scholarly journals The "vat-en-sit" unions as a threat to the stability of African marriage in South Africa: African theological pastoral perspective

Phronimon ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magezi Elijah Baloyi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Stability

scholarly journals SARS-COV2 VARIANTS AND VACCINES MRNA SPIKES FIBONACCI NUMERICAL UA/CG METASTRUCTURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 349-396
Author(s):  
Jean Claude Perez
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Fibonacci Numbers ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Exceptional Case ◽  
World Population ◽  
Synonymous Codons ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Stability ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

In this paper, we suggest a biomathematical numerical method for analysing mRNA nucleotides sequences based on UA/CG Fibonacci numbers proportions. This method is used to evaluate then compare the spike genes related to the main SARS-CoV2 VARIANTS currently circulating within the world population. The 10 main results proposed to be reproduced by peers are: SARS-CoV2 genome and spike evolution in one year 2020-2021. SARS-CoV2 Origins. Comparing 11 reference variants spikes. Analysing 32 CAL.20C California variant patients’ spikes. Toward a meta mRNA Fibonacci gene end message code. Analysing S501 UK, S484 South Africa and « 2 mutations » INDIA variants. Suggesting a possible variants spike mRNA palindrome symmetry metastructure improving mRNA stability then infectiousness. Analysing Fibonacci Metastructures in the mRNA coding for the vaccines PFIZER and MODERNA. Does the CG-rich modification of the synonymous codons of the spikes of the 2 mRNA vaccines affect the expression and quantity of SARS-CoV2 antibodies? The exceptional case of the Brazilian variant P.1. Particularly, we suggest the following conjecture at mRNA folding level: CONJECTURE of SARS-CoV2 VARIANTS: The growth of long Fibonacci structures in the shape of "podiums" for almost all of the variants studied (UK, California, South Africa, India, etc.) suggests the probable folding of the Spike mRNA in the form of a "hairpin", which can strengthen the cohesion and the lifespan of this mRNA. Finally, we show that these kinds of Fibonacci matastructures disapear TOTALLY by analysing the published mRNA sequences of PFIZER and MODERNA vaccines. One fact is certain, the two mRNAs of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will result in a low functionality of the spike vaccine. This is because their designers by seeking greater stability, have doped to build CG rich sequences   which, as soon as they are inserted into the human host, will, paradoxically, seek to mutate, like SARS-CoV2 variants, towards CG ==> UA forms in order to improve their STABILITY and LIFETIME. We conclude using new biomathematics theoretical methods (Master code and numerical standing waves), and comparing the Spikes of the two vaccines Moderna and Pfizer, that there will be very probable differences in stability and shelf life of the two respective mRNAs vaccines. However, “State of the Art” analyzes will disclose that their two protein sequences are strictly identical. By modified their synonymous codons using different strategies, no one can guarantee that the quantity of antibodies generated will be identical in the two cases. We wish to draw attention to the great ADAPTATION power - at the global scale of their genomes - of the most infectious VARIANTS, such as the BRAZIL 20J / 501Y.V3 variant (P.1). This is very worrying for the VACCINES <==> VARIANTS run: We demonstrate how the Brazilian variant P.1 which becomes uncontrollable in Brazil in April 2021 has a level of organization of long metastructures of 17,711 bases covering the genome which is 3.6 more important than that of the 2 reference genomes SARS-CoV2  and worldwide D614G. We suggest that this high level of overall structure of this variant contributes to the stability of this genome and, might explain its greater contagiousness. To complete this article, an ADDENDUM by Nobelprizewinner Luc Montagnier vas added at the end of this paper.

scholarly journals Economic analysis of the eradication and management of invasive alien vegetation in the Mhlatuze river catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-472
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cooper ◽  
Jessica Schroenn ◽  
Nevil Quinn
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Alien Vegetation ◽  
The Stability

Alien invasive vegetation threatens the functioning and existence of natural ecosystems in South Africa because many of these plants have no predators or competitors, allowing them to dominate the ecosystem which they inhabit. The rapid proliferation of this alien vegetation, ascribed to the increase in afforestation and changes in land use, has had significant adverse impacts on water resources, biodiversity and the stability as well as integrity of these ecosystems. Although eradicating alien invasive vegetation gives rise to a number of different benefits, this process entails enormous costs. Consequently, in order to establish the economic viability of alien plant eradication it is essential to analyse these costs as well as the benefits associated with eradication.

ALCOHOL PANIC, SOCIAL ENGINEERING, AND SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHITES IN EARLY APARTHEID SOCIETY, 1948–1960

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1167-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEIL ROOS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
South African Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Stability ◽  
State Responses

AbstractThe connection between ideologies of nation, alcohol abuse, and social engineering have not received systematic attention from historians. This article offers a case-study from the history of apartheid South Africa. Working around a fragment of apartheid history, a bureaucratic panic that excessive white drinking threatened the stability of the racial order, it explores geneaologies of state responses to white drinking in South Africa. It then concentrates on the role of Geoffrey Cronje, an intellectual / bureaucrat who not only drove the panic but then used it to implement new forms of social engineering in white South African society. Drawing on penal and welfarist traditions as well as medical models of treatment, he introduced a system for the discipline and correction of whites who drank heavily that drew on both state and private resources. I examine how the defiance of those incarcerated for drinking helped shaped subsequent, lighter-handed responses that managed the drinking of greater numbers of whites. This article may provide avenues for investigating alcohol abuse, state intervention, and social engineering in a range of mid-twentieth-century societies.

scholarly journals Determinants of the Return Migration of Household Heads from South Eastern Zimbabwe to South Africa During Prolonged Crisis, 2000-16

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Dick Ranga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Return Home ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
The Stability

The study assessed return migration by heads of households that migrated during the prolonged crisis, 2000-16. It collected data among 166 households from four districts in South Eastern Zimbabwe. Most of the male household heads had previously migrated, half of them to South Africa. Non-migrant heads were mainly females who remained behind when their husbands migrated to South Africa or urban areas. Both heads who returned from migrating to South Africa and locally to urban areas came back during 2011-15 with the desire to reunite with families. This period was associated with severe retrenchments by Zimbabwean companies that attempted to survive the shrinking economy. Yet it was also an attractive period to return home for international migrants because of the stability brought by the adoption of multiple currencies. Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2015 also ‘pushed’ some of the heads into returning home. International return migrants were significantly younger and had lower levels of education than internal and non-migrants. Three-tenths of them returned into households having traditional huts as their main houses which suggested that migration was unsuccessful for them. There is a need for restoration of stability soon after a crisis since this helps attract back human capital.

scholarly journals Comparative study of Chemical Pathology sample collection tubes at the largest hospital in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyabonga Khoza ◽  
Sarah Ford ◽  
Ernest Buthelezi ◽  
Donald Tanyanyiwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Aspartate Aminotransferase ◽  
Sample Collection ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Reference Change Value ◽  
Percentage Difference ◽  
Heparin Plasma ◽  
The Stability

Background: BarricorTM lithium heparin plasma tubes are new blood tubes that have been introduced to overcome the effects of gel in serum separator tubes (SST) and the shortcomings of standard lithium heparin plasma. We aimed to evaluate BarricorTM tubes as an alternative to serum separator tubes and compare the stability between the tubes. Methods: Forty-four paired samples were collected using both BarricorTM and SST. We compared five analytes at baseline (<6h) and after every 24h using the Passing-Bablok and Bland-Altman plots. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), potassium (K), phosphate (PO4), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and creatinine were analysed in both tubes. We calculated the percentage difference for each analyte between the baseline and time intervals to assess analyte stability. The percentage difference was compared to the desirable specification for bias and reference change value (RCV). Results: All analytes were comparable at baseline. Statistical differences (p<0.001) became evident after 24h. PO4, K, and creatinine had a mean difference that exceeded the desirable specification for bias (-9.59%, -9.35%, and -4.59%, respectively). Potassium was stable up to 24h in both tubes. LDH showed better stability in SST (144h vs. 96h). PO4 concentrations were more stable in both tubes with the SST (96h vs. 72h). Creatinine and AST had the longest stability in both tubes compared to other analytes (144h). Conclusions: Data demonstrated variability and similarities in analyte concentrations and stability, respectively in both tubes

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