Vol. 105 No. 9/10 (2009)

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Published: 2010-01-19

Leader

Will South Africa's hosting of the twelfth TWAS Conference make a difference?

Editorial Office

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News and Views

Modern behaviour in ancient South Africans: evidence for the heat treatment of stones in the Middle Stone Age

Judith Sealy

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Book Reviews

Reflections on AIDS denialism in South Africa

Elizabeth van Heyningen

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Seasons of Life: The biological rhythms that living things need to thrive and survive

Sue Jackson

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Commentary

Universities in a time of change

Nithaya Chetty

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South Africa's gold production and reserves

C.J.H. Hartnady

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A change of the seaward boundary of Goukamma Marine Protected Area could increase conservation and fishery benefits

Albrecht Götz, Sven E. Kerwath, Colin G. Attwood, Warwick H.H. Sauer

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Scientific Correspondence

Were environmental or demographic factors the driving force behind Middle Stone Age innovations in southern Africa?

Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts

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Review Articles

The evolution of fire and invasive alien plant management practices in fynbos

B.W. van Wilgen
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The evolution of fire management practices in savanna protected areas in South Africa

B.W. van Wilgen

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Environmental and resource economics in South Africa: Status quo and lessons for developing countries

A. Nahman, R. Wise, W. de Lange

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Research Articles

Possible trace fossils of putative termite origin in the Lower Jurassic (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa and Lesotho

E.M. Bordy, A.J. Bumby, O. Catuneanu, P.G. Eriksson

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Experimental response of an optical sensor used to determine the moment of blast by sensing the flash of the explosion

A. Roux, G.N. Nurick

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Application of Numenta® Hierarchical Temporal Memory for land-use classification

A.J. Perea, J.E. Meroño, M.J. Aguilera
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Femtosecond pump probe spectroscopy for the study of energy transfer of light-harvesting complexes from extractions of spinach leaves

S. Ombinda-Lemboumba, A. du du Plessis, R.W. Sparrow, P. Molukanele, L.R. Botha, E.G. Rohwer, C.M. Steenkamp, L. van Rensburg
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Research Letters

The applicability of existing topside ionospheric models to the South African region

P. Sibanda, L.A. McKinnell

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Is there evidence for a Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis) in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa? - Comments on Stidham (2008)

A. Manegold, A. Louchart

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