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Identification and classification of vertical chlorophyll patterns in the Benguela upwelling system and Angola-Benguela front using an artificial neural network
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: N. F. Silulwane A. J. Richardson F. A. Shillington B. A. Mitchell-InnesInformation on the vertical chlorophyll structure in the ocean is important for estimating integrated chlorophyll a and primary production from satellite. For this study, vertical chlorophyll profiles from the Benguela upwelling system and the Angola-Benguela front were collected in winter... -
Facilitation of Spatial Orientation Among Adolescents from a Disadvantaged Background
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Glen van der Westhuizen --- University of Johannesburg,The study investigated structural and shape recognition in two to three dimensions by adolescents from a historically disadvantaged neighbourhood. Data on the spatial orientation of grade eight learners in a specific school were collected using specifically adjusted and developed tests... -
Burning Out and In again
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: CG Ellis --- Family Physician, Hayfields Medical Centre,This paper is the third in a series on burnout. It is partly taken from notes collected from facilitating workshops on burnout in doctors. It is written as a polemic to challenge the received wisdom on this complex subject. The... -
The relationship between employees’ experience of performance management and work engagement within a South African organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Janko Kotzé --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Sanet van der Westhuizen --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Elzabé Nel --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe study investigated the relationship between employees’ experience of performance management and work engagement. Participants were a convenience sample of employed adults (N=202; females=59%, middle management = 48%, White = 54%, tenure more than 9 years = 48%) in an organisation in the vehicle and asset-based... -
Bafokeng, Inc.—Power of the nation/corporation amalgam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Inge Kriel --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The concept of ‘Ethnicity, Inc.’ so thoroughly conjoins the ethnic nation with the ethnic corporation that it becomes increasingly difficult to think of one without the other. This article aims to deconstruct this relationship by demonstrating how the ambiguity between... -
A computer-aided framework for subsurface identification of white shark pigment patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Dureuil --- Department of Biology, Canada AV Towner --- Dyer Island Conservation Trust, South Africa LG Ciolfi --- Center for Marine Biology, Brazil LA Beck --- Department of Biology, GermanySubsurface video footage can be used as a successful identification tool for various marine organisms; however, processing of such information has proven challenging. This study tests the use of automated software to assist with photo-identification of the great white shark... -
Preliminary comparison of calls of the hybridizing fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. St Clair Hill --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa J.W.H. Ferguson --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa M.N. Bester --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa G.I.H. Kerley --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South AfricaThe Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and the Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis) hybridize on a relatively small scale at Marion Island. To date the description of calls published for A. tropicalis and A. gazella are fragmented and not easily... -
“You are not always what you eat”: diet did not override intrinsic nestmate recognition cues in Argentine ants from two supercolonies in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Natasha P Mothapo --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa Theresa C Wossler --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaNestmate recognition in ants is based on cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), which are heritable and may also be acquired from the environment (i.e. diet and nest environment). In Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), diet and a homogenous environment have been shown to... -
Accounting for revenue using an accountability and business model framework: The case of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ professional examinations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Warren Maroun --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaThis research adopts a normative approach. It builds on the academic literature which argues that the usefulness of financial reporting can be enhanced by aligning accounting for balances and transactions with an organisation’s business model, as presented in its integrated... -
The ancestral land debate prior to and during Namibia’s Second National Land Conference: the redistribution-recognition dilemma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Phanuel Kaapama --- Political and Administrative Studies, NamibiaWith the 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, the notion of ancestral land rights has gained greater global currency. However, this international legal instrument falls short of proffering an unambiguous definition of an... -
Happiness at work: a phenomenological study of the experiences of hospitality industry employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Anne Eline Frederique Melief --- , The Netherlands Jan Arend Schulp --- , The Netherlands Marte Rinck de Boer --- , The NetherlandsThough happiness might be an interesting factor to consider in the discussion on retaining employees, only a limited number of studies on happiness of hospitality employees has been done. This master’s thesis study, rooted in the tradition of the interpretative... -
The underlying concepts of the definition of a liability in financial reporting: A doctrinal research perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Daniël Coetsee --- , South AfricaAccounting literature has identified fundamental conceptual issues and uncertainties regarding the financial reporting treatment of liabilities. This paper assesses whether the underlying concepts for the definition of a liability are robust and sufficiently developed in the 2018 Conceptual Framework of... -
Revenue recognition practices in South Africa: An analysis of the decision usefulness of IFRS 15 disclosures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: D. Coetsee --- , South Africa A. Mohammadali-Haji --- , South Africa M. van Wyk --- , South AfricaThe paper analyses the first-time adoption of IFRS 15 and reports on the appropriateness, rigour and decision usefulness of revenue disclosure practices in South Africa. The decision usefulness is assessed by reviewing the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue... -
Personhood and Moral Recognition in African Moral Thought
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Motsamai Molefe --- , South AfricaThis article philosophically explicates the relationship between personhood and moral recognition in African ethics. Specifically, it reveals the two distinct forms of moral recognition associated with personhood. It conceptualises moral recognition in terms of recognition and appraisal respect. To clarify... -
The impact of sustainability at the workplace on the employee’s motivation and satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gabriel Tschelisnig --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Rodney Westerlaken --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis article focuses on the impact of sustainable efforts at the workplace on employees’ motivation and satisfaction. The focus is on the hospitality industry, represented in this case study by the Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. As sustainability... -
Interspecific aggression in flat lizards suggests poor species recognition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Pius Korner --- ETH‐Zentrum NW, Switzerland MartinJ. Whiting --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa J. Willem --- University of Pretoria, South Africa H. Ferguson --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaMistaken identity and competitive exclusion are two alternative hypotheses proposed to explain interspecific aggression between males. We examined agonistic behaviour in males of two lizard species: Platysaurus minor and P. monotropis. In each of nine outdoor field enclosures, we maintained... -
Do male barking geckos (Ptenopus garrulus garrulus) avoid refuges scented by other males?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: TobyJ. Hibbitts --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa MartinJ. Whiting --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaLizards frequently rely on chemical cues to detect the presence of a conspecific or a predator, or to sample and detect potential prey. Male lizards in particular, may chemically sample potential refuges to avoid rivals. We tested whether male common... -
Perception of government employees on the use of biometric technology in determining a person’s ethnic group in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Martins E. Irhebhude --- Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigeria Adeola O. Kolawole --- Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigeria Agwi C. Uche --- Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigeria Adeleye V. Dupe --- Nigerian Defence Academy, NigeriaSelected biometric technologies such as iris, face, gait, voice, etc. are widely used for the recognition of individuals. This paper presents a biometric technology perception by members of staff from government agencies in Nigeria, namely: the National Identity Management Commission... -
Motor development and emotion recognition among young rural children: The mediating role of working memory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ping Ge --- Henan University, China Xin Wang --- Qingdao University, China Lingyuan Li --- Henan University, China Ge Song --- , China Qiaoling Li --- Henan University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between motor development and emotion recognition among young rural children and the mediating role of working memory. A total of 187 children (girls= 41.71%) aged 3-6 years from rural kindergartens in the Henan Province in... -
Filling the fiscal basket: Quantifying tax revenues from customer loyalty programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ilanri Croucamp --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jade Craigen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Teresa Pidduck --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Sumarie Swanepoel --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Elizabeth Coetzee --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African government is experiencing a significant shortfall in tax revenue, and recent research has identified customer loyalty programmes (CLPs) as a potential revenue stream. Despite the popularity of these programmes, which are used by 73% of economically active... -
Theorizing collective leadership: Lessons from Ekpe, an indigenous African institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Joseph Ebot Eyong --- University of Derby, United KingdomSignificant academic effort has been expended in researching leadership. The essence has been to emphasize individualism, linearity, heroism, hierarchy, teleological thinking, and economic calculus – even when theorizing collective leadership. Yet, little is known about leadership in subaltern cultures in... -
Antagonistic aria: vocalisations of the male slender feather-tailed leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Kolekanos plumicaudus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Francois S Becker --- National Museum of Namibia, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia Pedro Vaz Pinto --- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Javier Lobón-Rovira --- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, PortugalKolekanos plumicaudus is a gecko endemic to the Namib Desert in south-western Angola. It is distantly related to all other geckos in the region, except for its one congener, K. spinicaudus. There have been no scientific accounts on the social...