scholarly journals The scientific base for orthopaedic device development in South Africa: spatial and sectoral evolution of knowledge development

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-54
Author(s):  
Faatiema Salie ◽  
Kylie de Jager ◽  
Carsten Dreher ◽  
Tania S. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Device Development ◽  
Scientific Base ◽  
Orthopaedic Device

scholarly journals Orthopaedic device innovation in South Africa: A study of patenting activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 (5/6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faatiema Salie ◽  
Kylie de Jager ◽  
Tania S. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Small Contribution ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Network Metrics ◽  
Patenting Activity ◽  
Orthopaedic Device

We assessed knowledge development and exchange among actors who patent orthopaedic devices in South Africa over the period 2000–2015. A social network analysis was performed on bibliometric data using co-inventorship on patents as an indicator of collaboration between different organisations, with a focus on the spatial and sectoral contexts. Network metrics and innovation system indices are used to describe knowledge development and exchange. The results show that university, healthcare and industry organisations have primarily been responsible for increased patenting over time. The key actors were a set of industry actors – a national actor and its US partner – who have patented many devices jointly. National universities were found to make a small contribution, and science councils were found to be absent, despite the efforts in the changing innovation landscape to encourage publicly financed research organisations to protect their intellectual property. The collaboration networks were found to be sparse and disjointed, with many actors – largely from the private healthcare sector – patenting in isolation.

scholarly journals The medical device development landscape in South Africa: Institutions, sectors and collaboration

2017 ◽  
Vol 113 (5/6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie de Jager ◽  
Chipo Chimhundu ◽  
Trust Saidi ◽  
Tania S. Douglas ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Centrality Measures ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Medical Device Development ◽  
Device Development ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Local Healthcare

A characterisation of the medical device development landscape in South Africa would be beneficial for future policy developments that encourage locally developed devices to address local healthcare needs. The landscape was explored through a bibliometric analysis (2000–2013) of relevant scientific papers using co-authorship as an indicator of collaboration. Collaborating institutions thus found were divided into four sectors: academia (A); healthcare (H); industry (I); and science and support (S). A collaboration network was drawn to show the links between the institutions and analysed using network analysis metrics. Centrality measures identified seven dominant local institutions from three sectors. Group densities were used to quantify the extent of collaboration: the A sector collaborated the most extensively both within and between sectors; local collaborations were more prevalent than international collaborations. Translational collaborations (AHI, HIS or AHIS) are considered to be pivotal in fostering medical device innovation that is both relevant and likely to be commercialised. Few such collaborations were found, suggesting room for increased collaboration of these types in South Africa.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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