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Attempts to obtain Huanglongbing resistant or tolerant sweet orange by embryo rescue from healthy chimeras of diseased citrus fruit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.P. Van Vuuren --- , South Africa B.Q. Manicom --- , South AfricaHuanglongbing remains a threat in the cooler citrus production areas of South Africa despite restrictions on the movement of citrus material from infected areas, cultural control measures, planting of healthy certified trees and the eradication of infected material. The ultimate... -
Validating Measures of Psychological Well-being by Contrasting Samples Employed in Hazardous and Less Hazardous Work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Deo J. W. Strümpfer --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Riëtte J. Eiselen --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Deon Meiring --- University of Pretoria, Jack S. Phalatse --- SASOL Mining,The study investigated whether differences between contrasting groups reflect significant differences in psychological well-being scores. Membership of hazardous vs. less hazardous occupations in the same profession served as proxy measures of well-being. Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC), Block & Kremen's... -
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... -
Evaluating the effect of preoperative oral gabapentin on postoperative pain in patients receiving spinal anaesthesia for lower limb surgery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Raghove --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India R Jaiswal --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India K Singh --- Department of Anaesthesiology, IndiaBackground: Gabapentin has been used successfully as a non-opioid analgesic adjuvant for postoperative pain management. We hypothesised that gabapentin might be a useful adjuvant for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery under subarachnoid block. -
Difficult airways: a reliable “Plan B”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: DG Bishop --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, Z Farina --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, RD Wise --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management,Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation (PTJV) is an accepted method of rescue ventilation following unsuccessful attempts to secure the airway through conventional methods. Pre-emptive use of PTJV in the difficult airway has also been described as using either a specifically designed... -
Labour epidural analgesia audit in a teaching hospital in a developing country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: G.G. Jacobs-Martin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa J.L. Burke --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa A.I. Levin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa A.R. Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: Neuraxial analgesia is currently considered to be the most effective method of intrapartum analgesia, causing little maternal and foetal sedation. While epidural analgesia has been well studied in developed countries, it is uncertain whether or not the results, particularly... -
Edgy Edgars: The Restless Youth in Suzanna Nelson's Nightmare along the River Nile: A Story of Twentieth Century Slavery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Paul M. Mukundi --- Department of Literature, KenyaSuzanna E. Nelson's first novel, Nightmare along the River Nile: A Story of Twentieth Century Slavery shows the danger faced by youth during war. While the young adult stage of life is generally characterized by unsteadiness—social, professional and otherwise—because individuals... -
Business rescue replacing judicial management: An assessment of the extent of problems solved
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: C Lamprecht --- Department of Accounting,The South African Companies Act 46 of 1926 introduced judicial management as a statutory corporate rescue procedure for companies to be used before liquidation, where appropriate. It was retained in the South African Companies Act 61 of 1973, even though... -
A liabilities approach to the likelihood of liquidation in business rescue
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Wesley Rosslyn-Smith --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Marius Pretorius --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaWhile reorganisation procedures aim to salvage financially distressed firms, they are often abused, as uneconomic, failing firms commence with proceedings that erode value rather than preserve it. The commencement standard for business rescue is aimed at preventing such abuse, though... -
Exploring the indirect costs of a firm in business rescue
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Wesley Rosslyn-Smith --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Nicole Varela Aguiar De Abreu --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Marius Pretorius --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaIt may be argued that the indirect costs of financial distress are substantially higher than the direct costs. Consequently, indirect costs of participating in a formal turnaround may hinder the success of a reorganisation attempt. This study set out to...