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A phenomenological investigation of the beginning therapist's experience of the first session of psychotherapy with the first patient

- Allen, Jennifer Ann

  • Authors: Allen, Jennifer Ann
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193129 , vital:45301
  • Description: The aim of this project is to come to an understanding of how the situation of the first session of psychotherapy with the first patient is lived by the beginning therapist and what meaning this situation holds for him. The writer's interest in this phenomenon grew out of her own experience of this situation as a clinical Masters coursework student, an experience which was of important to the writer and meaningful still as a therapist in training. In dialogue with experienced therapists the importance of this situation was again made apparant. It was the opinion of these therapists that although for some the details of this experience had become dulled by time, what remained meaningful to them was that this experience was seen as the beginning of a project which remains important to them - they identified this situation as an important moment in the history of their development as psychotherapists. In the hope that the literature pertaining to psychotherapy would throw some light on this situation, the writer turned to a number of sources in this area to discover that no literature available to her elucidated this situation in a holistic manner. This led the writer to go back to the beginning therapists themselves so that they may speak for themselves of their experience of this situation. A phenomenological method of enquiry is implemented in this study as it renders the subject matter accessible to investigation, and allows it to reveal itself as it essentially is. This project is then an attempt to come to a general description of the beginning therapist's experience of the first session of psychotherapy with the first patient and thus to articulate the structure of the beginning therapist's lived situation (world) in this context. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 1987
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Edited soundtrack of TV programme

- Andrew Tracey (writing down the dictated letter), Tracey, Andrew T N

The Hasidic spirit as the foundation of the art of Marc Chagall

- Bagraim, Abigail Sarah

  • Authors: Bagraim, Abigail Sarah
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 Criticism and interpretation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
  • Identifier: vital:2393 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002189
  • Description: In considering Chagall's art the observer is immediately struck by the constancy of his almost obsessive repetition of certain symbols and themes. In this way Chagall has created his own fantasy world, one with which the observer soon becomes acquainted and grows to love and understand.
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Crowd of 1 600 packs hall to hear Slabbert

- Barkhuizen, Dawn

The survival of Heliothis Armiger (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs on cotton plants in relation to simulated rain and overhead irrigation

- Basson, Nicolaas Cornelius Johannes

  • Authors: Basson, Nicolaas Cornelius Johannes
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Helicoverpa armigera Lepidoptera
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5598 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002048
  • Description: Crop pests are known to be adversely affected by rain. Because limited information on this aspect was available for Heliothis spp. occurring on cotton, this study was undertaken to examine the effect of water droplets from overhead irrigation and simulated rain on the survival of H. armiger eggs on cotton. Three aspects were examined: the effects of submersion, the physical impact of droplets on the eggs and the washing off of the eggs from cotton plants in the field. The first two aspects were examined in terms of the structure and respiratory system of the eggs, confirming that H. armiger eggs are able to survive initial wetting in the field. The wash-off of H. armiger eggs from cotton plants is explained in the light of the selection of oviposition sites by the moths, adhesion of the eggs to the plant parts and the dislodging and wash-off by water from simulated rain and overhead irrigation. The data are discussed in terms of the other mortality factors which occur in commercial cotton fields. All in all, it was found that while overhead irrigation should be taken into account in surveys of H. armiger for pest management purposes, it does not offer a viable control strategy and should not be investigated further
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Self-concept as a measure of success in the military environment

- Besener, Paul Robert

  • Authors: Besener, Paul Robert
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Self-perception , Control , Recruits , Soldiers , Military , National service , South Africa , Pupils , Learners , Guidance , School curriculum
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1363 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001429
  • Description: This piece of research is an attempt to evaluate the relationship between military 'success' and the psychological preparedness of recruits in terms of their self-concepts and locus of control orientations. The new recruit is forced to adapt to the military environment which will, in turn, attempt to change him into an effective soldier. It was noticed by the researcher, who was involved in military training at the time, that a number of recruits, even some with seemingly limited potential, coped well, while others who seemed to have the ability failed to cope adequately. Recruits completed questionnaires which provided the researcher with biographical data and background information. In addition, the Bledsoe Self-Concept Scale and the Nowicki and Strickland Locus of Control Scale were used in order to determine their self-concepts and locus of control orientations respectively, prior to the beginning of national service. Detailed unstructured interviews were also conducted with a sample of military personnel, to provide another basis for gathering data and for clarifying some of the issues involved. Briefly, the chief conclusion of this researcher is that a significant majority of 'successful' recruits in the military environment have a positive self-concept and an internal locus of control. On the basis of the above finding, it is suggested that there is a need to guide pupils about certain aspects of military life before they begin their National Service. There would seem to be a need for this guidance to be incorporated into the school curriculum, together with such practical aspects as cadets, shooting, etc. There is a shortage of this kind of research on the military situation in South Africa, and it is suggested that numerous issues in this field need to be researched for the benefit of future conscripts and the military alike.
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The P.R.O. expert system shell

- Bradshaw, John

  • Authors: Bradshaw, John
  • Date: 1987 , 2013-04-03
  • Subjects: Expert systems (Computer science)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4617 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006302 , Expert systems (Computer science)
  • Description: This thesis reports the research which led to the development of the P.R .O. Expert System Shell. The P.R.O . System is primarily, though not exclusively , designed for use in ecological domains. In the light of two specific expert systems, The RCS (River Conservation Status) and the Aquaculture Systems, which were developed as part of this research, a number of areas of importance have been identified. The most significant of these is the need to handle uncertainty effectively. The style of knowledge representation to be implemented also plays an important role. After consulting the relevant literature and the available microcomputer expert system shells, a number of ideas have been included in the P.R.O. System. The P.R.O . System is a backward chaining, production system based expert system shell. It embodies a simple but effective method of handling uncertainty. An important feature of this method is that it takes cognizance of the different relative importances of the conditions which need to be satisfied before a conclusion can be reached. The knowledge base consists of more than rules and questions. It also contains meta-knowledge, which is used by the inference engine. The P.R.O. System has been designed to be of practical use. Its strongest recommendations are therefore, that the two non-trivial systems which have been implemented in it, have been accepted by the experts and their peers as systems which produce good, accurate answers . , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.53 Paper Capture Plug-in
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A synecological study of the East London coast dune forests

- Burns, Michael Edmund Reid

  • Authors: Burns, Michael Edmund Reid
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Sand dune plants -- South Africa , Sand dune ecology -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4241 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006134 , Sand dune plants -- South Africa , Sand dune ecology -- South Africa
  • Description: Quantitative community descriptions, based on point quarter sample data, are made for a number of dune forest units along the East London coast. These are supported by multivariate classifications and ordinations which illustrate the inter community variation between the sampled seaward, landward and dune valley sites. Climax valley forest is floristically most characteristic and can be clearly distinguished from the seaward and landward thicket communities which tend to show a degree of similarity. Within-forest community differences are shown to be more significant than variation along the coast. This appears to indicate that climoedaphic gradients established laterally to the coast induce a greater floristic response than the rainfall gradient within the study area. The state of developnent within the dune soil profile and the rate and effect of salt spray deposition are considered to be important factors influencing dune forest succession and are discussed in some detail. An overview of certain other climatic variables as well as the geological features within the study area is also given. A phenology study of the dune forest, scrub-thicket and strand plant cornnunities shows some general patterns of flowering and fruiting phenorhythms. Although much variation was observed, there appears to be a bimodal hyperactive phenophase response which is thought to be related to rainfall or periods of favourable soil moisture conditions. A brief discussion of some of the positive and negative human influences on the coastline is given. This includes a description of the management activities carried out in the area as well as the demands placed on ·the coastal resource.
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A hydrogeological assessment of the Uitenhage-Kuils River area, Cape Province, South Africa

- Bush, Richard Alan

"All vistas close in the unseen" : a study of the transcendent in the fiction of E. M. Forster

- Butler, Ian

  • Authors: Butler, Ian
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation , Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2175 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001826
  • Description: From introduction: It has become something of a commonplace among critics to remark Forster's relative lack of success in offering an alternative to the world which he satirises with such wit and humour. His comic treatment of the suburban absurdities of the Edwardian Englishman is, on the whole, far more compelling and memorable than the often vague, symbolic gestures by means of which he implies the possibility of something better. With the exception of his last and greatest novel, A Passage to India, his "alternatives" are largely factitious and contrived. Worse, the reader senses a fundamental uncertainty on the part of the author: his characteristic ambivalence in itself an indication of a perceptive and discriminating mind -- all too often suggests lack of conviction rather than an intelligent awareness of the infinitude of human possibilities.
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The effects of relative speed on selected physiological, kinematic and psychological responses at walk-to-run and run-to-walk interfaces.

- Candler, Paul David

  • Authors: Candler, Paul David
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Walking -- Physiological aspects , Running -- Physiological aspects
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5164 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016081
  • Description: [Conclusions] l) The two forms of human locomotion, walking and running, are distinctly different and in evaluating these gait patterns consideration must be given to this fact. 2) The impression created by the energy cost curves, that there is a single locomotor interface for both walking and running is a false one . There are two distinctly different locomotor interfaces, the walk-to-run interface and the run-to-walk interface. The former appears to correspond with the "metabolic intersection point" and therefore has some metabolic significance. The latter appears to be merely an "overshoot" of the walk-to-run interface and presently has no apparent metabolic significance. 3) Because the walk-to-run interface speed corresponds with the intersection point of the energy cost curves, physiological responses to walking and running at this speed do not differ significantly. However, cadence and stride length patterns for these two locomotor patterns are distinctly different at this point. 4) The identification of single physiological or kinematic factors during perceptions of exertion in any given situation is an extremely difficult if not impossible task. Perceived exertion should therefore be considered a multi-factorial concept and should be evaluated as such. 5) The use of relative speed as a technique for reducing inter-subject variability in physiological and kinematic factors is worthless unless diverse ranges in morphological linearity are a characteristic of one's subject pool
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Studies on the biology of the economic marine red alga Gelidium pristoides (Turner) Kuetzing (Gelidiales : Rhodophyta)

- Carter, Alan Robert

  • Authors: Carter, Alan Robert
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Red algae Marine algae
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:4240 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004774
  • Description: Various aspects of the biology of the intertidal agarophyte, Gelidium pristoides, were investigated, with the aim of providing information that would assist in formulating a management policy for this economic seaweed resource. G.pristoides occurs as tufts comprising as many as 40 individual plants, representing all three conspicuous life history stages, that are linked by the intertwining of their basal creeping axes. Individual plants consist of a system of branched creeping axes, which is largely responsible for colonizing surrounding substrata, from which one or more erect flattened fronds arise. These erect fronds may reach a height of 15 cm, and are irregularly bipinnately branched. Internal vegetative anatomy is generally typical of the genus. Morphological variation in mature plants is limited to increased plant height and branch density during the summer season. A dorso-ventrally flattened creeping habit was seen during early recruitment on flat rock surfaces and limpet shells within grazer exclusion plots, which developed into typical erect plants. Although there is a close taxonomic affinity between G.pristoides and the low-growing Gelidium turf, which occurs on wave-cut platforms in the eastern Cape (both produce bispores), the turf appears to represent a genetically divergent ecotype of the typical G.pristoides habit. In the light of present observations, it is suggested that the recent inclusion of G.pristoides in the new Onikusa genus should be questioned. Reproduction in G.pristoides is typical of the genus, except for the production of bispores, instead of tetraspores, in the sporophyte generation. The smaller nuclei in the binucleate bispores, in comparison to carpospores, suggested they are the product of normal meiosis (meiospores). This was confi rmed by chromosome counts of germl i ngs deri ved from bispores (n = 13-17) and carpospores (2n = 28-33). Throughout the geographical range of the seaweed, the bisporophyte generation is dominant over the combined male and female gametophyte generati on by a ratio of about 3 : 1. This imbalance may be due to bispores. G.pristoides a greater germination success of carpospores over plants are fertile throughout the year, while at Port Alfred there is no apparent seasonality in spore release. Growth of carpospore and bispore germlings is similar under various temperature treatments in culture. Optimum temperatures for growth were from 15-23°C, which corresponds with the sea temperatures experienced within the geographical range of the species . At Port Alfred, growth (linear frond elongation) and standing crop levels were maximal during summer . Ory weight levels were significantly inversely related to both growth and ash levels. Agar contents (% of dry weight) were generally greater in summer (48% ) than in winter (30%), and were inversely correlated with thallus nitrogen levels. Agar contents of distal plant halves were higher (8-15%) than in proximal halves. Regrowth of G.pristoides to original biomass or standing crop levels after harvesting, is similar for plucking and shearing at different times of the year. Regrowth is more rapid after spring and summer harvests (2-3 months) than after winter harvests (4-5 months). During the summer season, harvesting at monthly intervals showed significantly greater total yields, and production rates (e.g . 3.13 g. dry wt. / m2 / day for plucking) than under 3-monthly intervals (1.42 g. dry wt. / m2 / day for plucking). In contrast, average yields per harvest were Significantly greater when recovery period was longer (e.g. 3 months). Quadrats that were completely denuded failed to recover after a year, while regrowth was also retarded with increased elevation on the shore. Agar contents did not differ Significantly between plucked (38%) and sheared (42%) plant material. G.pristoides is distributed from about 0 . 2-0.75 m above MLWS, with a reduction in stature and frequency corresponding to increased elevation on the shore. Frond elongation rates, germling survival and recruitment within grazer-exclusion plots, is retarded with increased elevation level. Plants transplanted above the normal vertical range of the seaweed became severely bleached and died, while plants transplanted below the normal range of the seaweed (sub littoral fringe) senesced due to overgrowth by the epiphytic encrusting coralline, Polyporolithon patena (Hook . et Harv . ) Mason . G.pristoides recrui t ment in the sublittoral fri nge was enhanced with the exclusion of grazers . However, successful recruits were displaced due to smothering by articulated corallines (e.g. Corallina sp. and Jania sp. ) . G.pristoides is largely restricted to cracks and crevices in the rock, and also occurs on a large proportion of the available shells of the limpet Patella oculus Born., and to a lesser extent, shells of the barnacle Tetraclita serrata. G.pristoides recruitment was significantly enhanced by the exclusion of grazers (using toxic antifouling paint barriers). G.pristoides recruitment within the exclusion plots was significantly greater on artificially attached limpet shells (almost 100% cover) than on rock surfaces (20-30% cover), which occurred largely within cracks and crevies in the rocky substratum. ly attached to limpet G.pristoides plants are significantly more strongand barnacle shells than to rock and epilithic encrusting corallines (Lithothamnion sp.). Removal of G.pristoides from limpet shells revealed pits of a uniform size in the surface of the shells, into which the rhizoidal attachment organs of the seaweed penetrate. It is concluded that the horizontal distribution of G.pristoides is largely controlled by grazers (and "escapes" from grazing) and resistance to dislodgement by wave action. Based on present results, and considering some of the socio-economic factors associated with the Gelidium industry in South Africa, suggestions are made concerning the management and long-term maintenance of G.pristoides resources in the eastern Cape.
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Studies on the biology of the economic marine red alga Gelidium pristoides (Turner) Kuetzing (Gelidiales : Rhodophyta)

- Carter, Alan Robert

  • Authors: Carter, Alan Robert
  • Date: 1987
  • Subjects: Red algae Marine algae
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:4239 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004774
  • Description: Various aspects of the biology of the intertidal agarophyte, Gelidium pristoides, were investigated, with the aim of providing information that would assist in formulating a management policy for this economic seaweed resource. G.pristoides occurs as tufts comprising as many as 40 individual plants, representing all three conspicuous life history stages, that are linked by the intertwining of their basal creeping axes. Individual plants consist of a system of branched creeping axes, which is largely responsible for colonizing surrounding substrata, from which one or more erect flattened fronds arise. These erect fronds may reach a height of 15 cm, and are irregularly bipinnately branched. Internal vegetative anatomy is generally typical of the genus. Morphological variation in mature plants is limited to increased plant height and branch density during the summer season. A dorso-ventrally flattened creeping habit was seen during early recruitment on flat rock surfaces and limpet shells within grazer exclusion plots, which developed into typical erect plants. Although there is a close taxonomic affinity between G.pristoides and the low-growing Gelidium turf, which occurs on wave-cut platforms in the eastern Cape (both produce bispores), the turf appears to represent a genetically divergent ecotype of the typical G.pristoides habit. In the light of present observations, it is suggested that the recent inclusion of G.pristoides in the new Onikusa genus should be questioned. Reproduction in G.pristoides is typical of the genus, except for the production of bispores, instead of tetraspores, in the sporophyte generation. The smaller nuclei in the binucleate bispores, in comparison to carpospores, suggested they are the product of normal meiosis (meiospores). This was confi rmed by chromosome counts of germl i ngs deri ved from bispores (n = 13-17) and carpospores (2n = 28-33). Throughout the geographical range of the seaweed, the bisporophyte generation is dominant over the combined male and female gametophyte generati on by a ratio of about 3 : 1. This imbalance may be due to bispores. G.pristoides a greater germination success of carpospores over plants are fertile throughout the year, while at Port Alfred there is no apparent seasonality in spore release. Growth of carpospore and bispore germlings is similar under various temperature treatments in culture. Optimum temperatures for growth were from 15-23°C, which corresponds with the sea temperatures experienced within the geographical range of the species . At Port Alfred, growth (linear frond elongation) and standing crop levels were maximal during summer . Ory weight levels were significantly inversely related to both growth and ash levels. Agar contents (% of dry weight) were generally greater in summer (48% ) than in winter (30%), and were inversely correlated with thallus nitrogen levels. Agar contents of distal plant halves were higher (8-15%) than in proximal halves. Regrowth of G.pristoides to original biomass or standing crop levels after harvesting, is similar for plucking and shearing at different times of the year. Regrowth is more rapid after spring and summer harvests (2-3 months) than after winter harvests (4-5 months). During the summer season, harvesting at monthly intervals showed significantly greater total yields, and production rates (e.g . 3.13 g. dry wt. / m2 / day for plucking) than under 3-monthly intervals (1.42 g. dry wt. / m2 / day for plucking). In contrast, average yields per harvest were Significantly greater when recovery period was longer (e.g. 3 months). Quadrats that were completely denuded failed to recover after a year, while regrowth was also retarded with increased elevation on the shore. Agar contents did not differ Significantly between plucked (38%) and sheared (42%) plant material. G.pristoides is distributed from about 0 . 2-0.75 m above MLWS, with a reduction in stature and frequency corresponding to increased elevation on the shore. Frond elongation rates, germling survival and recruitment within grazer-exclusion plots, is retarded with increased elevation level. Plants transplanted above the normal vertical range of the seaweed became severely bleached and died, while plants transplanted below the normal range of the seaweed (sub littoral fringe) senesced due to overgrowth by the epiphytic encrusting coralline, Polyporolithon patena (Hook . et Harv . ) Mason . G.pristoides recrui t ment in the sublittoral fri nge was enhanced with the exclusion of grazers . However, successful recruits were displaced due to smothering by articulated corallines (e.g. Corallina sp. and Jania sp. ) . G.pristoides is largely restricted to cracks and crevices in the rock, and also occurs on a large proportion of the available shells of the limpet Patella oculus Born., and to a lesser extent, shells of the barnacle Tetraclita serrata. G.pristoides recruitment was significantly enhanced by the exclusion of grazers (using toxic antifouling paint barriers). G.pristoides recruitment within the exclusion plots was significantly greater on artificially attached limpet shells (almost 100% cover) than on rock surfaces (20-30% cover), which occurred largely within cracks and crevies in the rocky substratum. ly attached to limpet G.pristoides plants are significantly more strongand barnacle shells than to rock and epilithic encrusting corallines (Lithothamnion sp.). Removal of G.pristoides from limpet shells revealed pits of a uniform size in the surface of the shells, into which the rhizoidal attachment organs of the seaweed penetrate. It is concluded that the horizontal distribution of G.pristoides is largely controlled by grazers (and "escapes" from grazing) and resistance to dislodgement by wave action. Based on present results, and considering some of the socio-economic factors associated with the Gelidium industry in South Africa, suggestions are made concerning the management and long-term maintenance of G.pristoides resources in the eastern Cape.
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Amohola hle

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

Ke Mang Khosi

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

Jesu, Jesu ea monate

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Kw wena Morena

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Mafane, Peter, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

Alleluia

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Phangoa, Innocent, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

Maholimo a ke a thabe

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Composer Not Specified, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

Psalm Response

- Choir at Maria Mabasotho Church, Composer Not Specified, Mkhakala, Pastor, Dargie, Dave

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