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A Psychological Support for Peacekeeping Soldiers and their Families: A Preliminary Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Donovan J. Kalamdien --- Stellenbosch University, Gideon A.J. Van Dyk --- Stellenbosch University,Being a military family can be challenging, and the demands placed on soldiers and their families can become very complex. Military deployments are part of a soldier's military career that cannot be avoided and have the potential to influence military... -
Psychosocial Effects of Conditions of Military Deployment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Makatipe Kgosana --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaDeployment may lead the soldiers to dichotomise their profession and their family life, resulting in unwanted effects on family or career. Effects on reintegration and functioning within family are considered. Reunions may be characterized by perceived negative reception and consequences... -
Deployment strategies to maximise value recovery from tree improvement: The experience of two South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: ArleneD. Bayley --- , South Africa Flic Blakeway --- Technical Department, Mondi Forests, South AfricaCurrent strategies for deployment of improved material from the tree breeding programmes of two South Mrican forestry companies are reviewed for all commercial species, including both hardwoods and softwoods. How high site variability and propagation constraints restrict this are examined... -
Advances in reproductive biology and seed production systems of Eucalyptus: the case of Eucalyptus globulus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: BM Potts MH McGowen DR Williams S Suitor TH Jones PL Gore RE VaillancourtEucalyptus globulus is the main eucalypt species grown in Australian plantations. The focus on seedling deployment systems, coupled with exploitation of large, open-pollinated base populations for breeding purposes over the last two decades, has required a detailed understanding of the... -
Sheet metal productivity improvement through a new press brake design
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: N Gwangwava --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa K Mpofu --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa N Tlale --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa Y Yu --- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, ChinaA new press brake design proposed as a reconfigurable bending press machine (RBPM) is reported. The design is a means of increasing sheet metal bending productivity. Conventional press brakes are dedicated machines with fixed capacity, but the RBPM has characteristics... -
Combat readiness: Perceived influences on willingness to deploy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zingcwengile Nkewu --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the association between combat readiness and soldiers’ willingness to deploy in operations. Participants were 465 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) (males, 84%). The solders self-reported their perceived combat readiness (PCR) and willingness to...