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Coping responses as predictors of psychosocial functioning amongst individuals suffering from chronic pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AC Vorster --- Department of Psychology, South Africa SP Walker --- Unit for Professional Training and Sevices in the Behavioural Sciences, South Africa KGF Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaBackground: Research on coping with chronic pain has focused on exploring the impact of different coping responses on various aspects of living with chronic pain. The aim of this study is to determine whether certain coping responses can be identified... -
Pain severity, coping and satisfaction with life in patients with chronic pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SP Walker --- Unit for Professional Training and Services in the Behavioural Sciences (UNIBS), KGF Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology,Objectives: The primary study aim was to determine whether or not a statistically significant relationship exists between pain severity and satisfaction with life in patients with chronic pain. The second aim was to explore the extent to which coping responses... -
Modelling of product demand as a pointer tool for choice of maintenance strategy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Michael Kanisuru Adeyeri --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa Khumbulani Mpofu --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa Buliaminu Kareem --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NigeriaThe purpose of this paper is to use product demand or sales turnout of products in a competitive environment as an indicator to suggest maintenance strategies for machinery. The model takes account of singular products from several companies or industries,... -
Predicting Mycosphaerella leaf disease severity in a Eucalyptus globulus plantation using digital multi-spectral imagery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal • Authors: E Pietrzykowski N Sims C Stone L Pinkard C MohammedDigital remote sensing is rapidly developing into an operational tool for forest health assessment at a range of scales. A key aspect of this development is the derivation of models relating spectral data contained in the images to the extent... -
Post-fire tree regeneration from seed of the endangered Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa in the Maule region of central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Persy Gómez --- , Chile Sergio Espinoza --- , Chile Pedro Garrido --- , Chile José San Martín --- , Chile Yony Ormazábal --- , ChileThe endemic ruil (Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa) forest is one of the most endangered forest ecosystems in central Chile, where its regeneration is challenged by factors such as low seedling germination capacity and recently by fire. In this study, we sampled...