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Rabies virus distribution in tissues and molecular characterization of strains from naturally infected non-hematophagous bats

Allendorf S.D.; Cortez A.; Heinemann M.B.; Harary C.M.A.; Antunes J.M.A.P.; Peres M.G.; Vicente A.F.; Sodre M.M.; da Rosa A.R.; Megid J. (2012)

Bats are main reservoirs for Lyssavirus worldwide, which is an important public health issue because it constitutes one of the big challenges in rabies control. Yet, little is known about how the virus is maintained among ...
Energy consumption, prices and economic growth in three SSA countries: A comparative study

Odhiambo N.M. (2010)

In this paper we examine the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in three sub-Saharan African countries, namely South Africa, Kenya and Congo (DRC). We incorporate prices as an intermittent ...
Paradigm and paradox: Knowledge management and business ethics

Evans A.; Mckinley M. (2010)

Knowledge management (KM) is generally considered to be a positive process in an organisation, facilitating opportunities to achieve competitive advantage via better quality information handling, compilation of expert ...
Interest rate reforms, financial deepening and economic growth in Tanzania: A dynamic linkage

Odhiambo N.M. (2010)

In this paper we examine the dynamic relationship between interest rate reforms and economic growth in Tanzania using two tests. In the first test, we examine the impact of interest rate reforms on financial deepening using ...
Mapungubwe matters

Swanepoel N.; Schoeman M.H. (2010)

[No abstract available]
Group B Streptococcus colonization during pregnancy and maternal-fetal transmission in Zimbabwe

Mavenyengwa R.T.; Afset J.E.; Schei B.; Berg S.; Caspersen T.; Bergseng H.; Moyo S.R. (2010)

Objective. To explore risk factors for group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization during pregnancy and at delivery, estimate the predictive value of early GBS colonization for colonization at delivery and in the newborn, and ...
Nitric oxide-triggered bis-trimethylenediaminecobalt(III)-Mediated hydrolysis of nitrophenylphosphate/sodium pyrophosphate

Tafesse F.; Enemchukwu M. (2010)

The synergistic effects of cobalt trimethylenediamine and nitric oxide toward the hydrolysis of nitrophenylphosphate/sodium pyrophosphate for different reactant ratio were investigated. Sodium nitroprusside under irradiation ...
The perception of higher education students of the influence of their gap year experiences on their personal development [Hoëronderwysstudente se persepsies van die invloed van 'n wegbreekjaar op hul persoonlike ontwikkeling]

Nieman M. (2010)

This article reports on a number of higher education students 'perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of taking a gap year, and the effect of a gap year on their personal development. A gap year can be described ...
Voices of the Youth: Factors contributing to Bringing Youth in Conflict with the Law

De Kock D. (2010)

[No abstract available]
Finance-investment-growth nexus in South Africa: An ARDL-bounds testing procedure

Odhiambo N.M. (2010)

In this paper we examine the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, investment and economic growth in South Africa-using the newly developed ARDL-Bounds testing procedure. Unlike the majority of the ...
Water trade alternatives in the face of climate change

Loch A.; Bjornlund H.; Kuehne G. (2010)

Purpose: Prolonged drought and climate change uncertainty have created an urgent need to re-distribute water away from irrigators and back to environmental flows. Previous approaches to achieve this objective have had mixed ...
Employee susceptibility to experiencing job insecurity

Dachapalli L.-A.P.; Parumasur S.B. (2012)

Employees attach value to their job features/total job and when they perceive threats to these and experience feelings of powerlessness, their level of job insecurity increases. Since job insecurity is a subjective phenomenon, ...
A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) of the performance of sorghum lines in different agroecological regions of Zimbabwe

Maposa D.; Mudimu E.; Ngwenya O. (2010)

This study presents a multi-environment trial to evaluate the performance of sorghum lines in a target population of environments in Zimbabwe. The study attempts to determine whether genotypic variation and/or genotype-environment ...
An insight into phosphorylase mechanism from model study

Tafesse F.; Eguzozie K. (2010)

Mechanistic aspects of phosphorylation reaction that mimic phosphorylase enzymes have been studied in the biologically important middle pH region by utilizing nitrophenol as substrate and bistrimethylenediaminecobalt(III) ...
Effect of social dynamics on technology adoption in urban, sub-urban and rural farming communities in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

Anim F.D.K.; Mandleni B. (2010)

This study looked at the measurement of social dynamics, differentiating between the main types of social dynamics and employed factor analysis to aggregate indicators of social dynamics into bonding, bridging, and linking ...
Towards an indigenous African epistemology of community in education research

Higgs P. (2010)

Issues of intellectual and cultural hegemony have long been critical foci in education debates in South Africa. This is evidenced in present times by the call for an African Renaissance in education, as well as, a growing ...
Management of open distance libraries with reference to learner support

Henning J.C. (2010)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share information on the management of open distance libraries with special reference to technology applications. It seeks to provide information on the changing roles of academic ...
Filipendula literaria: Applied literary studies

Rabinowitz I. (2010)

By definition, disengaged literary exegesis, vigorously pursued since the advent of Anglo-American New Criticism (and avidly recycled in various guises in the aftermath of the deconstructive spin), retreats from the prospect ...
Factors Influencing Utilization of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Service in Kasenyi Fishing Community in Uganda

Mugisha E.; van Rensburg G.H.; Potgieter E. (2010)

This article reports on part of a study that described models of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) service delivery and analyzed how a model influenced uptake of VCT services in a Ugandan community. A quantitative, ...
Coping versus grieving in a 'death-accepting' society: AIDS-bereaved women living with HIV in Indonesia

Damar A.P.; du Plessis G. (2010)

The aim of this study was to understand how AIDS-bereaved women in Indonesia cope in a society where death is believed to be fated. Data analyses were conducted based on the women's interview transcripts and journal entries. ...

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