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Performance of Medicago sativa under dryland conditions on the eastern Highveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: N F G Rethman --- Department of Plant Production, J J Odendaal --- Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Transvaal Region, C C De Witt --- Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Transvaal Region,Increased livestock numbers and improved animal performance based on dryland lucerne pastures requiring little or no nitrogenous fertilizer have been demonstrated to be feasible on the eastern Highveld. With large scale planting of lucerne‐based pasture (25% of arable land) 350... -
Grazing of raphanus sativus. L (Japanese Radish)1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: N.F.G. Rethman --- Department of Plant Production, Gillian Heyns --- Department of Plant Production,The performance of young woolled sheep was markedly better when grazing Japanese radish early in winter, when more leaf was available .Continuous grazing resulted in better performance than rotational or zero grazing. -
Causes, adverse effects and control of soil compaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. T.P. Bennie --- Department of Soil Science, G.N. Krynauw --- Department of Agriculture,The causes, adverse effects and control of soil compaction, with special reference to Southern African conditions, are reviewed. The main causes for soil compaction are the well-rounded and -sorted fine sand fraction of the aeolian sandy soils combined with compression... -
Chemical control of some broadleaved weeds which grow during winter in untilled maize lands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P. E.L. Thomas --- Summer Grain Sub-Centre,Several experiments have been done at Cedara in attempts to control broadleaved weeds in unfilled lands during winter. A number of herbicide treatments were tested on Conyza spp., Coronopus didymus, Gnaphalium spp., Hypochoeris radicata, Oenothera rosea and Taraxacum officinale. Where... -
Utilization of initially-applied labelled ammonium nitrate by three successive crops
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. D.P. Botha --- , Republic of South Africa D.C. Pretorius --- , Republic of South Africa J.C. Johnson --- , Republic of South Africa M.V. Kidson --- , Republic of South AfricaThe aim of the study was to compare N uptake from initially-applied NH4 + and NO3- ions and to compile a balance sheet for applied fertilizer N. In a pot experiment, maize, sorghum and sunflower plants were grown in succession,... -
Development of a doubled haploid mapping population and linkage map for the bread wheat cross Kariega × Avocet S
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R. Prins --- , South Africa V.P. Ramburan --- , South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa L.A. Boyd --- Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, UK W. H.P. Boshoff --- , South Africa P.H. Smith --- Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, UK J.H. Louw --- Department of Genetics, South AfricaA doubled haploid wheat population of 150 lines was constructed from the F1 of a cross between cultivars Kariega and Avocet S using the wheat-maize technique. Segregation and linkage analysis of 203 DNA markers, two storage protein markers and the... -
Progress and problems in rooting clonal Carica papaya cuttings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P. Allan --- , South Africa Colleen Carlson --- , South AfricaCarica papaya (L) is one of the few fruit crops that is still propagated commercially by seed. In the cool subtropical Pietermaritzburg area, a female clone ‘Honey Gold’ has been vegetatively propagated, by rooting leafy cuttings, for over 40 years... -
Soil compaction by tractor tillage in horticultural fields at Molelwane research farm, Mafikeng, North West Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.A. Materechera --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South Africa K. Gaobope --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South AfricaThe study was prompted by concerns that soil compaction in horticultural fields at the University research farm was limiting the performance of fruit trees and vegetable crops after fifteen years of conventional tillage with tractors. Soil penetrometer resistance and bulk... -
Fate of nitrogen applied to maize on conventional and minimum tilled Nitisols in Western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. Tolessa --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa C.C. Du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa G.M. Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaMaize production in western Ethiopia is practiced mainly on Nitisols inherently low in N. Neither conventional nor minimum tilled maize reaches its full yield potential without fertilization. A large amount of applied N usually escapes from the soil-crop system and... -
Soil compaction under sugar cane (Saccharum hybrid sp.) cropping and mechanization in Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L.R. Ng Cheong --- , Mauritius K.F. Ng Kee Kwong --- , Mauritius C.C. Du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaFarm machinery is increasingly used in sugar cane production in Mauritius and is expected to cause soil compaction. A study was undertaken to ascertain whether the five major cane-growing soil groups of Mauritius were being compacted as a result of... -
How can Human Beings Transgress their Biologically Based Views?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Michael Vlerick --- Department of philosophy, South-AfricaEmpirical evidence from developmental psychology and anthropology points out that the human mind is predisposed to conceptualize the world in particular, species-specific ways. These cognitive predispositions lead to universal human commonsense views, often referred to as folk theories. Nevertheless, humans... -
THE LENGTH/MASS RELATIONSHIP AND CONDITION OF LABEO CAPENSIS IN THE CALEDON RIVER
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.P. Baird --- Department of Zoology, South Africa S. Fourie --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe length mass relationship for a Labeo capensis population is described by the equation M = 0,0134 L2'999 where 2,999 represents a constant the value of which indicates isometric growth. There is very little difference between the length/mass relationship for... -
Seasonal herbage production from two range types in southern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JP Muir A AlageEstimating ideal stocking rates in southern Mozambique based on range productivity is difficult since forage and foggage production of range types receiving different amounts of rainfall have not been quantified to date. Exclosures were constructed in upland and alluvial range... -
Predicting the extent of succulent thicket under current and future climate scenarios
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MP Robertson AR PalmerUsing data from the distribution records of the facultative CAM succulent shrub Portulacaria afra, and high resolution climate response surfaces, we developed a spatially explicit model of the potential distribution of the species in the Thicket Biome of the eastern... -
Traditional knowledge transfer of activities practised by Zulu women to manage medicinal and food plant gardens
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: AM Zobolo QN MkabelaA survey of plants grown in home gardens was conducted through questionnaires among 80 homesteads in rural areas of northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The areas surveyed were located at Mbonambi, Kwadlangezwa, Ntambanana and Eshowe. Elderly women (≥ 55 years)... -
A contiguous-quadrat sampling exercise in a shrub-invaded grassland patch: size matters but biggest is not best
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J Goodall P Zacharias T Olckers T EdwardsWe attempted to ascertain the most effective sample size for monitoring serial changes in the herbaceous layer of fragmented and neglected grasslands that are responding to annual veld burning. We conducted a sampling exercise in a coastal grassland invaded by... -
Towards identifying the fate of 15N applied in spring as ammonium nitrate fertiliser to a kikuyu pasture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: G.D. Hefer --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa D.C. Pretorius --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa N.M. Tainton --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South AfricaNitrogen was applied as ammonium nitrate in solution to kikuyu pasture at 225 kg N ha‐1, split into three equal dressings and applied in October, December and February. The first, at 75 kg N ha‐1 was labelled in the ammonium... -
The good shepherd: remedying the fencing syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Monique Salomon --- Farmer Support Group, South Africa Clement Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, c/o Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Igshaan Samuels --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, c/o Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaIn this paper the use of fenced grazing camps to manage the rangeland commons is challenged. A historical perspective is presented on fencing and rotational grazing in South Africa. Two case studies in KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape illustrate the... -
Shoot morphology and site climate affect re-establishment success of Pinus patula in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: R. G. Mitchell J. Zwolinski N. B. JonesOperational experience has indicated that Pinus patula generally survives poorly on sub-optimal growing sites in South Africa, particularly when planted as cuttings. This observation will become increasingly important as softwood species of genetically selected stock are deployed as cuttings in... -
Controlled Pollination in Pinus Patula: Constraints and Possible Solutions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: C. Bester --- , L. H.C. van der Merwe --- , J.L. Malema --- ,Pinus patula is the most important commercial pine species grown in southern Africa and it is, therefore, very important to have well developed breeding and production strategies for this species. Strategies which have been developed for SAFCOL's breeding programme include... -
Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Abortion in South Africa Among a Sample of University Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kelvin Mwaba --- University of the Western Cape, Pamela Naidoo --- University of the Western Cape,A survey study design was used to determine the knowledge of a sample of South African university students regarding the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act and their beliefs and attitudes toward abortion. A total of 146 (110 female,... -
Community Psychology in Africa: Views From Across the Continent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- University of Western Cape, South Africa Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa Regis Chireshe --- Masvingo State University, Zimbabwe Kathleen Myambo --- American University in Cairo, Egypt Charity Akotia --- University of Ghana, Ghana Andrew Mogaji --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Theresa Tchombe --- University of Buea, CameroonThis article presents the findings of a descriptive survey conducted for the purposes of exploring whether and how community psychology has developed in the African region. In particular, the focus was on identifying whether and how community psychology has developed... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding HIV/AIDS among Adolescents in a Rural Secondary School in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Montseng Kwili --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThis study examined knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS among adolescents at a rural secondary school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Participants comprised of 120 Grade 7 to 9 learners (males =46; females =74; age range 12 to 19... -
A Meta-Theoretical Framework for Counselling People of African Ancestry: An Ecologically Oriented Response to the Special Section Articles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USAThis article is a review of the preceding six articles included in the Special Section related to the subject of counselling people of African ancestry. The major objective was to ascertain whether any recurring themes might be identified, and whether... -
South African Educators' Voice on the Potential Role of Traditional Healers (THs) in Education Support Services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johanna L. Geldenhuys --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThe aim of this qualitative research was to explore and describe perceptions of the potential role of traditional healers in education support services. Participants were 42 teachers (males = 13, females = 29) from a school district in the Eastern... -
A Psychology of Indigenous Healing in Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen David Edwards --- University of Zululand,Converging lines of evidence from various scientific disciplines consistently point to humanity's African roots. In this context, the term “indigenous healing” is used to refer to universal forms of healing that began in Africa and were developed further both locally... -
South African Mothers' Perceptions and Experiences of an Unplanned Caesarean Section
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha Lynne Roux --- North-West University, South Africa Esme van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaNew motherhood is characterised as a profound change, and research suggests that the psychological effects of childbirth can be significant and far-reaching for some women. This study explored women's perceptions and experiences of childbirth by unplanned Caesarean section. In-depth interviews... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of HIV and AIDS by Rural South African Secondary School Learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elelwani Muthivhi --- Department of Home Affairs, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Levison Maunganidze --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South AfricaWe investigated the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of secondary school learners (Grade 10 to 12) towards HIV/AIDS. Two hundred learners attending two rural village schools were participants (males =106, females =94, mean age = 16.5 years, SD = 2.4). Data... -
Prevalence and Characteristics of Unresolved Paternal Identity in Families of a South African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mzikazi Nduna --- University of the Witwatersrand, Mambwe Kasese-Hara --- University of the Witwatersrand, Misheck Ndebele --- University of the Witwatersrand, Noleen Pillay --- University of the Witwatersrand, Leseho Manala --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the unresolved and unknown paternal identity among families in Alexandra Township in South Africa. Fifty-four guardians who had children registered at the Centre completed face-to-face, one-on-one structured interviews. We conducted descriptive and bivariate analyses. About 31.5% of... -
Knowledge and Learning: Views of a Sample of South African Higher Education Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karen van der Merwe --- North-West University, Werner Nell --- North-West University,This study explored views of knowledge and learning held by a sample of 14 Black South African first year university students (age range = 18–24,50% female). Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews, group interviews and focus group interviews... -
Relationship Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Science Teachers and Their Confidence in Content Knowledge
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motshidisi Anna Lekhu --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThis exploratory survey examined the relationship between the science teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and content knowledge of selected chemistry concepts which form part of the South African National Senior Certificate curriculum. Participants were 190 physical science teachers (females = 44.4%, aged... -
The Influence of an Unplanned Caesarean Section on Initial Mother-Infant Bonding: Mothers' Subjective Experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha Lynne van Reenen --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the impact of an unplanned Caesarean section on mother-infant bonding, by examining the development of maternal identities and mothers' subsequent relationships with their babies. In-depth interviews with 10 women (mean age=28; SD=1.97) explored their lived experiences of... -
AIDS, order and 'best practice' in the South African workplace: managers, peer educators, traditional healers and folk theories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David DickinsonThis article examines the response of three medium-sized South African manufacturing companies to HIV/AIDS. It is argued that the response is heavily influenced by managerial conceptions of workplace order — sometimes divergent from industrial realities — which results in the... -
Youth have a new attitude on AIDS, but are they talking about it?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alison Zisser Dennis FrancisIn advocating HIV prevention, organisations such as loveLife in South Africa have increasingly used the media to encourage communication and influence behaviour change in youth. Our study examined youths' understanding and communication habits surrounding loveLife's extensive 'Get Attitude' print campaign... -
'We will eat when I get the grant': negotiating AIDS, poverty and antiretroviral treatment in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzanne Leclerc-MadlalaThe maturing HIV epidemic has led to a decline in the health status of many South Africans. One result is an increasing number of AIDS-affected poor who qualify for a government disability grant. Recent research has drawn attention to the... -
Community impact of HIV status disclosure through an integrated community home-based care programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Busisiwe Ncama Leana UysThe integration of HIV-prevention activities into care has received little attention within or outside formal healthcare settings. The contribution of community home-based care services in facilitating disclosure of HIV status and reducing stigma have also not been described. This study... -
Awareness of HIV/AIDS and its oral manifestations among people living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Febronia Kahabuka Flora Fabian Poul Erick Petersen Hubert NguvumaliThe aim of this study was to investigate the awareness of the oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and general issues about HIV and AIDS among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A structured questionnaire was used to... -
Misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gobopamang LetamoMisconceptions about how HIV can be transmitted or prevented often prevent individuals from making informed choices and taking appropriate action. The purpose of the research was to explore the socio-demographic and behavioural factors in Botswana that are associated with misconceptions... -
Short-term effects of a peer group intervention for HIV prevention among trainee teachers in Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: KathleenF Norr JamesL Norr ChrissiePN Kaponda SitingawawoI Kachingwe EllenMD MbwezaThis report describes the implementation and short-term results of a peer group intervention for HIV prevention on the HIV-related attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of primary school teachers in Malawi. The intervention, based on the social-cognitive learning model, took place in... -
Community-based care of children with HIV in Potchefstroom, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anneke Van Graan Engela Van der Walt Mada WatsonChildren contract HIV infection largely through vertical transmission and are vulnerable to AIDS illness due to an immature immune system. In South Africa, hospitals are often overburdened and thus children with HIV may be directed to the community for care... -
It's never as easy as ABC: Understandings of AIDS in Botswana1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzette Heald --- , United KingdomThis paper argues for the importance of examining the way the messages of Government AIDS educational campaigns in Africa are interpreted at the local level. One of the striking features of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana is that it is... -
Deafness and HIV/AIDS: a systematic review of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jill Hanass-Hancock --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Loveness Satande --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaA systematic review of the literature focused on empirical work on deafness and HIV/AIDS published during the past decade. The review reveals that deaf people are vulnerable to contracting HIV and might lack access to HIV/ AIDS information, testing and... -
HIV/AIDS misconceptions may be associated with condom use among black South Africans: an exploratory analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LauraM Bogart --- , United States Donald Skinner --- , South Africa LanceS Weinhardt --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Laura Glasman --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Cheryl Sitzler --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Yoesrie Toefy --- , South Africa SethC Kalichman --- Department of Psychology, United StatesIn South Africa, approximately 20% of 15–49-year-olds are infected with HIV. Among black South Africans, high levels of HIV/AIDS misconceptions (e.g. HIV is manufactured by whites to reduce the black African population; AIDS is caused by supernatural forces or witchcraft)... -
Correlates of highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence among urban Ethiopian clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hibret Alemu --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia Damen Haile Mariam --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia AmyO Tsui --- , United States Aster Shewamare --- , EthiopiaThere has been a massive expansion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) services in Ethiopia since 2005. To assess clients’ self-reported adherence to HAART medication, a descriptive, comparative cross-sectional study was carried out among adults receiving HAART medication at the... -
HIV testing is associated with increased knowledge and reductions in sexual risk behaviours among men in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lori AJ Scott-Sheldon --- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, USA Michael P Carey --- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, USA Kate B Carey --- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, USA Demetria Cain --- Department of Psychology, USA Leickness C Simbayi --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Vuyelwa Mehlomakhulu --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Seth C Kalichman --- Department of Psychology, USAHIV testing benefits those who test positive, allowing them to receive treatment, but the benefits for those who test negative remain controversial. We evaluated the impact of testing on HIV knowledge and sexual risk among men in South Africa. Men... -
Migration status, reproductive health knowledge and sexual behaviour among female out-of-school adolescents in Iwaya community, Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michael ON Kunnuji --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Samual Adejoh --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Uwemedimo Esiet --- Action Health Incorporated (AHI), Nigeria Adenike Esiet --- Action Health Incorporated (AHI), NigeriaReproductive health is an essential aspect of the wellbeing of adolescents. Therefore reproductive health knowledge and sexual behaviour deservedly attract the attention of researchers, programme planners and policy implementers working with young people. Yet in Nigeria, little is known about... -
Quantitative aspects of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange through the lungs in Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Crustacea: Decapoda) during rest and exercise in water and air
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: WJ van Aardt --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South AfricaGhost crabs Ocypode ceratophthalmus were exercised in air and water to measure CO2 and O2 exchange rates using the method of instantaneous measurements of oxygen consumption rate (MO2) where applicable. Average heart rate increased from 100 to nearly 400 pulses... -
Freshwater scaled chrysophytes, heliozoa and thaumatomonad flagellates from Edo State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DE Wujek --- Department of Biology, USA MO Kadiri --- Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Nigeria RM Dziedzic --- Department of Biology, USAA total of nine silica-scaled chrysophytes (Chrysophyceae: two species each in Spiniferomonas and Paraphysomonas; Synurophyceae: five Mallomonas species), 16 heliozoa, and two scaled flagellates were recorded from 19 samples collected from Edo State, Nigeria, over a period covering both dry... -
Estimating population size of Saddle-billed Storks Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis in southern Kruger National Park, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marcelle van den Hoven --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa Brian Reilly --- Department of Nature Conservation, South AfricaCounting Saddle-billed Storks in a study area the size of the Kruger National Park, at 2.2 million ha, is difficult because the birds are long-lived, sparse in the landscape and have large home ranges. Aerial surveys conducted to date provide... -
Nest characteristics of Yellow-billed Kites Milvus aegyptius in the Manambolomaty Lakes Complex, western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tolojanahary Andriamalala --- , Madagascar Lily-Arison Rene de Roland --- , Madagascar Marius Rakotondratsima --- , Madagascar Gilbert Razafimanjato --- , Madagascar Russell Thorstrom --- , USAWe studied the nesting biology of Yellow-billed Kites Milvus aegyptius in the Manambolomaty Lakes Complex of western Madagascar during 2002 and 2003. We recorded 64 nesting attempts. In 2003, 33% (n = 39 nests) of the occupied nests were from... -
Management of Forestry Research to Improve Knowledge Utilisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: D.L. Bosman --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,Knowledge has become the industry that supplies to the economy the essential resource of production. This paper looks at knowledge and where it fits into the task of managing research, technology transfer and technological innovation. -
Review of indicators in fisheries management – a development perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P. Degnbol A. JarreA review of indicators for an ecosystem approach to fisheries management is presented, focusing on multispecies fisheries and limited resources for assessments and implementation, as often is the case in developing countries. Emphasizing the need to link indicators to management... -
Patterns of movements of the African penguin in South Africa and Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA Whittington RM Randall BM Randall AC Wolfaardt RJM Crawford NTW Klages PA Bartlett YJ Chesselet R JonesThe direction, distance and seasonal patterns of movements of African penguins Speniscus demersus between breeding colonies were investigated for birds that had been flipper-banded between 1970 and 1998. These were comprised of 3 986 penguins banded as chicks at nests,... -
A knowledge base for management of the capital-intensive fishery for small pelagic fish off South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TP Fairweather M Hara CD van der Lingen J Raakjær LJ Shannon GG Louw P Degnbol RJM CrawfordAs a contribution to South Africa's move towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, this study explores the existence of common perceptions about South Africa's pelagic fishery between resource users and scientists. It represents a collaborative research effort of social... -
Impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus on Cape gannets Morus capensis at Malgas Island, Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AB Makhado RJM Crawford LG UnderhillCape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus were estimated to kill some 6 000 Cape gannet Morus capensis fledglings around Malgas Island in the 2000/01 breeding season, 11 000 in 2003/04 and 10 000 in 2005/06. This amounted to about 29%,... -
Knowledge Sharing and Innovation as it affects the Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: O. O. Jegede --- , M. O. Ilori --- , J. A. Sonibare --- Department of Chemical Engineering, Nigeria B. A. Oluwale --- , W. O. Siyanbola --- ,This study assessed the factors hampering innovation and knowledge sharing in indigenous oil and gas firms in Nigeria. The aim was to provide information that will increase knowledge sharing among the indigenous in the sector and create added value, which... -
Assessing Pharmaceutical Innovation in Tunisia: An Empirical Survey on Firms' Knowledge-Capital and an Analysis of the National Sectoral Innovation System
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nejla Yacoub --- Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, TunisiaThe objective of this research was to assess pharmaceutical innovation in Tunisia. First, we examined the national sectoral innovation system (NSIS), focusing on the objectives and instruments of the industrial and innovation policy. Second, we adopted an empirical approach based... -
A Knowledge Generation System and Innovation Policy for countries of the Customs Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nina Bohdan --- , BelarusThis paper considers the problem of forming a Single Economic Area of the Customs Union (Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan) from the perspective of knowledge generation. Based on the commonalities of knowledge generation and the characteristics of the post-Soviet development, there... -
Science and Technology Activities in the Emerging Economies: Options for Nigeria1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye O. Jegede --- National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria Blessing F. Ojo --- National Centre for Technology Management, NigeriaThis study identifies how two emerging economies developed science and technology capabilities through science and technology (S&T) education/training, research and experimental development. This was done in order to recommend policy options for Nigeria for the development of its industrial sector... -
Diffusion of Old Information and Communication Technologies in Disseminating Agricultural Knowledge: An Analysis of Farmers’ Income
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bibhunandini Das --- ,This paper analyses the role of old information and communication technologies (ICTs) in knowledge dissemination and the economic outcome of ICT use by farmers. Based on the National Sample Survey data, the paper examines two issues – the role of... -
ICT Adoption, Capabilities Development and Innovation Processes in Argentina: An Employment Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Marta Novick --- Under-Secretary for Technical Planning and Labor Studies, Ministry of Labor, Sebastian Rotondo --- Analyst, Employment and Business Dynamics Observatory, Under-Secretariat for Technical Planning and Labor Studies of the Ministry of Labor, Gerardo Breard --- Under-Secretary for Technical Planning and Labor Studies, Ministry of Labor,The discussion on innovation and the adoption of new information and communication technologies (ICT) and their impact on economic growth and development have flared up in the past few years. This debate has become increasingly relevant mostly in emerging countries... -
Government R&D Impact on the South African Macroeconomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Radhika Perrot --- Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, South Africa (MISTRA) David Mosaka --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Lefentse Nokaneng --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Rita Sikhondze --- Wits Business School, Wits University, South AfricaThis article analyses the impact of government R&D on the macro-economy of South Africa. Most literature on the impact of R&D on the economy has been on advanced countries, where R&D expenditure as per cent of the GDP has been... -
Site quality assessment of a Pinus radiata plantation in Victoria, Australia, using LiDAR technology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Y Chen --- School of Geography and Environmental Science, Australia X Zhu --- School of Geography and Environmental Science, AustraliaThe aim of site quality assessment of Pinus radiata plantations is to determine the quality and productivity of the growing stock at different sites. It provides a useful indication of the site productivity to assist in the allocation of optimum... -
A comparison between excavator-based harvester productivity in coppiced and planted Eucalyptus grandis compartments in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Muedanyi Ramantswana --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Andrew McEwan --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Jaap Steenkamp --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaDue to the labour challenges in South Africa, mechanised forestry equipment has increasingly been required to operate in complex forest conditions – such as coppiced Eucalyptus compartments – where they have not operated before. For this reason, harvesters are either... -
Perspectives of South African school children on HIV/AIDS, and the implications for education programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AltaC Van DykThe study explores and describes South African school children's perspectives of HIV and AIDS, and links this to their respective cognitive developmental stage. The paper highlights developmental differences in the children's perceptions of HIV or AIDS and makes specific recommendations... -
Sex differentials in the use of centres for voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi Hude QuanPart of the strategic response to HIV in Cameroon, West Africa, has been the institutionalisation of voluntary testing and counselling (VCT) for HIV services across the country. The study addresses the general level of awareness and use of VCT centres... -
Exposure to information and communication about HIV/AIDS and perceived credibility of information sources among young people in northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sheri Bastien --- Institute for Educational Research, Faculty of Education, Norway MelkizedekT Leshabari --- , Tanzania Knut-Inge Klepp --- Center for Prevention of Global Infections (GLOBINF), Faculty of Medicine, NorwayYoung people in sub-Saharan Africa constitute an important group for HIV prevention efforts. Determining their exposure to HIV/AIDS information and communication and their perceived credibility of information sources is imperative to the development of interventions. However, the majority of studies... -
HIV-prevention knowledge among illiterate and low-literate women in rural Amhara, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: GebeyehuW Bogale --- , Ethiopia Henk Boer --- Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, The Netherlands ErwinR Seydel --- Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, The NetherlandsMore than 85% of Ethiopia's population lives in rural areas and literacy levels in the country are relatively low. Despite this, little is known about levels of knowledge in regard to HIV/AIDS and condom use among illiterate and low-literate rural... -
Artistic activities and cultural activism as responses to HIV/AIDS in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susan Pietrzyk --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesOver the last two decades both the number and types of civil-society-led organisations involved in addressing HIV and AIDS have increased dramatically. In many cases, the work undertaken is thoughtfully researched, appropriately focused, and as a result produces positive outcomes... -
Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sophie Kotanyi --- , Germany Brigitte Krings-Ney --- , MozambiqueIn Mozambique, initiation rites represent the most appropriate socio-cultural context for dealing with sexuality for a large part of the population. As the group most vulnerable to HIV exposure, HIV-prevention counselling could be ideally introduced to young women during initiation... -
HIV/AIDS and sexuality: concerns of youths in rural Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jeremiah Chikovore --- , South Africa Lennarth Nystrom --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sweden Gunilla Lindmark --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Sweden Beth Maina Ahlberg --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, SwedenConcerns regarding HIV and AIDS were elicited from 546 school youths (51% female, age range 9–25 years) in a Zimbabwean rural district, through a self-generated question-writing process. Concerns emerged around how to avoid HIV infection at a time when they... -
Breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island, especially after oiling following the Apollo Sea spill
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill DC Nel AJ Williams J VisagieThe reproductive success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island from 1994 to 2000 was variable, but much higher than previously reported figures for the species. Breeding success was positively related to the abundance of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and... -
Impact of flipper-banding on breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben Island: comparisons among silicone rubber bands, stainless-steel bands and no bands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PJ Barham LG Underhill RJM Crawford TM Leshoro DA BoltonFrom 2001 to 2006, two new designs of flipper bands made from silicone rubbers were tested on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at 365 nests on Robben Island, South Africa. We compared, over six years, the breeding success, from hatching to... -
Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape gannets Morus capensis, 1983–2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt AJ Williams LG Underhill RJM Crawford PA WhittingtonSouth Africa is a global hotspot for oil pollution. The regional oiled seabird cleaning centre, the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), has handled over 50 000 seabirds from its inception in 1968 until 2005. The... -
A conceptual tool for improving rangeland management decision-making at grassroots level: the local-level monitoring approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: K Kellner --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South Africa AS Moussa --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South AfricaFor many years, rangeland monitoring has mainly been the field of scientists, academics and extension workers trying to fine-tune methods to assess the condition of rangelands. Frameworks and monitoring systems developed with their associated indicators are often complex and inaccessible... -
Livestock grazing behaviour along a degradation gradient in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Amaha Kassahun HA Snyman GN SmitLivestock grazing behaviour is poorly understood in the arid rangelands of Ethiopia, resulting in inadequate rangeland management and grazing systems, which are no improvement on the traditional practices by pastoralists. This study aimed at quantifying the influence of rangeland degradation... -
Notes on Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorems and C*-algebras of labelled graphs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Bernhard BurgstallerIn this note we deal with Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorems and extend the class of algebras introduced in [3]. We use this analysis to show two Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorems for C*-algebras of labelled graphs. -
The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) as an alternative to airway management in mentally retarded patients during dental procedures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Michalek --- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Czech Republic V Scigel --- Dental Outpatient Care for At-Risk Patients, Czech Republic E Kieslichova --- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Czech Republic M Rocen --- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Czech RepublicBackground: To evaluate the possibility of airway management using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) during dental procedures on mentally retarded (MR) patients and patients with genetic diseases. Design: A prospective pilot study. Setting: University Hospital. Methods: A pilot study was... -
Morphine sparing effect of low dose ketamine during patient controlled analgesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FJ Smith --- Department of Anaesthesiology, CGJ Briel --- Department of Anaesthesiology, PJ Becker --- Unit for Biostatistics, South AfricaObjective: To compare the quality of intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCIA) of low dose morphine plus ketamine with morphine. Design: Double blind case control study. Setting: Academic hospital. Patients: Thirty-six patients scheduled for elective abdominal hysterectomy were randomly divided into... -
Patients' perception and knowledge of anaesthesia and anaesthetists—a questionnaire survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: OR Eyelade --- University College Hospital, Nigeria JO Akinyemi --- Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Nigeria IF Adewole --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, NigeriaBackground: Most surgical patients do not recognise the role played by anaesthetists in the perioperative period because of poor public knowledge of anaesthesia as a medical discipline. This study was conducted to determine patients' knowledge of anaesthesia and of the... -
Addition of adenosine to hyperbaric bupivacaine in spinal anaesthesia does not prolong postoperative analgesia in vaginal hysterectomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Ghai --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India S Hooda --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India S Saxena --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India N Garg --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India R Wadhera --- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IndiaBackground: Systemic administration of adenosine produces anti-nociception. Although literature supports intrathecal adenosine for neuropathic pain, its efficacy in postoperative pain remains unproven. There has been no study on the efficacy of adenosine on postoperative pain when administered with hyperbaric bupivacaine... -
Anaesthetic management of endoscopic resection of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: our experience and a review of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Khanna --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India BR Ray --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India R Sinha --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India R Kumar --- Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, India K Sikka --- Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, India AC Singh --- Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, IndiaBackground: Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare, benign, vascular tumour in adolescent males with potential life-threatening complications. Advances in endoscopic surgery, invasive monitoring and hypotensive anaesthesia have made JNAs amenable to endoscopic surgical resection. We present the anaesthetic management... -
The LMA Classic™ as a conduit for tracheal intubation in adult patients: a review and practical guide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: ANJ Alberts --- Clinical Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Kalafong Hospital; Faculty of Health Sciences,Unexpected difficulty in maintaining an open airway following induction of anaesthesia remains an ever-present hazard. Repetitive attempts at direct laryngoscopy and intubation are generally acknowledged to be inappropriate. The LMA ClassicTM is recognised as a rescue ventilation device in failed... -
Ensuring that patient-controlled anaesthesia is safe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JF Coetzee --- Department Anaesthesiology and Critical Care,Pain is now regarded as the “fifth vital sign” and pain relief to be a basic human right. Patient-controlled anaesthesia (PCA) is effective because it enables self-titration to individual requirements. PCA is perceived to be inherently safe because of the... -
Physical activity knowledge, attitudes and practices of the elderly in Bloemfontein old age homes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PE Pienaar --- School of Medicine, South Africa M De Swardt --- School of Medicine, South Africa M De Vries --- School of Medicine, South Africa H Roos --- School of Medicine, South Africa G Joubert --- School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The aim of this study was to describe physical activity knowledge, attitudes and practices of the elderly in Bloemfontein old age homes. -
Homemade sugar-salt solution for oral rehydration: Knowledge of mothers and caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Dippenaar --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, R Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, ML Bantobetse --- University of the Free State, AA Opawole --- Department of Family Medicine, KS Roshen --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Worldwide, it is estimated, that more than two million children under the age of five die annually as a result of gastroenteritis with dehydration. Up to 95% of these cases can be treated successfully with oral rehydration therapy. The... -
Knowledge of, beliefs about and attitudes to disability: implications for health professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Masasa --- Physiotherapist Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Lesotho S Irwin-Carruthers --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Faure --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: South Africa is a multicultural, multiracial and multilingual nation with many different values, traditions and cultural practices. Different belief systems may give rise to different attitudes and practices relating to disability, which may impact on rehabilitation. The purpose of... -
The knowledge and skills gap of medical practitioners delivering district hospital services in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MR De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, PJT De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences,Introduction -
Barriers to HIV Care and Treatment by Doctors: A review of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: P Naidoo --- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaThis paper provides a review of the reported barriers that prevent doctors from managing HIV infected patients. The four most commonly reported barriers were: fear of contagion, fear of losing patients, unwillingness to care, and inadequate knowledge/training about treating HIV... -
Medical students' use of caffeine for ‘academic purposes’ and their knowledge of its benefits, side-effects and withdrawal symptoms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K-H Lee --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa GP Human --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa JJ Fourie --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa WAN Louw --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa CO Larson --- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Caffeine is often used for its benefits, which include increased vigilance. It does have side-effects, however, such as palpitations and withdrawal symptoms that include headaches and drowsiness. Tertiary education often requires students to study for extended hours, especially during... -
An evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practices of South African university students regarding the use of emergency contraception and of art as an advocacy tool
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EJ Kistnasamy --- Department of Community Health Studies, P Reddy --- Department of Community Health Studies, J Jordaan --- Department of Fine Arts,Background: This study assessed the knowledge and use of emergency contraception (EC) against the background of current sexual practices among a multi-racial student population at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In addition,... -
Knowledge of and misconceptions about the spread and prevention of HIV infection among older urban women attending the Tshwane District Hospital, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: W Rauf --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa S Hitchcock --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa A Rauf --- Department of Orthopaedics, South Africa PJ Becker --- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, South AfricaBackground: Statistics around the world show a rapid increase in HIV infection in the older population. Many older women remain sexually active and are therefore exposed to heterosexual transmission of HIV infection. Older women are most likely considered respected opinion... -
Depression in primary care: the knowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners in Benin City, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BO James --- Department of Clinical Services, Nigeria R Jenkins --- Section of Mental Health Policy, Health Service and Population Research Department, David Goldberg Centre, United Kingdom AO Lawani --- Department of Clinical Services, Nigeria JO Omoaregba --- Department of Clinical Services, NigeriaBackground: Depression contributes significantly to the global burden of disease in developing countries. Poor case detection and inadequate numbers of mental health staff have been associated with increased morbidity among individuals with depression presenting to primary care. In Nigeria, as... -
Patients with type 2 diabetes and difficulties associated with initiation of insulin therapy in a public health clinic in Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DM Nadasen --- Phoenix Community Health Centre; Department of Family Medicine, M Naidoo --- Department of Family Medicine,Objectives: Many patients with type 2 diabetes are uncontrolled on maximum oral treatment. The early introduction of insulin can lower diabetes-related complications. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons behind a perceived reluctance of patients with type... -
Knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of clinicians at a South African tertiary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Botha --- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, MM Geyser --- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, A Engelbrecht --- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess clinicians' knowledge about evaluating possible cardiac arrest patients and recognising cardiac arrest, to assess clinicians' knowledge about appropriate decisions and actions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and to determine which advanced life... -
Assessing the knowledge and perceptions of medical students from the Western Cape, South Africa, regarding the Millennium Development Goals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Yeatman --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, N Koen --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, L De Ridder --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, B Fenn --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, L Wormsbacher --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, L Daniels --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Health science students are key players in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Knowledge and understanding at university level is essential to achieve the goals by 2015. The primary objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and... -
Knowledge and awareness of high blood pressure in Ward F, Ifako-Ijaiye local government area, Lagos State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: YT Akindele --- Community Health and Primary Care Department, Nigeria OO Ayankogbe --- Community Health and Primary Care Department, NigeriaObjectives: In Nigeria, most people living with an elevated blood pressure are unaware of it until they suffer complications. The aim of this study was to determine levels of awareness of high blood pressure in Ward F, Ifako-Ijaiye local government... -
Knowledge of primary school teachers about asthma: a cross-sectional survey in the Umdoni sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Govender --- Physiotherapy Department, A Gray --- Department of Therapeutics and Medicines Management,Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory conditions affecting young children. It is estimated that asthma affects 20% of schoolchildren in South Africa. The school setting represents “home” for most children, and teachers are recognised as in... -
Intubation and mechanical ventilation: knowledge of medical officers at a South African secondary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Linda van Deventer --- Department of Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: Medical officers frequently need to initiate the management of critically ill patients requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. The knowledge of hospital-based medical officers at a South African secondary hospital was evaluated on indications for endotracheal intubation and the... -
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Needlestick Injury: Knowledge and Management in a Population of Nigerian Anaesthetists
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: NA Merah --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria CI Okeke --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria OT Kushimo --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria C Meribole --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria OT Alagbe-Brigs --- Department of Anaesthesia, NigeriaObjective: To determine the knowledge of HIV transmission and of post exposure management, following an HIV- infected needlestick injury, in a population of Nigerian anaesthetists. Subjects and Method: A cross-sectional, prospective assessment was conducted voluntarily in anaesthetists at an annual... -
Contraceptive knowledge and practice among HIV-positive women receiving antiretroviral therapy at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: YS Somera --- ART Department, GJ Crookes Hospital Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine,Objectives: To determine the knowledge and use of contraceptives by HIV-positive women attending an ART clinic. -
Mother of two children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Fiona C. Ross --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaThe paper considers the place of the impersonal in the making of intimacies (in this case, the “mother-child dyad”), through examining examples of how temporality, grammar, measurement and knowledge are imbricated and naturalised in the events and processes of life-giving... -
Exploring informal sector community innovations and knowledge appropriation: A study of Kashmiri pashmina shawls
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh --- Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, IndiaThe informal sector has become an increasingly popular subject of study. This sector has been a prominent feature of the development landscape of many countries around the globe. It is increasingly becoming the major source of employment in third world... -
The knowledge and beliefs of hypertensive patients attending Katleho District Hospital in Free State province, South Africa, about their illness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Justin Mpinda --- Katleho District Hospital, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Benjamin Mills --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Hypertension is a common chronic condition. A sound understanding of people’s beliefs is required in this regard. Usually, poor compliance and decisions by patients to stop taking conventional treatment and to use complementary remedies and traditional remedies arise from... -
Sedation with alfentanil and propofol for rhizotomies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: M Jansen van Rensburg --- Anaesthesiology Private Practice, South Africa EC Conradie --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Foodbiotechnology, South AfricaBackground: Patient safety during sedation for closed rhizotomies is improved when analgesia is optimised, rather than relying on deep sedation for patient comfort. This retrospective study determined the appropriate effect-site concentration (Ce) for alfentanil, in combination with a constant propofol... -
Foreign direct investment and local technological capabilities in least developed countries: some evidence from the Tanzanian manufacturing sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bitrina Diyamett --- Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organisation (STIPRO), Tanzania Musambya Mutambla --- Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organisation (STIPRO), TanzaniaForeign direct investment has been found to be one of the very important ways of building local technological capabilities for developing countries, and an important channel through which international diffusion of knowledge and technology takes place. While this has been... -
Teachability of collocations: The role of word frequency counts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Déogratias Nizonkiza --- School of Languages, Potchefstroom Campus, Kris Van de Poel --- School of Languages, Potchefstroom Campus,This study aims to gain insights into which collocations to teach at which proficiency levels by answering the following questions: (i) Of the Verb+Noun and Adjective+Noun types of collocations, which one is more difficult (and should therefore come at a... -
Integral approach to South African psychology with special reference to indigenous knowledge
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaIn order to redress imbalances in South African psychological service provision, honor indigenous, transpersonal, community based perspectives, and introduce fresh insights and direction, this article presents an integral approach to psychology in South Africa. Areas highlighted for future research and... -
Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Monika Korzun --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), Canada Bamidele Adekunle --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), Canada Glen C. Filson --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), CanadaThe multifaceted nature of agricultural innovation makes it evident that technological, industrial, human and economic factors define and redefine agricultural innovation within new cultural and technological contexts. Juxtaposing the African condition to the earlier understanding of the cross-cultural dimensions of... -
An innovative drought early warning system for sub-Saharan Africa: integrating modern and indigenous approaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Muthoni Masinde --- Department of Information Technology, South AfricaDroughts remain the number one disaster in Africa; drought is responsible for over 88% of all the types of disasters that people are affected by. An effective drought early warning system can support appropriate mitigation and preparedness strategies and hence... -
Indigenous knowledge systems – a rich appropriate technology resource
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: John Tharakan --- Department of Chemical Engineering, United States of AmericaIndigenous knowledge systems (IKS) comprise knowledge systems that have developed within various societies’ independent of, and prior to, the advent of the modern scientific knowledge system. IKS from various cultures evolved into broad and comprehensive knowledge systems, such as those... -
Reproductive strategy of the Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, from a subtropical latitude (25°S) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anja le Grange --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Mac van der Merwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Márthan Bester --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaFree-tailed bats (Molossidae) are widely distributed in Africa and exhibit considerable reproductive flexibility. The Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, is one of the most widespread of the molossids and is therefore an excellent model to study the variation in reproduction... -
Invasion of a South African Anguilla mossambica (Anguillidae) opulation by the alien gill worm Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Monogenea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Denham Parker --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Horst Taraschewski --- Zoologisches Institut (Ökologie/Parasitologie), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kornblumenstrasse 13, GermanyThe parasitic gill monogenean Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae is alien to Africa. In an investigation of 227 longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica, and 26 mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, sampled from four river systems in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, this parasite was only... -
Solving the challenges of monitoring mobile populations: insights from studies of waterbirds in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Hannah L Thomas --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Graeme S Cumming --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaHighly mobile species are difficult to monitor. It is often unclear from abundance estimates whether a population is genuinely declining or simply elsewhere. If the spatial and temporal scales of monitoring are inadequate, the data will only be useful if... -
Debiasing the curse of knowledge and audit judgement: Experience reconsidered
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: R Reeve --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia H Holmes --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia P Li --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia C Patel --- Department of Accounting and Finance, AustraliaThis study contributes to the research related to judgment biases in auditing by examining the extent to which relevant audit experience debiases (mitigates) the “curse of knowledge” (outcome knowledge bias} in audit judgements. Auditors, with a wide range of experience,... -
Rethinking the reporting of intangibles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Negash --- School of Accountancy, Republic of South AfricaThis paper deals with one of the central problems of financial reporting. Using a mix of qualitative-quantitative approach the paper extends the author’s previous work on intangibles. It attempts to represent the views of users and preparers of financial statements... -
Transfer pricing methods in the context of intangible property
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Steyn --- Department of Taxation, School of Accounting Sciences,The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of existing acceptable transfer pricing methods and their application to international transactions between related parties involving intangible property, more specifically intellectual property that is legally protected. The application of the... -
Students’ perceptions of the usefulness of an accounting project in acquiring accounting knowledge and professional skills
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: L J Stainbank --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This paper focuses on the usefulness of an accounting project that was implemented in order to encourage students to integrate their knowledge of different modules at a third year level, to enable them to acquire accounting knowledge and professional skills,... -
Students’ and lecturers’ perceptions of the effect of open-book examinations on the learning behavior of accountancy students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: S J Kruger --- Department of Accounting,In 2003 the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) changed its assessment policy from a closed-book to an open-book format. One reason for this was to encourage better learning behaviour amongst students. This paper investigates whether students perceive this... -
Student employment in hospitality and tourism: insights from a recent study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Senior Researcher, Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Postbus 1298, 8900 CG Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsStudents’ motives for working are primarily economic, though the proportion of the student body engaged in paid employment in this study is less than 50%. There is also evidence that this varies between students. Students in the final year of... -
A traditional versus a constructivist conception of assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Hans Otting --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis paper reports a study on conceptions of assessment held by students and instructors. The conceptions of assessment are considered to be one of the four interrelated sets of conceptions which together constitute the conception of education.The three other sets... -
To what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and intolerances?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Maxine van Dam --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Lysbet Wiersma --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThe purpose of this research is to examine the knowledge of restaurants regarding food allergies and intolerances. The main research question is this: to what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and... -
Debiasing the curse of knowledge and audit judgement: Experience reconsidered
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: R Reeve --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia H Holmes --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia P Li --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Australia C Patel --- Department of Accounting and Finance, AustraliaThis study contributes to the research related to judgment biases in auditing by examining the extent to which relevant audit experience debiases (mitigates) the “curse of knowledge” (outcome knowledge bias) in audit judgements. Auditors, with a wide range of experience,... -
Doctors’ attitudes to and knowledge and usage of growth charts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Selma Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Elizabeth Reji --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Growth charts have been used worldwide for about 40 years but their use has always been fraught with problems. -
“Managing identities” and parental disclosure of HIV sero-status in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nelson Muparamoto --- Sociology Department, Zimbabwe Manase Kudzai Chiweshe --- Centre for Development Studies, ZimbabweDrawing from a small sample of HIV infected respondents, this paper examines parents’ perceptions on the decision to disclose or not to disclose their HIV sero-status to their children. It explores how parents control the information in the interactional ritual... -
Factors associated with mothers’ decisions on male neonatal circumcision in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Phillip Mapureti --- Hlathikulu Hospital, Swaziland Lumbwe Chola --- Department of Community Health Stellenbosch, South Africa Donald Skinner --- Department of Community Health, South AfricaNeonatal male circumcision is safer, easier and cheaper than adult male circumcision, but is not widely practised in Swaziland. It has been suggested as one of several ways of controlling the spread of HIV. We conducted research aimed at assessing... -
Locating community participation in a water supply project—the Galanefhi Water Project (Eritrea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Solomon Haile Gebremedhin --- Department of Economic Development, Central Region, Eritrea Francois Theron --- School of Public Management and Planning, University of Stellenbosch,Water projects, like sustainable development projects in general, often tend to become unsustainable because they are guided by top-down strategies which exclude the input, influence and ownership of projects by their beneficiaries. For attaining sustainable development, the social capital of... -
Anthropologies of knowledge and South Africa's Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Lesley Green --- Dept of Social Anthropology,Following a visit to the South African Medical Research Council's Indigenous Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Delft, Cape Town, this paper explores the possibilities for anthropological responses to South Africa's Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy of 2004. While the Policy is admirable... -
Stakeholders and stickholders: power and paradigms in a South African development context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sarah A. Bologna --- Department of Social Anthropology, South AfricaThe alluring vision that ecotourism can drive both rural development and ecological objectives has taken deep root in post-apartheid South Africa where severe economic inequalities persist as a result of dispossession and grossly restricted access to resources during the colonial... -
South African roots towards global knowledge: music or molecules?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Julie Laplante --- Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa Pavillon Desmarais, CanadaThis study highlights current global health biopolitics in conjunction with politics of indigeneity. The illustration is achieved by looking at the politics of knowledge at play in the pre-clinical trial of a traditional medicine in Cape Town, South Africa. The... -
Title: between N!a†xam and tibi. A case study of tuberculosis and the Ju/'hoansi in the Tsumkwe region, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Diana Gibson --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Estelle Oosthuysen --- , NamibiaIn academic literature and the media, knowledge of the Ju/'hoansi San of Namibia is often either valorised or problematised. In this case study of tuberculosis in a small village in Tsumkwe district, which we call Dune and Low Dune, all... -
The pragmatics of knowledge transfer: an HIV/AIDS intervention with traditional health practitioners in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: J Wreford --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research,The persistence of the binary of scientific and indigenous or traditional medicine in contemporary South Africa is particularly unhelpful in the context of HIV/AIDS and encourages biomedical disengagement from a potentially helpful cohort of health professionals recognised within their communities... -
A conversation: subaltern studies in South Asia and post-colonial anthropology in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Helen Macdonald --- Department of Social Anthropology,Subaltern Studies emerged at the end of the 1970s among a collective of English and Indian historians of South Asia, and developed into a creative and malleable reworking of knowledge(s). Importantly. the subalternists contributed to an interdisciplinarity that displayed a... -
New knowledge and the university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Martin Hall --- Centre for Social Justice Research,What forms of knowledge have legitimacy in the contemporary university? By using Actor-Network Theory to unravel the strands in a recent dispute about access to skeletons from a burial ground in Cape Town, this paper shows how circulating systems of... -
‘She's just like my mother’: measuring motherhood in the context of the HIV epidemic in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Naomi Marshak --- Department of Social Anthropology,This paper emerges from an ethnographic study conducted in Kwazulu-Natal in 2010 that explored the practices of a humanitarian intervention providing psychosocial support for and strengthening of the bonds between orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and their non-biological... -
First Red-billed Quelea breeding record in the winter rainfall region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: H Dieter Oschadleus --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaThe Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea is a serious pest of agricultural crops throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa. Since the 1980s, it has expanded its range into the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, South Africa, facilitated by changes in agricultural practices... -
Exploring the Health Belief Model and first-year students’ responses to HIV/AIDS and VCT at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Priya Buldeo --- Department of Sociology, South Africa Leah Gilbert --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaThe Health Belief Model (HBM) is a psychosocial framework that attempts to explain health behaviour. It is determined by an individual's personal beliefs or perceptions about a disease and the options available to decrease its occurrence. In the context of... -
Knowledge, awareness and utilisation of the human papillomavirus vaccine in Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: N Allie --- Lecturer/Specialist; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, M Moodley --- Specialist Obstetrican and Gynaecologist,Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causative agent of cervical cancers, low-grade cervical lesions, and warts of the genital tract. Since March 2008, a vaccine against HPV has been licensed for use in South Africa to reduce the incidence of... -
Knowledge and utilisation of expanded functions of oral hygiene and barriers to successful implementation in public healthcare services in Gauteng
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Veli Lukhozi --- Department of Public Health, School of Health Care Sciences, Muhammad Hoque --- Department of Public Health, School of Health Care Sciences, Hendry Heever --- Department of Public Health, School of Health Care Sciences,Dental hygiene continues to evolve as a profession. It needs greater regulation and autonomy. Since the burden of disease and demand for treatment is increasing, there is a great need for existing oral hygiene services to be utilised effectively and... -
Knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviour and socio-economic impact of malaria in the desert of Rajasthan, India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: S.P. Yadav --- , S. Yadav P. Kuma --- Desert Medicine Research Centre, India S. Yadav --- National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, IndiaClimate change has resulted in water mismanagement, increased population, urbanisation, industrialisation, poor sanitation and other developmental activities in the desert of Rajasthan. As a consequence, malariagenic conditions have developed and malaria is now a major public health problem in this... -
The effects of an educational intervention on the early management of oral lesions in the uMgungundlovu District in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: T.A. Muslim --- Dentistry, S. Naidoo --- Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry,Oral lesions Oral lesions that are associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are often the first clinical signs of an underlying infection. This study aimed to test primary healthcare (PHC) nurses’ knowledge and practices before and after an educational... -
Knowledge and awareness of human papillomavirus and intention with regard to human papillomavirus vaccine uptake by female tertiary students in the Eastern Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: A. Chikandiwa --- Researcher Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Research Institute, B.E. van Wyk --- School of Public Health,In 2008, two human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, Cervarix® and Gardasil®, were licensed for use in South Africa. Initial models showed that vaccination could lead to an approximate 70% decline in cervical cancer cases. This paper describes the knowledge, awareness and... -
A cross-sectional study on knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of malaria prevention and control measures in central nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: C A Okoli --- Department of Paediatrics, M A Enna --- Department of Microbiology,There is limited evidence of a decrease in malaria-related mortality and morbidity with the expiration of the 2010 Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership target deadline. Thus, there is a need to evaluate the knowledge of, attitudes towards and practice of... -
Knowledge and practices of residents in two north Namibian towns with regard to rabies and pet care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: F. Haimbodi --- Namibia Institute of Pathology, Namibia R. Mavenyengwa --- Department of Health Sciences, Namibia B H Noden --- Department of Health Sciences, NamibiaRecent studies have highlighted the epidemiology of rabies in southern Africa and the unique nature of kudu rabies in Namibia. However, the serious effect on human populations in northern Namibia lacks focused attention. This study surveyed knowledge and awareness of... -
Public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards antibiotic usage in Windhoek, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Dawn D Pereko --- School of Pharmacy, South Africa Martie S Lubbe --- School of Pharmacy, South Africa Sabiha Y Essack --- School of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: The development of antibiotic resistance is a globally recognised human health threat. Overuse of antibiotics is a major contributory factor to the development of resistance. As end users, the public play a role in antibiotic use and the development... -
Universities and think-tanks as partners in the African knowledge economy: Insights from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Claudious Chikozho --- Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa Davison Saruchera --- Independent Consultant, South AfricaThere is a paucity of knowledge regarding the nature of interactions between universities and think-tanks in Africa and how their collaboration could be promoted to enable them to contribute more effectively to the knowledge economy. Relying on primary and secondary... -
The status of Sauromys petrophilus and Chaerephon pumilus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: David S. Jacobs --- Department of Zoology, South Africa M. Brock Fenton --- Department of Biology, CanadaChaerephon pumilus is widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, with an outlying southern population near the Cape which is based primarily on records of specimens captured at the Algeria Forestry Station (32°22’S, 19°03’E) in South Africa. Sauromys petrophilus, a flat-headed... -
The role of the community conversation approach in facilitating HIV/AIDS competence and utilisation of testing services in Africa: the case of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Yeshambel T Nigatu --- Department of Health Sciences, the Netherlands Solomon Abera --- Department of Medical Laboratory and Pathology, Ethiopia Medhanit G Mekonnen --- Amref Health Africa, Ethiopia Wondiber N Melesse --- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, EthiopiaBackground: HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic. Although unpublished studies showed that the number of AIDS related deaths has fallen by 39% between 2005 and 2013 in sub-Saharan Africa, the region still accounted for 74% of all the people dying from... -
Biophysical models of larval dispersal in the Benguela Current ecosystem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Lett --- UMI IRD 209 UPMC UMMISCO, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale, France CD van der Lingen --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa BR Loveday --- Remote Sensing Group, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK CL Moloney --- Marine Research Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaWe synthesise and update results from the suite of biophysical, larval-dispersal models developed in the Benguela Current ecosystem. Biophysical models of larval dispersal use outputs of physical hydrodynamic models as inputs to individual-based models in which biological processes acting during... -
Integrating indigenous knowledge into appropriate technology development and implementation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: John Tharakan --- Department of Chemical Engineering, USAAppropriate Technology (AT) implementation should foster community empowerment and sustainability. Successful implementation requires community engagement throughout - technology conceptualization, development, implementation, assessment and impact evaluation. Development professionals should be sensitive to socio-cultural context and respect local knowledge, part of the... -
Appraisal of access to safe drinking water in southwest Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Adedayo A. Badejo --- Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Julius M. Ndambuki --- Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Williams K. Kupolati --- Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Adebola A Adekunle --- Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Nigeria Solomon A. Taiwo --- Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Nigeria David O. Omole --- Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South AfricaThe importance of developing effective water supply services is universally recognised as a basis for improving the overall health of the population. This study ascertained the quality of water supplied by a water treatment scheme in southwest Nigeria. One hundred... -
Usurpation of a Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus nest by African Wattled Lapwings V. senegalensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Nicholas PC Horrocks --- Department of Zoology, UKI report an instance of usurpation of a Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus nest by a pair of African Wattled Lapwings Vanellus senegalensis. The nest, which originally contained a single Crowned Lapwing egg, eventually contained an additional three Wattled Lapwing eggs,... -
Knowledge, awareness and readiness of private sector doctors practising in the Ethekweni and Ugu districts of KwaZulu-Natal province for the implementation of the National Health Insurance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Latiff-Khamissa --- Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Africa Panjasaram Naidoo --- Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South AfricaBackground: The proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) aims to improve quality of care and equity in healthcare financing for all South Africans. Successful implementation requires participation by stakeholders, such as private sector doctors who play an important role in healthcare... -
New insights into HIV epidemic in South Africa: key findings from the National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Khangelani Zuma --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Olive Shisana --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Thomas M. Rehle --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Leickness C. Simbayi --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Sean Jooste --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Nompumelelo Zungu --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Demetre Labadarios --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Dorina Onoya --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Meredith Evans --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Sizulu Moyo --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Fareed Abdullah --- South African National AIDS Council, South AfricaThis article presents key findings from the 2012 HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey conducted in South Africa and explores trends in the HIV epidemic. A representative household based survey collected behavioural and biomedical data among people of all ages... -
Knowledge structures and their relevance for teaching and learning in introductory financial accounting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: L. Peta Myers --- Department of Accounting, South AfricaThe structure of knowledge within a discipline has implications for the teaching and learning within the discipline. This research examines how the hierarchical knowledge structure found in accounting impacts on the teaching and learning which takes place in the first-semester... -
Lost in translation? Standardising the terminology used in marine invasion biology and updating South African alien species lists
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TB Robinson --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa ME Alexander --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa CA Simon --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa K Peters --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa S Sibanda --- Marine Programme, South Africa S Miza --- Marine Programme, South Africa B Groenewald --- Marine Programme, South Africa P Majiedt --- Marine Programme, South Africa KJ Sink --- Marine Programme, South AfricaConfusion between terms and ambiguities among definitions have long plagued the field of invasion biology. One result is disruption in flow of information from researchers to policy-makers and managers who rely on science to inform regulatory frameworks and management actions... -
Living labs and knowledge creation in developing countries: Living labs as a tool for socio-economic resilience in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lauri Hooli --- Department of Geography and Geology, Finland Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- Department of Geography and Geology, Finland Kristiina Lähde --- , TANZICT-project, Dar es SalaamLiving Labs (LL) are platforms to increase innovation through the interaction of various actors. LLs are based on an open innovation process, community involvement, co-creation of products, and services or societal innovations together with users. Bottom-up approaches, such as LLs,... -
Evaluation of the use of oral rehydration therapy in the management of diarrhoea among children under 5: knowledge attitudes and practices of mothers/caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Sergius Onwukwe --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Claire van Deventer --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Olu Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaIntroduction: Dehydration from diarrhoea and vomiting has remained a threat to the lives of children under 5 years old especially in developing countries. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) administered by caregivers is lifesaving but evidence shows unsatisfactory implementation of this. -
Construction of a valid and reliable test to determine knowledge on dietary fat of higher-educated young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: I. Venter --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Cape TownAbstract -
Use of dietary supplements, and awareness and knowledge of the recommended fruit and vegetable intakes and consumption of health food store customers in the Cape Town city bowl
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Braun --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, I Venter --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences,Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the dietary supplement use and demographic characteristics of customers visiting health food stores in the Cape Town city bowl, and to determine their awareness and knowledge of the recommended fruit and... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding iodine among patients with hyperthyroidism in the Free State, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Mld Sebotsa --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, A. Dannhauser --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Wf Mollentze --- Department of Internal Medicine, Gm Oosthuizen --- Department of Internal Medicine, Fa. Mahomed --- Grey’s Hospital, Pl Jooste --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit,Objectives: To gather baseline information on the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding iodine and iodised salt among patients with hyperthyroidism in the Free State. -
Dietary fat knowledge and intake of mid-adolescents attending public schools in the Bellville/Durbanville area of the city of Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: I. Venter --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, South Africa A. Winterbach --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, South AfricaObjectives: This survey primarily investigated the dietary fat knowledge and intake of 17-year-olds. -
Nutrition knowledge and nutritional status of primary school children in QwaQwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wh Oldewage-Theron --- Director, Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods (CSL), South Africa Aa Egal --- Research Fellow, CSL, South AfricaAbstract -
The knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of healthcare students and professionals regarding the interdisciplinary health worker team at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: N. Booysen --- Northern Cape, J. Lake --- Livingstone Hospital, J. Webb --- Andries Vosloo Hospital, E. Van Niekerk --- Division of Human Nutrition, C. Schübl --- Division of Human Nutrition,Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of healthcare students and qualified health professionals regarding the interdisciplinary health worker team. -
Knowledge and perceptions of nursing staff on the new Road to Health Booklet growth charts in primary healthcare clinics in the Tygerberg subdistrict of the Cape Town metropole district
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: I Cloete --- False Bay Hospital, L. Daniels J Jordaan --- Gordonia Hospital, C Derbyshire L Volmink --- Wesfleur Hospital Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, C Schubl --- Division of Human Nutrition,Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the perceptions of nursing staff on the Road to Health Booklet (RTHB), to assess their knowledge of the RTHB growth charts, and to determine whether the level of knowledge was acceptable... -
The Pareto principle and a hazard model as tools for appropriate scheduled maintenance in a manufacturing firm
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Johnson A. Fadeyi --- Industrial and Systems Engineering, USA Modestus O. Okwu --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria Chinedum O. Mgbemena --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria Kingsley C. Ezekiel --- Department of Maintenance Engineering and Asset Management, School of Mechanical, United KingdomThis study relates to a manufacturing firm that produces sanitary towels in Nigeria. The firm was confronted with operational challenge of high production downtime occasioned by frequent breakdown of the subsystems of the production system. This situation thus threatened its... -
Knowledge in the economic growth of developing economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manjinder Kaur --- Department of Economics, India Lakhwinder Singh --- Centre for Development Economics and Innovations Studies (CDEIS), IndiaIn the modern era, the success of a developing economy has become more dependent on the capacity to produce and use knowledge, which leads to the emergence of a knowledge economy. Keeping in view the significance of the knowledge economy... -
HIV-related knowledge and practices: a cross-sectional study among adults aged 50 years and above in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Njoku Ola Ama --- Department of Statistics, Botswana Sheila Shaibu --- School of Nursing, Botswana Jacqueline Denise Burnette --- School of Social Work, USABackground: Older adults in Botswana have been shown to be sexually active and engage in risky sexual activities that make them vulnerable to HIV infection. In order to implement meaningful interventions to address older adults’ HIV and AIDS concerns it... -
Integrating mental health care services in primary health care clinics: a survey of primary health care nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Faith Nana Dube --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Leana R Uys --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Nurses are the main providers of care at primary health care (PHC) clinics; the high incidence of mental health problems at these clinics means that PHC nurses are important providers of mental health care. The PHC nurses’ knowledge regarding... -
Impact of nutrition education on diabetes knowledge and attitudes of adults with type 2 diabetes living in a resource-limited setting in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: JW Muchiri --- Department of Human Nutrition, South Africa GJ Gericke --- Department of Human Nutrition, South Africa P Rheeder --- Department of Internal Medicine, South AfricaObjective: To evaluate the effect of a nutrition education (NE) programme on diabetes knowledge and attitudes of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). -
Knowledge of hypertensive patients about treatment in the Seboche hospital, 2013
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Tankiso Khothatso --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Tabitha Moshoeshoe --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Zawadi Saroni --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Hypertension is common, control is often poor and patients’ knowledge of their drug treatment is unknown in Lesotho. The aim of this study was to assess patients’ knowledge regarding drug treatment of hypertension and to identify self-reported reasons for... -
Ensuring holistic development of disabled children in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava --- Department of Community Medicine, India Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava --- Department of Community Medicine, India Jegadeesh Ramasamy --- Department of Community Medicine, IndiaA disability is a sort of disadvantage that either restricts or prevents the given person in the discharge of the roles/duties that are considered normal for that person. Disabled children belong to one of the most vulnerable and marginalised sections... -
Self-reported knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women presenting for termination of pregnancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: O Osa-Izeko --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa RD Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Emergency contraception (EC) is widely accepted as a safe method of preventing conception following unprotected coitus. Use of EC has been promoted in South Africa, yet uptake among women appears to remain low. -
Leadership emergence: the application of the Cynefin framework during a bio-social HIV/AIDS risk-reduction pilot
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher J Burman --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South Africa Marota A Aphane --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South AfricaThis article focuses on the utility of a knowledge management heuristic called the Cynefin framework, which was applied during an ongoing pilot intervention in the Limpopo province, South Africa. The intervention aimed to identify and then consolidate low-cost, innovative bio-social... -
Nutrition-related cancer prevention knowledge of undergraduate students at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Oluyemisi Folake Folasire --- Department of Human Nutrition, Nigeria Ayorinde Mobolanle Folasire --- Department of Radiotherapy, Nigeria Samuel Chikezie --- Department of Human Nutrition, NigeriaObjective: This study assessed the nutrition-related cancer prevention knowledge and dietary pattern of undergraduate students. -
Challenges for curriculum design: Considerations for a four-year business and accounting degree in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ilse Lubbe --- College of Accounting, South AfricaKnowledge in accounting has expanded exponentially over the last two decades, along with a call from accounting education committees and employers for students to acquire competencies for a global market. However, the time allocation of three years for undergraduate accounting... -
Factors affecting the breeding success of the African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini): a perspective on protection and food availability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Douglas Loewenthal --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Dane M Paijmans --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaBreeding success (fledglings pair−1 y−1) of the Red-listed African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) is highly variable, both spatially and temporally. Despite a diversity of natural factors causing this variability, there is evidence that two anthropogenic factors, i.e. disturbance and an... -
A traditional versus a constructivist conception of assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Hans Otting --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis paper reports a study on conceptions of assessment held by students and instructors. The conceptions of assessment are considered to be one of the four interrelated sets of conceptions which together constitute the conception of education. The three other... -
To what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and intolerances?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Maxine van Dam --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Lysbet Wiersma --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThe purpose of this research is to examine the knowledge of restaurants regarding food allergies and intolerances. The main research question is this: to what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and... -
Student employment in hospitality and tourism: insights from a recent study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsStudents' motives for working are primarily economic, though the proportion of the student body engaged in paid employment in this study is less than 50%. There is also evidence that this varies between students. Students in the final year of... -
Generation Y's attitude towards organic wine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Inkje Hoekstra --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- Hospitality Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Sustainability in Hospitality & Tourism, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research paper focuses on the motives behind Generation Y's wine choices. Data collection was done by reviewing relevant literature, interviewing wine experts and organising blind and open wine tastings accompanied by questionnaires and focus group discussions. Results confirm that... -
Patients’ knowledge and perception of anaesthesia and the anaesthetist at a tertiary health care facility in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Robert Djagbletey --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana George Aryee --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Raymond Essuman --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Vincent Ganu --- Department of Internal Medicine, Ghana Ebenezer O Darkwa --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Christian Owoo --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Francis Ahiaku --- Department of Anaesthesia, Ghana Alfred Yawson --- Department of Community Health, GhanaBackground: Anaesthesia has always been misconstrued as a ‘behind the scenes’ specialty. Despite advancements in anaesthesia, there is inadequate public knowledge regarding the specialty, the scope of the functions of anaesthetists, and the pivotal role anaesthetists play in the healthcare... -
Knowledge, attitude and practices of South African healthcare professionals towards complementary and alternative medicine use for atopic eczema – a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Yasmeen Thandar --- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Heath Sciences, South Africa Julia Botha --- Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacology, South Africa Benn Sartorius --- Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Anisa Mosam --- Department of Dermatology, South AfricaBackground: Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are used widely for treating atopic eczema (AE), commonly in conjunction with conventional medicines prescribed by mainstream healthcare professionals (HCPs). This cross-sectional survey evaluated the knowledge, general attitudes and practices regarding CAM among dermatologists,... -
Agamben at Legon, or, Teaching “Theory” in an African University
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Akin Adesokan --- Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, The Media School, USACritical theory, especially the poststructuralist variant from which postcolonial studies draws its institutional support in US academia, is unthinkable outside of a philosophical tradition that goes back to Plato and is assumed to be Western. African studies, in and out... -
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of post-exposure prophylaxis against blood-borne viral infection among dental surgeons in a teaching hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Mercy Okoh --- Oral Pathology and Medicine Department, Nigeria Birch Dauda Saheeb --- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, NigeriaBackground: This study was aimed at assessing the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of dental surgeons on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices in the control and prevention of malaria in four endemic provinces of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Nzooma M. Shimaponda-Mataa --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Zambia Enala Tembo-Mwase --- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambia Michael Gebreslasie --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study sought to determine malaria knowledge levels, attitudes and practices of the communities in four malaria endemic provinces of Zambia. A cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on malaria transmission, prevention and control was conducted among 584... -
An analysis of how students construct knowledge in a course with a hierarchical knowledge structure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: L Peta Myers --- Department of Accounting, South AfricaPassing the introductory accounting semester is often seen as a challenge for first year students. Being aware of both effective and ineffective ways of constructing knowledge in a discipline with a hierarchical knowledge structure will be of value to students... -
Management for failed back surgery syndrome: three-in-one procedure versus percutaneous spinal fixation alone
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Ahmed Abdalla Mohamed --- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & ICU, Egypt Atef Kamel Salama --- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & ICU, Egypt Ahmed Essam Salem --- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & ICU, Egypt Ashraf El Gallad --- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, EgyptObjectives: To evaluate the short-term outcome of a 3-in-1 procedure including percutaneous facet radiofrequency, percutaneous spinal fixation and steroid with hyaluronidase enzyme injection versus percutaneous spinal fixation alone for cases with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). -
Use of the partogram by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OM Maphasha --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa DP Motloba --- Department of Community Dentistry, South Africa C Barua --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: There is scientific evidence that using the partogram reduces maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. The use of partograms by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital has been reported as inadequate by external audits. The level of knowledge... -
Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Tajudeen O Amusa --- Department of Forest Resources Management, Nigeria S Oladunni Jimoh --- Department of Forest Resources Management, Nigeria Ismail O Azeez --- Department of Forest Resources Management, NigeriaA number of factors persist to constrain the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) market and, by extension, its potential to contribute meaningfully to livelihood development and poverty reduction objectives. To better utilise the potential of NTFPs, it is important to have... -
Development of a charcoal-fuelled dryer for the production of organic fertilizer from hog waste
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: B.O. Akinnuli --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria O.P. Bodunde --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NigeriaThe negligence of livestock farmers regarding waste disposal and inadequate waste control facilities are becoming a serious health and environmental hazard. In this study, a charcoal-fuelled dryer was developed to eliminate the moisture content in hog waste for easy conversion... -
South Africa’s pedagogical transformation for participation in the global knowledge economy: Is it a panacea for modern development?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tlou Ramoroka --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Johannes Tsheola --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Mokoko Sebola --- Department of Public Administration, South AfricaThe advent of computer and Internet technologies has brought continuous and rapid transformations in technology specifically for global and national development purposes. Additionally, computer and the Internet technologies are the basis for so called the ‘e’ phenomenon such as ‘e-communication,... -
Knowledge of Zika virus disease among reproductive-age women attending a general outpatient clinic in Northern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GC Michael --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria I Aliyu --- Department of Paediatrics, Nigeria BA Grema --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria AO Ashimi --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, NigeriaBackground: Nigeria is not insulated from the global threat of Zika virus disease (ZVD) because of international travel and the presence of Zika-virus-carrying mosquitoes in the country. A paucity of studies exists concerning knowledge of ZVD among at-risk populations. Thus,... -
Scientific real-time research problem-solving and pharmaceutical innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chris William Callaghan --- School of Economic and Business Sciences, South AfricaDespite dramatic advances on a global scale in the scientific fields that underlie pharmaceutical innovation, the literature suggests that returns on investment in pharmaceutical R&D have not kept pace. Further, some argue that for the last 50 years advances in... -
Undergraduate medical students’ interest in specialising in Family Medicine at the University of the Free State, 2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DT Hagemeister --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa A Pal --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa N Naidoo --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa U Kristen --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa N Mokgosana --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa G Joubert --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: There is a large demand for Family Medicine specialists, yet not enough medical students specialise in this field. This study investigated the interest of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State in pursuing a career in... -
Relationship between somatic growth and otolith growth: a case study of the ornate jobfish Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus from the coast of Réunion (SW Indian Ocean)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Mahé --- Ifremer, Fisheries Laboratory, Sclerochronology Centre, France Y Aumond --- Ifremer, Le Port, France K Rabhi --- Ifremer, Fisheries Laboratory, Sclerochronology Centre, France R Elleboode --- Ifremer, Fisheries Laboratory, Sclerochronology Centre, France E Bellamy --- Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement Ressources Languedoc Roussillon, France J Huet --- Ifremer, Le Port, France M Gault --- FRS Marine Laboratory, Scotland D Roos --- Ifremer, Le Port, FranceThe ornate jobfish Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus Valenciennes 1832 occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, where it is harvested by small-scale coastal fisheries. Management of this species is hindered by lack of adequate biological data. We sampled a total of 113 individuals... -
Knowledge transfer model for improving productivity of the cable manufacturing industry: A South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thomas Munyai --- Department of Operations Management, South Africa Stephen Nyakala --- Department of Operations Management, South Africa Charles Mbohwa --- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South AfricaIndustry is faced with increased challenges relating to transferring knowledge due to the complex nature of the manufacturing process. This paper is part of a comprehensive research study to develop a knowledge transfer model for improving productivity. Although knowledge management... -
A study of the knowledge and practice of lifestyle modification in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Middelburg sub-district of Mpumalanga
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AE Umeh --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa L Nkombua --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaIntroduction: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common clinical conditions seen by family physicians in their daily practice. They are constantly confronted with the burden of caring for poorly controlled and poorly adherent patients presenting with preventable debilitating, disabling... -
Inventive activity and knowledge flows in the Mediterranean area: A social network analysis based investigation approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Massimiliano Ferrara --- Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Roberto Mavilia --- University for Foreigners ‘Dante Alighieri’, MEDAlics, Via del Torrione 95, Italy Francesca Larosa --- University for Foreigners ‘Dante Alighieri’, MEDAlics, Via del Torrione 95, ItalyThis paper investigates the collaboration of inventive activities at firm level in the Mediterranean area by investigating, through social network analysis, the collaboration between the two shores of Mediterranean area. Using patent data, our aim is to capture some relevant... -
Incursions from the epicentre: Southern theory, social science, and the global HIV research domain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Hodes --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, South Africa Robert Morrell --- Office of the Vice-Chancellor, South AfricaResearch about HIV constitutes a global domain of academic knowledge. The patterns that structure this domain reflect inequalities in the production and dissemination of knowledge, as well as broader inequalities in geopolitics. Conventional metrics for assessing the value and impact... -
Estimating risk factors for HIV infection among women in Mozambique using population-based survey data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sara S Dias --- EpiDoC Unit, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas da NOVA Medical School, Portugal Francisco Mbofana --- Ministry of Health, Mozambique Sheyla R Cassy --- Departamento de Matemática e Informática, Faculdade de Ciências, Mozambique Sónia Dias --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal Gonçalo F Augusto --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal Victor Agadjanian --- Center of Population Dynamics, USA Maria R O Martins --- Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, PortugalThe use of population-based survey data together with sound statistical methods can enhance better estimation of HIV risk factors and explain variations across subgroups of the population. The distribution and determinants of HIV infection in populations must be taken into... -
Rethinking medicinal plants and plant medicines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Diana Gibson --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaBecause plants are perceived as sessile and immobile, they are often represented as objects or things in current literature. In this paper, I explore variations and shifts in research and literature since 2000 that reconsider the ways that plant-related ideas,... -
Performance effects of international knowledge transfer: A panel analysis of human mobility between knowledge environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Sebastian G.M. Händschke --- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM, Germany Raluca Kerekes --- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM, Germany Peter Walgenbach --- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM, GermanyIn this paper, we build on the argument that knowledge transfer is a source for competitive advantage. We test the proposition whether knowledge transfer from knowledge-rich to knowledge-indigent environments leads to better performance. Empirically, we test the performance effects of... -
Building an innovation system and indigenous knowledge in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lauri Johannes Hooli --- Department of Geography and Geology, Finland Jussi Sakari Jauhiainen --- Department of Geography and Geology, EstoniaNamibia, like many southern African countries, aims to become a knowledge-based society with a well-established innovation system (IS). Development based on knowledge and innovation reduces poverty and inequality, even if this causality is also contested. In this study, we analyzed... -
Knowledge of final-year medical students at the University of the Free State of hand hygiene as a basic infection control measure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Bouwer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, South Africa S Labuschagne --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, South Africa S Spamer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, South Africa C Vermaak --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, South Africa L-M Zietsman --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, South Africa D Steyn --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa G Joubert --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: One of the main reasons for the spread of infection in the healthcare environment is inadequate hand hygiene. Poor knowledge of hand hygiene techniques leads to poor compliance. This study aimed to determine Free State University final-year medical students’... -
Through the lens of a herder: insights into landscape ethno-ecological knowledge on rangelands in Namaqualand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Mogamat Igshaan Samuels --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Melvin Swarts --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Amy Schroeder --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Khululiwe Ntombela --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Clement Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaPastoral areas around the world, including South Africa, are resource poor and external development interventions to improve conditions have largely been unsuccessful. It has been advocated that the focus should shift from external stakeholders to local pastoralists by incorporating the... -
Technological advancement and modes of existence in medicinal plant research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Josh B. Cohen --- Anthropology Section, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South AfricaThis paper examines the practices and knowledge of kruiedokters [herb doctors] and a phytochemist engaging with healing properties of plants found in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province. Technological and theoretical advancements in the natural and social sciences toward more holistic or... -
“Doing” diabetes: the unobtrusive presence of plants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hameedah Parker --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaThis article investigates the “knowing” and “doing” (through a material semiotic approach) of diabetes. Practices of treatment and healing give insight into how this chronic medical condition is “done” in clinics and in homes, by clinic staff and patients in... -
Plant knowledge: transfers, shaping and states in plant practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: William Ellis --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, and Centre for Humanities Research, South AfricaThis exploratory paper interrogates the various ways in which knowledge about plants has historically been generated. It first examines how plant knowledge is located in and understood by traditional studies of plants, such as ethnobotany. It pushes at the accepted... -
Human and plant interfaces: relationality, knowledge and practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Diana Gibson --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South Africa William Ellis --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaThis introduction to the special issue on “Human-Plant Interfaces: Relationality, Knowledge and Practices” briefly makes a case for the ethnography of the human-plant interface by referring to three interrelated aspects that emerge from the set of papers that follow. These... -
A theoretical framework for airport-centric developments: The cases of OR Tambo and Cape Town international airports in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Masilonyane Mokhele --- Department of Town and Regional Planning, Faculty of Informatics and Design, South Africa Hermanus S. Geyer --- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE), South AfricaWith a wealth of valuable literature, airports are a topical subject matter on the nexus between transportation technology advancements and land use. While acknowledging the insights of literature, it is argued that improvements are required on the theoretical framework for... -
Healthcare providers’ understanding of HIV serodiscordance in South Africa and Uganda: implications for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ross Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Cecilia Milford --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Francis Bajunirwe --- Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Faith N Mosery --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Claudia K Ng --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Rachel Rifkin --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USA Jasmine Kastner --- McGill University Research Centre, Canada Lavanya Pillay --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Angela Kaida --- Simon Fraser University, Canada David R Bangsberg --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USA Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, and Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Lynn T Matthews --- Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, USAHIV transmission within stable heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples accounts for almost half the new incident infections in South Africa and Uganda. Advances in HIV prevention provide opportunities to reduce transmission risk within serodiscordant partnerships (e.g., antiretroviral treatment (ART), pre-exposure prophylaxis... -
Anaesthetists’ knowledge of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective descriptive study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: J. Jocum --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa W. Lowman --- Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, South Africa H. Perrie --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa J. Scribante --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South AfricaBackground: Surgical site infection (SSI) is the second most common hospital-acquired infection and results in increased morbidity and mortality and a longer hospital stay. Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is one component of broader strategies to reduce rates of SSI. Adherence... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers about healthcare waste management at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Adekunle Olaifa --- Outpatient Department, South Africa Romona D Govender --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Andrew J Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAEBackground: Health care generates a large amount of healthcare waste (HCW), which is complex to manage because of its variety and potential to create health and safety hazards if improperly handled. It is essential that healthcare workers have appropriate knowledge... -
Knowledge and quality-management activities’ influences on technology communication and innovation with African foreign investment experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bong-ihn Seok --- Commercialisation Planning Team, South Korea Man-pil Han --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaWe examined how psychic distance moderates the association of South Korean chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) knowledge and quality management with their predisposition to invest in African technology and innovation markets. Participants were current and prospective South Korean African business investment... -
Communal farmers of Namibia appreciate vultures and the ecosystem services they provide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christie A Craig --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Robert L Thomson --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Andrea Santangeli --- Helsinki Lab of Ornithology, Finnish Museum of Natural History, FinlandEcosystem services are cited as one of the many reasons for conserving declining vulture populations in Africa. We aimed to explore how communal farmers in Namibia perceive vultures and the ecosystem services they provide, with special focus on cultural and... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of healthcare providers regarding contraceptive use in adolescence in Mahalapye, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: ST Tshitenge --- Family Medicine and PH, Botswana K Nlisi --- Botswana Ministry of Health and Welfare, Botswana V Setlhare --- Family Medicine and PH, Botswana R Ogundipe --- Family Medicine and PH, BotswanaIntroduction: Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health problem, for which healthcare providers (HCPs) play a critical role to prevent unintended pregnancy. This study investigated the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of HCPs towards the use of contraceptives in adolescents. -
Challenges experienced by healthcare workers in managing patients with hearing impairment at a primary health care setting: a descriptive case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Orrie --- Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa T Motsohi --- Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South AfricaThere has been little research on the experiences of healthcare workers (HCWs) with deaf/hearing impaired (HI) clients. Anecdotal evidence suggests that HCWs experience challenges, but little is reported on how they manage these challenges. Interactions with and care of deaf/Deaf... -
Anaesthetists’ knowledge of South African Law pertaining to informed consent in an academic centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Mamoojee --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa A Alli --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaBackground: Anaesthetists require knowledge of informed consent laws to mitigate the risk of litigation. The knowledge of South African anaesthetists regarding informed consent law is unknown. -
Yield of hydroponically grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) as affected by different particle sizes of sawdust
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maboloke A Maatjie --- Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, South Africa Martin M Maboko --- Agricultural Research Council–Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa David M Modise --- Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, South AfricaThe particle size of a growing medium is one of the most important aspects in growing crops hydroponically. A study was conducted to determine the effect of particle size of sawdust as a substrate on tomato yield, in a non-temperature-controlled... -
Family planning desires of older adults (50 years and over) in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Njoku Ola Ama --- Department of Statistics, John O Olaomi --- Department of Statistics,Background: This study analysed the views of a stratified sample of 444 older adult women from selected health districts in Botswana on their family planning (FP) use, knowledge, accessibility and availability. -
Association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sandra B Letshwenyo-Maruatona --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Montlenyane Madisa --- Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning, Botswana Thokgamo Boitshwarelo --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Botho George-Kefilwe --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Caroline Kingori --- Department of Social and Public Health, USA Gillian Ice --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Health Sciences and Professions, USA Joseph A Bianco --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Marape Marape --- Marape & Marape Family Medical and Public Health Clinic, Botswana Zelalem T Haile --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, USAIn Botswana, an estimated 350 000 people live with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS testing rates are low, suggesting that many other people remain undiagnosed. Stigma related to HIV/AIDS is prevalent and contributes to low testing rates and under-diagnosis of the virus. Identifying... -
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, TanzaniaEngineering 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... -
Knowledge, awareness and attitude towards human papilloma virus vaccine in a resource-constrained setting: a comparison between an urban and rural population in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Lwangila W Shabani --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, Greys Hospital, South Africa Manivasan Moodley --- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, South Africa Thinagrin Dhasarathun Naidoo --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaObjectives: This study compared the knowledge, awareness and attitude towards the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine between urban and rural population groups. -
Effect of multiple intervention models on uptake of HIV testing services and sexual behaviour among residents of military cantonments in south-east Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Benedict N Azuogu --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Lawrence U Ogbonnaya --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Chukwuma D Umeokonkwo --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Chihurumnanya Alo --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Ngozi A Ifebunandu --- Department of Internal Medicine, Nigeria Christopher N Obionu --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Adaoha P Agu --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Victoria C Azuogu --- Department of Health Education, Nigeria Felix O-O Oyari --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Ifenyinwa M Okafor --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Ugochukwu C Madubueze --- Department of Community Medicine, NigeriaBackground: HIV testing and counselling (HTC) has been a viable tool in controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS, and serves as the entry point in the HIV care and treatment cascade. In Africa, HIV-related morbidity and mortality are high with thousands... -
Efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii in the treatment of acute gastroenteritis in the paediatric population: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Morgambal Padayachee --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Janicke Visser --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Estelle Viljoen --- Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Care Sciences, South Africa Alfred Musekiwa --- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Renée Blaauw --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South AfricaContext: Gastroenteritis (GE) remains the second major cause of death in the most vulnerable of the world’s populations. Potential treatments include the use of probiotics, with the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii being one such option. -
Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy: do primary health care nurses adhere to the HIV breastfeeding recommendations in Limpopo province?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: MH Mphasha --- Department of Public Health, South Africa L Skaal --- Department of Public Health, South AfricaBackground: The HIV and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) guidelines in the revised IYCF policy of 2013 encouraged HIV-positive mothers to breastfeed exclusively for six months. In the case of HIV, the 2013 recommendation was that breastfeeding should continue... -
Knowledge and perception of Family Medicine among medical students at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OE Fasola --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria AO Alao --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria BA Ibisola --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria AM Obimakinde --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria IC Odekunle --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground: Postgraduate training in Family Medicine in Nigeria began over three decades ago, but it was not until recently that the National University Commission (NUC) made it a policy for all Nigerian universities to include undergraduate Family Medicine training in... -
An effective learning culture: Using high performance work systems to strengthen the relationship between communities of practice and knowledge creation in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Florence Nansubuga --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda John C Munene --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Julius Kikooma --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Joyce Nansamba --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Khamis Musanje --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, UgandaThis paper sought to demonstrate how communities of practice can coalesce with high performance work systems to develop an Africanized learning culture that promotes interaction among employees and empowers them to create innovative knowledge for competitive performance. A total of... -
Farmers’ trade skills: exploring the local food chain in Leeuwarden, the 2018 European Capital of Culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marcelo de Mansoldo --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Vanessa de Oliveira Menezes --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsLocal food chains have received increasing attention as an alternative to the mainstream, unsustainable global food model. Farmers who directly sell their products to consumers are an essential link in local food chains. Surprisingly, research on local food chains has... -
Do challenges still exist amongst HIV/AIDS patients in managing their condition? A cross-sectional study of 297 participants in the Ethekwini Metro of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Panjasaram Naidoo --- Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, South Africa Rayanta Premdutt --- Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: South Africa has the largest HIV/AIDS epidemic globally and the largest anti-retroviral treatment (ART) programme in the world, yet HIV incidence is still chronically high in South Africa, especially in KwaZulu-Natal province (KZN). In light of this, a study... -
Diabetes-related knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Free State province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Maretha le Roux --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Marianne Reid --- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Jacques Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaIntroduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health problem with high morbidity and mortality in patients who are mostly still economically active. The growing incidence and health implications for those affected make T2DM a major public health issue. -
Parental care in a sexually monomorphic, ground-nesting passerine, the Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris (Alaudidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: G Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South Africa Sean M Marr --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South AfricaWithin the family Alaudidae, most monomorphic species exhibit some degree of biparental care, but direct paternal care in most species is confined to food provisioning to offspring during the nestling period. Uniquely, the genus Spizocorys is the only sexually monomorphic... -
An evaluation of male learners’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding sexual and reproductive health in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mampho Mochaoa Rogers --- Bethesda Hospital, Department of Health, South Africa Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: With a disparate HIV prevalence among young men and women, high rates of teenage pregnancies and a lack of responsible fatherhood, issues of reproductive health among young people need to be urgently addressed. The aim of this research was... -
Gender appropriateness of field days in knowledge generation and adoption of push-pull technology in eastern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: AW Murage --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), JO Pittchar --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya CAO Midega --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya CO Onyango --- Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre (ADRDC), JA Pickett --- Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom ZR Khan --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), KenyaAdoption studies have identified gender as one of the factors that determine technology uptake and this has been linked to women’s access to farming information or lack of it. Technology scaling up systems should utilise pathways that are compatible with... -
Willingness to establish private forest plantations among households in Oyo State Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Sarafat Ayanfunke Tijani --- Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, NigeriaThis study investigates the willingness of the respondents to establish private forest plantations (PFPs) in Oyo State, Nigeria. Two purposively selected and two randomly selected local government areas were used. One hundred and sixty household heads randomly selected were interviewed... -
Nurturing forest resources in the Vhavenda community, South Africa: factors influencing non-compliance behaviour of local people to state conservation rules
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Mulugheta G Araia --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Paxie W Chirwa --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South AfricaThis comparative study analysed the compliance behaviour of local communities towards culturally protected areas and state-protected indigenous forests. Interviews were conducted with 135 households from four villages. Data analysis was done using non-parametric tests. All villages did not significantly differ... -
Techno-economic viability of off-grid standalone PV-powered LED street lighting system in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: M. O. Babatunde --- Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Nigeria T. O. Akinbulire --- Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Nigeria P. O. Oluseyi --- Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Nigeria M. U. Emezirinwune --- Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, NigeriaThe majority of the street lighting systems in Nigeria are predominantly composed of inefficient lighting fixtures powered either by the grid or diesel generators. Due to the epileptic nature of the grid and the fluctuations in diesel fuel pump prices,... -
HIV testing preferences among pregnant women attending antenatal care and their male partners: a discrete choice experiment in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jeffrey E Korte --- Department of Public Health Sciences, USA Michael Strauss --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South Africa Aissatou Ba --- Department of Public Health Sciences, USA Esther Buregyeya --- School of Public Health, Uganda Joseph KB Matovu --- School of Public Health, Uganda Rose Kisa --- School of Public Health, Uganda William Musoke --- Mildmay Uganda, Uganda Harriet Chemusto --- Mildmay Uganda, Uganda Caroline J Vrana-Diaz --- Department of Public Health Sciences, USA Angela M Malek --- Department of Public Health Sciences, USA Rhoda K Wanyenze --- School of Public Health, Uganda Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South AfricaHIV testing rates remain stubbornly low among men – a crucial target population for reaching the ambitious global and regional goals of the HIV programme. In an era of declining donor funding, identifying cost-effective strategies to increase testing rates amongst... -
Morphological and genetic variation of Leptopelis brevirostris encompasses the little-known treefrogs Leptopelis crystallinoron from Gabon and Leptopelis brevipes from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rayna C Bell --- , , USA Patrick J McLaughlin --- , , USA Gregory FM Jongsma --- , , USA David C Blackburn --- , , USA Bryan L Stuart --- , USAThe Central African treefrog Leptopelis brevirostris has a characteristically short and vertically truncated snout, a tooth-like process at the centre of the mandible, and unlike most species of Leptopelis, eats terrestrial gastropods. Two morphologically similar species (L. crystallinoron and L... -
Usage of digital resources in Civil Technology: A case of teaching Tools and Equipment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thokozani Isaac Mtshali --- Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, South Africa Sylvia Manto Ramaligela --- Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, South Africa Moses Makgato --- Department of Technology and Vocational Education, South AfricaThe digital world is increasingly penetrating the education space, with digital technology gradually being used as a vehicle to deliver educational knowledge and skills in new and innovative ways. The need for technical teacher’s development in using digital resources as... -
Knowledge, perceptions and practices of HIV-infected mothers regarding HIV and infant feeding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Liska Robb --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mariette Nel --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaObjectives: The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, perceptions and practices of HIV-infected mothers regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and infant feeding. -
Promotion of local agri-food products through market knowledge: Consumption patterns and expectations of urban households towards local tomato purée in southern Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Albertine M. Houessou --- , Benin Augustin K.N. Aoudji --- , Benin Rodrigue S. Kaki --- , Benin Smith A.R. Dossou --- , BeninUrban growth in sub-Saharan Africa is an opportunity for local agri-food businesses. However, local agri-food, including tomato purée in southern Benin, are struggling to emerge in urban markets. The main objective of this study was to identify avenues for increased... -
Project-based learning to encourage parental involvement in promoting indigenous technology in schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Khazamula J. Maluleka --- , South AfricaThe Department of Basic Education requests teachers to use the design process as teaching methodology in Technology Education. Learners’ completion of projects poses a challenge for teachers, who are supposed to ensure that their learners undertake a project as part... -
Sexual knowledge and beliefs of IsiXhosa-speaking adolescents: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Peter Khwezi Nyewe --- , South AfricaThis study explored indigenous community adolescents’ perceptions of parent caregiver sexual support. The participants were 174 IsiXhosa speaking adolescents (female = 58.1%; age range = 16 to 18 years). They completed the Parents Sex Education, General View on Sexuality, Sexual... -
Parent-carers of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting: Their cultural and social resourcing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marubini Christinah Sadiki --- , South Africa Israel Kibirige --- , South AfricaThis study explored lived parent-carer experiences of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting. Participants were eight parent-carers (female = 8; age range = 40 to 50 years). The parent-carers completed semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the lived... -
African international students’ career and job satisfaction: The case of China
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dennis Fiifi Darko --- , China Zheng He --- , China Evans Asante Boadi --- , China Isaac Owusu Asante --- , ChinaWe aimed to examine the influence of international education career preparation on job acquisition (JA), skilled labour (SL), and job satisfaction (JS) among African student graduates of Chinese universities. Participants were 708 graduates from Ghana who attended Chinese higher education... -
Short-term impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and different phosphorus levels on selected soil properties and growth components of two dry bean cultivars in phosphorus-deficient soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Mavis Maserole Moila --- , South Africa Alen Manyevere --- , South Africa Sandile Mthimkhulu --- , South Africa Irvine Mariga --- , South AfricaLow yields of dry beans are often associated with lack of inoculation with biofertilisers and deficiencies in soil phosphorus (P). A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and P fertiliser on dry bean... -
Lost in Transfer? Exploring the Influence of Culture on the Transfer of Knowledge Categories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Obinna Alo --- , United KingdomSupported by an extensive review of four-domains of literature (knowledge management, organizational learning, culture, and retail), this study examines the influence of national culture on transfer of knowledge categories in top supermarkets in Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). Data... -
Understanding the relevance of indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation among mixed farmers in the Ngono River Basin, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Theobald Frank Theodory --- , TanzaniaClimate change poses major threats to people and ecosystems. In many areas, climate change impacts have affected the availability of basic necessities including freshwater, food security, and energy. Developing countries are more adversely impacted by climate change and are less... -
Subjective knowledge and health consciousness influences on health tourism intention after the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bo Pu --- , China Fei Du --- , China Lu Zhang --- , China Yanjun Qiu --- , ChinaWe aimed to predict health tourism intention after the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made people more cautious about their health status. Our study participants comprised 369 people from Chengdu, China, who completed an online survey on health consciousness, subjective knowledge,... -
Academic attitude and subjective norms effects on international doctoral students’ academic performance self-perceptions: A moderated-mediation analysis of the influences of knowledge- seeking intentions and supervisor support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Waqas Khuram --- , China Yanqing Wang --- , China Salim Khan --- , China Aisha Khalid --- , ChinaThis study aimed to examine the relationship between international students’ academic attitude and subjective norms on the one hand, and academic self-perception on the other hand in the context of student’s perception of their knowledge- seeking intention and supervisor support... -
Stakeholders’ perceptions of mammal occurrence and abundance on agricultural properties bordering the Boland Mountain Complex, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Willem A Nieman --- , South Africa Brittany C Schultz --- , South Africa Anita Wilkinson --- , South Africa Alison J Leslie --- , South AfricaThe encroachment of agricultural landscapes on natural ecosystems poses a significant threat to native wildlife persistence. In the Boland Mountain Complex (BMC), the presence of mammals was well documented in the 20th century, but an updated account is lacking. This... -
Determinants of adoption of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) based technology in handicrafts among rural women of Amathole, South Africa: A double hurdle model approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Raphael Mudemba --- , South Africa Amon Taruvinga --- , South Africa Leocadia Zhou --- , South AfricaIndigenous Knowledge (IK) based technologies and skills have been central to rural livelihoods for ages. Women apply these techniques in a wide range of livelihood activities both on-farm and off-farm. Despite, growing scholarly work on adoption of technologies in rural... -
Social capital and project management success in a developing country environment: Mediating role of knowledge management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah --- , USA Moses Acquaah --- , USA Ebenezer Adaku --- , Ghana Samuel Famiyeh --- , GhanaDespite significant investments in projects by organizations, governments, and international development agencies in developing countries, many of the projects have failed and continue to fail due to budget overruns, inability to complete projects on time, and poor-quality outcomes. We draw... -
Assessment of diabetes dietary knowledge and its impact on intake of patients in Senwabarwana, Limpopo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: MH Mphasha --- , South Africa TM Mothiba --- , South Africa L Skaal --- , South Africa -
Magnitude, patterns and composition of wildlife roadkill in the Serengeti ecosystem, northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Richard D Lyamuya --- , Tanzania Kwaslema M Hariohay --- , Tanzania Emmanuel H Masenga --- , Tanzania John K Bukombe --- , Tanzania Grayson G Mwakalebe --- , Tanzania Maulid L Mdaki --- , Tanzania Ally K Nkwabi --- , Tanzania Robert D Fyumagwa --- , Tanzania Eivin Røskaft --- , NorwayGlobally, traffic associated with roads that pass through protected areas are the cause of many negative impacts on wildlife, such as wildlife roadkill, which has occurred within the Serengeti ecosystem. A 200 km stretch of gravel road networks that passes... -
Understanding general pedagogical knowledge influences on sustainable teacher well-being: A qualitative exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Irma Eloff --- , South Africa Ann-Kathrin Dittrich --- , AustriaThis qualitative reconstructive study aimed to explore teacher general pedagogical knowledge and professional well-being. The informants were a convenience sample of 18 teachers from Austrian primary schools (n = 5), lower secondary schools (n = 7), and upper secondary schools... -
Importance of detailed soil surveys for Conservation Agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JL Schoeman --- , E Verster --- , HB Booyens --- , MJ du Plessis --- ,This paper explores the role that detailed soil surveys can play in Conservation Agriculture (CA). While it is widely acknowledged that CA practices have to be adapted to local conditions, it appears as if in-field physical soil and hydrological properties,... -
Increasing resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other health threats in food-insecure communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Morris --- , South Africa Thandi Puoane --- , South AfricaThe health of the majority of South Africa’s population is seriously threatened by hunger and micronutrient deficiency, with impaired immune response a real threat, which the current SARSCoV-2 virus pandemic has highlighted. Traditional household food-processing techniques can, amongst other advantages,... -
Institutional and technological innovation for the bamboo sector as an instrument for development and climate change resilience in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tefera Belay Endalamaw --- , Ethiopia Dietrich Darr --- , GermanyGiven a huge resource base, numerous product and service functions, bamboo can top many of the species recommended for integrated rural development in the context of climate change. Despite this potential, there is gap in knowledge and innovation to make... -
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz --- , South Africa Thato Senabe --- , South Africa Musa Maseko --- , South Africa Yolanda Reigadas --- , South AfricaThis is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the... -
The feasibility of resistance in the workplace: A critical investigation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: A. Benda Hofmeyr --- , South AfricaIn this article, I undertake a critical interrogation of the complex relations of control operating in the contemporary workplace of the knowledge worker by drawing on Foucault’s theorisation of power and resistance. I plot the risks to which the knowledge... -
The effectiveness of diabetic foot-care education in a South African regional hospital: a randomised controlled trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Prabashni Manickum --- , South Africa Thandinkosi Madiba --- , South Africa Serela Ramklass --- , South Africa -
Interactions among actors in improved rice varieties innovation system in the Eastern Zone of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sospeter J. Charles --- , Tanzania Amon Z. Mattee --- , Tanzania Catherine P. Msuya-Bengesi --- , TanzaniaThe concept of IS has gained importance in understanding the interactions among actors as determinants of innovation. Determinants of innovation are not viewed individually but within the context of a complex IS involving many actors and interactions. Therefore, this study... -
Unleashing traditional ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation and resilience to climate change in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nathan Kanuma Taremwa --- , Rwanda Marie-Christine Gasingirwa --- , Rwanda Donat Nsabimana --- , RwandaThe purpose of this study was to assess how traditional ecological knowledge systems can be leveraged to achieve biodiversity conservation and build resilience to climate change. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to study 379 local people residing around... -
Strengthening intermediaries in the National System of Innovation (NSI): Case of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bongiwe Mncwango --- , South Africa Samuel Fongwa --- , South AfricaThis paper uses the National System of Innovation (NSI) framework to interrogate the role of professional organizations as intermediaries within the South African NSI. Using the case of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), we explore the... -
Intentions behind common and risky fires in south-eastern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Ellie Wood --- , United Kingdom Mercy Mgaya --- , United Republic of Tanzania Christopher Andrews --- , United Kingdom Kate Schreckenberg --- , United Kingdom Janet A Fisher --- , United Kingdom Isla Grundy --- , Casey M Ryan --- , United KingdomHuman-set fires are a crucial component of African savannas, affecting ecosystem structure, carbon emissions, local hazards and livelihoods. Yet, most fire research in these ecosystems focuses on the fire ecology of protected areas. Research exploring fire regimes in inhabited landscapes... -
Swahili Seafarers’ Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Jauquelyne Kosgei --- , South AfricaThis paper provides an analysis of Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea (2019) with a focus on local knowledges of the sea that shore folk and seafarers from Pate Island on the Kenyan coast possess. Attention is paid to how these... -
Rhizomic Writing and Reading of a Nation Coming to Birth in Yvonne A. Owuor’s Novel, Dust
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Christopher Odhiambo Joseph --- , KenyaAnchored on Deleueze and Guattari’s notion of rhizome, this article inspects the narrative strategy in Yvonne Owuor’s novel, Dust, in imagining the Kenyan nation, especially in the context of the contested presidential elections of 2007. It subsequently grapples with how... -
Characteristics of herbaceous vegetation on abandoned fallow fields in south central Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Linda Mtali-Chafadza --- , Zimbabwe Prisca H Mugabe --- , Zimbabwe Emmanuel Manzungu --- , ZimbabweFields abandoned to fallow, due to biophysical and socio-economic factors in communal areas of Zimbabwe, are used for livestock grazing. A study was conducted to characterise vegetation from such fields, and assess its grazing suitability across four agroecological regions (AER... -
Knowledge sharing by clinicians using social media: A case study in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tesfa Tegegne Asfaw --- , Ethiopia Belisty Yalew Mekonnen --- , EthiopiaSocial media is becoming an integral part of medical information dissemination. Health professionals adopt social media for clinical knowledge sharing and for social networking. However, there is no information specifically about use of social media by Ethiopian clinicians: The purpose... -
How do institutionalized supplier development initiatives affect knowledge transfer and operational performance? Evidence from SME construction companies in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- , South Africa Maxwell Phiri --- , South AfricaThe purpose of the study is, first, to examine how, and which institutionalized supplier development initiatives are associated with knowledge transfer, and, second, to investigate the mediating role of knowledge transfer between institutionalized supplier development and operational performance. Data were... -
Adoption of eco-bricks for housing: the case of Yelwa, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Uche Emmanuel Edike --- , Nigeria Omotayo Aina --- , Nigeria Adebowale Babalola Adeoye --- , NigeriaThe benefits of eco-bricks have been highlighted in contemporary literature. Notwithstanding, the adoption of eco-bricks masonry for the construction of houses in rural communities of low-income countries is significantly low. This study investigated the features, benefits, drivers and barriers to... -
Breakfast and lunchboxes provided to foundation phase learners: do caregivers’ knowledge and attitude reflect their practices?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Thea Hansen --- , South Africa Elmine du Toit --- , South Africa Cornel van Rooyen --- , South Africa Ronette Lategan-Potgieter --- , United States -
Fighting COVID-19 and HIV through community mobilisation: lessons from an integrated approach to the Africa CDC Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) initiative in seven countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adriana Jimenez Cuen --- , Switzerland Agnes Kante --- , Ethiopia Sihaka Tsemo --- , Ethiopia Benjamin Djoudalbaye --- , EthiopiaRecent literature has shown how the HIV architecture, including community systems, has been critical for fighting COVID-19 in many countries, while sustaining the HIV response. Innovative initiatives suggest that fostering the integration of health services would help address the colliding... -
Indigenous knowledge and science-based predictors reliability and its implication for climate adaptation in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Daniel Adu Ankrah --- , Ghana Nana Afranaa Kwapong --- , Ghana Seth Dankyi Boateng --- , GhanaThe study examined the reliability of indigenous knowledge and science-based predictors of climate and how this influences smallholder farmers’ practices and adaptations in Ghana’s three regions (Northern, Western and Volta regions). Two districts were selected in each region: Builsa South... -
Wangari Maathai’s Environmental Bible as an African Knowledge: Eco-spirituality, Christianity, and Decolonial Thought
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Adriaan van Klinken --- , UKRecent scholarship has acknowledged the contribution of the environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), to African ecological and decolonial thinking. As far as Maathai’s engagement with religion is concerned, scholarship emphasises her critique of Christianity for... -
Lessons and insights from the global productivity slowdown: A research management agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chris William Callaghan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaAccording to the Solow paradox, the impact of the computer age can be seen everywhere but in the productivity statistics. Despite much debate about productivity gains promised by technologies associated with the ‘fourth industrial revolution,’ these are largely yet to... -
Building on the strengths of African indigenous knowledge and innovation (AIK&I) for sustainable development in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olawale R. Olaopa --- Imam AbdulRahaman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Oladiran A. Ayodele --- Osun State University, NigeriaThe effective promotion or utilization of the ingenuity from African indigenous knowledge and innovation (AIK&I) has great potential for reducing some of Africa’s interrelated development challenges listed to be addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unfortunately, the concept of... -
Local perceptions and sociocultural value of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Clément Daboné --- University Centre of Tenkodogo/University Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso Adama Ouéda --- University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso Lindy J Thompson --- , South Africa Jacques Boco Adjakpa --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Peter DM Weesie --- University of Groningen, The NetherlandsHooded Vultures have suffered from dramatic population declines in recent decades owing to anthropogenic pressures. To properly address this threat, the sociocultural perspectives towards this species should be considered. We examined peoples' perceptions, knowledge and beliefs on Hooded Vulture's sociocultural... -
Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions for the adoption of in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) technique in Thaba Nchu, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Admire Rukudzo Dzvene --- , South Africa Weldemichael Tesfuhuney --- , South Africa Sue Walker --- , South Africa Andries Fourie --- , South Africa Cobus Botha --- , South Africa Gert Ceronio --- , South AfricaA systematic engagement strategy was used to identify contextual factors that prevent farmers from accepting the in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) technique. The purpose of the qualitative study is to assess farmers’ knowledge and attitudes about the technique, as well as... -
South African citizens’ self-assessed knowledge about the fourth industrial revolution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Matolwandile Mzuvukile Mtotywa --- , South Africa Mankodi Moitse --- , South Africa Modjadji Alidia Seabi --- , South AfricaThis study assessed the levels of knowledge of South African citizens about the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) to determine how organizations can assimilate the implications of 4IR to leapfrog the development of the country. The findings show that knowledge was... -
Innovation policy for economic development: The difficult but promising adequacy in the case of Senegal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vanessa Casadella --- , France Sofiane Tahi --- , FranceWe use the National Innovation System (NIS) approach to analyze the performance of innovation policy of the sub-Saharan economy: the Senegal. The NIS approach makes it possible to understand how actors create and disseminate new knowledge, in a context of... -
The effect of external knowledge on innovation capacity of SMES: Does the source of knowledge matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Clovis Miamo Wendji --- , Cameroun Charles Bertin Pilag Kakeu --- , CamerounThis paper aims to analyze the effects of different sources of external knowledge (market sources, institutional sources and business network affiliation) on firms’ capacity to innovate. Using cross-sectional data collected with the help of questionnaires on a sample of 514... -
Using research and development indicators to shape innovation in Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: M. Madhou --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, Mauritius S. B. Moosun --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, Mauritius D. Naginlal-Modi Nagowah --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, MauritiusResearch and Development (R&D) measurements are widely used in the formulation of evidence-based policies to boost a country’s innovation performance. This paper showcases how traditional (Expenditure and Number of Researchers) and country specific R&D data were used for the first... -
Breeding status of invasive Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tinyiko C Shivambu --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ndivhuwo Shivambu --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri has established feral populations in South African suburban areas. However, the information on the breeding biology of parakeets remains poorly documented in the country. We assessed parakeets’ breeding status and behaviour by locating their roost... -
Slow repair: gender and restorative justice in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shannon Morreira --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis article reports on a ceremony gone awry at Kufunda Village, Zimbabwe, in which women had refused to follow a gendered cultural script of forgiveness and had instead released rather than slaughtered a chicken. They thus reinscribed old symbols with... -
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its prevention: awareness and knowledge in Uganda and Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Gundel Harms --- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Katja Schulze [B0002] Ilaria Moneta --- International Health, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Chris Baryomunsi [B0004] Paulina Mbezi [B0005] Gabriele Poggensee --- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute in Berlin,Awareness and knowledge about HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and preventive measures in different population groups and health personnel were analysed in future intervention areas in western Uganda and south-western Tanzania. In Uganda, a total of 751 persons (440 clients of... -
Phase III microbicide trial methodology: opinions of experienced expanded safety trial participants in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Janneke van de Wijgert --- IATEC Foundation, Heidi Jones --- Population Council, Annalie Pistorius --- Health Professions Council of South Africa, Alana de Kock --- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit of the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mohlatlego Sebola --- Health Professions Council of South Africa, Barbara Friedland --- International Programs Division, Population Council, Anwar Hoosen --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, Medunsa Campus of the University of Limpopo, Nicol Coetzee --- UK National Health Service,In preparation for effectiveness trials of candidate vaginal microbicides, scientists are debating trial design and implementation challenges, including choice of control arm(s), product-sharing across arms, and visit schedules. This study involved a survey of South African women participating in an... -
Poverty and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: an empirical contribution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Lerato Sonia Tladi --- Demography Section of the Social Aspect of HIV/AIDS (SAHA) Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council,This study sets out to establish and explain the empirical link between HIV/AIDS and poverty using data collected by the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS). Analysis is restricted to women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years)... -
Gender differences in university students' HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviours in Malawi: a pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pierson RT Ntata --- Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Adamson S Muula --- Flinders University Medical School, Australia Seter Siziya --- Medical Biostatistics in the School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Edrinnie E Kayambazinthu --- English Department, Chancellor College, University of Medicine,A cross-sectional study was conducted among first-year university students in Malawi to determine distributions of HIV/AIDS related knowledge, and sexual behaviours. A total of 314 (199 male and 115 female) students were eligible to participate, and of these 221 (70.4%)... -
HIV/AIDS and Indian youth - a review of the literature (1980 – 2008)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anita Nath --- , IndiaThe main objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation regarding HIV/AIDS among youth in India, and explore the possible strategies that could be effective in combating the spread of this disease. India is in... -
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards people living with HIV among the general staff of a public university in Malaysia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Yvonne Tee --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Mary Huang --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia , MalaysiaStigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV have been widely documented, and have extended their impact into the workplace. Stigmatising attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the workplace significantly hinder HIV prevention efforts and indirectly affect national... -
HIV/AIDS knowledge, behaviour and beliefs among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Preshani Reddy --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Jose Frantz --- University of the Western Cape,Globally, South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS. In the absence of cure, prevention is the only available method to reduce HIV prevalence rates. This can only be obtained through behavioural change, which is associated with a good knowledge... -
HIV knowledge and health-seeking behavior in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Carolyn M. Audet [d209e19] Mohsin Sidat Meridith Blevins Troy D. Moon Alfredo Vergara Sten H. VermundHIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns... -
Perception of HIV/AIDS among the Igbo of Anambra State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Caroline Okumdi Muoghalu [d353e19] Samuel Ayodele JegedePerception is fundamental in the fight against stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). Perception generally influences discriminatory attitudes towards PLHIV which exacerbates their problems and quickens the degeneration of the disease from HIV to AIDS. This study examined the... -
‘You need to have some guts to teach’: Teacher preparation and characteristics for the teaching of sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- , South Africa Renée DePalma --- , SpainUsing in-depth interviews, we asked sexuality educators in South Africa about their own professional preparation and what they believed were necessary educator characteristics for teaching Sexuality Education. Our findings show that our teachers taught Sexuality Education without any appropriate qualification... -
Modelling self-assessed vulnerability to HIV and its associated factors in a HIV-burdened country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: A. F. Fagbamigbe --- , , South Africa A. M. Lawal --- , , South Africa E. S. Idemudia --- , , South AfricaBackground: Globally, individuals’ self-assessment of vulnerability to HIV infection is important to maintain safer sexual behaviour and reduce risky behaviours. However, determinants of self-perceived risk of HIV infection are not well documented and differ. We assessed the level of self-perceived... -
Effect of a multicomponent behavioural PMTCT cluster randomised controlled trial on HIV stigma reduction among perinatal HIV positive women in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Suat Babayigit --- , , USA Violeta J. Rodriguez --- , , USA Jenny Jean --- , USA Sibusiso Sifunda --- , South Africa Deborah L. Jones --- , , USABackground: We evaluate the impact a multicomponent, behavioural, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), cluster randomised controlled trial on HIV stigma reduction among perinatal HIV infected women in rural South Africa. Methods: In a cluster randomised controlled trial, twelve... -
Factors associated with knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS among married women in Bangladesh: evidence from a nationally representative survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Md. Ashiqul Haque --- , , Bangladesh Md. Sha Newaj Hossain --- , , Bangladesh Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury --- , , USA Md. Jamal Uddin --- , , BangladeshWomen in Bangladesh share a greater risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) infection compared to men. Levels of knowledge and awareness largely contribute to the prevalence of the HIV epidemic and its consequences. So, it is... -
Knowledge, attitudes and prevention practices regarding HIV/AIDS among barbers in Ho municipality, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mercy Demaris Quarm --- , Ghana Jacqueline Mthembu --- , South Africa Khangelani Zuma --- , South Africa Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang --- , GhanaThe barbing industry poses particular public health risks if it is not conducted in a safe and hygienic manner. These risks can lead to the transmission of infectious diseases like the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to the barbers or their... -
A new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalyA new species of prehensile‐tailed gecko of the genus Urocotyledon is described from the dry western slopes of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. The species is most similar to its west African congeners, differing significantly from U. wolterstorffi of the... -
Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: a case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Andiswa Finca --- , South Africa Suzanne Linnane --- Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland Jill Slinger --- Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands David Getty --- Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland M Igshaan Samuels --- University of Western Cape, South AfricaCommunal rangelands in South Africa are generally perceived as overgrazed owing to complexities in their histories and collective utilisation which often leads to improper management. A suitable solution has not been found in land management policies because local people’s contexts... -
Mapping the strength of sectoral innovation system in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry: Empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rachael Aderonke Ayo-Lawal --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Caleb Muyiwa Adelowo --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Ayobami Adesina Oyewale --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Emmanuel Emeka Ejim-Eze --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Elizabeth Adeteju Omimakinde --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Wilson Oyekigho Erhun --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Okechukwu Ukwuoma --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaIt is well known that innovation in the modern economy is driven by interactions among the stakeholders that make up the innovation system. Effective interactions among key actors in an innovation system foster flow of knowledge and resources development and... -
Factors associated with buying sex and the knowledge that condoms prevent HIV among long-distance truck drivers at Kazungula weighbridge terminal, Chobe District, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wada Gaolaolwe --- Lobatse Institute of Health Sciences, Botswana Mathildah Mokgatle --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaBackground: Long-distance truck drivers (LDTDs) have a higher rate of HIV infection compared to the general population. This is due to their living and working conditions which predispose them to riskier sexual behaviours. Inadequate knowledge of HIV and AIDS, coupled... -
Configuring blended education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Javed Suleri --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis study investigated the role of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, software, competencies and values in blended education. A 28-item survey was administered to a sample of 102 respondents from several institutes of higher education. Results show that infrastructure... -
An analysis of the use of share-based payments by the JSE Top 100 companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ramishka Nardhamuni --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Kayleigh Greenslade --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Wayne van Zijl --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaLimited research has been conducted on companies’ use of share-based payments in a South African context. Where research has been performed, the focus has been predominantly on shared-based payments as part of executive remuneration packages. This paper extends this research... -
Constrained controlled optimization problems involving second-order derivatives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Koushik Das --- , India Savin Treanţă --- University Politehnica of Bucharest, RomaniaIn this paper, we investigate the nonlinear Lagrange dynamics associated with two classes of constrained controlled optimization problems involving second- order derivatives. More precisely, we formulate and prove necessary conditions of optimality for the considered variational control problems governed by... -
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses regarding enteral nutrition at a military hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Londolani Ramuada --- Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Lizl Veldsman --- Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Nedzingahe Livhuwani --- Lr Research & Data Analysis Consulting, South Africa Renée Blaauw --- Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Corporate social responsibility and employee knowledge sharing: The roles of organisational trust and exchange quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Si Qian --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Ke Ma --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Siqi Guo --- Beijing Technology and Business University, ChinaDrawing on the social exchange theory, this study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee knowledge-sharing behaviour, including the roles organisational trust and exchange quality play in that relationship. Survey data were collected from... -
Variations and extensions of the Gaussian concentration inequality, Part I
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Daniel J. Fresen --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe classical Gaussian concentration inequality for Lipschitz functions is adapted to a setting where the classical assumptions (i.e. Lipschitz and Gaussian) are not met. The theory is more direct than much of the existing theory designed to handle related generalizations... -
Towards developing a national framework for industry 4.0 in African emerging economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olugbenga Ayo Ojubanire --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Hicham Sebti --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Sabrina Berbain --- ISG International Business School, FranceUnlike past industrial eras, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (industry 4.0) is accelerated and continues to gain momentum. While developed economies are making remarkable progress and contributing geometrically to the global value chain, African emerging economies have continued to grapple with... -
Effect of an educational intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour in type 2 diabetic patients at a foot and eye care practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: B Pezeshki --- School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Iran S Orangi --- School of Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Iran SM Kashfi --- School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran P Afzali Harsini --- School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran F Mohammadkhah --- Ramsar School of Nursing, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran A Khani Jeihooni --- School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran -
Completeness of the road-to-health card and factors affecting knowledge and practices of growth monitoring and promotion in caregivers of young children in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Mabesa --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Knight --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa N Nkwanyana --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -
Evaluation innovation in Africa: Towards indigenously responsive evaluation (IRE) philosophies, methods and practices in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Evans Sakyi Boadu --- University Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), PMB Somanya, Ghana Isioma Ile --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaEvaluation within an indigenous society is a social activity. Thus, it requires both tangible and intangible or hidden factors such as cultural values, norms, communal relational structures, power dynamics, attitudes, consensus-building, community aspirations, empowerment and other practical knowledge to develop... -
Examining the continued intention of using the Ugunduzi app in farmer-led research of agro-ecological practices among smallholder farmers in selected areas, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Luambano Lawlence Kihoma --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Ayubu J. Churi --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Camilius A. Sanga --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Eugenio Tisselli --- Institute of Integrative Biology, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, SwitzerlandFarmer-led research of agro-ecological practices could support smallholder farmers in identifying the best-fit practices to improve crop production. A smartphone based app named Ugunduzi was developed purposefully to support farmers in their research activities. The purpose of this study was... -
Frog and reptile conservation through the lens of South Africa’s nature-based cultural practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Fortunate M Phaka --- North-West University, South Africa Jean Hugé --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Maarten PM Vanhove --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Louis H du Preez --- North-West University, South AfricaEthnoherpetology improves our understanding of the conservation implications of nature-based cultural practices through investigations of the influence of traditional culture on frog and reptile species (herptiles). Improved understanding of the implications of human activities on these taxa is especially important... -
Informal structures in knowledge and the effectiveness of the transfer process among construction workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Justine Mselle --- Department of Land Management and Valuation, Ardhi University, Tanzania Samwel Alananga --- Department of Land Management and Valuation, Ardhi University, Tanzania Sarah Phoya --- Department of Building Economics, Ardhi University, Tanzania Harriet Eliufoo --- Department of Building Economics, Ardhi University, TanzaniaThe combination of both Structured Knowledge Transfer (SKT) and Unstructured Knowledge Transfer (UKT) processes is important for Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness (KTE) in construction workplace practices. However, the extant literature suggests that there is a high level of KTE in informal... -
Knowledge, awareness, and perception of senior high school learners towards nuclear energy: A South African case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Yasthil Nundlal --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Keenan Govender --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Nokubonga Lungile Nzuke --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Mfanafuthi Vukani Mbatha --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Nangamso Gwexa --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Kelsi Naidoo --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Opeyeolu T. Laseinde --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Sogo Mayokun Abolarin --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated senior South African high school students’ levels of knowledge, perception, attitude, and awareness toward nuclear energy using paper-based, semi-structured questionnaires and digital data collection instruments through online Google forms. The sample consisted of 100 high school students... -
Community involvement in the mass capture of Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea adjacent to protected areas: the case of Chemba District, Dodoma, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Naza Emanuel Mmbaga --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Richard John Mongi --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Mhuji Bukheti Kilonzo --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Leonard Kamanga Katalambula --- The University of Dodoma, TanzaniaThe mass capture and utilisation of Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea as a source of food is practiced in different African countries. The current study sought information on the trapping methods and techniques used by local communities in Chemba District, Tanzania,... -
Long-term trends from Citizen Scientists: 24 years of breeding success data of African Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini in the Garden Route
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: B Arendse --- , South Africa P Dawson --- , South Africa B Mels --- , Ireland M Brown --- University of KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaLong-term data on breeding success in beach-nesting birds in southern Africa are scarce. Citizen science projects have risen to the forefront of large dataset collection efforts globally, with several local projects helping us unpack long-term trends for species in southern... -
Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices: a comparison of urban and rural adults in the Free State province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wasiuddin Najam --- Texas Tech University, United States of America Corinna Walsh --- University of the Free State, South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- Texas Tech University, United States of America -
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, ChinaBased on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females... -
Factors influencing the adoption of HIV prevention measures in low socio-economic communities of inner-city Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Firoza Haffejee --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Jennifer Ducray --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Jyotika Basdav --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Colette Kell --- Durban University of Technology, South AfricaSouth Africa is the epicentre of the HIV pandemic. Although there have been health promotion education campaigns to reduce HIV incidence, these have not achieved the desired outcomes. When exploring the effectiveness of these campaigns, it is useful not only... -
Interventions to improve young men’s utilisation of HIV-testing services in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: perspectives of young men and health care providers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sithembiso Ndlovu --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Andrew Ross --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Mutshidzi Mulondo --- University of the Free State, South AfricaIntroduction: HIV-testing services (HTS) are an important point of entry to prevention and treatment of HIV in South Africa. Despite the availability of HTS across the region and in SA, the uptake among men remains low, especially young men residing... -
Effects of succinic acid impregnation on physical properties of sapwood and heartwood from plantation-grown short-rotation teak
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Sarah Augustina --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Teguh Darmawan --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Sudarmanto --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Narto Narto --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Adik Bahanawan --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Danang S Adi --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Dimas Triwibowo --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Yusup Amin --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Imran A Sofianto --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Prabu S Sejati --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Wahyu Dwianto --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Witjaksono --- National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia Ragil Widyorini --- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Philippe Gérardin --- Université de Lorraine, France Sari Delviana Marbun --- National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaThe aim of this study was to improve the properties of 15-year-old short rotation teak wood using a succinic acid (SA) treatment without excessively increasing the weight gain. The samples were classified as sapwood (SW) and heartwood (HW). Samples were... -
Empirical investigation of the Fintech and financial literacy nexus: Small business managers’ insights in Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Prince Hikouatcha --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Alain Gilles Tagne Foka --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Armand Depesquidoux Fossi --- University of Dschang, Cameroon Simplice A Asongu --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaRecent and ongoing advancements in the field of ICT have led to the introduction of increasingly diversified financial products, and their use is improving people’s level of financial knowledge and skills. This article aims at assessing the effect of Fintech... -
A quantitative analysis of obstacles to innovation among small, micro, and medium-sized enterprises: Evidence from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Siyasanga Qomoyi --- Equitable Education and Economies, Human Sciences Research Council, Sikhulumile Sinyolo --- Public Health, Societies and Belonging, Human Sciences Research Council, Kgabo Hector Ramoroka --- Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Human Sciences Research Council, Amy Kahn --- Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Human Sciences Research Council, Luthando Zondi --- Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Human Sciences Research Council,Firm-level innovation in sub-Saharan Africa remains under-researched. To address this gap, this paper examines the obstacles to innovation faced by small, micro, and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa. Using the 2018 Business Innovation Survey, we apply the double-hurdle model... -
Factors affecting smallholder farmers’ local knowledge-based adaption to build resilience in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Workneh Fanta --- Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia Pat Gibbons --- University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland Berhanu Kuma --- Wolaita Sodo University, EthiopiaThis study aims to identify factors affecting local adaptation strategies smallholder farmers are practising to adapt multiple stresses. Primary data were collected from 400 randomly sampled households from six districts of Wolaita zone by face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions, and... -
Associations between nutrition knowledge and obesity-related attitudes and physical activity among young adults from Kenya, South Africa, and the United Kingdom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Siphiwe N Dlamini --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Asanda Mtintsilana --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Witness Mapanga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Ashleigh Craig --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shane A Norris --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Parents’ environmental knowledge and perception of young children’s nature connectedness: The serial mediating role of parents’ environmental concern and parent–child engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeng Xiaoying --- Nanjing Normal University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between parents’ environmental knowledge and 3- to 6-year-old children’s nature connectedness, and the mediating role of parents’ environmental concern and parent–child engagement in that relationship. Participants were 427 parents from rural western China (female =... -
LovesCompany: evaluating the safety and feasibility of a mental health-focused online community for adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Anna Van Meter --- New York University Langone Health, USA Neha Agrawal --- Yeshiva University, USABackground: Adolescents are at risk for mental health (MH) disorders but are unlikely to seek services and may be reluctant to talk about their MH. An anonymous, online MH-focused community could help reduce suffering. However, online forums can also promote... -
Innovation research in and on Africa: A literature analysis in 2015–2021
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- University of Turku, Finland John Ouma Mugabe --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaInnovation scholars disseminate their significant findings through international scientific journals. We conducted content analysis of 2,869 peer-reviewed articles on innovation in Africa, examining their origins, themes, collaborative networks, and scholarly influence. These articles, spanning the years 2015–2021, were curated from... -
Use and management of seagrass ecosystems in southwestern Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Rakotonjanahary --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar C Rakotomahazo --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar J Nirinamamiko --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar T Razakarisoa --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar GGB Todinanahary --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar T Lavitra --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar G Lepoint --- UR FOCUS, University of Liège, Belgium MA Vanderklift --- CSIRO Environment, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia L Ranivoarivelo --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, MadagascarMadagascar’s seagrass meadows are among the least-studied ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean region. To facilitate sustainable management, understanding the traditional uses of seagrass areas in relation to current management policies is necessary. This study assessed the uses of, and... -
Highly variable breeding phenology in an arid region colonial cooperative breeder, the Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Pietro B D’Amelio --- Université Paris-Saclay and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, France Nicolas J Silva --- , France Liliana R Silva --- University of Porto, Portugal André C Ferreira --- University of Zurich, Switzerland Franck Theron --- University of Porto, Portugal Claire Doutrelant --- , France Rita Covas --- University of Porto, PortugalDescribing breeding phenology (the timings of reproductive events) is central for studying individual fitness and population dynamics. While fundamental differences in breeding strategies between different biomes (e.g. tropics and temperate regions) have long been identified, detailed descriptions based on long-term... -
The beast that never forgot? Baboon conservation and the role of multispecies history
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sandra Swart --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaHistory and culture were long seen as definitionally human. As other distinctive traits that once defined our species as unique disappeared, at least we still had those two. But are we really the only species shaped by our pasts and... -
The mediation effect of innovation in the relationship between external knowledge and firm performance in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Sam Zisuh Njinyah --- Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, United Kingdom Geofry Areneke --- Metropolitan University Business School, United Kingdom Isaac K. Ofori --- Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland Gaelle Lesly Chofor Lepawa --- Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, United KingdomThe purpose of this research is to explore empirically the mediation effect of firm innovation on the relationship between external knowledge and firm performance. Using cross-sectional data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey in ten sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, a... -
Using stakeholder knowledge to co-produce research priorities for a raptor species vulnerable to impacts of wind energy facilities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Megan Murgatroyd --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Samantha Ralston-Paton --- , South Africa Arjun Amar --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe global energy transition necessitates a rapid increase in infrastructure in developing countries, including for wind energy facilities (WEFs). Concerns arise regarding the negative impacts of WEFs on biodiversity, especially on birds of prey or raptors and other volant animals... -
A framework for using social media for organisational learning: An empirical study of South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Harry Moongela* --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Marié Hattingh --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study addresses the gap in the literature in terms of the lack of guidelines for organisations that would like to use social media to facilitate organisational learning (OL). This study presents an overarching conceptual theoretical framework that can assist... -
How textual and picture cues influence motor skill learning in short instructional videos: Evidence from eye-tracking experiments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yue Hu --- Tianjin University of Sport, China Fang Qi --- Tianjin University of Sport, China Yanling Wu --- Tianjin University of Sport, China Pengpeng Yang --- Häme University of Applied Sciences, FinlandThree eye-tracking experiments were designed to determine the influence of textual and graphic cues on motor skill learning in short instructional videos. Experiment 1 (n = 45) manipulated the colour of picture cues (red arrows, white arrows, and without cue)... -
Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to diabetes among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Tshepong Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: U Maduemezia --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa E Variava --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa T Moloantoa --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa P Abraham --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa B Rambau --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa TS Ndaba --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa S Bhana --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa R Daya --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Local knowledge and uses of the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus in northern Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Hermann Cyr Toni --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Ayékotchami Jacques Dossou --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Mèvognon Pacôme Mama --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Christel Kenou --- , Benin Agossou Bruno Djossa --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, BeninHumans rely on several services delivered by biodiversity for their subsistence. Relationships between humans and biodiversity vary among sociocultural groups. Considering the increasing threats on parrot species worldwide, this study assessed local knowledge and uses of the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus... -
Knowledge, attitudes and support practices related to breastfeeding promotion of doctors and nurses in Motheo district, Free State province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Imke Hennop --- University of the Free State, South Africa Janet Adede Carboo --- University of the Free State, South Africa Mariette Nel --- University of the Free State, South Africa Corinna May Walsh --- University of the Free State, South Africa -
Why traditional diets are more relevant than ever today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Cheryl Morris --- Naturopath, South Africa Thandi Puoane --- University of the Western Cape, SAThe current epidemic of obesity and its co-morbidities reflect an urgent need to reform our modern eating patterns. This commentary proposes the reclamation of our traditional diets of the precolonial, preindustrial era, which are argued to be more sustainable, in... -
Nontrivial solutions for multiparameter k-Hessian systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Huanhuan Ding --- Northwest Normal University, People’s Republic of China Chenghua Gao --- Northwest Normal University, People’s Republic of China Xingyue He --- Northwest Normal University, People’s Republic of ChinaThis paper is devoted to studying the coupled system of multiparameter k-Hessian equations -
Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Pius Siakwah --- University of Ghana, Ghana Austin Dziwornu Ablo --- University of Ghana, Ghana Rosina Sheburah-Essien --- University of Ghana, Ghana Mariama Zaami --- University of Ghana, Ghana Joseph Awetori Yaro --- University of Ghana, GhanaThis paper examines how farmers adapt to climate change through innovation diffusion amidst declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana. Small-scale farmers rely on indigenous practices and technological diffusion to cope with change even where the adoption levels of... -
Effect of altitudinal gradient on reproductive and feeding behaviours of four congeneric endemic freshwater fish in the Zat Catchment (Morocco)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A Ahnich --- Polydisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco F Aitboumalassa --- Polydisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco H Khalki --- Polydisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco M Naimi --- Polydisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, MoroccoThe adaptive capacity of freshwater fish enables them to undergo morphological and structural changes in response to environmental fluctuations. Documenting these responses is crucial to assess species vulnerability to ecological perturbations. This study investigated the reproductive, feeding and physiological adaptations... -
Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Fortunate M Phaka --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Jean Hugé --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Fortune Ravhuanzwo --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Maarten PM Vanhove --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South AfricaScientific taxonomy, as a standardised means of communicating about wildlife, might have limited use or relevance for wildlife conservation stakeholders with minimal understanding of scientific names. Indigenous language names can improve species-specific communication with non-expert conservation stakeholders due to their... -
Phases of STI cycle: Countries comparative analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Eugeny Balatsky --- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation Svetlana Ushakova --- Politics and Law in Science and Technology, Russian Federation Vadim Malahov [cor1] Maxim Yurevich --- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian FederationThis article focuses on a comparative analysis of the main technological development stages of a country. For the purpose of assessing the S&T potential of countries, a method of creating a scientific and technological balance is proposed. This approach unites... -
Are South African registered dietitians ready to take responsibility for prescription of parenteral nutrition and intravenous nutrients?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: BJ Kroukam --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa AL Du Toit --- Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa DG Nel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa J Visser --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Factor conditions and firm resources implications on location attractiveness: A critical assessment and application in shared services industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Anbalagi Andy --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Rajenthyran Ayavoo --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Aida Idris --- Universiti Malaya, MalaysiaThis paper presents an integrated analytical framework by critically synthesizing the Porter-Dunning Diamond and the Resource-Based View (RBV) to evaluate the attractiveness of locations for multinational enterprises (MNEs). The framework was applied to Malaysian shared services firms to explore the... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated... -
Female students’ entrepreneurial leadership and education: A sequential mediation analysis of entrepreneurial knowledge and mindset
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rajenthyran Ayavoo --- Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia Ponmalar N. Alagappar --- Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia Egena Ode --- Manchester Metropolitan University, United KingdomWomen are under-represented in business, especially in patriarchal countries like Malaysia, hence efforts to encourage female students to become entrepreneurs are needed. This study uses human capital theory to examine how entrepreneurial education affects female students’ entrepreneurial leadership, showing the... -
Revitalizing tribal economic systems through indigenous entrepreneurship: Innovations and strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Anjali Chandulal Lakum --- Parul Institute of Social Work, Parul University, IndiaAmid growing global interest in sustainable and inclusive development, indigenous entrepreneurship and grassroots innovations are increasingly recognized as powerful yet underexplored pathways for community resilience. This study investigates how such innovations contribute to the revitalization of tribal economic systems, with... -
Transforming language discourse in higher education through reading modules in African languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nkidi Phatudi --- College of Education, University of South Africa, Millicent Ngema --- College of Education, University of South Africa,The discourses around teaching and learning in South Africa are intense, with English still being a preferred language of learning and teaching at higher education level. The dominance of English as the language that unifies societies economically and politically marginalises... -
Who will be more likely to seek help? The relationship between suicidal ideation, suicide literacy, attitudes toward suicide and help-seeking intention in male and female adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Bich-Phuong Vu --- RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam Ha-Giang Nguyen --- University of Education, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam Hoang-Minh Dang --- University of Education, Vietnam National University Hanoi, VietnamObjectives: Among adolescents, suicide is a critical global concern, yet research is limited in low- and middle-income countries. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the interrelations among suicide-related factors (specifically, suicidal ideation, suicide literacy, attitudes toward suicide,... -
The mediating effect of individual beliefs between self-testing knowledge and HIV self-testing use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gerald Mukisa Nsereko --- Makerere University, Uganda Khamisi Musanje --- Makerere University, Uganda Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye --- Makerere University, Uganda Martin Mabunda Baluku --- Makerere University, UgandaBackground: HIV self-testing has been introduced as a secondary mode of testing in most countries as a way of counteracting the barriers associated with the traditional clinic-based method of testing. As the entry point into the HIV care cascade, testing... -
Minority cuisines of Istanbul and their contribution to the formation of Istanbul cuisine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Banu Özden --- Istanbul Medipol University, TürkiyeIstanbul’s rich historical background has given rise to a cosmopolitan culinary culture. The Ottoman Empire played a significant role in shaping the local culinary culture, which was further enriched by the societies that coexisted under its auspices. Alongside the food... -
Pastoralist knowledge and perceptions on land degradation and forage diversity loss: a case study in the Bordj Bou Arreridj semi-arid region, Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Lounis Semara --- Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria Sofiane Bensefia --- Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria Farida Belkasmi --- Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria Charefeddine Mouffok --- Ferhat Abbas Setif 1 University, Algeria Abdelaziz Bouzegag --- University Centre of Mila, AlgeriaThis study assessed the level of knowledge and perception of pastoralists in the Bordj Bou Arreridj zone in the semi-arid region of Algeria regarding pastureland degradation and loss of forage species diversity. Through group discussions and field surveys, 100 pastoralists... -
Climate adaptation, geopolitics, and structural exclusion in South African agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Michael J Savage --- South African Journal of Plant and Soil,Southern African agriculture stands at a critical intersection of accelerating climate risk and entrenched structural inequality. While climate change increasingly shapes global research and policy agendas, other intersecting forces—such as the divide between large-scale commercial agriculture and smallholder farming, the... -
Exploration of a sociocultural, ubuntu intervention strategy to enhance first-year students’ academic writing skills at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Hlaviso Motlhaka --- School of Education, University of Limpopo, South Africa Khashane S Malatji --- University of Mpumalanga, South AfricaThis qualitative research explores how to enhance the academic writing skills of first-year students at a South African university using a sociocultural intervention based on the ubuntu philosophy. It collects data through interviews, focus groups, and reflective diaries from students... -
Indigenous knowledge in water resource management in Mtwara region-Ruvuma water basin, Southern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Evaristo Haulle [cor1] Faraja Sanga --- Ruaha Catholic University, TanzaniaIndigenous knowledge (IK) plays a crucial role in sustainable water resource management, offering valuable insight into local ecosystems, climate patterns, and community practices that have been honed over generations. However, this knowledge is increasingly at risk due to climate change,... -
Daily herd movements across the wet and dry season in the semi-arid communal rangelands of Namaqualand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MH Tapela --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa MI Samuels --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa CF Cupido --- ARC–Animal Production (Range and Forage Sciences), South Africa A Finca --- ARC–Animal Production (Range and Forage Sciences), South Africa TC Zondani --- ARC–Animal Production (Range and Forage Sciences), South Africa A Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe role of indigenous grazing management practices in sustainable natural resource use has been widely identified and recognised in the literature. However, the grazing management practices of Nama pastoralists in the semi-arid regions in Namaqualand in South Africa have not... -
Residency, site affinity and coastal movements of the southern African endemic spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: E Cottrant --- South African Shark Conservancy, South Africa JH Morrison --- South African Shark Conservancy, South Africa C Elston --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa TS Murray --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa NJ Drobniewska --- South African Shark Conservancy, South Africa LG Underhill --- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa N Hammerschlag --- Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, United States PS Albano --- Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, United States ME McCord --- South African Shark Conservancy, South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa C Fallows --- Apex Shark Expeditions, South Africa TG Paulet --- South African Shark Conservancy, South AfricaRising global concern regarding the conservation and management of shark species makes it essential to identify key ecological species to guide conservation efforts, especially species with more restricted distributions such as endemic species. The southern African endemic spotted gully shark... -
Knowledge sharing, innovation capability, and organizational performance in emerging markets: Empirical evidence from SMEs in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Asiamah Yeboah --- Kumasi Technical University, GhanaDespite its importance, knowledge sharing as a driver of organizational performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within emerging markets has received limited scholarly attention. Grounded in the resource-based view and knowledge-based view of the firm, this study investigates the...
