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Alternative hosts of Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. Nunkumar --- , South Africa P.M. Caldwell --- , South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaPhakopsora pachyrhizi Syd., the causal organism of Asian soybean rust (ASR) is an obligate parasite and cannot survive independently of its hosts or on debris. Thirteen legume species were tested for susceptibility to P. pachyrhizi. The abaxial leaf surface of... -
Development of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean at controlled temperature, relative humidity and moisture periods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. Nunkumar --- , South Africa P.M. Caldwell --- , South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaThe influence of temperature, relative humidity (RH) and moisture period (MP) was studied in relation to infection of soybean plants (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) by Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi Syd. Disease development was investigated at 15,... -
ASPECTS OF EUTROPHICATION MANAGEMENT IN TROPICAL/SUB-TROPICAL REGIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J.A. Thornton --- , South AfricaIn 1981, the UNESCO in association with the IIASA and OECD recognized that tropical/-sub-tropical water bodies may respond differently to eutrophication management techniques than heretofore expected on the basis of temperate lake studies. However, little information on the eutrophication process... -
Psychological Well-Being and the Metabolic Syndrome in African and Caucasian Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elsabé M. Botha --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Suria M. Ellis --- North-West University, South Africa Hester H Vorster --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the association between comprehensive psychological well-being and the metabolic syndrome (MS), as well as whether women without MS markers differ significantly from women with MS (three or more markers) on specific facets of psychological well-being. African (N=102)... -
Predicting the potential distribution of invasive silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: N Lübcker --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa TA Zengeya --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa J Dabrowski --- Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, South Africa MP Robertson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaPredicting the potential geographical distribution and spread of non-native species is of major concern to ecologists. Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, ranked as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species, were introduced into South Africa in 1975, but the potential... -
Differences in MetS marker prevalence between black African and Caucasian teachers from the North West Province: Sympathetic Activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Hoebel --- The School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, North-West University, L Malan --- School for Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, North-West University, H De Ridder --- School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, North-West University,Background: The aim of this study was to compare metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence between black and Caucasian Africans using different definitions, and secondly, to determine the association between MetS, anthropometric markers and the albumin: creatinine ratio using the new joint... -
Case study: Anaesthetic management of an achondroplastic dwarf undergoing radical nephrectomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Jain --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India K Jain --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India JK Makkar --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India K Mangal --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, IndiaA three feet two inch (96 cm) tall achondroplastic patient with urothelial cell carcinoma involving renal pelvis was scheduled for a radical nephrectomy. Radial artery cannulation and central venous access were secured in the pre-induction period. After induction, the airway... -
Transient aphasia following spinal anaesthesia in an orthopaedic patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: B Tripat --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India G Ruchi --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India T Sonika --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, IndiaA 50-year-old male [American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade II] was scheduled for lower limb orthopaedic surgery. The subarachnoid space was localised with difficulty at L3/4 interspace and 3 ml of hyperbaric bupivacaine was given. Within a few minutes, the... -
Aphasia, an acquired language disorder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Schoeman --- Department of Psychology, South Africa G Van der Merwe --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaAffecting an estimated one in every 272 South Africans, or 0.37% of the population, aphasia is a neurological condition described as “any disturbance in the comprehension or expression of language caused by a brain lesion”. -
Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physician-assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation. Is there a difference if death is foreseen, but... -
Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Bock-Omma --- Department of Family Medicine and General Practice, Shawsand Medical Centre, Nigeria PO Dienye --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria IS Oghu --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaObjectives: The study objectives were to determine the pattern of presentation of Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the respondents, the prevalence of LUTS suggestive of BPH, and respondents' quality of life. -
Histological confirmation of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in two cyprinid species from Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kyle J. McHugh --- Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa Kevin W. Christison --- Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity,, South Africa Nico J. Smit --- Water Research Group (Ecology), Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South AfricaEpizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) is a fish disease caused by an infection of the oomycete, Aphanomyces invadans. During a fish biodiversity assessment of Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia, in August 2011, two Barbus haasianus and three Barbus unitaeniatus with circular... -
Succession to traditional Venda leadership in a changing constitutional environment in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: FC de Beer --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The conflict and ambivalence in the legislative transformation in South Africa, recognising on the one hand the institution of traditional leadership and its concomitant customs and values, and on the other hand enforcing the fundamental value of gender equality entrenched... -
Factors associated with self-rated health status among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand T. Alafia Samuels --- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Barbados Alexander Gasparishvili --- Lomonosov Moscow State University, RussiaThe aim of this study was to investigate self-reported health status and associated factors in low, middle and high income countries. Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected in a cross-sectional survey from 19 811 undergraduate university students (mean age=20.8, SD=2.8)... -
Gestational trophoblastic disease: An overview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: L C Snyman --- Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, -
Case report of an intra-uterine pregnancy complicated by an ectopic invasive molar pregnancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: L C Snyman --- Gynaecological Oncology Unit, Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaWe report on a rare case of a woman presenting with an early intra-uterine pregnancy, lower abdominal pain and a right-sided pelvic mass. She developed an acute abdomen and an emergency laparotomy was performed. Histology revealed an ectopic invasive molar... -
Pathology of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: a review with recent insights
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: T Slavik --- Anatomical Pathologist, Ampath Pathology Laboratories, South AfricaGestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) refers to a unique and heterogeneous group of conditions demonstrating differentiation towards various components of gestational trophoblast. Variants of hydatidiform mole (HM) are considered benign, whilst choriocarcinoma (CC), placental site trophoblastic tumour (PSTT) and the more... -
Human papillomavirus-type distribution in South African women without cytological abnormalities: a peri-urban study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: M C Van Aardt --- Head Gynaecological Oncology Unit, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, G Dreyer --- Head Gynaecological Oncology Unit, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, K L Richter --- Department of Medical Virology, P Becker --- Biostatistician, Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, TygerbergObjectives: Knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) distribution in the general population is crucial for the development of new HPV vaccines and to provide a baseline from which to monitor the impact of current HPV vaccines in the future. HPV-type distribution... -
Fertility-sparing treatment in a young patient with complex atypical hyperplasia of the endometrium
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: G C Du Toit --- Unit of Gynaecological Oncology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, -
Hotel industry expansion and sustainable development: A case study of Inle Lake, Myanmar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Harald Buijtendijk --- Academy for Tourism, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The Netherlands Kristina Tschunkert --- School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UKThis article examines how international hotel industry expansion affects sustainable development in the context of least developed countries. The study focuses on power asymmetries in the governance processes of hotel value chains. First it develops a model to analyse these... -
Expression of adhesion molecule epithelial cadherin and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in squamous neoplasia of the uterine cervix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Julian Crasta --- Department of Pathology, India Gayatri Ravikumar --- Department of Pathology, India Sharon Koorse --- Department of Pathology, India Premalatha Siddharta --- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, India Elizabeth Vallikad --- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, IndiaBackground: The objective of the study was to evaluate the expression of cell adhesion molecules [epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin)] and extracellular matrix protease [matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9] in preinvasive and invasive lesions of squamous neoplasia of the uterine cervix. -
Retrospective comparison of cytological and histological bone marrow morphology in adult antiretroviral-naïve and antiretroviral experienced human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with peripheral blood cytopaenias
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Suraya Naidoo --- Department of Haematology, South Africa Vincent Louis Naicker --- National Health Laboratory Services, South AfricaBackground: A cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients presenting to a quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa over a period of one year was identified and morphological analyses of their bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies (BMAT) undertaken. -
Trophic ecology and persistence of invasive silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in an oligotrophic South African impoundment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: N Lübcker --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa J Dabrowski --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa TA Zengeya --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa PJ Oberholster --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa G Hall --- South Africa Stable Isotope Laboratory, South Africa S Woodborne --- South Africa Stable Isotope Laboratory, South Africa MP Robertson --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe alien invasive silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix established a self-sustaining feral population in an oligotrophic impoundment, Flag Boshielo Dam, in South Africa. The ability of this population to persist in a dam with low algal biomass (median annual suspended chlorophyll... -
Hotel industry expansion and sustainable development: A case study of Inle Lake, Myanmar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Harald Buijtendijk --- Academy for Tourism, The Netherlands Kristina Tschunkert --- School of International Development, UKThis article examines how international hotel industry expansion affects sustainable development in the context of least developed countries. The study focuses on power asymmetries in the governance processes of hotel value chains. First it develops a model to analyse these... -
Patterns and trends in seabird bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery off South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: DP Rollinson --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa RM Wanless --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa PG Ryan --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaBoth foreign and domestic pelagic longline fishing vessels operate in South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent international waters where they kill hundreds of seabirds each year as bycatch. To update assessments of the impact of the pelagic longline fishery... -
The creation of the SAVE consortium – Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction: a possible model for Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christopher GR Bowden --- Globally Threatened Species Recovery Unit, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UKThere have been few faster, more dramatic and wide-scale species declines than those of South Asian vulture populations since the 1990s. This article describes the background to this problem, caused mainly by the veterinary drug diclofenac, and the establishment and... -
Spirituality as a coping mechanism for family caregivers of persons with aphasia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khetsiwe Phumelele Masuku --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South Africa Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South AfricaThis study sought to describe spirituality resourcing of family caregivers for people with aphasia (PWA). A purposive sample of 14 female family caregivers of PWA from a historically disadvantaged South African community were participants (married = 42%; age range 21... -
Migritude’s Decolonial Lessons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Neelofer Qadir --- Department of English, USAIn this essay, I trace the deep time of the Indian Ocean through and against which Shailja Patel fabulates the notion of migritude and, in particular, what its valences are for solidarities between black and brown Kenyans and other south-south... -
Imaginings of Khoja, Maasai and Swahili Aesthetics in Artist Ethnographer Sultan Somjee's narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mala Pandurang --- Department of English, IndiaThis paper investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onwards. The impact of their interaction was on the production of... -
Anaesthetic considerations in a child with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Thomas Kleyenstüber --- Department of Anaesthesia, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, South AfricaFibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterised by extraskeletal ossification of connective tissue. Affected individuals often become completely immobilised by their third decade of life. Amongst numerous anaesthetic concerns, the airway management of patients with FOP... -
Behind the emergence of management scholarly communities in Asia and Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David B. Zoogah --- Williams College of Business, South Africa Mike W. Peng --- Jindal School of Management, USA Bruce T. LamontManagement scholarly communities have recently emerged in Asia and Africa. What are the antecedents behind their rise? What are the processes that facilitate their acceptance by internal and external stakeholders? Drawing on the sociology of science literature, this article develops... -
Fieldwork as performance: being ethnographic in film-making
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Julia Koch --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, GermanyThis paper examines the use of the visual medium of collaborative ethnographic film-making as a fieldwork method in anthropology. Focusing on practices of filming, I adapt Richard Schechner’s ideas of performance processes and relational quadrilogues to move beyond the dichotomy... -
Migration and non-breeding season movements of satellite-tracked Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Chien-Hung Yang --- , Taiwan Keith Bildstein --- , United States Siranush Tumanyan --- , Armenia Michael McGrady --- , AustriaIn 2013, we satellite-tracked four juvenile Levant Sparrowhawks Accipiter brevipes from their nests in southern Armenia. Mean departure date from summering areas was 30 August. During autumn, birds migrated toward Africa along both the east and west coasts of the... -
Reconciling National and Communal Identity in Kenya through the Asian African Heritage Exhibit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Chepchirchir Tirop --- Stanford University, USAIn the context of contemporary questions of identity and belonging, this paper examines the Asian African Heritage museum exhibit at the Nairobi Museum. The exhibit is an attempt by members of the Indian community to solidify their place in Kenya... -
Price discovery or overreaction? A study on the reaction of Asia Pacific country ETFs to the US stock market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Rongzhao Ou --- McMaster University, CanadaDespite the presence of arbitrage mechanisms, large premiums (or discounts) for Asia Pacific country ETFs in the US market could still exist in the short run due to the time gap between trading hours of the US and Asia Pacific... -
A baseline survey of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto region, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter G Ryan --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Cliff Dorse --- , South Africa Dave Gilroy --- , Mozambique James Hogg --- , United Kingdom Albert McLean --- , South Africa Christine Read --- , South Africa Evan Trotzuk --- African Parks Mozambique, Mozambique Gary Allport --- The David Attenborough Building, United KingdomWe report the numbers of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), Mozambique. In November–December 2023, we counted waterbirds foraging on tidal flats and at roost sites in the San Sebastian (São Sebastião) Peninsula, Bazaruto... -
Wintering grounds under protection: population stability and conservation of migrating waders at Europa Island, western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Florinah Razafimandimby --- Université de La Réunion, France Maxime Amy --- TAAF (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises), France Matthieu Le Corre --- Université de La Réunion, FranceThe tropical western Indian Ocean islands are at the southern limit of the East Africa–West Asia Flyway, but their importance for wintering and conservation of Palearctic waders remains poorly understood. Europa Island, a remote coralline island in the southern Mozambique...