• Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis on the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa, December 2016/January 2017 

  Sekwadi, P.G.; Ravhuhali, K.G.; Mosam, A.; Essel, V.; Ntshoe, G.M.; Rakgantso, A.M.; McCarthy, K.; Mans, Janet; Taylor, Maureen B.; Page, Nicola; Govender, N. (Cambridge University Press, 2018-05)

  An unexpected increase in gastroenteritis cases was reported by healthcare workers on the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa, January 2017 with >600 cases seen over a 3-week period. A case–control study was conducted to ...
• The reporting of a Bacillus anthracis B‑clade strain in South Africa after more than 20 years 

  Lekota, Kgaugelo Edward; Hassim, Ayesha; Rogers, P.; Dekker, E.H.; Last, R.; De Klerk-Lorist, L.; Van Heerden, Henriette (BioMed Central, 2018-05-02)

  OBJECTIVES : Anthrax is a disease with an age old history in Africa caused by the Gram-positive endospore forming soil bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Epizootics of wild ungulates occur annually in the enzootic region of ...
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in nurses working in South African spinal cord rehabilitation units 

  Brien, Kayleigh; Lukhele, Zandile; Nhlapo, Janine Makhosazana; Pieterse, Anya; Swanepoel, Anneleze; Wagener, Leila; Mashola, Mokgadi Kholofelo (Elsevier, 2018-04-28)

  Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the leading cause of workrelated injuries among nurses (Chung et al., 2013) and are associated with pain, loss of function and disability (Sorour & El-Maksoud, 2012). Musculoskeletal ...
• Socially responsive research-based design in an architecture studio 

  Combrinck, Carin (Elsevier, 2018)

  Globally, the architectural profession faces complex challenges, bringing the transformation of the curriculum to the forefront of critical discourse. This article reflects on the Honors programme at the University of ...
• African studies through language-based techniques 

  Osuagwu, Ndubuisi; Chimakonam, Jonathan O. (Calabar School of Philosophy, 2018-01)

  In this article, we argue that language-based techniques have the capacity to generate original ideas and thus account for progress in any discipline. We claim that language-based techniques used by some African scholars ...
• Pre-incorporation contracts revisited 

  Jooste, Richard; Koornhof, Carolina, 1959- (Routledge, 1991)

  Some confusion still exists with Accountants as to the correct accounting treatment for pre-incorporation contracts. An attempt is made in this article to present a framework of the legal positions and accounting treatments ...
• Is there room for improvement? 

  Koornhof, Carolina, 1959- (Juta, 1989)

  The issue of a Statement on Cash Flow Information (AC 118) has generally been welcomed and has contributed to improved reporting standards. However, certain problem areas still exist and need to be addressed in ...
• The day-of-the-week effect : South African stock market indices 

  Du Toit, Elda; Hall, J.H. (John Henry); Pradhan, Rudra Prakash (Emerald, 2018)

  PURPOSE : The presence of a day-of-the-week effect has been investigated by many researchers over many years, using a variety of financial data and methods. However, differences in methodology between studies could have ...
• African elephants use plant odours to make foraging decisions across multiple spatial scales 

  Schmitt, Melissa H.; Shuttleworth, Adam; Ward, David; Shrader, Adrian M. (Elsevier, 2018-07)

  Mammalian herbivores are known to be extremely selective when foraging, but little is known about the mechanisms governing the selection of patches and, at a finer scale, individual plants. Visual examination and direct ...
• Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune 

  Öhlmann, Philipp; Hüttel, Silke (Routledge, 2018)

  Literature analysing the interrelation of religion and economic performance suggests religion to explain differences in household income. Religious communities foster economically conducive attitudes and are important ...
• Scientific rationale for traditional use of plants to treat tuberculosis in the eastern region of the OR Tambo district, South Africa 

  Madikizela, Balungile; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (Elsevier, 2018-10)

  ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE : Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem for humans worldwide, and was responsible for 1.4 million human deaths in 2015 alone. Although there is treatment for TB, emerging multi-drug, ...
• Youth, agriculture and land reform in Zimbabwe : experiences from a communal area and resettlement scheme in semi-arid Matabeleland, Zimbabwe 

  Thebe, Vusilizwe (Routledge, 2018)

  Three decades of land reform in Zimbabwe ended in an ambiguous victory for youth. Focus on the cumulative outcome, in terms of scale and scope, led to conclusions that the exercise was a success, which obscured the resultant ...
• The potential use of leaf extracts of two Newtonia (Fabaceae) species to treat diarrhoea 

  Motlhatlego, K.E.; Njoya, Emmanuel Mfotie; Abdalla, Muna Ali; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (Elsevier, 2018-05)

  In southern Africa, many medicinal plants are used traditionally to treat gastrointestinal disorders and other infectious diseases. Newtonia hildebrandtii and Newtonia buchananii are used for the treatment of wounds and ...
• Prevalence of otitis media and risk-factors for sensorineural hearing loss among infants attending child welfare clinics in the Solomon Islands 

  Kaspar, Annette; Newton, Obiga; Kei, Joseph; Driscoll, Carlie; Swanepoel, De Wet; Goulios, Helen (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  OBJECTIVES : The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of otitis media and risk-factors for sensorineural hearing loss among infants in the Solomon Islands, in order to recommend an Infant Ear and Hearing Program ...
• Analysis of endocrine activity in drinking water, surface water and treated wastewater from six countries 

  Leusch, Frederic D.L.; Neale, Peta A.; Arnal, Charlotte; Aneck-Hahn, Natalie Hildegard; Balaguer, Patrick; Bruchet, Auguste; Escher, Beate I.; Esperanza, Mar; Grimaldi, Marina; Leroy, Gaela; Scheurer, Marco; Schlichting, Rita; Schriks, Merijn; Hebert, Armelle (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  The aquatic environment can contain numerous micropollutants and there are concerns about endocrine activity in environmental waters and the potential impacts on human and ecosystem health. In this study a complementary ...
• ‘Men on transit’ and the rural ‘farmer housewives’ : women in decision-making roles in migrant-labour societies in north-western Zimbabwe 

  Thebe, Vusilizwe (Sage, 2018-05)

  Studies on migrant-labour systems have focused on the negatives, particularly on women left behind as guardians of men’s interests, but with no real control. My extended research on former migrant-labour societies in ...
• Exploring beginner teachers’ sources of knowledge for teaching literature in ESL classrooms 

  Mpofu, Nhlanhla; De Jager, Lizette J. (Springer, 2018-03)

  The purpose of this study was to identify beginner teachers’ sources of knowledge for teaching literature in the English Second Language (ESL) classroom. A review of the literature on ESL teachers’ knowledge indicated a ...
• The role of term spread and pattern changes in predicting stock returns and volatility of the United Kingdom : evidence from a nonparametric causality-in-quantiles test using over 250 years of data 

  Gupta, Rangan; Risse, Marian; Volkman, David A.; Wohar, Mark E. (Elsevier, 2018-05)

  Given the existence of nonlinear relationship between equity premium and term spread, as well as pattern changes and the interaction of pattern changes with the term-spread and changes in the shape of the yield curve, we ...
• Effect of growth time on solvothermal synthesis of vanadium dioxide for electrochemical supercapacitor application 

  Ndiaye, N.M.; Masikhwa, T.M. (Tshifhiwa); Ngom, B.D.; Madito, M.J. (Moshawe); Oyedotun, Kabir O.; Dangbegnon, Julien K.; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  In this work, we report the time-dependent morphological evolution of the as-prepared vanadium dioxide (VO2) and its electrochemical performance for supercapacitor applications. VO2 with different morphologies (microspheres ...
• Comparison of the diagnostic potential of three anti-citrullinated protein antibodies as adjuncts to rheumatoid factor and CCP in a cohort of South African rheumatoid arthritis patients 

  Meyer, P.W.A. (Pieter Willem Adriaan); Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed; Hodkinson, Bridget; Anderson, Ronald; Tikly, Mohammed (Springer, 2018-06)

  PURPOSE : A retrospective comparison of the prevalence and diagnostic value of anti-Sa, anti-CEP-1, and anti-MCV autoantibodies relative to those of the established autoantibodies, composite RF and anti-CCP-IgG used routinely ...

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