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Ergonomic Research in South African Forestry

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Walter Warkotsch --- Faculty of Forestry, South Africa

After a short reflection on the South African forest industry the article discusses various research projects in ergonomics.

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Spatial pattern and variability of soils in a granite landscape, north-east of Nelspruit

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: E. Verster --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa

Morphological and selected chemical and granulometric properties of eleven soil profiles occurring on five hillslope sites (midslope, upper footslope, mid-footslope, lower footslope and valley bottom) were determined in order to evaluate the spatial pattern and variability of soils in a...

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Spatial pattern and variability of soil and hillslope properties in a granitic landscape 1. Pretoriuskop area

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.C. Munnik --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa E. Verster --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa T.H. van Rooyen --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa

Characteristics of nine hillslope profiles and selected properties of 69 soil profiles were determined in order to evaluate the spatial pattern and variability of soil and hillslope properties in a granitic area near Pretoriuskop, Kruger National Park. A transect design...

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Spatial pattern and variability of soil and hillslope properties in a granitic landscape 2. Pretoria—Johannesburg area

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.C. Munnik --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa E. Versterand --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa T.H. van Rooyen --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa

Using a transect design, a detailed examination was made of nine hillslopes and 64 soil profiles in the granitic area between Johannesburg and Pretoria to assess the spatial pattern and variability of soil and hillslope properties. The land surface was...

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An incomplete block design for reducing competition between inbreds and hybrids in a diallel cross experiment

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T. Hohls --- Department of Genetics, Republic of South Africa G. P.Y. Clarke --- Department of Statistics and Biometry, Republic of South Africa

Interplot competition in plant breeding experiments can substantially reduce the efficiency of plant selection. In diallel experiments on outcrossing species such as maize (Zea mays L.), competing stresses might result from differences in vigour between inbred and hybrid entries. A...

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Spatial variation of soil and plant properties and its effects on the statistical design of a field experiment

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. Venter --- , South Africa M.F. Smith --- , South Africa D.J. Beukes --- , South Africa A.S. Claassens --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South Africa M. Van Meirvenne --- Dept. Soil Management and Soil Care, Belgium

The standard procedure in field experimentation is to use a randomized complete block (RCB) design, striving for the most homogeneous conditions as possible among plots in the same block. However, geostatistical concepts dictate that a spatial dependence exists for observations...

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Open-top chambers to study air pollution impacts in South Africa. Part I: microclimate in open-top chambers

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: E Heyneke --- School of Environmental Science and Development, South Africa PR Smit --- School of Environmental Science and Development, South Africa L van Rensburg --- School of Environmental Science and Development, South Africa GHJ Krüger --- School of Environmental Science and Development, South Africa

South Africa's large industrial growth has created an obvious need to extend, improve and evaluate air pollution impacts on plants in order to assess present-day and future impacts of air pollutants on crop yields. In order to provide guidelines for...

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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 Africa

The 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...

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Monitoring in a complex world — seeking slow variables, a scaled focus, and speedier learning

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: T.J.P. Lynam M. Stafford Smith

Recent developments from complex systems theorists provide new insights into our understanding and, hence, monitoring of rangelands. Designing monitoring systems around the slow variables should lead to the generation of information that could greatly improve decision making in an adaptive...

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Lines around fragments: effects of fencing on large herbivores

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: RandallB Boone N Thompson Hobbs

People construct fences to delineate land ownership and to control access to land. Fences accomplish several purposes, notable among these are containing livestock or wildlife raised for profit or subsistence, excluding use of vegetation within areas to be conserved and...

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The Impact of Life Design Counselling on Adolescents

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree [AN0001] Zelda Pollard

This study records a process of heightening self-awareness within a semi-structured ‘life design counselling’ process. The research was conducted on the basis of a case study designed to facilitate co-constructive conversation with a purposefully selected youth. The participant was enabled...

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Brief Overview of the Advancement of Postmodern Approaches to Career Counseling

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria,

Global changes in people's lifestyles and in the world of work (prompted by changes in the global economy) have necessitated changes in the facilitation of career counseling in the postmodern era. This article attempts to provide a concise overview of...

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Life Designing in 21st Century: Using a New, Strengthened Career Genogram

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annamaria Di Fabio --- University of Florence, Italy

This work proposes the use of a new, strengthened career genogram in a life designing paradigm for the 21st century. The article shows the importance of the new paradigm for career construction and self-constructing in life designing interventions. From this...

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Narrative-Based Responses: Discrepant Experiences in Research among the ‡Khomani San

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Willy Nel --- North West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa

In this article data on narrative-based responses by two female ‡Khomani San community members were used to explore the presence of life design issues contained in that data. Data were analyzed thematically for discrepant experiences (Said, 2001). Findings suggest the...

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Career Counselling in the 21st Century: A Reaction Article

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Brandon Morgan --- University of Johannesburg,

This article reviews the articles on career counselling in the special edition of the Journal of Psychology in Africa. A thematic analysis to the content of the articles was conducted and common themes extrapolated. The main themes were (a) the...

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Identifying and Dealing with the Adaptability Needs of an Unwed Pregnant Teenager

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Esta Hansen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa

This article describes a way of identifying and dealing with the adaptability needs of a pregnant teenager from a life design perspective. The participant was selected purposively from among a group of undergraduate students at an institution for unwed mothers...

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The Value of Life Design Counselling for an Adolescent who Stutters

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Yolene Hancke --- University of Pretoria,

This study reports the results of a life design approach case study with an adolescent with stuttering. A variety of postmodern techniques were used to engage the adolescent in life design conversations about a preferred and meaningful future. Post-intervention, the...

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Career Counselling: The Usefulness of the Career Interest Profile (CIP)

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annamaria Di Fabio --- University of Florence, Jacobus Gideon Maree --- University of Pretoria,

This study reports the findings from exploratory career counselling with Italian undergraduate university students using the Career Interest Profile (CIP). The participants (n = 178, females = 51.69%; mean age 22.28, SD = 1.59 years) received elective career counselling on...

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On some binary codes from orthogonal geometry of characteristic two

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: B.G. Rodrigues

In their natural primitive rank-3 action on the singular and non-singular points of the projective space of dimension 2m − 1, the simple orthogonal groups O ε 2m (F2), for ε = ±1 and m ≥ 3 have...

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On the stabilizers of the minimum-weight codewords of some binary codes from graphs on triples

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: B.G. Rodrigues

We determine the stabilizers of the minimum-weight codewords for the binary codes C 2(n) and C 2(n)⊥ obtained from an adjacency matrix of the graph A 2(n) for n ≥ 7 and odd, with vertex set Ω{3}, and adjacency defined...

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Codes related to line graphs of triangular graphs and permutation decoding

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Washiela Fish --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Khumbo Kumwenda --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa Eric Mwambene --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa

For any prime p, we consider p-ary linear codes obtained from the row span of incidence matrices of line graphs of triangular graphs and adjacency matrices of their line graphs. We determine parameters of the codes, their automorphism groups and...

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Self-orthogonal codes from some Bush-type Hadamard matrices

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Dean Crnković --- Department of Mathematics, Croatia B.G. Rodrigues --- School of Mathematical Sciences, South Africa

By means of a construction method outlined by Harada and Tonchev, we determine some non-binary self-orthogonal codes obtained from the row span of orbit matrices of Bush-type Hadamard matrices that admit a fixed-point-free and fixed-block-free automorphism of prime order. We...

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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, Ethiopia

The 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...

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The IFR process: beyond the specialist workshop

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: D Louw D Hughes A Birkhead

The process of determining Instream Flow Requirements (IFRs) has been well developed to the point at which an IFR table which quantifies the temporal distribution of discharge, upon which the modified flow regime is based, is produced. During the last...

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Application of a Factorial Design to a Thinning Experiment in Eucalyptus grandis, with Intermediate Results

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: A. P.G. Schönau --- , South Africa

The background is given to the choice of experimental design for a thinning experiment in E. grandis. A 34 factorial experiment confounded in randomised incomplete blocks of nine units was preferred with thinning intensity, age of first thinning, interval between...

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Breeding strategies for forest trees: Concepts and challenges

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: T White --- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, U.S.A.

This paper describes some recent developments that affect the way forest geneticists think about breeding strategies for forest trees. The topics are grouped into several categories: (1) General Concepts; (2) Breeding Population Size; (3) Breeding Population Structure; (4) Management of...

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Simultaneous growth and yield models for Eucalyptus grandis (Hill) Maiden plantations in Zimbabwe

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Danaza Mabvurira --- Plantations Silviculture Research, Zimbabwe Jari Miina --- Faculty of Forestry, Finland

Simultaneous stand-level growth and yield models for Eucalyptus grandis in Zimbabwe were developed from Correlated Curve Trend (CCT) and NeIder wheel experiments replicated on five different sites. Nonlinear three-stage least squares method was used to simultaneously fit prediction and projection...

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Designs from the groups PSL₂(q) for certain q

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M.R. Darafsheh --- School of Mathematics, College of Science, Iran A. Iranmanesh --- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Iran R. Kahkeshani --- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Iran

Using primitive actions of the projective special linear groups PSL2(q), q = 37, 41, 43, 47 and 49 some 1-designs are constructed. The automorphism group of all the constructed designs are found. It is shown that all subgroups of the...

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Improving the use of patient-held records in the Emtshezi Subdistrict

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TP Kerry --- uMgungundlovu Health District,

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Life Design Career Counselling with an Abandoned Adolescent: A Case Study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of the Free State, South Africa Sandra Crous --- University of Pretoria, South Africa

This article describes the value of life design counselling with an abandoned adolescent female. The participant was selected purposively from among a group of abandoned adolescent females who had expressed a need for career counselling. The life intervention comprised two...

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Job characteristics: their relationship to job satisfaction, stress and depression

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Renier Steyn --- Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Naseema Vawda --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

This study investigated the influences of job characteristics on job satisfaction, stress and depression among South African white collar workers. Participants were managers in full-time employment with large organisations. They completed the Job Diagnostic Survey, the Perceived Stress Scale and...

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Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South Africa

This collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data...

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The economic importance and impacts of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Sudan

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour --- UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, The Netherlands

This paper explains the importance of IPRs and examines the factors hindering and those contributing toward enhancing IPRs in Sudan. We find that the inadequacy of IPRs protection in Sudan is attributed to low integration in the international institutions, lack...

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Assessment of the effects of climate change on the performance of pavement subgrade

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: M.B. Mndawe --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa J.M. Ndambuki --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa W.K. Kupolati --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa A.A. Badejo --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa R. Dunbar --- Royal Haskoning DHV, South Africa

This research investigated the effects of future climate change on pavement life in South Africa by simulating prolonged moisture presence in the pavement subgrade. The study was conducted on roads P435 and P443 within uMkhanyakude District Municipality. Climatic data were...

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Accountancy and Computers: Designing an Educational Interface

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: T.D. Crossman --- University of the Witwatersrand,

Contradictory opinions are held by both members of the accounting profession and academics on what topics should be included in the Business Information Systems syllabus for the Student-Chartered Accountant. There is even uncertainty on whether the subject should be part...

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Imagine staying in a Shanghai hotel bedroom in 2050?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Tan Li Yu Rebecca --- Victoria Management School, PO Box 600, Wellington 6135, New Zealand Ian Yeoman --- Victoria Management School, PO Box 600, Wellington 6135, New Zealand

Will the future hotels of Shanghai emphasise a world of contemporary design, sustainability and technological innovations in order to deal +with the growing pains of pollution, competition of urban land and decreasing availability of clean water, which will impact on...

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Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South Africa

This collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data...

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Influences on life aspirations among adolescents in a low-income community in Cape Town, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gaironeesa Hendricks [cor1] Shazly Savahl --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Kulthum Mathews --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Claudia Raats --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Labeeqah Jaffer --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Arnold Matzdorff --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Bianca Dekel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Christelle Larke --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tapiwa Magodyo --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Megan van Gesselleen --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South Africa

The aim of this study was to determine the influences on adolescents’ aspirations from a low-income community in Cape Town. A sequential mixed method exploratory design was used following two distinct phases. The qualitative phase comprised focus group interviews with...

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Chameleons on the move: survival and movement of the Cape dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion pumilum, within a fragmented urban habitat

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Krystal A. Tolley --- Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Robert N.V. Raw --- Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Res Altwegg --- Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa John G. Measey --- Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Reptiles have an amazing diversity of life-history attributes ranging from the shortest- to longest-lived of vertebrate species. Estimating survival in wild populations is of key importance when understanding population dynamics and life-history evolution. However, data are lacking for a large...

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Luxury and innovation: Towards an evaluative framework

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Michael Riley --- Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom Edith Szivas --- International Centre for Hotel and Resort Management, University of West London, London, United Kingdom

This conceptual paper uses a historical and psychological analysis of luxury to argue that it is has been, and continues to be, a driver of innovation in the tourism and hospitality industries. In examining the relationship between creativity and innovation, the paper...

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Diel effects on bottom-trawl survey catch rates of shallow- and deep-water Cape hakes Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus off Namibia, using solar zenith angle

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P Kainge --- National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), Namibia K Wieland --- Section for Monitoring and Data, Institute of Aquatic Resources, Denmark J Feekings --- Section for Ecosystem based Marine Management, Denmark

Diel patterns in survey trawl catches for the Cape hakes Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus off Namibia were studied in order to examine the effect of diel bias on catchability, and its implication for survey abundance estimation and the consistency...

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Technology for street traders in Tanzania: A design science research approach

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nasibu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Mikko Apiola --- School of Computing, Finland Emmanuel Awuni Kolog --- School of Computing, Finland Erkki Sutinen --- Department of Information Technology, Finland

The informal sector employs the major part of workers in developing countries. Street trading is a common form of informal work. Despite its huge economic value in developing countries, little research is being done to improve street traders’ empowerment and...

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Key elements for designing a strategy to generate social and environmental value: A comparative study of festivals

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Marisa P. de Brito --- Academy for Leisure, Breda University of Applied Sciences (NHTV), Breda, The Netherlands Liliya Terzieva --- Academy for Leisure, Breda University of Applied Sciences (NHTV), Breda, The Netherlands

The world of events is becoming more competitive. Governmental bodies need to be more thorough in justifying public expenditure and its consequences, and commercial entities strive for exemplary corporate social responsibility. At the same time consumers are becoming more demanding;...

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An index of waste: humanitarian design, “dignified living” and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Peter Redfield --- Department of Anthropology, United States of America Steven Robins --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa

This article develops a framework for thinking about waste as an index that signals a relational position within contested, historically layered conceptions of human order. It follows two contrasting frameworks for thinking about sanitation infrastructure: a quest to redesign the...

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Patient experiences with designated service provider medication delivery in a rural general practice in KwaZulu-Natal: a cross-sectional study on HIV patients

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: VV Reddy --- General practitioner in independent private practice , OH Mahomed --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, South Africa

Background: Healthcare funders (medical schemes) have established disease management programmes (DMPs) and designated service providers (DSPs) to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes to meet legislative requirements. However, there is a paucity of studies that have researched patient experiences and...

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Academic staff development: A lever to address the challenges of the 21st-century university classroom

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Severino Machingambi --- Academic Support Services Division, South Africa

This paper reports on how a university of technology used design research to plan and roll out an academic staff development programme so as to influence the institutional throughput rate. The study forms part of the institution’s effort to understand...

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How to write a research protocol

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christopher C Rout --- School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Colleen Aldous --- School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa

A research protocol is best viewed as a key to open the gates between the researcher and his/her research objectives. Each gate is defended by a gatekeeper whose role is to protect the resources and principles of a domain: the...

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Imagine staying in a Shanghai hotel bedroom in 2050?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Tan Li Yu Rebecca --- Victoria Management School, New Zealand Ian Yeoman --- Victoria Management School, New Zealand

Will the future hotels of Shanghai emphasise a world of contemporary design, sustainability and technological innovations in order to deal with the growing pains of pollution, competition of urban land and decreasing availability of clean water, which will impact on...

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Luxury and innovation: Towards an evaluative framework

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Michael Riley --- Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, United Kingdom Edith Szivas --- International Centre for Hotel and Resort Management, United Kingdom

This conceptual paper uses a historical and psychological analysis of luxury to argue that it is has been, and continues to be, a driver of innovation in the tourism and hospitality industries. In examining the relationship between creativity and innovation,...

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Key elements for designing a strategy to generate social and environmental value: A comparative study of festivals

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marisa P. de Brito --- Academy for Leisure, The Netherlands Liliya Terzieva --- Academy for Leisure, The Netherlands

The world of events is becoming more competitive. Governmental bodies need to be more thorough in justifying public expenditure and its consequences, and commercial entities strive for exemplary corporate social responsibility. At the same time consumers are becoming more demanding;...

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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 Africa

The 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...

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The mechanisms behind environmental strategies in chemical manufacturing firms

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Keshminder Singh --- Faculty of Business and Management, Malaysia VGR Chandran --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Development Studies, Malaysia Santha Chenayah Ramu --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Economics, Malaysia

The evaluation of an effective environmental strategy goes beyond understanding its antecedents and benefits. Identifying and understanding the various mechanisms behind the formulation, design and implementation of environmental strategies is important – yet past studies have not adequately addressed this...

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Design patents: A snapshot study of the BRICS economies

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kashmiri Lal --- CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), India

This study is an attempt to examine the profile of design patents among the BRICS economies by examining design patents issued by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the period 2002–2011. During this period, China was granted...

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Monitoring Victoria’s public forests: implementation of the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Andrew Haywood --- European Forest Institute, Spain Kristen Thrum --- Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Australia Andrew Mellor --- School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, Australia Christine Stone --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia

A new strategic inventory across all publicly managed forests has been installed in Victoria. For the preceding two decades, Victoria’s forest inventory has been compiled from various data sources from across the state, an approach that doesn’t allow information about...

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The role of design in sustainable development of handicraft industries

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwayemisi Adebola Oyekunle --- Faculty of Management Sciences, Business School, South Africa Mziwoxolo Sirayi --- Faculty of Economics and Finance, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, South Africa

In the South African handicraft sector, there is scarcely any significant research on the development of designs and product innovation. Extensive work has not been carried out by the producers to re-orient designs, colours and pattern of the product produced...

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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 Netherlands

This 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...

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Climate change and adaptation-induced engineering design and innovations in water development projects in Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Berhanu F. Alemaw --- Department of Geology, Botswana Nako M. Sebusang --- Department of Civil Engineering, Botswana

In this paper, a framework for best practice for incorporating climate change and adaption in Africa is presented from mainly the water resources design and management perspectives to chart systematically ways of incorporating climate change in engineering design of water...

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Abundance estimates of an isolated population of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Walvis Bay, Namibia, 2008–2012

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SH Elwen --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa RH Leeney --- Natural History Museum, United Kingdoms T Gridley --- Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences,

The coastal population of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus found in Namibia is regionally isolated and unique. This population faces several potential anthropogenic threats, especially in Walvis Bay, including boat-based tourism, a commercial harbour undergoing expansion, and aquaculture for oysters...

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Genomic resources for the spotted ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JD Klein --- Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, South Africa AE Bester-van der Merwe --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South Africa ML Dicken --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa A Emami-Khoyi --- Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, South Africa KL Mmonwa --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa PR Teske --- Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, South Africa

Genomic data can be a useful tool in the management and conservation of biodiversity. Here, we report the development of genomic resources for the spotted ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus using genome-wide DNA data from Illumina next-generation sequencing. We explored two...

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Current state and trajectory of design engineering in Kenya

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Hailemichael Teshome Demissie --- School of Law, Ethiopia

In the last few decades, the methods and models of engineering design practices have changed drastically due to the introduction of better technology and sophisticated design tools. Engineers are now moving away from manual design and drafting using A4 paper...

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A simplified control scheme for electric vehicle-power grid circuit with DC distribution and battery storage systems

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kabeya Musasa --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Musole Innocent Muheme --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Nnamdi Ikechi Nwulu --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Mammo Muchie --- DST/NRF SARChI Research Professor on Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

The direct current (DC) system is becoming the major trend for future internal power grid of electric vehicles (EVs). Since DC power grid system has a different nature to conventional alternating current (AC) grid system, appropriate design of the controller...

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Design, construction and mathematical modelling of the performance of a biogas digester for a family in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patrick Mukumba --- Department of Physics, South Africa Golden Makaka --- Department of Physics, South Africa Sampson Mamphweli --- Department of Physics, South Africa Peace-maker Masukume --- Department of Physics, South Africa

Currently, South Africa is experiencing electricity blackouts as result of an energy shortage. Biogas can be a solution to South Africa’s energy needs, especially in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape province that have plenty of biogas substrates from...

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Student’s perception of engineering design for competitiveness in Africa: The case of Tanzania, East Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lawrence Joseph Kerefu --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tanzania Juliana Zawadi Machuve --- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tanzania

Engineering is vital for addressing basic human needs, improving the quality of life and creating opportunities for sustainable prosperity at local, regional, national and global levels. However, Africa faces a shortage of engineers arising from the declining interest and enrolment...

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Diaphragm wall and piles set record in Africa: Foundation for Africa’s largest suspension bridge in Mozambique

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joern Seitz --- GAUFF GmbH & Co. Engineering KG, Mozambique/Germany Bai Pengyu --- CRBC China Road and Bridge Corporation, China Wang Gang --- CRBC China Road and Bridge Corporation, China

As part of the master plan for the infrastructure of the road network in the southern Africa area, a suspension bridge is being built in Maputo, Mozambique. The bridge over the Maputo Bay has an open span of 680 m between...

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CFRaaS: Architectural design of a Cloud Forensic Readiness as-a-Service Model using NMB solution as a forensic agent

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Victor R. Kebande --- Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Sweden H. S. Venter --- Department of Computer Science, South Africa

The proliferation of cloud resources among organizations has had numerous benefits with regard to how business processes are conducted. However, despite the benefits, the cloud has not been very resilient due to how it is distributed and its open nature...

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Does tertiary education in South Africa equip professional foresters for the future?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Palesa Mgaga --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mary C Scholes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa

A modern day forester in South Africa assumes a variety of roles that constantly challenge them to remain professionally relevant in a dynamic system including the continuously expanding number of stakeholders that cuts across political, social and economic boundaries. This...

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Assessment for problem-based learning

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands

When designing a new educational unit on organisational behaviour, special attention was paid to the constructive alignment of the assessment procedure with the learning outcomes and educational concept. In order to optimise the fit with the principles and philosophy of...

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Using mark-recapture methods to estimate population size and survival of pyjama sharks Poroderma africanum in Mossel Bay, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SP Grusd --- Department of Biological Sciences and the Marine Research Institute, South Africa CL Moloney --- Department of Biological Sciences and the Marine Research Institute, South Africa G Distiller --- Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation (SEEC), Department of Statistical Sciences, South Africa RGA Watson --- Oceans Research, South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa E Gennari --- Oceans Research, South Africa

The pyjama shark Poroderma africanum (family Scyliorhinidae) is endemic to coastal waters of South Africa but its population characteristics are poorly known. This study aims to estimate baseline demographic parameters for P. africanum in Mossel Bay. We applied mark-recapture methods...

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Hierarchical ranking of Urochloa mosambicensis (Bushveld herringbone grass) and Urochloa panicoides (Herringbone grass) competitiveness in four soil environments

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maryke Craven --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Patrick T Mokoena --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Marlene M van der Walt --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Liesl Morey --- Agricultural Research Council–Biometry, South Africa Anna EJ Saayman du Toit --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa

Knowledge of the competitive ability of weeds provide a better understanding of the requirements for weed control. The competitive ability of Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy. (Bushveld herringbone grass) and U. panicoides P. Beauv. (Herringbone grass) was investigated during 2017/18 in...

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Performance optimization of jaw-type rock crushing machine through shaft eccentricity redesign

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Peter Kayode Oke --- , Nigeria A. Alonge --- , Nigeria Niyi Gideon Olaiya --- , Nigeria

The recurrent failure of jaw-type crushing machine was traced to an inappropriate external shaft ratio and frequent wear of the jaw of the machine. Current jaw-type crushing machines are designed and constructed with spring steel was improvised with spring steel...

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A comparison of experimental designs for cultivar evaluations

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Hae Saul --- , South Africa M Booyse --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South Africa

Spatial heterogeneity and the lack of clear or significant treatment responses in agricultural field experiments complicates recommending the most suitable cultivar(s) to producers for a specific area. Increased attention should be given to the experimental design of cultivar trials, as...

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Complex network to enhance characterization analysis in modelling product development process

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fateh Bencherif --- , Algeria Leila Hayet Mouss --- , Algeria

Nowadays, successful and innovative product development is highly correlated with the company's success and reason for existence. A development process is a major factor influencing cost, timing and quality of product development. It requires additional attention to decisions made about...

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Longitudinal species turnover rates are predictable and should guide location of sampling sites for South African river surveys to assess aquatic biodiversity

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NA Rivers-Moore --- , South Africa FC de Moor --- , South Africa

Representative samples of biota collected relative to environmental gradients are important for measuring present distributions and predicting shifts in distribution of taxa in response to climate change or reduced river connectivity. Based on river ecology theory and established measures of...

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The service semiotics of luxury events: An exploration for future research and events management industry practice

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Charles Bladen --- , UK

This article discusses the implications of the role of semiotics in the design and delivery of luxury event-attendees’ experience. Within the contemporary industry and sector, the place of semiotics within the field of design will be established and its importance...

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Usability evaluation of frugal innovation: A case of mobile training for micro businesses in Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Clifford Gomera --- , Tanzania Jarkko Suhonen --- , Finland Markku Tukiainen --- , Finland George S. Oreku --- , Finland Matti Tedre --- , Finland Solomon Sunday Oyelere --- , Finland

This study evaluated a mobile training pilot prototype designed for micro business owners in Tanzania. The paper focused on the extent to which features of the pilot prototype developed under frugal innovation confirmed the defined user requirements of the mobile...

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Parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Marie Ludick --- , South Africa Vicki Koen --- , South Africa

This article explores and describes parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context. Our sample of six parent-adolescent dyads (n = 12) completed structured gratitude activities to participate in over a period of three weeks, followed by...

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Moving to design-based education in hotel management school: proof of success and beyond — a research journey

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Hanneke Assen --- , the Netherlands Marte Rinck de Boer --- , the Netherlands Macmillion B Fernandes --- , the Netherlands

NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences adopted the innovative educational concept design-based education (DBE) in 2018. The Hotel Management School is one of the programmes that introduced a DBE curriculum. It is important to explore to what extent DBE is...

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Supply chain design dimensions for supply chain resilience in the South African fast-moving consumer goods retail industry

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nkechi D. Neboh --- , South Africa Thokozani P. Mbhele --- , South Africa

This paper intends to empirically establish the supply chain design dimensions that influence the ability of retailers in South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry to perform effectively with resilience. It further examines the extent of supply chain design dimensions...

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The future of work in Africa in the era of 4IR – The South African perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Marcia Mkansi --- , South Africa Nico Landman --- , South Africa

Although the correlation between technology and the changing labor landscape has been the subject of much research, there are growing concerns regarding the rise of automation and its impact on the job market. Research focus has been on jobs that...

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An innovation intermediary for Nairobi, Kenya: Designing student-centric services for university-industry collaboration

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mikko Koria --- , United Kingdom Roberto Hinojosa Osorno --- , Mexico Ida Telalbasic --- , United Kingdom Delia del Carmen Ramírez Vázquez --- , Mexico Emmy Chirchir --- , Kenya

Engaging students as partners in university-industry collaboration (UIC) through challenge-based and real-life projects creates significant value for all participants through novel educational approaches, talent recruitment, user-driven innovation, new resources, and research-related opportunities. However, as these practices have developed iteratively over...

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“Just smile and wave”: Workplace requirements and emotional labour of academic staff at a South African university

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Susanna Maria O’Neil --- , South Africa Jeshika Gopal --- , South Africa

Emotional labour is a part of all work situations, and how people manage it influences their quality of work-life. We aimed to study lived emotional labour and sustainable work participation of a sample of 15 South African university lecturers (females=...

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Pigeonpea production constraints and farmers’ trait preferences in Malawi: implications for variety design

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Esnart Nyirenda Yohane --- , South Africa Hussein Shimelis --- , South Africa Mark Laing --- , South Africa Admire Shayanowako --- , South Africa Isack Mathew --- , South Africa Justus M Chintu --- , Malawi

Pigeonpea Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. is the most important legume cash crop grown in Malawi. However, productivity is low due to biotic and abiotic stresses and socioeconomic constraints. The objectives of this study were to determine farmers’ perceived constraints to...

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Tillage, crop rotation, residue management and biochar influence on soil chemical and biological properties

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Patrick Nyambo --- , South Africa B Thengeni --- , South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- , South Africa Tesfay Araya --- , South Africa

Soil and crop productivity cannot be maintained unless declining soil fertility is replenished. A three-year factorial experiment using a split-split-plot design, replicated three times, was used to evaluate the response of pH, electrical conductivity, exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K and...

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Creating sustainable competitive advantage in the hospitality industry through commercial friendships: connecting the host and guest on a social and emotional level

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sake Jan Velthuis --- , The Netherlands

A large part of quality and competitive advantage in hospitality comes from friendly service. A lot of research in the hospitality industry is done from the viewpoint of management and aimed at how businesses should be designed to be friendly,...

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Farm-scale digital soil mapping of soil classes in South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Trevan Flynn --- , Czech Republic Andrei Rozanov --- , South Africa Freddie Ellis --- , South Africa Willem de Clercq --- , South Africa Cathy Clarke --- , South Africa

This study involved the evaluation of farm-scale digital soil classification in the Sandspruit catchment of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The study aimed to evaluate a digital soil mapping (DSM) method, from feature selection, spatial predictions and sample design...

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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, Finland

In 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...

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An empirical study stepping towards ethnographic research for e-commerce websites: A perspective of user-centred design

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thabang Excellent Mofokeng --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa

User-centred design denotes human-centred design processes for interactive systems that intend to meet consumers’ demand for web interface design and usability in human–computer interactions. Perceptions of user interface quality, security, trust, and loyalty were examined in this study. Cross-sectional data...

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Analyzing the grassroots innovation process in India from a design perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gautam Sharma --- , India

Design is the act of transforming an existing situation into a preferred one. Taking this broad definition of design, the paper analyzes the process of grassroots innovations from a design perspective in the three phases of idea generation, experimentation, and...

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Investigation of green-glued laminated timber from the Congo Basin: durability, mechanical strength and variability trends of the bondlines

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: René Oum Lissouck --- University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Rachel Raïssa Ngono Mvondo --- Institute of Wood Technology, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon François René Ateba --- Institute of Wood Technology, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Regis Pommier --- University of Bordeaux, France

The development of glulam may give complementary, added-value to an important part of the timber production in the Congo Basin. Nevertheless, the high humidity in which these timbers operate may cause problems such as cracks and severe deformations if they...

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The weight distribution of hulls of binary codes from incidence matrices of complete graphs

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Khumbo Kumwenda --- Mzuzu University, Malawi Caleb Namondwe --- Mzuzu University, Malawi

We characterise the weights of all codewords of the hull of the binary code spanned by rows of an incidence matrix Bn of the complete graph Kn for n ≥ 4 and n even. Among others, we show that every...

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Cross-disciplinary meaning and language for innovation in a business context: A conceptual paper

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Craig Andrew Duff --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Jan Hendrik Dubery --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

In this conceptual work, we describe cross-disciplinary meaning and language related to the innovation phenomenon located in a business context. Our work attempts to find common meaning and language for innovation that can be applied across all business innovation projects...

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Frugal innovations of South African female social entrepreneurs

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thea Tselepis --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Cecile Nieuwenhuizen --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa

The good practices of female social entrepreneurs in developing contexts who are able to grow their social entrepreneurial endeavours through innovative problem-solving processes should be understood in order to inform policymakers and models that enhance social value add and innovation...

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Deploying design science research in sparse resource settings: Some lessons from design projects in Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Clifford Gomera --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Nasibu Rajabu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania

Design science research (DSR) has become a well-accepted research paradigm in information system research. DSR aims at solving people’s obstacles by creating solutions and thus bringing about human development. In this paper, we present lessons learned from design projects conducted...

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“I don’t know if you have searched through the scriptures to find a reference on HIV/AIDS. I mean there isn’t going to be one, right?”: HIV stigma solutions from dialogues between faith leaders and health care workers

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Germari Kruger --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Eduardus AJG van der Borght --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Martha T Teijema --- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Marceline Tutu van Furth --- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

In South African communities, both faith leaders and health care workers play a vital role in supporting the health of community members and people living with HIV in particular. This study describes HIV stigma when faith leaders and health care...

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On the existence of block-transitive Steiner designs with k divides v

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Zheng Huang --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, P.R. China Weijun Liu --- Central South University, P.R. China Lihua Feng --- Central South University, P.R. China

In this paper, we prove that there is no block-transitive 4-(v, k, 1) designs and 6-(v, k, 1) designs with k divides v.

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Guidelines for a simplified Value-Added Tax Act

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Muneer E. Hassan --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Marina Bornman --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Adrian Sawyer --- University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Purpose: The goal of the study is to provide guidelines for a simplified South African Value-Added Tax (VAT) Act.

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The future of hospitality is storytelling: conceptualising the visitor’s journey

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Carissa Baker --- University of Central Florida, USA

Storytelling has become an increasingly important aspect of hospitality and tourism that can have several positive impacts on visitors. This article argues for an understanding of narrative structure in the guest experience as well as a reconceptualisation of the visitor’s...

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Insight into the complexities of human nutrition and holistic health: the value of qualitative descriptive research

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cornelia Potterie --- North-West University, South Africa Herculina S Kruger --- North-West University, South Africa Mieke Faber --- North-West University, South Africa Hannah Ricci --- North-West University, South Africa

South Africa’s nutrition transition, driven by a complex interplay of socio-ecological factors, has led to rapidly rising rates of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases. While quantitative methods offer important insights, they cannot fully capture these multifaceted issues. Qualitative descriptive research,...

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Political commitment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy design and sustainable development: Lessons from Nigeria

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olawale Rafiu Olaopa --- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is significant from the perspective of ‘Global Agenda of 2030’ and for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for enhanced productivity and value addition that can accelerate the competitiveness of a nation. However, the seemingly...

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HIV stigma in faith communities in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Germari Kruger --- North-West University, South Africa Eduardus A. J. G van der Borght --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Martha T Teijema --- Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, The Netherlands Sabine L van Elsland --- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Stella L. E Münninghoff --- Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Marceline Tutu van Furth --- Amsterdam University Center, Emma’s Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam Institute for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, The Netherlands

Background: The role of religion and faith in the context of HIV stigma is complex. It is important to recognise the diversity of religious beliefs and practices and to work with faith communities to promote a compassionate, non-stigmatising response to...

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Potentials of fabric scraps management for value creation among fashion designers in South West Nigeria

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwafeyikemi E. Bashorun --- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria Idris O. Badiru --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Mojisola F. Oyewole --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Taibat T. Adebisi --- University of Ilorin, Nigeria Olufunmilayo O. Braide --- Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria Adenike O. Lawal --- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria

The global fashion industry generates substantial fabric waste, contributing to severe environmental pollution. Fabric Scraps Management (FSM) practices offer a pathway to mitigating waste while fostering value creation. This study investigates the quantity of Fabric Scraps (FS) produced, the level...

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Effects of diamond mining on sandy beaches in southern Namibia – the use of Tylos granulatus (Isopoda: Oniscidea) as an indicator species

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Hutchings --- , South Africa A Rees --- , South Africa A Pulfrich --- , South Africa BM Clark --- , South Africa

Sandy beaches provide vital ecosystem services and support diverse ecological communities but are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures. In particular, intertidal mining disrupts sandy beaches and challenges their resilience, yet these ecosystems retain some capacity for environmental recovery. This study...

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The grazing paradox: assessing contradictions of continuous versus rotational grazing systems in southern Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Katharina Meyer --- Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany Ute Schmiedel --- Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Unsustainable grazing practices result in degradation of arid and semiarid rangelands in southern Africa. Continuous grazing systems are often blamed for degradation, while rotational grazing systems are seen as more sustainable. The discussion about the impact of these grazing practices...

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