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Communicating in designing an oral repository for rural African villages

Reitmaier, Thomas; Bidwell, Nicola J.; Siya, Masbulele Jay; Marsden, Gary; Tucker, William D. (IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2012)

We describe designing an asynchronous, oral repository and sharing system that we intend to suit the needs and practices of rural residents in South Africa. We aim to enable users without access to personal computers to ...

Community-based natural resource management in the Southern Africa region: an annotated bibliography and general overview of literature, 1996–2004

Whande, Webster (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-02)

This bibliography is aimed at collating information relating to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the Southern African region across different sectors and themes. It was primarily compiled to offer ...

Community-based solar power revenue alternative to improve sustainability of a rural wireless mesh network

Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Roro, Zukile; Tucker, William D.; Siya, Masbulele Jay (ACM, 2013)

Given the needs for a clean and easy way to maintain and secure powering wireless networks in rural areas and to gen- erate revenue to guarantee the sustainability of its intended goals, an innovative approach to leverage ...

Community digital story project: George community needs

Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Siebrits, André; Kies, Carolynne; Braaf, Norina (Science Domain International, 2015)

This study details a Digital Story Community Project undertaken by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape, which took place in George (South Africa) in ...

Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases

Puoane, Thandi; Bradley, Hazel A. (MedPharm Publications, 2006)

BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are lay people trained to assist with health care in their communities. This study took place at two sites in Khayelitsha, a township in the Cape Peninsula, from 2000 ...

Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm

Hara, Mafaniso (Springer, 2011)

Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially ...

A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS

Stiegler, Nancy; Appunni, Sathiya Susuman (SAGE Publications, 2013)

The aim of this article is to show a comparative analysis of contraceptive use in areas of traditionally high fertility that have gone through profound changes. Data have been taken from the latest Demographic and Health ...

Comparative analysis of human coronavirus-NL63 ORF3 protein homologues

Fielding, Burtram C.; Suliman, Tasnim (Academic Journals, 2009)

It has been reported in some studies that the newly discovered human coronavirus NL-63 (HCoVNL63) is one of the most common coronaviruses associated with acute respiratory infections. HCoVNL63 was first isolated in 2004 ...

Comparative study of admissions criteria of a selection of South African universities

Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M. (Stellenbosch University, 2011)

Summary: The new school-leaving certificate, the National Senior Certificate (NSC), was awarded for the first time in 2008. This necessitated a relook at the entrance requirements for university, as the school subjects ...

Comparing community structure on shells of the abalone

Zeeman, Zannè; Branch, George M.; Farrell, Daniel; Maneveldt, Gavin; Robertson-Andersson, Deborah; Pillay, Deena (Springer Verlag, 2013)

This paper concerns the effects on biodiversity of depletion 24 of the South African abalone Haliotis midae, which is a long-lived species with a large corrugated shell that provides a habitat for diverse benthic organisms. ...

Comparing community structure on shells of the abalone Haliotis midae and adjacent rock: implications for biodiversity

Zeeman, Zannè; Branch, George M.; Farrell, Daniel; Maneveldt, Gavin; Robertson-Andersson, Deborah; Pillay, Deena (Springer Verlag, 2013)

This paper concerns the effects on biodiversity of depletion 24 of the South African abalone Haliotis midae, which is a long-lived species with a large corrugated shell that provides a habitat for diverse benthic organisms. ...

Comparing the technological literacy of pre-service teachers and secondary school students in South Africa

Luckay, Melanie B.; Collier-Reed, Brandon I. (IATED, 2012)

Technology education was introduced for the first time after the abolition of Apartheid in South Africa in 1994. The technology curriculum required that students become technologically literate. However, in order for ...

A comparison of susceptibility patterns of oral Candida isolates from South African and Cameroonian HIV- positive populations

Abrantes, Pedro M.D.S.; McArthur, Carole P.; Africa, Charlene W.J. (The International Association for Dental Research (IADR), 2012)

METHOD: In this study, Candida isolates were collected from the oral mucosa of 128 South African and 126 Cameroonian HIV-positive patients, by scraping the mouths of consenting patients using sterile cotton swabs. Ethics ...

A comparison of two liner materials for use in the ferric sulfate pulpotomy

Mohamed, Nadia (South African Dental Association, 2008)

Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare the success rate obtained when applying either a calcium hydroxide (Dycal) base or a zinc oxide-eugenol (Kalzinol) base following the traditional ferric sulfate pulpotomy. Methods: ...

A comparison of various seaweed-based diets and formulated feed on growth rate of abalone in a land-based aquaculture system

Naidoo, Krishni; Maneveldt, Gavin; Ruck, Kevin; Bolton, John J. (Springer, 2007)

The effects of different diets on growth in the cultured South African abalone, Haliotis midae (Linnaeus), was investigated. Growth of juvenile Haliotis midae was monitored on a commercial abalone farm over a period of ...

Components for PEM fuel cells: An overview

Sivakumar, Pasupathi; Maiyalagan, Thandavarayan (Trans Tech Publications, 2010)

Fuel cells, as devices for direct conversion of the chemical energy of a fuel into electricity by electrochemical reactions, are among the key enabling technologies for the transition to a hydrogen-based economy. Among ...

A conceptual framework for cost management training in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

Jooste, Karien; Mothiba, Tebogo Maria (Journal of Nursing Management, 2013)

This paper describes the perceptions of nurse managers about their dual role in nursing units as cost centres.

Conceptual research on the term facilitation: reducing an elephant to chewable chunks

Schenck, Catherina (Rinie); Louw, Huma (University of Stellenbosch, 2007)

Aim of the article: With this article the researchers used a conceptual research process to: explore the meanings of the concept of facilitation; identify the key facilitating actions/behaviours of the facilitator and the ...

Confessing guilt in the context of climate change: Some South African perspectives

Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2010)

This contribution explores the significance but also the immense complexities of Christian discourse on confessing guilt within the context of climate change. It draws especially on South African discourse on confessing ...

Confidence intervals for the correlation between the gamma-ray burst peak energy and the associated supernova peak brightness

Koen, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2009)

A strong correlation between the gamma-ray burster peak energy and the peak luminosity of the associated supernova was discovered by Li for four GRBs. Despite the fact that the formal significance level of the correlation ...

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