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The origin of textural lamellae in Quaternary coast sands of Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L.P. van Reeuwijk --- , The Netherlands J.M. de Villiers --- Department of Soil Science and Agrameteorotogy,A new concept of the formation of textural subsoil lamellae has been developed on the basis of their morphology in aeolian coastal deposits in Natal. It has been concluded that they are initiated somewhere at depth in the profile by... -
Spatial pattern and variability of soil and hillslope properties in a granitic landscape. 3. Phalaborwa area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.C. Munnik --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa E. Verster --- Department of Geography, Republic of South Africa T.H. van Rooyen --- Department of Geography, Republic of South AfricaA pedogeomorphic study was made of the area immediately east of Phalaborwa underlain by granitic materials. Fifty-five soil profiles from nine transects were examined in detail to determine, among other things, the spatial variability of the soils and the hillslope... -
Prevalence of Dating Violence and Socioeconomic Status
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sophie Moagi-Gulubane --- University of Botswana,The study examined the prevalence of dating violence and its association with family-of-origin socioeconomic status among a sample of 253 undergraduate students (135 women and 118 men). Participants ranged in age from 18 to 25 years old, were unmarried, were... -
Influence of the origin of stem cutting, season of collection and auxin application on the vegetative propagation af African Sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Z. Teklehaimanot --- School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, UK P.L. Mwang'ingo --- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Tanzania A.G. Mugasha --- Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conversation, Tanzania C.K. Ruffo --- Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, TanzaniaAn investigation into the possibility of propagating O.lanceolata through stem cutting was carried out at Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, Iringa Zone, Tanzania. The aim was to test the potential of stem cuttings in providing an alternative/supplement to the use of... -
Place Images and Nation Branding in the African Context: Challenges, Opportunities, and Questions for Policy and Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nicolas Papadopoulos --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Leila Hamzaoui-Essoussi --- Telfer School of Management, CanadaThis paper examines nation branding in Africa, based on a comprehensive and integrative review of past research. This considers, among others, current place images on the continent in the context of traditional views, which see it as a poor and... -
From rural scholar to health care professional
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A. Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: International studies have shown that the best strategy for the long-term staffing of rural facilities is the recruitment and training of students of rural origin. However, the crisis in education in South Africa means that these rural students are... -
Retention of the flight-adapted avian finger-joint complex in the Ostrich helps identify when wings began evolving in dinosaurs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Joel D Hutson --- Department of Biological Sciences, USA Kelda N Hutson --- Earth Science, USAThe functional anatomies of avian finger joints have never been compared with those of the basal avian Archaeopteryx lithographica or maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. These startling oversights are due to unfamiliarity of the joints outside of highly specialised studies of bird-wing... -
Third-world realities in a first-world setting: A study of the HIV/AIDS-related conditions and risk behaviors of sex trade workers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Yelena Bird --- at the , Canada Mark Lemstra --- at the , Canada Marla Rogers --- at the , Canada John Moraros --- at the , CanadaThe transmission and prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among those employed as sex trade workers (STW) is a major public health concern. The present study describes the self-reported responses of 340 STW, at-risk for contracting HIV. The participants were...
