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Brominated flame retardants in wild bird eggs from the industrialised heartland of South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Brominated flame-retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), were analysed in 77 eggs of 13 wild bird species from Gauteng and northern Free State (the industrial ... -
Brothers and sisters, can you hear us? Remarks on facilitating a productive dialogue between the Western and African notions of practical theology in light of the decolonisation discourse
(AOSIS, 2017)This article is conducted within the framework of the inter-contextual dialogue between the Western and African notions of practical theology. It sets out to probe the usefulness of the notion of decolonisation in the ... -
The "brown" environmental agenda and the constitutional duties of local government in South Africa: a conceptual introduction
(2015)This note explores the interrelationship between ecologically sustainable development (the green environmental agenda) and pro-poor urban development and environmental health (the brown environmental agenda) in relation ... -
Browsing intensity of herbaceous forbs across a semi-arid savanna catenal sequence
(Elsevier, 2015)Ecological models to explain savanna heterogeneity and functioning weakly represent herbaceous forbs, which inevitably created knowledge gaps regarding the diversity and ecology of forbs. Forbs constitute over 70% of ... -
Bryobia abyssiniae (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), a new species from the highlands of Ethiopia
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Bryobia abyssiniae Fashing & Ueckermann, a recently discovered species, is described using DNA-barcoding as well as morphological features of the adult female and all post-embryonic instars. The species is characterized ... -
Buakea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a new genus of African stem borers: morphological, ecological and molecular data
(Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2011)A new genus of African stem borers of the subtribe Sesamiina (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Buakea gen. n., is described as well as the three species it includes, two new, B. venusta sp. n. and B. kaeuae sp. n., and a species ... -
The buck stops ... where, exactly? On outsourcing and liability towards third parties
(NMMU, 2013)Modern-day commerce forces services providers to make use of outsourcing. Regardless of whether outsourcing is used for bona fide reasons such as to provide a better product at a better price or whether the outsourcer needs ... -
Budget deficits and economic growth: a vector error correction modelling of South Africa
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2017)The primary motivation behind this study was to explore the consequential effects of budget deficit on South Africa`s economic growth. Six variables were used, namely: real GDP, budget deficit, real interest rate, labour, ... -
Buffer nitrogen solubility, in vitro ruminal partitioning of nitrogen and in vitro ruminal biological activity of tannins in leaves of four fodder tree species
(Wiley, 2014)This study explores the chemical composition, buffer N solubility, in vitro ruminal N degradability and in vitro ruminal biological activity of tannins in leaves from Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala, Morus alba ... -
Building blocks in Planning research methodology : a roadmap to research design options
(Sun Media, 2022)Making sense of the myriad of available research design options is generally an arduous task for researchers. Proper research design is, subsequently, often neglected in Planning research, resulting in superficial research ... -
Building Capacity and Developing Human capital
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2012)There is a growing consensus on the potential for information and communications technologies (ICTs) to support socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Universities as providers of higher education are ... -
Building customer relationships as retention strategy in the South African Domestic Passenger Airline Industry
(The Department of Business, University of Johannesburg, 2010)Organisations are increasingly focusing on building long-term relationships with customers, thereby increasing their probability for success by offering customers higher levels of satisfaction, increasing customer loyalty, ... -
Building national and local capacity for disaster risk management in Cameroon
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose – A new framework to support the national and local capacity building plan for disaster risk management (DRM) in Cameroon is presented. For the past 30 years, after the general re-organisation of the civil ... -
The built environment and physical activity participation in a semi–urban area in Southern Gauteng
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2012)Public health researchers over the years have drawn the attention to the effects of community environments on health conditions such as physical inactivity. Physical inactivity has been reported to be the second leading ... -
Burial society versus the Church in the Black society of South Africa: a pastoral response
(AOSIS, 2013)This article attempts to provide insight to the church councils of mainly Black churches, regarding members’ absenteeism during Sunday church services and also the lack of financial contributions to the church. A number ... -
Burnout among paramilitary personnel in Nigeria: a perspective from conservation of resources theory
(SAGE, 2014)The job demands–resources model attributed burnout to incompatibility between job demands and job resources, and underplayed the role of personal resources in employees’ adaptation. Based on the Conservation of Resources ... -
Burnout and engagement of reformed church ministers
(AOSIS, 2010)Orientation: The ministry is one occupation where burnout is increasingly considered to be a consequence of the problems with which ministers have to cope. However, few studies focused on the positive antipode of a ... -
Burnout and engagement of reformed church ministers
(AOSIS, 2010)Orientation: The ministry is one occupation where burnout is increasingly considered to be a consequence of the problems with which ministers have to cope. However, few studies focused on the positive antipode of a minister’s ... -
Burnout and engegement of Reformed church ministers
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)Orientation: The ministry is one occupation where burnout is increasingly considered to be a consequence of the problems with which ministers have to cope. However, few studies focused on the positive antipode of a minister’s ...