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Neurophysiological foundations of organ electrodermal diagnostics, acupuncture, TENS and other reflexive therapies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JZ Szopinski --- Pain Clinic, South Africa T Sierak --- Department of Medical Biophysics, Poland GP Lochner --- Department of Electronic Engineering, South AfricaThe nervous system is the primary computing system of the human body. The sensory nervous system detects any damage done to the body from both outside and inside and sends the information, at the earliest stage of pathology, to the... -
Predictors of topical steroid misuse among patrons of pharmacies in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Malangu --- National School of Public Health, University of Limpopo, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Background: -
The diagnosis and management of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology,The porphyrias are a group of disorders in which excessive quantities of porphyrins or their precursors are produced. They are due to abnormalities in the control of the porphyrin-haem metabolic pathway. The porphyrias are classified into acute and chronic. The... -
Systemic isotretinoin in the management of acne—a patient questionnaire survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Burger --- Drug Utilization Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy, South Africa I Truter --- Drug Utilization Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy, South Africa SM Blignault --- Drug Utilization Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy, South Africa DJL Venter --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaBackground: The primary aim was to investigate the appropriateness (as outlined in the South African Acne Treatment Guideline1) for the prescription of systemic isotretinoin in the management and counselling of acne in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. -
Impetigo in children: a clinical guide and treatment options
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology,Impetigo is a contagious, superficial bacterial infection of the skin, most frequently encountered in children. Causative organisms are almost always Staphylococcus aureus or streptococci, or a combination of the two. Predisposing factors are nasal and perineal colonisation, overcrowding, poor personal... -
Superficial skin infections and the use of topical and systemic antibiotics in general practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology,Superficial bacterial infections of the skin are very common. With the increasing burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), this is likely to worsen. Examples of such infections include impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, ecthyma, furuncles, carbuncles and subcutaneous abscesses. Common causative organisms... -
An overview of topical treatment for atopic eczema
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology,Atopic eczema is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disease of the skin. It is characterised by dry, itchy skin and a typical distribution on the elbows and knees in younger children, and the cubital and popliteal fossae in older children and... -
An approach to psoriasis in general practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology, L Nkosi --- Department of Dermatology,Psoriasis is a genetically determined inflammatory and proliferative disease of the skin, presenting with sharply demarcated scaly plaques, especially on the extensor prominences and the scalp. Although it is a clinical diagnosis, biopsy can help to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment... -
The diagnosis and management of alopecia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology, K Mathekga --- Department of Dermatology,Alopecia refers to loss of hair from the scalp or other hair-bearing areas of the body. Alopecia has a significant impact on quality of life. It is commonly associated with loss of self-esteem and emotional stress. It can be non-scarring... -
Melanoma continues to rise throughout the world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Revelas --- Department of Pathology, Greece O Tahmazidis --- Department of Pathology,Melanoma has become a common form of cancer. The incidence of melanoma tends to increase with increasing latitude, being low in southern, sunny tropical areas, where dark skins are more prevalent, and high in the north, in temperature areas, where... -
Age, Gender and Social Class Influences on Skin Colour Preferences Among Mozambican Children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Germano Vera Cruz --- University of Toulouse II, FranceThis study examined skin colour preferences among Mozambican children (N = 500; male = 48% and females = 52%; middle-high SES = 48% and low SES = 52%; mean age = 7.34 and SD = 1.80). The children selected preferred... -
Basking behaviour in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) during winter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kelly J. Brown --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Colleen T. Downs --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBasking is a behaviour frequently observed in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) during winter that supposedly plays a significant role in rewarming from nocturnal hypothermia. This behaviour, together with changes in body temperature and changes in black bulb temperatures (Tbb)... -
Sexual dimorphism in the African legless skink subfamily Acontiinae (Reptilia: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: N.J.L. Heideman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa S.R. Daniels --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P.L. Mashinini --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.E. Mokone --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.L. Thibedi --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.G.J. Hendricke --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa B.A. Wilson --- Western Cape Education Department, South Africa R.M. Douglas --- National Museum, South AfricaThe extent to which sexual dimorphism in snout–vent length, tail length and head shape (length, width and height) manifests itself in the legless fossorial skink subfamily Acontiinae was investigated in representatives of all four of its genera, Acontias, Microacontias, Acontophiops... -
Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skink Chalcides mauritanicus in the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: José Martín --- , , Spain Roberto García-Roa --- , , Spain Jesús Ortega --- , , Spain Pilar López --- , , Spain Ana Pérez-Cembranos --- , , Spain Alicia León --- , , Spain Luis V. García --- , , Spain Valentín Pérez-Mellado --- , , SpainThe two-fingered skink, Chalcides mauritanicus, is a fossorial species from North Africa, where it has only been found at a few localities on sandy sea shores. Virtually nothing is known about its ecology. For the first time, we report the... -
A new species of Scolecoseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from coastal north-eastern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luke Verburgt --- , , South Africa Ursula K. Verburgt --- , , South Africa William R. Branch --- , South AfricaSeven specimens of Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920 from the vicinity of Palma on the north coast of Mozambique are compared morphologically with other known material of this genus. The new material can be distinguished morphologically from all other Scolecoseps by the... -
Skin cancer awareness and sunscreen use among outpatients of a South African hospital: need for vigorous public education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NC Dlova --- Discipline of Dermatology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa R Gathers --- Department of Dermatology, Multicultural Dermatology Center, J Tsoka-Gwegweni --- Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa RJ Hift --- School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Melanoma incidence among white South Africans is increasing. Among black individuals, melanoma is associated with advanced stage at presentation and significant mortality. -
Pre-harvest Curing: Effects on Skin Adhesion, Chemical Composition and Shelf-life of Sweetpotato Roots under Tropical Conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Aditya Parmar --- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Germany Sascha M. Kirchner --- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Germany Barbara Sturm --- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Germany Oliver Hensel --- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, GermanyExcoriation (skinning injury) is a serious post-harvest problem for sweetpotato roots. In industrialized countries, sweetpotatoes are exposed to post-harvest curing to facilitate skin toughening and wound healing. However, in developing regions, such a practice is barely undertaken. Pre-harvest curing (PHC),... -
Does partial concealment influence predation attempts on small model snakes in South Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Gareth Coombs --- , South AfricaPredation risk may be high in small snakes and most small snakes are thought to avoid certain behaviours, such as basking in open areas to reduce predation risk. The extent to which this concealment limits predation during basking is not... -
The first report of urine overmarking of pro-oestrus female dung by a male white rhino
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: C Marneweck --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa A Jürgens --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa AM Shrader --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaAlthough observed in other Perrisodactyla, urine overmarking in white rhinos has not been described. Using a single opportunistic sighting, we were able to collect two dung samples from one oestrous female white rhino; one unmarked and one overmarked with male... -
Necrotising migratory erythema leading to the diagnosis of a metastatic glucagonoma without diabetes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Rahm Makan --- , South Africa Cloete Van Vuuren --- , South AfricaA case of necrotising migratory erythema (NME), which is one of the distinctive paraneoplastic skin manifestations associated with the glucagonoma syndrome, is described and discussed. In 80% of all patients with glucagonoma, NME is the first clinical sign. The glucagonoma... -
Quantifying the impacts of abrasion and bacterial transfer when fish are exposed to sand during a catch-and-release event
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RM Foster --- , South Africa A-R Childs --- , South Africa M Brooks --- , South Africa MW Farthing --- , South Africa EC Butler --- , South Africa WM Potts --- , South AfricaBest-practice guidelines to improve recreational fishers’ handling during catch-and-release (C&R) events are critical to improve the conservation and management of fish stocks worldwide. While best-practice research is growing, there are knowledge gaps, with the effects of sand exposure on fish... -
Inter‐island variation and taxonomy of Seychelles Trachylepis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Justin Gerlach --- University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, U.K.Skinks of the genus Trachylepis are geographically widespread and diverse. In the Seychelles islands two species are present, T. sechellensis and T. wrightii. All island populations of these two species were studied in 2000–2003 and the morphology of the populations... -
A new gregarious species of Trachylepis (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Lolui Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda, with a key to Ugandan Trachylepis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rungwe Kingdon --- Gallery Pangolin, UK Stephen Spawls --- , UKA new, distinctive gregarious species of Trachylepis is described from five specimens from Lolui Island, in Lake Victoria, Uganda, East Africa. Living in large groups on rock outcrops, it is distinguished from its congeners by differences in colour pattern and... -
Untangling the complex: molecular patterns in Trachylepis variegata and T. punctulata (Reptilia: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DanielM. Portik --- Villanova University, USA AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USAThe Mabuya [=Trachylepis] lacertiformis complex is comprised of four species with a high degree of morphological overlap and a convoluted taxonomic history. Of these four species, T. punctulata and T. variegata possess the broadest ranges, together covering much of southern... -
Diet selection by the threatened Chafarinas' skink Chalcides parallelus in North Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Emilio Civantos --- , , Spain Jesús Ortega --- , , Spain Pilar López --- , , Spain Ana Pérez-Cembranos --- , , Spain Valentín Pérez-Mellado --- , , Spain José Martín --- , , SpainStudies of diet suggest that skinks are opportunistic predators. However, there is little information on actual diet preferences because most studies do not evaluate the availability of prey in the environment. We analysed the diet selection of a population of... -
Low magnesium content in potato tubers associated with mass loss during storage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R Gericke --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa NJJ Combrink --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marieta van der Rijst --- Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaPotatoes are an important crop in the Sandveld and Kouebokkeveld regions of South Africa, and one of the challenges in effective potato production is maintaining quality post-harvest. In order to identify tuber characteristics that may be used to predict keeping... -
Population genetics and phylogeography of Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867) and T. ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) in south-western Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Brett O. Butler --- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Luis M.P. Ceríaco --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Todd R. Jackman --- Villanova University, Aaron M. Bauer --- Villanova University,Ansorge’s Rock Skink Trachylepis ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) is an Angolan taxon, the taxonomic distinctiveness and geographic distribution of which are poorly understood. It is closely related to the widespread Western Rock Skink T. sulcata (Peters, 1867) from Namibia and South... -
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sikelelwa Ntsokota --- North-West University, South Africa Lelanie Malan --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South Africa Werner de Klerk --- North-West University, South AfricaAcross cultures, skin tone is associated with social impressions and outcomes, but the meanings and implications of these associations has not garnered clear research evidence. This rapid review aimed to aggregate the evidence regarding the ascribed meanings and implications of...