Vol 108 No 3/4 (2012): South African Journal of Science

Leader

Research chairs initiative fails to increase doctoral student numbers

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Commentary

Funding drought hits experimentally based South African researchers and their graduate students

Nicola Illing

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Investigation of a credible report by a US Marine on the location of the missing Peking Man fossils

Lee R. Berger, Wu Liu, Xiujie Wu

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National Senior Certificate results belie conceptual and skill limitations of school-leavers

Jonathan Jansen

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News and Views

Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment 2012: Seasonal scale climate and carbon cycle links

Sebastiaan Swart, Nicolette Chang, Nicolas Fauchereau, Warren Joubert, Mike Lucas, Thato Mtshali, Alakendra Roychoudhury, Alessandro Tagliabue, Sandy Thomalla, Howard Waldron, Pedro MS. Monteiro

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Obituary

Friedrich Paul Cilliers: Philosopher (1956â€“2011)

Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr

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Book Reviews

Solved problems in classical mechanics

Nithaya Chetty

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Correspondence

Is the masterâ€™s degree being neglected in the discourse on postgraduate education?

Tania S. Douglas

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Research Briefs

Research Briefs

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Review Articles

Global geopotential models from Satellite Laser Ranging data with geophysical applications: A review

Christina M. Botai, Ludwig Combrinck

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Research Articles

Factors influencing the crystallisation of highly concentrated water-in-oil emulsions: A DSC study

Karina Kovalchuk, Irina Masalova

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New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins

Fredrick K. Manthi, J. Michael Plavcan, Carol V. Ward

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Detection and molecular identification protocols for Phyllosticta citricarpa from citrus matter

Linda Meyer, RenÃ© Jacobs, Jan M. KotzÃ©, Mariette Truter, Lise Korsten

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Leaving rates and reasons for leaving in an Engineering faculty in South Africa: A case study

Jonathan Pocock

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The evolution of cranial form in mid-Pleistocene Homo

G. Philip Rightmire

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Validation of remote sensing and weather model forecasts in the Agulhas ocean area to 57Â°S by ship observations

Christophe Messager, Vincent Faure

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Educational outcomes: Pathways and performance in South African high schools

Vijay Reddy, Servaas van der Berg, Dean Janse van Rensburg, Stephen Taylor

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A theoretical model for substance abuse in the presence of treatment

Asha Saidi Kalula, Farai Nyabadza

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Characterising agrometeorological climate risks and uncertainties: Crop production in Uganda

Drake N. Mubiru, Everline Komutunga, Ambrose Agona, Anne Apok, Todd Ngara

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Research Letters

Waterford Formation in the south-eastern Karoo: Implications for basin development

Bruce S. Rubidge, P. John Hancox, Richard Mason

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