Vol. 107 No. 11/12 (2011)

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Published: 2011-11-01

Commentary

A century of infrastructure service delivery

Kevin Wall

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The Humanities and Social Sciences in SA: Crisis or cause for concern?

Johann Mouton

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Can we improve postgraduate degree throughput rates?

Brenda Wingfield

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Leader

Government urgently needs to provide additional bursaries to train talented teachers

Michael Cherry

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Book Reviews

A field guide or a handbook?

Michael Cherry

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News and Views

On human evolution, Australopithecus sediba and nation building

Alan Morris

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Research Articles

Decay of eddies at the South-West Indian Ridge

Jonathan Durgadoo, Isabelle Ansorge, Beverly de Cuevas, Johann Lutjeharms, Andrew Coward

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Effects of an aqueous leaf extract of Sansevieria senegambica Baker on plasma biochemistry and haematological indices of salt-loaded rats

Edward Ayalogu, Catherine Ikewuchi, Eugene Onyeike, Jude Ikewuchi

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Patents and economic development in South Africa: Managing intellectual property rights

Anthipi Pouris, Anastassios Pouris

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Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating

Marie Cyulinyana, Phil Ferrer

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Influence of gas discharge parameters on emissions from a dielectric barrier discharge excited argon excimer lamp

Peter Baricholo, Dumisani Hlatywayo, Hubertus von Bergmann, Timo Stehmann, Erich Rohwer, Mike Collier

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Publicising chemistry in a multicultural society through chemistry outreach

Timothy Harrison, Dudley Shallcross, Nicholas Norman, Joyce Sewry, Michael Davies-Coleman

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Single nucleotide and copy number polymorphisms of the SULT1A1 gene in a South African Tswana population group

Hlengiwe Mbongwa, Petrus Pretorius, Annemarie Kruger, Gerhard Koekemoer, Carolus Reinecke

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Research Letters

Molecular phylogeny of Duvenhage virus

Charmaine van Eeden, Wanda Markotter, Louis Nel

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3D techniques and fossil identification: An elephant shrew hemi-mandible from the Malapa site

Aurore Val, Kristian Carlson, Christine Steininger, Job Kibii, Cecil Churms, Brian Kuhn, Lee Berger

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Springtail diversity in South Africa

Charlene Janion, Anne Bedos, Jan Bengtsson, Louis Deharveng, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Hans Petter Leinaas, Amy Liu, Anna Malmström, David Porco, Steven Chown

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