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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... -
Career-story Interviewing Using the Three Anecdotes Technique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria,This article describes the value of using the Three Anecdotes Technique (TAT) during career-story interviewing. The TAT is a technique aimed at eliciting clients' three earliest memories to help counsellors identify clients' preoccupations and thereby support them to deal with... -
Motor speed and reaction time in HIV/AIDS patients: a case-control study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Olubunmi Ogunrin Francis OdiaseHIV infection can produce a range of cognitive and behavioural symptoms that become more frequent and severe as the immune system deteriorates. This case-control study assessed the reaction time and the motor speed of Nigerian Africans with HIV or AIDS... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
High prevalence of HIV and malaria co-infection in urban Douala, Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Theresa Nkuo-Akenji Etienne Emgilbert Tevoufouet Frankline Nzang Nancy Ngufor Elisabeth FonA prospective cohort study was undertaken among 684 adult hospital attendees in Douala, Littoral Province, Cameroon. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of HIV/malaria co-infection and to determine and compare the prevalence of some parasitological, haematological and clinical parameters... -
Dyschromonychia: clinical significance in a South African population
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PF Levay --- Kalafong hospital, University of Pretoria, ME Botes --- Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, and General Practitioner in private practice, E Malela --- Kalafong hospital, University of Pretoria,Background: The purpose of this study was to determine disease associations with dyschromonychia (DCO) in an out- and inpatient population attending Kalafong Hospital. -
Somatic delusions and obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AC Lawrence --- Department of Psychiatry, ST Rataemane --- Department of Psychiatry,This review is based on a case study of a clinical presentation of schizophrenia with somatic and olfactory delusions and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS). The patient was seen at the surgical out-patient department of the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Ga-Rankuwa,... -
Measuring resilience among homeless youth: psychometric assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kwaku Oppong Asante --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Anna Meyer-Weitz --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South AfricaThis study validated the psychometric structure of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003) in a sample of 227 homeless youth in Ghana. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation was used to extract factor structures. About 62%... -
Spatial and temporal variation in cadmium body loads of four intertidal invertebrates from False Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A.J. Reinecke --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa N.P. Mdzeke --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa S.A. Reinecke --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaIncreasing urbanization and industrialization along the coastal areas of False Bay in South Africa can endanger coastal ecosystems because of increasing metal pollution. To obtain baseline data on contamination levels in the intertidal zone, cadmium (Cd) body loads of four... -
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... -
An argument for either excluding death as a capital gains tax event or abolishing estate duty
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J J Roeleveld --- Department of Finance and Tax,South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that imposes both estate duty and capital gains tax on the assets of a person on death. This paper presents an argument for the abolishment of estate duty in... -
Embodied houses and the initiation of hospitality experiences in the Zuiderzee Museum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Alexander Grit --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsIt can be argued that many potentialities within society are left unused by organising hospitality venues according to modern planning practices. These planning practices regard the setting as a rational space which is predictable and manageable. By applying modern management... -
The use of readily available biomarkers to predict CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected individuals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Yusuf Moolla --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Zaheer Moolla --- Department of General Surgery, South Afrcia Tarylee Reddy --- MRC, Biostatistics Unit, South Africa Nombulelo Magula --- Department of Internal Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The use of readily available biochemical investigations to predict the CD4 cell count in HIV-infected patients may provide clinicians with insight regarding disease severity at first contact. The aims of the study were to determine the relationship of calculated... -
Temporal distribution of baseline characteristics and association with early mortality among HIV-positive patients at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joshua.O. Akinyemi --- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Olubukola A. Adesina --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Modupe.O. Kuti --- Department of Chemical Pathology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Babatunde.O. Ogunbosi --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Achiaka E. Irabor --- Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria Georgina N. Odaibo --- Department of Virology, College of Medicine, Nigeria David O. Olaleye --- Department of Virology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Isaac F. Adewole --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, NigeriaThe first six months of HIV care and treatment are very important for long-term outcome. Early mortality (within 6 months of care initiation) undermines care and treatment goals. This study assessed the temporal distribution in baseline characteristics and early mortality... -
Transvaginal colour Doppler ultrasound in predicting response to chemoradiation in patients with carcinoma of the cervix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Mishu Mangla --- SMS Medical College, India Deepak Singla --- Department of Anaesthesia,Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the potential role of transvaginal colour Doppler ultrasound (TVCDUS) in predicting response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. -
The routine paediatric human immunodeficiency virus visit as an intervention opportunity for failed maternal care, and use of point-of-care CD4 testing as an adjunct in determining antiretroviral therapy eligibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: S C Picken --- HOPE Cape Town Association and Trust, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, S Williams --- HOPE Cape Town Association and Trust, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, J Harvey --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, Stellenbosch University, M M Esser --- Head of Immunology Unit, NHLS Tygerberg Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University,South African women and children remain at the centre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, and maternal well-being plays a critical role in child health. In this study, we evaluated the impact of the paediatric visit on the determination... -
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... -
Nutritional status, quality of life and CD4 cell count of adults living with HIV/AIDS in the Ga-Rankuwa area (South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: E. Venter --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gj Gericke --- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pj Bekker --- Biostatistics Unit, South AfricaObjective: To determine if there was a relationship between CD4 cell count, nutritional status and self-reported quality of life (QoL) in HIV-infected adults. -
Overweight, obesity and underweight in rural black South African children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Al. Toriola --- Department of Sports, Vk Moselakgomo --- Department of Sports, Bs. Shaw --- Department of Sports, Dt Goon --- Centre for Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science,Background: The objective was to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight conditions among rural black children in South Africa. A cross-sectional study was undertaken. The setting was Mankweng and Toronto, both rural settlements in Capricorn district, Limpopo province,... -
Common-wide information flow in CDS markets: The case of earnings surprises of industry leaders
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Paulo Pereira da Silva --- CMVM-Portuguese Securities Commission, Rua Laura Alves n.° 4, Lisbon, PortugalThis paper examines the way common-wide information is disseminated in credit default swap (CDS) markets. I find strong supporting evidence that earnings announcements of CDS references with greater liquidity and higher credit risk help in predicting the subsequent CDS spread... -
Morbidity and nutrition status of rural drug-naïve Kenyan women living with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charlotte G Neumann --- David Geffen School of Medicine, USA Winstone Nyandiko --- USAID – Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership, Kenya Abraham Siika --- USAID – Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership, Kenya Natalie Drorbaugh --- Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, USA Goleen Samari --- Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, USA Grace Ettyang --- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kenya Judith A Ernst --- Indiana University School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, USAThis paper describes morbidity in a group of HIV-positive drug-naïve rural women in western Kenya. A total of 226 drug-naïve HIV-positive women were evaluated for baseline morbidity, immune function, and anthropometry before a food-based nutrition intervention. Kenyan nurses visited women... -
World Health Organisation staging, adherence to HAART and abnormal cervical smears amongst HIV-infected women attending a government hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Appolinaire Ciamalenga Katumba --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Elizabeth Reji --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Tabither Gitau --- Population Council (Poverty, Gender and Youth Development), Kenya Cindy Firnhaber --- Right to Care,Introduction: South Africa (SA) has more people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) than any other country in the world. Women infected with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical dysplasia and cancer than women who are not infected. -
A numerical study of high efficiency ultra-thin CdS/CIGS solar cells
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sabrina Benabbas --- Materials and Electronic Systems Laboratory, Algeria Zahir Rouabah --- Materials and Electronic Systems Laboratory, Algeria Hocine Heriche --- Materials and Electronic Systems Laboratory, Algeria Nacer-Eddine Chelali --- Materials and Electronic Systems Laboratory, AlgeriaThis work aims to improve the performance of solar cells with structure SnO2/CdS/CIGS/Mo by using the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D). Our idea is to insert the SnS layer between the absorber layer CIGS and the Mo (molybdenum) back contact... -
Embodied houses and the initiation of hospitality experiences in the Zuiderzee Museum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alexander Grit --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIt can be argued that many potentialities within society are left unused by organising hospitality venues according to modern planning practices. These planning practices regard the setting as a rational space which is predictable and manageable. By applying modern management... -
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... -
Relationship between HIV serostatus, CD4 count and rehospitalisation: Potential implications for health systems strengthening in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Yoshan Moodley --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, South Africa Andrew Tomita --- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, South AfricaBackground: Despite three decades of scientific response to HIV/AIDS, the generalised HIV epidemic continues to persist in South Africa. There is growing acknowledgement that health system strengthening will be critical in tackling HIV/AIDS. Patient rehospitalisation is an important quality benchmark... -
Performance evaluation of contractor development programmes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ambrose D. Dapaah --- Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Department of the Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, South Africa Wellington D. Thwala --- Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Department of the Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, South Africa Innocent Musonda --- Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Department of the Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, South AfricaThe performance of the construction industry in South Africa is supported by its industry players, such as the construction contractors, and cannot be underestimated. The designed Contractor Development Programmes (CDPs) in South Africa are aimed at creating an enabling environment... -
A comparative study of selected multi-criteria decision-making methodologies for location selection of very large concentrated solar power plants in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olayinka S. Ohunakin --- The Energy and Environment Research Group (TEERG), Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria Burak Omer Saracoglu --- Orhantepe Mahallesi, Tekel Caddesi, Istanbul, TurkeyThis work studies the location selection of very large concentrated solar power plants (VLCSPPs) in Nigeria using five Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies including: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Consistency-Driven Pairwise Comparisons (CDPC), Decision Expert for Education (DEXi), Elimination and Choice... -
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... -
South African Value-Added Tax: Place of supply rules for cross border supplies of consulting services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Riette Zulch Lombard --- PricewaterhouseCoopers, South Africa Linda van Heerden --- Department of Economics, South AfricaThe South African Value-Added Tax Act, 89 of 1991 does not contain any explicit place of supply rules to determine the jurisdiction where a cross border supply of services should be taxed, except in respect of foreign electronic service providers... -
Staying power: Remembering A. Bame Nsamenang
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alan Pence --- Centre for Global Studies, CanadaBame Nsamenang was an exceptional force for Africa’s children, seeking to have their lived experience be heard and appreciated globally. Bame identified early in his career a dearth in the African-led and African-conceptualized child development (CD) literature and commenced to... -
Economic growth and R&D expenditures in selected OECD countries: Is there any convergence?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Deepika Chawla --- Department of Economics, Patiala, IndiaThe economic growth of nations is strongly associated with rising R&D expenditures. The present study therefore endeavours to examine the stylized patterns of evolution of R&D expenditures (R&D expenditures as a share of GDP) along the development course in 18... -
Brominated flame retardants in wild bird eggs from the industrialised heartland of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: LP Quinn --- National Metrology Institute of South Africa, South Africa C Roos --- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa R Pieters --- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa A Polder --- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa H Bouwman --- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaBrominated flame-retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), were analysed in 77 eggs of 13 wild bird species from Gauteng and northern Free State (the industrial heartland of South Africa). BFRs were in all eggs, but not... -
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... -
Relationship between innovation, regional institutions and firm performance: Micro-evidence from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mohammed Seid Hussen --- , Turkey Murat Çokgezen --- , TurkeyThe main aim of this paper is to examine empirically the extent to which firm-specific action, innovation, and an external factor, the quality of regional institution, affect firms’ productivity. To this end, a firm-level dataset from 15 African countries was... -
Estimates of eligibility for antiretroviral treatment (ART) and projected ART impact on AIDS mortality among South African educators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Thomas M Rehle --- HSRC's Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme, Olive Shisana --- South African Human Sciences Research Council,The study assessed the proportion of HIV-infected educators that need antiretroviral treatment (ART) according to current criteria, and estimated the impact of ART on AIDS mortality by modelling scenarios with and without access to ART. Specimens for HIV testing were... -
Using VCT statistics from Kenya in understanding the association between gender and HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kennedy Otwombe --- University of the Witwatersrand, Ndindi Mutisya --- Policy and Performance Department, Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya Carolyne Ajema --- Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya John Wanyungu --- National HIV/AIDS and STI Control Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaThis paper demonstrates the importance of utilising official statistics from the voluntary counselling and testing centres (VCT) to determine the association between gender and HIV infection rates in Kenya. The study design adopted was a record based survey of data... -
Traditional healers as caregivers to HIV/AIDS clients and other terminally challenged persons in Kanye community home-based care programme (CHBC), Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: S. M. Kang'ethe --- Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), University of Botswana,The research study done at the Kanye village of Botswana was qualitative in design and exploratory in nature. While the broad goal aimed at assessing the contributions of caregivers in the Kanye CHBC programme, this article aims at evaluating the... -
Comparison of the health-related quality of life, CD4 count and viral load of AIDS patients and people with HIV who have been on treatment for 12 months in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jude Igumbor [d348e18] Aimee Stewart William HolzemerThis study compared the level of CD4 count, viral load and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between treatment-naïve AIDS patients and a cohort of people living with HIV who have been on treatment for 12 months. This study is based... -
A lottery incentive system to facilitate dialogue and social support for workplace HIV counselling and testing: A qualitative inquiry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Martin Weihs --- , South Africa Anna Meyer-Weitz --- , , South AfricaDespite South African mid-sized companies' efforts to offer HIV counselling and testing (HCT) in the workplace, companies report relatively poor uptake rates. An urgent need for a range of different interventions aimed at increasing participation in workplace HCT has been... -
Risk factor profile for non-communicable diseases: findings of a STEPS survey among the support staff at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sithabile Nombulelo Mathunjwa --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Tshegofatso Betty Mohlala --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Heather Modiehi Legodi --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa -
Changes in hepatic volume and body composition following a two-week very low-calorie diet (VLCD) prior to a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Francis-Mico Price --- University of the Free State, South Africa Francois Nicholaas Schutte --- Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, South AfricaAn enlarged fatty liver makes laparoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) more technically challenging. A 35-year-old female was referred to the dietitian for a preoperative very low-calorie diet (VLCD) to assist in decreasing hepatic volume and visceral adiposity... -
Employing behavioural portfolio theory for sustainable investment: Examining drawdown risks and ESG factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Aayush Poddar --- Indian Institute of Technology, India Sujoy Bhattacharya --- , R Rathish Bhatt --- Management, Goa Institute of Management, IndiaThis study uses behavioural portfolio theory (BPT) within the Markowitz Portfolio Theory framework to enhance portfolio management by focusing on sustainability and risk mitigation during market downturns. It selects portfolios to hedge against market lows using Conditional Drawdown at Risk...
