scholarly journals Parasitoid assemblage associated with a North American pine weevil in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-216
Author(s):  
Mesfin Wondafrash ◽  
Bernard Slippers ◽  
Jeff Garnas ◽  
Brett P. Hurley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
North American ◽  
Pine Weevil ◽  
Parasitoid Assemblage

North american blastomycosis in south africa simulating tuberculosis

1999 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.F. Koen ◽  
L.H. Blumberg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
North American

scholarly journals Livestock production - Man must measure, Jan Bonsma : book review

2007 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Bigalke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
North American ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
The South ◽  
Scientific Content

According to its editor, this edition of Livestock Production is a slightly altered version - to cater for North American readers - of Bonsma's original book that was published in South Africa by Tafelberg Publishers. The scientific content is unchanged. This edition was published in 1983 but recently advertised and thus brought to the attention of the South African Veterinary Association, who requested that it be reviewed.

The tetrapod fauna of the Upper Elliot and Clarens formations in the main Karoo Basin (South Africa and Lesotho)

2005 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Knoll
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
North American ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Karoo Basin ◽  
Small Variety ◽  
The Subject

Abstract In the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa), the “Stormberg Group” can be divided into at least two faunal zones on the basis of its palaeontological content. The upper one encompasses the Upper Elliot and Clarens formations (“Upper Stormberg Group”). It is well known for its prosauropod and cynodont fauna, but it has also yielded some ste-reospondyl remains, a turtle, at least one lepidosaur, a small variety of crocodylomorphs, rare theropod elements, and an assortment of ornithischians. The presence of pterosaurs is put forward on ichnological grounds, but aetosaur and rauisuchian representatives do not appear to be present. The age of the “Upper Stormberg Group” has been the subject of much speculation. Strong analogies with the skeletal and ichnological record of Lower Jurassic North American formations provide evidence that the Upper Elliot Formation is fundamentally Hettangian in age. The lower part of the Clarens Formation would essentially correspond to the Sinemurian whereas its upper part, which is poor in fossils, would be Pliensbachian in age.

First record of the Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) δ13C excursion in the North American Midcontinent and its regional implications

2006 ◽  
Vol 143 (5) ◽  
pp. 657-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
STIG M. BERGSTRÖM ◽  
MATTHEW M. SALTZMAN ◽  
BIRGER SCHMITZ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
North American ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Upper Ordovician ◽  
The North ◽  
Study Interval ◽  
First Time ◽  
North And South

The most prominent of the two major global δ13C excursions in the Ordovician, the Hirnantian δ13C excursion (HICE), which is previously recorded from the uppermost Ordovician in a few sections in Nevada, Quebec, Arctic Canada, Baltoscandia, Scotland and China, is documented for the first time from the North American Midcontinent. Samples through the Girardeau Limestone and Leemon Formation in Missouri and Illinois show elevated δ13C values of +4‰ to +5‰. Although not determined precisely, the beginning of the HICE is likely to be in the upper part of the Orchard Creek Shale, and it ends in the upper Leemon Formation. Being extraordinarily useful chronostratigraphically, the presence of the HICE makes it possible to provide a firm dating of the study interval, whose age has long been controversial. Comparison between the study sections and coeval HICE sequences in North America and Europe show striking similarities, especially in sea-level history, indicating that major local lowstands reflect eustatic sea-level changes. A comparison with Hirnantian diamictite successions in North and South Africa and Argentina suggests that these lowstands correspond to two major Gondwanan glacial episodes.

Outsider Theory: A North American Academic Reads South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 559
Author(s):  
Helen Kapstein ◽  
Anthony O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
North American ◽  
American Academic

scholarly journals Severe disease presentation and poor outcomes among pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients in South Africa

Lupus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
L B Lewandowski ◽  
L E Schanberg ◽  
N Thielman ◽  
A Phuti ◽  
A A Kalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Lupus Nephritis ◽  
South African ◽  
North American ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
African Patients ◽  
Pediatric Sle

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a life-threatening multisystem autoimmune disease that is more severe in patients of African ancestry and children, yet pediatric SLE on the African continent has been understudied. This study describes a cohort of pediatric SLE (PULSE) patients in South Africa. Methods Patients with a diagnosis of SLE (1997 American College of Rheumatology criteria) diagnosed prior to age 19 years in Cape Town, South Africa, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study from September 2013 to December 2014. Information on clinical and serological characteristics was extracted from medical records. Results were compared to a well-described North American pediatric SLE cohort. Results Seventy-two South African patients were enrolled in the study; mean age 11.5 years; 82% were girls. The racial distribution was 68% Coloured, 24% Black, 5% White and 3% Asian/Indian. Most patients presented with severe lupus nephritis documented by renal biopsy (61%). Of patients with lupus nephritis, 63% presented with International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society class III or IV. Patients in the PULSE cohort were more likely to be treated with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and azathioprine. The PULSE cohort had high disease activity at diagnosis (mean Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2K (SLEDAI-2K) 20.6). The SLEDAI-2K at enrolment in the PULSE cohort (5.0) did not differ from the North American pediatric SLE cohort (4.8). Sixty-three per cent of the PULSE cohort had end organ damage with Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Damage Index (SLICC-DI) score >0 (mean SLICC-DI 1.9), compared to 23% in a previously reported US cohort. Within the PULSE cohort, nine (13%) developed end-stage renal disease with six (8%) requiring transplant, strikingly higher than North American peers (transplant rate <1%). Conclusions The PULSE cohort had highly active multiorgan disease at diagnosis and significant disease damage at enrolment in the South African registry. South African patients have severe lupus nephritis and poor renal outcomes compared to North American peers. Our study revealed a severe disease phenotype in the PULSE cohort resulting in poor outcomes in this high-risk population.

A New Species of Pauesia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae) From Georgia and Introduced Into South Africa Against the Black Pine Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Black Pine ◽  
A New Species

A new North American species of the braconid genus Pauesia is described from Georgia. This species has been introduced into South Africa where it has become effective in the biological control of the black pine aphid, Cinara cronatrii.

Teaching Pastoral Care and Counseling in an African Context: A Problem of Contextual Relevancy

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan T de Jongh van Arkel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
North American ◽  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Pastoral Care And Counseling ◽  
African Context ◽  
Uncritical Acceptance ◽  
Pastoral Practice

Summarizes the current status of pastoral care and counseling in South Africa and notes the variety of implications resulting from the uncritical acceptance of the Western Europe and North American styles of pastoral care and counseling. Outlines and details the necessary project of contextualizing which now faces pastoral caregivers in South Africa as it attempts to integrate its unique cultural and religious heritages into developing a relevant pastoral theology that will serve pastoral practice and pedagogical necessity.

scholarly journals Global Implications of Recent Innovations in U.S. Collective Bargaining

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld ◽  
Donald Power ◽  
Maureen McCabe-Power
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
North American ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
The Cross

This paper deals with recent innovations in cooperative forms of collective bargaining. The authors begin by reviewing the wide range of highly cooperative approaches to negotiations. They then focus on a fairly comprehensive model, which is termed "target-specific bargaining". Finally, they explore some of the cross-cultural implications associated with applying the new forms of bargaining outside the North American context in two very different countries, Poland and South Africa.

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