• Hunger and power : politics, food (in)security and the development of small grains in Zimbabwe, 2000-2010 

  Kauma, Bryan; Swart, Sandra (The Historical Association of South Africa, 2022-05)

  White maize sadza is the most eaten food in Zimbabwe. Yet, over the decade of the 2000s, its consumption was threatened by drought and consequent acute food shortages. Small grains - sorghum and millet - offered a panacea ...
• Polish Catholic biblical scholarship : development and perspectives 

  Chrostowski, Waldemar; Adamczewski, Bartosz (Department of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University, 2021)

  The article analyses the recent history and development of Catholic biblical scholarship in Poland. It points to the role of the pastoral situation and activity of the Catholic Church in this development. It presents the ...
• Crossing boundaries. The transformative potential of intercultural Bible reading in secular/post-secular contexts 

  Jonker, Louis C. (Department of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University, 2021-11-11)

  Intercultural biblical hermeneutics is a fairly recent development in biblical scholarship in general. It emphasises that biblical interpretation almost always takes place in contexts where an array of cultural values ...
• Mentorship : a two-way street 

  Anley, Cameron M. (Medpharm Publications, 2021-11-18)

  Throughout our orthopaedic training and subsequent careers, we interact with many teachers and colleagues who help us develop our surgical skills and orthopaedic knowledge. Some may become personal role models, from whom ...
• Do anatomical contoured plates address scapula body, neck and glenoid fractures? A multi-observer consensus study 

  De Wet, Japie; Dey, Roopam; Vrettos, Basil; Du Plessis, Jean-Pierre; Anley, Cameron; Rachuene, Pududu A.; Haworth, Leanne C.; Yimam, Habtamu M.; Sivarasu, Sudesh; Roche, Stephen J. L. (Medpharm Publications, 2021-11)

  Background: The surgical management of scapula body, neck and glenoid fractures remains a challenge. This study focuses on templating an available anatomical pre-contoured plating system using three-dimensional (3D)-printed ...
• A computer tomography-based anthropomorphic study of forearm osteology : implications for prosthetic design 

  Pretorius, Henry S.; Ferreira, Nando; Burger, Marilize C. (Medpharm Publications, 2021-08-31)

  Background: The aim of this study was to accurately establish the variability in the anatomy of the radius and ulna in the context of the design of an intramedullary nail for both bones. Methods: Forearm computed ...
• Trends in public sector radiological usage in the Western Cape Province, South Africa : 2009–2019 

  Van Wijk, Monica; Barnard, Michelle M.; Fernandez, Amanda; Cloete, Keith; Mukosi, Matodzi; Pitcher, Richard D. (AOSIS, 2021-11-30)

  Background: Although global use of medical imaging has increased significantly, little is known about utilisation trends in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Objectives: To evaluate changes over a decade in ...
• The silent pandemic in South Africa : extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel 

  Le Roux, Camilla E.; Vlok, Sucari S. C. (AOSIS, 2021-04-16)

  Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. ...
• PET-CT in brain disorders : the South African context 

  Doruyter, Alexander G. G.; Parkes, Jeannette; Carr, Jonathan; Warwick, James M. (AOSIS, 2021-11-10)

  Positron emission tomography combined with X-ray computed tomography (PET-CT) has an established role in the management of brain disorders, but may be underutilised in South Africa. Possible barriers to access include ...
• Magnetic resonance imaging for paediatric retroperitoneal masses : diagnostic accuracy of the claw sign 

  Combrink, Lisa; Beviss-Challinor, Kenneth B. (AOSIS, 2021-02-26)

  Background: The claw sign is advocated as a discriminant of renal versus non-renal origin of tumours. The accuracy of the claw sign on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is unknown and is potentially hindered by the inferior ...
• A silver bullet? The role of radiology information system data mining in defining gunshot injury trends at a South African tertiary-level hospital 

  Creamer, Dale K.; Bagadia, Asif; Daniels, Clive; Pitcher, Richard D. (2021-03-02)

  Background: South Africa (SA) has no national injury surveillance system, and hence, nonfatal gunshot injuries are not routinely recorded. Most firearm-related injuries require multidetector computer tomography (MDCT) ...
• A global bibliometric analysis of research productivity on vaccine hesitancy from 1974 to 2019 

  Jaca, Anelisa; Iwu-Jaja, Chinwe J.; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Pienaar, Elizabeth; Wiysonge, Charles S. (Taylor & Francis, 2021-05)

  Vaccine hesitancy is a phenomenon where individuals delay or refuse to take some or all vaccines. The objective of this study was to conduct a global bibliometric analysis of research productivity and identify country level ...
• Decolonial human rights education : changing the terms and content of conversations on human rights 

  Becker, Anne (University of South-Eastern Norway, 2021)

  The aim of this paper is to search for possibilities to change the terms and content of conversations on colonial/decolonial human rights education. The content of conversations consists of what we know about human rights. ...
• IVF and other ART in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic landscape analysis 

  Chiware, Tendai M.; Vermeulen, Nathalie; Blondeel, Karel; Farquharson, Roy; Kiarie, James; Lundin, Kersti; Matsaseng, Thabo Christopher; Ombelet, Willem; Toskin, Igor (Oxford University Press, 2021)

  Background: Infertility affects 48.5 million couples worldwide with a prevalence estimated at 3.5–16.7% in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and as high as 30–40% in Sub-Saharan Africa. ART services are not accessible ...
• Osteoporosis management in hematologic stem cell transplant recipients: Executive summary 

  Kendler, D.L.; Body, J.J.; Brandi, M.L.; Broady, R.; Cannata-Andia, J.; Cannata-Ortiz, M.J.; El Maghraoui, A.; Guglielmi, G.; Hadji, P.; Pierroz, D.D.; De Villiers, T.J.; Ebeling, P.R.; Rizzolim, R. (Elsevier GmbH., 2021-06)

  Background: Treatment advances have reduced the adverse events associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and led to an increased number of transplants performed. HSCT patients are living longer with concerns ...
• The African Church's application of anointing oil : an expression of Christian spirituality or a display of fetish ancestral religion? 

  Biwul, Joel K. T. (AOSIS, 2021-01-28)

  The content of Christian spirituality that made waves since the inception of the early church soon took on different contours as the faith got adapted to different gentile contexts. The expression of this faith, along ...
• Revelation as a discourse of language through speech act theory 

  Cho, Anna (AOSIS, 2021-02-16)

  Systematic theology regards revelation as a divine discourse between God and us. However, it seems that it does not fully explain how God’s divine discourse transforms our life and what implications it has. Therefore, this ...
• Restriction of burial rites during the COVID-19 pandemic : an African liturgical and missional challenge 

  Khosa-Nkatini, Hundzukani P.; White, Peter (AOSIS, 2021-08-27)

  Burial rites are very common among many Africa communities. In the African context, burials are not the end of life but rather the beginning of another life in the land of the ancestors. In spite of the importance of the ...
• Regression discontinuity analysis demonstrated varied effect of Treat-All on CD4 testing among Southern African countries 

  Zaniewski, Elizabeth; Brazier, Ellen; Ostinelli, Cam Ha Dao; Wood, Robin; Osler, Meg; Technau, Karl-Günter; Van Oosterhout, Joep J; Maxwell, Nicola; Van Dijk, Janneke; Prozesky, Hans; Fox, Matthew P; Bor, Jacob; Nash, Denis; Egger, Matthias (Pergamon Press, 2021-12)

  Objective: To determine whether Treat-All policy impacted laboratory testing practices of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in Southern Africa. Study Design and Setting: We used HIV cohort data from Lesotho, Malawi, ...
• Relationship of SARS-CoV-2–specific CD4 response to COVID-19 severity and impact of HIV-1 and tuberculosis coinfection 

  Riou, Catherine; Du Bruyn, Elsa; Stek, Cari; Daroowala, Remy; Goliath, Rene T.; Abrahams, Fatima; Said-Hartley, Qonita (American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2021-05)

  T cells are involved in control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but limited knowledge is available on the relationship between antigen-specific T cell response and disease severity. Here, we used flow cytometry ...
• Visualizing the dynamics of tuberculosis pathology using molecular imaging 

  Ordonez, Alvaro A.; Tucker, Elizabeth W.; Anderson, Carolyn J.; Carter, Claire L.; Ganatra, Shashank; Kaushal, Deepak; Kramnik, Igor; Lin, Philana L.; Madigan, Cressida A.; Mendez, Susana; Rao, Jianghong; Savic, Rada M.; Tobin, David M.; Walzl, Gerhard; Wilkinson, Robert J.; Lacourciere, Karen A.; Via, Laura E.; Jain, Sanjay K. (American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2021-03)

  Nearly 140 years after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis (TB) remains a global threat and a deadly human pathogen. M. tuberculosis is notable for complex host-pathogen interactions that lead ...
• Researching the Septuagint in South Africa 

  Cook, Johann (AOSIS, 2021)

  One could argue that the Septuagint is an African document. After all, Alexandria is regarded as the birthplace of the Septuagint – at least the original LXX, namely the Pentateuch. As is well known, the Aristeas letter, ...
• Pentecostalism and migration : a contextual study of the migrant Ghanaian Classical Pentecostal churches in South Africa 

  White, Peter (AOSIS, 2021-02-10)

  Pentecostal phenomenon from history has always moved with migration. Reading Acts 1:8, Jesus linked the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the migration of his disciples and the gospel from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria ...
• Bone health in patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa 

  Budgea, M; Conradie, W; Beviss-Challinor, K; Martin, L; Conradie, M; Coetzee, A (Jemdsa, 2021-03)

  Background: Increased bone resorption is a well-described consequence of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). In South Africa, little is known about the impact of PHPT on skeletal health. Objective: To determine the ...
• CCL1 and IL-2Ra differentiate Tuberculosis disease from latent infection Irrespective of HIV infection in low TB burden countries 

  Chendi, Bih H.; Tveiten, Hallgeir; Snyders, Candice I.; Tonby, Kristian; Jenum, Synne; Nielsen, Susanne Dam; Hove-Skovsgaard, Malene; Walzl, Gerhard; Chegou, Novel N.; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne M (ElsevierLtd, 2021-10)

  Objectives: To evaluate the performance of selected host immunological biomarkers in differentiating tu- berculosis (TB) disease from latent TB infection (LTBI) in HIV uninfected and infected individuals enrolled in TB ...
• Van daar na waar? 'n Oorsigtelike blik op die herstandaardiseringsdebat van Afrikaans 

  Basson, Earl (LitNet, 2022)

  Standaardafrikaans geniet sedert 1925 tot vandag hoëtaalvormstatus terwyl ander variëteite, wat hoofsaaklik met bruin Afrikaanssprekendes geassosieer word, ’n laetaalvormstatus het. Dit is ’n gevolg van die invloed van ...
• Running Records (RR) as ’n leesassesseringstrategie om leesonderrig in Suid-Afrikaanse grondslagfaseklaskamers te ondersteun 

  Van Tonder, Lynette; West, Joyce; Moen, Melanie (LitNet, 2022)

  Vanuit internasionale en nasionale studies kan waargeneem word dat Suid-Afrikaanse grondslagfaseleerders sukkel om basiese leesvaardighede aan die einde van die fase te bemeester. Moontlike redes hiervoor is dat onderwysers ...
• Moontlikheid en werklikheid. Waarom kan Suid-Afrika (nog) nie die droom van ’n inklusiewe samelewing verwesenlik nie? 

  Lategan, Bernard (LitNet, 2022)

  Die artikel fokus op die vraag waarom Suid-Afrika na bykans drie dekades van ’n inklusiewe politieke bestel skynbaar nog nie daarin kon slaag om die ideaal van ’n inklusiewe samelewing te verwesenlik nie. Verskillende ...
• Impliseer die wettiging van beeindiging van swangerskap op aanvraag dat voorgeboortelike menslike lewe geen waarde het nie? 

  De Roubaix, Malcolm (LitNet, 2022)

  Die Roe teen Wade-uitspraak van 1973 het vroeë beëindiging van swangerskap (BVS) in die VSA grondwetlik geregverdig. Ewe omstrede was die onlangse omkeer daarvan, met ingrypende sosiaalpolitieke gevolge vir Amerikaanse ...
• Suid-Afrika se lang tog na ekonomiese vryheid : 'n persoonlike reis 

  Fourie, Johan (LitNet, 2022)

  Ekonomiese geskiedkundiges het deesdae die kwantitatiewe middele om “geskiedenisse van onder af” te ontsluit. Ons wil die vraag beantwoord: Wat gee gewone mense die vermoë om beter lewens te bou, en wat weerhou die vryheid ...

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