Department of Archaeology

Department of Computer Science

Research Output
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Berman, S. and Semwayo, T.D. 2007. A conceptual modeling methodology based on niches and granularity. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4801: 338-358.
Kotze, P., Van Biljon, J. and Marsden, G. 2007. Factors affecting mobile handset choice. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4662: 523-527.
Malan, K. and Marsden, G. 2006. Extending dynamic queries to handle uncertain data. South African Computer Journal, 37: 61-73.
Marais, P.C., Gain, J.E. and Shreiner, D. 2007. Distance-ranked connectivity compression of triangle meshes. Computer Graphics Forum, 26(4): 813-823.
Marais, P.C. and Gain, J.E. 2007. High fidelity compression of irregularly sampled height fields. South African Computer Journal, 38: 40-50.
Rouse, C. and Berman, S. 2007. Mapster: A peer-to-peer data sharing environment. South African Computer Journal, 39: 35-46.
Peer-reviewed published conference proceedings
Blake, E.H. and Nunez, D. 2007. Virtual environments to support people living with HIV. In L. Moreno (ed.), Proceedings of Presence 2007. The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, 25-27 October 2007, Spain. Spain: Starlab Barcelona S.L. ISBN 0979221714.
Blake, E.H., Nunez, D. and Labuschagne, B. 2007. Longitudinal effects on presence: Suspension of disbelief or distrust of naive belief? In L. Moreno (ed.), Proceedings of Presence 2007. The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, 25-27 October 2007, Spain. Spain: Starlab Barcelona S.L. ISBN 0979221714.
Marsden, G. and Ah Kun, L. 2007. Co-present photo sharing on mobile devices. Proceedings of Mobile HCI, 9-11 September, Singapore. ACM Press. ISBN 1-59593-089-2.
Marsden, G. and Ah Kun, L. 2007. Peepholes with no strings attached. Proceedings of SAICSIT 2007, 1-3 October, Port Alfred, South Africa. ACM Press. ISBN 978-1-59593-775-9.
Maunder, A., Marsden, G. and Harper, R. 2007. Bluetooth interaction with situated displays. Proceedings of Mobile HCI, 9-11 September, Singapore. ACM Press. ISBN 1-59593-089-2.
Maunder, A., Marsden, G., Gruijters, D. and Blake, E.H. 2007. Designing interactive systems for the developing world: Reflections on user-centred design. Proceedings of ICT4D, Bangalore, India, 15-16 December. ACM Press. ISBN 1-4244-0485-1.
Nakashole, N., Suleman, H. and Pedzai, C. 2007. Dynamic role allocation for small search engine clusters. In L. Barnard and R.A. Botha (eds), Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2-3 October 2007, Port Alfred, South Africa. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISBN 978-1-59593-938-8.
Nunez, D., Blake, E.H. and Labuschagne, B. 2007. Presence predicts false memories of virtual environment content. Proceedings of Presence 2007: The 10th International Workshop on Presence, 2007, Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 October. Spain: International Society for Presence Research. ISBN 0-9792217-1-4.
Suleman, H. 2007. Digital libraries without databases: The Bleek and Lloyd Collection. In L. Kovcs, N. Fuhr and C. Meghini (eds), Proceedings of Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 11th European Conference (ECDL 2007), 16-21 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary. Berlin/ Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-74850-2.
Suleman, H. 2007. In-browser digital library services. In L. Kovcs, N. Fuhr and C. Meghini (eds), Proceedings of Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 11th European Conference (ECDL 2007), 16-21 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-74850-2.
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Electron Microscope Unit
Research Output
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Bredell, H., Martin, D.P., Van Harmelen, J.H., Varsani, A., Sheppard, H.W., Donovan, R., Gray, C.M. and Williamson, C. 2007. HIV Type 1 Subtype C gag and nef Diversity in Southern Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 23(3): 477-481.
Corradi, H., Chitapi, I., Sewell, B.T., Georgiadis, D., Dive, V., Sturrock, E.D. and Acharya, K.R. 2007. The structure of Testis Angiotensin-converting enzyme in complex with the CDomain-specific inhibitor RXPA380. Biochemistry, 46(18): 5473-5478.
Kimani, S., Agarkar, V.B., Cowan, D., Sayed, M.F.-R. and Sewell, B.T. 2007. Structure of an aliphatic amidase from Geobacillus pallidus RAPc8. Acta Crystallographica Section D-Biological Crystallography, 63(10): 1048-1058.
Kohl, T., Hitzeroth, I.I., Stewart, D., Varsani, A., Govan, V.A., Christensen, N.D., Williamson, A.-L. and Rybicki, E.P. 2007. Plant-produced Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus L1 protein protects against tumor challenge: A proof-of-concept study. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13(8): 845-853.
Lefeuvre, P., Martin, D.P., Hoareau, M., Naze, F., Delatte, H., Thierry, M., Varsani, A., Becker, N., Reynaud, B. and Lett, J.-M. 2007. Begomovirus melting pot in the south-west Indian Ocean islands: Molecular diversity and evolution through recombination. Journal of General Virology, 88: 3458-3468.
Makhongela, H.S., Glowacka, A., Agarkar, V.B., Sewell, B.T., Weber, B.W., Cameron, R., Cowan, D. and Burton, S.G. 2007. A novel thermostable nitrilase superfamily amidasefrom Geobacillus pallidus showing acyl transfer activity. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 75: 801-811.
Thuku, R., Varsani, A., Sewell, B.T. and Weber, B.W. 2007. Post-translational cleavage of recombinantly expressed nitrilase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1 yields a stable, active helical form. Febs Journal, 274: 2099-2108.
Varsani, A., Van der Walt, E., Heath, L., Rybicki, E.P., Williamson, A.-L. and Martin, D.P. 2006. Evidence of ancient papillomavirus recombination. Journal of General Virology, 87(9): 2527-2531.
Watermeyer, J., Sewell, B.T., Schwager, S.L.U., Natesh, R., Corradi, H., Acharya, K.R. and Sturrock, E.D. 2006. Structure of Testis ACE Glycosylation mutants and evidence for conserved domain movement. Biochemistry, 45: 12654-12663.
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Department of Environmental and Geographical Science
(Including the Environmental Evaluation Unit and the Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihood Project)
Research Output
Authored books
Nathan, L. 2007. No Ownership, No Commitment: A Guide to Local Ownership of Security Sector Forum. Birmingham, England: University of Cape Town of Birmingham Press. 111pp. ISBN 9780 7044 2577.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Transfrontier Conservation in Africa. At the Confluence of Capital, Politics and Nature. UK: Cabi Publishing. 181pp. ISBN 978-1-84593-2213.
Chapters in books
Battersby, J.E. 2007. Seeking African solutions: The new social and cultural geographies of South Africa. In R. Kitchin (ed.), Mapping Worlds: International Perspective on Social and Cultural Geographies, pp. 83-90. London: Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN 9780415438285.
Bezuidenhout, A., Fig, D., Hamann, R. and Omar, R. 2007. Political economy. In D. Fig (ed.), Staking their claims. Corporate social and environmental responsibility in South Africa, pp. 13-94. Scottville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. ISBN 9781869141073.
Hamann, R. and Bezuidenhout, A. 2007. The mining industry. In D. Fig (ed.), Staking their claims. Corporate social and environmental responsibility in South Africa. Scottville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. ISBN 9781869141073.
Hauck, M.B. 2007. Non-compliance in small-scale fisheries: A threat to security? In P. Beirne and N. South (eds), Issues in Green Criminology, pp. 270-289. USA and Canada: Willan Publishing. ISBN 9781843922193.
Nathan, L. 2007. The making and unmaking of the Dafur Peace Agreement. In A. de Waal (ed.), War in Darfur and the Search for Peace, pp. 245-266. London: Harvard University. ISBN 9780674023673.
Nathan, L. 2007. Uncertain Hegemon: South Africa's foreign policy in Africa. In B. Moyo (ed.), Africa in the Global Power Play, pp. 187-199. London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. ISBN 9781905068623.
Oldfield, S.E. and Nomdo, C. 2007. Woman on the margins: Negotiating homes, reciprocity and respectability. In H.-G. Bohle and T. Krings (eds), Social Networks: Potentials and Constraints, pp. 47-71. Deutschland Germany: Verlag fur Entwicklungspolitik Saarbr cken GmbH. ISBN 9783881567923.
Parnell, S. 2007. Political geography. In K.R. Cox, M. Low and J. Robinson (eds), Urban Governance in the South: The Politics of Rights and Development, pp. 595-605. London: Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 9780761 943273.
Parnell, S. 2007. Politics of transformation (defining the city strategy in Johannesburg). In K. Segbers (ed.), The Making of Global City Regions, pp. 139-167. USA: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801885150.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Scaling peace and peacemaking in transboundary parks: Understanding globalization. In S.H. Ali (ed.), Peace Parks. Conservation and Conflict Resolution, pp. 67-81. London: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ISBN 978 0 262 51198 8.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Transforming landscapes of pain to landscapes of leisure: Reflections on the Cape to Cairo Tourism Route. In B. Wishitemi, A. Spenceley and H. Wels (eds), Culture and Community. Tourism Studies in Eastern and Southern Afirca, pp. 11-23. The Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978 90 5170 8516.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Bryant, R., Bigg, G., Mahowald, N., Eckardt, F. and Ross, S. 2007. Dust emission response to climate in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112: 1-17.
Carden, K., Armitage, N.P., Sichone, O.B. and Winter, K.J. 2007. The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa: Part 2 - Greywater management options. Water SA, 33(4): 433-441.
Carden, K., Armitage, N.P., Winter, K.J., Sichone, O.B., Rivett, U.K. and Kahonde, J. 2007. The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa: Part 1 - Quantifying the greywater generated and assessing the quality. Water SA, 33(4): 425-431.
Chase, B. and Meadows, M.E. 2007. Late Quaternary dynamics of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone. Earth-Science Reviews, 84: 103-138.
Crush, J. and Dodson, B. 2007. Another lost decade: The failures of South Africa's post-apartheid migration policy. Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 98(4): 436-454.
Crush, J. and Pendleton, W. 2007. Mapping hostilities: The geography of xenophobia in South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, 89(1): 64-82.
Du Toit, A., Skuse, A. and Cousins, T. 2007. The political economy of social capital: Chronic poverty, remoteness and gender in the rural Eastern Cape. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 13(4): 521-540.
Glavovic, B.C. and Boonzaier, S. 2007. Confronting coastal poverty: Building sustainable coastal livelihoods in South Africa. Ocean & Coastal Management, 50: 1-23.
Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R. and Eckardt, F. 2007. Natural human-induced environmental changes in the semi-arid distal reaches of Botswana's Okavango Delta. Journal of Land Use Science, 2(1): 57-78.
Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R. and Eckardt, F. 2007. The role of human factors in the degration of natural resources in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 64(5): 589-605.
Hamandawana, H., Eckardt, F. and Ringrose, S. 2007. Proposed methodology for georeferencing and mosiacking Corona photographs. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28: 5-22.
Hamann, R. 2007. Is corporate citizenship making a difference? Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 28(Winter): 29.
Johnston, P.A., Ziervogel, G. and Matthew, M. 2007. The uptake and usefulness of weather & climate forecast information among water resource managers in the SW Cape region of South Africa. Applied Geography, 30: 380-389.
Mackellar, N., Hewitson, B.C. and Tadross, M. 2007. Namaqualand's climate: Recent historical changes and future scenarios. Journal of Arid Environments, 70: 604-614.
McFarlane, M.J. and Eckardt, F. 2007. Palaeodune morphology associated with the Gumare fault of the Okavango graben in the Botswana/Namibia borderland: A new model of tectonic influence. South African Journal of Geology, 110: 535-442.
McFarlane, M.J., Kuhn, J.R., Coetzee, S., Vanderpost, C.H.M. and Eckardt, F. 2007. In situ rounding of quartz grains within an African surface weathering profile in North West Ngamiland, Botswana. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 51(3): 269-286.
Meadows, M. 2007. Classics in physical geography revisited. Progress in Physical Geography, 31(3): 313-317.
Meadows, M.E. 2007. Conversations with others? Physical Geography in South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, 89(2): 128-134.
Mukheibir, P.V. and Ziervogel, G. 2007. Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change: The city of Cape Town. Environment and Urbanization, 19(1): 143-158.
Nathan, L. 2007. Africa's Early Warning System: An emperor with no clothes? South African Journal of International Affairs, 14(1): 49-60.
Nathan, L. 2007. The failure of the Dafur Mediation. Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 6(4): 495-511.
Oldfield, S.E. 2007. Making sense of multiple conversations: Research, teaching, and activism in and with communities in South African cities. South African Geographical Journal, 89(2): 104-110.
Parnell, S. 2007. The academic-policy interface in post-apartheid urban research: Personal reflections. South African Geographical Journal, 89(2): 111-120.
Parnell, S., Simon, D. and Vogel, C. 2007. Global environmental change: Conceptualising the growing challenge for cities in poor countries. Area, 39: 1-13.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Geographical knowledge, case studies and the division of labour. South African Geographical Journal, 89(2): 121-127.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Resilient geographies: Land, boundaries and the consolidation of the former bantustans in post-1994 South Africa. Geographical Journal, 173(1): 43-55.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. The geographical imprint of land restitution with reference to Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 98(4): 455-467.
Ramutsindela, M.F. 2007. Transforming the journal in a transforming society and ccademia. South African Geographical Journal, 89(1): 1-3.
Ramutsindela, M.F. and Mather, C. 2007. South African goegraphers and the spatial division of labour. South African Geographical Journal, 89(2): 95-96.
Rieth, L., Zimmer, M., Hamann, R. and Hanks, J. 2007. The UN Global compact in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 28(Winter): 1-15.
Skuse, A. and Cousins, T. 2007. Getting connected: The social dynamics of urban telecommunications access and use in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. New Media & Society, 10(1): 5-22.
Skuse, A. and Cousins, T. 2007. Managing distance rural poverty and the promise of communication in post-apartheid South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 42(2): 185-207.
Skuse, A. and Cousins, T. 2007. Spaces of resistance: Informal settlement, communication and community organisation in a Cape Town township. Urban Studies, 44(5/6): 979-995.
Winter, K. and Berg, K. 2007. Fieldwork and the International Geography Olympiad. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 16(3): 299-306.
Wynberg, R.P. and Laird, S. 2007. Bio prospecting tracking the policy debate. Environment, 49(10): 20-32.
Wynberg, R.P. and Laird, S. 2007. Less is often more: Governance of a non-timber forest product, marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in southern Africa. International Forestry Review, 9(1): 475-490.
Wynberg, R.P. and Sowman, M. 2007. Environmental sustainability and land reform in South Africa: A neglected dimension. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 50(6): 783-802.
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