584...
  37. Antecedents of flourishing at work in a fast-moving consumer goods company

    Antecedents of flourishing at work in a fast-moving consumer goods company

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cindy Rautenbach --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa
    The aims of this study were to investigate antecedents of flourishing in the workplace. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a stratified random sample of 779 employees in a fast-moving consumer goods company in South Africa (females = 40.4%,...
  38. Psychometric validation of the Flourishing-at-Work Scale – Short Form (FWS-SF): Results and implications of a South African study

    Psychometric validation of the Flourishing-at-Work Scale – Short Form (FWS-SF): Results and implications of a South African study

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cindy Rautenbach --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa
    The aim of this study was to validate the Flourishing-at-Work Scale Short Form (FWS-SF) in a South African fast-moving consumable goods industry. Participants were a stratified random sample of 779 employees of an alcoholic beverage company (female = 40.4%, black...
  39. Changing patterns of <em>Schistosoma</em> host snail population densities in Maun, Botswana

    Changing patterns of Schistosoma host snail population densities in Maun, Botswana

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJ Chimbari --- , South Africa C Kalinda --- , South Africa N Siziba --- , Zimbabwe
    Changes in the inflow of water into the Thamalakane River had been predicted to alter snail population dynamics and influence the risk of schistosomiasis transmission in Maun. We determined the abundance of schistosome intermediate host snails along the Thamalakane River...
  40. Pishing does increase visibility of arboreal passerines in an African savanna

    Pishing does increase visibility of arboreal passerines in an African savanna

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Eckhart Buchmann --- , South Africa Chevonne Reynolds --- , South Africa
    Pishing is an imitated alarm call frequently used by birders and ornithologists to attract birds and provide close-up views. However, despite the widespread use of pishing in the field, data on the success of this technique are still scarce. Here...
  41. Corruption is making people sick

    Corruption is making people sick

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arlette Campbell White --- , Oliver Charles Campbell White --- ,
    According to Transparency International, of the US$7.5 trillion spent globally on health each year, US$500 billion is lost to corruption.1 This article deals with the topic of corruption in the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on how...
  42. Almost Yamabe solitons satisfying certain conditions on the associated vector field

    Almost Yamabe solitons satisfying certain conditions on the associated vector field

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Rahul Poddar --- Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India Ramesh Sharma --- University of New Haven, USA S. Balasubramanian --- Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
    We study an almost Yamabe soliton (Mn , g, V, ρ) and obtain various conditions on V in terms of infinitesimal harmonic transformation, 2-Killing, and an inequality, to show that V is Killing. In addition, we have provided characterizations of...