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Effects of seed treatments on the germination of Atriplex nummularia Lindl.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: C.H. Donaldson --- Department of Agriculture (Karoo Region), Republic of South AfricaLaboratory experiments were conducted to determine the influence of length of soaking period and water temperature treatments on the germination of Atriplex nummularia. Germination percentages increased significantly (P≤0,01) with increasing soaking period in water with a temperature of 20°C, while... -
Evaluation of shrub species for sheep grazing in the Strandveld of the Cape West Coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: S.A. Barnard --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South Africa J.M. van Heerden --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South Africa H.S. Gerber --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South AfricaThe production of three exotic shrub species, Atriplex nummularia (old man saltbush), A. canescens (four‐winged salt‐bush) and Medicago arborea (tree lucerne) and one indigenous evergreen shrub, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. pisifera (west coast bitou), was evaluated in the Strandveld of the... -
Control of black wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.) seedlings with Garlon herbicide applied by backpack mistblower
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: B.D. Viljoen --- , South Africa C.W. Stoltsz --- , South AfricaBlack wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild) has great economic value for South Africa, but also poses a tremendous threat to our natural ecosystems once it “escapes” from plantations into the surrounding grassland and watercourses, often forming dense, impenetrable thickets that... -
THE EFFECTS OF DESIGN AND OPERATION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF HOSEPIPES AS WATER COLUMN SAMPLERS FOR PHYTOPLANKTON
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Tamar Zohary --- , South Africa P.J. Ashton --- , South AfricaThe efficiency of 5 different hosepipe samplers in providing representative water column samples was tested by comparing the chlorophyll a concentrations in these samples with those obtained by integrating discrete depth samples collected with a Van Dorn sampler, in two... -
Mineral assessment in Atriplex halimus L. and Atriplex nummularia L. in the arid region of Jordan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MM Abu-Zanat FM Al-Hassanat M Alawi GB RuyleThe foliage of Atriplex halimus contained higher levels (P < 0.05) of ash (28.03%) than that of Atriplex nummularia (23.11%). Spring growth of the two saltbushes contained less ash than the fall regrowth. The foliage of A. halimus contained higher... -
The Meanings of an Animal Wristband (isiphandla) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nomahlubi Makunga --- University of Zululand, Jabulani Thwala --- University of Zululand, Steve Edwards --- University of Zululand,This study investigated indigenous meanings attributed to the use of an animal skin wristband (isiphandla) in persons in KwaZulu-Natal. The study was motivated by the need for indigenous psychological knowledge in the South African context where western-based treatment approaches, ideologies... -
Perceptions of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: implications for the provision of HIV and TB care services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alexander Rödlach --- Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, United States RiittaA Dlodlo --- , France ZaneleE Hwalima --- Health Services Department, ZimbabweThe objectives of the research were to explore perceptions of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) among individuals enrolled in antiretroviral therapy (ART) at two municipal clinics in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and to assess the implications of these perceptions on the provision... -
Marburg haemorrhagic fever: A rare but fatal disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & PHC, -
Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at National Hospital Abuja Nigeria: a five year retrospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Onyebuchi Stephanie Ofoegbu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Bethrand Brian Odume --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground: The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria has militated against efforts to control TB. This study determined the differences in TB treatment outcome between patients with TB/HIV co-infection and those without HIV co-infection in National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria. -
Intraspecific host preferences of mopane moths (Imbrasia belina) in mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Halszka Hrabar --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Dawood Hattas --- Department of Botany, South Africa Johan T. du Toit --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaColophospermum mopane trees are a common larval food plant of the mopane moth (Imbrasia belina),which commonly reaches outbreak proportions. Our study investigated factors determining host tree choice by ovipositing mopane moths within a single host species (C. mopane). Tree size... -
Silence, blame and AIDS conspiracy theories among the Xhosa people in two townships in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jonas Samuel Sivelä --- African Studies, Department of World Cultures, FinlandConspiratorial expressions about the origins of HIV/AIDS have been recognised as an outcome of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This article examines the reasons behind AIDS conspiracy theories, which include a reoccurring repertory of themes, motifs and characters. In... -
An assessment of the risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis among adult patients suffering from human immunodeficiency virus attending the Wellness Clinic at Themba Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Felix Alberto Herrera Rodriguez --- Medical Department, South Africa Samuel Onoja Agbo --- Family Medicine department, South AfricaBackground: In South Africa, the data about risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is limited. Therefore, the assessment of risk factors for PTB is an important step to identify which risk factors are unique in every specific population context and... -
Epidemiology of an outbreak of cholera in a south-west state of Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Akinola Fatiregun --- Department of Epidemiology, Nigeria Samuel Olowookere --- Department of Community Health, Elvis Isere --- Department of Epidemiology, Nigeri Adejumoke Ayede --- Department of Paediatrics, NigeriaOn 19 August 2011, 11 suspected cholera cases were reported by three private hospitals to the Disease Surveillance Unit of Ede District in Osun State, Nigeria. Diagnoses were confrmed using the cholera rapid diagnostic test kit. A feld investigation to... -
Epidemiological description of cholera outbreak in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, December 2008–March 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Themba T Sigudu --- Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Khin S Tint --- South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, South Africa Brett Archer --- South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, South AfricaBackground: In developing countries, cholera often occurs in large-scale outbreaks and causes high burden of disease and leads to death in some cases. The purpose of the study was to describe and characterise cholera cases, and also to identify environmental... -
First outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a haematology unit in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Yesholata Mahabeer --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South Africa Warren Lowman --- Vermaak and Partners Pathologists, South Africa Chetna N Govind --- School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, South Africa Khine Swe-Swe-Han --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South Africa Koleka P Mlisana --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South AfricaVancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are increasingly important causes of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Although VRE is a significant cause of nosocomial sepsis in these countries, limited data is available on the role that this pathogen plays in South... -
Characteristics of tuberculosis patients and the evaluation of compliance to the national TB management guidelines at clinics in a rural community from Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Jolly Musoke --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, South Africa Anita L. Michel --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, South AfricaThis study serves as baseline investigation into tuberculosis (TB) patient population characteristics and the compliance of clinics in rural settings to the national TB guidelines in terms of diagnosing the disease. A total of 62 TB positive patients’ files were reviewed... -
Reaction time deficits incurred by Cumulative Mild Head Injury (CMHI) and Post-Concussion Symptoms (PCS) between contact and non-contact sport players: A prospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patricia Maite --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Kathryn Ne --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis prospective study investigated possible differential effects on reaction time and post-concussion symptoms contrasting contact and non-contact sport athletes. Participants were a purposive sample of football (soccer) players (n = 15) and volleyball players (n = 15) from South Africa... -
Allometric models for height and aboveground biomass of dominant tree species in South African Mistbelt forests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Sylvanus Mensah --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Ruan Veldtman --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Thomas Seifert --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaNovel species-specific equations for the estimation of height and aboveground biomass were established for four dominant tree species (Syzygium gerrardii Burtt Davy, Combretum kraussii Hochst., Trichilia dregeana Sond. and Croton sylvaticus Hochst.), in the Northern Mistbelt Forests of South Africa... -
Cholera and household water treatment why communities do not treat water after a cholera outbreak: a case study in Limpopo Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Lutendo Sylvia Mudau --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Murembiwa Stanley Mukhola --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Paul Raymond Hunter --- Norwich School of Medicine, UKBackground: Cholera is one of the common diseases in developing countries caused by consumption of contaminated and untreated drinking water. A study was conducted 7 months after a cholera outbreak in Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa. The aim of the study... -
Development of gene expression assays measuring immune responses in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Roxanne L Higgitt --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/SAMRC Centre for TB Research/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Peter E Buss --- Veterinary Wildlife Services, South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, South Africa Paul D van Helden --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/SAMRC Centre for TB Research/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Michele A Miller --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/SAMRC Centre for TB Research/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Sven DC Parsons --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/SAMRC Centre for TB Research/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South AfricaAs scavengers, spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are exposed to a wide array of pathogens but exhibit low mortality rates due to infectious disease. This suggests that this species exhibits a unique and robust immune response to pathogens. However, few tools... -
Trends in diagnostic techniques and factors associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Lesotho, 2010–2015
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Eltony Mugomeri --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Lesotho Bisrat S Bekele --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Lesotho Charles Maibvise --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Swaziland Clemence Tarirai --- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South AfricaTuberculosis is a global public health problem. Lesotho, a sub-Saharan country with high HIV and tuberculosis burden, launched the Three I’s programme of the World Health Organization in 2013. However, the outcomes of this intervention are scarcely known. This study... -
(Un)becoming Mountain Tigers Football Club: an ethnography of sports among the Western Cape’s farm workers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Tarminder Kaur --- Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, University of the Free State, South AfricaIn 1999, farm workers at commercial farms in Louwshoek valley, Western Cape, founded the Mountain Tiger Football Club (MTFC). In addition to playing self-organised (unofficial) football for money (or other stakes), the MTFC had a stint of competing in the... -
Managing human disturbance: factors influencing flight-initiation distance of birds in a West African nature reserve
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Bukola Braimoh --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Soladoye Iwajomo --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Nigeria Mark Wilson --- British Trust for Ornithology, UK Adams Chaskda --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Afan Ajang --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Will Cresswell --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, NigeriaEscape behaviour in response to perceived predators can be employed as a guide when designating protected areas around sensitive bird species to minimise the impact of human disturbance. A key measure of escape response is flight-initiation distance (FID), the distance... -
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the setting of HIV hyperendemicity at a tertiary hospital in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: S Gounden --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa R Perumal --- Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, South Africa NP Magula --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaBackground: South Africa has the highest burden of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) co-infection in the world, with the province of KwaZulu-Natal representing the global epicentre of TB/HIV. While significant progress has been made to improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis,... -
Energy drinks consumption among football players in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Foluke Adenike Olatona --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, Nigeria Ijeoma Olumide Aderibigbe --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, Nigeria Sunday Adedeji Aderibigbe --- Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Nigeria Temitope ‘Wunmi Ladi-Akinyemi --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, NigeriaObjectives: This study assessed the prevalence, frequency and reasons for the consumption of energy drinks among members of registered football clubs in Lagos, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed and the study setting was Onikan Stadium Lagos, Lagos... -
Chatbots — an organisation’s friend or foe?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Emma Carter --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Charlotte Knol --- Stenden Hotel Management School,In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence has increased tremendously and the hospitality industry has not gone unaffected. Nowadays, chatbots, which simulate human conversations, are almost indispensable in the customer service branch of hospitality. Where organisations started rapidly with... -
AIDS and COVID-19 in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arnau van Wyngaard --- , South Africa Alan Whiteside --- , CanadaBy the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in February 2021, the numbers of cases and deaths in southern Africa were low in absolute and relative numbers. The BBC ran a story (which was later retracted) headlined... -
A hermeneutic-phenomenological analysis of teachers’ learning experiences through the observation of a professional basketball coach’s coaching session
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Naoki Matsuyama --- , JapanIn this study, the learning experiences of four elementary school teachers who were basketball coaches were explored. Specifically, the learning experiences gained through observing professional basketball coaches’ sessions were examined by employing van Manen’s hermeneutic-phenomenological approach, which focuses on the... -
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cyril Dalene Rathnum --- , South Africa Jacqueline Moodley --- , South AfricaWe explored women’s experiences of depression from the perspective of negative social interactions at the personal, family, and community levels. Informants were seven coloured women from Westbury, Johannesburg, South Africa (aged 28 – 56 years old). The participants answered open-ended... -
TB/HIV risk factors identified from a General Household Survey of South Africa in 2006
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sathiya Susuman Appunni --- , , South Africa Renette Blignaut --- , , South Africa Siaka Lougue --- , , South AfricaThe level of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) as well as the co-infection TB/HIV in South Africa is among the highest in the world. TB is curable while HIV is not, yet the combination of both is a growing... -
Longitudinal analysis of HIV risk behaviour patterns and their predictors among public primary care patients with tuberculosis in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , , South AfricaThe goal of this study was to identify various HIV risk behaviours among tuberculosis (TB) patients in a longitudinal study design in South Africa. In 42 public primary healthcare facilities in three districts in three provinces, adult new TB and... -
A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Bayworld (Port Elizabeth Museum), South Africa KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa ColinR. Tilbury --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaA new dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury sp. nov., is described from mountain fynbos habitat in the Great Swartberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is closest geographically to Bradypodion gutturale but distinguished by its smaller... -
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus diet in a nutshell: use of indigenous and exotic plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kirsten Wimberger --- , South Africa Kate F Carstens --- , South Africa Johann C Carstens --- , South Africa Francis R Brooke --- , South Africa Fanie Rautenbach --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThe success of conservation action for a threatened species can be improved by knowledge of its feeding and breeding requirements. The Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus is a threatened endemic restricted to patches of mistbelt forest in South Africa. Cape Parrots... -
DNA barcoding of five economically important freshwater fish species from the Nile River, Sudan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Asma Mahmoud Hamza --- University of Kassala, Sudan Amna Taj Elsir Mahjoub Mohammed --- University of Kassala, SudanThe study was conducted to barcode five freshwater fish species obtained from Nile River tributaries (the Atbara River and the Blue Nile), in March 2019, using analysis of partial CO1 gene sequences. Fish samples were identified morphologically as Nile perch... -
Beyond the 90 minutes: football, tourism and hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Proctor --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Prantik Bordoloi --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis study is the first in a series looking at professional sports franchises and their forays into the realms of hospitality, leisure and tourism. It focuses on the city of Leeuwarden in the north of The Netherlands and its professional... -
Corruption is making people sick
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arlette Campbell White --- , Oliver Charles Campbell White --- ,According to Transparency International, of the US$7.5 trillion spent globally on health each year, US$500 billion is lost to corruption.1 This article deals with the topic of corruption in the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on how... -
Bridging cultural gaps in health communication: Indigenous language as a catalyst for combatting monkeypox in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Evaristus Adesina --- Northwest University, South Africa Abiodun Salawu --- Northwest University, South Africa Babatunde Adeyeye --- Northwest University, South AfricaInfectious diseases such as monkeypox have continued to pose significant threats to global health, demanding effective strategies for prevention and control. Existing studies have primarily focused on monkeypox clinical analysis, with less attention given to adopting indigenous languages as a... -
Ngabe iziLimi zoMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika zikulungele ukuthi kufundiswe ngazo? Ukuhunyushelwa esiZulwini kwencwadi yamaKhono eMpilo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Erick Nkululeko Nzimande --- University of South Africa, South AfricaUkusetshenziwa kweziLimi zaboMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika njengezilimi zokufundisa ezikoleni nasemfundweni ephakeme kuyinto esicwaningwe ngabacwaningi abaningi. Kodwa-ke ocwaningweni oselwenziwe luncane kakhulu olubheka ukuthi zikhona yini izinsizakufunda ezizokwenza ukufundisa ngalezi zilimi kube yimpumelelo. Ngakho-ke inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuhlaziya ukuhunyushwa kweNcwadi kaThisha yamaKhono eMpilo... -
Computational analysis of Orientalist discourse in social media: A case study of Twitter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Qiming Dong --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Shasha Zhang --- Hunan University of Information Technology, People’s Republic of China Megat Al Imran Yasin --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Chow Ow Wei --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaThe paper presents ORIENT-Net as a tool that processes texts in terms of their orientalist views. This is done by the detection and classification of such texts on social media Twitter. An Orientalist view of the East can see the...
