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Boys or girls? Sex preferences declared in African and South-Asian demographic surveys
(Elsevier, 2023)In this interview with Jean-Pierre Bouchard, demographers Michel Garenne and Nancy Stiegler explore sex-preferences for girls or for boys expressed by women who responded to DHS surveys in 29 African and 10 Asian countries. ... -
Breaking baryon-cosmology degeneracy with the electron density power spectrum
(IOP Publishing, 2022)Uncertain feedback processes in galaxies affect the distribution of matter, currently limiting the power of weak lensing surveys. If we can identify cosmological statistics that are robust against these uncertainties, or ... -
Breaking new ground : the need for a protocol to the African Charter on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2005)The 1980s saw the drafting and adoption of international treaties on the abolition of the death penalty. In the European and Inter-American human rights systems, steps have been taken to abolish the death penalty by means ... -
Breaking the mold of disciplinary area studies
(Indiana University Press, 2016)At the outset of an edited volume on Intellectuals and African Development, the question is posed about what went wrong.1 The call for self-reflection perhaps anticipates a further question—about how to account for the ... -
Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Breastfeeding education and support are critical health worker skills. Confusion surrounding infant feeding advice linked to the HIV epidemic has reduced the confidence of health workers to support breastfeeding. High ... -
Brexit: some implications for African higher Education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This article considers how the decisions of the UK government, following the Brexit referendum, may impact on higher education in Africa. Ghana and South Africa are the two countries chosen to exemplify the claim that ... -
A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap
(2013)Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ... -
Bridging communications across the digital divide
(CTIT, 2004)Connecting people across the Digital Divide is as much a social effort as a technological one. We are developing a community-centered approach to learn how interaction techniques can compensate for poor communication across ... -
Bridging the gap between theory and practice: Reviewing the functions and powers of local government in South Africa
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009)The purpose of this practice note to evaluate the current allocation of functions and powers in the Constitution, and furthermore to propose a set of criteria to guide decisions on where powers and functions are best ... -
The bright extragalactic ALMA redshift survey (BEARS) – II. Millimetre photometry of gravitational lens candidates
(Oxford University Press, 2023)We present 101- and 151-GHz ALMA continuum images for 85 fields selected from Herschel observations that have 500-μm flux densities >80 mJy and 250–500-μm colours consistent with z > 2, most of which are expected to be ... -
Bringing marginalised livelihoods into focus, 2008-2011
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Bringing together knowledge and capabilities: a case study of engineering graduates
(Springer Verlag, 2016)In contemporary times there is a renewed focus on the purposes of university education in science or engineering, especially inemerging economycontexts like South Africa where the massification of higher education is in ... -
Broad Spectrum Anti-Bacterial Activity and Non-Selective Toxicity of Gum Arabic Silver Nanoparticles
(MDPI, 2022-02-04)Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most commercialized nanomaterials and presumed to be biocompatible based on the biological effects of the bulk material. However, their physico-chemical properties differ significantly ... -
Broad-band radio polarimetry of disc galaxies and AGN with KAT-7
(Oxford University Press, 2020-10-24)We report broad-band (1.2–1.9 GHz) radio continuum observations at arcminute resolutions of two nearby disc galaxies, NGC 1808 and NGC 1097, and four active galactic nuclei (AGN)-powered radio sources: PKS B1934−638, PKS ... -
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 and the ways in which the commission of fronting practices affects the achievement of its objective
(Institute for Democracy, Governance, Peace and Development in Africa, 2020)The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 is one of the statutes enacted to promote the right to equality, which is enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. It ... -
Broadening understanding of accountability ecosystems in sexual and reproductive health and rights: A systematic review
(Public Library of Science, 2018)BACKGROUND Accountability for ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights is increasingly receiving global attention. Less attention has been paid to accountability mechanisms for sexual and reproductive health ... -
Brown rot-type fungal decomposition of sorghum bagasse: variable success and mechanistic implications
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2018)Sweet sorghum is a promising crop for a warming, drying African climate, and basic information is lacking on conversion pathways for its lignocellulosic residues (bagasse). Brown rot wood-decomposer fungi use carbohydra ... -
Browser-based sign language communication
(Telkom, 2010)This paper describes the design and evaluation of two browser-based video communication prototypes that support sign language communication between Deaf people. The research explores combinations of technologies, protocols ... -
Browser-based video communication for deaf people
(Telkom, 2009)This paper describes work in progress to to provide browser-based sign language communication for deaf users. The paper introduces the communication requirements for a disadvantaged Deaf community in Cape Town, describes ... -
Budgeting for land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)The primary purpose of land reform in South Africa is to redistribute agricultural and other land in order to address the racially skewed pattern of landholding and promote development. Slow progress in land reform over ...
