Feasibility Study: Imagining A Cultural/Healing Centre for the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay: Community Dialogues, stakeholders' process and experts' input - two detailed reports
- Date: 2016-10
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- 20th century , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41348 , vital:36452 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Northern Areas History and Heritage Project consists of a variety workshops and materials examining the history of this part of Port Elizabeth to which people of colour had been removed in the 1970s. The materials include a book and DVD on the Northern Areas Uprising; six booklets entitled ‘Feasibility Study: Imagining a Cultural/ Healing Centre for the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay’ covering topics such as the Northern Areas Uprising, healing through memorialisation, architecture, non-profit organisations, archives and databases; 35 DVDs consisting of interviews with individuals, communities and focus groups, as well as a Winter School Project on Apartheid and the Group Areas Act. Also included are two maps relating to the area’s history.
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- Date Issued: 2016-10
- Date: 2016-10
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- 20th century , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41348 , vital:36452 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Northern Areas History and Heritage Project consists of a variety workshops and materials examining the history of this part of Port Elizabeth to which people of colour had been removed in the 1970s. The materials include a book and DVD on the Northern Areas Uprising; six booklets entitled ‘Feasibility Study: Imagining a Cultural/ Healing Centre for the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay’ covering topics such as the Northern Areas Uprising, healing through memorialisation, architecture, non-profit organisations, archives and databases; 35 DVDs consisting of interviews with individuals, communities and focus groups, as well as a Winter School Project on Apartheid and the Group Areas Act. Also included are two maps relating to the area’s history.
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- Date Issued: 2016-10
Regulation of the extracellular matrix by heat shock proteins and molecular chaperones:
- Boel, Natasha M-E, Edkins, Adrienne L
- Authors: Boel, Natasha M-E , Edkins, Adrienne L
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164368 , vital:41112 , ISBN 978-3-319-69040-7 , DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69042-1_6
- Description: The extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a scaffold for cells within tissues and is composed of an intricate network of glycoproteins, growth factors and matricellular proteins which cooperatively function in cell processes such as migration, adhesion and wound healing. ECM morphology is constantly undergoing remodelling (synthesis, assembly and degradation) during normal cell processes and when deregulated may contribute to disease. Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are involved in regulating processes that determine the assembly and degradation of the ECM at multiple levels, in both normal and diseased states. These roles include mediating the activation of ECM-degrading enzymes, maintaining matrix stability and clearing aggregated/misfolded proteins. Hsp may serve as chaperones and receptors or have cytokine-like functions. In this chapter, we review how Hsp90, Hsp70, Hsp40 and a number of ER resident chaperones contribute to ECM regulation. The role of the non-Hsp chaperones, SPARC and clusterin in the ECM is also discussed.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Boel, Natasha M-E , Edkins, Adrienne L
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164368 , vital:41112 , ISBN 978-3-319-69040-7 , DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69042-1_6
- Description: The extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a scaffold for cells within tissues and is composed of an intricate network of glycoproteins, growth factors and matricellular proteins which cooperatively function in cell processes such as migration, adhesion and wound healing. ECM morphology is constantly undergoing remodelling (synthesis, assembly and degradation) during normal cell processes and when deregulated may contribute to disease. Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are involved in regulating processes that determine the assembly and degradation of the ECM at multiple levels, in both normal and diseased states. These roles include mediating the activation of ECM-degrading enzymes, maintaining matrix stability and clearing aggregated/misfolded proteins. Hsp may serve as chaperones and receptors or have cytokine-like functions. In this chapter, we review how Hsp90, Hsp70, Hsp40 and a number of ER resident chaperones contribute to ECM regulation. The role of the non-Hsp chaperones, SPARC and clusterin in the ECM is also discussed.
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- Date Issued: 2018
The Kenyan banking industry: Challenges and sustainability
- Muriithi, Samuel M, Louw, Lynette
- Authors: Muriithi, Samuel M , Louw, Lynette
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69151 , vital:29433 , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41090-6_1
- Description: This first chapter of the book aims to provide an overview of the key factors in knowledge and innovation management processes that are influencing and are influenced by the business environment in Africa. The chapter highlights the problematic of achieving a successful and sustainable business in Africa. It therefore outlines the various study programmes of cutting-edge research within different thematic areas such as innovation; entrepreneurship; education; capacity building; human capital; investment; and banking and finance. Finally, the chapter provides an executive summary of all the chapters included in the book.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Muriithi, Samuel M , Louw, Lynette
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69151 , vital:29433 , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41090-6_1
- Description: This first chapter of the book aims to provide an overview of the key factors in knowledge and innovation management processes that are influencing and are influenced by the business environment in Africa. The chapter highlights the problematic of achieving a successful and sustainable business in Africa. It therefore outlines the various study programmes of cutting-edge research within different thematic areas such as innovation; entrepreneurship; education; capacity building; human capital; investment; and banking and finance. Finally, the chapter provides an executive summary of all the chapters included in the book.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Geospatial technologies and indigenous Knowledge Systems:
- Authors: Aswani, Shankar
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/145448 , vital:38439 , ISBN 9781315181523 , https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315181523/chapters/10.1201/9781315181523-18
- Description: During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, pressure on coastal ecosystems has amplified and resulted in the widespread degradation of adjacent marine and terrestrial habitats globally (Burke et al., 2001). The ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats, including coastal protection and food procurement, have been heavily compromised by anthropogenic disturbance such as overfishing, pollution, sedimentation and alteration of coastal vegetation (Costanza et al., 1997; Agardy et al., 2009). In the context of small islands, this continued degradation in tandem with the ongoing effects of climate change is putting the livelihoods of coastal peoples at risk (e.g. Bell et al., 2009). While international efforts at curtailing these negative trends are ongoing, many researchers are working directly with coastal local/ indigenous communities to seek more effective management of coastal terrestrial and marine resources. Among various approaches, researchers are increasingly incorporating local knowledge systems for designing resource management and conservation plans (e.g. Gadgil et al., 1993).
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Aswani, Shankar
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/145448 , vital:38439 , ISBN 9781315181523 , https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315181523/chapters/10.1201/9781315181523-18
- Description: During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, pressure on coastal ecosystems has amplified and resulted in the widespread degradation of adjacent marine and terrestrial habitats globally (Burke et al., 2001). The ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats, including coastal protection and food procurement, have been heavily compromised by anthropogenic disturbance such as overfishing, pollution, sedimentation and alteration of coastal vegetation (Costanza et al., 1997; Agardy et al., 2009). In the context of small islands, this continued degradation in tandem with the ongoing effects of climate change is putting the livelihoods of coastal peoples at risk (e.g. Bell et al., 2009). While international efforts at curtailing these negative trends are ongoing, many researchers are working directly with coastal local/ indigenous communities to seek more effective management of coastal terrestrial and marine resources. Among various approaches, researchers are increasingly incorporating local knowledge systems for designing resource management and conservation plans (e.g. Gadgil et al., 1993).
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- Date Issued: 2016
Integrating Customary Practices and Institutions into Comanagement of Small-scale Fisheries. Marine historical ecology in conservation: Applying the past to manage for the future
- Kittinger, John N, Cinner, Joshua, Aswani, Shankar, White, Alan T
- Authors: Kittinger, John N , Cinner, Joshua , Aswani, Shankar , White, Alan T
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/421940 , vital:71897 , ISBN 9780520959606
- Description: In many parts of the world, marine-resource governance systems include aspects of customary marine tenure and traditional sociocultural institutions for resource management. These practices are rooted in historical context and vary by culture and location, with place-specific practices and customs that are based on local knowledge systems. In this chapter, we review the incorporation of customary practices into contemporary management, highlighting the roles of social history, changes in customary practices, and their application in, and influence on, modern legal and policy contexts. Next, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating historical management practices into modern governance systems, exploring the roles of comanagement and participatory approaches in successful “back to the future” management approaches. To conclude, we look to the future of integrated management systems and their potential to address social-ecological challenges in coastal areas that face increasing population densities and growing dependence on coastal and marine resources.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Kittinger, John N , Cinner, Joshua , Aswani, Shankar , White, Alan T
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/421940 , vital:71897 , ISBN 9780520959606
- Description: In many parts of the world, marine-resource governance systems include aspects of customary marine tenure and traditional sociocultural institutions for resource management. These practices are rooted in historical context and vary by culture and location, with place-specific practices and customs that are based on local knowledge systems. In this chapter, we review the incorporation of customary practices into contemporary management, highlighting the roles of social history, changes in customary practices, and their application in, and influence on, modern legal and policy contexts. Next, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating historical management practices into modern governance systems, exploring the roles of comanagement and participatory approaches in successful “back to the future” management approaches. To conclude, we look to the future of integrated management systems and their potential to address social-ecological challenges in coastal areas that face increasing population densities and growing dependence on coastal and marine resources.
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- Date Issued: 2014
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