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Selective attention to philopatric models causes directed social learning in wild vervet monkeys

Van De Waal E.; Renevey N.; Favre C.M.; Bshary R. (2010)

Human behaviour is often based on social learning, a mechanism that has been documented also in a variety of other vertebrates. However, social learning as a means of problem-solving may be optimal only under specific ...
How dull is dullstroom? Exploring the tourism destination image of dullstroom [S'ennuie-t-on à Dullstroom? Une exploration de l'image touristique de Dullstroom]

de Jager A.E. (2010)

In this case study of the tourism image of Dullstroom, various contributions to the formation of the destination image were investigated. The location of the destination as represented on tourism maps; icons on road signs; ...
Is financial development a spur to poverty reduction? Kenya's experience

Odhiambo N.M. (2010)

Purpose: The paper seeks to examine the inter-temporal causal relationship between financial development and poverty reduction in Kenya during the period 1968-2006. The study attempts to answer one critical question: is ...
Evaluating the construct validity of the KIDSCREEN-52 quality of life questionnaire within a South African context

Taliep N.; Florence M. (2012)

The absence of a suitable measure to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents in South Africa, led to the use of the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire, which was developed and standardised in ...
Node selection for the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme in South Africa

Harmse A. (2010)

Various programmes and strategies in South Africa aim to reduce poverty. The Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) is a sustained campaign against rural poverty and underdevelopment, implemented in 13 ...
A situational analysis of child-headed households in South Africa.

Mogotlane S.M.; Chauke M.E.; van Rensburg G.H.; Human S.P.; Kganakga C.M. (2010)

The aftermath of the HIV and AIDS pandemic has resulted in great suffering in terms of loss of income, poor quality of life, morbidity and mortality, with children being destitute and orphaned at an alarming rapid rate. ...
Determinants of return migration intentions: Evidence from Zimbabwean migrants living in South Africa

Makina, Daniel (2012)

This paper uses a dataset of Zimbabwean migrants living in South Africa to examine the determinants of the probability of their returning to their country of origin. It analyses migrants' return migration intentions using ...
Asteroseismology of red giants from the first four months of Kepler data: Global oscillation parameters for 800 stars

Huber D.; Bedding T.R.; Stello D.; Mosser B.; Mathur S.; Kallinger T.; Hekker S.; Elsworth Y.P.; Buzasi D.L.; De Ridder J.; Gilliland R.L.; Kjeldsen H.; Chaplin W.J.; Garcia R.A.; Hale S.J.; Preston H.L.; White T.R.; Borucki W.J.; Christensen-Dalsgaard J.; Clarke B.D.; Jenkins J.M.; Koch D. (2010)

We have studied solar-like oscillations in ∼800 red giant stars using Kepler long-cadence photometry. The sample includes stars ranging in evolution from the lower part of the red giant branch to the helium main sequence. ...
Time resolved astronomy with the SALT

Buckley D.A.H.; Crawford S.; Gulbis A.A.S.; McPhate J.; Nordsieck K.H.; Potter S.B.; O'Donoghue D.; Siegmund O.H.W.; Schellart P.; Spark M.; Welsh B.Y.; Zietsman E. (2010)

While time resolved astronomical observations are not new, the extension of such studies to sub-second time resolution is and has resulted in the opening of a new observational frontier, High Time Resolution Astronomy ...
Impact of a performance management system in a South African retail pharmacy on the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients

Cassim L.; Dludlu D. (2012)

Background: An investigation was undertaken to determine whether pharmacists at one independently owned retail pharmacy were compliant with Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) standards for the provision of pharmaceutical care ...

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