Résultats des études menées en Angleterre: détermination de la posologie optimale
- Woodford, R, Haigh, John M, Barry, B W
- Authors: Woodford, R , Haigh, John M , Barry, B W
- Date: 1981
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6449 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006636
- Description: Les auteurs ont etudie la biodisponibilite et I'activite de formules experimentales et commercialisees de dermocortico'ides en utilisant les essais de vasoconstriction avec et sans occlusion (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9). L'application unique de six heures avec lectures multiples a ete largement utilisee dans ce travail et la methodologie en a ete decrite en detail ailleurs (4). Sur la base de ce travail. on a pratique des applications repetees de dermocortico'ides commercialises au Royaume- Uni. en utilisant Ie test du blanchiment de la peau sans occlusion, de maniere a reproduire au plus pres la situation realisee en clinique (3). Ce travail a montre que I'application de cortico'ides trois fois par jour pendant cinq jours aboutissait a une tachyphylaxie considerable de la reponse du blanchiment quelque soit I'activite therapeutique de la formule utilisee. Au bout de deux jours de repos, on a assiste a une recuperation considerable, mais a nouveau une tachyphylaxie aigue s'est installee a la suite d'une nouvelle application triquotidienne.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: Woodford, R , Haigh, John M , Barry, B W
- Date: 1981
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6449 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006636
- Description: Les auteurs ont etudie la biodisponibilite et I'activite de formules experimentales et commercialisees de dermocortico'ides en utilisant les essais de vasoconstriction avec et sans occlusion (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9). L'application unique de six heures avec lectures multiples a ete largement utilisee dans ce travail et la methodologie en a ete decrite en detail ailleurs (4). Sur la base de ce travail. on a pratique des applications repetees de dermocortico'ides commercialises au Royaume- Uni. en utilisant Ie test du blanchiment de la peau sans occlusion, de maniere a reproduire au plus pres la situation realisee en clinique (3). Ce travail a montre que I'application de cortico'ides trois fois par jour pendant cinq jours aboutissait a une tachyphylaxie considerable de la reponse du blanchiment quelque soit I'activite therapeutique de la formule utilisee. Au bout de deux jours de repos, on a assiste a une recuperation considerable, mais a nouveau une tachyphylaxie aigue s'est installee a la suite d'une nouvelle application triquotidienne.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1981
Unitarity constraints on the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density in higher derivative gravity
- Authors: Brustein, R , Medved, A J M
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6815 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004325
- Description: We discuss corrections to the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density η/s in higher-derivative gravity theories. Generically, these theories contain ghost modes with Planck-scale masses. Motivated by general considerations about unitarity, we propose new boundary conditions for the equations of motion of the graviton perturbations that force the amplitude of the ghosts modes to vanish. We analyze explicitly four-derivative perturbative corrections to Einstein gravity which generically lead to four-derivative equations of motion, compare our choice of boundary conditions to previous proposals and show that, with our new prescription, the ratio η/s remains at the Einstein-gravity value of 1/4π to leading order in the corrections. It is argued that, when the new boundary conditions are imposed on six and higher-derivative equations of motion, η/s can only increase from the Einstein-gravity value. We also recall some general arguments that support the validity of our results to all orders in the strength of the corrections to Einstein gravity. We then discuss the particular case of Gauss-Bonnet gravity, for which the equations of motion are only of two-derivative order and the value of η/s can decrease below 1/4π when treated in a nonperturbative way. Our findings provide further evidence for the validity of the KSS bound for theories that can be viewed as perturbative corrections to Einstein gravity.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2011
- Authors: Brustein, R , Medved, A J M
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6815 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004325
- Description: We discuss corrections to the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density η/s in higher-derivative gravity theories. Generically, these theories contain ghost modes with Planck-scale masses. Motivated by general considerations about unitarity, we propose new boundary conditions for the equations of motion of the graviton perturbations that force the amplitude of the ghosts modes to vanish. We analyze explicitly four-derivative perturbative corrections to Einstein gravity which generically lead to four-derivative equations of motion, compare our choice of boundary conditions to previous proposals and show that, with our new prescription, the ratio η/s remains at the Einstein-gravity value of 1/4π to leading order in the corrections. It is argued that, when the new boundary conditions are imposed on six and higher-derivative equations of motion, η/s can only increase from the Einstein-gravity value. We also recall some general arguments that support the validity of our results to all orders in the strength of the corrections to Einstein gravity. We then discuss the particular case of Gauss-Bonnet gravity, for which the equations of motion are only of two-derivative order and the value of η/s can decrease below 1/4π when treated in a nonperturbative way. Our findings provide further evidence for the validity of the KSS bound for theories that can be viewed as perturbative corrections to Einstein gravity.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2011
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1991-02
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38109 , vital:34401 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1991-02
- Date: 1991-02
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38109 , vital:34401 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1991-02
Article by Ronald Atkins
- Authors: Atkins, Ronald
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Country cooking -- 1988 -- label (Brotherhood of Breath) , Marsalis, Wynton -- 1961- , Westbrook, Mike , Corea, Chick , Wilkerson, Edward
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13464 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001330 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Country cooking -- 1988 -- label (Brotherhood of Breath) , Marsalis, Wynton -- 1961- , Westbrook, Mike , Corea, Chick , Wilkerson, Edward
- Description: Photocopied article by Ronald Atkins about new releases by Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Edward Wilkerson. The author describes shortly each recording.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: Atkins, Ronald
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Country cooking -- 1988 -- label (Brotherhood of Breath) , Marsalis, Wynton -- 1961- , Westbrook, Mike , Corea, Chick , Wilkerson, Edward
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13464 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001330 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Country cooking -- 1988 -- label (Brotherhood of Breath) , Marsalis, Wynton -- 1961- , Westbrook, Mike , Corea, Chick , Wilkerson, Edward
- Description: Photocopied article by Ronald Atkins about new releases by Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Edward Wilkerson. The author describes shortly each recording.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1988
Curiosity first, applications later
- Berold, Robert, Limson, Janice L
- Authors: Berold, Robert , Limson, Janice L
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Nyokong, Tebello
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: vital:7188 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006281 , http://www.sajs.co.za/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/1-4-1-PB.pdf , Nyokong, Tebello
- Description: Tebello Nyokong speaks to Robert Berold and Janice Limson about her career as a chemist. Tebello Nyokong, who holds a research chair in medicinal chemistry and nanotechnology at Rhodes University, has become the first South African scientist to win the L’Oreal-UNESCO award for women in science, in the physical sciences. Only one laureate is selected from each of five world regions, and Nyokong is the 2009 laureate for Africa and the Arab states. She and the winners from the other four regions travel to Paris in March to each accept the award and a generous prize of close to R1 million. Nyokong now heads the new Nanotechnology Innovation Centre for medical sensors: the biggest single research investment in the history of Rhodes. Linked to other nanotechnology centres in the country, it is designed to bridge the gap between research and the market.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2009
- Authors: Berold, Robert , Limson, Janice L
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Nyokong, Tebello
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: vital:7188 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006281 , http://www.sajs.co.za/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/1-4-1-PB.pdf , Nyokong, Tebello
- Description: Tebello Nyokong speaks to Robert Berold and Janice Limson about her career as a chemist. Tebello Nyokong, who holds a research chair in medicinal chemistry and nanotechnology at Rhodes University, has become the first South African scientist to win the L’Oreal-UNESCO award for women in science, in the physical sciences. Only one laureate is selected from each of five world regions, and Nyokong is the 2009 laureate for Africa and the Arab states. She and the winners from the other four regions travel to Paris in March to each accept the award and a generous prize of close to R1 million. Nyokong now heads the new Nanotechnology Innovation Centre for medical sensors: the biggest single research investment in the history of Rhodes. Linked to other nanotechnology centres in the country, it is designed to bridge the gap between research and the market.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2009
A Declaration to the People of South Africa
- Date: 1951-04
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- History -- 20th century , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33988 , vital:33172 , Bulk File 7
- Description: A booklet put out by the non-European Unity Movement.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951-04
- Date: 1951-04
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- History -- 20th century , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33988 , vital:33172 , Bulk File 7
- Description: A booklet put out by the non-European Unity Movement.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951-04
Le test de McKenzie-Stoughton: méthode de mesure de l’effect réservoir
- Woodford, R, Haigh, John M, Barry, B W
- Authors: Woodford, R , Haigh, John M , Barry, B W
- Date: 1981
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6448 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006635
- Description: A la suite de I'observation que firent Mac Kenzie et Stoughton en 1962, montrant que I'application locale de cortico'ldes anti-inflammatoires peut produire un blanchiment de la peau, des tests ont ete mis au point pour apprecier la constitution d'une telle paleur chez des sujets volontaires. Les techniques qui ont ete publiees sont variables quant a la methode d'application (avec ou sans occlusion), la duree d'application du cortico'lde (.c'est-a-dire duree breve de 6 a 8 heures ou prolongee de 16 a 20 heures) et quant a la methode d'appreciation de la reponse, enregistree par exemple comme etant presente ou absente, ou bien cotee, soit avec une simple lecture,. soit avec des lectures repetees, pendant un certain temps. Les auteurs ont mis au point des essais standart de vasoconstriction avec et sans occlusion, pour apprecier les preparations quant a leur efficacite clinique pour determiner la biodisponibilite des cortico'ldes a partir des supports pour applications locales. A condition que I'investigateur et Ie volontaire se conforment strictement au protocole du test les methodes suivantes ont une precision surprenante d'appreciation (Barry et Woodford, 1978).
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: Woodford, R , Haigh, John M , Barry, B W
- Date: 1981
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6448 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006635
- Description: A la suite de I'observation que firent Mac Kenzie et Stoughton en 1962, montrant que I'application locale de cortico'ldes anti-inflammatoires peut produire un blanchiment de la peau, des tests ont ete mis au point pour apprecier la constitution d'une telle paleur chez des sujets volontaires. Les techniques qui ont ete publiees sont variables quant a la methode d'application (avec ou sans occlusion), la duree d'application du cortico'lde (.c'est-a-dire duree breve de 6 a 8 heures ou prolongee de 16 a 20 heures) et quant a la methode d'appreciation de la reponse, enregistree par exemple comme etant presente ou absente, ou bien cotee, soit avec une simple lecture,. soit avec des lectures repetees, pendant un certain temps. Les auteurs ont mis au point des essais standart de vasoconstriction avec et sans occlusion, pour apprecier les preparations quant a leur efficacite clinique pour determiner la biodisponibilite des cortico'ldes a partir des supports pour applications locales. A condition que I'investigateur et Ie volontaire se conforment strictement au protocole du test les methodes suivantes ont une precision surprenante d'appreciation (Barry et Woodford, 1978).
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1981
Prelude to Afro-Jazz
- Authors: Olshausen, Ulrich
- Language: German
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13629 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012506
- Description: Photocopied article from the German newspaper Frankfurter about the opening concert of the Wetzlar Festival with Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Olshausen, Ulrich
- Language: German
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13629 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012506
- Description: Photocopied article from the German newspaper Frankfurter about the opening concert of the Wetzlar Festival with Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath.
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Memory: The Great Absent
- Scarzello, Patrick, Petit, Claude
- Authors: Scarzello, Patrick , Petit, Claude
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13647 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012555 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
- Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper Sud-Ouest in memory of Chris McGregor. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor with the article.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Scarzello, Patrick , Petit, Claude
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13647 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012555 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
- Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper Sud-Ouest in memory of Chris McGregor. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor with the article.
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Evaluation of a service-learning elective as an approach to enhancing the pharmacist's role in health promotion in South Africa
- Srinivas, Sunitha C, Wrench, Wendy W
- Authors: Srinivas, Sunitha C , Wrench, Wendy W
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6443 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006630
- Description: Background. A service-learning (SL) elective offered to final-year pharmacy students was introduced in 2007. The elective demonstrated a holistic approach to creating opportunities for future pharmacists to understand the current needs and future challenges of the burden of disease in developing countries such as South Africa and to foresee their key roles in health promotion. Methods. The 2007 Sasol National Festival of Science and Technology (SciFest) was chosen as the ideal platform to implement this elective. Evaluation of the elective was carried out in association with the Academic Development Centre using a web-based software tool known as the ADC evaluation assistant (ADCEA). The ADCEA consisted of a ‘question bank’ from which the course facilitators selected nine ranked closed questions as well as two open-ended questions. Results. SciFest participation, in the course of the service-learning elective, was acknowledged by students to have prepared them as responsible citizens to undertake health promotion in the public sector healthcare system. Conclusion. Students’ experiences of the learning opportunities provided in the SciFest elective highlight the strengths of this SL programme.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Srinivas, Sunitha C , Wrench, Wendy W
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6443 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006630
- Description: Background. A service-learning (SL) elective offered to final-year pharmacy students was introduced in 2007. The elective demonstrated a holistic approach to creating opportunities for future pharmacists to understand the current needs and future challenges of the burden of disease in developing countries such as South Africa and to foresee their key roles in health promotion. Methods. The 2007 Sasol National Festival of Science and Technology (SciFest) was chosen as the ideal platform to implement this elective. Evaluation of the elective was carried out in association with the Academic Development Centre using a web-based software tool known as the ADC evaluation assistant (ADCEA). The ADCEA consisted of a ‘question bank’ from which the course facilitators selected nine ranked closed questions as well as two open-ended questions. Results. SciFest participation, in the course of the service-learning elective, was acknowledged by students to have prepared them as responsible citizens to undertake health promotion in the public sector healthcare system. Conclusion. Students’ experiences of the learning opportunities provided in the SciFest elective highlight the strengths of this SL programme.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1965-09
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34712 , vital:33422 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1965-09
- Date: 1965-09
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34712 , vital:33422 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1965-09
Retracted COVID-19 Papers and the level of 'citation pollution': a preliminary analysis and directions for future research
- Van der Walt, Wynand, Willems, Kris A, Friedrich, Wernher, Hatsu, Sylvester, Krauss, Kirstin
- Authors: Van der Walt, Wynand , Willems, Kris A , Friedrich, Wernher , Hatsu, Sylvester , Krauss, Kirstin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Retraction watch , Research -- Evaluation , Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation , Science publishing -- Corrupt practices , Scholarly publishing -- Corrupt practices , Learning and scholarship -- Corrupt practices , Medical publishing -- Corrupt practices , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167732 , vital:41508 , https://www.abd-bvd.be/nl/bladen-voor-documentatie/2020-3-4/
- Description: Retraction Watch maintains a "running list" of retracted papers on Covid-19 related research. By the end of September 2020, thirty-three retracted Covid-19 papers were listed. We analysed these retracted papers, focusing specifically on how they have been cited by review papers, and subsequently how they have penetrated and potentially distorted public discourse and legitimate research on Covid-19. The study demonstrates the need for more in-depth studies that focus on the phenomenon of citation pollution. We show that the "Covid-19 publication race", amplified by a pressure-to-publish research culture, distorted published science on Covid-19. We highlight the urgency to engage popular media and critical decision makers on how to distinguish between questionable and legitimate science. We also emphasise the importance of dealing with illegitimate research in a timely manner, both from a scholarly communications and research quality perspective. , Retraction Watch maintient une "liste courante" des articles rétractés sur les recherches liées au Covid-19. Fin septembre 2020, trente-trois articles rétractés sur le Covid-19 étaient répertoriés. Nous avons analysé ces articles rétractés, en nous concentrant spécifiquement sur la façon dont ils ont été cités par d'autres articles, et ensuite sur la façon dont ils ont pénétré et potentiellement faussé le discours public et la recherche légitime sur le Covid-19. L'étude démontre le besoin d'études plus approfondies qui se concentrent sur le phénomène de la pollution des citations. Nous montrons que la "course à la publication sur le Covid-19", amplifiée par une culture de la pression à la publication de la recherche, a déformé l'information scientifique publiée sur le Covid-19. Nous soulignons l'urgence d'engager les médias populaires et les décideurs critiques sur la manière de distinguer la science douteuse de la science légitime. Nous soulignons également l'importance de traiter rapidement les recherches illégitimes, tant du point de vue de la communication scientifique que de la qualité de la recherche. , Retraction Watch houdt een "lopende lijst" bij van ingetrokken papieren over Covid-19-gerelateerd onderzoek. Eind september 2020 waren drieëndertig ingetrokken Covid-19 papieren op de lijst geplaatst. We hebben deze ingetrokken papieren geanalyseerd, waarbij we ons specifiek hebben gericht op de manier waarop ze zijn geciteerd door review papers, en vervolgens op de manier waarop ze zijn doorgedrongen en mogelijk vervormd in het publieke discours en het legitieme onderzoek naar Covid-19. De studie toont aan dat er behoefte is aan meer diepgaande studies die zich richten op het fenomeen van de citatievervuiling. We tonen aan dat de "Covid-19-publicatierace", versterkt door een druk om te publiceren onderzoekscultuur, de gepubliceerde wetenschap over Covid-19 vertekend heeft. We benadrukken de urgentie om de populaire media en kritische besluitvormers te betrekken bij het maken van een onderscheid tussen twijfelachtige en legitieme wetenschap. We benadrukken ook het belang van het tijdig aanpakken van onrechtmatig onderzoek, zowel vanuit het oogpunt van wetenschappelijke communicatie als vanuit het oogpunt van de kwaliteit van het onderzoek.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Van der Walt, Wynand , Willems, Kris A , Friedrich, Wernher , Hatsu, Sylvester , Krauss, Kirstin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Retraction watch , Research -- Evaluation , Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation , Science publishing -- Corrupt practices , Scholarly publishing -- Corrupt practices , Learning and scholarship -- Corrupt practices , Medical publishing -- Corrupt practices , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167732 , vital:41508 , https://www.abd-bvd.be/nl/bladen-voor-documentatie/2020-3-4/
- Description: Retraction Watch maintains a "running list" of retracted papers on Covid-19 related research. By the end of September 2020, thirty-three retracted Covid-19 papers were listed. We analysed these retracted papers, focusing specifically on how they have been cited by review papers, and subsequently how they have penetrated and potentially distorted public discourse and legitimate research on Covid-19. The study demonstrates the need for more in-depth studies that focus on the phenomenon of citation pollution. We show that the "Covid-19 publication race", amplified by a pressure-to-publish research culture, distorted published science on Covid-19. We highlight the urgency to engage popular media and critical decision makers on how to distinguish between questionable and legitimate science. We also emphasise the importance of dealing with illegitimate research in a timely manner, both from a scholarly communications and research quality perspective. , Retraction Watch maintient une "liste courante" des articles rétractés sur les recherches liées au Covid-19. Fin septembre 2020, trente-trois articles rétractés sur le Covid-19 étaient répertoriés. Nous avons analysé ces articles rétractés, en nous concentrant spécifiquement sur la façon dont ils ont été cités par d'autres articles, et ensuite sur la façon dont ils ont pénétré et potentiellement faussé le discours public et la recherche légitime sur le Covid-19. L'étude démontre le besoin d'études plus approfondies qui se concentrent sur le phénomène de la pollution des citations. Nous montrons que la "course à la publication sur le Covid-19", amplifiée par une culture de la pression à la publication de la recherche, a déformé l'information scientifique publiée sur le Covid-19. Nous soulignons l'urgence d'engager les médias populaires et les décideurs critiques sur la manière de distinguer la science douteuse de la science légitime. Nous soulignons également l'importance de traiter rapidement les recherches illégitimes, tant du point de vue de la communication scientifique que de la qualité de la recherche. , Retraction Watch houdt een "lopende lijst" bij van ingetrokken papieren over Covid-19-gerelateerd onderzoek. Eind september 2020 waren drieëndertig ingetrokken Covid-19 papieren op de lijst geplaatst. We hebben deze ingetrokken papieren geanalyseerd, waarbij we ons specifiek hebben gericht op de manier waarop ze zijn geciteerd door review papers, en vervolgens op de manier waarop ze zijn doorgedrongen en mogelijk vervormd in het publieke discours en het legitieme onderzoek naar Covid-19. De studie toont aan dat er behoefte is aan meer diepgaande studies die zich richten op het fenomeen van de citatievervuiling. We tonen aan dat de "Covid-19-publicatierace", versterkt door een druk om te publiceren onderzoekscultuur, de gepubliceerde wetenschap over Covid-19 vertekend heeft. We benadrukken de urgentie om de populaire media en kritische besluitvormers te betrekken bij het maken van een onderscheid tussen twijfelachtige en legitieme wetenschap. We benadrukken ook het belang van het tijdig aanpakken van onrechtmatig onderzoek, zowel vanuit het oogpunt van wetenschappelijke communicatie als vanuit het oogpunt van de kwaliteit van het onderzoek.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2020
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1990-11
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41147 , vital:36364 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1990-11
- Date: 1990-11
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41147 , vital:36364 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1990-11
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1984-11
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37093 , vital:34102 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-11
- Date: 1984-11
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37093 , vital:34102 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 1984-11
Nyokong wins Prestigious L'Oreal - Unesco Award for Woman in Science
- Authors: Peter, Kerry
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:7192 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006356
- Description: Rhodes University’s Professor Tebello Nyokong, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy which looks at harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-up. Nyokong is the third South African Scientist to receive this award, and reaffirms Rhodes’s place as one of the top research institutions in the country. University of Cape Town’s Professor Jennifer Thompson was previously recognised for her work on genetic engineering while Wits University’s Professor Valerie Mizrahi was recognised for her tuberculosis research.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Peter, Kerry
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:7192 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006356
- Description: Rhodes University’s Professor Tebello Nyokong, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy which looks at harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-up. Nyokong is the third South African Scientist to receive this award, and reaffirms Rhodes’s place as one of the top research institutions in the country. University of Cape Town’s Professor Jennifer Thompson was previously recognised for her work on genetic engineering while Wits University’s Professor Valerie Mizrahi was recognised for her tuberculosis research.
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The Educational Journal
- Date: 1991-09
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37626 , vital:34200 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 1991-09
- Date: 1991-09
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37626 , vital:34200 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 1991-09
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1972-12
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34953 , vital:33590 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1972-12
- Date: 1972-12
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34953 , vital:33590 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 1972-12
Evaluating the impact of the Institutional Repository, or positioning innovation between a rock and a hard place
- Authors: Thomas, G M E
- Date: 2007
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6988 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012411
- Description: Repositories remain an innovative but marginalized technology largely because there is no consensus about an agreed set of Performance Indicators (PIs) that demonstrate their overall impact on the research enterprise of our universities. A successful Institutional Repository should be evaluated in terms of the extent to which the open access repository builds a critical mass of scholarly content which is sustained and available through active university community engagement and ongoing scholarly contributions (faculty, researchers & students) that, when managed efficiently and effectively, ultimately strengthen, promote and give visibility to the research enterprise of the institution, and bring benefit to broader society. However, librarians are grappling with what and how best to demonstrate ‘institutional good’ but without clear evidence, assessment is fed by perception based on limited information which leads to diminished impact and value of the facility, a tyranny described as being caught between a rock and a hard place. Using Illuminative Evaluation to design a series of quantitative and qualitative metrics, it is proposed that a distinction be made between significant and secondary Performance Indicators where the former gather evidence to demonstrate the overall effect or impact of the IR on the individual and collective research community.
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- Date Issued: 2007
- Authors: Thomas, G M E
- Date: 2007
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6988 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012411
- Description: Repositories remain an innovative but marginalized technology largely because there is no consensus about an agreed set of Performance Indicators (PIs) that demonstrate their overall impact on the research enterprise of our universities. A successful Institutional Repository should be evaluated in terms of the extent to which the open access repository builds a critical mass of scholarly content which is sustained and available through active university community engagement and ongoing scholarly contributions (faculty, researchers & students) that, when managed efficiently and effectively, ultimately strengthen, promote and give visibility to the research enterprise of the institution, and bring benefit to broader society. However, librarians are grappling with what and how best to demonstrate ‘institutional good’ but without clear evidence, assessment is fed by perception based on limited information which leads to diminished impact and value of the facility, a tyranny described as being caught between a rock and a hard place. Using Illuminative Evaluation to design a series of quantitative and qualitative metrics, it is proposed that a distinction be made between significant and secondary Performance Indicators where the former gather evidence to demonstrate the overall effect or impact of the IR on the individual and collective research community.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2007
Procedural meanings of well in a corpus of Xhosa English
- Authors: De Klerk, Vivian A
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6128 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011579
- Description: This article explores the use of the pragmatic marker well in a large corpus of the discourse of non-mother tongue speakers of Xhosa English, which is a sub-variety of Black South African English. A brief overview of discourse markers in general and of well in particular is provided, and the problems they pose to linguists in terms of difficulties in defining their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties are examined. After a brief description of the nature of the corpus of Xhosa English on which the study is based, and of the methodological approach which was followed, the rest of the article focuses on a fairly detailed exposition of the overall trends in contextualised uses and procedural meanings of well in the corpus, along with examples. Some (limited) parallels are drawn between the use of well in XE and other English corpora, in order to highlight the problems experienced by L2 learners in acquiring discourse markers.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2005
- Authors: De Klerk, Vivian A
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6128 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011579
- Description: This article explores the use of the pragmatic marker well in a large corpus of the discourse of non-mother tongue speakers of Xhosa English, which is a sub-variety of Black South African English. A brief overview of discourse markers in general and of well in particular is provided, and the problems they pose to linguists in terms of difficulties in defining their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties are examined. After a brief description of the nature of the corpus of Xhosa English on which the study is based, and of the methodological approach which was followed, the rest of the article focuses on a fairly detailed exposition of the overall trends in contextualised uses and procedural meanings of well in the corpus, along with examples. Some (limited) parallels are drawn between the use of well in XE and other English corpora, in order to highlight the problems experienced by L2 learners in acquiring discourse markers.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2005
Like a bolt from the blue : phthalocyanines in biomedical optics
- Sekkat, N, Van den Berg, H, Nyokong, Tebello, Lange, N
- Authors: Sekkat, N , Van den Berg, H , Nyokong, Tebello , Lange, N
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Biomedical optics Fluorescence diagnosis Phthalocyanines NIR dyes Photodynamic therapy
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6597 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004346 , http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules17010098
- Description: The purpose of this review is to compile preclinical and clinical results on phthalocyanines (Pcs) as photosensitizers (PS) for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and contrast agents for fluorescence imaging. Indeed, Pcs are excellent candidates in these fields due to their strong absorbance in the NIR region and high chemical and photo-stability. In particular, this is mostly relevant for their in vivo activation in deeper tissular regions. However, most Pcs present two major limitations, i.e., a strong tendency to aggregate and a low water-solubility. In order to overcome these issues, both chemical tuning and pharmaceutical formulation combined with tumor targeting strategies were applied. These aspects will be developed in this review for the most extensively studied Pcs during the last 25 years, i.e., aluminium-, zinc- and silicon-based Pcs.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Sekkat, N , Van den Berg, H , Nyokong, Tebello , Lange, N
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Biomedical optics Fluorescence diagnosis Phthalocyanines NIR dyes Photodynamic therapy
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6597 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004346 , http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules17010098
- Description: The purpose of this review is to compile preclinical and clinical results on phthalocyanines (Pcs) as photosensitizers (PS) for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and contrast agents for fluorescence imaging. Indeed, Pcs are excellent candidates in these fields due to their strong absorbance in the NIR region and high chemical and photo-stability. In particular, this is mostly relevant for their in vivo activation in deeper tissular regions. However, most Pcs present two major limitations, i.e., a strong tendency to aggregate and a low water-solubility. In order to overcome these issues, both chemical tuning and pharmaceutical formulation combined with tumor targeting strategies were applied. These aspects will be developed in this review for the most extensively studied Pcs during the last 25 years, i.e., aluminium-, zinc- and silicon-based Pcs.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012