Search

Search results for

We found 98 results for you

Addressing Urgent Community Mental Health Needs in Rwanda: Culturally Sensitive Training Interventions

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USA Desire Kamanzi --- Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda Donatilla Mukamana --- Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda Kirrily Pells --- Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Dan-Bush Bhusumane --- Duquesne University and University of Botswana,

Rwandan leaders in the health and educational sectors have begun to discuss the necessity for establishing culturally appropriate community-based mental health counselling services in Rwanda, especially trauma counselling. The need for a community psychology approach is anchored in the lingering...

View item »
HIV/AIDS Education in Butare-ville Secondary Schools (Rwanda): Analyzing Pedagogic Discourse Using a Bernsteinian Framework

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wayne Hugo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Vedaste Nyilimana --- Kigali Institute of Education, Rwanda

This article presents three case studies of how HIV/AIDS education is being organized and taught in Rwanda. It analyses what teachers were doing in 2005 through classroom teaching to safeguard young people from HIV/AIDS. A pedagogic framework is introduced and...

View item »
Men in Uniforms: Masculinity, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Western Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bjarke Oxlund --- University of Copenhagen, Denmark Lise Rosendal Østergaard --- University of Copenhagen, Denmark Geoffrey Ngiruwonsanga Kayonde --- Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Rwanda

The objective of this study was to provide an in-depth description and analysis of the lived experiences of men in uniforms in Western Rwanda with a view to the links between notions of masculinity, sexual practices and the spread of...

View item »
A note on generating functions for Rogers-Szegő polynomials

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jian Cao --- Department of Mathematics, P.R. China

In this paper, the details of certain Carlitz's generating functions for Rogers-Szegőpolynomials and their generalizations are given by Carlitz's q-operators. In addition, an additional proof of Srivastava-Jain's generating function is shown. At last, generalizations of Srivastava-Agarwal type generating functions are...

View item »
Towards the declaration of a large marine protected area: a subtidal ichthyofaunal survey of the Pondoland coast in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BQ Mann L Celliers ST Fennessy S Bailey AD Wood

A subtidal marine ichthyofaunal survey was carried out on shallow reefs (1–30m deep) in the Pondoland region between the Mtamvuna River and Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The purpose of this survey was to provide the...

View item »
Evaluation of an underwater biopsy probe for collecting tissue samples from bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Daly --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa MJ Smale --- , South Africa

This study evaluated the use of a novel underwater biopsy probe designed to collect muscle and dermal tissue samples from large (170–220 cm total length), free-swimming bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas. The biopsy probe tissue retention rate was 87% after 23...

View item »
The role of the forestry industry for the success of community forestry: a comparative input–output analysis across India and the Philippines

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Jungho Suh --- Geography, Environment and Population, Australia

This paper uses the 'input–output analysis' technique to investigate why the Joint Forest Management program in India has expanded while the uptake of the Community-based Forest Management program in the Philippines has been relatively slow. The forward linkage of the...

View item »
The intubating laryngeal mask produces less heart rate response to intubation than conventional laryngoscopy

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: NR Evans --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa MFM James --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa

We compared heart rate and blood pressure changes to intubation produced by conventional laryngoscopic-guided intubation to those produced by blind intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask (ILM) in normotensive adults with normal airways. Forty paralysed, anaesthetised adults undergoing elective surgery...

View item »
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 Republic

Background: 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...

View item »
Radiation induced changes in the airway—anaesthetic implications

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Mallika Balakrishnan --- Regional Cancer Centre, India Renju Kuriakose --- Regional Cancer Centre, India Rachel Cherian Koshy --- Regional Cancer Centre,

Radiation induces a variety of changes in the airway that can potentially lead to difficult intubation. Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible, a severe consequence of radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies can cause a reduction of the ‘mandibular space’ and...

View item »
LMA CTrach™—Results of our first experience with the fiberoptic intubating laryngeal mask airway in 80 patients

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Hilbert --- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Germany M Birkmeier --- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Germany R Stuttmann --- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Germany

We report on our initial clinical experience with the new LMA CTrach™. The intention was to evaluate its suitability in the routine anaesthetic working environment. Method: After inducing general anesthesia and muscle relaxation, the CTrach™ was used in elective patients,...

View item »
Safety and efficacy of insertion of supraglottic devices in anaesthetised patients by first-time users

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Jindal --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, India AA Rizvi --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, India G Khurana --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, India JP Sharma --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, India

Background: Over the years, several supraglottic devices have been developed, but the most recent one is the i-gel®. It is a new device with some distinctive features that set it apart from many of its competitors. This study was designed...

View item »
Insertion of a temperature probe into the ProSeal® laryngeal mask airway drainage tube

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: M Singh --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India D Kapoor --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India

Background: Temperature monitoring is one of the minimum mandatory monitoring standards of anaesthesiology. Intraoperative hypothermia and hyperthermia can both be detrimental for patients. We introduced a temperature probe into a Proseal® laryngeal mask airway (LMA) drainage tube, and measured patient...

View item »
Anaesthesia and subglottic airway obstruction

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: BA Bulbulia --- Garden City Clinic, South Africa R Ahmed --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa

In this article, we describe the anaesthetic management and laser excision of a subglottic tumour that caused upper airway obstruction. Stridor was the presenting feature. A good history and careful assessment will reduce the likelihood of erroneous or delayed diagnosis...

View item »
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...

View item »
Case study: Managing a case of ankylosing spondylitis for inguinal hernia repair

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: G Ramanathan --- Department of Anaesthesiology, GG Jayakar --- Department of Anaesthesiology, A Kuppuswamy --- Department of Anaesthesiology, B Ramamurthy --- Department of Anaesthesiology, S Patil --- Department of Anaesthesiology,

A 55-year-old man diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis presented for inguinal hernia repair. The patient was found to have limited neck movement, thoracic kyphosis and restrictive lung disease. Surgery was performed under hernia block, which was inadequate. General anaesthesia was then...

View item »
Case study: Anaesthetic management of an achondroplastic dwarf undergoing radical nephrectomy

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Jain --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India K Jain --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India JK Makkar --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India K Mangal --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, India

A three feet two inch (96 cm) tall achondroplastic patient with urothelial cell carcinoma involving renal pelvis was scheduled for a radical nephrectomy. Radial artery cannulation and central venous access were secured in the pre-induction period. After induction, the airway...

View item »
Perioperative adverse airway events in cleft lip and palate repair

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AT Adenekan --- Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Nigeria AF Faponle --- Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Nigeria FO Oginni --- Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nigeria

Background: Airway-related problems account for the majority of anaesthetic morbidity in paediatric anaesthesia, but more so for cleft lip and palate repair. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency, pattern, management and outcome of adverse airway events...

View item »
The difficult paediatric airway

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CJ Coté --- Harvard Medical School, USA

View item »
Cuffed endotracheal tubes in paediatrics

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: MJ Motiang --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care,

The basic function of a tracheal tube is to provide a reliable connection between the patient's airway and the anaesthetic circuit (bag or ventilator). Ideally, this connection should allow a leak at 15–20 cmH2O to prevent pressure-related mucosal perfusion, which...

View item »
Anaesthetic management of a patient with Crouzon syndrome

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SJ Bajwa --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India SK Gupta --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India J Kaur --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India A Singh --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India SS Parmar --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India

Crouzon syndrome is a rare hereditary disorder, characterised by marked craniofacial dysostosis from birth or early childhood. Typically, patients present in early childhood for craniofacial reconstruction surgery. Presentation in early adulthood is unusual. The most challenging aspect, for an attending...

View item »
The Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme™: safety and efficacy during gynaecological laparoscopic surgery

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JM Beleña --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Spain M Núñez --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Spain JL Gracia --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Spain JL Pérez --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Spain J Yuste --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Spain

Background: Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme™ (LMA Supreme™) is a new single-use polyvinyl chloride supraglottic device that offers gastric access. To date, studies that have tested the LMA Supreme™) for use in laparoscopic surgery have been reported. We present the largest...

View item »
Comparison of the air-Q ILA™ and the LMA-Fastrach™ in airway management during general anaesthesia

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: EU Neoh --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia YC Choy --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia

One hundred and sixty patients aged between 20–60 years with ASA physical status I-II, undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia, were enrolled into this prospective, randomised, double-blinded study to compare the success rate of tracheal intubation between the air-Q™ intubating...

View item »
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...

View item »
Human immunodeficiency virus and the airway

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Analee Milner --- University of the Witwatersrand,

Seventy-five to one hundred per cent of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) have a head and neck manifestation. These manifestations may impact on anaesthetic management, but more importantly often allow the anaesthetist to diagnose the...

View item »
Airway skills training using a human patient simulator

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Thesegan Moodley --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Dean Gopalan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,

Background: Airway skills education is important for the safe and effective care of patients. Interns often encounter critical airway situations. Their ability to cope derives from the recall of formal lectures and tutorials, as well as accumulated experience. We tested...

View item »
A study to evaluate fibreoptic-guided intubation through the i-gel™

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Taxak --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India K Vashisht --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India KP Kaur --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India G Ahlawat --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India M Bhardwaj --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India

Objective: The i-gel™ superglottic airway (Intersurgical, Berkshire, UK) has been reported to function as an airway rescue device and as a conduit for fibre-optic intubation in predicted difficult airways. The wider and shorter stem of the i-gel™ and the absence...

View item »
Safety of spinal anaesthesia in patients with recent coronary stents

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: MP Nath --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, I/C Cardiac Anesthesiology, India D Bhattacharyya --- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, India D Choudhury --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, India A Chakrabarty --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, India

Complications relating to spinal anaesthesia following antiplatelet therapy are unclear. We report on a patient with a known history of chronic obstructive airway disease with respiratory tract infection who presented for emergency pseudoaneurysm repair. He underwent recent coronary stent implantation...

View item »
The hazards of airway surgery

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: EH Welch --- ,

Airway surgery provides a unique challenge in that the airway is shared between the anaesthetist and surgeon. Patients may experience airway obstruction, often at extremes of age, following aspiration of a foreign body by the young or tumour-related impediments in...

View item »
Klippel-Feil syndrome for scoliosis surgery: management of a potentially difficult paediatric airway, and report of false-negative motor-evoked potential

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: PCS Tan --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia S Mohtar --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia N Esa --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia

A six-year-old girl with Klippel-Feil syndrome and throcacolumbar scoliosis was scheduled for growing rod insertion. Inhalational induction and tracheal intubation were carried out, with her neck in a neutral position. However, the patient woke up with paraplegia, despite normal intraoperative...

View item »
The corporate use of derivatives: a survey of South Africa’s large listed non-financial firms

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: C Correia --- College of Accounting, G Holman --- Department of Finance and Tax, A Jahreskog --- College of Accounting,

This paper presents the results of a comparative questionnaire survey of derivative use by South African companies. The objective was to determine the extent of derivative use and to examine how and why companies use derivatives. Derivative use by South...

View item »
Oudit of Ondersoek?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: D.S. Lubbe --- Universiteit van die Oranje Vrystaat,

View item »
Opbare rekenmeester menings oor ’n toekomsgeoriënteerde benadering tot maatskappy jaarverslagdoening in Suid Afrika

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: E. Saenger --- Departement Rekeningkunde,

View item »
Openbare rekenmeester menings oor ’n toekomsgeoriënteerde benadering tot maatskappy jaarverslagdoening in Suid-Afrika

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: E. Saenger --- Departement Rekenirtgkunde,

View item »
Successful difficult airway intubation using the Miller laryngoscope blade and paraglossal technique

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: P Anderson --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa J Espinaco Valdés --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa JG Vorster --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa

In anaesthetic practice clinicians are often faced with difficult airway situations. The conventional approach to intubation is the midline technique using a curved Macintosh blade for direct laryngoscopy. However, we have been successful in such a case using old technology...

View item »
An unusual conduit for a paediatric tracheostomy tube exchange

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: BS Küsel --- Anaesthesia Registrar, South Africa RE Hodgson --- Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa and Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, South Africa

This case report demonstrates the challenges of the paediatric airway, and useful, practical solutions in the management of tracheostomies in children. A six-year-old child underwent a tracheostomy, where an inappropriately large tracheostomy tube was inserted. The choice was guided by...

View item »
Endotracheal tube connector defect causing airway obstruction in an infant

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Divya Sethi --- Department of Anesthesia, India Priyanka Goyal --- Department of Anesthesia, India

A case of difficulty was recently encountered in ventilating an anaesthetised infant after intubating the trachea with size 3.5 mm endotracheal tube. It was found that the problem had occurred due to a manufacturing defect in the endotracheal tube connector where...

View item »
An ‘historic victory’ for the Basarwa in Botswana?: Reading the evidence

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Emile Boonzaier --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology,

In late 2006 ‘the Basarwa’ won a landmark case against the Botswana government, returning their rights to continue living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (from which they had been ‘forcibly’ removed). The case attracted massive media attention, both in...

View item »
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, Germany

Subsurface 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...

View item »
Case report: Oropharyngeal injuries with GlideScope® usage in two obese patients

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: C Curran --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa

The GlideScope® is a widely used video laryngoscope that is especially beneficial in the setting of the anticipated difficult airway. However, its design introduces blind spots and necessitates the need for a curved stylet, most commonly the accompanying GlideRite® Rigid...

View item »
The United Kingdom National Audit Projects: a narrative review

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: G Thomas --- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK TM Cook --- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, UK

The Royal College of Anaesthetists’ National Audit Project (NAP) programme has been running in its current form since 2006. Since NAP3 was commissioned the NAPs have examined rare but important complications of anaesthesia and related sub-specialties. The topics covered include...

View item »
A new option in airway management: evaluation of the TotalTrack® video laryngeal mask

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JO Choonoo --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa R Hofmeyr --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa NR Evans --- ZA Health, South Africa MF James --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa N Meyersfeld --- Southern Anaesthetics, South Africa

Background: The TotalTrack® Video Laryngeal Mask (VLM) is a novel airway management device consisting of a disposable laryngeal mask paired with a reusable video display. Prior to the commencement of this study, there was no published literature on the performance...

View item »
Understanding the role of forests in rural household economies: experiences from the Northern and Western provinces of Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Edward Mutandwa --- Department of Rural Development and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Rwanda Richard Kanyarukiga --- Department of Rural Development and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Rwanda

Forests have conventionally been seen as a source of products for sustaining resource-poor households. Nonetheless, forest management strategies have often not been designed to meet these pressing needs. The objectives of this research were to examine the contribution of forest...

View item »
Intraoperative management of ETT and LMA cuff pressures: a survey of anaesthetists’ knowledge, attitude and current practice

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A de Castro --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, South Africa PD Gopalan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, South Africa

Background: Endotracheal tubes and laryngeal mask airway devices are routinely used during anaesthesia. Inappropriate inflation of cuffs has been shown to cause postoperative airway morbidity, and limiting the pressure decreases the incidence of pharyngo-laryngeal complications. Subjective measurements of cuff pressures...

View item »
Happiness and life satisfaction in Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba --- School of Psychological Sciences, United Kingdom

This study investigated predictors of happiness and life satisfaction in Rwanda. Data from the World Values Survey and gathered from 3 030 Rwandese (age ranging 16 to 90 years, mean age = 34.2, SD = 12.7; females = 50.5%) were...

View item »
A broken fenestrated tracheostomy tube fragment removed from the right main bronchus

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Nic James Procter --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa Caro Louw --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa

Aspiration of a broken tracheostomy tube fragment is a relatively rare complication with the potential to result in serious airway complications. Case reports of tracheal fragment aspiration have been documented infrequently in the past, with the earliest documented case in...

View item »
Cost-productivity analysis of South African pine sawtimber mechanised cut-to-length harvesting

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Chloe Williams --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Pierre Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa

The South African forestry industry is experiencing an increase in the number of fully mechanised timber-harvesting systems. Understanding the productivity of these systems, for which data is currently limited for South Africa, is an important step to maximise the utilisation...

View item »
Valuable Russian wheat aphid-resistant bread wheat accessions identified using four South African Diuraphis noxia biotypes

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Vicki L Tolmay --- Agricultural Research Council-Small Grain Institute, South Africa Mardé Booyse --- Agricultural Research Council Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, South Africa

Resistance-breaking biotypes of Diuraphis noxia have been reported in both the USA and South Africa where commercial cultivars with genetic resistance to this pest have been deployed. The need to identify novel Russian wheat aphid (RWA) resistance for deployment against...

View item »
A response to Gatali and Wallin (2015) Bird diversity in the savanna habitats of Akagera National Park, Rwanda, in the post-war recovery period

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James WT Hogg --- Scarth Wood Farm, UK Gaël R Vande weghe --- Illume Creative Studio, Rwanda

The paper ‘Bird diversity in the savanna habitats of Akagera National Park, Rwanda, in the post-war recovery period’ by Gatali and Wallin (Ostrich 86(3): 267–276, 2015) makes several claims for new species records for Akagera National Park and Rwanda. We...

View item »
Bird watching and estimation of bird diversity – not always corresponding: a reply to Hogg and Vande weghe

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Callixte Gatali --- Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources Management, Rwanda Kjell Wallin --- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Sweden

Some occurrences of rare or unusual bird species reported by us in a previous paper (Ostrich 86(3): 267–276, 2015) are considered to be doubtful by Hogg and Vande weghe (Ostrich 88(1): 83–88, 2017). We believe that some of the problems...

View item »
Evaluation of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway (ILMA) as an intubation conduit in patients with a cervical collar simulating fixed cervical spine

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Saini --- Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, India R Bala --- Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, India R Singh --- Department of Orthopaedics Paraplegia and Rehabilitation, India

Background: Cervical spine immobilisation with a semi-rigid cervical collar imposes difficulty in tracheal intubation. There is increasing use of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA- FastrachTM) for intubation in patients with difficult airways. The present study was conducted to assess...

View item »
Fish recruitment into a South African temporarily open/closed temperate estuary during three different hydrological mouth phases

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: GP Tweddle --- Department of Zoology, South Africa PW Froneman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa

Quantitative recruitment of ichthyofauna into a South African temporarily open/closed estuary (TOCE) was investigated during three distinct hydrological phases: closed overwash, open outflow and tidal mouth conditions. Maximum recruitment densities occurred during outflow conditions and declined when the system became...

View item »
Awake percutaneous tracheostomy as an alternative to open emergency tracheostomy in a threatened airway

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: RE Hodgson --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa TK Pillay --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa

Background: This case report details the management of a patient with a threatened airway booked for an emergency awake tracheostomy but successfully managed with a percutaneous tracheostomy technique. The case illustrates the challenges of managing a severely compromised airway and...

View item »
Bardet–Biedl syndrome: expect the unexpected, suspect the unsuspected

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Larissa Cronjé --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa

This is the first reported description of Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) with the combination of a malacic bifid epiglottis and anterior laryngeal web. Anaesthesia for BBS has numerous concerns and these are reviewed, focusing on features that manifest not only in...

View item »
A Place for Individuals: Positive Growth in Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Hannah Grayson --- School of Modern Languages, UK

This article introduces the Rwandan Stories of Change research project, and uses data collected jointly with the Aegis Trust to argue for the value of in-depth studies on individual Rwandans’ positive growth. It seeks to explore the place of individual...

View item »
Cumulative mild head injury (CMHI) among college rugby players: A replication and extension study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mokgadi Rapetsoa --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Christopher Nel --- Department of Human Movement Science, South Africa

We investigated the prevalence of cumulative mild head injury (CMHI) symptoms among college student rugby players pre- and post-season. The players completed a number of neuropsychological tests known to be sensitive to CMHI effects: vocabulary, working memory, motor coordination, and...

View item »
Acoustic communication and reproductive behaviour in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis (Pipidae), a field study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Achim Ringeis --- , , Germany Birgit Krumscheid --- , , Germany Phillip J. Bishop --- , , New Zealand Christian de Vries --- , , Germany Andreas Elepfandt --- , , Germany

We studied the acoustic and reproductive behaviour of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in a pond with clear water in South Africa over a period of two months. It contained 21 adult males and females. Each was marked with a...

View item »
Anaesthetic challenges in a patient with Klippel–Feil syndrome scheduled for panendoscopy and biopsy

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Chitnis --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, United Kingdom KO Enohumah --- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, United Kingdom

Klippel–Feil syndrome is one of the congenital causes of difficult airway. It is characterised by a classic triad of a short neck, restricted cervical spine movement, and a low posterior hairline, which can pose a significant challenge to the anaesthetist...

View item »
Preliminary evaluation of non-native rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) impact on the Cederberg ghost frog (Heleophryne depressa) in South Africa’s Cape Fold Ecoregion

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: S Avidon --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa JM Shelton --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa SM Marr --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South Africa TA Bellingan --- Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa KJ Esler --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa OLF Weyl --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South Africa

We evaluated the impact of non-native rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss on a population of endemic Cedarberg ghost frog Heleophryne depressa in the upper Krom River (Olifants-Doring River Catchment, Cape Fold Ecoregion). We compared H. depressa abundance (using kick-sampling and underwater...

View item »
Possible influences of a macroalgal bloom in eelgrass beds on fish assemblages in the lower Knysna Estuary, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Pollard --- South African Environmental Observation Network, South Africa AK Whitfield --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa AN Hodgson --- Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa

The occurrence of a macroalgal bloom at eelgrass (Zostera capensis) sampling sites in the summer of 2014/2015 provided an opportunity to use underwater video cameras to monitor the possible effects of environmental change on fish diversity and abundance in the...

View item »
Anaesthetic considerations in a child with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Thomas Kleyenstüber --- Department of Anaesthesia, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, South Africa

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterised by extraskeletal ossification of connective tissue. Affected individuals often become completely immobilised by their third decade of life. Amongst numerous anaesthetic concerns, the airway management of patients with FOP...

View item »
Minimum population size and distribution of Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum in Rwanda: an aerial and ground survey

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Olivier Nsengimana --- Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Rwanda Matthew Becker --- International Crane Foundation/Endangered Wildlife Trust Partnership, South Africa Deo Ruhagazi --- Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Rwanda Jean Ferus Niyomwungeri --- Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Rwanda

The iconic Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum is facing an increase in threats to its wetland habitat and poaching for the captive trade market. This has resulted in an enduring long-term decline in population numbers, which led to the species...

View item »
Reef fish and benthic community structures of the Santa Luzia Marine Reserve in the Cabo Verde islands, eastern central Atlantic Ocean

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Freitas --- Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, República de Cabo Verde TC Mendes --- Departamento de Ecologia, Brazil C Almeida --- Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, República de Cabo Verde T Melo --- Biosfera I – Associação para Defesa do Meio Ambiente, República de Cabo Verde RC Villaça --- Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Brazil R Noguchi --- Programa de Engenharia Ambiental, Brazil SR Floeter --- Laboratório de Biogeografia e Macroecologia Marinha, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Brazil CA Rangel --- Centro Nacional de Avaliação da Biodiversidade e de Pesquisa e Conservação do Cerrado (CBC), Brazil CEL Ferreira --- Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Brazil

Understanding ecological structures and the dynamics of reef fish assemblages is a fundamental step in current conservation biology. Patterns of abundance and biomass of reef fish communities of the tropical Cabo Verde Archipelago (eastern central Atlantic Ocean) have not been...

View item »
Localised intermittent upwelling intensity has increased along South Africa’s south coast due to El Niño–Southern Oscillation phase state

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MI Duncan --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa NC James --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa AE Bates --- Department of Ocean Sciences, Canada WS Goschen --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Ocean Sciences Campus, South Africa WM Potts --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase state is reported to drive interannual variability in sea temperatures along South Africa’s south coast through its influence on wind-induced upwelling processes. Whether ENSO drives the intensity of localised, abrupt, intermittent upwelling is less...

View item »
Patterns of juvenile reef-fish recruitment in Kenya’s shallow fringing- lagoon reefs

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: GM Okemwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya B Kaunda-Arara --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Kenya EN Kimani --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya

Studies to understand local-scale patterns in the recruitment of juvenile coral-reef fishes within the western Indian Ocean (WIO) region are few, yet such knowledge is important in fisheries management. Underwater visual census surveys were conducted at five shallow fringing-lagoon reef...

View item »
A tale of two habitats: preliminary comparison of fish abundance and diversity between saltmarsh- and mangrove-dominated creeks in the Nahoon Estuary, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Keur --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, South Africa N James --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa A Rajkaran --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, South Africa

A preliminary assessment of abundance and richness of fishes utilising saltmarsh and mangrove habitats in the Nahoon Estuary, situated on the eastern coast of South Africa, was undertaken during July 2017. The structural composition and complexity of the two habitats...

View item »
Chondrichthyans as an umbrella species-complex for conserving South African biodiversity

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: GJ Osgood --- Department of Biology, Canada ME McCord --- South African Shark Conservancy (SASC), South Africa JK Baum --- Department of Biology, Canada

Conservation surrogates, such as umbrella and flagship species, could help focus South Africa’s limited resources for research and management and enhance the conservation gains from marine protected areas (MPAs). Sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes), which are charismatic and ecologically diverse,...

View item »
Contrasting patterns in the abundance of fish communities targeted by fishers on two coral reefs in southern Mozambique

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Sancelme --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia J Goetze --- Global FinPrint Project, Australia S Jaquemet --- Université de La Réunion, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE [Tropical Marine Ecology Laboratory], Réunion MG Meekan --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia A Flam --- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Marine Megafauna Research Center, Mozambique AM Watts --- Marine Megafauna Foundation, Marine Megafauna Research Center, Mozambique CW Speed --- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australia

Coastal populations of maritime countries in eastern Africa rely on fish as a primary source of protein, but baseline information on the abundance of fish communities on these coastlines is often lacking. We used baited remote underwater video stations to...

View item »
Mapping subtidal estuarine habitats with a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV)

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J Wasserman --- Botany Department, DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, South Africa L Claassens --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa JB Adams --- Botany Department, DST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, South Africa

Subtidal habitats have not yet been accounted for in habitat maps of South African estuaries. In this study, a novel method for mapping subtidal estuarine habitats, using a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) piloted from a boat, was developed and...

View item »
Monitoring the effects of spatial protection on the reef fish communities of the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BQ Mann --- , South Africa JQ Maggs --- , New Zealand SN Porter --- , South Africa WN Dalton --- , South Africa

Monitoring marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for evaluating their effectiveness and for improving management. In this study, a single-camera baited remote underwater video system (mono-BRUVS) was deployed quarterly at four sites (10–30-m depths) to quantify the reef fish communities...

View item »
Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of freshwater in the Sidi Abderrahmane reservoir, Safi, Morocco

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: W Belokda --- , Morocco Z Damsiri --- , Morocco L Natij --- , Morocco K Khalil --- , Morocco M Loudiki --- , Morocco A Dahbi --- , Morocco H Achtak --- , Morocco J Richir --- , Belgium B Sabour --- , Morocco K Elkalay --- , Morocco

The purpose of the study was to assess the water quality in the Sidi Abderrahmane freshwater reservoir (Safi, Morocco). The monitoring data used in the study included physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. The spatial and temporal characteristics of these parameters...

View item »
Using action cameras to estimate the abundance and habitat use of threatened fish in clear headwater streams

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Hannweg --- , South Africa SM Marr --- , South Africa LE Bloy --- , South Africa OLF Weyl --- , South Africa

Snorkel and electrofishing surveys are the traditional baseline methods for fish surveys in clear headwater streams. However, action cameras provide a non-harmful alternative to monitor freshwater fish populations to develop informed conservation management initiatives. In this paper, estimates from photographs...

View item »
Beta diversity of pelagic assemblages at fish aggregating devices in the open ocean

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Forget --- , France L Dagorn --- , France B Mérigot --- , France JC Gaertner --- , French Polynesia J Robinson --- , Seychelles PD Cowley --- , South Africa MS Adam --- , Maldives Y Rilwan --- , Maldives M Koonjul --- , Mauritius V Mangar --- , Mauritius M Taquet --- , French Polynesia F Ménard --- , France

Owing to difficulties in accessing the vast open ocean, the beta (β) diversity of pelagic fish assemblages remains poorly studied. We investigated the relationship between assemblage similarity and geographical distance between anchored fish aggregating devices (FADs), sampled by standardised underwater...

View item »
Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Otero-Ferrer --- , Canary Islands F Tuya --- , Canary Islands NE Bosch Guerra --- , Australia A Herrero-Barrencua --- , Canary Islands AD Abreu --- , R Haroun --- , Canary Islands

Coastal seascapes are often composed of a mosaic of interconnected habitats. Transitions between adjacent habitats are of special relevance to the ecology of many reef-associated organisms. In this study, we tested (i) whether the degree of similarity in the composition...

View item »
Demersal fish communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, indicate partial congruence with proposed conservation biozones

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WN Dalton --- , South Africa SN Porter --- , South Africa T-C Livingstone --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa

The KwaZulu-Natal shelf, on the east coast of South Africa, is inhabited by diverse communities of demersal fishes; however, previous studies deeper than 30 m have largely investigated these with extractive techniques. Using baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs), this study...

View item »
Can bait improve the efficiency of underwater video monitoring of fish in headwater streams? A case study from the Rondegat River, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SZ Bajaba --- , South Africa S Hugo --- , South Africa AJ van Wyk --- , South Africa SM Marr --- , South Africa NG Vine --- , South Africa OLF Weyl --- , South Africa

The use of action cameras for underwater video sampling provides a non-harmful alternative for monitoring endangered and threatened fish populations in clear headwater streams. Here, we examine the use of baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) for the monitoring of...

View item »
Mobile money adoption in rural Rwanda: A domestication perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Marthe Uwamariya --- , Germany Claudia Loebbecke --- , Germany Stefan Cremer --- , Germany

With this explorative research, we investigate if and how farmers in Rwanda adopt mobile money, or m-money, and integrate it into their everyday life to foster their economic development and social well-being. To this end, we adapt a domestication perspective...

View item »
Distribution and community structure of at-risk and Data Deficient elasmobranchs in Zavora Bay, Mozambique

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: B O’Connor --- , The Netherlands N Cullain --- , United States

Persistent threats from fishing pressure and increasing habitat degradation, as well as slow recovery rates resulting from K-selected life histories, are putting increasing numbers of elasmobranch species (sharks, rays and skates) at risk of extinction worldwide. Global declines in elasmobranch...

View item »
Surviving the Genocide: The Singularity of Suffering in Yvonne Owuor's “Weight of Whispers”

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Fred Nabutanyi --- , Uganda

Although Theodor Adorno famously declared in 1983 that to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric, profound acts of horror have inspired many literary masterpieces. The 1994 Rwandan genocide is no exception, having motivated some of Africa’s literary gems. While...

View item »
Migrancy as Trauma: Yvonne Owuor's “Weight Of Whispers”

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Miriam Maranga-Musonye --- , Kenya

Despite winning the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2003, Yvonne Owuor's “Weight of Whispers” has not received much critical attention. Yet this novella has great potential for understanding Eastern Africa as a cultural and political space as well as...

View item »
Adoption of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties under partial population exposure in Rwanda: Insights from an African plant breeding programme

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gideon Danso-Abbeam --- , South Africa Lloyd J.S. Baiyegunhi --- , South Africa Mark D. Laing --- , South Africa Hussein Shimelis --- , South Africa

As part of the Green Revolution, plant breeding programmes such as the African Centre for Crop Improvement have trained scientists to breed crop varieties in Africa to address the challenges of low productivity. However, exposure to and adoption of these...

View item »
Space, Time and the Ethics of Graphic Wit(h)nessing: Rupert Bazambanza’s Smile through the Tears

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nick Mdika Tembo --- , South Africa

This article proposes a reading, through the lens of Bracha Ettinger’s theoretical notion of ‘wit(h)nessing,’ of Rupert Bazambanza’s Smile through the Tears as a graphic memoir that draws on the Rwandan historical archive to bear witness to the trauma of...

View item »
Barriers to scaling health technologies in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fatema Motiwala --- University of Toronto, Canada Obidimma Ezezika --- University of Toronto, Canada

Given the importance of effectively scaling technologies in the promotion of health and innovation, the objective of our paper was to identify the barriers that can impede the process of scaling up in sub-Saharan Africa. We reviewed the published literature...

View item »
Met and unmet palliative care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jeannine Uwimana --- Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), P. Struthers --- University of the Western Cape,

The rising number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) worldwide has made health care professionals and policy makers search for accessible health care that will meet the needs of people who are suffering from the disease and enhance their quality...

View item »
Peripheral neuropathy and quality of life of adults living with HIV/AIDS in the Rulindo district of Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Juvenal Biraguma [d147e18] Anthea Rhoda

Although the life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) has increased in the past years, they could experience secondary illness such as peripheral neuropathy (PN). Therefore, they need to adapt to chronic disablement which could affect their quality of...

View item »
The physical activity levels among people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome receiving high active antiretroviral therapy in Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: J.M. Frantz --- , South Africa A. Murenzi --- , South Africa

The accessibility of high active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for local human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is improving in Rwanda. It is well known that this therapy is associated with serious adverse effects, such as metabolic and morphologic changes. One of...

View item »
Rwandan young people's perceptions on sexuality and relationships: Results from a qualitative study using the ‘mailbox technique’

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kristien Michielsen --- , , Belgium Pieter Remes --- , Burkina Faso John Rugabo --- , Rwanda Ronan Van Rossem --- , , Belgium Marleen Temmerman --- , Belgium

This study aimed to gain more insight into young Rwandans’ perceptions on sex and relationships, which is essential for formulating effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) promotion interventions. Using a ‘mailbox technique’, this paper studies the spontaneous thoughts of Rwandan...

View item »
The reliability of the modified lower extremity functional scale among adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, in Rwanda, Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: D.K. Tumusiime --- , , Rwanda A. Stewart --- , , South Africa F.W.D. Venter --- , , South Africa E. Musenge --- , , South Africa

Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and affects their daily functional ability and quality of life. Lower extremity functional ability, which is most commonly compromised in patients with PN, has not...

View item »
Health-related quality of life and associated factors in adults living with HIV in Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Juvenal Biraguma --- , , Rwanda Eugene Mutimura --- , , Rwanda José M Frantz --- , , South Africa

In Rwanda, as in other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) has increased dramatically as a result of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). People living with HIV can now live longer but with increasing rates...

View item »
Rediscovery of Boulengerula fischeri, with notes on its morphology and habitat

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: G. John Measey --- Applied Biodiversity Research, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa HaraldH. Hinkel --- The World Bank Country Office Kigali, Rwanda Bonny Dumbo --- University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Eberhard Fischer --- University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Caecilians remain an enigmatic component of the tropical terrestrial fauna due in part to their cryptic life-history but also to a lack of directed effort towards their study. Many species are known from single specimens associated with poor collection data,...

View item »
‘Flash Mobula’: first observations of courtship behaviour of the shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Carpenter --- University of Cape Town, South Africa C Griffiths --- University of Cape Town, South Africa

First-time observations of courtship behaviour of the Endangered shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii are described from the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area (MPA), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Three events of M. kuhlii courtship, called ‘mating trains’, were recorded on video during...

View item »
Wind- and eddy-driven upwelling over submarine canyons inshore of the northern Agulhas Current

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Rautenbach --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa J Hermes --- , South Africa I Halo --- , South Africa T Morris --- , South Africa J Veitch --- , South Africa

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, located along the coastline of northern KwaZulu-Natal, hosts South Africa’s only subtropical coral reef system. Episodic upwelling events are observed inshore and at the heads of Diepgat, Leadsman and Leven canyons within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park...

View item »
Biology and ecology of the African blackspot shark Carcharhinus humani on the east coast of South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Cliff --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa NG Booyens --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa R Daly --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa GL Jordaan --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa N Nkabi --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa D Parker --- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia BQ Mann --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa

The African blackspot shark Carcharhinus humani (until now commonly known as Human’s whaler shark) is a small-sized requiem shark (family Carcharhinidae) found in tropical coastal waters of the western Indian Ocean as far south as Port St Johns on the...

View item »
Multi-method approach identifies a South African estuary as an important elasmobranch habitat and potential nursery ground

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Elston --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa TS Murray --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa

Elasmobranchs play important ecological roles but are highly threatened. Understanding their habitat use and abundance is crucial for the management and conservation of these species and their habitats. While some species are known to use estuaries as vital habitats (e.g...

View item »
Tax buoyancy dynamics in sub-Saharan African nations: The case study of Rwanda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gaudence Uwimana --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Charles Ruranga --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Emmanuel Masabo --- University of Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda Mammo Muchie --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Tax buoyancy exhibits unique behaviour in nations facing specific challenges. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in sub-Saharan countries which often implement tax exemptions to boost investment and facilitate trade. This study investigates tax buoyancy in Rwanda. It uses government administrative...

View item »
Predator avoidance by mesopredatory benthic sharks in response to potential predators in a natural environment

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: DBS Rooth --- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark RGA Watson --- , South Africa

Some benthic elasmobranch mesopredators utilise crypsis to avoid predation by higher trophic predators. While this ability has been documented in various elasmobranchs such as rays, cryptic behaviour has been scarcely documented in catsharks (family Scyliorhinidae). Freezing behaviour by leopard catsharks...

View item »
Assessing the systemic risk in Rwandan banking sector using clustering approach

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Patrick Mugenzi --- University of Rwanda, Rwanda Annie Uwimana --- University of Rwanda, Rwanda

This article assessed the dynamics of homogeneity (similarities) among banks in Rwanda from 2017 to 2021 by utilizing agglomerative clustering techniques on a detailed breakdown of the banking system’s balance sheet structure. Specifically, we analyzed homogeneity in the banks’ portfolios,...

View item »
The behavioural response of an estuarine teleost (Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi) to angler bait collection in two adjacent Eastern Cape estuaries, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: EC Butler --- Rhodes University, South Africa B van Heerden --- Rhodes University, South Africa MW Farthing --- Rhodes University, South Africa A-R Childs --- Rhodes University, South Africa WM Potts --- Rhodes University, South Africa

Reports of learned behavioural adaptations of wild Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi (family Sparidae) were investigated in two estuarine systems in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Underwater observational trials using video cameras demonstrated that fish rapidly responded to bait collection...

View item »

Load more results