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  1. The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics

    The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Minka Woermann --- Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch;South Africa Paul Cilliers --- Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch;South Africa
    In this paper, we investigate the implications that a general view of complexity - i.e. the view that complex phenomena are irreducible - hold for our understanding of ethics. In this view, ethics should be conceived of as constitutive of...
  2. Expressive Art in Cross-Cultural Group Supervision: Applying the Mmogo-Method™

    Expressive Art in Cross-Cultural Group Supervision: Applying the Mmogo-Method™

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, Liezel Ferreira --- North-West University,
    Academic mobility has increased the tendency of students to study in foreign countries, which poses various personal, interpersonal and contextual challenges to the cross-cultural supervision relationship. This study explored the themes that emerged in a cross-cultural supervision relationship through the...
  3. The Influence of Television on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour in a South African Setting

    The Influence of Television on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour in a South African Setting

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tebogo Moswang --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Ilse Ruane --- University of Pretoria, South Africa
    This study explored how television influences the sexual attitudes and behaviour of adolescent girls in a South African urban setting. A total of 4 adolescent girls participated (average age = 16 years old, range = 15–17 years old). Data was...
  4. The Approximation of Compacta by Finite T<sub>0</sub>-Spaces

    The Approximation of Compacta by Finite T0-Spaces

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: RalphD. Kopperman VladimirV. Tkachuk
    It has long been known that compact Hausdorff spaces can be approximated using finite T 0-spaces, and that many can be represented as inverse limits of polyhedra. Here we study the relationship between these two types of representation. In Section...
  5. On Frobenius, Mazur, and Gelfand-Mazur theorems on division algebras

    On Frobenius, Mazur, and Gelfand-Mazur theorems on division algebras

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: VictorM. Bogdan
    The main purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the theory of normed division algebras. It is written with a graduate student of mathematics in mind, who only had exposure to Advanced Calculus and to an introduction...
  6. Lover, mother or worker: women's multiple roles and the HIV/AIDS and reproductive health agenda in Tanzania

    Lover, mother or worker: women's multiple roles and the HIV/AIDS and reproductive health agenda in Tanzania

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lisa Ann Richey
    International and national campaigns to prevent HIV/AIDS and efforts to promote reproductive health remain separate in terms of conceptualisation and implementation. Local negotiations around reproductive health issues similarly seem to lack explicit attention to HIV/AIDS. This paper argues that even...
  7. Water policy in southern Africa: A brief synopsis of some of the macro driving forces

    Water policy in southern Africa: A brief synopsis of some of the macro driving forces

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AR Turton
    The water sector reforms that are underway in many parts of southern Africa are a manifestation of a global phenomenon. This is rooted in the human response to the undesirable consequences of development, and seeks to introduce the notion of...
  8. Diversity and mobility in households with children orphaned by AIDS in Couffo, Benin

    Diversity and mobility in households with children orphaned by AIDS in Couffo, Benin

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: RoseC Fagbemissi --- Communication and Innovation Studies Group, Social Science Department, The Netherlands Rico Lie --- Communication and Innovation Studies Group, Social Science Department, The Netherlands Cees Leeuwis --- Communication and Innovation Studies Group, Social Science Department, The Netherlands
    This paper characterises children orphaned by AIDS in the Couffo region of Benin. A 2006 census conducted for the research revealed a total of 315 such orphans, aged 0 to 14 years, within 88 households. Seventy-one percent of these children...
  9. Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark <em>Eremopterix leucotis</em> in an agroecosystem in the Limpopo province, South Africa

    Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis in an agroecosystem in the Limpopo province, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Lucket Dikgale --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa
    We studied the breeding ecology of the Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis over three years between 2008 and 2010. The breeding season was bimodal with a main peak in laying in autumn (March–April) and another smaller peak in spring (September–October). Nest...
  10. The role of doctors in provision of support for primary health care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    The role of doctors in provision of support for primary health care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PH Nkosi --- Centre for Rural Health, CM Horwood --- Centre for Rural Health, K Vermaak --- Centre for Rural Health, C Cosser --- Centre for Rural Health, JL Haskins --- Centre for Rural Health,
    Background: Most primary health care (PHC) services in South Africa are provided by registered nurses working in clinics. Workload and scope of practice of these nurses have increased in recent years, exacerbated by widespread staff shortages. However, PHC nurses often...
  11. Enhancing the educational interaction in family medicine registrar training in the clinical context

    Enhancing the educational interaction in family medicine registrar training in the clinical context

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa J Goedhuys --- Department of Psychology, Belgium F D'Argent --- Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad, Belgium
    The relationship between registrar and trainer functions best when the trainer consciously facilitates the registrar's learning and considers all their interactions as educational opportunities. The trainer's role is more that of an educational guide and less that of an authoritarian...
  12. Sudden loss of vision

    Sudden loss of vision

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Du Toit --- University of Cape Town; Groote Schuur Hospital,
    Sudden loss of vision, which causes consternation for both the patient and clinician, is a clinical problem that is encountered fairly regularly in most primary healthcare settings. Sudden visual loss or obscuration which is transient may simply be a symptom...
  13. The gradual loss of vision

    The gradual loss of vision

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Du Toit --- Division of Ophthalmology,
    Gradual loss of vision is a clinical problem that is encountered fairly regularly in most primary healthcare settings. Patients present with chronic, slowly progressive and generally painless visual loss. The reduction in vision is usually bilateral, though frequently asymmetrical, and...
  14. An audit of the perioperative anaesthetic management of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in the paediatric population at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital

    An audit of the perioperative anaesthetic management of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in the paediatric population at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Allopi --- Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa L Padayachee --- Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa
    Objective: Our study included an assessment of current anaesthetic practice in paediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion (VPSI), a review of shunt revision and complication rates, an evaluation of the incidence of congenital syndromes, retroviral disease and tuberculosis meningitis, and differentiation with...
  15. “Safe anaesthesia” for the South African rural obstetric patient in KwaZulu-Natal

    “Safe anaesthesia” for the South African rural obstetric patient in KwaZulu-Natal

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Theron --- King Edward VIII Hospital, South Africa CC Rout --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa
    Background: The South African National Committee for Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths has shown that anaesthesia-related maternal deaths continue to increase at district hospitals. This has been attributed to substandard anaesthesia care and resuscitation. This study investigated the anaesthesia practices,...
  16. Content analysis of food advertising strategies and ethical implications on South African television

    Content analysis of food advertising strategies and ethical implications on South African television

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- Mahidol University, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- University of Limpopo, South Africa
    The study aimed to investigate strategies and ethical implications of food advertising in South African television. The sample included 343 food advertisements recorded over two weeks and 224 hours from two major South African TV channels. Results indicate 45 products...
  17. Parental care in a polygynous group of bat-eared foxes, <em>Otocyon megalotis</em> (Carnivora: Canidae)

    Parental care in a polygynous group of bat-eared foxes, Otocyon megalotis (Carnivora: Canidae)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anton Pauw --- Department of Botany, South Africa
    This study reports the first recorded instance of polygyny and communal nursing in Otocyon m. megalotis. The polygynous group, which was studied in the Kalahari Desert, consisted of a male, two lactating females and a litter of five pups. New...
  18. Bee food: the chemistry and nutritional value of nectar, pollen and mixtures of the two

    Bee food: the chemistry and nutritional value of nectar, pollen and mixtures of the two

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Susan W. Nicolson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa
    Bees are herbivorous insects, consuming nectar and pollen throughout their life cycles. This paper is a brief review of the chemistry of these two floral resources and the implications for bee nutrition. Nectar is primarily an energy source, but in...
  19. Breeding ecology of the pink-billed lark, <em>Spizocorys conirostris</em>, in an agricultural landscape in South Africa

    Breeding ecology of the pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris, in an agricultural landscape in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa M.H.T. Mathonsi --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa
    We studied the breeding ecology, parental care and nesting success of the pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris, in an agricultural landscape in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, from October 2008 to October 2010. The results are compared with data in...
  20. The domestic transfer pricing practices of large listed South African industrial companies

    The domestic transfer pricing practices of large listed South African industrial companies

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: I Vally --- Department of Accountancy,
    The three main objectives of a domestic transfer pricing system are: (1) the attainment of goal congruence, (2) the facilitation of fair divisional performance evaluation and (3) the promotion of divisional autonomy.
  21. A Comparison of the General Anti-Avoidance Provisions in the Australian and South African Income Tax Acts With Reference to Whether or Not the South African Anti-Avoidance Provisions Would Have Been Applicable to the Facts of FCT v Spotless Services Limited

    A Comparison of the General Anti-Avoidance Provisions in the Australian and South African Income Tax Acts With Reference to Whether or Not the South African Anti-Avoidance Provisions Would Have Been Applicable to the Facts of FCT v Spotless Services Limited

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: D A Warneke --- Department of Accounting (Tax Section),
    The decision of the Australian Courts in the case of FCT v Spotless Services Limited was cause for considerable concern among the ranks of the Australian tax fraternity. The decision hinged on an application of the general anti-avoidance provisions (contained...
  22. South African Statements of Accounting Practice as Part of a User-oriented Framework

    South African Statements of Accounting Practice as Part of a User-oriented Framework

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: J.A. Miller --- University of Natal-Durban,
    In this third and final article on a suggested Hierarchy of Objectives for Financial Reporting the author deals with Statements of Accounting Practice as the operational level thereof, implementing concepts and principles towards achieving the objectives defined. As a consequence...
  23. Journeying into interobjectivity: how worlds can be multiple and real

    Journeying into interobjectivity: how worlds can be multiple and real

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andre Goodrich --- Social Anthropology, School of Social and Government Studies, North-West University, South Africa
    The culture-nature division is fundamental to the division of academic labour between the social and natural sciences. In the face of climate change and other broad environmental threats, natural and social scientists are becoming critical of this division of labour...
  24. Parental mediation of adolescent media use and demographic factors as predictors of Kenyan high school students’ exposure to sexual content in television

    Parental mediation of adolescent media use and demographic factors as predictors of Kenyan high school students’ exposure to sexual content in television

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kyalo wa Ngula --- Department of Mass Communication, Hellen K. Mberia --- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, USA
    Research in Western nations suggests that parents’ involvement in their children's media use can make a difference in how adolescents select, process and respond to sexual television messages. Little or no published research has investigated this issue in sub-Saharan Africa,...
  25. Strengthening doctoral supervision in a Doctor of Psychology (DPsych) Specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychology

    Strengthening doctoral supervision in a Doctor of Psychology (DPsych) Specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychology

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ronél van der Watt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa
    Supervision differs in PhD and DPsych contexts. PhD supervision focuses on students' pursuit of a career in academia, with the emphasis on research. In a DPsych framework, the focus of supervision is to assist students, who are experienced practitioners in...
  26. Leadership emergence: the application of the Cynefin framework during a bio-social HIV/AIDS risk-reduction pilot

    Leadership emergence: the application of the Cynefin framework during a bio-social HIV/AIDS risk-reduction pilot

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher J Burman --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South Africa Marota A Aphane --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South Africa
    This article focuses on the utility of a knowledge management heuristic called the Cynefin framework, which was applied during an ongoing pilot intervention in the Limpopo province, South Africa. The intervention aimed to identify and then consolidate low-cost, innovative bio-social...
  27. An evaluation of factors influencing perceptual experiences and future plans of final-year medical interns in the Free State, 2013–2014

    An evaluation of factors influencing perceptual experiences and future plans of final-year medical interns in the Free State, 2013–2014

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Mofolo --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa J Botes --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa
    Background: Medical internship refers to the 24-month period of supervised training in an accredited facility, where newly qualified doctors rotate through all relevant medical domains before starting their community service as medical practitioners. The Free State province has one academic...
  28. Life cycle of chokka-squid <em>Loligo reynaudii</em> in South African waters

    Life cycle of chokka-squid Loligo reynaudii in South African waters

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MR Lipiński --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa JSF van der Vyver --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa P Shaw --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Penglais, UK WHH Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa
    This short note summarises past and current knowledge of the life cycle of chokka-squid Loligo reynaudii d’Orbigny, 1845, in South African waters. Prior to approximately 2010, the chokka-squid stock was considered simple and uniform, with one paralarval pool, the drift...
  29. Cadres and compatriots: An analysis of their good lives as presented by <em>Top Billing</em>

    Cadres and compatriots: An analysis of their good lives as presented by Top Billing

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brandaan Huigen --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Top Billing is a South African lifestyle show, aired by the national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The show promotes the “good life,” covering the lifestyles of wealthy South Africans. Segments on mansions and especially weddings are the most...
  30. Errors and clinical supervision of intubation attempts by the inexperienced

    Errors and clinical supervision of intubation attempts by the inexperienced

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: VM Satyapal --- Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa CC Rout --- Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa TE Sommerville --- Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa
    Background: Tracheal intubation is an essential skill for anaesthetists and other disciplines that require emergency establishment of a secure airway. Early attempts in patients often meet with failure. Existing publications focus mainly on trainees in emergency settings and highlight the...
  31. Temporal changes in prey composition and biomass delivery to African Crowned Eagle nestlings in urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Temporal changes in prey composition and biomass delivery to African Crowned Eagle nestlings in urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tim van der Meer --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Shane McPherson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa
    Globally urban areas are expanding rapidly and this usually has negative effects on biodiversity. Despite this, some species manage to persist in urban areas, as is the case with African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As relatively...
  32. An evaluation of the medical internship programme at King Edward VIII hospital, South Africa in 2016

    An evaluation of the medical internship programme at King Edward VIII hospital, South Africa in 2016

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa SS (Cyril) Naidoo Siyabonga Dlamini
    Background: In 2005, the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) extended the duration of the internship programme to ensure that all young medical graduates are adequately prepared to work at a district hospital during their year of community service...
  33. Parental care in a sexually monomorphic, ground-nesting passerine, the Pink-billed Lark <em>Spizocorys conirostris</em> (Alaudidae)

    Parental care in a sexually monomorphic, ground-nesting passerine, the Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris (Alaudidae)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: G Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South Africa Sean M Marr --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South Africa
    Within the family Alaudidae, most monomorphic species exhibit some degree of biparental care, but direct paternal care in most species is confined to food provisioning to offspring during the nestling period. Uniquely, the genus Spizocorys is the only sexually monomorphic...
  34. Megaherbivore response to droughts under different management regimes: lessons from a large African savanna

    Megaherbivore response to droughts under different management regimes: lessons from a large African savanna

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa Mike JS Peel --- , South Africa Sam M Ferreira --- , South Africa Cathy Greaver --- , South Africa Danie J Pienaar --- , South Africa
    Droughts are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity for large parts of Africa. It is unclear how this may impact native grazers in protected areas, and how these outcomes may differ under contrasting management approaches. Reducing artificial water sources...
  35. Drought amnesia: lessons from protected areas in the eastern Lowveld of South Africa

    Drought amnesia: lessons from protected areas in the eastern Lowveld of South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Mike JS Peel --- , South Africa Izak P Smit --- , South Africa
    Protected areas (PAs) adjacent to the Kruger National Park (KNP) are divided into fenced and unfenced properties. We discuss land-use development to provide context of how these savannas have evolved over the past century. Although the PAs have embraced the...
  36. Behavioural response as a reliable measure of acute nanomaterial toxicity in zebrafish larvae exposed to a carbon-based versus a metal-based nanomaterial

    Behavioural response as a reliable measure of acute nanomaterial toxicity in zebrafish larvae exposed to a carbon-based versus a metal-based nanomaterial

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sarel J Brand --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Tarryn L Botha --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Victor Wepener --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa
    Production, use and disposal of products containing nanomaterials can lead to an increased presence of these particles in the environment and exposure to the organisms found there. It is therefore becoming increasingly necessary to develop methods for screening these materials...
  37. Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector: Do strengths use, and promotion focus matter?

    Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector: Do strengths use, and promotion focus matter?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adeline N. Idike --- , Nigeria Okechukwu Ibiam Egwu --- , Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- , Nigeria Cornelius O. Okorie --- , Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- , Nigeria
    This study examined experiences of abuse and work engagement behaviours of general employees in the Nigerian public service sector. Cross-lagged survey data were collected from 219 workers (female = 57.3%; age range = 24 – 59 years, mean age =...
  38. Eucalypt susceptibility towards the invasive <em>Glycaspis brimblecombei</em> Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) in South Africa

    Eucalypt susceptibility towards the invasive Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Samantha J Bush --- , South Africa Bernard Slippers --- , South Africa Brett P Hurley --- , South Africa
    Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) is a eucalypt feeder native to Australia. Infestations of G. brimblecombei can cause leaf wilt, dieback and death in weak or severely infested plants. In many countries where G. brimblecombei has been introduced, patterns of susceptibility...
  39. Presenting a PhD research proposal: A guide for commerce students

    Presenting a PhD research proposal: A guide for commerce students

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Richard Shambare --- , South Africa
    This paper provides commerce PhD students with advice on how to structure research proposals. In particular, the paper addresses the question: How should a PhD candidate in entrepreneurship (or another commerce discipline) present a research proposal? The paper guides students...
  40. Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors

    Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jianjia He --- , China Shengmin Liu --- , China Jianbo Liu --- , China Thi Hoai Thuong Mai --- , China
    We investigated the relationship between employee perceptions of narcissistic supervision and employee followership. Further, we investigated the influences of employee proactive personality, self-efficacy, political skill, and team political climate on said relationship. Data were from 383 employees of a large...
  41. How abusive supervision affects unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A moderated mediation examination of exchange and proactive personality

    How abusive supervision affects unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A moderated mediation examination of exchange and proactive personality

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Wang --- , China Gangqiang Wang --- , China Guoqin Liu --- , China Yalin Chu --- , China Li Zhou --- , China
    In this study, we examined how abusive supervision would be associated with unethical pro-organisational behaviour (UPB). Using a time-lag study design, we collect a sample of 322 working adults from a large bank in the south-west of China (female =...
  42. An assessment of quality of home-based HIV counseling and testing performed by lay counselors in a rural sub-district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    An assessment of quality of home-based HIV counseling and testing performed by lay counselors in a rural sub-district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Vuyolwethu Magasana --- , South Africa Wanga Zembe --- , South Africa Hanani Tabana --- , South Africa Reshma Naik --- , South Africa Debra Jackson --- , South Africa Sonja Swanevelder --- , South Africa Tanya Doherty --- , South Africa
    HIV counseling and testing (HCT) has been prioritized as one of the prevention strategies for HIV/AIDS, and promoted as an essential tool in scaling up and improving access to treatment, care and support especially in community settings. Home-based HCT (HBHCT)...
  43. Towards a natural classification of African toads (Anura, Bufonidae): Past progress and future prospects

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: BarryT. Clarke --- The Natural History Museum, England
    African bufonid toads (especially members of the genus Bufo) are a relatively uniform group morphologically, but beneath this apparent uniformity lies a higher level of diversity in habits and lifestyle than is initially evident. Members of the group exhibit considerable...
  44. On a functional identity involving inverses on matrix rings

    On a functional identity involving inverses on matrix rings

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Nadeem Ahmad Dar --- Government HSS, India Wu Jing --- Fayetteville State University, USA
    Let be a division ring which is not a field with characteristic different from 2 and 3, and with n > 1. The purpose of this paper is to characterize additive maps f,g : satisfying the functional identity f(X) +...
  45. Preliminary revision and validation of the Human Resource Attributions Scale

    Preliminary revision and validation of the Human Resource Attributions Scale

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Haitao Zheng --- , China Xinqi Lin --- Renmin University of China, China He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Weilin Su --- Capital Normal University, China
    This study aimed to revise and validate the Human Resources Attributions (HRAs) scale for use in a Chinese context. 480 Chinese employees from a financial organisation completed the survey (female = 55.3%; bachelor’s degree = 70%; mean age = 36.4...
  46. On mixed metric dimension in subdivision, middle, and total graphs

    On mixed metric dimension in subdivision, middle, and total graphs

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Ali Ghalavand --- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran Sandi Klavžar --- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Mostafa Tavakoli --- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran Ismael G. Yero --- Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
    Let G be a graph and let S(G), M(G), and T(G) be the subdivision, the middle, and the total graph of G, respectively. Let dim(G), edim(G), and mdim(G) be the metric dimension, the edge metric dimension, and the mixed metric...
  47. Some questions on partially ordered rings – a survey

    Some questions on partially ordered rings – a survey

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Jingjing Ma --- University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA
    This survey provides a brief overview and new developments on some questions in the area of partially ordered and lattice-ordered rings and algebras.
  48. Lack of evasive behaviour by a Martial Eagle <em>Polemaetus bellicosus</em> on impact with a turbine blade at a South African wind farm: causes and mitigations

    Lack of evasive behaviour by a Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus on impact with a turbine blade at a South African wind farm: causes and mitigations

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Robert E Simmons --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Marlei Martins --- , South Africa
    We describe a collision of Africa’s largest raptor, the Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus with a spinning blade at a South African wind farm in the Eastern Cape in July 2016, and the abandonment of the territory following a second fatal...
  49. Social support mediates job demands, and burnout relation among public senior high school teachers, Ghana

    Social support mediates job demands, and burnout relation among public senior high school teachers, Ghana

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Richard Akutey --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Daniel Apaak --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Edward Wilson Ansah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana
    We investigated the extent to which job resources mediated the relationship between job demands and burnout among public senior high school teachers in Ghana. Participants included 1028 public senior high school teachers (female = 491) who have been teaching between...
  50. Does parental education moderate the association between personal growth initiative, purpose in life and subjective well-being among Chinese college students?

    Does parental education moderate the association between personal growth initiative, purpose in life and subjective well-being among Chinese college students?

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaoxia Huang --- Huzhou Vocational and Technical College, China Hong Li --- Zhoukou Vocational and Technical College, China Yungui Guo --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, China
    We investigated the moderating effect of parental education on the relationship between personal growth initiative, purpose in life, and subjective well-being. Two-wave time-lagged data with an interval of three months were collected from 491 students (mean age = 19.58 years,...