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South African Journal of Science
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ISSN 1996-7489 · Academy of Science of South Africa · 2.363 artikel di indeks
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Robert Gordon, François Levaillant and early South African scientific collaboration
This article explores an example of scientific collaboration in 18th-century South Africa when French explorer and ornithologist François Levaillant (born Vaillant, also written Le Vaillant and LeVaillant) (1752–1824) collaborated with Dutch East India Company military official Robert Gordon…
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How accurate are water quality test strips in South Africa?
Water quality monitoring is essential for public health and sustainable development, yet laboratory-based analysis remains expensive in resource-limited contexts. Four water quality test strip products available in South Africa were evaluated by comparing test strip measurements of pH, nitrate…
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Do school smartphone policies work? A multiple case study of five South African high schools
Smartphone ownership among adolescents has risen significantly over the past decade, leading many schools to implement policies restricting or banning phone use during school hours. However, the effectiveness of these policies, particularly in relation to academic performance, remains uncertain. To…
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Alcohol use before pregnancy recognition among women in seven South African communities
South Africa has the highest prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, caused by prenatal alcohol exposure, globally. In this retrospective, exploratory document study, we evaluated data from intake interviews for an antenatal support programme to investigate the participants’ drinking…
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The multilingual brain: A critical review of cognitive advantages
Being bilingual, or speaking two languages, has several well-documented cognitive advantages referred to as the ‘bilingual advantage’. These advantages have been carefully scrutinised over the past 30 years, with debates about their existence ongoing. The cognitive benefits of multilingualism…
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The search for Pleistocene lion tracks with Indigenous San trackers on South Africa’s coast
The African record of fossil large felid tracks is sparse. Three Pleistocene sites (one previously reported and two described here for the first time) add to this record, and provide the only reported fossilised probable lion tracksites in southern Africa. All three sites are preserved on…
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Automation of gamma-ray spectra: Convolutional neural networks versus traditional machine learning
Gamma (γ)-ray spectrometry plays a crucial role in nuclear science, environmental radioactive monitoring and environmental safety. Traditional classification methods often struggle with overlapping spectral features, leading to misclassification errors. In this study, we investigated the use of…
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Addressing the research challenges of early career academics: Evaluating a formal development programme
Higher education institutions (HEIs) often require early career academics (ECAs) to engage in the production of formal high-quality research. ECAs frequently face numerous challenges related to fulfilling this requirement. Using a pragmatic approach, we evaluated whether a formal ECA development…
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The invisible hands that stay: Recognition of the relational labour of research assistants and community researchers
Literature has shown how the assistants, brokers and facilitating researchers whose labour sustains field research routinely go uncredited, but this scholarship has mostly examined research conducted by Global North institutions in the Global South. Less is known about how the same extraction…
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