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Influence of sowing depth on the germination of Karoo shrubs and grasses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: S.A. Barnard --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply,Knowledge of the germination behaviour of desirable plants to be sown in the veld for veld improvement is still inadequate. To gain this knowledge, seed of different species of Karoo bushes and grasses were planted on two soil types at... -
Seasonal changes in the quality of diet selected by cattle grazing the natal sour sandveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.J. O'Reagain --- Dept. Agriculture and Water Supply, M.T. Mentis --- Centre for Resource Ecology,Seasonal changes in dietary quality were measured using steers fistulated at the oesophagus. From spring through to winter, crude protein (CP), in vitro digestibility (IVD) and leaf percentage in the diet declined significantly while percentage dead material increased significantly. Consumption... -
The effect of veld condition on the quality of diet selected by cattle grazing the Natal Sour Sandveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.J. O'Reagain --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South Africa M.T. Mentis --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaThe quality of diet selected by steers fistulated at the oesophagous was related to veld condition in a simulated rotational grazing system on the Natal Sour Sandveld. Six camps, ranging in veld condition score from 8,5 to 53%, were grazed... -
The origin of textural lamellae in Quaternary coast sands of Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L.P. van Reeuwijk --- , The Netherlands J.M. de Villiers --- Department of Soil Science and Agrameteorotogy,A new concept of the formation of textural subsoil lamellae has been developed on the basis of their morphology in aeolian coastal deposits in Natal. It has been concluded that they are initiated somewhere at depth in the profile by... -
The effect of particle-size distribution on the suitability of sandy soils for sports fields
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D.J. Nel --- Department of Soil Science, Republic of South AfricaThe compaction of the topsoil layer of sports fields can modify soil properties such as permeability, resistance to root penetration, aeration and water-holding capacity. The feasibility of predicting these properties from particle size distribution parameters of sandy soils was investigated... -
Water retentivity of some South African soils in relation to particle size criteria and bulk density
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.L. Hutson --- ,Retentivity data for 409 South African soils were obtained from several sources. Water retained at matric potential values of 0, −1, −3, −10, −30, −100, −500 and −1500 kPa was determined from the retentivity curve for each soil core. Retentivity... -
Implikasies van die oesindeks by navorsing verbouing van mielies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.S. Hammes --- Departement Plantproduksie, R.E. Steynberg --- Departement Plantproduksie, E.A. Beyers --- Departement Plantproduksie, B. Kriel --- Departement Plantproduksie,Die oesindeks van mielies is bepaal in vier veldproewe. Verskille tussen mieliekultivars het voorgekom. Kultivars wat hoë graanopbrengste gelewer het in 'n kultivarproef, het ook deurgaans hoë oesindekswaardes gehad. In 'n langtermyn- bemestingsproef het behandelings wat kalium ontvang het, hoër... -
Changes in a Doveton clay loam after 12 years of direct-drill maize production
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.B. Mallett --- , Republic of South Africa P.M. Lang --- , Republic of South Africa A.J. Arathoon --- , Republic of South AfricaAfter 8 years of direct-drill maize production at Cedara on a Hutton/Doveton clay loam (Typic Plinthustult) it was found that the top 120-mm layer had become somewhat denser and that organic carbon levels in the top 20 mm were higher... -
Damage caused by Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to various cultivars of grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa K.L. Pringle --- Department of Entomology and Nematology, Republic of South AfricaGrain sorghum cultivars differed significantly in yield response to natural Chilo partellus infestations over a period two seasons. These differences were ascribed to cultivar characteristics of which differences in length of growing season requirements were the most important. Differences in... -
Unavoidable losses in insecticidal control of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in maize and grain sorghum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. ven den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaSingle applications of insecticide against Chilo partellus at different times in the pre-flowering stages of maize and from early whorl to soft dough stage in grain sorghum were compared with multiple applications. Based on yield and the incidence of damaged... -
Infestation and injury levels of stem borers in relation to yield potential of grain sorghum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaThe infestation patterns of the stem borer species Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and the effect on plant yield, tiller number, plant height, peduncle length and internal damage were determined under conditions of differential nitrogen fertilization and soil... -
Stem borers in grain sorghum: I. Injury patterns with time after crop emergence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaThe progression of different categories of plant damage caused by Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) with time after crop emergence was determined through regular sampling from nine sorghum plantings in each of three seasons. Tillers were more prone... -
Stem borers in grain sorghum: II. Yield loss compensation in relation to borer attack
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaThe yields of Individual stems of grain sorghum In different categories of tillering and of injury by the stem borers Busseolafusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) were obtained from nine plantings In each of three seasons. Tillering was stimulated by... -
Predictive estimation of maize yield loss caused by Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Riana Bate --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaThe effect of Chito partellus (Swinhoe) on growth and yield of maize was investigated in two field experiments, using artificial infestation in cages. The first experiment consisted of five infestation levels, viz. 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 eggs per... -
Bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae): potential pests of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) plantations in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.R. Appleton --- UN/FRD Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa J. van Staden --- UN/FRD Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaLarvae of the bagworm Eumeta hardenbergi (Bourgogne) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) are reported for the first time to feed on the leaves and bark of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) plants which were being examined as a potential source of natural rubber in... -
Status of resistance to Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in South African grain sorghum hybrids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa M.C. van der Westhuizen --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Republic of South AfricaThe level of resistance to Chilo partellus was evaluated in 49 commercially available grain sorghum hybrids using artificial infestation in each of two field trials. The assessment of leaf feeding damage on a scale of one to nine indicated levels... -
New sources of resistance to the stalk borers Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus Swinhoe in maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaA number of maize genotypes reportedly resistant to various stem borer species were evaluated for resistance to the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca, and the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus. Based on larval mass gain after two weeks of feeding... -
Development of a chemical control strategy for Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in grain sorghum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa M.C. van der Westhuizen --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Republic of South AfricaFour field trials were conducted over three seasons to determine the optimum plant growth stages for single and follow-up insecticide applications for the control of Chilo partellus in grain sorghum. The insecticide was applied at various vegetative and reproductive plant... -
Comparison of various directional insecticide sprays against Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in sorghum and maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- , Republic of South Africa J. B.J. van Rensburg --- , Republic of South AfricaThree methods of directional insecticide application against Busseola fusca and Chilo partellus infestations in the late growth stages of sorghum and maize were compared over two seasons. An insecticide mixture consisting of endosulfan and deltamethrin was applied 10 days after... -
Effects of aqueous extracts from Artemisia afra parts and soil on seed germination and early seedling development in selected plant species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.A. Hansen-Quartey --- Department of Agronomy, Republic of South Africa K. Nyamapfene --- , Republic of South Africa S.A. Materechera --- School of Agriculture, Republic of South AfricaAqueous extracts from leaves, stems, roots of the aromatic shrub Artemisia afra and soil on which Artemisia was grown, were used to investigate their inhibitory effects on germination and seedling development of maize (Zea mays), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and ryegrass... -
Soil properties as influenced by cultivation of the aromatic shrub Artemisia afra
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.H. Hansen-Quartey --- Department of Agronomy, Republic of South Africa S.A. Materechera --- School of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa K. Nyamapfene --- , Republic of South AfricaThe herbaceous aromatic shrub African wormwood (Artemisia afra) is thought to be indigenous to the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. In the natural environment, wherever the plant grows, patches of hard, bare ground develop around the plant. To investigate... -
Production and physico-chemical properties of surface casts from microchaetid earthworms in central Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.A. Materechera --- Faculty of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa O.T. Mandiringana --- Agronomy Department, Republic of South Africa K. Nyamapfene --- , Republic of South AfricaThe study was undertaken to estimate surface cast production by microchaetid earthworms and to compare the physical and chemical properties of the casts with the surrounding non-cast soil. An average of 104 (range 64–132) and 192 (range 182–222) t ha−1... -
Evaluation of Bt.-Transgenic maize for resistance to the stem borers Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. B.J. Van Rensburg --- , Republic of South AfricaThe gene Cry1Ab derived from the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is currently deployed commercially for control of Pyralid stem borers of maize in the USA. In this study various events of the Bt-gene were evaluated in maize inbred lines and... -
Effects of plant population density and cultivar on growth, yield and yield components in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea 1.)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. J.P. Tarimo --- Department of Crop Science and Production, Tanzania F.P. Blarney --- Department of Agriculture, AustraliaAn experiment was conducted at the University of Queensland Redland bay Farm (27°37′ S, 153°17′ E) in southeast Queensland, Australia to study response of groundnut cultivars [Improved Virginia Bunch, NC-7, Q18801 (Virginia types), TMV-2, McCubbin and Red Spanish (Spanish types)]... -
Optimisation of transient transformation of a South African spring wheat cultivar with particle bombardment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.M. de Villiers --- , Republic of South Africa Y. Laib --- Centre de Developement des Techniques Nuclear, AlgeriaTransient transformation was optimised for bread wheat, Triticum aestivum L. cv Kariega, using a particle inflow gun constructed at ARC-Roodeplaat. Excised immature embryos, cultured in vitro for 5 to 7 days, were bombarded with pAHC25 and analysed for the presence... -
Genotype variation in regeneration and transient expression efficiencies of 14 South African wheat cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L. Lacock --- , Republic of South Africa A-M. Botha --- , Republic of South AfricaFourteen spring and winter hard red South African wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars were compared for their regeneration and transient anthocyanin expression efficiencies. Embryonic and non-embryonic callus, as well as plantlets, were obtained from all the cultivars cultured on a... -
Grain yield response and Chilo partellus infestation in diverse sorghum-cowpea intercrop arrangements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: K.K. Ayisi --- Department of Plant Production, Republic of South Africa M.S. Mposi --- Department of Plant Production, Republic of South Africa J. van den Berg --- , Republic of South AfricaYield improvement and insect pest control in intercropping systems relative to sole cultures has been variable and inconsistent over habitats, component species, varieties, density, row arrangement, soil fertility and moisture. This study was initiated to quantify yield response of two... -
Deriving a grain hardness calibration for Southern and Western Cape ground wheat samples by means of the particle size index (PSI) method and Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M. Manley --- Department of Food Science, Republic of South Africa L. van Zyl --- Department of Food Science, Republic of South Africa B.G. Osborne --- , AustraliaThe bread wheat hardness scenario among the Southern and Western Cape cultivars was investigated by deriving a FT-NIR hardness calibration for 198 ground bread wheat samples and using the particle size index (PSI) test as referencê method. Particle size index... -
Evaluation of sorghum inbred lines for milling quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.S. Setimela --- , Botswana D.J. Andrews --- Department of Agronomy,Fourteen sorghum inbred lines and one sorghum variety were evaluated for qualitative parameters relating to milling quality. Grain hardness, flour yield, flour particle size and alkali water retention capacity criteria were measured. These quality criteria directly influence acceptability of newly... -
Effect of planting density on dry matter partitioning in young ‘Laetitia’ / ‘Marianna’ plum trees grown in lysimeter tanks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. Wooldridge --- , Republic of South Africa C. Schutte --- , Republic of South AfricaThe effects of increasing planting density on young lysimeter tank-grown plum trees were investigated. Seasonal increases in stem circumference, and average shoot lengths, decreased significantly (P = 0.05) as the number of trees per 1.4 × 3.0 m tank increased... -
Initial growth potential and biomass production of field established guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray.) cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C.R. Bekaardt --- , South Africa P.J. Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa E.M. Reinten --- , South Africa G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaThe initial growth potential and biomass production of four guayule cultivars under dryland conditions were investigated at different localities in South Africa. Growth (plant survival, height, canopy diameter, stem diameter) and biomass (wet and dry mass) were recorded for (1)... -
Effects of Artemisia afra leaf extracts on seed germination of selected crop and weed species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N. Ammann --- Department of Agronomy, Republic of South Africa P.J. Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, Republic of South AfricaHerbicide resistance in weeds is a phenomenon threatening sustainable cereal production in the winter rainfall region of South Africa. Every possible weed control measure that may be used to complement chemical weed control measures should be investigated. The effect of... -
Rooting responses of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) cuttings to hormone solutions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C.R. Bekaardt --- , South Africa P.J. Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa E.Y. Reinten --- , South Africa G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaVegetative propagation of selected guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray), with elite qualities of vigorous growth and high latex yield, was Investigated. Rooting responses of guayule cuttings to treatment solutions of indole butyric acid (IBA), naphthalene acetamide (NA) and naphthalene acetic acid... -
Clay mineral associations in soils of the Lusikisiki area, Eastern Cape Province, and their agricultural significance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C. Bühmann --- , D.J. Beukes --- , D.P. Turner --- ,The study deals with changes in clay mineral associations with soil development and related implications for land users in the Lusikisiki area of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Fifteen profiles, encompassing all major soil forms in the region,... -
Effect of the organo-trisiloxane surfactant, Break-Thru S240, on the depth of penetration of insecticides into maize whorls and chemical control of stem borers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- , South Africa D. Viljoen --- , South AfricaChemical control of the stem borers Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is complicated because of cryptic feeding deep inside plant whorls where larvae do not easily come into contact with insecticides. In this study the effect... -
Application of Partial Least Squares regression to relate tastiness of boiled potatoes to chemical and physical tests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Marie F. Smith --- , South Africa Christine S. Leighton --- , South Africa Liesl Morey --- , South Africa Hettie C. Schönfeldt --- , South AfricaPartial Least Squares regression (PLS) was used to understand the relationship between 15 sensory attributes of potatoes boiled in their skins as dependent variables (Y), and six objective (chemical and physical) measurements as the independent variables (X). The ARC-Sensory Analysis... -
Relationships between soil particle size fractions and infiltrability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T.V. Medinski --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa A.J. Mills --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa M.V. Fey --- , Western AustraliaThe influence of particle size fractions on infiltrability was investigated in soils sampled across Namibia and western South Africa. Infiltrability was determined using a laboratory technique calibrated with rainfall simulation, which measures the passage of a suspension of soil particles... -
Infiltrability in soils from south-western Africa: effects of texture, electrical conductivity and exchangeable sodium percentage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T.V. Medinski --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa A.J. Mills --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa M.V. Fey --- , Western AustraliaThe effects of particle size, electrical conductivity (EC) and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) on infiltra-bility were investigated in 35 soils from Namibia and western South Africa. Samples were grouped as follows: sand (5–9% clay + silt), loamy sand (16–20%) and... -
Particulate organic matter, soil texture and mineralogy relations in some Eastern Cape ecotopes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: AD Nciizah --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa IIC Wakindiki --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaContrasting reports have been given on the relationships between soil texture, mineralogy and particulate organic matter (POM). The objective of this study was to determine the effects of soil texture and mineralogy on aggregate POM in several ecotopes in the... -
Host-specificity testing of Puccinia xanthii var. parthenii-hysterophorae, a potential biocontrol agent for Parthenium hysterophorus in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Estianne Retief --- , South Africa Khayalethu Ntushelo --- , South Africa AlanR Wood --- , South AfricaFollowing its introduction into Australia, the rust fungus Puccinia xanthii var. parthenii-hysterophorae has played an important role in the integrated approach to manage Parthenium hysterophorus. The rust was imported from Australia and established within quarantine facilities in South Africa. Supplementary... -
Adaptability of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in a coastal environment demonstrated by their exploitation of introduced prey species and use of artificial breeding sites
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R. M. Randall C. Tregoning B. M. Randall A. P. MartinAn analysis of the contents of regurgitations of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo chicks at two coastal colonies in South Africa, one on an offhore island (St Croix) and the other at a saltworks in an estuary (Swartkops), revealed that the... -
How does anybody live in this strange place? A reply to Samantha Vice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: David Benatar --- Philosophy Department, South Africa c/oSamantha Vice has argued that ‘white’ South Africans are so tainted by the history of racial oppression in their country that they are incapable of attaining a great degree of moral virtue. She recommends that they should live in humility... -
DISTINGUISHING SUB-ENVIRONMENTS OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITION IN RESERVOIRS USING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: A van B Weaver --- Department of Water Affairs, South Africa AW Stone --- Department of Water Affairs, South AfricaThe deposition of sediment and the distribution of sediment sizes in impoundments is related to the hydraulic mechanisms of the lacustrine or reservoir environment. Granulometric parameters of sediments can be particularly sensitive indicators of the hydraulic environments occuring in different... -
A SYSTEM FOR SPRAYING CHEMICALS ON TO LAKE SURFACES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: R.D. Walmsley --- , South Africa M. Taylor --- , South Africa M.T. Seaman --- , South Africa -
A PRELIMINARY LIMNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TWELVE SOUTHERN AFRICAN GEOTHERMAL WATERS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.J. Ashton --- National Institute for Water Research, South Africa F.R. Schoeman --- National Institute for Water Research, South AfricaThe ionic composition and algal flora of twelve geothermal waters in southern South West Africa and north-western South Africa are described, many for the first time. Water temperatures ranged from 24,9 to 66 °C and salinity values indicated moderate mineralization... -
THE EFFECTS OF DESIGN AND OPERATION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF HOSEPIPES AS WATER COLUMN SAMPLERS FOR PHYTOPLANKTON
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Tamar Zohary --- , South Africa P.J. Ashton --- , South AfricaThe efficiency of 5 different hosepipe samplers in providing representative water column samples was tested by comparing the chlorophyll a concentrations in these samples with those obtained by integrating discrete depth samples collected with a Van Dorn sampler, in two... -
DECOMPOSITION IN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: MH Schleyer --- , South AfricaThe varied sources of estuarine plant detritus and the processes and organisms involved in its decomposition are discussed in this review. In the case of emergent and peripheral vegetation, microbial decomposition commences in the phylloplane, with fairly rapid leaching of... -
OBSERVATIONS ON THE COEXISTENCE OF FRESH AND SALTWATER INVERTEBRATES IN AN INLAND SALTWORKS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: S.A. Mitchell --- Unit for Limnology, South Africa M.T. Seaman --- Unit for Limnology, South AfricaThe fauna of three excavated trenches in the floor of the dry salt-pan in the Brandfort district of the Orange Free State was investigated. Two were found to contain typical saline water invertebrate fauna such as Artemia sp. and the... -
FLUX OF INORGANIC NUTRIENTS AND PARTICULATE CARBON BETWEEN A SPARTINA MARITIMA SALT MARSH AND THE SWARTKOPS ESTUARY, EASTERN CAPE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: D. Baird --- Department of Zoology, South Africa P. E.D. Winter --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe flux of dissolved inorganic nutrients (NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, SRP) and suspended particulates (particulate organic carbon POC, and particulate inorganic carbon PIC) was measured across the mouth of a small creek draining a portion of the intertidal Spartina salt marsh... -
IMPLICATIONS OF WATER RELEASE FROM THE PONGOLAPOORT DAM FOR THE FISH AND FISHERY OF THE PHONGOLO FLOODPLAIN, ZULULAND
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: G.S. Merron --- , South Africa M.N. Bruton --- , South Africa P. la Hausse de Lalouviere --- , South AfricaWetland fish stocks can usually be sustained as long as the natural flood regime is maintained, but unnatural disruption of the flooding pattern can interfere with fish spawning and feeding. The dynamics of the Phongolo floodplain fish community are determined... -
COMPARISON OF FISH GONADS AND FISH MEAL AS MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE DIETS OF YOUNG AFRICAN SHARPTOOTH CATFISH, CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (BURCHELL)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: L.C. Hoffman --- Aquaculture Research Unit, South Africa J.F. Prinsloo --- Aquaculture Research Unit, South Africa J. Theron --- Aquaculture Research Unit, South AfricaThe replacement of fish-meal (two sources, arbitrarily designated FMA and FMB), with either freeze dried (GVD) or oven dried (GOD) gonads of Clarias gariepinus in a starter diet for larvae of this species, was tested. No significant difference in larval... -
MASS MORTALITY OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE FISH IN THE SWARTVLEI AND WILDERNESS LAKE SYSTEMS, SOUTHERN CAPE.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: I.A. Russell --- National Parks Board, South AfricaTwo incidences of mass mortality of fish were recorded in two saline waterbodies (Swartvlei estuary and Rondevlei) in the Wilderness National Park. Species affected were the Knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) and longsnout pipefish (Syngnathus acus) in the Swartvlei estuary, and... -
What engages the interest of land managers in rangeland monitoring?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: M.H. Friedel G.C. Stuart-Hill D. WalshFor many decades, scientists have been devising and refining ways of monitoring the world's rangelands. Government land management agencies have often been keen contributors to the process because they are custodians of publicly owned land and need to represent the... -
The effect of Browse Plus™ on nutrient intake, rumen pH and digestibility of a sole diet of Leucaena leucocephala forage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MM Majuva-Masafu MJ LiningtonThe purpose of this study was to determine the neutralising effect of Browse Plus™ on condensed tannins in a sole diet of Leucaena forage and how that affected feed intake, rumen environment and passage of nutrients. Partial digestion methods were... -
The effect of feeding varying levels of Leucaena leucocephala on intake and digestibility of low-quality forages in the Highveld of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MM Majuva-Masafu MJ LiningtonThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect of varying levels of Leucaena supplement on the intake, flow and digestibility of nutrients of two low-quality forages. Partial digestion methods were used. The overall results showed that the supplementation... -
Habitat selection by large herbivores in relation to fire at the Bontebok National Park (1974–2009): the effects of management changes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: T Kraaij --- Scientific Services, South Africa PA Novellie --- Conservation Services Division, PretoriaThe Bontebok National Park has long been faced with the dilemma of reconciling the need for short-interval fires, which promote grazing for bontebok, with that for longer-interval fires to maintain plant diversity. We explored habitat selection by various large herbivores... -
Research note: Evaluation of the reliability of local farmer knowledge in Namaqualand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: H.H. Hendricks --- Botany Department, Republic of South Africa F. van der Heyden --- , Republic of South AfricaLocal farmer knowledge of species distribution patterns and plant palatability in Namaqualand, South Africa, was assessed using Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques. These findings were compared with the results obtained using phytosociological techniques (species distribution), and with palatability indices published in... -
Intra-annual variation of arthropod-plant interactions and arthropod trophic structure in an endangered grassland in the Free State province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: F Buschke --- Centre for Environmental Management, South Africa M Kemp --- Centre for Environmental Management, South Africa M Seaman --- Centre for Environmental Management, South Africa S Louw --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaArthropods are valuable biological indicators owing to strong relationships with primary producers. The supposition that arthropod-plant interactions are constant over seasons was tested using Mantel tests on correlations between these groups. A total of 78 plant species and 108 arthropod... -
Savanna browse production. 1: Determinants and measurement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Caryn A Penderis --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Kevin P Kirkman --- Grassland Science, South AfricaWith the rapid expansion of wildlife ranching and conservation in South African savannas and the resultant increase in multi-species grazing and browsing systems, information on browse production potential is essential for determination of carrying capacity. This study, conducted on three... -
Broadening Mental Health Services to Disadvantaged Communities in South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Community Based Internship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sherine van Wyk --- Psychology Department, South Africa Anthony V. Naidoo --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThe need to provide mental health services in disadvantaged communities remains a priority in South Africa. This paper illustrates how in consultation and partnership with the peri-urban community of Jamestown, a counselling psychology internship was established to provide a range... -
The Impact of Life-Long Illness on Women: A Qualitative Study of Low Socio-Economic Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pamela Naidoo --- University of Western Cape,The purpose of this qualitative, ethnographic study was to explore the impact of a chronic disease on low socio-economic women with RA in South Africa. Ten women participants with a mean age of 48 years and a mean duration of... -
Visual Participatory Approaches to HIV and AIDS Research as Intervention in a Rural Community Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Naydene de Lange --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This article presents visual participatory approaches as a way to address HIV and AIDS in a rural South African setting. The article suggests that visual imaging has merit for supporting HIV and AIDS intervention with learners, teachers, community health care... -
Doing Childhoods in the Context of HIV and AIDS: Young Children in Early Schooling Speak
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nithi Muthukrishna --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Fundisa Tshauka --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Hasina Ebrahim --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Thabile Mbatha --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Vuyelwa Ntoi --- University of the Free State,This study investigated children's experiences and understandings of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Grade 3 children (n=31) from the province of KwaZulu-Natal aged between 8–11 years were participants in the study. Data were collected through a four-stage focus group process including activities... -
Finding Voice: The Photovoice Method of Data Collection in HIV and AIDS-Related Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Suhana Jacobs --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Anne Harley --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study examined the efficacy of photovoice as a research technique to explore the lives of children and families living in the context of HIV and AIDS. Participants were volunteers at a Day Care and Support Centre (n=18), and members... -
Expressive Art in Cross-Cultural Group Supervision: Applying the Mmogo-Method™
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, Liezel Ferreira --- North-West University,Academic mobility has increased the tendency of students to study in foreign countries, which poses various personal, interpersonal and contextual challenges to the cross-cultural supervision relationship. This study explored the themes that emerged in a cross-cultural supervision relationship through the... -
Estimating One's Own and Others' Multiple Intelligence: A Cross-Cultural Study from Guinea Bissau and Portugal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Félix Neto --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Adrian Furnham --- Department of Psychology, UK Maria da Conceição Pinto --- Universidade do Porto, PortugalThis study examined the estimations of multiple intelligences for self, partner and parents. One hundred and fifty two students (males = 81, females = 68, and 3 have not indicated their sex; mean age = 24.02, SD = 3.08) from... -
Hazardous Alcohol Use among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council & University of the Free State, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya --- Human Sciences Research Council & University of the Western Cape, George Petros --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe study assessed the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and its correlates with socio-economic characteristics, disease variables and ART adherence in South Africa. The sample included 607 PLHIV (males =475, females =132; age range... -
Abused Women in South Africa who Kill their Intimate Male Partners: A Psychological Exploration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Monique Bester --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore psychological risk factors that may precipitate the murder of a partner by an abused woman. In this article, the authors use multiple case studies and interviews with three women incarcerated for the... -
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk among Women in Primary Health Care Delivery Services in a South African Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council University of Free State, South Africa Adlai Davids --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe aim of the study is to investigate intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risk among antenatal care attendees at primary care health care facilities in a South African setting. A convenient sample of 984 pregnant women (mean age of... -
Untold Stories of a Group of Black South Africans about the Apartheid Era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ernst J. van der Merwe --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris A. Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThe aim of this research was to explore the alternative stories of a group of black adults who survived the apartheid years in South Africa. It was surmised that the lives of many of the black adults who experienced the... -
A Group of Black South Africans' Experience of Telling their Untold Stories about the Apartheid Era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacques Vermeulen --- North-West University, South Africa Chris A. Venter --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Ernst J. van der Merwe --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this research was to explore a group of black South Africans' experiences of telling their untold stories of survival about the apartheid era. The expectation was that if they did become more aware of these alternative stories,... -
Intimate Partner Violence and Poverty in the Context of Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tirelo Modie-Moroka --- University of Botswana,The study aimed at exploring pathways of intimate partner violence and poverty. The sample consisted of 30 women (aged 18 to 54 years) who had experienced intimate partner violence. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews and analysed thematically. The... -
Exploring the Psychological Exteriority and Interiority of Men's Violence Against Women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ursula Lau --- University of South Africa, Garth Stevens --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored male perpetrators subjective experiences of violence against their intimate partners. Participants were a convenience sample of 12 men (11 ‘Black’ and 1 ‘White’, between 18 to 70 years of age) recruited from three organisations in Johannesburg, South... -
Exploring Young Black Persons' Narratives About the Apartheid Past
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cheryl Petersen --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Karel Botha --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study examined intergeneration narratives about the apartheid past through the retelling of 14 young black South Africans aged 16 to 21 (males =6, females =8). A qualitative categorical-content data analysis underpinned by social constructionism, explored these secondary narrative segments... -
Psychological Distress and Associated Factors Among a Sample of Pregnant Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Elisa Shikwane --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Gladys Matseke --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaWe sought to identify the prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors among pregnant women who were patients at antenatal primary care clinics in a South Africa district. A cross-sectional study using systematic sampling was conducted among 1497 pregnant women... -
Prevalence of Alcohol Use and Associated Factors in Pregnant Antenatal Care Attendees in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julia Louw --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Gladys Matseke --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaWe sought to identify the prevalence of alcohol use and associated factors among pregnant women who were patients at antenatal primary care clinics in a South Africa health district. A cross-sectional study using systematic sampling was conducted among 1497 pregnant... -
Teacher Reported Poverty Effects on Education Participation in a South African District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sindiswa Stofile --- University of the Western Cape, Nora Linden --- Bergen University College, Rouaan Maarman --- University of the Western Cape,This study reports on teachers' perceptions of the effects of poverty on education participation in a district in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Participants were 21 teachers (males = 10; females = 11) from seven schools (primary =5,... -
Community-Based Participatory Research a Low-Income Setting: An Illustrative Case of Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Naiema Taliep --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Abdulsamed Bulbulia --- University of South Africa, South Africa Shaun Phillips --- Hearts of Men, Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach in a low-income setting. Using the SCRATCHMAPS project as a case example and with literature control, we show that CBPR is influenced by dynamics relating to knowledge and power, resources and... -
Photovoice as Community Engaged Research: The Interplay between Knowledge Creation and Agency in a South African Study on Safety Promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shahnaaz Suffla --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Debra Kaminer --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Umesh Bawa --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis article aims to describe Photovoice as a method and process of enacting community engaged research. The multi-dimensional nature of Photovoice is illustrated though a case application, focused on safety promotion in two South African low-income communities. Twenty youth, evenly... -
The Philosophical Assumptions, Utility and Challenges of Asset Mapping Approaches to Community Engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sherianne Kramer --- University of South Africa, South Africa Taryn Amos --- University of South Africa, South Africa Sandy Lazarus --- University of South Africa, South Africa Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis literature review is a discussion of asset-based approaches to community engagement. Following a literature search, we identified several asset mapping approaches: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); Participatory Inquiry into Religious Health Assets, Networks and Agency (PIRHANA); Community Health Assets Mapping... -
An Ethic of Care in Participatory Research in School Community Settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Estelle Swart --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marietjie Oswald --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWe explored the manifestation and development of an ethic of care in school communities using a variety of participatory research methods. The qualitative data from this ethnographic case study were analysed using constructivist grounded theory. Our findings suggest that an... -
Experiences of Managers and Healthcare Personnel Involved in a Functional Healthcare Public Private Partnership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Esmeralda Ricks --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Dalena van Rooyen --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Moloko Priscilla Gantsho --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Wilma ten Ham --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThis study explored the experiences of managers and healthcare personnel involved in a functional healthcare public private partnership (PPP) in a semi-rural area situated in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Data on how managers and healthcare personnel experienced their... -
Marital Expectations and Marital Satisfaction Between African Immigrant and United States Born Married Couples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evadne E. Ngazimbi --- Central Connecticut State University, Andrew P. Daire --- University of Central Florida, Damaris Soto --- University of Central Florida, Ryan G. Carlson --- University of Central Florida, Matthew D. Munyon --- University of Central Florida,This study examined the relationship between marital expectations and marital satisfaction among U.S. born (n=157; females=51.6%) and immigrant African couples (n=43; females=44.6%) who were faith community members. The participants completed the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS; Hendrick, 1988), Relationship Pleasure Scale... -
Research Agenda to Facilitate Community Participation In HIV Vaccine Research: A Participatory Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthea Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Sagri Singh --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USA Zuhayr Kafaar --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Leslie Swartz --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Alexandre Menezes --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USAThis article reports on a participatory process to generating a research agenda to guide research on community participation in HIV vaccine research. Community members representing stakeholder parties involved in the HIV vaccine research enterprise were invited to participate in the... -
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Protection Orders for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Vhembe District of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Supa Pengpid --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Judith McFarlane --- Texas Woman's University, USA Mercy Banyini --- University of Venda, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to assess the value of protection orders in reducing intimate partner violence against women in the Vhemba district of South Africa. In a one-group pre-post test study design 118 women who had received a... -
Contemplating the Self: A Brief Phenomenological Participatory Action Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Sumeshni Govender --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Dumisani R. Nzima --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Mandla M. Hlongwane --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Jabulani D. Thwala --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Ashmin Singh --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Pricilla B. Mbele --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments,This study examines Self contemplation from a heuristic phenomenological and applied psychological perspective using a participatory action research approach. The participant authors (n = 6; females = 50%, majority ethnicity = isiZulu = 67%) engaged in reflective contemplation of the... -
On Rademacher's Conjecture and A Recurrence Relation of Euler
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Morley Davidson StephenM. GagolaWe consider a connection between Rademacher's conjectural partial fraction decomposition for the reciprocal of Dedekind's eta function and Euler's recurrence relation for the partition function. An identity for coefficients attached to cyclotomic characteristic roots of this recurrence is obtained under... -
Strong Versus Uniform Continuity: A Constructive Round
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Peter Schuster Vîţă Douglas BridgesThe notion of apartness has recently shown promise as a means of lifting constructive topology from the restrictive context of metric spaces to more general settings. Extending the point-subset apartness axiomatised beforehand, we characterise the constructive meaning of 'two subsets... -
A Lemma On C 0 -semigroups And Applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Hugo LeivaIn this note we characterize a large class of C 0-semigroups which can be applied to prove the existence and the uniqueness of the solutions of many systems of partial differential equations. In fact, we apply our result to a... -
Some Consequences of An Identity Of B. Gordon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Neville RobbinsUsing some consequences of the quintuple product identity, we obtain the identity: -
The Umd Constants of the Summation Operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jörg WenzelThe UMD property of a Banach space is one of the most useful properties when one thinks about possible applications. This is in particular due to the boundedness of the vector-valued Hilbert transform for functions with values in such a... -
On a Preliminary Group Classification Of A Quasilinear Hyperbolic Equation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: R.M.S. Edelstein K. GovinderThe method of preliminary group classification is applied to a general form of the quasilinear hyperbolic equation, u tt = f (u)u xx + g (u)2 x. As a result, we obtain an optimal system of one-dimensional subalgebras which are... -
Binary Partitions in the Absence of Choice or Rearranging Russell's Socks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Horst HerrlichGiven a sequence (Xn )n∈N of pairwise disjoint 2-element sets. Can ∪ n∈N Xn be rearranged as a union ∪ i∈I Yi of a family (Yi )i∈I of pairwise disjoint 2-element sets, indexed by an uncountable set I? It... -
Almost Perfectly Continuous Functions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: D. Singh --- Department of Mathematics, IndiaThe aim of the present paper is to continue the study of almost perfectly continuous (≡ regular set connected) functions initiated by Dontchev, Ganster and Reilly. It turns out that in general the notion of almost perfectly continuity is independent... -
Children and youth at risk: adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP (Amaqhawe) programme in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arvin Bhana Inge Petersen Andy Mason Zoleka Mahintsho Carl Bell Mary McKayThis paper reports on the adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP programme (Collaborative HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Mental Health Programme) in South Africa with specific reference to outcome effects among adults. CHAMP was originally developed in the United States and... -
Prevalence of HIV infection among premarital couples in southeast Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Odie Ugochukwa Umeora Chidi EsikeThe Catholic Church in Nigeria offers premarital HIV screening to couples, yet instances of voluntary screening are rare in southeast Nigeria. This study examines the contribution of such tests to HIV detection, and evaluates the prevalence of HIV infection in... -
Vaccine preparedness: lessons from Lyantonde, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Paul Ritvo Dennis Willms Robert Meisner Laura Brown Adam Goldman Nelson SewankamboTo explore how to better educate rural Africans about preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine trials, 15 semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with villagers in Lyantonde, Rakai District, Uganda. This study reports on the findings by focusing on the attitudes, knowledge and questions... -
Preliminary investigation of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mariya Mukhtar-Yola Solomon Adeleke Dayyabu Gwarzo Zubaida Farouk LadanTreatment of HIV with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in declining morbidity and mortality rates from HIV-associated diseases, but concerns regarding access and adherence are growing. To determine the adherence level and the reasons for non-adhering to antiretroviral... -
Youth's perceptions of HIV infection risk: a sex-specific test of two risk models
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Yetunde ShoboThe study examines the associations between the cumulative and additive risk models and Nigerian youth's likelihood of perceiving vulnerability to HIV infection. Both models of risk seem to provide unique contributions to such understanding. The analysis is based on data... -
Faithfulness to partners: a means to prevent HIV infection, a source of HIV infection risks, or both? A qualitative study of women's experiences in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ThomasM Painter KassambaL Diaby DanielleM Matia LillianS Lin ToussaintS Sibailly MoïseK Kouassi EhounouR Ekpini ThierryH Roels StefanZ WiktorA cross-sectional study was carried out at a programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) at a public antenatal clinic in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The objectives were to obtain information from women concerning their reactions to HIV test results... -
Modelling the relationship between antiretroviral treatment and HIV prevention: limitations of the Spectrum AIDS Impact Model in a changing policy environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicoli NattrassThis paper shows how two publicly available epidemiological modelling packages, namely the Spectrum AIDS Impact Model and the ASSA2003 AIDS and Demographic Model, predict very different impacts from rolling out highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on new HIV infections. Using... -
Child participation in research: reflections on ethical challenges in the southern African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Glynis Clacherty David DonaldThis article reflects on several challenges that particular cultural, socio-economic and catastrophic factors (such as the HIV epidemic) pose to ethical practice in research involving child participation in a region such as southern Africa. With reference to concrete situations, we... -
Young Malawians on the interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jerome Wright Fred Lubben Mac Bain MkandawirePrevious research has identified high levels of mental health problems among people affected by HIV. This study surveys specifically adolescents in southern Malawi on their experience of the impacts of living with HIV or AIDS on one's mental health. At... -
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected children attending a donor-funded clinic at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Edna Iroha --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Christopher Imokhuede Esezobor --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Chinyere Ezeaka --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Edamisan Olusoji Temiye --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Adebola Akinsulie --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, NigeriaThe success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) depends on a high level of adherence to a life-long regimen of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Since the scale-up of access to ARVs in Nigeria, few studies have determined the level of adherence of ART... -
Quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS and on highly active antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kebede Abera --- School of Pharmacy, Ethiopia Teferi Gedif --- School of Pharmacy, Ethiopia Ephrem Engidawork --- School of Pharmacy, Ethiopia Tsige Gebre-Mariam --- School of Pharmacy, EthiopiaThe Amharic version of the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) was used to measure quality of life among patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) at selected governmental hospitals in central and southern Ethiopia. The study was cross-sectional and used... -
HIV and AIDS vulnerability in fishing communities in Mangochi district, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Nagoli --- , Katrien Holvoet --- , Michelle Remme --- ,The fisheries sector contributes significantly to Malawi's national economy and to the livelihoods of the poor as certain activities in the sector have relatively low barriers to entry. Various studies have shown that the fisheries sector suffers from high HIV... -
Factors affecting first-month adherence to antiretroviral therapy amongHIV-positive adults in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Dikokole Maqutu --- School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, South Africa Temesgen Zewotir --- School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, South Africa Delia North --- School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, South Africa Kogieleum Naidoo --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), South Africa Anneke Grobler --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), South AfricaThis study explores the influence of baseline factors on first-month adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among adults. The study design involved a review of routinely collected patient information in the CAPRISA AIDS Treatment (CAT) programme, at a rural... -
Mismatches between youth aspirations and participatory HIV/AIDSprogrammes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Andrew Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Catherine Campbell --- , United Kingdom Sbongile Maimane --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), South Africa Yugi Nair --- Centre for Rural Health, South AfricaAlthough youth participation is a pillar of international HIV/AIDS policy, it is notoriously difficult to facilitate. We explore this challenge through a case study of a community-led HIV/AIDS management project in a South African rural area, in which anticipated youth... -
Formative evaluation of the STAR intervention: improving teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support for vulnerable individuals in the school community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ronél Ferreira --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Liesel EbersöhnThe article describes the pilot phase of a participatory reflection and action (PRA) study. The longitudinal investigation explores teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support within the context of HIV/AIDS following an asset-based intervention. The study ensued from our desire to... -
Predictors of sexual-risk behaviour and HIV-preventive practices among university students in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Yifru Berhan --- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethiopia Dejene Hailu --- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethiopia Abraham Alano --- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, EthiopiaA cross-sectional study design was used to assess sexual-risk behaviour and HIV-preventive practices among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia, in 2009. Among 1 220 students eligible for the study, approximately 29% reported experience of sex (36.3% of the males and... -
Correlates of highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence among urban Ethiopian clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hibret Alemu --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia Damen Haile Mariam --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia AmyO Tsui --- , United States Aster Shewamare --- , EthiopiaThere has been a massive expansion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) services in Ethiopia since 2005. To assess clients’ self-reported adherence to HAART medication, a descriptive, comparative cross-sectional study was carried out among adults receiving HAART medication at the... -
Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anil Bhagwanjee --- , South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Olagoke Akintola --- , South Africa Inge Petersen --- , South Africa Gavin George --- , South Africa Leigh Johnstone --- , South Africa Kerisha Naidoo --- , South AfricaSocial and psychological barriers to the disclosure of one's seropositive HIV status to significant others and poor adherence to taking medications pose significant challenges to the scaling-up of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the workplace. Such barriers are predictive... -
Factors associated with HIV infection among sexually experienced adolescents in Africa: a pooled data analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stella Babalola --- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United StatesThe article examines the factors associated with HIV status among adolescents aged 15–19 years in 13 African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The data were... -
The Madikwe Forum: a comprehensive partnership for supporting governance of Botswana's HIV and AIDS response
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Candice Reardon --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Jonathan Gunthorp --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Themba Moeti --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Innocent Chingombe --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Lesego Busang --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Godfrey Musuka --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), BotswanaThere is a need for actors within the philanthropic sector to pursue collaborative partnerships with developing nations which could result in sustainable country-led responses to HIV and AIDS. There is also a need to evaluate the structures governing these partnerships... -
The ‘Fish Trader+’ model: reducing female fish traders’ vulnerability to HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SaskiaMC Hüsken --- , Zambia Simon Heck --- , ZambiaAnalysis from research and practice in Africa shows that fishing communities are hardly reached by HIV-related services, education, and business services, partly because of the efforts and costs involved and a lack of good practice in reaching out to these... -
Safeguarding inheritance and enhancing the resilience of orphaned young people living in child- and youth-headed households in Tanzania and Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ruth Evans --- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, United KingdomThis article explores the resilience of orphaned young people in safeguarding physical assets (land and property) inherited from their parents and sustaining their households without a co-resident adult relative. Drawing on the concept of resilience and the sustainable livelihoods framework,... -
‘Read me to resilience’: Exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lesley Wood --- Faculty of Education Sciences, South Africa Linda Theron --- Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Nokhanyo Mayaba --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThe study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses on the promotion of potential strengths to... -
Coping with hardship through friendship: the importance of peer social capital among children affected by HIV in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Vincent Onyango Ogutu --- , KenyaChildren living in households affected by HIV face numerous challenges as they take on significant household-sustaining and caregiving roles, often in conditions of poverty. To respond to their hardships, we must identify and understand the support systems they are already... -
Schoolchildren affected by HIV in rural South Africa: schools as environments that enable or limit coping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fumane Khanare --- School of Education, South AfricaThe importance of psychosocial support for the wellbeing of children made vulnerable by HIV is a frequently discussed topic in the fields of education and HIV-related social science research. For children to juggle both the demands of education and the... -
Older people living with HIV in Uganda: understanding their experience and needs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: MonicaO Kuteesa --- , Australia Janet Seeley --- Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda RobertG Cumming --- , Australia Joel Negin --- , AustraliaOlder adults ageing with HIV in Africa have been largely neglected, despite the distinctive healthcare needs of this population. This article examines the medical care experiences of older Ugandans living with HIV. Data were collected from 40 HIV-positive adults, aged... -
Water policy in southern Africa: A brief synopsis of some of the macro driving forces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AR TurtonThe water sector reforms that are underway in many parts of southern Africa are a manifestation of a global phenomenon. This is rooted in the human response to the undesirable consequences of development, and seeks to introduce the notion of... -
Initiating community participation: the stakeholder communication and environmental education programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJM GabrielUnder the new National Water Act the River Health Programme has Stakeholder Communication and Environmental Education (SCEE) as one of its components. This programme seeks to develop tools to help water resource managers involve previously disadvantaged communities in managing river... -
The artisanal fishery of Metangula, Lake Malawi/Niassa, East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JoséS Halafo RobertE Hecky WilliamD TaylorThe artisanal fishery of Metangula, on the remote Mozambique coast of Lake Malawi/Niassa, was studied for four months during the rainy season from December 1998 to March 1999. Catch, catch composition and fishing effort were determined for the most important... -
Indigenous names of fish and fishing gear in the Cuvelai, Kavango and Caprivi regions of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DanielO Okeyo George Mubita ThomasK Harris DagberthE Sahombu Josephat Namundjanga Samson Mulonga S KapirikaThis study discusses the local names of the inland fresh water fish species of the Cuvelai, Kavango and Caprivi regions of Namibia, in five indigenous languages: OshiWambo/OshiNdonga, RuKwangali, RuGciriku, SiLosi and SiSubia. It also discusses local names of the indigenous... -
The distribution and abundance of the endangered Knysna seahorse Hippocampus capensis (Pisces: Syngnathidae) in South African estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JacquelineF Lockyear Thomas Hecht Horst Kaiser PeterR TeskeThe occurrence, distribution and abundance of the endangered Knysna seahorse Hippocampus capensis in 10 estuaries on South Africa's warm temperate south coast, were investigated. Seahorses were found only in the Knysna, Swartvlei and Keurbooms estuaries. Sex ratios were even and,... -
The toxicity of zinc to a selected macroinvertebrate, Adenophlebia auriculata (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae): method development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: V Everitt --- Centre for Aquatic Toxicology, South Africa P-A Scherman --- Centre for Aquatic Toxicology, South Africa MH Villet --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe South African water quality guidelines for the protection of the aquatic environment are constantly being updated. The Centre for Aquatic Toxicology of the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, uses artificial streams and toxicological methods to contribute to the... -
Quantitative aspects of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange through the lungs in Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Crustacea: Decapoda) during rest and exercise in water and air
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: WJ van Aardt --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South AfricaGhost crabs Ocypode ceratophthalmus were exercised in air and water to measure CO2 and O2 exchange rates using the method of instantaneous measurements of oxygen consumption rate (MO2) where applicable. Average heart rate increased from 100 to nearly 400 pulses... -
Recovery dynamics of zooplankton following mouth-breaching in the temporarily open/closed Mdloti Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Deale --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa R Perissinotto --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa NK Carrasco --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaMouth-breaching events have major impacts on biological processes in temporarily open/closed estuaries. The aim of this investigation was to monitor zooplankton recovery dynamics following artificial breaching of the Mdloti Estuary in February 2004. Spatial and temporal patterns in zooplankton distribution... -
Characterisation of potential aquaculture pond effluents, and physico-chemical and microbial assessment of effluent-receiving waters in central Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: YB Ansah --- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, USA EA Frimpong --- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, USA S Amisah --- Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, GhanaAn understanding of specific aquaculture systems and the impacts of their management practices leads to sound and cost-effective policies to protect the aquatic environment. Water samples were collected in 2009 from fish ponds, streams that receive effluents directly from ponds... -
Ground cavity nest temperatures and their relevance to Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James Wakelin --- Scientific Services, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa Amy-Leigh Wilson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaBlue Swallows Hirundo atrocaerulea are Critically Endangered within South Africa. They nest in natural underground holes in mist-belt grasslands. Temperature dataloggers were used to record ground cavity nest (Tn) and ambient temperature (Ta) for one artificial and 11 natural Blue... -
Habitat use pattern of three species of egrets in a small coastal lagoon in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Francis Gbogbo --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana Gideon Kwarteng Acheampong --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana John-Mark Yaw Atiemo --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana Quist Elorm Crepindale --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, GhanaThe foraging and pattern of habitat use of Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, Little Egret Egretta garzetta and Great Egret Egretta alba were studied in Sakumo II Lagoon in Ghana to determine the extent of utilisation of non-fish resources by... -
Study on the Prepressing of Flakeboard Containing Waste Paper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Günther Gerischer --- Faculty of Forestry, Rep. of South Africa Dave Reeves --- Faculty of Forestry, Rep. of South AfricaThe purpose of this study was to determine whether the strength properties of a composite board containing waste paper as a core material, could be improved by the prior prepressing of the core material before pressing the product to final... -
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE POWDERS, PROPERTIES AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN NUTRITION
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: H. Steege B. Phillipp R.E. Nest G. Magister H.J. Lewerenz D. Bleyl Reeves -
Variation in Wood Properties of Eucalyptus nitens in a Provenance Trial on the Eastern Transvaal Highveld in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R.C. Purnell --- D.R. de Wet Forestry Research Centre,Eucalyptus nitens is one of the four important cold-tolerant eucalypts grown for mining timber and pulpwood on the eastern Transvaal highveld in South Africa. In 1983 an active genetic improvement programme was initiated to improve growth rate, stem form and... -
A comparative evaluation of three methods used to tag South African linefish
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SE Kerwath A Götz C Wilke CG Attwood WHH SauerTagging effects and loss rates of 60 Roman Chrysoblephus laticeps tagged with dart tags with barbs (D-tags), T-bar filaments (T-tags) and visible implant fluorescent elastomer (VIFE) tags were investigated. The fish were tagged and monitored in a controlled tank experiment... -
Abundance, biomass and species composition of nearshore fish assemblages in Ghana, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: FKE Nunoo DB Eggleston CJ VanderpuyeMany of the world's fish populations are overexploited, including Ghana's fish resources. This study examines spatio-temporal trends in fish species composition in relation to biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors, towards achieving better-informed management of the beach-seine fisheries. Fishery-dependent data were... -
The ichthyofauna in the Port of Ngqura, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- Department of Development Studies, School of Economics, Development and Tourism, South AfricaThis study provides one of the first quantitative assessments of a fish community within a pre-operational deep-water port system. Between September 2006 and September 2007 a total of 4 559 fish, representing 47 species and 27 different families, were caught... -
An assessment of participation, catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal shore-based marine linefishery, with comments on management effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SW Dunlop --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South AfricaThe primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of current management of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) shore-based marine linefishery. Methods used included a stratified-random creel survey and an associated questionnaire survey. The study was undertaken between February 2009... -
A first description of the artisanal shark fishery in northern Madagascar: implications for management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Robinson --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa WHH Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaIn the past two decades, small, targeted artisanal shark fisheries have developed in the extreme north of Madagascar, largely in response to the shark fin trade. Few studies have been undertaken to assess the biological characteristics and impact of these... -
An assessment of participation, catch and effort in the offshore boat-based linefishery in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SW Dunlop --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South AfricaThis study evaluates trends in participation, catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal offshore boat-based linefishery. Methods used included a random access-point survey and an associated questionnaire survey. The study was undertaken between February 2009 and April 2010. Total participation in... -
Science, transformation and society: a contextual analysis of South Africa’s SANCOR-managed marine and coastal research programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: D Scott --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, Howard College Campus, South AfricaThe paper aims to describe and analyse three research programmes over the period 1995–2011 managed by the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR), namely the Sea and Coast programmes I and II and the Society, Ecosystems and... -
Community forestry resources: A case study of selected woodlots in the Eastern Cape Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Cori Ham --- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Francois Theron --- School of Public Management and Planning,Community surveys were conducted through the use of participatory community meetings and a questionnaire in the Butterworth area of the Eastern Cape. The objectives of these surveys were to determine the needs and perceptions of communities regarding woodlots and woodutilisation... -
Reverting urban exotic pine forests to Macchia and indigenous forest vegetation, using cable-yarders on the slopes of Table Mountain, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Pierrre Ackerman --- Forest Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, South Africa Bruce Talbot --- Skov & Landskab, DenmarkThis paper discusses some ofthe issues faced during the initial phases of a 12-year long project, which will ultimately result in the transformation of 53 ha of urban pine forests to a more diverse natural vegetation cover. Public sentiment, harvesting... -
Local community perception of joint forest management and its implications for forest condition: the case of Dambwa Forest Reserve in southern Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: M Phiri --- Forestry Department, Zambia Forest Research Division, Zambia PW Chirwa --- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa S Watts --- , South Africa S Syampungani --- School of Natural Resources, ZambiaThis study conducted at Dambwa Forest Reserve in Livingstone, Zambia, evaluated the perception of local people about joint management of the forest reserve in the area and if there had been improvements to the livelihoods of the community and the... -
Participatory forestry in Bangladesh: has it helped to increase the livelihoods of Sal forests-dependent people?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: KK Islam --- Forest Policy Laboratory, Japan N Sato --- Forest Policy Laboratory, JapanThe government of Bangladesh has placed the utmost priority on participatory forestry (PF) since the 1980s, and this approach was commenced in the degraded Sal forest areas through a donor-funded project in 1989. These forest reforms aim to eliminate the... -
Potential of Phytophthora pinifolia to spread via sawn green lumber: a preliminary investigation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: R Ahumada --- , Chile A Rotella --- , Chile B Slippers --- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South Africa MJ Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South AfricaPhytophthora pinifolia causes the needle and shoot disease of Pinus radiata in Chile known as Daño Foliar del Pino. Although P. pinifolia is primarily a needle pathogen, there are concerns that it might be spread to new environments via the... -
Coarse root–shoot allometry of Pinus radiata modified by site conditions in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: H Pretzsch --- Chair for Forest Growth and Yield, Germany P Biber --- Chair for Forest Growth and Yield, Germany E Uhl --- Chair for Forest Growth and Yield, Germany P Hense --- Chair for Forest Growth and Yield, GermanyThe relationship between root and shoot growth and how it is modified by chronic or episodic drought stress is so far not well understood. Allometric partitioning theory (APT) supposes a constant root–shoot allometry. Optimal partitioning theory (OPT) assumes that plants’... -
Developing allometric equations for estimating leaf area and leaf biomass of Artocarpus chaplasha in Raghunandan Hill Reserve, Bangladesh
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Swapan Kumar Sarker --- Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Bangladesh Niamjit Das --- Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Bangladesh Md Qumruzzaman Chowdhury --- Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Bangladesh Md Mohasinul Haque --- Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, BangladeshEstimation of leaf area (LA) and leaf biomass (LB) is important to understand plant physiological and carbon assimilation processes, and tree growth models. The aim of this study was to develop and compare allometric equations for predicting LA and LB... -
Precipitation partitioning in a diverse stand and a monospecific stand of regenerating forest in eastern China
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Huitao Shen --- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, China Wenhui You --- Department of Environment Science, China Xiaoxue Wang --- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, ChinaBetween 1 March and 31 October 2009, total precipitation, throughfall, stemflow and canopy interception losses were measured in two stands of secondary evergreen broadleaf forests, one a diverse vegetation stand and the other a monospecific stand dominated by Schima superba... -
Rationing access to public-sector antiretroviral treatment during scale-up in South Africa: implications for equity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nandipha Jacobs Helen Schneider H.C.J. Van RensburgAs with other large-scale antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes initiated in developing countries, rationing of ART in South Africa was inevitable in the face of limited human and infrastructural resources. This paper discusses rationing of ART and its implications for equity... -
Representations of HIV/AIDS management in South African newspapers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Campbell Andy GibbsIn South Africa, numerous strong policy statements emphasise the importance of involving communities in HIV/AIDS management, yet in practice such involvement tends to be tokenistic and minimal. Social representations in the public sphere constitute the symbolic dimension within which responses... -
Artistic activities and cultural activism as responses to HIV/AIDS in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susan Pietrzyk --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesOver the last two decades both the number and types of civil-society-led organisations involved in addressing HIV and AIDS have increased dramatically. In many cases, the work undertaken is thoughtfully researched, appropriately focused, and as a result produces positive outcomes... -
Mangrove litter production and organic carbon pools in the Mngazana Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Anusha Rajkaran JanineB AdamsWood harvesting is reducing the density of adult mangrove trees in the Mngazana Estuary. This is expected to decrease the amount of litter produced as well as the availability of organic carbon to the estuary and the nearshore environment. Pools... -
Major constraints affecting aquaculture development in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: IniobongA Akpabio EmemB InyangThe study contributes to nationwide attempts to enhance the contributions of aquaculture to the fishery subsector, and consequent overall gross domestic product of Nigeria, as well as to the protein intake of her citizenry. The focus is on the determination... -
Heavy metal pollution levels in water and oysters, Saccostrea cucullata, from Mzinga Creek and Ras Dege mangrove ecosystems, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Augustina Mtanga JohnF MachiwaHeavy metal (cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead and zinc) concentrations in mangrove forests were investigated in water, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and oyster samples from the Mzinga Creek and Ras Dege mangrove stands, Tanzania, using Inductively Coupled Plasma–Atomic Emission Spectroscopy... -
Maturity, age and growth of Oreochromis karongae (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in Lakes Malawi and Malombe, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Fanuel Kapute Emmanuel Kaunda Moses Banda Sinshuke MoriokaSize-at-50% maturity, age and growth, of Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) karongae ('chambo') in Lakes Malawi and Malombe were studied. Oreochromis karongae, a major component of the chambo species flock, attained 50% maturity at 225 mm TL in Lake Malawi and at 203... -
Macroinvertebrate colonisation of artificial substrates in a Nigerian river I: gravel and leaf litter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JO Olomukoro U OkologumeBenthic macroinvertebrate colonisation of artificial gravel and leaf litter substrates over periods of four to 40 days was examined in the Ogba River, Benin City, Nigeria. Of all the assemblages of organisms identified (398 individuals, 27 taxa) on different substrates,... -
Yersinia ruckeri infection in cultured Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, at a semi-intensive fish farm in lower Egypt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AE Eissa M Moustafa M Abdelaziz NA EzzeldeenA Yersinia ruckeri infection was recorded in 2007 among a group of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, from an earthen pond at a semi-intensive fish farm in Sharkiya Province, lower Egypt. The outbreak took place during the late winter-spring transition period,... -
Community participation in river monitoring using diatoms: a case study from the Buffelspoort Valley Conservancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: J Taylor --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development (Botany Division), South Africa N Pope --- , South Africa L van Rensburg --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development (Botany Division), South AfricaThis study was undertaken to determine the present ecological state of rivers and streams in the Buffelspoort Valley Conservancy (BVC), against which later potential changes in, and impacts on, water quality could be measured. After very brief training, all field... -
Movement pattern and home range of Roman Chrysoblephus laticeps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SE Kerwath A Götz CG Attwood PD Cowley WHH SauerThe movement behaviour of adult Roman Chrysoblephus laticeps (Sparidae) was investigated using mark-and-recapture techniques in the Goukamma Marine Protected Area (GMPA) and the Tsitsikamma National Park (TNP) on the South African temperate south coast. The study was designed to improve... -
Assessment of the charter-boat fishery in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P Pradervand R van der ElstThe South African KwaZulu-Natal charter-boat fishery was assessed by means of a socio-economic questionnaire survey and catch inspections during the period August 2003–November 2004. In all, 38 charter operators were interviewed and 135 catch inspections undertaken. Of a total of... -
From beans to breams: how participatory workshops can contribute to marine conservation planning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Wheeler FMJ Chambers R Sims-Castley RM Cowling DS SchoemanSystematic conservation planning is increasingly being used in the marine environment, but the relative paucity of data on marine patterns and process still presents a problem, particularly in developing countries. For example, along the south-eastern component of the Agulhas marine... -
The artisanal fishery for East Coast rock lobsters Panulirus homarus along the Wild Coast, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: E Steyn PJ Fielding MH SchleyerEast coast rock lobsters Panulirus homarus are collected by the indigenous people of the Wild Coast, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and are sold to coastal hotels and holidaymakers. The South African government has proposed a small-scale commercial fishery... -
Size distributions and sex ratios of sharks caught by Oman's artisanal fishery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Henderson --- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultanate of Oman JL McIlwain --- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultanate of Oman HS Al-Oufi --- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultanate of Oman S Al-Sheile --- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultanate of Oman N Al-Abri --- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultanate of OmanOman's fishery resources are exploited by artisanal and industrial fisheries, but the former accounts for almost 90% of landings. Within the artisanal fishery, sharks have traditionally been harvested for their flesh, but the development of a valuable export market for... -
Effects of low rates of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers on productivity of an annual African clover, Trifolium quartinianum cultivar Mealton 5, for zero grazing in Kenyan highland smallholdings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J Muthoni LMS AkundabweniZero grazing is the cornerstone of dairying in intensively cultivated smallholdings in Kenya. The cut and carry method of forage harvesting increasingly is leading to soil mining, especially of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N). This problem is more serious in... -
Coming to grips with 'abandoned arable' land in efforts to enhance communal grazing systems in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JK Davis A Ainslie A FincaThe communal lands of the Eastern Cape have been regarded as both tools and problems by policy-makers. In particular, communal lands are problematised as environmentally degraded, of suboptimum productivity and constraining economic development. The Eastern Cape Communal Arable Lands Research... -
A facilitated process towards finding options for improved livestock production in the communal areas of Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: WM Goqwana C Machingura Z Mdlulwa R Mkhari O Mmolaeng AO SelomaneA participatory multi-stakeholder process of finding options for improving livestock production in the severely degraded communal grazing area of Sterkspruit in South Africa was conducted. Interviews were conducted with individual livestock keepers from two sites to gather data on their... -
A note on regular martingales in Riesz spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mareli Korostenski CoenraadC.A. LabuschagneWe consider regular martingales (i.e., martingales which can be written as differences of two positive martingales) in the measure-free setting of Riesz spaces. The aim of this note is to show that the space of such martingales is a Riesz... -
On the Placement of a Number of Strings in a Collection of Hats
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: A.P. Burger J.H. van VuurenThe following problem is considered in this paper: Suppose k strings of unit length are to be distributed amongst x hats. If cuts in the strings are allowed, how should the string (parts) be distributed amongst the hats so that,... -
A Characterization of Graphs with Disjoint Dominating and Total Dominating Sets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: MichaelA. Henning Justin SoutheyA dominating set of a graph is a set of vertices such that every vertex not in the set is adjacent to a vertex in the set, while a total dominating set of a graph is a set of vertices... -
Doob's decomposition of set-valued submartingales via ordered near vector spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: CoenraadC.A. Labuschagne AndrewL. PinchuckWe use ideas from measure-free martingale theory and Rådström's completion of a near vector space to derive a Doob decomposition of submartingales in ordered near vector spaces. As a special cases thereof, we obtain the Doob decomposition of set-valued submartingales,... -
The completion of uniform convergence spaces and an application to nonlinear PDEs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jan Harm van der Walt --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaThis paper deals with the solution of large classes of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) in spaces of generalized functions that are constructed as the completion of uniform convergence spaces. The existence result for the mentioned systems of... -
Feynman's Electromagnetic Fields Induced by Moving Charges and the Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to the N-Body Problem of Electrodynamics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: VictorM. Bogdan --- Department of Mathematics, USAGiven n charges interacting with each other according to Feynman's law. Let (r j (t), v j (t)) denote the position and velocity of the charge q j . The list y(t) of all such vectors is... -
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... -
Imaging spectroscopy of foliar biochemistry in forestry environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: B Majeke JAN van Aardt MA ChoRemote sensing estimates of leaf biochemicals provide valuable information on ecosystem functioning, vitality and state at local to global spatial scales. This paper aims to give an overview of the state of the art of foliar biochemistry assessment in general... -
Perceptions of forest resource use and management in two village communities in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: NM Gugushe IM Grundy F Theron PW ChirwaRural communities in South Africa are similar to communities in other parts of the developing world in terms of their use and management of natural forest resources as a means of sustaining their livelihoods. Participatory surveys were conducted with communities... -
Fragmented participation in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish in South Africa – inclusion of small-rights holders is a complex matter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MM Hara --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies [PLAAS], University of the Western Cape, South Africa J Rogerson --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies [PLAAS], University of the Western Cape, South Africa J de Goede --- Pelagic and High Seas Fisheries Management, Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [DAFF], South Africa J Raakjær --- Innovative Fisheries Management [IFM], Department of Development and Planning, DenmarkThe reasons why most small-rights holders do not participate in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish (‘small pelagics’) in South Africa, despite legislation and policy encouraging their participation, were analysed. Membership of the Small Pelagics Management Working Group... -
Nest position and type affect predation rates of artificial avian nests in the tropical lowland forest on Mount Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Eric Djomo Nana --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Ondřej Sedláček --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Jana Vokurková --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic David Hořák --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech RepublicNest predation is the leading cause of reproductive failure in birds and thus it shapes their life history strategies. Intensities of nest predation appear to differ among nest locations and types in both temperate and tropical regions. However, there is... -
Pulmonary hypertension and thyrotoxicosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: M Conradie --- Divisions of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, C Koegelenberg --- Divisions of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, M Conradie --- Divisions of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, BH Ascott-Evans --- Divisions of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, FS Hough --- Divisions of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine,Thyrotoxicosis is listed as a cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The aetiopathogenesis remains largely uncertain, but an autoimmune mechanism has been postulated, among others. In this setting, other causes of PAH need to be actively sought and excluded prior... -
Beta-2 microglobulin as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in diabetes: the effect of estimated glomerular filtration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: P Rheeder --- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Track, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, L Nel --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, F Meeuwes --- Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Van Schendel --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, PWA Meyer --- Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Its definitive diagnosis requires ultrasound or angiography. Beta-2 microglobulin (β2 microglobulin) has been proposed as a diagnostic marker for PAD. The objective of the study was... -
Sevoflurane or halothane with target-controlled sufentanil infusions for coronary artery bypass surgery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AI Levin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of health Sciences, JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of health Sciences, M Coetzer --- , AR Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of health Sciences,Objectives -
Correlation between spinal column length and the spread of subarachnoid hyperbaric bupivacaine in the term parturient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: WM Wan Rahiza --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia AR Raha --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia A Muhd Helmi --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia MN Nadia --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia M Muhammad --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia Z Azmil Farid --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia I Azarinah --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia MZ Jaafar --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, MalaysiaBackground: Anaesthetists frequently tailor the subarachnoid local anaesthetic dosage according to parturient height to achieve sensory blockade up to the T4 dermatome for lower segment Caesarean sections (LSCSs). Studies that have been conducted have demonstrated that height does not affect... -
Anaesthetic challenges in emergency peripartum hysterectomy in West Africa: a Nigerian perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: UV Okafor --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria HU Ezegwui --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria O Okezie --- Department of Anaesthesia, NigeriaBackground: To determine the foeto-maternal outcome and the anaesthetic challenges in emergency peripartum hysterectomy at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria. -
Anaesthetic implications of a parturient with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: T Singh --- Department of Anaesthesia, India SM Ghosh --- Department of Anaesthesia, India R Agarwala --- Department of Anaesthesia, India K Rahul --- Department of Anaesthesia, India -
Anaesthetic management of appendectomy in a patient with cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: R Taneja --- Department of Anaesthesia, India S Kiran --- Department of Anaesthesia, IndiaBackground: The aim of anaesthetic management for appendectomy in a patient with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is to maintain a stable cardiovascular system. As this condition is rare, there are no definitive guidelines regarding the anaesthetic management of such patients. -
Continuous measurement of heart rate variability following carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum during nitrous oxide/sevoflurane anaesthesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Kurashige --- Department of Anesthesiology, Japan K Takakura --- Department of Anesthesiology, Japan M Mizogami --- Department of Anesthesiology, JapanBackground: Previous studies of autonomic nervous system activity through analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) have demonstrated increased sympathetic activity during positive-pressure pneumoperitoneum. We employed an online, continuous method for rapid HRV analysis (MemCalc™, Tarawa, Suwa Trust, Tokyo, Japan) to... -
Positive maternal and foetal outcomes after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in a parturient with severe mitral valve disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GT Mokgwathi --- Department of Anaesthesiology, EM Lebakeng --- Department of Anaesthesiology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,This case study describes the successful management of a parturient with severe mitral stenosis and moderate mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. A healthy baby was delivered by Caesarean section 11 days later. The effects of CPB surgery... -
Case study: Systemic complications following absolute alcohol embolisation of scalp arteriovenous malformation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Agrawal --- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, India YS Payal --- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, India S Burathoki --- Department of Radiology, India V Asthana --- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, India A Rizvi --- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, India JP Sharma --- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, IndiaAlcohol ablation is an accepted technique for the management of arteriovenous malformations. It is preferred due to the unique property of absolute alcohol to cause complete ablation and prevention of revascularisation. However, this technique is associated with multiple complications which... -
Myocardial ischaemia during coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a review of intervention strategies (Part 2)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Motshabi --- Department of Anaesthesia, -
The management of a coronary cameral fistula: lessons learnt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GT Mokgwathi --- Department of Anaesthesiology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) is a rare congenital anomaly. Literature on CAVF perioperative anaesthetic management is limited, but the consequences of mismanaging symptomatic CAVF are dire, with the potential risk of perioperative myocardial infarction, and even death. We present a... -
Cervical epidural anaesthesia for shoulder arthroscopy and effective postoperative physiotherapy for a frozen shoulder: a case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Marodkar --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India S Deshmukh --- Department of Anaesthesiology, IndiaShoulder arthroscopy is used to treat various diseases of the shoulder, including refractory adhesive capsulitis. Effective postoperative pain relief is critical for these patients, as the success of surgery largely depends on early and regular physiotherapy. Although traditionally, various methods... -
Complications of the arterial tourniquet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: L Van der Spuy [AN0001] -
Utility of neuroimaging in postpartum headache work-up: case report and diagnostic considerations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: VV Ajith --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India N Shetty --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India C Paul --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India P Reddy --- Department of Anaesthesiology, IndiaA postpartum headache is commonly seen in clinical practice, especially after a subarachnoid block. Generally, it is treated as a postdural puncture headache. We report on a case of a 24-year-old primigravida who underwent emergency Caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia... -
An unusual case of ST elevation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Gordon --- Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care, and Pain Management, R Wise --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This report presents an unusual case of ST elevation on induction of anaesthesia in a patient undergoing an elective, noncardiac surgical procedure. Through scrutiny of this case and its unanticipated events, together with the subsequent workup and management, the diagnosis... -
New trends in the management of postpartum haemorrhage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: RA Dyer --- Department of Anaesthesia, AD Vorster --- Department of Anaesthesia, MJ Arcache --- Department of Anaesthesia, M Vasco --- Unisanitas and Clinica Reina Sofia, Colombia -
Perioperative cardiac care - not just systolic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: E Hodgson --- Anaesthesia, -
Human immunodeficiency virus and the airway
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Analee Milner --- University of the Witwatersrand,Seventy-five to one hundred per cent of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) have a head and neck manifestation. These manifestations may impact on anaesthetic management, but more importantly often allow the anaesthetist to diagnose the... -
The association between preoperative clinical risk factors and in-hospital strokes and death following carotid endarterectomy in South African patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Yoshan Moodley --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Bruce M. Biccard --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,Background: Current surgical management of carotid artery disease includes carotid endarterectomy (CEA). In-hospital strokes and death following CEA might be associated with preinduction blood pressure (BP) measurements and other clinical risk factors. -
Anaesthetist's evaluation of a child with a heart murmur
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Bester --- Department of Anaesthesia,Although between 50% and 85% of children may have a heart murmur, most heart murmurs are innocent. Murmurs can occur because of children's high cardiac output and small vessels, branching at acute angles, which promote turbulent flow. Innocent murmurs can... -
Elective use of intra-aortic balloon pumping during Whipple's procedure in a patient with ischaemic heart disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Subramanayam --- Department of Anaesthesiology, B Babu --- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, R Bhat --- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, S Reddy --- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, IndiaA 61-year-old man with diabetes who presented with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas was detected to have severe coronary artery disease. Coronary artery bypass grafting was advised. In view of the urgent nature of the abdominal surgery, resection... -
Myocardial ischaemia during coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a review of the pathophysiology (Part 1)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Motshabi --- Department of Anaesthesia,Myocardial mortality and morbidity during cardiac surgery is a devastating emotional phenomenon for both the medical team and the patient's family, often leading to dire financial consequences. Multiorgan dysfunction as a result of the effects of the neurohumoral system, triggered... -
Mutual Participation in the Health Worker-Patient Relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,The importance of a mutual participatory model in medical care and decision making is supported by literature that now shows a link between patient participation and an improved health outcome. Illness (and the sick role) constitutes a state of diminished... -
Forensic documentation of Intimate Partner Violence in Primary Health Care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Duma --- School of health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & PHC, South Africa -
Putting Participation into Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,Background: The aim of the article is to share the findings of participatory action research performed to develop a mutual participatory doctor-patient relationship model, and to apply this model in a rural cross-cultural primary care setting. -
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... -
Social Interaction of Teenage Mothers During and After Their Pregnancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: FPR De Villiers --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, J Kekesi --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,Extensive attention has been given to adolescent sexuality and teenage pregnancy in the past 30 years, yet many teenagers still fall pregnant. A teenager who becomes a parent is at a significant disadvantage in becoming a contributing adult, both psychosocially... -
Caring, learning, improving quality and doing research: Different faces of the same process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,The aim of this article is to describe the similarities between the consultation process, the quality improvement (QI) process, action-and problem-based learning and participatory action research (PAR). We feel this understanding adds value to our work in enabling personal development... -
Participatory action research in the training of primary health care nurses in Venda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Van Deventer --- Southern District, North-West and Witwatersrand University, JFM Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: The aim of this study was to understand and be part of a process of change in the training of primary health care nurses in Venda. -
Moederlike mortaliteitskoers in Potchefstroom Hospitaal, 2000–2002: hoe kan hierdie risiko's vir moeders verlaag word?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: WM Kruger --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, GB Theron --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, TF Kruger --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, -
The barriers and challenges to Health Promotion in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RD Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, -
Modern management of rheumatoid arthritis—making a case for early aggressive medical treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Tikly --- Division of Rheumatology,Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that affects approximately 1% of the adult population. Some 30 to 40% of patients experience work disability within five years of onset of the disease, but early aggressive medical treatment has... -
A diagnostic approach to the common arthritic conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Tikly --- Division of Rheumatology, M A Makda --- Division of Rheumatology,Arthritis is a common cause of pain and disability in adults. In this article, the first in a series of two articles on arthritis, a clinical approach to musculoskeletal disorders is reviewed, with emphasis on the history and examination as... -
Family medicine, primary health care and HIV medicine—a ‘new’ clinical speciality and its role in the South African HIV pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DT Hagemeister --- Drakenstein subdistrict, Western Cape and Division for Family Medicine and Primary Care,Context: Because of the extent of the HIV pandemic, but also due to some specific historical conditions, HIV medicine has evolved as a field of its own in South African medicine. With the massive scale of the roll-out of antiretroviral... -
An evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practices of South African university students regarding the use of emergency contraception and of art as an advocacy tool
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EJ Kistnasamy --- Department of Community Health Studies, P Reddy --- Department of Community Health Studies, J Jordaan --- Department of Fine Arts,Background: This study assessed the knowledge and use of emergency contraception (EC) against the background of current sexual practices among a multi-racial student population at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In addition,... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 11: Lifestyle and arthritic conditions—rheumatoid arthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, South Africa DN Patel --- , South Africa C Nossel --- , South Africa M Dreyer --- , South Africa S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, South AfricaRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes symmetrical polyarthritis of large and small joints. RA affects about 0.5–1% of the population and is more common in females than males. In recent years, it has been... -
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy, virologic failure and workload at the Rustenburg Provincial Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NO Chabikuli --- , DO Datonye --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa J Nachega --- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine, South Africa D Ansong --- Department of Child Health, GhanaBackground: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a strong predictor of progression to AIDS and death. It remains the most important potentially alterable factor that determines treatment outcomes. -
Current approach to diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Ickinger --- Division of Rheumatology, M Tikly --- Division of Rheumatology,Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic degenerative joint disorder and a major cause of pain and disability, especially in the elderly. The prevalence is steadily rising due to an increase in life expectancy and certain lifestyle factors. OA is a... -
Cardiovascular risk assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DJ Blom --- Division of Lipidology, Department of Medicine, South AfricaCardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the Westernised world. Lifestyle changes and drug therapy can reduce cardiovascular risk. Many interventions such as lipid-lowering therapy reduce relative risk to the same extent irrespective of baseline risk, but the... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 10: Lifestyle and arthritic conditions—Osteoarthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, DN Patel --- Vitality Wellness, C Nossel --- Vitality Wellness, M Dreyer --- Vitality Wellness, S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine,Chronic musculoskeletal disease is one of the most common causes of disability worldwide with considerable economic impact in health care. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic musculoskeletal disease affecting a large proportion of the population with an increasing predicted... -
Varenicline: a new pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in primary care practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Robson --- University Malaya, MalaysiaBackground: Cigarette smoking causes significant morbidity and mortality and is a major public health concern worldwide. Primary care doctors are in a unique position that enables them to promote smoking cessation, as smokers are more aware of their health at... -
Contraceptives: a guide to product selection
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PS Steyn --- Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Stellenbosch University, J Kluge --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaContraception remains one of the most cost-effective public health measures to reduce rates of maternal and infant mortality. General practitioners (GPs) who provide contraceptive counselling should be able to discuss every eligible contraceptive method for the specific woman. In addition... -
The Mediterranean diet: a short review of the health benefits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Revelas --- St Nicholas General Hospital, Greece D Arvanitakis --- Venizelio General Hospital, GreeceThere is an urgent need to preserve the traditional diet in the Mediterranean countries and to stress its important contribution to the public health. The traditional Mediterranean diet can be revitalised within a modern environment and lifestyle and be adopted... -
Human immunodeficiency virus: confidentiality and disclosure of information to third parties
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Motor neuron disease: the impact of decreased speech intelligibility on marital communication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Joubert --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, J Bornman --- Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication,Background: The onset of motor neuron disease (MND), a neurodegenerative disease, results in physical and communication disabilities that impinge on an individual's ability to remain functionally independent. Multiple aspects of the marital relationship are affected by the continuously changing roles... -
Exploration of pain in children on antiretroviral treatment in a regional hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Azam --- Paediatrics, Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, L Campbell --- Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may experience pain for a variety of reasons, including the effects of the virus itself, associated opportunistic infections and the ART. Studies indicate that pain in adults on... -
Adverse effects profile of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in a South African outpatient clinic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TQ Jacobs --- Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and drugs that are used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have potentially overlapping adverse effects. Few South African studies have documented adverse effects in the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis population. This study examined the adverse effects profile... -
Uptake and factors that affect enrolment into the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus programme in rural Limpopo Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OJ Ajewole --- Department of Family Medicine, BLW Sparks --- Department of Family Medicine, OB Omole --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Before 2006, the uptake into the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) for HIV programme was low in South Africa. We determined PMTCT programme uptake, and identified factors that affected enrolment into the PMTCT programme in the rural Limpopo province. -
Rheumatoid arthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mahmood Ally --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bridget Hodkinson --- Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences,Immune-mediated inflammatory disorders include a clinically diverse group of conditions that share similar pathogenic mechanisms. Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis, spondyloarthropathy, inflammatory bowel disease and connective-tissue disease are characterised by immune dysregulation and chronic inflammation. This review will... -
Intubation and mechanical ventilation: knowledge of medical officers at a South African secondary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Linda van Deventer --- Department of Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: Medical officers frequently need to initiate the management of critically ill patients requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. The knowledge of hospital-based medical officers at a South African secondary hospital was evaluated on indications for endotracheal intubation and the... -
Current approach to diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Ickinger --- Division of Rheumatology, M Tikly --- Division of Rheumatology,Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic degenerative joint disorder and a major cause of pain and disability, especially in the elderly. The prevalence is steadily rising due to an increase in life expectancy and certain lifestyle factors. OA is a... -
Love, lust and the emotional context of multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships among young Swazi adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison Ruark --- Department of International Health, USA Lunga Dlamini --- Department of International Health, USA Nonhlanhla Mazibuko --- Department of International Health, USA Edward C Green --- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, USA Caitlin Kennedy --- Department of International Health, USA Amy Nunn --- Division of Infectious Diseases, USA Timothy Flanigan --- Division of Infectious Diseases, USA Pamela J Surkan --- Department of International Health, USAMen and women in Swaziland who are engaged in multiple or concurrent sexual partnerships, or who have sexual partners with concurrent partners, face a very high risk of HIV infection. Ninety-four in-depth interviews were conducted with 28 Swazi men and... -
Is there still a role for Caesarean section in preventing vertical HIV transmission in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: HM Sebitloane --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be transmitted from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. Without any intervention, transmission rates may range from 15–45%. However, this can be reduced to < 5% with effective drug therapy... -
Sexuality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus at Embhuleni Hospital in Mpumalanga province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: E De Vries --- Mitchell's Plain District Hospital; Metro District Health Services, Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine; University of Cape Town, L Gwyther --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine; University of Cape Town Mkhabela M, M Mkhabela --- ,Objectives: This study explored issues of sexuality in people living with AIDS who were on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). -
Gouty arthritis: an approach for general practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Tikly --- Division of Rheumatology, K Makan --- Division of Rheumatology,Gout is a common crystal-induced inflammatory arthritis, the prevalence and clinical complexity of which is increasing in the face of a growing aged population with multiple co-morbidities. Recent epidemiological studies emphasise that lifestyle factors strongly influence the development of hyperuricaemia... -
Exercise prescription in the management of rheumatoid arthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Nolte --- Department of Biokinetics, DC Janse van Rensburg --- Section Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria,Background: Over the last few years, the types of exercises prescribed for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have changed. There is also increasing knowledge on the physical status and physical activity levels of these patients. This article aims to give... -
Consultation outcomes for musculoskeletal conditions at two community health centres in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MK Namane --- Metro District Health Services, Western Cape Department of Health, Community Health Division and Family Medicine Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch and Family Medicine Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, AA Kalla --- Head of Unit, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, TN Young --- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Community Health Division Faculty of Health Sciences,Objectives: To compare the proportion of patients with documented diagnoses and management plans when they presented with musculoskeletal complaints at two community health centres (CHCs) using two models of care: one with a rheumatology outreach service and the other with... -
Healthcare professionals' perceptions of alcohol-intoxicated trauma patients: Implications for healthcare delivery at South Rand Hospital Emergency Department
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BMI Kabale --- Department of Medicine, L Nkombua --- Department of Family Medicine, P Matthews --- Department of Family Medicine, BE Offiong --- Department of Family Medicine,Objectives: The objectives of this study were to explore healthcare professionals' (HCPs) perceptions about patients who had been assaulted, who consult under the influence of alcohol, and to make them aware of their attitudes towards these patients, with a view... -
Genetic parameters for Fusarium circinatum tolerance within openpollinated families of Pinus patula tested at screening facilities in South Africa and the USA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Andre Nel --- Sappi Forest Research, South Africa Gary R Hodge --- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, USA Kgosi E Mongwaketsi --- Sappi Forest Research, South Africa Arnulf Kanzler --- Sappi Forest Research, South AfricaThe pine pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, has caused large-scale mortality of Pinus patula Schiede & Deppe ex Schltdl. & Cham. crops in South African nurseries. This disease is now managed with strict hygiene practices and mortality in commercial nurseries... -
Public holidays as lieux de mémoire: nation-building and the politics of public memory in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sabine Marschall --- Cultural and Heritage Tourism Programme, South AfricaThis article engages with public holidays in post-apartheid South Africa as lieux de mémoire, ‘sites of memory’ that preserve particular interpretations of historical events and selected heroes for inscription into the collective memory of the nation. It first traces the... -
Leading while being led: developing the developer at a Catholic NGO in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Grant A. Fore --- STEM Education Research Institute (SERI), Indiana University-Purdue University, U.S.A.The paper uses ethnographic data about the religious ethics undergirding the discourse and practices of development agents at Catholic Welfare and Development (CWD), a faith-based NGO in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how the dynamic interrelation between faith and... -
Just living: genealogic, honesty and the politics of apartheid time
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kathleen Lorne McDougall --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa“We were just living,” I was told of growing up an Afrikaner as apartheid was born. Is it possible for living at this time to be anything but political? To say “we were just living” of being an Afrikaner at... -
Changes in the trophic structure, abundance and species diversity of exploited fish assemblages in the artisanal fisheries of the northern coast, Senegal, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: I Ndour --- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles [ISRA]/Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar-Thiaroye [CRODT], Sénégal F Le Loc'h --- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement [IRD], Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement Marin [UMR 6539 LEMAR] (Centre national de la recherche scientifique [CNRS], France J Kantoussan --- Université Gaston Berger [UGB], Sénégal M Thiaw --- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles [ISRA]/Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar-Thiaroye [CRODT], Sénégal HD Diadhiou --- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles [ISRA]/Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar-Thiaroye [CRODT], Sénégal JM Ecoutin --- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement [IRD], Sénégal L Tito de Morais --- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement [IRD], Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement Marin [UMR 6539 LEMAR] (Centre national de la recherche scientifique [CNRS], France OT Thiaw --- L'Institut Universitaire de Pêche et d'Aquaculture [IUPA], SénégalThis work investigates the effects of changes in both fishing pressure and the environment on the trophic dynamics, abundance and diversity of species in the artisanal commercial fisheries off the northern coast of Senegal. Using artisanal commercial fishing data (provided... -
HIV-serostatus disclosure in the context of free antiretroviral therapy and socio-economic dependency: experiences among women living with HIV in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Leah F Bohle --- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Germany Hansjörg Dilger --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Germany Uwe Groß --- Institute for Medical Microbiology, GermanyThe worldwide implementation of free antiretroviral therapy (ART) raised great hopes among policy makers and health organisations about the positive changes it would bring about in attitudes and behaviours towards HIV and AIDS, as well as for infected people's lives... -
Materials science, technology and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jung Yong Kim --- Organic Electronics and Spintronics Laboratory, Department of Materials Engineering, EthiopiaIn Ethiopia, the first Materials Engineering Department was inaugurated at Adama Science and Technology University in 2013. The department, pursuing world-class excellence both in teaching and research, will strongly contribute to Materials Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)-led industrialisation in Ethiopia... -
Communication characteristics of young children with HIV in South Africa as reported by some physicians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michelle Hattam --- Con Amore School, South Africa Brenda Louw --- Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, United States Salome Geertsema --- Communication Pathology, South AfricaHIV has been shown to have significant effects on the development of a child. Currently, there is limited South African research regarding HIV and specific characteristics of communication development, and the treatment thereof, in the child infected with HIV. The... -
Willingness to participate in future HIV prevention trials in Beira, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ivete Meque --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Karine Dubé --- FHI 360, USA Lotte Bierhuizen --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The Netherlands Arlinda Zango --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Nienke Veldhuijzen --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The Netherlands Fidelina Cumbe --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Paul J Feldblum --- FHI 360, USA Janneke van de Wijgert --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The NetherlandsIn preparation for trials of new HIV prevention methods, willingness to participate (WTP) was assessed in Beira, Mozambique. A totla of 1 019 women participating in an HIV incidence study, and 97 men participating in a separate WTP survey, were... -
Landscape, complicity and partitioned zones at South Africa Forest and Lubya in Israel-Palestine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heidi Grunebaum --- Centre for Humanities Research, South AfricaIn the historical and ideological contests of settler colonial conquest, the making of “landscape” out of land and territory is a powerful instrument in the visual and discursive constructions of nationalist perspectives. This article examines one such site, the Jewish... -
Performance Poetry and Political Conscientization in the Horn of Africa: Examples from the Somali Bantu Jareer Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mohamed A. Eno --- Dept. of African Studies, St Clements University Somalia; & Center for Research and Development, Omar A. Eno --- College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Oregon, USA; & Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies,Ever since the arrival of colonialism gained momentum in the country, Somali literature has been approached narrowly from the tutelage of the pastoral culture. Colonial as well as early Somali writers have taken the comfort of disdaining the study of... -
Sexuality, Power and Transgression: Homophobia in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Memory of Departure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Kimani Kaigai --- Literature Department, KenyaThis paper offers a reading of Zanzibari-born, UK-based writer, Abdulrazak Gurnah’ debut novel, Memory of Departure in order to explore how the novel positions sexual activities that are seen as transgressive and how contestations over these bodily activities imply issues... -
Intimate partner abuse of educated, employed black South African women: sociocultural factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development (PsyCaD) and Division for Academic Development and Support (ADS), South Africa Matilda Molefe --- , Rony H. Sklar --- Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development (PsyCaD) and Division for Academic Development and Support (ADS), South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the influence of African culture and tradition on the abuse experiences of Black South African women who are educated and employed. Interviews were conducted with seven Black South African women (age range 38 to 47)... -
Patterns of chironomid body-size distribution in an effluent-impacted river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: ON Odume --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South Africa CG Palmer --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South Africa FO Arimoro --- Department of Biological Sciences, Nigeria PK Mensah --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South AfricaBody size is an important determinant of assemblage structure in rivers and streams impacted by elevated concentrations of pollutants such as salts and metals. In the present study, because of the larger surface-area-tovolume ratio of small-bodied chironomid species compared with... -
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... -
Generational forgiveness and historical injustices: perspectives of descendants of victims of Apartheid-era gross human rights violations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cyril K. Adonis --- Department of Interdisciplinary Research, College of Graduate Studies, South AfricaThis study explored the issue of generational forgiveness in the political sphere in contemporary South Africa. It is based on qualitative interviews conducted with 20 children and grandchildren (females = 10, males = 10) of victims of Apartheidera gross human rights violations. The interview... -
Small-scale rice irrigation technology in southern Ghana: the challenges for sustainable uptake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Junji Koide --- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Japan Misa Masuda --- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, JapanPromotion of small-scale irrigation in rain-fed rice lowlands is reckoned a key strategy for filling the escalating gap between rice supply and demand in sub-Saharan Africa. Though studies acknowledged the farmer-centred nature of small-scale rice irrigation technology, along with its... -
An innovative drought early warning system for sub-Saharan Africa: integrating modern and indigenous approaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Muthoni Masinde --- Department of Information Technology, South AfricaDroughts remain the number one disaster in Africa; drought is responsible for over 88% of all the types of disasters that people are affected by. An effective drought early warning system can support appropriate mitigation and preparedness strategies and hence... -
The anti-inflammatory properties of simvastatin can benefit statin-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients with associated risks for cardiovascular disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AO Komolafe --- Department of Pharmacology, South Africa MMTM Ally --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa JJ Van Tonder --- Department of Pharmacology, South Africa OBW Greeff --- Department of Pharmacology, South AfricaBackground: The anti-inflammatory properties of statins are well documented. The aim of this study was to determine if statins may offer therapeutic benefits in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients that are also at risk for cardiovascular disease. -
Echidnophaga suricatta (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), a new species of flea from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Michael W. Hastriter --- Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, U.S.A.Echidnophaga suricatta (Pulicidae), a new species of flea collected from the meerkat (Suricata suricatta Schreber, 1776) near Garies (30°22’S, 17°31’E) and Brandvlei (30°27’S, 20°29’E), Northern Cape Province, South Africa, is described. Based on chaetotaxy of the tarsal segments, this new... -
Effect of location and season on the arthropod prey of Nycteris grandis (Chiroptera: Nycteridae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sarah Bayefsky-Anand --- Abraham Joshua Heschel School, U.S.A.Analysis of culled arthropod prey parts collected from beneath four feeding perches was used to assess prey taken by Nycteris grandis from November 1987 to May 1988. The perches were located along the Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park... -
Waterfowl abundance and diversity in relation to season, wetland characteristics and land-use in semi-arid South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ashley A. Raeside --- Department of Biology, Canada Scott A. Petrie --- Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund, Bird Studies Canada, Canada Thomas D. Nudds --- Department of Integrative Biology, Ecology Group, CanadaWe studied waterfowl abundance and diversity in relation to season (wet vs dry), wetland characteristics (vegetation and morphometrics) and land-use in a semi-arid agricultural region of South Africa to determine how waterfowl respond to various wetland characteristics, particularly those of... -
Competition and niche partitioning in a floodplain ecosystem: a cladoceran community squeezed between fish and invertebrate predation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Markus Lindholm --- Department of Biology, Norway Dag Olav Hessen --- Department of Biology, NorwaySeasonal floodplains occasionally comprise highly productive zooplankton communities which are exposed to rapid shifts in predator regimes, also between vertebrate and invertebrate predators.We recorded the impact of two co-occurring zooplankton predators, the notonectid Anisops sardea and 0+ fish fry of... -
Predator control, mesopredator release, and impacts on bird nesting success: a field test
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Penn Lloyd --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe mesopredator release hypothesis predicts that reductions in top-predator abundance in a community will increase the abundance or activity of smaller ‘mesopredators’, and increase predation pressure on mesopredator prey, including bird nests. Top predators have been extensively controlled in rangelands... -
Faecal analysis suggests generalist diets in three species of Western Cape cordylids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Clusella-Trullas --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa A. Botes --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaClimate has been proposed as an explanation for the present-day distribution of closely-related melanistic and non-melanistic cordylid species in the southwestern Cape of South Africa. However, diet may also contribute towards shaping geographic distributions. We present preliminary data on diet... -
Habitat preferences of three sympatric lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I. J. du Plessis --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le F. N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFour lacertid lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps, P. lineo-ocellata, Meroles knoxii and Nucras tessellata, occur sympatrically on the arid plains of the Tankwa Karoo Basin in South Africa. The aim of this study was to determine whether the four species are spatially... -
Assessing local scale impacts of Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) invasion on beetle and spider diversity in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M.P. Robertson --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa K.R. Harris --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa J.A. Coetzee --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa L.C. Foxcroft --- Conservation Services, South African National Parks, South Africa A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman --- Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa B.J. van Rensburg --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThere is a paucity of studies examining direct impacts of introduced alien species on biodiversity, a key need for motivating for alien species control in conservation areas. The introduced prickly pear (Opuntia stricta) has invaded some 35 000 ha of... -
Foraging strategies of coexisting lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I.J. du Plessis --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le F.N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFour lacertid lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps, P. lineo-ocellata, Meroles knoxii and Nucras tessellata, occur sympatrically on the arid plains of the Tankwa Karoo Basin in South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of foraging strategy in... -
Gastrointestinal protozoa and digestive tract parameters of wild South African warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D.G. Booyse --- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, B.A. Dehority --- Department of Animal Sciences,The warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a grazer and hindgut fermenter with an apparent unique population of protozoa; however, only a limited number of specimens have been studied to date. In addition to having a very low number of protozoal species,... -
Invertebrates or iron: does large-scale opencast mining impact invertebrate diversity in ephemeral wetlands?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Falko T. Buschke --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Joan Adendorff --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Jaco Lamprechts --- Kolomela Iron Mine, South Africa Marie Watson --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South Africa Maitland T. Seaman --- Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, South AfricaDisturbance has been offered as an explanatory mechanism in structuring the variation of species across a landscape. In this study, we investigated the effect of the impact by Kolomela Iron Mine on the variation of species occurring in temporary pans... -
Ectoparasites of a non-indigenous warthog population, Phacochoerus africanus, in the Free State Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sonja Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Monlee Swanepoel --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Luther van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Alison J. Leslie --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Louw C. Hoffman --- Department of Animal Sciences, South AfricaA population of the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, recently became established on several farms in the Free State Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to record ectoparasite species that occur on this non-indigenous population and to compare... -
Predictors of quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction in individuals living with HIV and AIDS in a resource-constrained setting in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kim Jonas --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Pamela Naidoo --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Nicolette Vanessa Roman --- Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, South Africa Luis Angel Saúl Gutiérrez --- Facultad de Psicología, UNED, Guillem Feixas --- University of Barcelona, SpainThe burden of HIV disease is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in South Africa (SA). Whilst there have been many studies conducted on the biomedical and socio-psychological aspects of HIV and AIDS, insufficient attention has been paid to the quality... -
Hospitality and prosumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: George Ritzer --- Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USAHospitality and the hospitality industry need to be reevaluated in the era of the new prosumer and smart prosuming machines. Traditional notions of hospitality hearken back to an earlier era and ongoing changes are forcing us to reconsider them. Among those changes... -
Growth models for six Eucalyptus species in Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Cristobal Delgado-Matas --- Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, Angola Timo Pukkala --- Faculty of Science and Forestry, FinlandThis study developed growth models for Eucalyptus saligna Sm., E. camaldulensis Dehnh., E. macarthurii H.Deane & Maiden, E. resinifera Sm., E. siderophloia Benth. and E. grandis Hill ex. Maiden, for the central highlands of Angola, and used these models to... -
The electronic voting machine: a continuous process of achieving quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manik Kher --- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, IndiaThe mandatory use of electronic voting machines in the Indian electoral process has brought about a sea change in making the elections free, fair, eco-friendly and cost effective. This paper discusses how through continuous improvement and stringent quality checks the... -
The impact of managerial accounting and control systems on employee participation programmes: an integrated causal model and path analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J Lord --- Department of Accounting and Finance,Empirical support for the causal direction of inter-relationships between employee participation, attitudes and performance was sought on a profitable South African mine. Of particular interest were the roles played by various elements of the Firm’s managerial accounting and control system... -
Management accounting and financial management knowledge requirements for South African entry-level trainee accountants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K Barac --- University of South Africa,The literature shows that the content of management accounting syllabuses does not always correspond to the subject knowledge as applied in practice. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the perceptions of TIPP and TOPP training officers differ... -
Accounting academics’ multiple challenges: Issues-driven learning offers a way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J H Hesketh --- Management Studies Education Unit,Accounting academics in South Africa are under pressure from their stakeholders, particularly the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Department of Education (DoE), to make urgent changes. Challenges include the need for increased research output and for... -
A Note: The SAICA Part I Qualifying Examinations: Factors that may influence candidates’ success
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E van Wyk --- Department of Accountancy,The study investigates certain factors characterising successful and unsuccessful candidates in the 2009 and 2010 SAICA Part I Qualifying Examination (QE I) with the purpose of making recommendations to candidates, educators, training centres and to SAICA. The study also aims... -
The relationship between devoted study time and auditing learning approaches followed by prospective chartered accountants in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K Barac --- Department of Auditing,Learning approaches in accounting, distinguishing between deep, surface and strategic approaches, have been researched in several countries other than South Africa. The study reported in this article provided a South African perspective by investigating the auditing learning approaches of prospective... -
Taxation students’ perceptions of open-book assessment prior to the qualifying examination of South African chartered accountants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: H du Preez --- Department of Economics and Management, C S du Preez --- Department of Economics and Management,In this study taxation students’ perceptions of open-book assessment, prior to their exposure to open-book assessment in the qualifying examination of South African chartered accountants, is explored. A focus group was conducted using the Interactive Qualitative Analysis methodology. In this... -
Sustainability in accounting education: An analysis of the teaching thereof at accredited South African universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: B Marx --- Department of Accountancy, A van der Watt --- Department of Accountancy,Accountants and auditors are key role players in the financial world and society at large and as such can play a vital role in fostering awareness of sustainability and creating sustainable business practices. The issue of sustainability in accounting education... -
Prospects for the advancement of Women Chartered Accountants in Public Accounting firms in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: E. Sadler --- University of South Africa,Female chartered accountants comprise a small minority of the accounting profession in South Africa, although dramatic increases in their numbers have occurred in recent years. The personnel partners of a selection of public accounting firms were surveyed about their employment... -
Accounting Issues Task Force
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: G K Everingham --- University of Cape Town,This article reviews the authority of the recently constituted Accounting Issues Task Force in relation to the development of generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) in South Africa, The Task Force’s first opinion, AC301, deals with the accounting treatment of taxation... -
Participation schemes in the South African Mining Industry: The impact of managerial accounting, communication and control systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: Jeremy Lord --- Department of Accounting at the University of Natal,The relationships between employees’ job satisfaction and their perceived extent of participation in profits, and budget-setting and other job-related decision-making, were examined in a profitable South African mining company. Using the statistical technique of Moderated Multiple Regression, it was established... -
Profit smoothing in industrial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: K E Prinsloo --- Department of Accounting, S D Ramsay-Slogrove --- Department of Accounting, J E Rowlands --- Department of Accounting,This study evaluated the extent to which profit smoothing is practised in the industrial sector of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), identified the smoothing dimensions most likely to be used and evaluated the impact of ex ante profit patterns on... -
A case study of Caribbean chartered airline services for possible application in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Radu Mihailescu --- Department of Economics, Free University of Bolzano, ItalyTourism is becoming a vital component of economic development in South Africa. In the light of South Africa having hosted the 2010 Football World Cup, it is important to identify sustainable tourism that continues to benefit the economy long after... -
Health-related factors associated with intimate partner violence in women attending a primary care clinic in south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Silva --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria A Irabor --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria OO Olowookere --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria E Owoaje --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Nigeria LA Adebusoye --- Family Medicine Department, NigeriaBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) relates to poor physical and mental health in women. Women who have experienced it access healthcare facilities more frequently with symptoms that are often unrelated to violence. The objective of the study was to determine... -
Case pending: practices of inclusion and exclusion in a class of plaintiffs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rita Kesselring --- Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel, SwitzerlandApartheid victims have had a difficult standing in South Africa in the years that followed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In the government's perspective, the TRC had conclusively dealt with apartheid victimhood. Consequently, when victims turned to US courts... -
Adherence by a primary healthcare clinic in KwaZulu-Natal to the national HIV guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Nnaemeka Uzodike --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Ogbonnaya Harbor --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The decentralisation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to primary health care (PHC) was rolled-out in South Africa in March 2010. PHC staff members are expected to initiate ART, monitor patients, and detect and refer patients with adverse events or virological... -
Doctors’ attitudes to and knowledge and usage of growth charts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Selma Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Elizabeth Reji --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Growth charts have been used worldwide for about 40 years but their use has always been fraught with problems. -
HIV health literacy, sexual behaviour and self-reports of having tested for HIV among students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Saloshni Naidoo --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Myra Taylor --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe HIV prevalence among young South African adults makes it important to understand their HIV knowledge, sexual behaviour and HIV counselling and testing (HCT) behaviour in this group. This paper presents the demographics, knowledge, sexual behaviour and cues to action... -
A criminological assessment on South African women who murdered their intimate male partners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anni Hesselink --- Department of Criminology and Security Science, South Africa Pearl Dastile --- Department of Criminology and Security Science, South AfricaThis study aimed to unravel the offence-specific factors to murder by females of their intimate male partners. Participants were 15 South African women prison inmates serving sentences for murdering their male partners (age range from 22 years to 62 years)... -
HeartMath: a positive psychology paradigm for promoting psychophysiological and global coherence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis article proposes HeartMath as a positive psychology paradigm for promoting psychophysiological and global coherence . It provides evidence for the value of psychophysiological and global coherence, with special reference to human functioning through synchronisation between positive emotions, cardiovascular, respiratory,... -
Pattern of inappropriate cases presenting to the Accident and Emergency Department in a Nigeria Tertiary Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Opunabo Nelson Young-Harry --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Paul Owajionyi Dienye --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Kaine Olaide Diete-Spiff --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground: Although the primary mission of the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) is to provide initial treatment for life-threatening conditions, some patients make inappropriate use of the service. This study is aimed to determine the level of inappropriate use and... -
Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus anaesthesia improves arteriovenous fistula flow characteristics in end-stage renal disease patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Shyam Meena --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Virendra Arya --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Indu Sen --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Mukut Minz --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Mahesh Prakash --- Department of Anaesthesia, IndiaBackground: Surgical construction of an arteriovenous fistula is preferred for end-stage renal failure patients requiring long-term haemodialysis. -
Analysis of Indigenous Chicken Marketing Participation Decisions: The Case of Producers from Makueni County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: M. O. D. Ayieko --- Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, E. K. Bett --- Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, L. W. Kabuage --- Department of Agricultural Resource Management,Indigenous chickens are important in Kenya for food security, income generation, employment and improved livelihoods. However, despite these benefits producers are constrained from participating in the high value markets. A purposive multi-stage sampling was used to sample 130 households from... -
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... -
Characteristics and management options of crusting soils in a smallholder farming area of the Zambezi metamorphic belt in northern Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Alen Manyevere --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Courage Bangira --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe Jephita Gotosa --- Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe Lawrence Munjonji --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Emmanuel Chikwari --- Chemistry and Soil Research, ZimbabweCrusting and surface-sealing soils present productivity challenges to smallholder farmers despite their high inherent fertility. Crop production on crusting soils is costly due to unfavourable conditions such as surface capping and compaction, which hinder crop emergence. A study was conducted... -
Perceptions Among Professional Accounting Students of Self, Job Attractiveness and Academic Reputation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E Papageorgiou --- School of Accountancy, C Callaghan --- School of Economic and Business Sciences, D Coldwell --- School of Economic and Business Sciences, T Joosub --- School of Accountancy,Discussions around career pathways have gained momentum in the field of career development to assist young people in mapping out their career choices in order to achieve meaningful and productive futures. The purpose of the study was to empirically investigate... -
Land is for people—experiences of the community of Khuis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: PA Erasmus --- Department of Anthropology,This study is an investigation into the social history of the Tlharo, with the aim of articulating and clarifying the particular nature of their experiences in respect of land-related issues. Their circumstances are described against the background of the course... -
From exposé to care: Preliminary thoughts about shifting the ethical concerns of South African social anthropology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Spiegel --- Department of Social Anthropology, South AfricaSocial anthropologists working in South Africa during the late apartheid period expressed their abhorrence of the apartheid system in the preamble to the association that they formed. Many set as their goal the work of ‘exposé anthropology’, using anthropology to... -
The end of culture? Some directions for anthropology at the University of Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,This is the text of on inaugural lecture as Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria delivered on 19 October 2004. Several changes have been made to the text to... -
Ethics and the Everyday: Reconsidering approaches to research involving children and young people
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rachel Bray --- Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Imke Gooskens --- Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaGuidelines on ethical practice in research with children tend to focus on ways to protect children from potential economic and emotional exploitation. While such concerns deserve attention we argue that they represent only a portion of the moral framework in... -
The indigenous contract as legal phenomenon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: FP van R Whelpton --- Department of Constitutional,Drawing largely on the views of various theorists, this article seeks to discuss the indigenous contract as legal phenomenon with specific reference to underlying values and legal principles of indigenous contracts in the southern African context. It shows that indigenous... -
Locating community participation in a water supply project—the Galanefhi Water Project (Eritrea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Solomon Haile Gebremedhin --- Department of Economic Development, Central Region, Eritrea Francois Theron --- School of Public Management and Planning, University of Stellenbosch,Water projects, like sustainable development projects in general, often tend to become unsustainable because they are guided by top-down strategies which exclude the input, influence and ownership of projects by their beneficiaries. For attaining sustainable development, the social capital of... -
The possibility of a critical anthropology after apartheid: relevance, intervention, politics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kelly Gillespie --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South Africa Bernard Dubbeld --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis paper, prompted by an Anthropology Southern Africa conference around the theme ‘Public Anthropology’, argues that any post-apartheid anthropology that abandons criticality as a core disciplinary principle risks dispelling any radical content that anthropology may have to offer South African... -
Shoveling sand or changing the nation?: transformation activism in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Catherine Besteman --- Department of Anthropology, -
Racism as epithet in the context of post-apartheid's demographic parity goals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Spiegel --- University of Cape Town,Nearly twenty years after the capitulation of the apartheid state, South Africa's post-apartheid government continues to find it necessary to seek means to direct change in the demographic profile of the country's leading institutions towards a situation where it reflects... -
The meanings of Obama in K'ogello: Culture, ethno-politics and the making of leaders in multiparty Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Steve Ouma Akoth --- Department of Anthropology & Sociology, South AfricaThis article examines how different groups of Kenyans appropriated, publicised, and sought to harness the candidature and later the presidency of Barack Obama. On the one hand is the appropriation of Obama in the community of Luo ‘indigenes’ living in... -
The burden of responsibility and the breakdown of traditional paternalism on farms in the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Handri Walters --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThe transition that followed the 1994 democratic election in South Africa brought with it a host of progressive legislation aimed at the provision of a secure environment for those previously marginalised. The Extension of Security of Tenure Act (ESTA) (1997)... -
Public holidays as lieux de mémoire: nation-building and the politics of public memory in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sabine Marschall --- Cultural and Heritage Tourism Programme, South AfricaThis article engages with public holidays in post-apartheid South Africa as lieux de mémoire, ‘sites of memory’ that preserve particular interpretations of historical events and selected heroes for inscription into the collective memory of the nation. It first traces the... -
Leading while being led: developing the developer at a Catholic NGO in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Grant A. Fore --- STEM Education Research Institute (SERI), Indiana University-Purdue University, U.S.A.The paper uses ethnographic data about the religious ethics undergirding the discourse and practices of development agents at Catholic Welfare and Development (CWD), a faith-based NGO in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how the dynamic interrelation between faith and... -
A survey for the Critically Endangered Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri in Somaliland, north-western Somalia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michael SL Mills --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Callan Cohen --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Julian Francis --- Tolpuddle Manor, UK Claire N Spottiswoode --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaThe Critically Endangered Archer's Lark (now Liben Lark) Heteromirafra archeri was formerly considered to be endemic to north-western Somalia and known only from the Tog Wajaale Plain, where 18 specimens were collected between 1918 and 1922. Fifteen visits between 1970... -
Reckoning HIV/AIDS care: A longitudinal study of community home-based caregivers and clients in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Robin Root --- Department of Sociology & Anthropology, USA Arnau Van Wyngaard --- Department of Science of Religion and Missiology, South Africa Alan Whiteside --- CIGI Chair in Global Health Policy, CanadaThe article is a descriptive case study of a community home-based care (CHBC) organisation in Swaziland that depicts the convergence of CHBC expansion with substantially improved health outcomes. Comprised of 993 care supporters who tend to 3 839 clients in... -
How Partnerships between African and European Entrepreneurs Can Support the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Helene Tenzer --- Department of International Business, Germany Markus Pudelko --- Department of International Business, GermanyThis article discusses how the private sector, and here specifically African–European partnerships between entrepreneurs, can assist to attain the development goals formulated by the United Nations’ Post-2015 Agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on meetings between African and European entrepreneurs convened... -
HHV-8 transmission from mother to child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Angela Revelas --- Pathological Department, GreeceTransmission of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), the aetiological agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma, is known to occur during sex among homosexual men. However, other modes of HHV-8 transmission have yet to be elucidated in endemic populations. -
Immune reconstitution in human immunodefciency virus-positive patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy at an urban public sector district hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: O S Jimoh --- Department of Family Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, M. Naidoo --- Department of Family Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,Immune reconstitution is measured by circulating CD4 T cells that follows a biphasic pattern. Not everyone who is on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) will attain immune reconstitution at the same rate, or to the same extent. This study aimed... -
Prospects of prepaid smart water metering in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tazviona Richman Gambe --- Department of Rural and Urban Development, ZimbabweDilapidated water distribution networks and water theft have resulted in non-revenue water (NRW) being between 40% and 60% of available supplies, yet Harare Water (a department under the City of Harare responsible for water purification and distribution) is struggling to... -
Calls of three species of arthroleptid frogs from Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ignacio De la Riva --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Jaime Bosch --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Rafael Márquez --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, SpainThe calls of three anuran species in the family Arthroleptidae in the sub-family Astylosterminae from Equatorial Guinea are described including information on calling behaviour. For each species, we present a characteristic audiospectrogram and oscillogram. We also provide numerical information about... -
First record and redescription of the introduced sea anemone Sagartia ornata (Holdsworth, 1855) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: F.H. Acuña --- Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina A.C. Excoffon --- Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina C.L. Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town,, South AfricaThe brooding sea anemone Sagartia ornata is reported from South Africa for the first time and is redescribed. The species is abundant intertidally in Langebaan Lagoon, where it attaches to stones shal lowly buried in sediment. It is probably a... -
Spatial and temporal variability in the larval fish assemblage of a warm temperate South African estuary, with notes on the effects of artificial channelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. Kruger --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa N.A. Strydom --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaThe composition, abundance, distribution and seasonality of larval fishes was investigated in the permanently open Kowie Estuary on the temperate southeast coast of South Africa. Larval fishes were sampled within the estuary and marina for a period of two years... -
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in children: a formidable foe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: T Pretorius --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa B Brennan --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa J Thomas --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaStaphylococcus aureus remains one of the most common causes of bacteraemia in children. In order to evade and overcome the immune responses of its host and any antimicrobial therapies aimed at destroying it, this organism, through various mechanisms, continues to... -
A Profile of the East African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Frederick Onyango Ogola --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya George N. Njenga --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya Peter C. Mhando --- The Pennsylvania State University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Carleton University Sprott School of Business, CanadaRegional integration in East Africa dates back more than a hundred years. This article provides a general synopsis of the East African Community (EAC) and traces the evolution of regional integration in Eastern Africa from colonial times to the present... -
Church rules? The lines of ordentlikheid among Stellenbosch Afrikaners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Annika Teppo --- Nordic Africa Institute, SwedenEthnographic accounts of South African moral codes have mostly focused on so-called black and coloured areas, while the ideals and practices of white people have remained largely invisible and undiscussed. In the post-apartheid era, Afrikaners’ everyday religious practices as well... -
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... -
The factors affecting functionality and sustainability of mechanized elements of water supply systems in Mbeere South Sub-County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Job Kitetu --- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya Kinyua Ngige --- Clean Air Energy Solutions, KenyaThis paper focuses on the functionality and sustainability of mechanized elements of water supply systems. Despite the huge sums of money spent by development agencies in developing water supply systems, once the projects are handed over to communities they start... -
Prevalence of suicidal ideation and associated factors among postpartum HIV-positive women in health facilities, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors in postpartum HIV-positive women in South Africa . A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 580 HIV positive postnatal women (M = 28... -
Physical crust formation and steady-state infiltration rate in soils dominated by primary minerals in some South African ecotopes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Adornis D Nciizah --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Isaiah IC Wakindiki --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaPhysical crust formation is affected by the inherent soil properties such as texture and mineralogy. However, inconsistencies exist in soil mineralogy effects of soil crusting. In addition, investigations of soils dominated by primary minerals such as quartz, especially in South... -
HIV in acute care: a review of the burden of HIV-associated presentations to an Emergency Department
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Naicker --- Division of Emergency Medicine, South Africa RC Maharaj --- Division of Emergency Medicine, South AfricaObjective: To determine the burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease and co-infection on a district-level Emergency Department (ED) in KwaZulu-Natal. -
Gender inequality dynamics in the prevention of a heterosexual HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jane Wathuta --- School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis paper critiques the approach to the elimination of gender inequality as an HIV prevention strategy in the just ended era of the Millennium Development Goals, with the aim of contributing to the formulation of policy guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa... -
The familiar labyrinth: practicing urban disorientation in post-apartheid Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Giovanni Spissu --- Department of Social Sciences, United KingdomIn this article, I discuss how urban disorientation can be used in ethnographic research as an investigative tool to explore the city. In particular, I examine how urban disorientation can be taken as an ethnographic tactic with the purpose of... -
The number of symmetric colorings of the dihedral group D3
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Iryna Kashuba --- Institute of Mathematics, University of S̃ao Paulo, Brazil Yuliya Zelenyuk --- School of Mathematics, South AfricaWe compute the number of symmetric r-colorings and the number of equivalence classes of symmetric r-colorings of the dihedral group D3. -
Determinants of student performance in an accounting degree programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Jade Jansen --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Charl de Villiers --- Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandThe objective of this study is to identify, by way of regression analysis, the factors that have a significant relationship with student performance in accounting at the third-year level at universities. This study extends the existing literature on student performance... -
Heparin flush vs. saline flush for use in the maintenance of adult central venous and intra-arterial catheters: potential harm, too little gain?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GD Nethathe --- Intensive Care Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa M Mbeki --- Department of Anaesthesia, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South AfricaHeparin saline use for the maintenance of invasive arterial and central lines may be associated with significant risks and has not been conclusively shown to confer additional benefits over saline flushing alone. The routine use of heparin saline flush instead... -
Developing lifelong customers in the mobile phone market: A South African case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Keagile Mati --- Business School, South Africa Richard Shambare --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaThis paper argues that, to survive in increasingly competitive mobile phone markets, mobile phone service providers should develop marketing strategies that not only address immediate marketing needs of short-term profitability, but also emphasise developing lifelong customers. Although this approach might... -
Development and characterisation of a modified multi-purpose pine oil detergent for a small-scale manufacturer in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mosotho George --- Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Lesotho Ts'ukulu Motsamai --- Chemistry and Chemical Technology, LesothoThe interest in small-scale manufacturing of simple products seems to be growing in Lesotho. However, this could have undesirable effects without insights into the chemical processes involved in such presumed simple processes. This manuscript reports the partnership between the National... -
Nostalgia in the post-apartheid state
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Amber R. Reed --- Anthropology and Africana Studies Departments, USAIn this article, I join recent theorists in furthering an “anthropology of nostalgia,” seeking connections between disparate parts of the globe through a shared sense of loss in the face of global capitalism and liberal democracy. Highlighting contemporary work, I... -
Predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among male and female youth aged 18–24 in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motlatso Gladys Mlambo --- Centre for Rural Health, Family Medicine Department, South Africa Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Witness Chirinda --- Medical Research Council, South AfricaThis study aimed to determine predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among South African male and female youth. Data were from a cross-sectional population-based household survey of 3 123 youths aged 18 to 24 years from four South... -
The Global Coherence Initiative: A global psychological paradigm for health promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department,This review proposes the value of a global psychology-oriented initiative to promote health and wellbeing. It discusses the concept of collective consciousness, especially heart-based, moral consciousness and related actions as resources for health promotion. The review draws on a collaborative... -
The metabolic profiles of HIV-infected and non-infected women in Mangaung, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Z. Hattingh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, C. Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Fj Veldman --- Fibrinogen Unit, Cj Bester --- Department of Biostatistics,Objective: To determine the biochemical nutritional status of HIV-infected women in Mangaung. -
The 2012 University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences centenary debate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Td Noakes --- University of Cape Town,Our human ancestors thrived on a diet high in fat and protein of animal or fish origin for at least 2.5 million years. Foods with a high-energy content and nutritional density were required for the development of the large, energy-expensive... -
Intimate partner violence among HIV positive pregnant women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gladys Matseke --- HIV/AIDS/STI and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Violeta J Rodriguez --- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USA Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STI and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Deborah Jones --- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USAThe aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associated factors among pregnant HIV-infected women in primary health care facilities in Nkangala and Gert Sibande districts, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were 673 women... -
Current distribution, breeding population and habitat use of the globally threatened Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas in south-eastern Nigeria: a call for conservation action
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Fidelis Akunke Atuo --- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, USA Samuel T Ivande --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), Nigeria Zingfa J Wala --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), Nigeria Shiiwa Manu --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), Nigeria Timothy J O’Connell --- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, USAThe Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas is a globally threatened bird species in Africa with a wild population of less than 10,000 individuals. The Nigerian population, which has been poorly studied, is restricted to the forest of Cross River. This study... -
African Smart Cities Strategies for Agenda 2063
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mira Slavova --- GIBS, University of Pretoria, South Africa Ekene Okwechime --- Glasgow Caledonian University, United KingdomBy synthesizing urbanization challenges and current trends in Africa, this dialogue piece captures the broader transformative processes taking place on the continent. We develop a vision of the African cities of the future and show the alignment of key aspects... -
Modelling the effects of petroleum product contaminated sand on the compressive strength of concretes using fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks: A case study of diesel
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chidozie Chukwuemeka Nwobi-Okoye --- Faculty of Engineering, Nigeria Ikechukwu Etienne Umeonyiagu --- Department of Civil Engineering, NigeriaIn this study an artificial neural network (ANN) and fuzzy logic (FL) were used to predict the compressive strength of concrete produced with diesel contaminated sand. Concrete was produced using sand contaminated with diesel at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2,... -
Abdominal compartment syndrome complicating peptic ulcer disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Ni Ni Sein --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: Abdominal compartment syndrome is a severe condition of tension generated within the closed abdominal cavity from perforation of peptic ulcer. Due to the chemical reaction and pressure consequences it has poor prognosis with very high mortality > 80%. -
Early rheumatoid arthritis: focus on RA in the developing world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mahmood MTM Ally --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Pieter WA Meyer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Immunology, South Africa Ronald Anderson --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Immunology, South AfricaA review was undertaken of pathogenic mechanisms in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and strategies for cost-effective management of RA in the developing world. Pitfalls in early disease are explored and the importance of aggressive measurable disease control is emphasised. -
Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to Aureobasidium pullulans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Wesley G. van Hougenhouck-Tulleken --- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Garrison Mathole --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Alan Karstaedt --- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Nimmisha Govind --- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Magendhree Moodley --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Sharona Seetharam --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Nelesh P. Govender --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases(Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Colin N. Menezes --- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South AfricaIn South Africa, novel fungal pathogens have emerged as an important cause of disease in HIV-infected individuals. The clinical presentation is characteristically prolonged, insidious and the diagnosis elusive, often being made post mortem. We report an HIV-infected individual with a... -
‘I want to be a hope champion!’ – Research as hope intervention with rural South African children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Avivit M. Cherrington --- School of Education Research and Engagement, Faculty of Education, South Africa Naydene De Lange --- School of Education Research and Engagement, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored how visual participatory research-as-intervention enabled a strengthening of hope among a group of South African primary school children. Twelve learners aged 9–13 years from a rural village in the QwaQwa region of South Africa participated in the... -
Heart rate variability predicts 30-day all-cause mortality in intensive care units
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: David G Bishop --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Robert D Wise --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Carolyn Lee --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Richard P von Rahden --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Reitze N Rodseth --- Perioperative Research Group, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South AfricaBackground: Autonomic nervous function, as quantified by heart rate variability (HRV), has shown promise in predicting clinically important outcomes in the critical care setting; however, there is debate concerning its utility. HRV analysis was assessed as a practical tool for... -
Sorghum production systems and constraints, and coping strategies under drought-prone agro-ecologies of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Beyene A Amelework --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Hussein A Shimelis --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Pangirayi Tongoona --- West African Centre for Crop Improvement, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Ghana Fentahun Mengistu --- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia Mark D Laing --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Dawit Getnet Ayele --- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, South AfricaSorghum is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide after wheat, rice, maize and barley. Examining the present socio-economic conditions of sorghum-producing farmers in different agro-ecologies in Ethiopia is of importance for the design of improvement strategies. The objectives... -
Public-Private Partnerships in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bernadine J. Dykes --- Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, USA Carla D. Jones --- College of Business Administration, USAPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) are cooperative arrangements between governments and multinational corporations (MNCs) that are created to finance, construct and manage infrastructure projects. PPPs are a means for governments to gain much-needed private sector investment and expertise for economic development. Historically,... -
Evaluation of a two-question screening tool in the detection of intimate partner violence in a primary healthcare setting in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Saimen --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa E Armstrong --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa C Manitshana --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Intimate partner violence has been recognised globally as a human rights violation. It is universally under-diagnosed and the institution of timeous multi-faceted interventions has been noted to benefit intimate partner violence victims. Currently the concept of using a screening... -
Acute toxicity in cervical cancer HIV-positive vs. HIV-negative patients treated by radical chemo-radiation in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Sibusiso Mdletshe --- Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Department, South Africa Harry Munkupa --- Oncology Center, Zambia Kennedy Lishimpi --- Oncology Center, ZambiaBackground: The current standard of radical treatment for patients with cancer of the cervix is combination therapy in the form of radiotherapy with chemotherapy. Generally the same treatment protocol is applied to HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. However, HIV-positive patients with... -
Knee osteoarthritis and perceived social support amongst patients in a family medicine clinic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Temitope Ilori --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Modupe M Ladipo --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Adetola M Ogunbode --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Abimbola M Obimakinde --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, NigeriaBackground: Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic disease affecting the lives of patients and their families, with the family characteristics moderating the illness course. The perceived social support received by a patient helps in determining the health and functionality of the... -
Explicit reading time in chartered accountancy examinations: perceptions of students and lecturers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Alwyn Visser --- Accounting Department, South Africa Gretha Steenkamp --- Accounting Department, South AfricaIn 2011, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) changed the structure of the first qualifying examination to include explicit reading time, during which candidates are given the scenario(s) of the paper without giving them the “Required” section. This... -
A case study of Caribbean chartered airline services for possible application in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Radu Mihailescu --- Department of Economics, ItalyTourism is becoming a vital component of economic development in South Africa. In the light of South Africa having hosted the 2010 Football World Cup, it is important to identify sustainable tourism that continues to benefit the economy long after... -
Hospitality and prosumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: George Ritzer --- Department of Sociology, USAHospitality and the hospitality industry need to be reevaluated in the era of the new prosumer and smart prosuming machines. Traditional notions of hospitality hearken back to an earlier era and ongoing changes are forcing us to reconsider them. Among... -
Things Fall Apart and the Pedagogy of Adichie’s Single Story
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Eve Eisenberg --- English Department, USAThis essay undertakes a critical examination of the epistemological and pedagogical risks and rewards of teaching Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in American secondary schools. I consider these issues from several different viewpoints. Recent research suggests that American students receive... -
Converting Achebe’s Africa for the New Tanzanian: Things Fall Apart in Swahili Translation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Meg Arenberg --- Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, USAGiven the centrality of Chinua Achebe’s work in the early debates surrounding language choice in African fiction and Achebe’s own claims about the necessary transformation of English in representing African reality, what happens when his most acclaimed and archetypal novel... -
Sexual and reproductive health risk behaviours among South African university students: results from a representative campus-wide survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susie Hoffman --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Michael Levasseur --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Joanne E. Mantell --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Mags Beksinska --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Zonke Mabude --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Claudia Ngoloyi --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Elizabeth A. Kelvin --- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College & The CUNY School of Public Health, USA Theresa Exner --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Cheng-Shiun Leu --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Lavanya Pillay --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Jennifer A. Smit --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South AfricaAmong South African university students, HIV prevalence is lower than in age-peers, but at 3.8% it is not negligible. We examined prevalence of factors potentially associated with HIV risk, focusing on partnership characteristics and consistent condom use. We hypothesised that... -
Conceptions of agency and constraint for HIV-positive patients and healthcare workers to support long-term engagement with antiretroviral therapy care in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Erin Stern --- Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Christopher Colvin --- Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Nobom Gxabagxaba --- Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Charlotte Schutz --- Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Rosie Burton --- Southern African Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, South Africa Graeme Meintjes --- Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South AfricaIn the context of the optimism around antiretroviral therapy (ART) as prevention of HIV/AIDS, addressing the barriers to long-term ART adherence is critical. This is particularly important given the tendency to individualise or use a blame discourse when exploring why... -
Effects of ethanol on fruit selection by frugivorous birds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Manqoba M Zungu --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaEthanol is a natural by-product of the fermentation process of fruit sugars. Its production started with the advent of fleshy fruits, which suggests a long-term association between ethanol and frugivores. Consequently, one suggestion is that because frugivores could use its... -
Optimization of copper nanoparticle biosynthesis process using aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Supratim Biswas --- Mineral Processing and Technology Research Centre, Department of Metallurgy Faculty of Engineering & The Built Environment, South Africa Suparna Chakraborty --- School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, India Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi --- Mineral Processing and Technology Research Centre, Department of Metallurgy Faculty of Engineering & The Built Environment, South AfricaThe competency of aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata (kalmegh) to reduce copper nitrate for the biosynthesis of copper nanoparticle (CuNPs) was investigated. The experiments were set up according to the design of experiment technique and the results were analyzed for... -
Accounting for revenue using an accountability and business model framework: The case of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ professional examinations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Warren Maroun --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaThis research adopts a normative approach. It builds on the academic literature which argues that the usefulness of financial reporting can be enhanced by aligning accounting for balances and transactions with an organisation’s business model, as presented in its integrated... -
Pattern of intimate partner violence disclosure among pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic in Oyo East Local Government, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AO Ayodapo --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria OO Sekoni --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria MC Asuzu --- Department of Community Medicine, NigeriaBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem. Despite being a phenomenon that occurs globally, few studies have reviewed the issue of intimate partner violence among pregnant women as it relates to disclosure of abuse. This study... -
Use of the partogram by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OM Maphasha --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa DP Motloba --- Department of Community Dentistry, South Africa C Barua --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: There is scientific evidence that using the partogram reduces maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. The use of partograms by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital has been reported as inadequate by external audits. The level of knowledge... -
Private and public collective self-esteem among black and white South African students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tsholofelo A. Thomas --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the salience of ethnic public and private collective self-esteem among South African students contrasting by race. Participants were 89 black and 55 white undergraduate students (93 females, 51 males; mean age: 20 years). They completed two subscales... -
How disruptive can Smart Beta be to the South African Active Fund Management Fraternity?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Jean-Jacques Duyvené de Wit --- Prescient Securities, South Africa Daniel Polakow --- School of Actuarial Science, South AfricaThis research paper explores the theme of Smart Beta and the current state of inefficiency of active fund fee structures in South African domestic equity unit trusts. The emerging understanding is that many of the latent sources of value-add (or... -
The time traveller’s CAPM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Jordan French --- Faculty of Business Administration, ThailandThis empirical study comprises six emerging market portfolios and five industry replicating portfolios from the USA, using data from 2005 to 2014. The purpose of this study is to test the ability of the ex-ante beta against the ex-post beta... -
Long-run adjustment of size, value, momentum and growth premium in equity returns: Evidence from South Asian emerging markets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Adnan Shoaib --- Management Sciences, Pakistan Muhammad Ayub Siddiqui --- FAST School of Management, PakistanThis study scrutinizes the long-run adjustment of risk premiums in equity returns of the emerging stock markets of Pakistan, China and India, the three emerging South Asian economies, by keeping in view leading contributions of the Fama and French (1992)... -
Evaluation of the sustainability of participatory management of forest plantations: the case study of Wari-Maro Forest Reserve, Republic of Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Kisito Gandji --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Valère K Salako --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Achille E Assogbadjo --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Vincent OA Orekan --- Laboratory of Biogeography and Environmental Expertise, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences, Republic of Benin Romain L Glèlè Kakaï --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Brice A Sinsin --- Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of BeninThis study assessed ecological and socio-economic impacts of a participatory forest management project in the Republic of Benin. The study focused on the Wari-Maro Forest Reserve and the ‘Projet d’Aménagement des Massifs Forestiers’ five years after its completion. A forest... -
A review of carbon dynamics and assessment methods in the miombo woodlands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ferdinand Handavu --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Paxie W Chirwa --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Stephen Syampungani --- Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences, Zambia Larwanou Mahamane --- African Forest Forum, c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), KenyaProvision of accurate carbon (C) measurements and analysis are critical components in quantification of C stocks. The objectives of this review were to (1) compile and synthesise current knowledge of available methods for C stock estimation, (2) examine socio-economic drivers... -
Acoustic fish biomass assessment in a deep Tunisian reservoir: effects of season and diel rhythm on survey results
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: I Djemali --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia H Laouar --- Centre Technique de l’Aquaculture, TunisiaTo determine the best acoustic sampling period for obtaining fish biomass estimates of a Mediterranean deep reservoir in Tunisia, day and night surveys were performed in spring (April), summer (September), autumn (December) and winter (March). A Simrad EK60 echosounder, equipped... -
Three new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Andrew Turner --- , South Africa Alan Channing --- , South AfricaA comprehensive survey of the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa, was undertaken for moss frogs of the genus Arthroleptella. Advertisement calls were recorded and voucher specimens collected for all populations encountered. A molecular phylogeny was constructed for the entire genus... -
Democracy as technopolitical future: delivery and discontent in a government settlement in the South African countryside
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Bernard Dubbeld --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper is concerned with how democracy is understood and experienced in a KwaZulu-Natal municipal administration and one of the settlements it governs. Considering that democracy has a range of popular meanings, and that in South Africa it has been... -
Distribution, abundance and population structure of Hexaplex trunculus and Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in offshore areas of the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Elhasni --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia P Vasconcelos --- Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal K Dhieb --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia H El Lakhrach --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia M Ghorbel --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia O Jarboui --- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, TunisiaThe banded murex Hexaplex trunculus and purple dye murex Bolinus brandaris are frequently caught as bycatch by bottom trawlers operating in the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia. Although these muricid gastropods might importantly constitute an additional source of income for... -
On the Poetics and Politics of the Afar Kassow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Gidey Alemu Muauz --- Department of Political Sciences, South Africa Mohamed Hassan Saleh --- Research and Study Center of Djibouti (CERD), Djibouti RepublicThe Afar people have a rich poetic tradition pertaining to every aspect of their pastoral way of life in the harsh condition of the Afar desert. One of the many genres of Afar poetics is Afar Kassow the folk’s poetized... -
The Seamingly Seamless Subversion of Sime
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Abebe Zegeye --- Sociology and Internationalisation and Graduate Studies, EthiopiaThis paper aims to provide a review of Ethiopian artist Elias Sime’s work and places a detailed discussion of some of his main influences and themes in the context of Africa’s perceived position in the global art village. The construct... -
Visitors to nests of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in northeastern South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lindy J Thompson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa John P Davies --- Lawson’s Birding, Wildlife and Custom Safaris, South Africa Maja Gudehus --- Selati Private Game Reserve, South Africa André J Botha --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa Keith L Bildstein --- Acopian Centre for Conservation Learning, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, USA Campbell Murn --- Hawk Conservancy Trust, UK Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaHooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus are critically endangered but little is known of their year-round use of nests or whether other species usurp Hooded Vulture nest sites. We investigated visitation rates by Hooded Vultures and other species (including potential nest predators... -
Desiccant herbicides tested for the preparation of fire-break tracer lines, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Keith Little --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Jonathan Roberts --- School of Natural Resource Management, South AfricaOver the past 32 years, 75 599 ha of plantations within South Africa have been lost through fire. Fire prevention, in the form of firebreaks on landholding boundaries, are required (by law) by landowners from whose land a fire might... -
Pentalogy of Cantrell and anaesthesia: a case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Alexis Oosthuizen --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaPentalogy of Cantrell, a rare congenital thoracoabdominal disruption, consists of a supraumbilical abdominal wall defect, lower sternal defect, agenesis of the anterior portion of the diaphragm, an absence of the diaphragmatic part of the pericardium, and a malformation of the... -
Possibilities of Russian hi-tech rare earth products to meet industrial needs of BRICS countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: N. Yu. Samsonov --- Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS, Russia A. V. Tolstov --- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Russia N. P. Pokhilenko --- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, (Academician of Russian Academy of Science), Russia V. A. Krykov --- Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS, Russia S. R. Khalimova --- Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS, RussiaThe prospects of the creation in Russia of a new scientific and technological sector of production from rare earth materials from the unique niobium rare earth Tomtor deposit (Russia, Yakutia) are discussed in this article. The authors show that an... -
The fathers of Destiny: Representations of fatherhood in a popular South African magazine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bertrand Leopeng --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Malose Langa --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study utilised textual analysis to characterise the representation of fatherhood in the eight issues of Destiny Man magazine published in 2014. Stories that pertained to fatherhood and that were related to aspects of contemporary family construction, work, and identity... -
The rediscovery of a lost frog: Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Francois S Becker --- Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, Namibia Robert W Hopkins --- Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweThe cave squeaker Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963 was first collected in 1961/62, and not observed again for 54 years despite several attempts to locate it. We rediscovered this species near the type locality in the Chimanimani mountain range in eastern... -
Scope of research on Parthenium hysterophorus in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Owen Rubaba --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Moses Chimbari --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaParthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) is an invasive plant that invades farm and grazing lands, and affects biodiversity, animal and human health, agricultural productivity and food security. The plant is native to the Americas, but was introduced to Africa, Asia and Australia... -
Comparative perch selection in Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris and Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens at Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ryan J Daniels --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Patrick E Hulley --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Adrian JFK Craig --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris and the Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens are common, widespread and sympatric in much of southern Africa. They are similar in plumage and ecology, which may predispose them to competition and interspecific territorial aggression but this... -
Constrained relationship agency as the risk factor for intimate partner violence in different models of transactional sex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Fielding-Miller --- Department of Medicine, USA Kristin Dunkle --- South African Medical Research Council, South AfricaWomen who engage in transactional sex are more likely to experience intimate partner violence (IPV) and are at higher risk of HIV. However, women engage in transactional sex for a variety of reasons and the precise mechanism linking transactional sex... -
A qualitative analysis of the barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation among children 2 to 18 months of age in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charisse V Ahmed --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Pauline Jolly --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Luz Padilla --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Musa Malinga --- Lusweti Institute for Health Development Communication, Kingdom of Swaziland Chantal Harris --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Nobuhle Mthethwa --- Swaziland National AIDS Program, Kingdom of Swaziland Inessa Ba --- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Kingdom of Swaziland Amy Styles --- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Kingdom of Swaziland Sarah Perry --- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Kingdom of Swaziland Raina Brooks --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Florence Naluyinda-Kitabire --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kingdom of Swaziland Makhosini Mamba --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kingdom of Swaziland Peter Preko --- President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Kingdom of SwazilandHIV/AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years old in Swaziland. Although studies have shown that early initiation of infants and children diagnosed with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) significantly reduces mortality, many children... -
Predictors of survival among HIV-positive children on ART in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Patrick Shabangu --- Institute for Health Measurement, Swaziland Andy Beke --- School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Samuel Manda --- South African Medical Research Council, Biostatics Unit, South Africa Nobuhle Mthethwa --- National Pediatric HIV Care & Treatment Office for Swaziland National AIDS Programme,The objective of the study was to determine predictors of survival among HIV-positive children (<15 years) in Swaziland. A retrospective cohort analysis of medical records for 4 167 children living with HIV who were initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) between... -
Gendered childcare norms — evidence from rural Swaziland to inform innovative structural HIV prevention approaches for young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pinky N Shabangu --- Independent community-based researcher, Swaziland Michelle R Brear --- Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, AustraliaAddressing discriminatory gender norms is a prerequisite for preventing HIV in women, including young women. However, the gendered expectation that women will perform unpaid childcare-related labour is rarely conceptualised as influencing their HIV risk. Our aim was to learn from... -
Modelling the impacts of semi-intensive aquaculture on the foodweb functioning of a Nile Delta coastal lake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Bocci --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy R Pastres --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy S Kholeif --- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Egypt D Dalla Barba --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy D Brigolin --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, ItalyNutrient loadings are an important component of aquaculture impacts as they can lead to cascade effects at the ecosystem level. An evaluation of these effects on foodweb functioning is presented and discussed for the case study of Lake Burullus in... -
Functionally graded metal matrix composite by centrifugal casting technique mathematical correlation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Williams S. Ebhota --- Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, South Africa Freddie L. Inambao --- Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, South AfricaThe functionally graded materials (FGMs) solidification process has complicated movement phenomena of fluid, solute and heat. These phenomena control the segregation of particles in a molten matrix, interactions of particles with a solidification front and the integration of particles in... -
A retrospective analysis of electrocardiographic abnormalities found in black South African patients with diabetes attending a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Pillay --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa R Hift --- School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa C Aldous --- School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa -
The effect of sevoflurane induction on the myocardial performance index in healthy individuals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Aidan C Kingwill --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Johannes van der Westhuizen --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Edwin W Turton --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The myocardial performance (Tei) index is a simple, reproducible and easily performed measure of cardiac performance. Its ease of use and proven clinical application make this an attractive measure perioperatively. For appropriate use of this index under sevoflurane anaesthesia,... -
Movement patterns of an endangered fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae), and the role of no-take marine protected areas as a management tool
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RH Bennett --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa A-R Childs --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa CG Attwood --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa L Swart --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa TF Næsje --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaUnderstanding movement behaviour is essential for effective management of fishery species. Dart tags were used to study coastal movement patterns of white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus, an overexploited seabream (Sparidae) in South Africa. In total, 6 962 fish (190–1 080 mm... -
Volume estimation of Cryptomeria japonica logs in southern Brazil using artificial intelligence models
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Carlos R Sanquetta --- Forest Sciences Department, Brazil Luani RO Piva --- Postgraduate Program on Tropical Forests Sciences, Brazil Jaime Wojciechowski --- Professional and Technological Education Sector, Brazil Ana PD Corte --- Forest Sciences Department, Brazil Ana B Schikowski --- Forest Sciences Department, BrazilThis study aimed to test taper functions and artificial intelligence (AI) models in order to estimate merchantable volumes of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) trees in a homogenous plantation in southern Brazil. A total of 30 individuals were rigorously scaled and... -
Antenatal and postpartum depression: effects on infant and young child health and feeding practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: SS Madlala --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South Africa SM Kassier --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South AfricaGlobally, anxiety and depression is the third leading cause of disease burden for women 14 to 44 years of age. The World Health Organisation reports that 15 to 57% of women in developing countries experience symptoms of depression. Maternal mental illness... -
Perceptions of why Malawians engage in concurrent sexual partnerships among a select population of radio listeners: findings from an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rupali J Limaye --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Amanda Berman --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Jane Brown --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Triza Kakhobwe --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, MalawiConcurrent sexual partnerships have been identified as a potential driver in the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa. This study utilised an innovative approach to explore perceptions of why Malawians may engage in these relationships, and their suggestions for reducing the... -
‘Inhliziyo ekhombisa uthando’: Exploring children’s conceptions of spirituality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gugulethu M. Hlatshwayo --- School of Education, College of Humanities, South Africa Nithi Muthukrishna --- School of Education, College of Humanities, South Africa Melanie Martin --- School of Education, College of Humanities, South AfricaIn this study we explored young isiZulu children’s conceptions of spirituality. The children (n = 8; females = 5; male = 3) were nine to eleven years old and attended a primary school in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They drew pictures... -
Trust in business alliances between mainstream and emerging companies in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kgope P. Moalusi --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored perceived trust between mainstream and emerging business partner entities in South Africa. A purposive sample of 25 managers from mainstream companies (n = 7) and emerging companies (n = 18) participated in the study. The managers Q-sorted... -
Intra-articular dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine versus bupivacaine alone for postoperative analgesia after knee arthroscopy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Shaimaa F Mostafa --- Department of Anesthesia and Surgical ICU, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt Gehan M Eid --- Department of Anesthesia and Surgical ICU, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt Mohammed A Abdullah --- Department of Anesthesia and Surgical ICU, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt Rehab S Elkalla --- Department of Anesthesia and Surgical ICU, Faculty of Medicine, EgyptBackground: Optimal relief of pain after knee arthroscopy is essential for early rehabilitation and mobilisation and to minimise postoperative morbidity. This study’s aim was to assess dexmedetomidine as an additive to intra-articular (IA) bupivacaine in terms of analgesic duration and... -
Presence of microplastics in the tube structure of the reef-building polychaete Gunnarea gaimardi (Quatrefages 1848)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: HA Nel --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa PW Froneman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe prevalence of microplastics in the marine environment has resulted in a need to understand their association with various fauna. The aim of this study was to assess whether microplastic particles are present in the tube structure of the indigenous... -
Gender dimensions in the local chicken value chain in northern Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: I. Akite --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda I. P. Aryemo --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda E. K. Kule --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda B. Mugonola --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda D. R. Kugonza --- Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Uganda M. W. Okot --- Department of Animal Production and Range Management, UgandaThe study was conducted to explore gender dimensions in the local chicken value chain in northern Uganda. Specifically, it focused on characterizing local chicken value chain actors, ascertaining level and determinants of gender participation as well as relationships between gender,... -
Deceptive jugular manometry, blood colour and Po2 in the presence of an ipsilateral upper extremity arteriovenous fistula: a report of two cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: David M Corda --- Department of Anesthesiology, USA Stephen Aniskevich III --- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, USAManometry, blood gas analysis and colour of blood are often used as adjuncts to verify central venous access and rule out inadvertent arterial puncture. Several clinical scenarios may make these techniques unreliable. Two cases are presented involving patients with mature... -
Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: non-invasive proximal forearm versus direct intra-arterial measurements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Verkhovsky --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa M Smit --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa A Levin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: In obesity, accurate perioperative blood pressure measurement using upper arm, non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) is technically challenging. Proximal forearm NIBP may be an acceptable substitute. Mean arterial blood pressures (MAP) estimated by proximal forearm NIBP were compared with direct... -
Popular Art and the Reconfiguration of Police Atrocities in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kebaya --- Department of Literature, Creative and Performing Arts, KenyaThe government of Kenya has the singular obligation to protect, respect and ensure that its citizens enjoy the right to life1, prohibit all forms of torture2 and protect them from arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention3 as enshrined in the constitution... -
Carbohydrate-derived fulvic acid wellness drink: its tolerability, safety and effect on disease markers in pre-ART HIV-1 positive subjects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: ME Botes --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa IS Gilada --- Private practice, India JR Snyman --- Consultant Fulhold (Pty) Ltd, South Africa JPL Labuschagne --- Private Statistician, South AfricaBackground: Many people take wellness drinks on a daily basis to enhance physical and emotional well-being. The safety and/or efficacy of these are not always known or even established in the populations likely to consume these. The safety, tolerability and... -
Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Clifton Makate --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Zimbabwe Marshall Makate --- Department of Economics, USA Nelson Mango --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, UgandaEnhancing adoption rates of climate-smart agriculture practices and their impact on livelihoods requires promotional persistence, complemented by a thorough socioeconomic analysis that recognizes the heterogeneity of smallholder farmers. Farm typologies are a useful tool to assist in understanding and unpacking... -
The cost-effectiveness of using latrine dehydrated and pasteurization pellets and struvite: Experimental evidence from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Benjamin Chapeyama --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Alfred Odindo --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaFaecal sludge and urine can be recycled and processed into usable fertilizer products such as the latrine dehydrated and pasteurization (‘LaDePa’) pellets and struvite, respectively. To quantitatively determine the financial cost effectiveness of using LaDePa and struvite, a study was... -
The use of field and artificial freezing studies to assess frost tolerance in natural populations of Pinus oocarpa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Lizette de Waal --- Forestry Division, South Africa R Glen Mitchell --- Kuching, Malaysia Gary R Hodge --- Camcore, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, USA Paxie W Chirwa --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South AfricaThe susceptibility of Pinus oocarpa to freezing temperatures limits the commercial deployment of the highly productive Pinus patula × P. oocarpa hybrid in South Africa. Identifying P. oocarpa germplasm with increased frost tolerance is important. Twenty-three P. oocarpa provenances, originating... -
A critical participatory pedagogical approach to enabling life orientation students to develop social literacy through HIV education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anthony Brown --- Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, South Africa Lesley Wood --- COMBER, Faculty of Education Sciences, South AfricaHIV education is an important component of the life orientation curriculum, since an intersectional understanding of HIV provides an entry point to appreciate the interrelatedness of various social injustices. Yet, our interaction with predominantly white and privileged pre-service life orientation... -
Barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation for HIV-positive children aged 2–18 months in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pauline Jolly --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Luz A Padilla --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Charisse Ahmed --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Chantal Harris --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Nobuhle Mthethwa --- Swaziland National AIDS Programme, National Pediatric HIV Care & Treatment Office, Swaziland Megha Jha --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Inessa Ba --- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Swaziland Amy Styles --- Eureka Idea Company, Australia Sarah P Hope --- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Swaziland Raina Brooks --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Florence Naluyinda-Kitabire --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Makhosini Mamba --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Peter Preko --- President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), SwazilandAlthough early antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV-related mortality in children by up to 75%, almost half of HIV-positive children younger than 1 year old in Swaziland do not initiate ART. This study was conducted to identify barriers to early ART... -
Evidence for diet partitioning among three coexisting native freshwater fishes in South Africa's Cape Fold Ecoregion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JM Shelton --- Freshwater Research Centre (FRC), South Africa MS Bird --- Department of Zoology, South Africa SM Marr --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaThe partitioning of limited resources commonly explains how different species can coexist within the same ecological community. In this 2010 study, the diets of three coexisting freshwater fishes (Cape galaxias Galaxias zebratus, n = 27; Cape kurper Sandelia capensis, n... -
Superficial location of the brachial plexus and axillary artery in relation to pectoralis minor: a case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Keet --- Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, South Africa G Louw --- Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, South AfricaKnowledge of the anatomy of the infraclavicular fossa is important as this region is a target site for anaesthesia of the upper limb during infraclavicular approaches to brachial plexus blocks and in central venous cannulation of the axillary or subclavian... -
Obesity and HIV: a compounding problem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Chara Biggs --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South Africa Elizabeth Spooner --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaObjectives: A cross-sectional study was undertaken at Lancers Road Clinic, Durban, South Africa to determine body composition, haemoglobin, serum albumin and serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in asymptomatic ART-naive HIV positive adults. -
Together we stand stronger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marco Bevolo --- Academy for Leisure, The Netherlands Anique Gerrits --- Academy for Leisure, The NetherlandsThis is an action research case study investigating social participation roadblocks and opportunities through leisure-related factors for Eritrean refugee status holders in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The intent of this paper is to report on challenges and opportunities... -
Sustainable tourism development in Amsterdam Oud-West
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thea Noordeloos --- International Hospitality & Service Management, The NetherlandsIn many popular tourism destinations in the world, rapid tourism growth is occurring. The Netherlands has also experienced tourism growth, with an expected increase of almost 6 million international tourists in 10 years. Amsterdam is the main destination in this... -
Cloth as a membrane of the imagination in the artwork of Mary Sibande
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Patricia C. Henderson --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper brings future-orientated theories of becoming to bear on the work of artist Mary Sibande. Contemporary social theory is increasingly interested in how human life and matter join in vital forms of assemblage. In relation to Sibande’s work in... -
Optimum INR intensity and therapeutic INR control in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis on warfarin oral anticoagulation at Dr George Mukhari academic hospital: a three-year retrospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Ntlokotsi --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa MF Moshesh --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa P Mntla --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa OA Towobola --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa MA Mogale --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Science & Technology, South AfricaBackground: Available evidence suggest that the optimum prothrombin time-international normalised ratio (PT-INR) intensities recommended for anticoagulation of patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis may not apply to all race groups. Optimal PT-INR target ranges and effectiveness of warfarin oral anticoagulation... -
Factors influencing post-partum women’s choice of an implantable contraceptive device in a rural district hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Francois Potgieter --- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, South Africa Paul Kapp --- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, South Africa Francois Coetzee --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, South AfricaBackground: A single-rod subdermal contraceptive implant containing 68 mg of etonogestrel, ImplanonNXT®, was introduced to the South African healthcare system in 2014. Initially the new device was well received but later uptake tapered off. A need was identified to determine the... -
‘Telephone Triage’: a possible means of managing the after-hours patient load at primary health care facilities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Adeniji --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa, LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.,The rate at which routine patients are using the emergency department (ED) as a path to enter into the healthcare system in South Africa’s community healthcare facilities and district hospitals is alarming. The increasing number of acutely presenting, less stable... -
Perceived tourist values of the Museum of African Art
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hai-yang Meng --- School of Economics and Management, China Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Jong-pil Yu --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Ki-hyung Bae --- Department of Economics & Trade, South Korea Byong-ju An --- School of Dance, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaThis study investigated the effects of perceived values (personal, artistic, and sociocultural) of tourists’ attitude and behavioural intention to visit Africa. Participants were tourists (176 men and 124 women) who visited the Museum of African Art based on Jeju Island... -
Ubuntu HeartMath programme efficacy for social coherence and work spirit: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study reports preliminary evidence on the efficacy of an Ubuntu type HeartMath intervention for the purpose of facilitating social coherence and spirit at work. The study employed a pre-test and post-test, mixed methods design with 17 students and staff... -
“I think the parent should be there because no one was born alone”: Kenyan adolescents’ perspectives on parental involvement in HIV research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison K Groves --- Department of Community Health and Prevention, USA Denise D Hallfors --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Bonita J Iritani --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Stuart Rennie --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Fredrick S Odongo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Daniel Kwaro --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nyaguara Amek --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Winnie K Luseno --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USADespite a pressing need for adolescent HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa, ethical guidance for conducting research among minor adolescents is lacking. One ethical issue is the degree to which parents should be involved in the research process. The existing discourse... -
Mother–baby dyads enrolled in PMTCT care in western Kenya: characteristics and implications for ART programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Edith A Ogalo --- Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya Japheth O Adina --- Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH)-USAID, Kenya Hesbon Ooko --- Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH)-USAID, Kenya James Batuka --- US Agency for International Development (USAID), Kenya Sylvester Kimaiyo --- Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH)-USAID, KenyaThe objective of the study was to establish the mother–baby pair characteristics that contribute to vertical transmission of HIV and elucidate on remediation. We assessed for factors increasing the odds of HIV transmission in children born to HIV-infected mothers in... -
In Search of Poem-Maps of the Swahili Seas: Three Sea Poems by Haji Gora Haji
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor --- Independent Scholar, KenyaTo what extent can a text borne in memory give texture, perspectives, meaning, dimensionality and sense to a place? Where is the locus of meaning in such a case? Can this locus be mapped? Questions about Swahili navigational poetry (poem-maps)... -
Female Faces in Informal ‘Spaces’: Women and Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Gavin Hilson --- Surrey Business School, United Kingdom Abigail Hilson --- School of Management, Royal Holloway, United Kingdom Agatha Siwale --- , Roy Maconachie --- Centre for Development Studies, United KingdomThis paper critically examines how women employed in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low-tech mineral extraction and processing – in sub-Saharan Africa could be affected by moves made to formalize and support their activities under the Africa Mining Vision... -
The BRIC and African Countries’ Informal Economies: Differences, Similarities and Some General Observations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aareni Ammal Uruthirapathy --- School of Business, Trent University, Canada Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaThis study examines whether African countries can learn from the experiences of BRIC countries that have informal economies. Our analysis revealed that some characteristics of the informal economy are common in both the BRIC and the select African group. The... -
ICT Innovations, entrepreneurship and hubs in East Africa: The case of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tedla Desta --- SARChI Research Associate, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis research set out to assess the state of ICT innovation in Ethiopia, then to profile and analyse the two Ethiopian ICT hubs (iceaddis and xHub). It also assessed the challenges to ICT innovation in Ethiopia and recommend solutions. The... -
An analytical-numerical approach in the calculation of photovoltaic module parameters operating under partial shaded conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdouramani Dadjé --- Department of Renewable Energy, National Advanced School of Engineering of Maroua, Cameroon Noël Djongyang --- Department of Renewable Energy, National Advanced School of Engineering of Maroua, Cameroon Réné Tchinda --- LISIE, Fotso Victor University Institute of Technology, CameroonThe aim of this work is to determine the parameters and characteristics of a PV module in case of partial shading conditions. Both numerical and analytical methods are used in order to attain this objective. The iterative method namely Newton-Raphson... -
The determinants of farmers’ decision to produce African leafy vegetables in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Grany M. Senyolo --- Department of Crop Sciences, South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald F. Ortmann --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThere is a decline in the production, utilization and diversity of underutilized crops including African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs), which poses a threat to the status of food security and rural development. This study examines the factors influencing households’ participation decision... -
Unpacking the practice of ukujola in contemporary South Africa: understanding informal/casual sexual relations of young African adults in the context of HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Themba Mgwaba --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Economic Development, School of Built Environment and Development Studies, South AfricaHIV and AIDS continue to pose a global health and development challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the world. In spite of the accelerated efforts to combat the... -
Globalised tuberculosis control in local worlds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Justin Dixon --- Department of Global Health and Development, United Kingdom Helen Macdonald --- School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South AfricaDespite a steady global decline in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB), progress towards health targets has been slow and a crisis of drug-resistant strains of TB continues unabated. The United Nations high-level meeting on TB in September 2018 resulted in... -
Personality and work-home interaction among dual-earner couples in South Africa: Testing an actor-partner interdependence model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carin Hill --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Lynne Blunn --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the effect of personality on work-home interaction crossover effects among dual-earner couples in South Africa. The participants were dual-earner couples (n = 264; 132 couples) with young children. They completed measures on work-home interaction and... -
What to do about how to do: Reflections on the future direction of hospitality education and research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Hospitality Studies, The NetherlandsHospitality management provision in higher education in the UK is well established, though most courses are overly concerned with developing “how to do” skills in graduates. This paper argues that this “how to do” culture is reinforced by student learning... -
Sustainable tourism development in Amsterdam Oud-West
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thea Noordeloos --- International Hospitality and Service Management, The NetherlandsThe Netherlands is currently experiencing rapid tourism growth, with Amsterdam being the main destination. Academics widely discuss the impact of tourism on the environment, the economy and society, and stress the need for sustainable tourism development. Eight semi-structured interviews were... -
Evaluation of nutrition care to adult patients on HAART attending primary healthcare facilities in Mpumalanga
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: JF Schiever --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa J Visser --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa M van der Merwe --- Nutrition Sub-Directorate, Department of Health, South Africa DG Nel --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, South AfricaObjectives: This study aimed to evaluate nutrition care and nursing professional knowledge received by adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy attending primary health care (PHC) facilities -
HIV prevalence and related behaviours of older people in Botswana — secondary analysis of the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS) IV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kabo Matlho --- School of Public Health, Australia Madeleine Randell --- School of Public Health, Australia Refelwetswe Lebelonyane --- Ministry of Health, Botswana Joseph Kefas --- National AIDS Coordinating Agency, Botswana Tim Driscoll --- School of Public Health, Australia Joel Negin --- School of Public Health, AustraliaThe focus of HIV interventions in Botswana, a country with the second highest prevalence of HIV in the world, remains targeted at those aged 15–49 years despite a growing cohort of older people living with the disease — driven largely... -
“I don’t want them to know”: how stigma creates dilemmas for engagement with Treat-all HIV care for people living with HIV in Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Shona Horter --- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Sarah Bernays --- Sydney School of Public Health, Australia Zanele Thabede --- Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Eswatini Velibanti Dlamini --- Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Eswatini Bernhard Kerschberger --- Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Eswatini Munyaradzi Pasipamire --- Swaziland National AIDS Programme, Eswatini Barbara Rusch --- Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, Switzerland Alison Wringe --- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK“Treat-all” programmes aim to improve clinical outcomes and to reduce HIV transmission through regular HIV testing and immediate offer of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those diagnosed HIV-positive, irrespective of immunological status and symptoms of disease. Global narratives on the benefits... -
A methodological framework for sustainable development with vulnerable communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lucas F.V. Ribeiro --- Environmental Systems Engineering, Canada Dena W. McMartin --- Environmental Systems Engineering, CanadaThe Smart Community Development Framework (SCDF) is a methodological framework that selectively identifies and optimizes sustainable development approaches such as permaculture, sustainable livelihood approaches, community-based social marketing, environmental impact assessments and project management to effectively design and introduce clean social... -
Effect of counselling on the family function of intimate partner violence victims attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary hospital in North Central Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BO Akor --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria LA Moses --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria ND Baamlong --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria LL Shedul --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria AS Haruna --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria JM Abu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria OU Chira --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria NR Ripiye --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria RA Abdulkareem --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground and aim: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem. Family dysfunction is an integral characteristic of IPV homes. However, not much has been done regarding restoration of these families. The aim of this study was to explore the... -
Re-imagining Dzaleka: The Tumaini Festival and Refugee Visibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Catherine Makhumula --- Department of Drama, South AfricaIn this article, I explore the Tumaini Festival at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi as an important site for the re-imagination of place and the refugee. I argue that through the institution of the festival, refugee artists challenge the perception... -
Movement patterns of an endemic South African sparid, the black musselcracker Cymatoceps nasutus, determined using mark-recapture methods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TS Murray --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa BQ Mann --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa JQ Maggs --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa G Gouws --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaThis study made use of data from three long-term fish tagging projects along the South African coastline to investigate the movement behaviour of the endemic black musselcracker Cymatoceps nasutus (Sparidae). From 1984 to 2016, a total of 3 430 C... -
Peaceful waters: Community action in sustainable scarce resource management in a rural Zimbabwean setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- School of Social Sciences, South AfricaI explored community collation approaches to sustainable water management by a rural Zimbabwean community for social justice and equity with inclusivity. Informants were a convenience sample of 27 community dwellers; including villagers (n = 20), community leaders (n = 2),... -
Listening for Johannesburg: secret affinities, wondrous resonances
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brett Pyper --- Wits School of Arts, South AfricaAmongst the diverse music scenes that have emerged during the unfinished transition from apartheid, those that have formed within voluntary associations of jazz lovers remain a notable, if fractured and only partially audible feature of city culture around Johannesburg and... -
Layering mobilities: charting place-making through performance in Johannesburg’s inner-city suburbia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Alex Halligey --- South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, Wits School of Architecture and Planning, South AfricaDrawing together Tim Cresswell’s work on mobilities with Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, this article considers the Johannesburg suburbs of Bertrams, Lorentzville and Judith’s Paarl as produced and reinvented through the mobilities of their inhabitants. How might an artistic performance foreground... -
Double vision and suspended conversations: reconstituting landscapes of memory in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Naomi Roux --- Department of Architecture and Planning, South AfricaBetween 1968 and 1975, the neighbourhood of South End in Port Elizabeth underwent a traumatic process of destruction as its residents were forcibly removed under the Group Areas Act and the suburb was razed. This paper traces some of the... -
Financial Profitability of Carbon Offset Monoculture Plantation Forestry on Smallholder Farms in Trans Mara Sub-County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: J. Chemuliti --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kenya C. Ackello-Ogutu --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Kenya S. Mbogoh --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Kenya P. Irungu --- Department of Agricultural Economics, KenyaThere is growing interest in the development of smallholder carbon offset forestry projects in Africa as a means of mitigating climate change while providing co-benefits of development and environmental protection and conservation. Financial profitability of carbon projects is a key... -
Developing governance models and funding mechanisms of state–civil society partnerships for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention based on lessons from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Martin Hushie --- Department of Behavioural Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, GhanaThe contribution of civil society organisations (CSOs) to national HIV/AIDS responses in sub-Saharan African countries, with Global Health Initiatives’ (GHIs) funding channelled through National AIDS Commissions (NACs), is well researched. Less well understood are the governance models and funding mechanisms... -
Progress research on earth construction: Cast earth with glass wastes, cement kiln bypass dust and activated clay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Hanaa Youssef Ghorab --- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Egypt Amr Said Meawad --- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Egypt Mehmet Yildirim --- Customer Support Department, Suez Cement Company, Egypt Ahmed Hassan Eied Hassan --- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, EgyptA sandy soil was stabilized by 10% CEM I 42.5 R. Up to 50% of the cement was replaced by waste glass powder, cement kiln bypass dust or activated clay. Polynapthalene sulfonate superplasticizer was used to increase the fluidity of... -
Beyond the ‘usual suspects’ – Alternative qualitative methods for innovation policy studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nadja Nordling --- Faculty of Social Sciences, Finland Rhiannon Pugh --- Department of Human Geography, SwedenIn this paper we make three points about the current state and promising future directions of qualitative research in our field of innovation policy research. First, we argue that research design and methods are dealt with quite superficially in most... -
Aboveground biomass quantification and tree-level prediction models for the Brazilian subtropical Atlantic Forest
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Heitor Felippe Uller --- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Brazil Laio Zimermann Oliveira --- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Brazil Aline Renata Klitzke --- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Brazil Jackson Roberto Eleotério --- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Brazil Alfredo Celso Fantini --- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Brazil Alexander Christian Vibrans --- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, BrazilForests are the largest biological reservoir of biomass and carbon on the planet. This fact turns them into the main tool to neutralise the CO2 emitted by human activities. Despite such importance, the uncertainties associated with biomass estimates in forests,... -
Influence of site in the wood quality of Eucalyptus in plantations in Brazil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Thiago Leite Barbosa --- Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Brazil José Tarcísio da Silva Oliveira --- Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Brazil Sofia Maria Gonçalves Rocha --- Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Brazil Ana Paula Câmara --- Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Brazil Graziela Baptista Vidaurre --- Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Brazil Antônio Marcos Rosado --- Celulose Nipo-Brasileira SA (CENIBRA), Brazil Fernando Palha Leite --- Celulose Nipo-Brasileira SA (CENIBRA), BrazilGenetic materials interact with the environment in specific ways, therefore their responses in wood need to be better understood. The present study sought to evaluate the influence of different climatic conditions in Minas Gerais, Brazil on Eucalyptus grandis × Eucalyptus... -
Spatial distribution, seasonal abundance and exploitation status of shark species in Kenyan coastal waters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BK Kiilu --- Kenya Fisheries Services, Kenya B Kaunda-Arara --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Kenya RM Oddenyo --- Coral Reef Conservation Project, Kenya P Thoya --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya JM Njiru --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, KenyaEfforts to conserve and manage shark populations are often hampered by a lack of basic data, such as species-specific landings and distribution ranges. We bridge this gap in coastal East Africa by providing data on the distributions, catch rates, morphometrics,... -
Factors affecting the choice of marketing outlet selection strategies by smallholder farmers in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini-Mazibuko --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Stuart Ferrer --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald Ortmann --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThis paper explores smallholder vegetable farmers’ marketing channel selection decisions using data collected from a sample of 140 farmers from Manzini and Hhohho regions of Swaziland. Multivariate probit analysis was applied to examine the determinants of marketing channels participation. The... -
Integrating East Africa Through Arts and Culture: A Report of the EASTAFAB Tours and Exhibitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Kiagho B. Kilonzo --- Department of Creative Arts, TanzaniaIntegrating the East African region through culture has probably not been given much thought or made much of a priority in East Africa and Africa as a whole. Though integration of the East African nations began during the colonial era... -
Gender Representation in Simba and Yanga’s Joking Cartoons in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Shani Omari --- Institute of Kiswahili Studies, United Republic of TanzaniaSimba and Yanga are popular soccer teams in Tanzania and are known as long-time joking partners. Several cartoons have emerged in relation to their joking relationship. This paper examines how gender is represented in the joking cartoons between these two... -
Inter- and intra-cultural variation in learning-through-participation among Hadza and BaYaka forager children and adolescents from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sheina Lew-Levy --- Department of Psychology, United Kingdom Alyssa N. Crittenden --- Department of Anthropology, USA Adam H. Boyette --- Thompson Writing Program, USA Ibrahim A. Mabulla --- Department of Archaeology and Heritage, Tanzania Barry S. Hewlett --- Department of Anthropology, USA Michael E. Lamb --- Department of Psychology, United KingdomWe examined cross-cultural variation in children’s learning-through-participation in economic work in two forager societies; the Hadza of Tanzania and the BaYaka of the Republic of Congo. We used observational data from 46 Hadza (41% female) and 65 BaYaka (48% female)... -
Comparative trophic ecology of Cape anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and Natal anchovy Stolephorus holodon off South Africa’s east coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Horton --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa CD van der Lingen --- Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaThe distributional ranges of Cape anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and Natal anchovy Stolephorus holodon presently overlap at their eastern and western extremes, respectively, off South Africa’s east coast. These species might become more strongly sympatric as a consequence of changed distributions... -
Retaining newly qualified chartered accountants: A South African case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Nabeelah Daniels --- College of Accounting, University of Cape Town, South Africa Riyaan Davids --- College of Accounting, University of Cape Town, South AfricaRetention of employees of the millennial generation is becoming an increasing problem for employers throughout the world. It has been found in prior research that higher levels of job satisfaction by employees in organisations was a key determinant in improving... -
Implications of incomplete restorative justice in South African land restitution: lessons from the Moletele case
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nerhene C. Davis --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South AfricaSince 2005, South Africa’s post-apartheid state has opted to impose inclusive business model arrangements between land claimant communities and private sector partners to ensure the “successful” resolution of claims involving prime agricultural land. This approach was deemed compatible to achieve... -
Parents and guardians: Their perceptions of psychometric test uses with learners in an emerging country’s school system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayi Ntinda --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, EswatiniThis study utilised participatory action research methods to explore Botswana parents and guardians’ (n = 162) perceptions of psychometric tests for use with school learners. The participants completed a Parent/Guardian Psychometric Survey. Wilcoxon Rank Sums Test analysis indicated the parents... -
Chatbots — an organisation’s friend or foe?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Emma Carter --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Charlotte Knol --- Stenden Hotel Management School,In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence has increased tremendously and the hospitality industry has not gone unaffected. Nowadays, chatbots, which simulate human conversations, are almost indispensable in the customer service branch of hospitality. Where organisations started rapidly with... -
For better or for worse: Shaping the hospitality industry through robotics and artificial intelligence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nadine Drexler --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Viyella Beckman Lapré --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsContemporary technological applications are widely in use in the public sector; transportation, law enforcement, armed forces, and health care industries have long adopted robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Our daily lives have been shaped through the digital transformation and, as... -
Artificial intelligence in today’s hotel revenue management: opportunities and risks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thomas Millauer --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Matthijs Vellekoop --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThe implementation of revenue management in the hospitality industry has significantly increased in the past years. It started in the rooms departments and is slowly evolving to be further used for conference and event spaces, as well as food and... -
Morphological and genetic variation of Leptopelis brevirostris encompasses the little-known treefrogs Leptopelis crystallinoron from Gabon and Leptopelis brevipes from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rayna C Bell --- , , USA Patrick J McLaughlin --- , , USA Gregory FM Jongsma --- , , USA David C Blackburn --- , , USA Bryan L Stuart --- , USAThe Central African treefrog Leptopelis brevirostris has a characteristically short and vertically truncated snout, a tooth-like process at the centre of the mandible, and unlike most species of Leptopelis, eats terrestrial gastropods. Two morphologically similar species (L. crystallinoron and L... -
HeartMath approach to self-regulation and psychosocial well-being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jorina Elbers --- HeartMath Research Center, USA Rollin McCraty --- HeartMath Research Center, USAThe ability to alter one’s emotional responses is central to overall well-being and effectively meeting the demands of life. In this article, we discuss the perspective that one’s ability to self-regulate the quality of feeling and emotion of one’s moment-to-moment... -
Evaluation of the accuracy of visual glucose estimates by healthcare providers and patients at Kalafong Hospital, City of Tshwane, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Simbarashe B Mhishi --- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa Danie G van Zyl --- Clinical Department, Department of Internal Medicine, South AfricaBackground: A patient-centred approach with self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has emerged as the preferred approach in monitoring and managing blood glucose. The success of SMBG in diabetes treatment and management relies heavily on the accurate and reproducible measurement of... -
The avifauna, conservation and biogeography of the Njesi Highlands in northern Mozambique, with a review of the country’s Afromontane birdlife
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Samuel EI Jones --- School of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom Gabriel A Jamie --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, Belgium Emidio Sumbane --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, Belgium Merlijn Jocque --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, BelgiumNorthern Mozambique’s ‘sky-island’ mountains have become increasingly recognised for their Afromontane birdlife. Despite growing ornithological coverage, however, several Mozambican mountains remain poorly known. We present results from a three-week survey of three such mountains: the Njesi Plateau, Mount Chitagal and... -
Omogusii Omokimbizi
: A Gusii Popular Artist’s Meditation on the Post-election Violence in Kenya Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Reuben Kiyondi Ondara --- Languages, Linguistics and Literature, KenyaThe 2007–2008 post-election violence in Kenya marked a momentous period in the country’s history due to the unprecedented loss of life, displacement, destruction of property, animosity and ethnic strife, courtesy of the disputed presidential elections. The period is chronicled in... -
Megaherbivore response to droughts under different management regimes: lessons from a large African savanna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa Mike JS Peel --- , South Africa Sam M Ferreira --- , South Africa Cathy Greaver --- , South Africa Danie J Pienaar --- , South AfricaDroughts are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity for large parts of Africa. It is unclear how this may impact native grazers in protected areas, and how these outcomes may differ under contrasting management approaches. Reducing artificial water sources... -
A pedogenetic method for land type survey disaggregation into soil association maps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: George Munnik van Zijl --- , South Africa Christina Botha --- , South AfricaThere is an increasing demand worldwide for spatial soil information. Unfortunately, gathering new soil data is expensive, leading to a focus on extracting detailed information from existing datasets. The most extensive dataset in South Africa is that of the land... -
Salt marsh elevation and responses to future sea-level rise in the Knysna Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JL Raw --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Department of Botany, South Africa T Riddin --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Department of Botany, South Africa J Wasserman --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Department of Botany, South Africa TWK Lehman --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Department of Botany, South Africa TG Bornman --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa JB Adams --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Department of Botany, South AfricaSea-level rise is a significant threat to salt marshes. However, these habitats can respond by increasing their relative elevation, or by migrating into adjacent areas. Here we provide the first report on surface elevation change for salt marsh at the... -
Biomass partitioning in an endemic southern African salt marsh species Salicornia tegetaria (Chenopodiaceae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: CE Brown --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa A Rajkaran --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaThe below ground biomass of salt marsh species accounts for more than half of the total plant biomass in salt marsh systems, yet no biomass data exist for salt marsh species in South Africa. The aims of the current study... -
Psychosocial management of depression in adolescent learners: Results and implications of a Nigerian study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Precious Chibuike Chukwuere --- School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Abel Jacobus Pienaar --- Faculty of Nursing, Leepile Alfred Sehularo --- School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaThis study explored the perceptions of adolescent learners, teachers, and parents on the psychosocial management of adolescent depression in a district of Lagos State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 24 participants (10 adolescent learners, 6 teachers, 2 principals, and 6... -
The effects of different gold mine tailings on growth, reproduction and avoidance-behaviour of earthworms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Bryan McGuirk --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Pieter Theron --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Mark Maboeta --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaThe mining industry plays a key role in the economic development of South Africa as one of the largest exporters of valuable resources, such as gold, platinum group metals and other metals and minerals. Unfortunately, mining produces large volumes of... -
Local ecological knowledge demonstrates shifting baselines and the large-scale decline of sawfishes (Pristidae) in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Braulik --- University of St Andrews, United Kingdom M Kasuga --- Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania Program, Tanzania G Majubwa --- Ambakofi, TanzaniaSawfishes are coastally distributed rays that grow to very large sizes. All five species are assessed as Endangered or Critically Endangered as a result of population declines caused mainly by entanglements in fishing gear and by habitat degradation. Three species... -
Comparative methods for predicting cyanide pollution in artisanal small-scale gold mining catchment by using logistic regression and kriging with GIS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: L. C. Razanamahandry --- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Department of Water and Sanitary Engineering, Laboratory of Water, Burkina Faso P. M. Digbeu --- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Department of Water and Sanitary Engineering, Laboratory of Water, Burkina Faso H. A. Andrianisa --- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Department of Water and Sanitary Engineering, Laboratory of Water, Burkina Faso H. Karoui --- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Department of Water and Sanitary Engineering, Laboratory of Water, Burkina Faso J. Podgorski --- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland E. Manikandan --- UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience’s/Nanotechnology Laboratories (U2AC2N), College of Graduate Studies, South Africa M. Maaza --- UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience’s/Nanotechnology Laboratories (U2AC2N), College of Graduate Studies, South Africa H. Yacouba --- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Department of Water and Sanitary Engineering, Laboratory of Water, Burkina FasoIt has been reported that persistent cyanide pollution occurs in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) catchment areas in Burkina Faso. In the present study, logistic regression (LR) and Regression Kriging (RK) methods were applied to predict cyanide pollution hazard at... -
Teaching Canadian Literature in the University of Nairobi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Muchugu Kiiru --- , KenyaThis paper discusses experiences of teaching Canadian literature in the Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, Kenya. For a long time, the University of Nairobi syllabus required that teaching Canadian literature, or any foreign literature for that matter, should be... -
Attachment styles as predictors of intimate partner violence: A retrospective study with a student population
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Natasja K. Magorokosho --- , Namibia Mara Mberira --- , NamibiaThis study explored the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration or victimisation and intrinsic factors such as attachment styles. A total of 159 male and 221 female undergraduate students, ranging in age from 18 to 50 participated in the... -
The future of hospitality jobs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Georges El Hajal --- , The Netherlands Bill Rowson --- , The NetherlandsThis article reviews the literature on artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology and looks at its effects on the future of hospitality jobs, and the skills needed for the future. The purpose of this article is to understand and describe how developments... -
Habitat utilisation of Pseudobarbus afer and Sandelia capensis in headwaters of the Swartkops River, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Hannweg --- , South Africa SM Marr --- , South Africa LE Bloy --- , South Africa OLF Weyl --- , South AfricaHabitat degradation is one of the greatest threats to endemic freshwater fish in the Cape Fold Ecoregion. One habitat restoration strategy is the replication of critical habitat using artificial materials. In this paper, we evaluate the habitat occupancy of two... -
Seasonal abundance and distribution of Red-capped Robin Chat Cossypha natalensis in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Chacha Werema --- , TanzaniaIn Africa, the migratory status of the Red-capped Robin Chat Cossypha natalensis is still not well understood. In some areas, this species has been regarded as either a full or a partial migrant, whereas in other parts of its range,... -
Citizen science in South Africa: a personal perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James A Harrison --- , South AfricaThe author recalls some of the achievements of the first Southern African Bird Atlas Project and other citizen science projects that were run by the Animal Demography Unit (then the Avian Demography Unit, ADU). The traditional motivation for such projects... -
Belonging, Memory and Subaltern Voices: Reflecting on Sindiwe Magona’s To my Children’s Children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Puleng Segalo --- , South AfricaFor many black people, the act of writing and expressing one’s thoughts was an exercise of resistance and defiance, one that often meant risking losing one’s freedom or one’s life. Sindiwe Magona’s works challenge the commonly held assumption that writing... -
Physico-chemical limnology during the filling phase of Tugwi-Mukosi, a tropical reservoir in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: L Mhlanga --- , Harare TC Madzivanzira --- , Zimbabwe T Nhiwatiwa --- , Harare P Tendaupenyu --- , Harare M Barson --- , Harare L Marufu --- , Harare N Songore --- , ZimbabweThe physico-chemical limnology and trophic status of the Tugwi-Mukosi reservoir were assessed seven months after impoundment. Water temperature, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, transparency, nitrates, total nitrogen, orthophosphates, total phosphorus and metals (K, Na, Ca, Mg, Cu, Cd, Cr, Ni, Hg,... -
What grass characteristics drive large herbivore feeding patch selection? A case study from a South African grassland protected area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Elena Mariotti --- , South Africa Francesca Parrini --- , South Africa Cornelius J Louw --- , South Africa Jason P Marshal --- , South AfricaThe coexistence of a large herbivore community depends on the degree of overlap in the resource used by the different species composing it. We investigated the role of grass greenness, height, biomass and feeding patch status on feeding patch selection... -
A survey of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in the newly created Tugwi-Mukosi reservoir, Zimbabwe, during the filling phase
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: L Mhlanga --- , Zimbabwe TC Madzivanzira --- , Zimbabwe T Nhiwatiwa --- , Zimbabwe P Tendaupenyu --- , Zimbabwe M Barson --- , Zimbabwe L Marufu --- , Zimbabwe N Songore --- , ZimbabweThe plankton assemblages of Tugwi-Mukosi reservoir in south-eastern Zimbabwe were assessed seven months after impoundment to form a baseline for future monitoring and tracking of changes linked to the reservoir’s ontogenetic development processes. While cyanobacteria were the dominant group at... -
Assessment of an HIV-prevention intervention for couples in peri-urban Uganda: pervasive challenges to relationship quality also challenge intervention effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Phoebe Kajubi --- , Uganda Allison Ruark --- , USA Norman Hearst --- , USA Sam Ruteikara --- , Uganda Edward C Green --- , USAReducing multiple and concurrent partnerships has been identified as a priority in generalised HIV epidemics, yet developing successful interventions to bring about such behaviour change has proven challenging. We offered a three-session intervention aimed to improve couple relationship quality and... -
Therianthropes as human-animal relations: contextualising rock art in anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert J. Thornton --- , South AfricaSouthern African rock art is painted on exposed but sheltered rock faces and features involved collocations of images in generally ambiguous relation to one another. Therianthropes — mixtures of parts of humans and animals — condense in one image a... -
The normal tax consequences of home swaps for residents owning property in the Republic of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Magdel Zietsman --- , South Africa Andrea Herron --- , South Africa“Home swapping” has become more accessible due to a global phenomenon, known as the sharing economy. Technological advancement has removed the barriers to international trade and members of home swapping programmes exchange rights to provide each other with accommodation in... -
Prospective intimate partner violence screening tool for use in primary healthcare facilities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rehanna Theresa Felix --- , South Africa Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi --- , South Africa Nita Strümpher --- , South AfricaThe study piloted an intimate partner violence (IPV) screening tool for use with female patients by professional nurses in primary health facilities. Utilising a one group, pre-test post-test design, one hundred and twenty-eight participants completed the pre-test measure (all females;... -
Spatial and temporal diversity of non-native biofouling species associated with marinas in two Angolan bays
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LB Pestana --- , Brazil GM Dias --- , Brazil AC Marques --- , BrazilArtificial structures in coastal areas provide substrates which facilitate the spread of non-native species. Published records of introduced benthic species in the coastal waters of Angola are scarce, and so far these have numbered 29 non-native species and seven cryptogenic... -
“Growing up and growing old with HIV”: HIV+ adolescents’ experiences of disclosing statuses to romantic partners in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Philani Mlilo --- , Zimbabwe Cowen Dziva --- , Zimbabwe Vuyisile Precious Moyo --- , Zimbabwe Nonhlanhla Lindelwe Ndondo --- , South Africa Zanele Ndlovu --- , Zimbabwe Nkosinathi Muyambo --- , South AfricaThis article explores the experiences of HIV-positive adolescents disclosing their status to romantic partners in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Disclosure of HIV status continues to be one of the most pressing issues facing adolescents, especially those in relationships, yet health care workers... -
Project planning and control analysis for suburban photovoltaic alternative electric power supply in Southwestern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibikunle Olalekan Ogundari --- , Nigeria Funso Ayotunde Otuyemi --- , UKAlternative photovoltaic (PV) electric power systems are designed for suburban residential complexes in Nigeria’s Southwestern region as succour to erratic grid power supply. The initial project in suburban Ibadan, Oyo State was analyzed as model for other stakeholders in the... -
Motivating people living with HIV to initiate antiretroviral treatment outside national guidelines in three clinics in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Constance Mubekapi-Musadaidzwa --- , South Africa Dillon Wademan --- , South Africa Neshaan Peton --- , South Africa Portia Hendricks --- , South Africa Gabriela Carolus --- , South Africa Rheiner Mbaezue --- , South Africa Karen F Kelley --- , South Africa James Kruger --- , South Africa Karen Jennings --- , South Africa Nelis Grobbelaar --- , South Africa Francoise Louis --- , South Africa Nulda Beyers --- , South Africa Helen Ayles --- , Zambia Sarah Fidler --- , UK Richard Hayes --- , UK Peter Bock --- , South Africa Graeme Hoddinott --- , South AfricaBackground: The HPTN 071 (PopART) trial implemented universal test and treat (UTT) in three clinics in the Western Cape, South Africa at a time when antiretroviral treatment (ART) was only offered by CD4 threshold and World Health Organization clinical staging... -
The psychosocial determinants of the intention to test for HIV among young men in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thabang Manyaapelo --- , South Africa Robert AC Ruiter --- , The Netherlands Sibusiso Sifunda --- , South Africa Anam Nyembezi --- , South Africa Bart van den Borne --- , The Netherlands Priscilla Reddy --- , South AfricaBackground: Voluntary counselling and testing is one of the effective prevention strategies against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This study investigated the psychosocial determinants of the intention to be tested for HIV among young men in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province using the... -
Women’s perspectives on relationship dynamics with their partners and their role in HIV acquisition, HIV disclosure, hormonal contraceptive uptake, and condom use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John C Chapola --- , Malawi Kendra Hatfield-Timajchy --- , USA Agatha K Bula --- , Malawi Stacey Hurst --- , USA Lameck Chinula --- , Malawi Athena P Kourtis --- , USA Jennifer H Tang --- , MalawiBackground: Limited information exists about relationship dynamics and their role in HIV acquisition, HIV disclosure, hormonal contraceptive uptake, and condom use among women in Malawi. -
The socio-ecology of childcare in Apartheid South Africa: Retrospective experiences of a sample of caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jené Pretorius --- , South Africa Carinne Annfred Lorraine Petersen --- , South Africa Athena Pedro --- , South AfricaWe sought to retrospectively understand current caregivers’ childhood experiences of apartheid in South Africa. A sample of eight caregivers (black = 3, white = 2, mixed race = 3; age range = 29 to 55 years) took part in the... -
Young children’s conceptions of morality in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melanie Y. Martin --- , South Africa Nithi Muthukrishna --- , South Africa Gugulethu M. Hlatshwayo --- , South AfricaThe aim of the study was to explore children’s conceptions of morality, specifically the meanings children assigned to situations of morality. The participants were eight to eleven-year-old children (n = 8; female = 5, male = 3) who attended a... -
The impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana and Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Judy N. Muthuri --- , United Kingdom Aditya Jain --- , United Kingdom Arthur A. O. Ndegwa --- , Kenya Shadrack Mwakio Mwagandi --- , Kenya Naa Dedei Tagoe --- , GhanaArtisanal and small-scale miners are facing unprecedented challenges due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The paper adopts a practice-based approach to examine the impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) practices in sub-Saharan Africa... -
Adoption of maize varieties on smallholder farmers’ market participation in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abadi Teferi Alemaw --- , Ethiopia Alem Mezgebo Hailu --- , Ethiopia Shishay Teklay Kahsay --- , EthiopiaAgricultural technologies have been introduced to Ethiopia. Farmers adopt such technologies for bettering their livelihoods by increasing farm production. However, increasing production by itself may not necessarily enhance farmers’ livelihoods. Among other factors that can result in enhanced livelihoods, farmers... -
Evaluating Kenya’s coastal gillnet fishery: trade-offs in recommended mesh-size regulations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Osuka --- , Kenya JA Kawaka --- , Kenya MA Samoilys --- , KenyaGillnets are a widely used fishing gear in Kenya’s artisanal fisheries, yet their mesh sizes are inadequately monitored or regulated. This study evaluated the impacts of gillnets of seven stretched-mesh sizes, through comparative analysis of species-related metrics and catch per... -
‘I just want to live’: A case study exploring separation abuse among women in heterosexual relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha-Sue Johnson --- , South Africa Duane D. Booysen --- , South AfricaIntimate partner violence is a public health and human rights concern. We aimed to explore the lived experiences of women survivors of separation abuse. Our informants were four South African women who experienced separation abuse by a partner. The women... -
Earthworm diversity and density as affected by soil and climatic factors in Raymond Mhlaba municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sixolise Mcinga --- , South Africa Alen Manyevere --- , South Africa P Mnkeni --- , TanzaniaEarthworms play a key role in improving soil health, and their diversity and density are mainly affected by soil and climatic factors. This study determined the effects of rainfall, temperature and selected soil properties on the diversity and density of... -
Firm-specific orientations and manufacturing capability under institutional voids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Deusdedit Augustine Rwehumbiza --- , United Republic of TanzaniaManufacturing capability (MC) is widely considered to depend on a strategic orientation of firms and institutional support. Remarkably, little is known about the influence of firm-specific orientations on manufacturing capability under institutional voids. This study examines the extent to which... -
A study of startup accelerators in Silicon Valley and some implications for Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Temitayo Shenkoya --- , South KoreaThe performance of the Nigerian economy – compared to other developed country – is poor and there is an urgent need to improve the situation to guarantee sustainable development. Previous studies have shown that accelerators are viable options, therefore this... -
Statistical arbitrage on the JSE based on partial co-integration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: A. J. Hoffman --- , South AfricaEarly forms of statistical arbitrage exploited the mean reversion of a model error extracted from pairs of instruments with a tendency to move together. Pairs trading was extended by Engle and Granger and by Johansen to include several co-integrated instruments... -
Temporal partitioning of diurnal bird and nocturnal small mammal visitors to a winter flowering endemic succulent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephanie L Payne --- , South Africa Craig T Symes --- , South Africa Ed TF Witkowski --- , South AfricaFloral nectar is an important attractant and reward for visitors, and is often produced in synchrony with peak activity of pollinators. Aloe peglerae flowers in winter, and previous studies have shown that it is pollinated primarily by diurnal generalist birds,... -
Caregivers of early adolescent children: Influences of their apartheid experiences on their intergenerational learning practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jené Pretorius --- , South Africa Carinne Annfred Lorraine Petersen --- , South Africa Athena Pedro --- , South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the experiences of apartheid that South African caregivers share with their early-adolescent children. Utilising a qualitative exploratory inquiry approach, we interviewed eight participants (male = 1; age range: 29–55 years old; black = 3; coloured... -
Critical Literary Arts in Action: The Decolonial Project of Ba re e ne re within and beyond Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Lineo Segoete --- , Lesotho Zachary Rosen --- , LesothoIn this article we explore the historical construction of literary infrastructure established in Lesotho. Building on an analysis of Sesotho language orthography by Dr Litšepiso Matlosa, we recall the colonial genesis of written Sesotho by Swiss and French missionaries. As... -
Influence of soil organic carbon, fertiliser management, and weeding regime on weed dynamics and maize productivity on sandy soils in eastern Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Justin Chipomho --- , Zimbabwe Cosmas Parwada --- , Zimbabwe Joyful T Rugare --- , Zimbabwe Stanford Mabasa --- , Zimbabwe Regis Chikowo --- , Zimbabwe Arnold B Mashingaidze --- , ZimbabweLabour bottlenecks and multiple operations at the start of a cropping season often result in inadequate early weed control and subsequent poor crop performance. Therefore, there is a need to establish management practices that provide the best opportunities for the... -
Determinants of participation in livestock development programmes: Evidence from South Africa’s Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Saul Ngarava --- , South Africa Abbyssinia Mushunje --- , Petronella Chaminuka --- , South AfricaThe objective of the study was to determine factors influencing participation decisions in the Agricultural Research Council’s Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data on socio-economic and institutional factors, as well... -
A decade of surf-zone linefish monitoring in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, with a preliminary assessment of the effects of rezoning and resource use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Bullock --- , South Africa A Wood --- , South Africa VA Dames --- , South Africa JA Venter --- , South Africa J Greeff --- , South AfricaAn 11-year assessment of surf-zone linefish (marine fish captured on hook and line) was carried out in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, by research fishing to determine species and size composition, movement and... -
Day/night patterns of habitat use by dogfish sharks (Squalidae) at photic and subphotic warm-temperate reefs: evidence for diel movements and size- and sex-segregation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Juby --- , South Africa ATF Bernard --- , South Africa A Götz --- , South AfricaDogfish sharks (genus Squalus) demonstrate complex distribution patterns that may increase their vulnerability to selective overfishing. This study investigated the day/night reef-use patterns in a population of dogfish (presumably Squalus acutipinnis) on shallow photic (13–35 m) and deep subphotic (51–99... -
South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WM Potts --- , South Africa JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa CL Griffiths --- , South Africa CG Attwood --- , South Africa AD de Blocq --- , South Africa SH Elwen --- , South Africa R Nel --- , South Africa KJ Sink --- , South Africa R Thornycroft --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has a long history of engagement in citizen science (CS), particularly marine CS. This review examines the contributions made by marine CS, from the 1930s through to the current era, where websites, social media and mobile apps provide... -
Barriers to condom use in casual sexual relationships known as ukujola in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mbongeleni Thembalihle Mgwaba --- , South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world. Of the nine provinces in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal is the worst affected. HIV is largely transmitted through unprotected penetrative sexual intercourse. Male latex condoms are central... -
Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Jimu --- , South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South Africa Marie-Jeanne Offosse Ngbesso --- , South AfricaThis study explored experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative methodology to explore the intricacies of living with HIV as an adolescent. Thirty (N... -
Urbanization and housing development in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Simona Totaforti --- , ItalyThe South African urban system is a significant testbed for the analysis of urban forms in emerging economies. On the one hand, the urbanization processes have similar characteristics to those found elsewhere in the world, while on the other they... -
Nestling diet of the Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti, an endemic threatened bird in Babors’ Kabylia region (north-eastern Algeria)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mourad Zemouri --- , Algeria Lydia Asloune --- , Algeria Aida Adrar --- , Algeria Abdelouhab Bouchareb --- , Algeria Abdelazize Franck Bougaham --- , AlgeriaThe Algerian Nuthatch is an endemic and protected bird species in Algeria, and its different habitats are threatened by fires and others human actions; the species is therefore considered ‘Endangered’. A faecal samples analysis of the species’ nestlings was done... -
Soil C sequestration and CO2 fluxes under maize-based Conservation Agriculture systems in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Lindah Muzangwa --- , South Africa Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni --- , Tanzania Cornelius Chiduza --- , South AfricaTraditional farming methods deplete soil carbon and contribute to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. We investigated the effects of Conservation Agriculture principles on C sequestration and CO2 flux from two agroecological regions in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, over five... -
Nutritional management of a polytrauma patient in an intensive care unit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lisa Burgdorf --- , South AfricaA 32-year-old male was admitted to hospital with multiple injuries following a quadbike accident. Treatment of the patient included a left arm amputation, a right hemicolectomy and end ileostomy, and the orthopaedic management of a left femur fracture and degloving... -
Institutions and brain drain: The role of business start-up regulations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patrick Marie Nga Ndjobo --- , Cameroon Noémia Certo Simões --- , PortugalThe objective of this article is to re-examine the relationship between African institutions and the migration phenomena. Specifically, we analyze the relationship between business start-up regulations and the brain drain from sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries towards those in OECD. Using... -
Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Isaac Justice Kobina Biney --- , Ghana Kofi Adesi Kyei --- , Ghana Vincent Jessey Ganu --- , Ghana Ernest Kenu --- , Ghana Peter Puplampu --- , Ghana Steven Manortey --- , Ghana Margaret Lartey --- , GhanaWith the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV-infected children are growing into adolescence and adulthood. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Fevers Unit of one of the teaching hospitals in Ghana. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8)... -
Digitalisation and temporary agencies: Impact on the business model and internal organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Stephanie van Oorschot --- , The NetherlandsThis study investigated the potential impact of upcoming technologies on the business model of temporary agencies, as well as the required organisational changes to effectively digitalise. Although this research does not focus on temporary agencies in hospitality specifically, the outcomes... -
Local variations in the response of birds to human presence in urban areas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tristan Nyatanga --- , Zimbabwe Henry Ndaimani --- , South Africa Tanyaradzwa Gaza --- , ZimbabweStudies that seek to understand the local variations in the response of birds to human disturbance in urban areas are important for conservation. This article investigated the contribution of human population density in the different urban land use zones of... -
Smart specialisation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities, challenges and initial mapping for Côte d’Ivoire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mafini Dosso --- , Spain Alexander Kleibrink --- , Spain Monika Matusiak --- , SpainThis paper calls for a better integration of place-based, evidence-based and inclusive dimensions in the implementation of the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) plans and industrial policies in sub-Saharan Africa. To this end, the analysis contrasts with and takes inspiration... -
Households’ nonfarm livelihood participation and agricultural inputs investment: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Haile Tewele Berhe --- , EthiopiaEvidence shows that nonfarm livelihood activities are an important source of income for rural households and they may interact with farm activities in different ways. This article attempts to examine the investment linkage in which evidence is scarce in the... -
Machine learning and regression models to predict multiple tree stem volumes for teak
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ivaldo da Silva Tavares Júnior --- , Brazil Jianne Rafaela Mazzini de Souza --- , Brazil Lucas Sérgio de Sousa Lopes --- , Brazil Leonardo Pereira Fardin --- , Brazil Gianmarco Goycochea Casas --- , Brazil Ricardo Rodrigues de Oliveira Neto --- , Brazil Rodrigo Vieira Leite --- , Brazil Helio Garcia Leite --- , BrazilThe quantification of a stand’s wood stock is one of the most important procedures for Tectona spp. (teak) management. An optimal method for estimating tree volume must accommodate the variation of the data collected in the inventory. This study evaluated... -
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanyan Liu --- , China Ruiqian Li --- , China Zeming Jin --- , China Xia Wu --- , China Wenyi Wang --- , ChinaWe examined the relationship between teachers’ psychological empowerment and professional well-being, and the mediating effect of professional pressure thereon. The participants were female Chinese kindergarten teachers (n = 225; mean age = 26.79 years; SD = 5.78 years). The minority... -
Self-control mediation on the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yongguang Chen --- , China Yungui Guo --- , ChinaWe examined the role of self-control in the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among university students. A convenience sample of 783 Chinese students (female = 75.7%; mean age = 20.34 years, SD = 1.44 years) completed measures... -
Quality of life and its predictors among clients visiting antiretroviral therapy clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tariku Shimels --- , Ethiopia Gelila Bogale --- , Ethiopia Rodas Asrat Kassu --- , Ethiopia Teferi Gedif --- , EthiopiaThis study assessed the quality of life (QoL) and associated factors among a group of clients visiting ART clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A multi-site cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 to 30 August 2020. Adults with HIV and who... -
Determinants of antiretroviral treatment adherence among patients attending secondary health care facilities in north-east and south-west Nigeria: a comparative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sonnen Atinge --- , Nigeria Oluchi J Kanma-Okafor --- , Nigeria Temitope W Ladi-Akinyemi --- , Nigeria Iorhen E Akase --- , Nigeria Adebayo T Onajole --- , Nigeria -
Spawning observations of Pomadasys commersonnii in the marine section of the Knysna estuarine bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: EC Butler --- , South Africa A-R Childs --- , South Africa MKS Smith --- , South Africa RM Foster --- , South Africa WM Potts --- , South AfricaKnowledge of the location and timing of spawning events is critical for fisheries management. As is the case for many southern African fishes, the spotted grunter Pomadasys commersonnii was historically thought to reproduce in the coastal waters off KwaZulu-Natal Province... -
Introduction of an electronic petition system in the City of Tshwane – A municipal residents’ perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Queen E. Malemela --- , South Africa Ricky M. Mukonza --- , South AfricaPublic participation has been found, in prior related studies, as a way of demonstrating impartiality and ensuring inclusivity. In developed countries, governments ensure public participation using e-petitions. This study focused on determining municipal residents’ perceptions of the electronic petition system... -
Commercialization level and determinants of market participation of smallholder wheat farmers in northern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dubale Abate --- , Ethiopia Fikadu Mitiku --- , Ethiopia Rijalu Negash --- , EthiopiaWheat market participation improves the income and economic growth of many smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Despite this, smallholder farmers are not enough to participate in the wheat market so that commercialization level is very low due to different factors. This... -
Agricultural supply response for sunflower in South Africa (1947–2016): The partial Nerlovian framework approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kenneth Nhundu --- , South Africa Colleta Gandidzanwa --- , South Africa Petronella Chaminuka --- , South Africa Manana Mamabolo --- , South Africa Sandile Mahlangu --- , South Africa Moraka N. Makhura --- , South AfricaThe study estimates sunflower supply response in South Africa using time series data from 1947 to 2016, modelled through the Nerlovian Partial Adjustment approach. Short- and long-run price elasticities of 0.238 and 0.313 respectively, suggest that farmers do not easily... -
Digital technology adoption in a bank Treasury and performing a Digital Maturity Assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Johan von Solms --- , South Africa Josef Langerman --- , South AfricaThe importance of a Treasury department in a commercial bank has increased in recent decades. After the 2008 financial crisis the remit of a bank Treasury has expanded in terms of scope and strategic significance, evolving from a transactional cash... -
Problematic smartphone use among adults: Exploratory measure development and validation in Saudi Arabia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abdulrahman Al-Mohaimeed --- , Saudi Arabia Mansour Alharbi --- , Saudi Arabia Farid Midhet Mahmood --- , Pakistan Ilias Mahmud --- , Saudi ArabiaThis study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure problematic smartphone use. Respondents were 708 adults (female = 54.1%, mean age = 25.1 years, SD = 8.5 years) who were randomly recruited for a cross-sectional survey. We purposively... -
Factors influencing the decision to adopt Smart Building Technology (SBT) in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: De-Graft Owusu-Manu --- , Ghana Frank A. Ghansah --- , Hong Kong Joshua Ayarkwa --- , Ghana David J. Edwards --- , UK Reza Hosseini --- , AustraliaThe decision-making towards the adoption of Smart Building Technologies (SBTs) is not sufficiently informed by pertinent expertise in developing countries such as Ghana, in terms of energy-efficient building design methods and associated technologies. This study aims to assess the decision... -
Disaggregation and assessment of estuarine pressures at the country-level to better inform management and resource protection – the South African experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: L van Niekerk --- , South Africa S Taljaard --- , South Africa SJ Lamberth --- , South Africa JB Adams --- , South Africa SP Weerts --- , South Africa CF MacKay --- , South AfricaGlobally, the ability of estuaries to sustain functionality and productivity is deteriorating rapidly under ever-increasing anthropogenic pressures. We present a systematic approach to identify, characterise and rank global pressures affecting estuaries. Six main pressure categories are reviewed: freshwater flow modification;... -
Contribution of ankle-brachial index measurement in screening for arteriopathy obliterans of the lower limbs in type 2 diabetics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Sitraka Angelo Raharinavalona --- , Madagascar Rija Eric Raherison --- , Madagascar Thierry Razanamparany --- , Madagascar Dally Rasoaniana --- , Madagascar Radonirina Lazasoa Andrianasolo --- , Madagascar Andrinirina Dave Patrick Rakotomalala --- , Madagascar -
The mediating role of ICT regulation on the effects of ICT access and ICT use on e-participation: Evidence from structural equation modelling and necessary condition analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim Osman Adam --- University for Development Studies, Ghana Muftawu Dzang Alhassan --- SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, GhanaRecently, governments have been using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide platforms for citizen engagement and involvement through e-participation. This paper aims to explore the drivers behind e-participation in a global context. The discourse on e-participation in the information... -
Design and development of Machinga mobile trading application: A participatory and design science research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joel Rumanyika --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Mikko Apiola --- University of Turku, Finland Nasibu Rajabu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Solomon Sunday Oyelere --- Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Matti Tedre --- University of Eastern Finland, FinlandIn Tanzania, street traders face the challenge of limited markets caused by employing weak marketing and promotion strategies. This study developed a mobile application to solve the problem addressed using participatory design. Qualitative data were collected using focus group discussions... -
“I didn’t support PrEP because I didn’t know what it was”: Inadequate information undermines male partner support for young women’s pre-exposure prophylaxis use in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kawango Agot --- , Kenya Miriam Hartmann --- , USA Sophie Otticha --- , Kenya Alexandra Minnis --- , USA Jacob Onyango --- , Kenya Marylyn Ochillo --- , Kenya Sarah T Roberts --- , USAThe HIV infection rate is higher among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa than men in the same age range. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be used by women discreetly; however, for most AGYW, male partner approval is desired... -
Correlation of variations in species abundance of Atlantic forests regenerating on abandoned pastures with different environmental and spatial variables
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: João Paulo de Maçaneiro --- , Brazil Laio Zimermann Oliveira --- , Brazil Lauri Amândio Schorn --- , Brazil Franklin Galvão --- , Brazil Guilherme Salgado Grittz --- , Brazil André Luís de Gasper --- , BrazilThe conversion of native forests into pastures is still a common practice in Brazil. Abandoned pastures have great potential for natural regeneration and therefore could play an important role in meeting the enormous demand for forest restoration. Few studies, however,... -
Characteristics and sociocultural impacts of small pelagic fishing by migrant fishers in Benin, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Ahouansou Montcho --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Bénin KV Salako --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin FJ Chadare --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture (UNA), Benin SC Gnansounou --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Z Sohou --- Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB), Bénin P Failler --- University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom R Glèlè Kakaï --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin AE Assogbadjo --- University of Abomey-Calavi, BeninSmall pelagic fish species contribute substantially to the food security and livelihoods of local communities in developing countries. In West Africa, and particularly in Benin, small pelagic fisheries attract many migrant fishers who are key actors in the sector. This... -
Maturity length, fecundity and spawning season of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias in the coastal waters of Ghana (west-central Gulf of Guinea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JE Kassah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana J Blay --- Centre for Coastal Management (Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience), University of Cape Coast, Ghana I Okyere --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana N Lazar --- University of Rhode Island, United StatesAspects of the reproductive biology of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias are reported here based on data from random samples of artisanal fish landings from Ghana. The specimens were between 13.7 cm and 40.7 cm total length (TL), and both... -
Afrikaner networks for volksdiens: Stellenbosch volkekundiges, 1926–1997
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C.S. (Kees) van der Waal --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaSeveral critical exposés of volkekunde at Stellenbosch University have focused on dominant figures up to the 1960s but have not sufficiently considered how they engaged with Afrikaner nationalism. This article introduces questions around solidarity, discontinuity and dissent amongst volkekundiges up... -
Policing the (post)colonial body: The Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Amber Reed --- , United States of America Ziyanda Xaso --- , South AfricaIn March 2020, South Africa enacted one of the world’s most severe lockdowns to combat the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Whilst this action received international praise, its implementation by the armed security forces in many ways mirrored colonial and apartheid-era controls on... -
A multi-stakeholder view on director remuneration guidance in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Marilee van Zyl --- , South Africa Nadia Mans-Kemp --- , South AfricaPurpose: Given South Africa’s well-developed governance framework, considerable wage inequality and sizeable executive packages, this study was conducted to reflect on the aptness and application of the King IV director remuneration guidelines. -
Perception and adoption of artificial pollination technology in cocoa production: Evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa --- , Ghana Afrane Baffour Kyei --- , Ghana Isaac Akurugu Apike --- , Ghana Dadson Awunyo-Vitor --- , Ghana Raymond K. Dziwornu --- , GhanaThis study examined the perception and adoption of artificial pollination among cocoa farmers in Ghana. It used cross-sectional data collected from 206 cocoa farmers selected through multi-stage sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, Likert Scale and the Tobit regression model were the... -
The introduction of the Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar to southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Carl J Vernon --- , South Africa W Richard J Dean --- , South AfricaChukar Partridges Alectoris chukar were released at a few localities in South Africa and Zimbabwe with the aim of establishing viable populations that could contribute to a larger resource available to the ‘wing-shooting’ fraternity. Releases and introductions are poorly documented,... -
On the Ramanujan-type congruences modulo 8 for the overpartitions into odd parts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mircea Merca --- University of Craiova, RomaniaLet denote the number of overpartitions of n into odd parts. In this paper, we provide a complete characterization of Ramanujan-type congruences modulo 8 for the overpartition function considering the number of odd positive divisors of and the relations of... -
On the parabolicity of linear Weingarten spacelike submanifolds in the de Sitter space
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Railane Antonia --- Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil Henrique F. de Lima --- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, BrazilIn this paper, we deal with complete linear Weingarten spacelike sub-manifold immersed with parallel normalized mean curvature vector in de Sitter space of index p. Imposing appropriate restrictions on the values of the mean curvature function H, we establish a... -
A characterisation of weightable quasi-metric generating functions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Dhananjay Gopal --- Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, India Oscar Valero --- University of Balearic Islands, Spain Shubham Yadav --- S.V. National Institute of Technology, IndiaIn 1994, S.G. Matthews introduced the notions of partial metric and weighted quasi-metric and, in addition, he showed that both are dual. In fact, he developed a method for generating weightable quasi-metrics from partial metrics and conversely. Recently, J.J. Miñana... -
A look at the structure of congruence frames by means of Heyting congruences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: John Frith --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Anneliese Schauerte --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis paper concerns the congruence frame in the setting of partial frames, which, in contrast to full frames, do not necessarily have all joins. Examples of these include bounded distributive lattices, σ- and κ-frames. A new class of congruences, called... -
Associations between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the experience of violence among women and girls living with and at risk of HIV in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Olujide Arije --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Amaka Enemo --- , Nigeria Aaron Sunday --- , Nigeria Amira Muhammad --- Northern Nigerian Transgender Initiative, Nigeria Hasiya Yunusa Nyako --- , Nigeria Rilwan Mohammed Abdullah --- , Nigeria Henry Okiwu --- , Nigeria Erik Lamontagne --- , SwitzerlandAim : Women and girls living with and at high risk of HIV (WGL&RHIV) had an increased risk for gender-based violence (GBV) during COVID-19. The study aimed to assess the associations between vaccine hesitancy and GBV, HIV status and psychological... -
Understanding the role of men in women's use of the vaginal ring and oral PrEP during pregnancy and breastfeeding: multi-stakeholder perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Petina Musara --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Miriam Hartmann --- , USA Julia H Ryan --- , USA Krishnaveni Reddy --- Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Joseph Ggita --- Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Makerere University, Uganda Prisca Mutero --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Nicole Macagna --- , USA Frank Taulo --- University of Malawi, Malawi Nyaradzo M Mgodi --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Jeanna Piper --- , USA Ariane van der Straten --- University of California San Francisco, USAWe examined men’s influence on women’s interest in biomedical HIV prevention during pregnancy and breastfeeding through structured questionnaires and focus group discussions with currently or recently pregnant and breastfeeding (P/BF) women (n = 65), men with P/BF partners (n =... -
An assessment of the impact of participation in the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project on angler attitudes and behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa GL Jordaan --- , South Africa R Daly --- , South AfricaScientific output has proven the value of the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) to biological and fisheries research, with more than 95 published manuscripts based on data from the ORI-CFTP. This study reviews the project from the... -
Aspiring to citizenship: African immigrant youth and civic participation in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Alison Kuah --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaBased on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Cape Town over four months, this article addresses the question of how African immigrant youth experience life and live as “citizens” in Cape Town. African immigrant youth straddle multiple positions, localities and identities... -
Beyond HbA1c cardiovascular protection in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: UG Adamu --- University of the Witwatersrand and the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa D Mpanya --- University of the Witwatersrand and the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa A Patel --- University of the Witwatersrand and the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa N Tsabedze --- University of the Witwatersrand and the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South AfricaCardiovascular disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for individuals living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These patients have double the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared with the general population. Furthermore, approximately a third of... -
Primary health care–family partnership for better diabetes outcomes of patients: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: MH Mphasha --- University of Limpopo, South Africa L Skaal --- University of Limpopo, South Africa TM Mothiba --- University of Limpopo, South Africa C Ngoatle --- University of Limpopo, South Africa LS Hlahla --- University of Limpopo, South Africa -
Drivers of youth participation in maize value addition in Gulu district, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Martin Maku --- Gulu University, Uganda Enos Kitambo --- Gulu University, Uganda Basil Mugonola --- Gulu University, UgandaThis study focused on drivers of youth participation in maize value addition in Gulu district. The study identified the socioeconomic characteristics of the participating and non-participating youth and further ascertained the drivers of youth participation in maize value addition. A... -
An analysis of the COVID-19 contact tracing App in South Africa: Challenges experienced by users
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rene W. Albertus --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Frank Makoza --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaSouth Africa is one of the countries in Africa that has a high COVID-19 virus infection rate. The government of South Africa introduced the COVID Alert SA App, a contact tracing mobile application (App), to reduce the spread of the... -
A study of local government HIV/AIDS projects in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Leon Swartz --- Population and Development Research, Niel Roux --- Directorate: Population and Development Research,The primary goal of this study was to survey local government HIV/AIDS projects in South Africa. A total of 240 questionnaires were sent to local municipalities nationally between May and July 2002. A total of 44 municipalities returned their questionnaires,... -
The Farmer Life School: experience from an innovative approach to HIV education among farmers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kees Swaans --- Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Jacqueline Broerse --- Department Science Communication, Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Monique Salomon --- Centre for Environment, Agriculture and Development (CEAD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Maxwell Mudhara --- Farmer Support Group, Community Development and Outreach Division of the Centre for Environment, Agriculture and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Makhosazana Mweli --- , South Africa Joske Bunders --- Athena Institute of the VU University Amsterdam, the NetherlandsThe Farmer Life School (FLS) is an innovative approach to integrating HIV education into life skills and technical training for farmers. This study aims to gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of this relatively new approach, through the implementation... -
Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Catherine Campbell --- London School of Economics, Yugi Nair --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sbongile Maimane --- HIVAN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Andy Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal,With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part... -
Considering childbearing in the age of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): Views of HIV-positive couples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Vezumuzi Ndlovu [CXX0001]Objectives: Based on a qualitative study conducted in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, this article examines how the availability of HAART since April 2004 may impact the views and choices of HIV-positive couples on childbearing. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 couples... -
Self-reported adherence to HAART in South-Eastern Nigeria is related to patients' use of pill box
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chinwe V Ukwe --- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Obinna I Ekwunife --- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Patrick O Udeogaranya --- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Ukamaka I Iwuamadi --- Orchad community Pharmacy,The aim of this study was to assess levels of adherence and predictors of adherence to HAART in South-Eastern Nigeria. Selfreported adherence to HAART was assessed at 4-week intervals for a period of 3 months. A 10-item questionnaire was used... -
“I don't use a condom (with my regular partner) because I know that I'm faithful, but with everyone else I do”: The cultural and socioeconomic determinants of sexual partner concurrency in young South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- GF Jooste Hospital, Andrew Boulle --- Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Motasim Badri --- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Valerie Asselman --- Infectious Diseases Referral Unit, GF Jooste Hospital,Finding ways to reduce the high rates of sexual partner concurrency is increasingly believed to be vital to controlling HIV spread in southern Africa. We describe the frequency and correlates of sexual partner concurrency in a representative sample of 3... -
Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kaymarlin Govender --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Olagoke Akintola --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Inge Petersen --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Anil Bhagwanjee --- School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Candice Reardon --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal,Despite being one of the worst affected sectors in South Africa, the mining sector has proven to be one of the most active in intervention efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS (Ellis, 2007). Owing to low uptake rates... -
Accessibility of antiretroviral therapy in Ghana: Convenience of access
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Joyce Addo-Atuah [d138e18] Dick Gourley Greta Gourley Shelley I. White-Means Robin J. Womeodu Richard J. Faris Nii Akwei AddoThe convenience of accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important for initial access to care and subsequent adherence to ART. We conducted a qualitative study of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and ART healthcare providers in Ghana in 2005. The objective... -
Researching to make a difference: Possibilities for social science research in the age of AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Naydene de Lange [d99e14]HIV and AIDS is recognized as one of the most devastating pandemics of sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa in particular, with adverse effect on individuals, families, schools, communities and society at large. Research is therefore required to provide a deeper... -
HIV knowledge, disclosure and sexual risk among pregnant women and their partners in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Molatelo Elisa Shikwane --- , South Africa Olga M. Villar-Loubet --- , USA Stephen M. Weiss --- , USA Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Deborah L. Jones --- , USAPartner involvement has been deemed fundamental for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, although it remains difficult to achieve. This study aimed to explore the attitudes and behaviours of pregnant women and their partners who participated in a... -
The physical activity levels among people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome receiving high active antiretroviral therapy in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: J.M. Frantz --- , South Africa A. Murenzi --- , South AfricaThe accessibility of high active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for local human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is improving in Rwanda. It is well known that this therapy is associated with serious adverse effects, such as metabolic and morphologic changes. One of... -
Disclosure in times of ART: A relational analysis of social practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anita Hardon [d327e18] Alice Desclaux Joe LugallaThe reach of HIV counseling and testing has grown rapidly since the 2000s, particularly since 2007 when provider-initiated counseling and testing was implemented alongside voluntary counseling and testing and testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Nevertheless, we still know... -
To tell or not to tell: Negotiating disclosure for people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pride Linda [d302e18]Disclosure of HIV status occurs for a variety of reasons and in various contexts, such as to sexual partners to enable safer sexual choices, to health-care workers to access treatment and care services and to family and community members to... -
Partager l'information sur son statut sérologique VIH dans un contexte de polygamie au Sénégal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Khoudia Sow [d345e18]In Senegal, where HIV prevalence is less than 1% and stigma remains important, 40% of marriages are polygamic. The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the motivations, benefits and constraints related to HIV disclosure, and to explore... -
Disclosure of HIV status between parents and children in Uganda in the context of greater access to treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: David Kyaddondo [d332e18] Rhoda K. Wanyenze John Kinsman Anita HardonWhile disclosure of HIV sero-status is encouraged in the management of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it remains a challenge, especially among family members. This article examines the moral dilemmas and pragmatic incentives surrounding disclosure of HIV status in contemporary... -
The duty to disclose in Kenyan health facilities: a qualitative investigation of HIV disclosure in everyday practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Eileen Moyer [d338e14] Emmy Kageha Igonya Rosalijn Both Peter Cherutich Anita HardonDisclosure of HIV status is routinely promoted as a public health measure to prevent transmission and enhance treatment adherence support. While studies show a range of positive and negative outcomes associated with disclosure, it has also been documented that disclosing... -
Le conseil post-test encourage-t-il les PVVIH à partager leur statut sérologique? Pratiques et suggestions des conseillers au Burkina Faso
Does post-test counseling support PLHIV in disclosing their HIV status? Practices and propositions by counselors in Burkina Faso Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Odette Ky-Zerbo [d309e18] Jean-François Somé Fodé SimagaDisclosure of HIV test results is discussed during post-test counseling, following norms. However, while barriers to disclosing a positive HIV result have been documented, the literature is sparse on the way guidelines are applied in the field. The aim of... -
L'annonce du statut VIH de l'enfant : expériences des mères et interprétations des soignants au Burkina Faso
Disclosure of infant HIV status: mothers' experiences and health workers' interpretations in Burkina Faso Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Alice Desclaux [d305e18] Chiara AlfieriL'annonce du statut sérologique d'un enfant constitue une situation particulière qui ne peut pas obéir aux recommandations générales pour le counseling définies pour des adultes; elle est très peu normée. Alors que les programmes de Prévention de la Transmission Mère-Enfant... -
High-risk behaviors among adult men and women in Botswana: Implications for HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mpho Keetile --- , , BotswanaThe government of Botswana has been spending a lot of money in the prevention, treatment, care and support for HIV/AIDS patient for decades. This paper uses data from the third Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS III) to explore high-risk behaviors... -
The reliability of the modified lower extremity functional scale among adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, in Rwanda, Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: D.K. Tumusiime --- , , Rwanda A. Stewart --- , , South Africa F.W.D. Venter --- , , South Africa E. Musenge --- , , South AfricaPeripheral neuropathy (PN) is common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and affects their daily functional ability and quality of life. Lower extremity functional ability, which is most commonly compromised in patients with PN, has not... -
Talk radio as the soundtrack of our lives: Participatory HIV/AIDS communication, public self-expression and Positive Talk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mariekie Burger --- , , South AfricaDespite the many HIV/AIDS communication initiatives, combined with support and infrastructural support in South Africa, risky behaviour associated with the spread of the epidemic is increasing amongst many groups. This calls for a re-evaluation of endeavours aimed at curbing the... -
When the clinic becomes a home. Successful VCT and ART services in a stressful environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jonathan Mensah Dapaah --- , , Ghana Rachel Spronk --- , , The NetherlandsWith the upscaling of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-poor countries, many HIV-positive persons in Ghana have been accessing treatment in hospitals. Prevalence is relatively low compared to other African countries, 1.30%. HIV/AIDS remains heavily stigmatised in Ghana, which influences the... -
A workplace intervention program and the increase in HIV knowledge, perceived accessibility and use of condoms among young factory workers in Thailand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Aphichat Chamratrithirong --- , Thailand Kathleen Ford --- , USA Sureeporn Punpuing --- , Thailand Pramote Prasartkul --- , ThailandVulnerability to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection among factory workers is a global problem. This study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention to increase AIDS knowledge, perceived accessibility to condoms and condom use among young factory workers in Thailand. The... -
Social and behavioural factors associated with risky sexual behaviours among university students in nine ASEAN countries: a multi-country cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Siyan Yi --- , , Singapore Vannarath Te --- , , Cambodia Supa Pengpid --- , , Thailand Karl Peltzer --- , , South AfricaWhile university students are potential human resources, this population group is particularly involved in health risk behaviours. Preventing risky sexual behaviours among them would contribute to prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unwanted pregnancies, which have posed a... -
‘It’s not good to eat a candy in a wrapper’: male students’ perspectives on condom use and concurrent sexual partnerships in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maroyi Mulumeoderhwa --- , , South AfricaThis paper reports on fieldwork carried out in 2011 with aim to investigate young men’s perspectives about condoms use, concurrent sexual partnerships and sex in the context of HIV/AIDS. This study employed a qualitative approach to collect data from 28... -
Evaluation of a community-based ART programme after tapering home visits in rural Sierra Leone: a 24-month retrospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: J. Daniel Kelly --- , , USA Raphael Frankfurter --- , , USA Gregoire Lurton --- , , USA Sulaiman Conteh --- , Sierra Leone Susannah F. Empson --- , , USA Fodei Daboh --- , Sierra Leone Brima Kargbo --- , Sierra Leone Thomas Giordano --- , , USA Joia Mukherjee --- , , USA M. Bailor Barrie --- , Sierra LeoneEvaluations of community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes have demonstrated positive outcomes, but little is known about the impact of tapering community-based ART. The objective of this study was to assess 24-month HIV retention outcomes of a community-based ART programme and... -
An evaluation of the innovative potentials of a HIV pilot exploring medical pluralism in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christopher J. Burman --- , South AfricaThis article reflects on an internal evaluation undertaken to estimate the potentials of a community-university pilot project to be developed into a bonafide innovation that can be applied at scale. The focus of the community-university partnership has been to reduce... -
Navigating intimate sexual partnerships in an era of HIV: dimensions of couple relationship quality and satisfaction among adults in Eswatini and linkages to HIV risk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Allison Ruark --- , , USA Edward C. Green --- , , USA Amy Nunn --- , USA Caitlin Kennedy --- , USA Alfred Adams --- , Netherlands Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane --- , Netherlands Pamela J. Surkan --- , USACouple relationship functioning impacts individual health and well-being, including HIV risk, but scant research has focused on emic understandings of relationship quality in African populations. We explored relationship quality and satisfaction in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) using data from 148 in-depth... -
Zimbabwean secondary school Guidance and Counseling teachers teaching sexuality education in the HIV and AIDS education curriculum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Ephias Gudyanga --- , , South Africa Naydene de Lange --- , , South Africa Mathabo Khau --- , , South AfricaIn spite of the importance of sexuality education and HIV and AIDS education in preventing HIV infections, Zimbabwean secondary school Guidance and Counseling teachers are not engaging optimally with the current Guidance and Counseling, HIV and AIDS & Life Skills... -
Risky sexual behaviours among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: how can parents use the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion for change?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Elvis Tarkang --- , , Ghana Lilian Pencille --- , Cameroon Hubert Amu --- , , Ghana Joyce Komesour --- , , Ghana Prosper Lutala --- , , MalawiDespite progress made in the treatment of HIV and AIDS by making available the antiretroviral treatment in Africa, youth are still struggling with inadequate knowledge, a negative attitude towards AIDS and high-risk sexual behaviour. All of these are compounded by... -
Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marie A. Brault --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sarah Christie --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sasha Aquino --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Abigail Rendin --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Amanda Manchia --- Project Last Mile, South Africa Leslie A. Curry --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Erika L. Linnander --- Yale School of Public Health, USAIn eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW demonstrate low demand for SRH services, further contributing... -
‘If you are found taking medicine, you will be called names and considered less of a man’: young men’s engagement with HIV treatment and care during ulwaluko (traditional initiation and circumcision) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: L. Gittings --- University of Cape Town, South Africa R. Hodes --- University of Cape Town, South Africa C. Colvin --- University of Cape Town, South Africa S. Mbula --- Mzantsi Wakho, South Africa P. Kom --- Mzantsi Wakho, South AfricaThis paper explores how HIV-positive abakhwetha (young male initiates) undergoing ulwaluko (traditional Xhosa initiation and circumcision) engage with HIV-related biomedical care and treatment. Health-focused life history narratives (n = 36), semi-structured interviews (n = 32) and analysis of health facility files (n = 41) with adolescent... -
Making sense of fidelity: young Africans’ cross-national and longitudinal representations of fidelity and infidelity in their HIV-related creative narratives, 1997–2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Robyn Singleton --- Banyan Communications, USA Manon Billaud --- Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USA Haley McLeod --- Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USA Georges Tiendrebeogo --- Laafi Consulting, Burkina Faso Fatim Dia --- Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USA Chris Obong’o --- PATH, Kenya Siphiwe Nkambule-Vilakati --- Super Buddies Club, Swaziland Benjamin Mbakwem --- Community and Youth Development Initiatives, Nigeria Gaelle Sabben --- Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USA Kate Winskell --- Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USAMutual fidelity and partner reduction have been identified as key behavioural strategies to prevent HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly following recognition of the role that multiple concurrent sexual partnerships play in driving generalised HIV epidemics. We analysed social representations... -
Arthroleptis troglodytes and the content of schoutedenella (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UKLaurent (1954) transferred a large number of species then in Arthroleptis to the genus Schoutedenella, which up to that time was a monotypic genus distinguished by de Witte (1921) from Arthroleptis on the grounds of lacking maxillary teeth. Laurent's concept... -
A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura) from the Rubeho Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- The Natural History Museum, UKTwo giant specimens of Arthroleptis attaining a snout‐vent length of 57 mm, from the Rubeho Mountains in southern Tanzania are described as a new species. They are distinguished from the giant species A. tanneri of the West Usambara Mountains by... -
A new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Ranidae) from the Groot Winterhoek mountains of the Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AndrewA. Turner --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa AthertonL. de Villiers --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa Abeda Dawood --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA new species of Arthroleptella (moss frog), is described from the Groot Winterhoek Mountains in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is allopatric to other Arthroleptella species. It is distinguished from other Arthroleptella species by its advertisement... -
Cardioglossa liberiensis Barbour & Loveridge 1927 is a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- Harvard University, U.S.A.In 1927, Barbour & Loveridge described two species of Cardioglossa based on seven specimens from Liberia: C. decorata (six specimens) and C. liberiensis. Cardioglossa decorata has long been recognized as a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus fraterculus (Chabanaud 1921), which is... -
A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Bayworld (Port Elizabeth Museum), South Africa KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa ColinR. Tilbury --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaA new dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury sp. nov., is described from mountain fynbos habitat in the Great Swartberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is closest geographically to Bradypodion gutturale but distinguished by its smaller... -
A new species of Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Klein Swartberg Mountain, Caledon, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AndrewA. Turner --- Scientific Services, Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA new species of moss frog (genus Arthroleptella) is described from the Klein Swartberg Mountain near Caledon in the Western Cape Province, South Africa to which it is confined. This allopatric species is distinguished from other Arthroleptella species by the... -
Translocation of black‐headed dwarf chameleons Bradypodion melanocephalum in Durban, KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AdrianJ. Armstrong --- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South AfricaThe coastal population of the black‐headed dwarf chameleon Bradypodion melanocephalum is threatened by rapid urban expansion in and around Durban which lies in the centre of the chameleon population's distribution. Translocations of threatened species from urban development sites is a... -
A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura) from the forests of the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: John Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UK SimonP. Loader --- University of Basel, Switzerland Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalySpecimens of Arthroleptis attaining a body length of nearly 58 mm have been collected above 1790 m a.s.l. on the Nguru Mountains, part of the Eastern Arc mountain chain of Tanzania. In body size this material slightly surpasses the other... -
External morphology and osteology support the placement of Phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis plath, Herrmann & Böhme, 2006 within the genus Arthroleptis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: BredaM. Zimkus --- Harvard University, USA JoannaG. Larson --- Harvard University, USAExamination of external morphology and osteology of type material of Phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006 support a recent taxonomic change, transferring the species into the genus Arthroleptis, which was recently made without examination of specimens. -
Distribution and conservation of the coastal population of the black-headed dwarf chameleon Bradypodion melanocephalum in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AdrianJ. Armstrong --- Ezemvelo Kzn Wildlife, South AfricaThe coastal population of the black-headed dwarf chameleon Bradypodion melanocephalum in KwaZulu-Natal appears to be centred on the eThekwini Municipal Area, which is experiencing rapid urban development. This population occurs in few statutory protected areas, all of which are small... -
Multi-locus phylogeny and evolution of reproductive modes in the Pyxicephalidae, an African endemic clade of frogs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Arie van der Meijden --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Angelica Crottini --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Jeanne Tarrant --- North-West University, South Africa Andrew Turner --- CapeNature, South Africa Miguel Vences --- Technical University of Braunschweig, GermanyThe ranoid family Pyxicephalidae is an endemic group of African frogs, with the majority of its diversity concentrated in South Africa. Here we present the first molecular phylogeny that includes as many as nine of the ten pyxicephalid genera, omitting... -
Species boundaries and biogeography of East African torrent frogs of the genus Petropedetes (Amphibia: Anura: Petropeditidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: SimonP. Loader --- University of Basel, Switzerland F. Sara Ceccarelli --- University of Basel, Switzerland Mark Wilkinson --- The Natural History Museum, UK Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Italy Jean Mariaux --- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Switzerland RafaelO. de Sá --- University of Richmond, USA KimM. Howell --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DavidJ. Gower --- The Natural History Museum, UKBased on morphology there are currently three described East African species of torrent frogs belonging to the tropical African genus Petropedetes (P. dutoiti, P. martiennseni and P. yakusini). Taxonomic uncertainties are evident within this group: a putative new species reported... -
Restoring breeding habitat for Giant Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan L. Thomas --- , , South Africa Lynne Owen-Smith --- , , South Africa Deanne C. Drake --- , , South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- , , South AfricaHabitat fragmentation and transformation arising from urbanisation are leading causes of frog population declines. Artificial wetlands are sometimes used in remediation to minimise biodiversity loss in urban landscapes, but little is known about the specific habitat requirements of frog species... -
Participatory inventory and nutritional evaluation of local forage resources for smallholder free-range beef production in semi-arid areas of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Ayanda Nyambali --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Julius T Tjelele --- Animal Production Institute, South Africa Mthunzi Mndela --- Animal Production Institute, South Africa Cletos Mapiye --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Phillip Strydom --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Emiliano Raffrenato --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Kennedy Dzama --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Voster Muchenje --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Ntuthuko Mkhize --- Animal Production Institute, South AfricaFeed scarcity is a major challenge facing free-range beef farming in semi-arid areas. Specifically, low quality and quantity of forage in rangelands and higher feeding costs are the main constraints limiting smallholder free-range beef farmers’ participation in mainstream beef markets... -
Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: a case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Andiswa Finca --- , South Africa Suzanne Linnane --- Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland Jill Slinger --- Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands David Getty --- Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland M Igshaan Samuels --- University of Western Cape, South AfricaCommunal rangelands in South Africa are generally perceived as overgrazed owing to complexities in their histories and collective utilisation which often leads to improper management. A suitable solution has not been found in land management policies because local people’s contexts... -
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Michiel M Scholtz --- , South Africa Frans J Jordaan --- , South Africa N Thuli Chabalala --- , South Africa Georgette M Pyoos --- , South Africa M Joel Mamabolo --- , South Africa Frederick WC Neser --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThere is a general perception that ruminants produce large quantities of greenhouse gases (GHG) which contribute to global warming. Ruminant production is also known as the world’s largest user of land, and southern Africa is no exception. Recent estimates indicate... -
Effect of multi-month antiretroviral dispensing on HIV clinic attendance at 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nkechinyere Harrison --- , Lagos Nigeria Ismail Lawal --- , Nigeria Kehinde Aribisala --- , Lagos Nigeria Kenneth Oruka --- , Lagos Nigeria Yakubu Adamu --- , Nigeria Patricia Agaba --- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA Elizabeth Lee --- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA Laura Chittenden --- , Nigeria Nathan Okeji --- , NigeriaBackground: Multi-month dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy has demonstrated benefits for HIV patients and health service delivery systems, including reduced frequency of hospital visits and improved retention. We evaluated the effect of 6-monthly dispensing (MMD6) on patient clinic attendance at... -
The role of oil price in determining the relationship between cryptocurrencies and non-fungible assets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Omar Bani-Khalaf --- Rauf Denktas University, Nigar Taspinar --- Eastern Mediterranean University,This study aimed to explain the relationship between bitcoin and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to determine if the NFT is an alternative investment to bitcoin or a complement during oil price uncertainty. The results showed a comovement between NFT and bitcoin... -
The effect of crop rotation and tillage practice on residue decomposition and wheat performance in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Johannes Stephanus Theron --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Gerhardus Johannes van Coller --- , South Africa Lindy Joy Rose --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Johan Labuschagne --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Pieter Andreas Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaConservation agriculture relies on residue retention, crop rotation and reduced tillage. Crop rotation determines residue type, while tillage affects residue load and distribution. Although crop residue retention is often beneficial, residues can create challenges, including obstruction of planters during establishment... -
Predicting soil carbon in granitic soils using Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy: the value of database disaggregation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Kelebohile Rose Seboko --- University of the Free State, South Africa Johan van Tol --- University of the Free State, South Africa Elmarie Kotze --- University of the Free State, South AfricaSoil carbon (C) is an important component in quality assessments and efficient models are required to estimate C rapidly. Accurate C assessments are valuable in monitoring land-use changes. Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy has proved to be a powerful tool for... -
Some properties of the Walsh-Nörlund means
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Ushangi Goginava --- United Arab Emirates University, UAE Károly Nagy --- Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, HungaryIn the present paper we give a necessary and sufficient condition on monotone weights, which guaranties the Nörlund means of Walsh-Fourier series converge in L 1 norm and CW norm. We also discuss the almost everywhere summability by Nörlund means... -
New parity results for 3-regular partitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Olivia X.M. Yao --- Suzhou University of Science and Technology, P.R. ChinaLet bt (n) count the number of t-regular partitions of n. In recent years, congruence properties of bt (n) have received a lot of attention and a number of infinite families of congruences modulo 2 for bt (n) have been... -
Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanfang Zhou --- Lishui University, China Shuzhen Chen --- East China Normal University, China Xiaojie Deng --- Ningbo University, China Sihui Wang --- Ningbo University, China Leishan Shi --- Lishui University, ChinaWe aimed to examine the mediating role of kindergarten teachers’ professional identity and work passion in the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience. A sample of 662 kindergarten teachers from 30 kindergartens in China completed online surveys (female = 99.2%;... -
The role of experimental perches on the hover and perch hunting preferences of the Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gerard Malan --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Marco Heimstadt --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThe Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis is a fishing kingfisher that employs two hunting modes. The bird can either hunt from a perch or hover and then dive into the water. The former method is energetically cheap but limits prey searching... -
Governance challenges in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (galamsey) sector: Is stakeholder interaction the way forward?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Issah Baddianaah --- University for Development Studies, Ghana Bernard Nuoleyeng Baatuuwie --- University for Development Studies, Ghana Abdul-Moomin Adams --- S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, GhanaArtisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations have surged in Ghana in recent years causing many environmental and social problems. The government has employed the military to eradicate illegal mining operations. However, despite the military’s countless efforts to clamp down on... -
A research agenda for African smart public value governance – Insights from a webinar series
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emamdeen Fohim --- University of Bern, Switzerland Adeelah Kodabux --- Middlesex University Mauritius, Mauritius Amar Seeam --- Middlesex University Mauritius, MauritiusThe article discusses key insights gained from a webinar series that the authors of this article launched when founding the “Centre for African Smart Public Value Governance” (C4SP). As a research centre that aims to improve the quality of public... -
Compression with wildcards: Abstract simplicial complexes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Marcel Wild --- Stellenbosch University, SADespite the more handy terminology of abstract simplicial complexes , in its core this article is about antitone Boolean functions. Given the maximal faces (=facets) of , our main algorithm, called Facets-To-Faces, outputs in a compressed format. The degree of... -
Explicating the adoption of an innovation Fintech Value Chain Financing from Aarti (Middlemen) perspective in Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sayeda Zeenat Maryam --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Syed Waqar Haider --- Govt. College for Women University, Pakistan Tasneem Akhter --- University of Central Punjab, PakistanIn the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fintech industry and Islamic banking were striving to fill the existing void through innovation and different business approaches. Losing trust in conventional banking, advancement of technology and internet globally, and... -
Google Scholar as a pointer to open full-text sources of research articles: A useful tool for researchers in regions with poor access to scientific literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vivek Kumar Singh --- Banaras Hindu University, India Satya Swarup Srichandan --- Banaras Hindu University, India Rajesh Piryani --- University of Tsukuba, Japan Anurag Kanaujia --- Banaras Hindu University, India Sujit Bhattacharya --- CSIR-NIScPR, IndiaThe access to knowledge is an important requirement for advancement of scientific and technological research and development of a country. Availability of resources is a crucial bottleneck for universities and colleges in developing countries. This leads to frequent use of... -
Towards developing a national framework for industry 4.0 in African emerging economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olugbenga Ayo Ojubanire --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Hicham Sebti --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Sabrina Berbain --- ISG International Business School, FranceUnlike past industrial eras, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (industry 4.0) is accelerated and continues to gain momentum. While developed economies are making remarkable progress and contributing geometrically to the global value chain, African emerging economies have continued to grapple with... -
Movement patterns and underestimation of the maximum age of a Vulnerable endemic guitarfish species inferred from mark-recapture studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TS Murray --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa C Elston --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa RH Bennett --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa A-R Childs --- Rhodes University, South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaData collected from mark-recapture programmes have proven invaluable in assessing the movements and growth of numerous fishery species along the South African coastline. This short note reports on tag and recapture information on the Vulnerable endemic lesser guitarfish Acroteriobatus annulatus... -
Barriers to linkage and retention in HIV care still persist among adolescent girls and young women in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zachary A Kwena --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Rivet K Amico --- University of Michigan, USA Tsitsi B Masvawure --- College of the Holy Cross, USA Kenneth K Ngure --- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Elizabeth A Bukusi --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Robert H Remien --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA Perez O Ochwal --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nadia Nguyen --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA Joanne E Mantell --- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USAAdolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa experience delayed linkage to and poor retention in HIV care. Identifying and addressing specific barriers in HIV care programming is important to achieving the upgraded UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets and epidemic control... -
Factors associated with patients defaulting on HIV treatment at Helen Joseph Hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Paul Potsane --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaBackground: South Africa’s government has made significant improvements in expanding access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. A rate of adherence of 95% to 100% is necessary to achieve the intended outcomes of antiretroviral treatment. However, antiretroviral treatment adherence remains a significant... -
The nonlocal solvability conditions in original coordinates for a system with constant terms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M.V. Dontsova --- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaConditions of a nonlocal solvability of the Cauchy problem in original coordinates are obtained for a system of two quasilinear first-order partial differential equations with constant terms. The investigation is based on the method of an additional argument. The proof... -
On the 0-Cauchy completion of a partial b-metric space
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Maggie Aphane --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Seithuti Moshokoa --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Fanyana Ncongwane --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThe purpose of the paper is to extend the 0-Cauchy completion theory of a partial metric space to the context of a partial b-metric space. We will use the associated b-metric space to construct the required completion. -
Completeness of the road-to-health card and factors affecting knowledge and practices of growth monitoring and promotion in caregivers of young children in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Mabesa --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Knight --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa N Nkwanyana --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -
Impact of adopting the climate-smart crop varieties on food security in southwestern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dubale Abate --- Injibara University, Ethiopia Henoke Tesfaye --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Metadel Kassaw --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Yonnas Addis --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Habtamu Mossie --- Injibara University, EthiopiaClimate-smart crop varieties (CSV) are vital in improving food security by enhancing productivity while reducing problems of climate change. However, there is a low adoption of these varieties by the farmers in the study area due to lack of awareness... -
On the monoid algebra associated to the monomial characters of a finite group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mircea Cimpoeaş --- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Alexandru Florin Radu --- University Politehnica of Bucharest, RomaniaGiven a finite group G, we study the monoid algebra RG , over a field K , generated by the monomial characters of G. In particular, we note that the integral closure of RG is contained in the algebra generated... -
4-regular partitions and the pod function
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Cristina Ballantine --- , USA Mircea Merca --- University Politehnica of Bucharest, RomaniaThe function pod(n) enumerates the partitions of n wherein odd parts are distinct and even parts are unrestricted. Recently, a number of properties for pod(n) have been established. In this paper, we use connections with 4-regular partitions and, for fixed... -
Chinese foreign direct investment and business start-ups in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Philip Akrofi Atitianti --- Africa Research Centre, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China Samuel Kofi Asiamah --- University of Education, GhanaIn recent decades, Chinese FDI has become an integral investment source for African countries and has, therefore, engendered studies seeking to understand the determinants of these flows. In a quest to identify the factors that stimulate these flows, this paper... -
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xinli Zhai --- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Li Zhang --- Guangzhou Teachers College of Foreign Languages and Arts, China Lingyuan Li --- Henan University, China Lin Yang --- , China Pingzhi Ye --- Guangzhou University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between objective career success and subjective well-being in kindergarten teachers and the mediating role of professional identity in that relationship. The study sample comprised 5 385 kindergarten teachers from Guangdong province, China (females = 99.1%,... -
Lax comma categories of ordered sets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Maria Manuel Clementino --- University of Coimbra, Portugal Fernando Lucatelli Nunes --- Universiteit Utrecht, NederlandLet Ord be the category of (pre)ordered sets. Unlike Ord/X , whose behaviour is well-known, not much can be found in the literature about the lax comma 2-category Ord//X . In this paper we show that the forgetful functor Ord//X... -
Linear inequalities concerning the sum of the distinct parts congruent to r modulo m in all the partitions of n
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mircea Merca --- University Politehnica of Bucharest, RomaniaWe investigate the sum of the parts congruent to r modulo m counted without multiplicity in all the partitions of n. Considering truncated theta series, we introduce a collection of infinite families of linear inequalities involving this sum. We provide... -
Some questions on partially ordered rings – a survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jingjing Ma --- University of Houston-Clear Lake, USAThis survey provides a brief overview and new developments on some questions in the area of partially ordered and lattice-ordered rings and algebras. -
“We will tell when we are ready”: perinatally HIV-infected adolescents and self-disclosure of their status in Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Baliwe P. Dlamini --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ntombifikile G. Mtshali --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaAccess to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has promoted a significant decrease in mortality of vertically HIV-infected children. As a result, there has been an increasing growth of this population that reaches adolescence. These adolescents face problems such as self-disclosure and the... -
‘Yo Dumbfucks!’: Problematising “Transgressive” White Humour and the Use of Blackface in the Artworks of South African Visual Artist Anton Kannemeyer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sharlene Khan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSince the early 1990s, blackface has seen a resurgence in South Africa. In 2010, Pappa in Afrika, the artwork of White Afrikaner artist Anton Kannemeyer elicited public criticism. Interrogating Kannemeyer’s Pappa in Afrika, this paper questions assumptions of blackface’s parodic... -
Interpersonal sensitivity, smartphone addiction, connectedness to nature and life satisfaction among college students: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Beijing Forestry University, China --- Hebei Normal University, China --- Beijing Forestry University, China --- Beijing Forestry University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, the mediating effect of smartphone addiction, and the moderating effect of connectedness to nature. A total of 702 college students (453 females, Meanage = 19.60 years,... -
The effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Saleamlak Mola --- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Michael A. Abebe --- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USAIn this study, we examine the effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes. Drawing insights from social exchange theory, we propose that employees’ CSR engagement is likely to positively affect their job satisfaction and organizational commitment while reducing turnover... -
Quantifying the effect of chemical bush control of
Senegalia mellifera on vegetation production in the Eastern Kalahari Bushveld, South AfricaItem type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: --- , South Africa --- , South Africa --- North-West University, South AfricaBush encroachment is the invasion of whole landscapes by indigenous and alien woody species. An imbalance in the ratio of grasses to bushes is a consequence of bush encroachment due to competition for moisture, nutrients and sunlight. This imbalance results... -
South African coastal outlets and estuaries: what defines an estuary versus an outlet?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Alan K Whitfield --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaThis review examines the transition of coastal micro-outlets to micro-estuaries, to fully functional and species rich estuaries of various types. The definitions of the different types of microsystems are reviewed and it is apparent that an estuary is not simply... -
E-government’s role in enhancing foreign direct investment to sub-Saharan African countries: An application of system GMM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Getahun Tolossa Adugna --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, Ethiopia Wondemhunegn Ezezew Melesse --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, Ethiopia Yinges Alemu Muche --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, EthiopiaIn recent years, the provision of government services through electronic platforms has significantly increased due to the rapid development of digital technologies. The significant shift in digital governance is expected to have an effect on key macroeconomic variables through its... -
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Geoffrey Bentum-Micah --- Zhejiang Normal University, China Lianyu Cai --- Zhejiang Normal University, China Sampson Agyapong Atuahene --- Zhejiang Normal University, China Moses Agyemang Ameyaw --- Zhejiang Normal University, China Victor Bondzie-Micah --- Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Stephen Sarfo Adu-Yeboah --- Hefei University of Technology, ChinaThe study tested a health service quality mediation model on patient satisfaction and loyalty outcomes with provider administration functions. Participants were 7 108 outpatients from eleven public hospitals in Hubei province, China (female = 58.5%; infections and chronic diseases =... -
Group properties and similarity transformations for generalized peakon equation with cubic nonlinearities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: P.G.L Leach --- Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, Republic of South Africa Andronikos Paliathanasis --- Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, South AfricaWe perform a detailed analysis of the point transformations which leave invariant the Geng-Xue equation. We find that the Geng-Xue equation admits six Lie point symmetries which possess two three-dimensional subalgebras, the A 2,1 ⊗s A 1 and A 3,8... -
A note on partial-A-isometries and some applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Mohamed Amine Aouichaoui --- Institute of Preparatory Studies in Engineering of Monastir Tunisia, University of Monastir, TunisiaIn this paper, the concepts of partial isometry and A-isometry are generalized. The inspiration for our investigation comes from [4, 10, 20, 27, 28, 29]. -
On EP matrices, partial isometry matrices and their numerical range
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Gholamreza Aghamollaei --- Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran Mahdiyeh Mortezaei --- Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran Mohammad Ali Nourollahi --- , IranIn this paper, some properties of the numerical range of some well-known generalized inverses of matrices, such as Moore-Penrose inverse, Drazin inverse, DMP inverse and CMP inverse, are investigated. In particular, an identification of EP matrices is given via the... -
Nesting habitat of the Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola mauritanica in Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mohammed Hilmi --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Abdallah Mahamoud --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Omar Taouali --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Nadia Mhammdi --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Pedro Fernandes --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Mohammed Aziz El Agbani --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Abdeljebbar Qninba --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, MoroccoThe Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola (subspecies mauritanica) of family Hirundinidae is endemic to Morocco and known for its ability to dig tunnels in earthen banks in which it nests. The nature of the sediment and the morphological features of the... -
Congruences modulo powers of 5 for the crank parity function
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Dazhao Tang --- Chongqing Normal University, P.R. ChinaIn 1988, Andrews and Garvan introduced the partition statistic “crank” in order to give combinatorial interpretation for Ramanujan’s celebrated partition congruence modulo 11. In 2009, Choi, Kang and Lovejoy established congruences modulo powers of 5 for the crank parity function... -
Lax pullback complements in partial morphism categories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: S.N. Hosseini --- Mahani Mathematical Research Center, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran L. Yeganeh --- Mahani Mathematical Research Center, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, IranThe goal of this article is to characterize the lax pullback complement of a given partial morphism along a total morphism, in an -partial morphism category, where is an exponentiable stable system. To achieve this, we first show that if... -
The number of distinguishing colorings of a Cartesian product graph
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Saeid Alikhani --- Yazd University, Iran Mohammad H. Shekarriz --- Yazd University, IranA vertex coloring is called distinguishing if the identity is the only automorphism that can preserve it. The distinguishing threshold θ(G) of a graph G is the minimum number of colors k required that any arbitrary k-coloring of G is... -
Is psychological resilience associated with changes in youth sport participants’ health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Carolyn T Graham --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Heather A Shepherd --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Olivia Galea --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Daniel C Kopala-Sibley --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada Carolyn A Emery --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Keith Owen Yeates --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, CanadaObjectives: This study investigated the quality of life of youth sport participants over the COVID-19 pandemic as moderated by psychological resilience. -
Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hanna Ahrnberg --- , Finland Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner --- , Finland Pekka Mustonen --- , Finland Sari Fröjd --- Tampere University, Finland Katja Aktan-Collan --- , FinlandBackground: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. -
English instruction experiences of native South African speech-language and/or hearing (SLH) undergraduate students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Margo Kalenga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study explored the experience of English as an instruction medium by South African Speech-Language and Hearing (SLH) students whose first language is not English ( African language speakers). A purposive sample of 24 female students for whom English was... -
Innovation research in and on Africa: A literature analysis in 2015–2021
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- University of Turku, Finland John Ouma Mugabe --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaInnovation scholars disseminate their significant findings through international scientific journals. We conducted content analysis of 2,869 peer-reviewed articles on innovation in Africa, examining their origins, themes, collaborative networks, and scholarly influence. These articles, spanning the years 2015–2021, were curated from... -
Seasonal distribution of livestock in Samburu county, northern Kenya: a response to variable pasture and water in semi-arid rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: GL Lelenguyah --- Animal Health and Industry Training Institute, Kenya MM Nyangito --- University of Nairobi, Kenya OV Wasonga --- University of Nairobi, Kenya RC Bett --- University of Nairobi, KenyaSpatial and temporal climate variability dictate herd mobility of transhumant communities, and therefore understanding this interrelationship is key to sustainable management of rangelands, especially in the face of the changing climate. This study was undertaken in Samburu county in Kenya,... -
Reimagining entrepreneurship in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector: Fresh insights from sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Massaran Traoré --- University of Surrey, United Kingdom Gavin Hilson --- University of Surrey, United Kingdom Abigail Hilson --- University of Kent, United KingdomThis paper shares new insights on the dynamics of entrepreneurship in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector, focusing on the case of sub-Saharan Africa. Despite being the region’s most important rural nonfarm activity, and generating finance that sustains a... -
Adults living with type 2 diabetes experiences of a randomised adapted diabetes nutrition education programme: a qualitative process evaluation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Jane W Muchiri --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Gerda J Gericke --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Paul Rheeder --- University of Pretoria, South Africa -
Learning-by-exporting in South Africa: The influence of global value chain (GVC) participation and technological capability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Caio Torres Mazzi --- UNU MERIT/Maastricht University, the Netherlands Gideon Ndubuisi --- Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Elvis Avenyo --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaUsing the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009–2017, this paper investigates how trade related to the global value chain (GVC) affects the performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa. The paper uses extant classifications... -
A comonadicity theorem for partial comodules
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Eliezer Batista --- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil William Hautekiet --- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Joost Vercruysse --- Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumWe show that the category of partial comodules over a Hopf algebra H is comonadic over Vectk and provide an explicit construction of this comonad using topological vector spaces. The case when H is finite-dimensional is treated in detail. A... -
Market participation as livelihood and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage: A case of Chăm ethnic minority pottery households in Vietnam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nguyen Bach Dang --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Pham Thi Hong Nhung --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Cao Thai Bao --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Nguyen Ly Bang --- , VietnamThis study examines the extent of market participation among Chăm pottery producers in Vietnam and the factors that influence this extent. The research utilized the total market participation index to assess the level of market participation and Tobit regression to... -
Artificial intelligence-powered decision support system for operational decision-making in the ICT department of a selected African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vusumzi Funda --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Errol Francke --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis paper aims to explore the effect of an artificial intelligence-enabled decision support system (AIDSS) on decision-making processes within a university setting, focusing on the ICT department of a selected South African university. The research objectives revolve around the effectiveness... -
Partitioning the sources of sediment organic carbon in South African seagrass meadows
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Bossert --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa S von der Heyden --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa J Colling --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa A Ndhlovu --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaIn the sediments of seagrass meadows, allochthonous carbon sources can account for 50–90% of sediment organic carbon (SOC), in which non-seagrass carbon is derived from external organic matter advected into the meadow’s sediments or trapped by the seagrass canopy. Identifying... -
Future of the IUCN Endangered white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae) – a tale of two estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AK Whitfield --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa MKS Smith --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThis review draws on a long history of ichthyological and fisheries research to examine the changing stock status of the estuary-dependent white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus in the South African Swartkops and Knysna estuaries. The available evidence points to a major... -
A guiding framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation: Evidence from a developing country context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Franco Muleya --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Joseph Phiri --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Sambo Zulu --- Leeds Beckett University, UK Peter L. Simasiku --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Mercy Situtu --- Kitwe and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ZambiaPublic-private partnerships have long existed in literature, primarily in the construction sector. However, there is a paucity of research on the research and innovation ecosystem. This research aims to develop a framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation... -
The future of AI: hospitality and tourism perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Georges El Hajal --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThe Hotel Management School Leeuwarden and the European Tourism Futures Institute organised a webinar to discuss and explore how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the hospitality and tourism industry in the future. The webinar brought together a panel of academics,... -
Genetic control of Fusarium circinatum tolerance in Pinus patula × P. tecunumanii hybrid families
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Lebogang Mphahlele --- , South Africa André Nel --- , South AfricaThe pine pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, has caused large-scale mortality of Pinus patula crops in South African nurseries and high in-field post-planting mortality. Tree breeders have identified selection and breeding of tolerant material as the likely long-term solution to... -
Experiences and challenges of nurses in initiating antiretroviral drugs among adolescents living with HIV and AIDS in Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Palesa Grace Likoti --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Nelisiwe Khuzwayo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBackground: Lesotho has the second-highest HIV and AIDS prevalence globally and is the country’s second leading cause of death. Despite increasing ART coverage, adolescents remain left behind and face high mortality because of delayed ART initiation. This study aimed to... -
Relationship between social capital and post-partum antiretroviral therapy adherence among women living with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Khadijat K. Adeleye --- University of Massachusetts, USA Eyitayo O. Owolabi --- Arizona State University, USA Oladele V. Adeniyi --- Walter Sisulu University, South Africa David Aduragbemi Okunlola --- Florida State University, USA Anthony I. Ajayi --- , KenyaBackground: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for preventing vertical transmission of HIV and maternal deaths. While the literature is replete with studies on ART adherence, the role of social capital in adherence to ART is less studied. Drawing... -
Space and spatially structured environmental variables account for variation in blackfly and mayfly communities in sub-tropical South African rivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PA Ramulifho --- University of South Africa, South Africa SH Foord --- University of Venda, South Africa NA Rivers-Moore --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaUsing aquatic invertebrate assemblages for bioassessment of streams and rivers is a fast and cost-effective approach to studying the impact of environmental stressors in aquatic ecosystems. The use of aquatic invertebrates is premised on their predictable responses to environmental stressors... -
On partial endomorphisms of a star graph
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Ilinka Dimitrova --- South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria Vítor H. Fernandes --- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Jörg Koppitz --- Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BulgariaIn this paper we consider the monoids of all partial endomorphisms, of all partial weak endomorphisms, of all injective partial endomorphisms, of all partial strong endomorphisms and of all partial strong weak endomorphisms of a star graph with a finite... -
Sustainable seafood: advances in traceability, assessment, monitoring and resource management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: IG Gleadall --- , Japan A Barkai --- , South Africa Z Lajbner --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan PB McIntyre --- Cornell University, United States H Moustahfid --- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States P Olsen --- Norwegian Food Research Institute (Nofima), Norway R Oyanedel --- Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Y Pang --- University of Washington, United States GJ Pierce --- Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (IIM-CSIC), Spain L Quesada --- Loyola Marymount University, United States WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South Africa L Zifcakova --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan MA Zoral --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan DA Willette --- Loyola Marymount University, United StatesThis review presents a synopsis of advances in some techniques and technologies that support seafood traceability while addressing some of the complexities currently challenging the integration necessary to coordinate commercial, national and international efforts in achieving seafood sustainability. These advances... -
A comprehensive review: State of art integrated technologies in IoHT applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tabasum Guledgudd --- SECAB IET, India C. Noorullah Shariff --- SECAB IET, India Sayed Abulhasan Quadri --- SECAB IET, IndiaHealthcare delivery has advanced from in-person doctor visits to remote healthcare monitoring, disease prediction and surgical assistance systems. Digitization of healthcare data over the past decade has brought radical transformations to the healthcare domain. It has facilitated healthcare data to... -
Transitions into the futures: AI disruption and resilience in hospitality graduates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Georges El Hajal --- Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article explores the impact of fast-paced advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on the hospitality industry’s workforce, focusing on the employability and career sustainability of today’s hospitality education graduates. AI technologies reshape traditional job roles and introduce new... -
Exploring participatory scenario planning for sustainable urban tourism development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Miranda Cornelisse --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Arjen van Klink --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article explores the potential of multistakeholder participatory scenario planning (PSP) as a tool to foster a sustainable visitor economy in underprivileged neighbourhoods. Feijenoord, a district in Rotterdam, is such an area. While the visitor economy offers economic benefits,... -
“We are More Than This”: Counterhistories and Female Voices in Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Joseph Kwanya --- Rhodes University,In this essay, I examine the potential of the counterfactual framework in retelling obscured or misrepresented stories of women in African wartime narratives. I analyse Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King (2019), which uses the Second Italo-Ethiopian War as a foundation... -
Migration, Borders and Precarity in Massa Lemu’s Selected Conceptual Art Projects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Emmanuel Ngwira --- University of Malawi, MalawiThis paper focuses on how Massa Lemu, a Malawian artist living and working in the United States of America, reflects on and interrogates migrant experiences through three of his conceptual art projects namely Passages for the Undocumented (2010–2012), Stamp Collector:... -
Authenticity, self-control, and smartphone dependence in adolescence: Path analysis and latent profile analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ying Zhu --- Mental Health Counselling and Guidance Centre for University Students, Huaibei Normal University, China Zihao Wang --- Huaibei Normal University, ChinaHow adolescents present positive self-qualities on the Internet has the potential to influence the extent of their smartphone usage. We examined the effect of adolescents’ authenticity and self-control on their level of smartphone dependence. First, the relationship between the three... -
A survey and exposition of sub-Hausdorff separation axioms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jeffrey T. Denniston --- Kent State University, USA Austin Melton --- Kent State University, USA Stephen E. Rodabaugh --- Institute for Applied Topology and Topological Structures, Youngstown State University, USA Jamal K. Tartir --- Institute for Applied Topology and Topological Structures, Youngstown State University, USAThis paper surveys and develops sub-Hausdorff axioms. It augments known relationships involving T 0 (Kolmogorov), S 0 (quasi-sobriety), S 1 (sobriety), T 1 (Fréchet), and T 2 (Hausdorff ) by examining a large suite of sub-Hausdorff axioms. Emphasis is given... -
On graded-nonnil-Noetherian commutative rings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Anass Assarrar --- University S.M. Ben Abdellah Fez, Morocco Najib Mahdou --- University S.M. Ben Abdellah Fez, MoroccoOur present work is motivated by several papers which have introduced and studied the notion of nonnil-Noetherian rings. Let A = ⊕ α ∈G A α be a commutative ring with unity graded by an arbitrary commutative monoid G... -
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Pieter A Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Hendrik PJ Smit --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWithin the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa, the livestock sector constitutes a substantial contributor to the regional economy. Livestock integration is prevalent in conservation agriculture systems in this region. Crop rotation involving small grains and canola is combined with... -
Over half of South African beverages will require warning labels for high sugar and/or artificial sweeteners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wantonda Mukhovha --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Naledi Sibiya --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Thanujj Kisten --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Molatela K Mamabolo --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Siphiwe N Dlamini --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaObjective: To determine the proportion of commercially available beverages that may require warning labels for high sugar content and the presence of artificial sweeteners in South Africa. -
Modelling the perception of banking customers on mobile technology adoption in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei --- Global Development Institute, School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, UK Anokye M. Adam --- Department of Finance, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Peterson Owusu Junior --- Department of Finance, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, GhanaDespite the numerous risks and security dangers associated with mobile banking, an increasing number of banks in developing economies are appreciating the merits of mobile technology. Hence, we investigated customers’ perception of mobile technology adoption (MTA) in the banking industry,... -
Value-chain analysis of Kenya’s artisanal tuna fishery focusing on skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: FA Mzingirwa --- Rhodes University, South Africa GM Okemwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya O Marcone --- , United Kingdom CS Bova --- Rhodes University, South Africa S Viana --- Rhodes University, South Africa WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThis study investigates the value chain of Kenya’s artisanal tuna fishery targeting skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis. The study used an integrated approach combining a questionnaire survey and catch assessment data at four landing sites along the... -
Size structure and reproductive biology of skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis in the western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: FA Mzingirwa --- Rhodes University, South Africa GM Okemwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya MW Farthing --- Rhodes University, South Africa CS Bova --- Rhodes University, South Africa JS Halafo --- Instituto Oceanográfico de Moçambique (InOM), Mozambique JG Mshana --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania AA Abubakar --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya N Ishmael --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South AfricaSkipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis are economically important tuna species targeted by artisanal fishers in the western Indian Ocean. Both species are currently considered sustainably fished despite substantial catches. Even so, ongoing management is crucial to maintain... -
Biometry, hatching efficiency, growth performance and survival of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana from Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AT Jacob --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania IB Kapinga --- , Tanzania AP Mwijage --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania A Luvanga --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania A Mremi --- , Tanzania C Sekadende --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania SS Shaban --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania HA Lamtane --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania AB Matondo --- College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, TanzaniaThis study determined the biometry, hatchability and growth performance of a strain of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana, a species now widely introduced globally, obtained from salt farms in the Tanga Region, Tanzania. The cysts were collected from salt pans... -
Proofs of three conjectured internal congruences modulo 32 for Schur-type overpartitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Weifeng Gao --- School of Mathematical Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, P.R. China Olivia X.M. Yao --- School of Mathematical Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, P.R. ChinaLet S(n) denote the number of overpartitions of Schur-type. Recently, Chern, da Silva and Sellers proved many congruences modulo 8 and 16 for S(n). At the end of their paper, they also posed a conjecture on internal congruences modulo 32... -
Interior vertices and edges in integer partitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Aubrey Blecher --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Charlotte Brennan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Arnold Knopfmacher --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Toufik Mansour --- University of Haifa, IsraelThis paper characterises the shape of the Young diagram associated with integer partitions in terms of two newly invented statistics which are defined in the text: namely interior vertices and horizontal edges. Generating functions and associated asymptotic results are developed... -
Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Fortunate M Phaka --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Jean Hugé --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Fortune Ravhuanzwo --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Maarten PM Vanhove --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South AfricaScientific taxonomy, as a standardised means of communicating about wildlife, might have limited use or relevance for wildlife conservation stakeholders with minimal understanding of scientific names. Indigenous language names can improve species-specific communication with non-expert conservation stakeholders due to their... -
Trends and population size of White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus within the Nyamibe Bepo Forest Reserve in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Joseph Kwasi Afrifa --- Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra Conservation Education Centre, Ghana Ernestina Ahema --- Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra Conservation Education Centre, Ghana Winston Kanyi --- Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra Conservation Education Centre, Ghana Gideon Nyamekye Osei --- Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra Conservation Education Centre, Ghana Darkwah Yaw Amoateng --- Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra Conservation Education Centre, Ghana Augustus Asamoah --- Proforest Africa Regional Office, GhanaThe White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus (family Picathartidae) is endemic to the Upper Guinea forest and has a global population of <10 000 mature individuals. This species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List owing to its declining population,... -
Is there a gender gap in audit fees in Spain? Explaining the variables involved in audit fees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Mercedes Mareque --- University of Vigo, Spain Susana Escaloni --- University of Vigo, Spain -
Unlocking Northern Cyprus: innovations in destination management for enhanced tourism experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sima Rahimizhian --- Eastern Mediterranean University, Türkiye Foad Irani --- Final International University, TürkiyeThe tourist sector is currently one of those that has paved the way in the application of intelligent communication and information technology. Intelligent information systems can significantly contribute to the continued growth of the tourist business, particularly virtual tourism, given... -
The interplay of verbal cinematic, balletic and pantomimic manifestations in isiZulu literary narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Sicelo Ziphozonke Ntshangase --- Language and Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lungile Mncwango --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThere is a dearth of studies that analyse the discourse of isiZulu literature. Most studies focus on the actual story, which is the chain of events and its setting. However, discourse, which is how the story is narrated, is frequently... -
On the reduction of powers of self-adjoint operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Salima Kebli --- University of Oran 1, Algeria Mohammed Hichem Mortad --- University of Oran 1, AlgeriaLet T ∈ B(H) be such that Tn is self-adjoint for some with n ≥ 3. The paper’s primary aim is to establish the conditions that lead to the self-adjointness of T. We pay particular attention to the case where... -
Factors influencing readiness for the incorporation of artificial intelligence at school context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bablu Karan* --- Central University of Karnataka, India G. R. Angadi --- Central University of Karnataka, IndiaThis study aimed to explore readiness factors of artificial intelligence (AI) integration in school education. To achieve this aim, the study employed the theory of the technology, organization, and environment (TOE) to assess its effectiveness in determining integration readiness of... -
An investigation on the factors influencing the success of Ethiopian tech startup companies: The ISM approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abebe Shimelis --- Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia Birhanu Beshah --- Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia Ermias Tesfaye --- Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, EthiopiaStartups play a significant role in developing innovation and the economic growth for a country. Technology-based startup businesses play a primary role in supporting economic development. The success of technology startups centres on various interrelated factors. This study identifies these... -
Umbilicity of complete linear Weingarten hypersurfaces immersed in certain Einstein manifolds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Henrique F. de Lima --- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil Lucas S. Rocha --- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil Marco Antonio L. Velásquez --- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, BrazilIn this paper, we present some sets of geometric conditions that ensure the umbilicity of linear Weingarten hypersurfaces immersed in an Einstein manifold satisfying standard curvature constraints which, in particular, are verified by a Riemannian space with constant sectional curvature... -
Partially ordered rings with negative squares
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Nhi Durtschi --- University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA Jingjing Ma --- University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA R.H. Redfield --- Hamilton College, USAA partially ordered ring (R, ≤) with negative squares is a partially ordered ring in which for some element a ∈ R, a 2 < 0. In this paper, we study this class of partially ordered rings. It is shown... -
Evaluating the implementation of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Mwanza district hospital, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John Bester Kalumbi --- Peking University, ChinaIntroduction: Globally, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV significantly contributes to paediatric HIV infections. Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs aim to achieve the World Health Organization’s target of less than 5% transmission rates. This study evaluated the implementation of... -
Congruences modulo powers of 5 for partitions into odd and distinct parts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Dazhao Tang --- Chongqing Normal University, P.R. ChinaLet Q 0(n) denote the number of partitions of n into odd and distinct parts. In 1969, Rødseth proved an infinite family of congruences modulo high powers of 5 for Q 0(n) by employing the theory of modular forms. In... -
A systematic review on executive functions in female adolescents with eating disorders: Implications on daily life and relevance to rehabilitation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hadeel Hamady-Saad --- University of Haifa, Israel Batya Engel-Yeger --- University of Haifa, IsraelBackground: Eating Disorders (ED) are prevalent in female adolescents and have far-reaching effects on daily participation and quality of life (QoL). Daily participation highly depends on Executive Functions (EF). Existing knowledge about EF in ED, as expressed in real life,... -
Coping skills and smartphone addiction in adolescents with ADHD: A predictive model and relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Tayfun Kara --- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey Orhan Kocaman --- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey Pınar Aydoğan Avşar --- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey Tacettin Kuru --- Alanya Training and Research Hospital, TurkeyBackground: We sought to examine the relationship between smartphone addiction and coping skills in adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), together with potential predictive factors. -
3. “Be active!” Revisiting the South African food-based dietary guideline for activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Botha CR --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Wright HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Moss SJ --- Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation, North-West University, Kolbe-Alexander TL --- UCT/MRC Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,The objective of this paper was to review current evidence on physical activity for health in order to support the food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) “Be active!”. Physical activity, defined as at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per day... -
12. “Use salt and foods high in salt sparingly”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wentzel-Viljoen E [cor1] Steyn K --- Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Ketterer E --- Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, Charlton KE --- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, AustraliaIncreased salt intake leads to an increase in blood pressure and decreased sodium intake relative to the usual or increased intake results in lowered blood pressure in adults, with or without hypertension. Blood pressure is a strong proxy indicator for... -
Thoughts of suicide and self-harm: A national study on young people presenting to non-paediatric acute hospitals in Ireland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Katerina Kavalidou --- , Ireland James O’Mahony --- University College Cork, Ireland Sally-Ann Lovejoy --- , Ireland Fiona McNicholas --- University College Dublin, Ireland Vincent Russell --- , IrelandBackground: In Ireland, acute hospital emergency departments (ED) become the default service for youth aged 16 to 18 years; and in the absence of paediatric EDs, for youth under 16 years. No previous research has explored adolescent presentations to non-paediatric... -
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mogomme Alpheus Masoga --- University of the Free State, South Africa Allucia Lulu Shokane --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and... -
Sustaining smartphone-based payment services among youth: Extending ECM with habit and pre-adoption expectancies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rameshkumar Subramanian --- Central University of Punjab, India Ashique Ali K. A. --- SVKM's NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, IndiaSmartphone-based payment services (SBPS) are gaining incredible popularity among the Indian youth due to their tech-savvy behaviour and desire for ease and convenience. The intention to continue using SBPS by youngsters will have a long-lasting effect on India’s vision to... -
Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Addison Kwasi Akowuah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Collins Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Solomon Asirifi --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Pascal Benson Atiglah --- St Francis’ College of Education, GhanaPlanting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) as a development intervention has come with many successes. However, the recent concerns about its gradually dwindling prospects call for academics to study farmers’ participation and motivation, focusing on the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality in... -
Feasibility, challenges, and lessons learned in implementing antiretroviral adherence club models in Northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ramadhani Abdul --- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Lukas Van Duffel --- Doctors with Africa Collegio Universitario Aspiranti Medici Missionari (CUAMM), Tanzania Giulia Martelli --- Doctors with Africa Collegio Universitario Aspiranti Medici Missionari (CUAMM), Tanzania Edda Ndyamukama Joel --- Doctors with Africa Collegio Universitario Aspiranti Medici Missionari (CUAMM), Tanzania Joyce Zacharia Misesemo --- Doctors with Africa Collegio Universitario Aspiranti Medici Missionari (CUAMM), Tanzania Tobias F. Rinke de Wit --- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Sayoki Mfinanga --- National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Anton Pozniak --- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom Sabine Hermans --- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIntroduction: In Tanzania, nearly 1.6 million adults were living with HIV in 2022, with an HIV prevalence rate of 4.4%. We piloted community health worker-managed adherence clubs in two clinics in Shinyanga, Tanzania. We previously demonstrated better stability in care... -
Assessment of the movement behaviour of dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus along the coast of South Africa using 39 years of tag-recapture data from a voluntary tagging project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Knight --- Rhodes University, South Africa M Farthing --- Rhodes University, South Africa A Winkler --- Rhodes University, South Africa BQ Mann --- Rhodes University, South Africa A-R Childs --- Rhodes University, South Africa WM Potts --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThe dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus (family Sciaenidae) is a large-sized estuarine-dependent fish of high fisheries importance, with only ∼1.3% of the pristine stock remaining due to overexploitation, habitat loss and mismanagement. Its conservation is complicated by the species’ cryptic morphology... -
Climate adaptation, geopolitics, and structural exclusion in South African agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Michael J Savage --- South African Journal of Plant and Soil,Southern African agriculture stands at a critical intersection of accelerating climate risk and entrenched structural inequality. While climate change increasingly shapes global research and policy agendas, other intersecting forces—such as the divide between large-scale commercial agriculture and smallholder farming, the... -
Further arithmetic properties of Andrews’ integer partitions with even parts below odd parts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Abhishek Sarma --- Tezpur University, IndiaIn 2018, Andrews introduced the partition function , which counts the number of partitions of a positive integer n where each even part is less than each odd part. Furthermore, he defined another class of partitions, namely which counts the... -
on the complete solutions of a generalized Lebesgue-Ramanujan-Nagell equation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Kalyan Chakraborty --- SRM University AP, Mangalagiri-Mandal, India Azizul Hoque --- Faculty of Science, Rangapara College, IndiaWe consider the generalized Lebesgue-Ramanujan-Nagell equation x 2 + 17 k 41 ℓ 59 m = 2 δ yn in the unknown integers x ≥ 1, y > 1, n ≥ 3 and k, ℓ, m ≥ 0 satisfying gcd(x, y)... -
Congruences modulo powers of 5 for 5 k -regular bipartitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Zhuohang Chen --- Chongqing Normal University, P.R. China Dazhao Tang --- Chongqing Normal University, P.R. ChinaLet B ℓ(n) denote the number of ℓ-regular bipartitions of n. In this paper, we investigate congruence properties of B 5k (n) modulo high powers of 5. By deriving the exact generating functions of specific arithmetic progressions in B 5k... -
Exploiting ChatGPT generated dataset for weather prediction using Seagull Optimization with Deep Learning Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: S. Usha --- Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr ), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University College of Engineering BIT Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India K. Rama Devi --- Professor, Department of Information Technology, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, India V. Saraswathi --- Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, India R. Kavitha --- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University College of Engineering BIT Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, IndiaChatGPT, a powerful language model, can generate diverse fictional weather datasets including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and more. This research proposes the SGOADL-WDC technique, which employs ChatGPT-generated data for weather classification. It integrates data preprocessing with an attention-based bidirectional LSTM... -
Federated machine learning for cross-bank credit card fraud detection: A privacy-preserving framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dhanveer Singh --- Technology Leader Capital One USA, USA Raja Chattopadhyay --- Technology Leader Capital One USA, USAFederated machine learning is a solution to the problem of identifying instances of credit card fraud in any bank without violating privacy laws. The framework proposed in this paper any bank without violating privacy laws. The framework proposed in this... -
Body condition metrics and reproductive aspects of three spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) from littoral habitats in southern Lake Tanganyika
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: L Mabo --- Department of Agriculture and Aquatic Sciences, Kapasa Makasa University, Zambia APH Bose --- Department of Wildlife, Fish & Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden B Mutale --- Department of Agriculture and Aquatic Sciences, Kapasa Makasa University, Zambia LH Haambiya --- Nsumbu Tanganyika Conservation Programme, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Zambia K Kunda --- Lake Tanganyika Research Unit, Department of Fisheries, ZambiaThe body condition metrics and reproductive aspects of three spiny eel species (Mastacembelus moorii, M. ellipsifer and M. cunningtoni) inhabiting littoral habitats in southern Lake Tanganyika were evaluated. As Mastacembelids are important in artisanal fisheries, the study aimed to provide...
