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A QUARTER CENTURY OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH IN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: DavidH. Eccles --- , United KingdomThe African Great Lakes differ from shallower large African lakes by undergoing seasonal stratification and from large reservoirs in having long residence times, so that the ionic concentration of the lake water differs substantially from that of the inflows. -
Spatial variability in macroinvertebrate assemblages: comparing regional and multivariate approaches for classifying reference sites in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: HelenF DallasSpatial variability in macroinvertebrate assemblages was examined with the aim of evaluating the utility of regional classification systems in aquatic bioassessment. Sampling was undertaken at reference sites in the Western Cape and Mpumalanga, South Africa, using the rapid bioassessment method... -
Achievements and lessons learned from the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) research programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: I Hampton N SweijdThis paper considers the scientific achievements of the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) Programme as reflected in 29 internally evaluated BENEFIT research projects carried out between 1998 and 2007 when the programme ended, and draws a number of... -
The febrile parturient: choice of anesthesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Krzysztof M Kuczkowski --- Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, -
Regional anaesthesia in children: an update
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AT Bosenberg --- Department Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Faculty Health Sciences, USARegional anaesthesia for children continues to grow in popularity. The potential benefits of regional anaesthesia over more conventional methods are well recognised, but the level of evidence is small since there are few well designed randomised controlled studies on infants... -
An audit of PMTCT services at a regional hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EF Orie --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa PP Songca --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa J Moodley --- Women's Health and HIV Research Group, South AfricaPrevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) is a major intervention world-wide in the fight against the HIV pandemic, and has resulted in markedly reduced rates of mother-to-child transmission rates in well-resourced countries. -
Exploring a regional pharmaceutical innovation network as a possible solution to the market failure in the innovation of essential medicines for tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thaddeus Manu --- Centre for Commercial Law Studies, UKFrom an economic reasoning perspective, pharmaceutical research and development operates as a pure market activity. This viewpoint suggests innovations are receptive to questions of commerce. It is on this basis the pharmaceutical industry has undervalued the innovation of medicines for... -
The use of ultrasonography in the perioperative management of penetrating chest trauma with indwelling blade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Kudsk-Iversen --- Stanger Hospital, South Africa R Matos-Puig --- Stanger Hospital, South AfricaWe report on the anaesthetic and postoperative analgesic management of a patient presenting with a single penetrating thoracic injury, with radiological confirmation of a foreign object still present in the thorax. The patient underwent an emergency right posterolateral thoracotomy. We... -
“Safe anaesthesia” for the South African rural obstetric patient in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Theron --- King Edward VIII Hospital, South Africa CC Rout --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South AfricaBackground: The South African National Committee for Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths has shown that anaesthesia-related maternal deaths continue to increase at district hospitals. This has been attributed to substandard anaesthesia care and resuscitation. This study investigated the anaesthesia practices,... -
Efficiency of Mexico's regional innovation systems: an evaluation applying data envelopment analysis (DEA)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Cuitláhuac Valdez Lafarga --- Student in Doctoral Programme, Mexico Jorge Inés León Balderrama --- Regional Development Department, MexicoThe aim of this study is to measure the relative technical efficiency of Mexico´s regional innovation systems, as defined by its 32 states. Furthermore, there is an interest to establish the relationship between the amount of resources for each regional... -
Towards a classification of Tanzanian rivers: a bioassessment and ecological management tool. A case study of the Pangani, Rufiji and Wami–Ruvu river basins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: LT Kaaya --- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, TanzaniaRiver classification is important for reporting ecological status and for the general ecological management of river systems by partitioning natural variability. A priori river classification by abiotic variables and validation of classifications obtained using aquatic macroinvertebrates from reference sites for... -
A comparative analysis of components incorporated in conservation priority assessments: a case study based on South African species of terrestrial mammals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. Keith --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C. T. Chimimba --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa B. Reyers --- Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa A. S. van Jaarsveld --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaAssessing the risk of extinction to species forms an essential part of regional conservation initiatives that facilitate the allocation of limited resources for conservation. The present study conducted conservation priority assessments for 221 South African terrestrial mammal species using existing... -
The realignment of international stock markets after the 1987 crash, with special reference to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: G D I Barr --- Department of Statistical Science, L Sharp --- Department of Economics,This paper investigates stock price associations between the world’s sixteen largest international markets in the period immediately before and after the 1987 market crash, as well as in a more recent post-crash period. The analysis suggests that the crash had... -
Clinical anatomy of the superior cluneal nerve in relation to easily identifiable bony landmarks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: L Loubser --- Department of Anatomy, South Africa RP Raath --- Jakaranda Pain Clinic, South Africa AN Van Schoor --- Department of Anatomy, South AfricaBackground: Lower back pain (LBP) remains a common ailment among adult populations and a superior cluneal nerve (SCN) entrapment accounts for 10% of reported LBP cases. The diagnostic criteria for SCN entrapment include anaesthesia of the area supplied by the... -
Diabetic patients served at a regional level hospital: what is their clinical picture?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Pillay --- MBChB, FCP(SA), Specialist Physician, Edendale Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, C Aldous --- PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, F Mahomed --- MBChB, FCP(SA), FRCP(UK), CertEndocrinology, Specialist Physician/Endocrinologist, Department of Internal Medicine,Objectives: We describe the demographics, diabetic characteristics, diabetic control and complications in the diabetes service in Edendale Regional Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, in this study. Diabetes mellitus, together with its complications, is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. Good glycaemic control translates... -
The evaluation of development projects. A South African anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- Centre for Indigenous Law, South AfricaThe need to equate development with a process of self-directed westernisation in the present time is explained initially in this discussion. This is followed by a discussion on the involvement of the Ethnological Section of the former Department of Development... -
Regional Integration: Review of the Management Literature and Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada Kaitlyn DeGhetto --- Department of Management, College of Business Administration, USARegional integration is increasingly occurring in all corners of the world, and both domestic and multinational firms are facing the challenges and opportunities that accompany integration. In this article, we undertake a review of regional integration management literature and provide... -
A Profile of the East African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Frederick Onyango Ogola --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya George N. Njenga --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya Peter C. Mhando --- The Pennsylvania State University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Carleton University Sprott School of Business, CanadaRegional integration in East Africa dates back more than a hundred years. This article provides a general synopsis of the East African Community (EAC) and traces the evolution of regional integration in Eastern Africa from colonial times to the present... -
Institutional Factors Affecting Expansion within the East African Community: An Analysis of Managers’ Personal Stories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Trey Sutton --- Robins School of Business, USA Jeremy C. Short --- Michael F. Price College of Business, USA Aaron F. McKenny --- College of Business Administration, USA Rebecca Namatovu --- Makerere University Business School, UgandaThis study investigates the roles of the regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional pillars as perceived obstacles and facilitators of internationalization within an integrated region. Integrated regions involve efforts to create institutional similarities among member nations and encourage intra-regional trade. These... -
Aquatic invertebrate fauna of wells in a tropical mountain climate, western Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: G Nana Nkemegni --- Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun SH Zébazé Togouet --- Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun A Fomena --- Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun OF Pountougnigni --- Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun C Piscart --- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution (ECOBIO), Université Rennes 1, FranceThe present study, conducted between May 2012 and September 2013, aimed to determine the distribution of groundwater invertebrates in the Bamoun tableland, Cameroon. A total of 216 samples taken from 30 wells in four localities – Foumban, Foumbot, Kouoptamo and... -
Innovation policies in the Mediterranean area: Towards a Mediterranean system of innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Massimiliano Ferrara --- Department of Law and Economics, Italy Roberto Mavilia --- CRIOS, Bocconi University, ItalyThe contribution of this paper has both theoretical and policy relevance. It is one of the first exploratory studies of the Mediterranean system of innovation built on the concept of innovation systems. The paper provides a brief literature review and... -
The African Union's Agenda 2063: Aspirations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kaitlyn DeGhetto --- Department of Management, USA Jacob R. Gray --- Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Information Systems, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaAs Africa emerges, rises, and begins to forge a more positive outlook ahead, scholars, business executives, community leaders, and policymakers are increasingly calling for concerted efforts to rethink the future and come up with big ideas for the 21st century... -
From enterprise development to inclusive innovation – A systemic instruments framework for regional innovation support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sara S (Saartjie) Grobbelaar --- Department of Industrial Engineering and DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, South Africa Nigel Gwynne-Evans --- Trade and Sector Development, Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism, South Africa Alan C. Brent --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South AfricaAlthough the role and importance of innovation support in South Africa is a well-recognised concept on the national level, provincial governments have only recently started to debate, investigate and explore instruments through which innovation can be leveraged and supported regionally... -
The role of dexamethasone in peripheral and neuraxial nerve blocks for the management of acute pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: KG Gordon --- Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa S Choi --- Department of Anesthesia, Canada RN Rodseth --- Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaDexamethasone has an emerging role as an additive in regional anaesthesia for the management of acute pain. However, outcomes in terms of improvement and prolongation of analgesia, as well as the methods of administration and potential adverse effects, have yet... -
Bark thickness and bark volume of Pinus patula in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal • Authors: A. van LaarIn South Africa, tree volume tables and volume functions are usually based on the under bark stem volume. Many forest management studies, however, give the estimated over bark volume, in which case equations are required that estimate bark volume and... -
Transversus abdominis plane block after Caesarean section in an area with limited resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Desale Tewelde Kahsay --- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Eritrea Waltraud Elsholz --- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Eritrea Habteselassie Zerezghi Bahta --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EritreaBackground: The primary objective of this study was to assess whether transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is effective as part of multimodal pain management following Caesarean section in an area with limited resources. The study also looked at the advantage... -
Classification of marine bioregions on the east coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T-C Livingstone --- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa JM Harris --- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa AT Lombard --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa AJ Smit --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa DS Schoeman --- School of Science and Engineering, AustraliaMarine bioregional planning requires a meaningful classification and spatial delineation of the ocean environment using biological and physical characteristics. The relative inaccessibility of much of the ocean and the paucity of directly measured data spanning entire planning regions mean that... -
Extreme significant wave height climate in the Gulf of Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AA Osinowo --- , Nigeria EC Okogbue --- , Nigeria EO Eresanya --- , Nigeria OS Akande --- , NigeriaThis article investigates spatio-temporal trends for different return periods of extreme significant wave height (SWH) in the Gulf of Guinea (GG), northeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, based on a 37-year (1980–2016) wave hindcast. High-resolution reanalysis windfield datasets were used to force... -
Hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a resource-limited setting: towards a consensus definition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SF Zwane --- Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, South Africa DG Bishop --- Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Management, South Africa RN Rodseth --- Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Management, South AfricaBackground: Intraoperative hypotension following spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section is associated with maternal morbidity and mortality. Because of inconsistent definitions the reported incidence of hypotension varies between 7% and 74%, making it almost impossible to set standard targets. Developing and... -
Integrating East Africa Through Arts and Culture: A Report of the EASTAFAB Tours and Exhibitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Kiagho B. Kilonzo --- Department of Creative Arts, TanzaniaIntegrating the East African region through culture has probably not been given much thought or made much of a priority in East Africa and Africa as a whole. Though integration of the East African nations began during the colonial era... -
Using logistic regression models to determine optimum combination of cane yield components among sugarcane breeding populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Marvellous Zhou --- Department of Plant Breeding, South AfricaPlant breeding aims to produce cultivars that possess optimum trait combinations for yield and other traits. Path coefficient analysis in sugarcane showed number, height and diameter of stalks control cane yield. The objectives of this study were to determine optimum... -
Taha taha taha: South African bird names across time, language and usage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Adrian Koopman --- Faculty of Arts and Design, South Africa Eckhart Buchmann --- School of Clinical Medicine,Humans find birds important as food, symbols, competitors, and objects for amusement or study, and give names to different groups or species of bird. However, a single bird may have many names, likely related to different contexts. This article proposes... -
SMEs in sustainable development: Their role in poverty reduction and employment generation in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga-Oyekunle --- , South Africa Swapan Kumar Patra --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaPoverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. African countries initiated various missions to establish sustained economic growth by increasing productivity with an ultimate... -
Relationship between innovation, regional institutions and firm performance: Micro-evidence from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mohammed Seid Hussen --- , Turkey Murat Çokgezen --- , TurkeyThe main aim of this paper is to examine empirically the extent to which firm-specific action, innovation, and an external factor, the quality of regional institution, affect firms’ productivity. To this end, a firm-level dataset from 15 African countries was... -
The spectrum of missed lower limb clinical findings at a diabetes clinic in KwaZulu-Natal: red flags for costly complications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: AT Thompson --- , South Africa S Pillay --- , South Africa C Aldous --- , South AfricaIncluding a podiatrist in a multidisciplinary team (MDT) has been shown to reduce the incidence of diabetes-related lower limb amputations by at least 56% to as much as 85%. This reflects podiatry’s role in foot screening and assessment, diagnosis, foot... -
Wing-moult and seasonal occurrence of sunbirds (Nectariniidae) captured at four sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Bo T Bonnevie --- Rhodes University, South Africa Adrian JFK Craig --- Rhodes University, South Africa Pat E Hulley --- Rhodes University, South Africa Albert Schultz --- , South Africa Anthony J Tree --- Rhodes University, South AfricaRinging activity in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, spanned 30 years, with three sites active concurrently over a 14-year period, and three sites over a 6-year period. In total, in the course of 714 ringing days, in all months,... -
Role of subregional cooperation towards environmental conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Robita Lee Robinson --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Angathevar Baskaran --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Sonia Kumari Selvarajan --- Universiti Malaya, MalaysiaThis study examines the role of subregional cooperation in advancing environmental conservation within the ASEAN framework, focusing specifically on the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and its institutional body, the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT). Through qualitative analysis based on... -
The roadblocks to progress: A comprehensive study on the relationship between regional institutional quality and firms’ innovation of sub-Saharan African nations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abel Dula Wedajo --- University of Sanya, People’s Republic of China Xiao Huilin --- University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), People’s Republic of ChinaThis study examines the impact of regional institutional quality (level two) on firm-level innovation (level one) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where cultural and institutional diversity challenges frameworks derived from homogeneous contexts. Analyzing 7,578 firms across Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda,... -
Refinement of a site classification system for South African plantation forestry using regionally downscaled climate model input
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Steven Dovey --- Scion (NZ Forest Research Institute Ltd), New Zealand Jacob Crous --- Sappi Shaw Research Centre, South Africa Yolandi Ernst --- Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDeemed a climate change hotspot, southern Africa is already experiencing increasing average temperatures associated with extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding. Climate change has already induced many weather and climate extremes in South Africa, and these are likely...