Articles

2025

Author(s): van der Merwe E, Stroud L, Sharp GD, van Vuuren N, and Paruk F

Title: Six-month trajectory of physical function in ICU survivors: Experience from an Eastern Cape centre

Journal: South African Journal of Physiotherapy


Author(s): van der Merwe E, Stroud L, Sharp GD, van Vuuren N, Mosola M, Fodo T, and Paruk F

Title: Beyond survival: Functionality and health-related quality of life among a cohort of ICU survivors six months after hospital discharge – a single-centre study in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Journal: Southern African Journal of Critical Care


Author(s): C.S. Roberts; E.L. McClain; M.K. Seely; D. Mitchell; V.L. Goodall & J.R. Henschel

Title: Beetling the heat – the diurnal Namib Desert beetle Onymacris plana cools by running

Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology


2024

Author(s): Fabris-Rotelli, I.N., Smit, N., Sharp, G.D., et. al.,

Title: The South African Statistical Association and its role in science in South Africa.

Journal: South African Journal of Science


Author(s): van der Merwe E, Stroud L, Sharp GD, van Vuuren N, Mosola M, Fodo T, and Paruk F

Title: Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD Six Weeks and Six Months after ICU: Six out of ten survivors affected

Journal: South African Medical Journal


Author(s): Wise, R., Hood, K., Bishop, D., Sharp, G.D., Rodseth, R, and the Saving Blood Saving Lives working group

Title: Analysis of a 5-year evidenced-based, rational blood utilisation project in a South African regional hospital

Journal: Transfusion Medicine


2023

Author(s): T. Gifford. A.T. Lombard; B. Snow; V. Goodall; Lorien Pichegru

Title: Local purse-seine fishers’ economic losses owing to endangered seabird conservation measures – perceptions and reality

Journal: Journal of Coastal Conservation


Author(s): Nina Faure-Beaulieu;  A.T. Lombard; J. Olbers; V. Goodall; B. Q. Mann; T.S. Murray; P. Albano; G. Cliff; N.A. dos Santos; S. Andreotti; A.T.F. Bernard; P.D. Cowley; L. De Vos; M. van Staden; P. de Villiers; T.G. Paulet; J. Harris

Title: A systematic conservation plan identifying critical areas for improved chondrichthyan protection in South Africa

Journal: Biological Conservation


Author(s): Amanda T. Lombard; J. Clifford-Holmes; V. Goodall; K. Cochrane; W. Flannery; C. Hicks; L. Gipperth; E.H. Allison; D. Diz; K. Peters; B. Erinosho; P. Levin; P. Holthus; M.N. Szephegyi; A. Awad; H. Golo & Elisa Morgera

Title: Principles for transformative ocean governance

Journal: Nature sustainability


2022

Author(s): van der Merwe, E and Baker, D and Sharp, G and van Niekerk, M and Paruk, F

Title: Long-stay medical-surgical intensive care unit patients in South Africa: Quality of life and mortality 1 year after discharge

Journal: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal


Author(s): Pazi, S and Sharp, GD and van der Merwe, E

Title: Prediction of in-hospital mortality: An adaptive severityof-illness score for a tertiary ICU in South Africa

Journal: Southern African Journal of Critical Care


Author(s): Moore SD, Peyper M , Kirkman W, Marsberg T, Albertyn S, Stephen PR, Thackeray SR, Grout TM, Sharp GD, Sutton G, and Hattingh V.

Title: Efficacy of Various Low Temperature and Exposure Time Combinations for Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Larvae

Journal: Journal of Economic Entomology


Author(s): Fabris-Rotelli, I.N., Sharp, G.D, Tudhope, A., van Staden, P.J. & Venter, M

Title: A mathematical model to select the optimal age group classified freestyle relay teams for a masters swimming competition.

Journal: ORiON


Author(s): A.T. Lombard; J.K. Clifford-Holmes; B. Snow; V. Goodall; K.P. Smit; M. Strand, H. Truter & V. Horigue

Title: A regional Marine Spatial Planning strategy for the Western Indian Ocean

Journal: WIO Science - Policy Platform Series


Author(s): S.D. Holness; L.R. Harris; R. Chalmers; D. De Vos;    V. Goodall; H. Truter; A. Oosthuizen; A.T.F. Bernard; P.D. Cowley; C. da Silva; M. Dicken; L. Edwards; G. Marchand; P. Martin; T.S. Murray; M.C. Parkinson; P. Pattrick; L. Pichegru; P. Pistorius; W.H.H. Sauer; M. Smale; A. Thiebault; A.T. Lombard

Title: Using systematic conservation planning to align priority areas for biodiversity and nature-based activities in marine spatial planning: A real-world application in contested marine space

Journal: Biological Conservation


Author(s): D.H. Mayne; N. Karimi; E.M. Cruywagen; P. Cole & V. Goodall

Title: Baobabs at the edge: 90-year dynamics of climate variability, growth, resilience, and evolutionary legacy effects.

Journal: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change


Author(s): A.A. Kock; A.T. Lombard; R. Daly; V. Goodall; M. Meÿer; R. Johnson; C. Fischer; P. Koen; D. Irion; E. Gennari; A. Towner; O.J. D. Jewell; C. da Silva; M.L. Dicken; M.J. Smale & T. Photopoulou

Title: Sex and Size Influence the Spatiotemporal Distribution of White Sharks, With Implications for Interactions With Fisheries and  Spatial Management in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science


Author(s): J.C.O. du Toit; L. van den Berg; M. van Lingen; V.L. Goodall; T.G. O’Connor

Title: Catastrophic collapses of sensitive species, including the quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum), following fire in the arid Nama-Karoo, South Africa

Journal: Journal of Arid Environments


2021

Author(s): Van Greunen, C., Venter, E. & Sharp, G.D.

Title: The influence of relationship and task conflict on the knowledge-sharing intention in knowledge-intensive organisations.

Journal: South African Journal of Business Management.


2020

Author(s): Hattingh, Vaughan and Moore, Sean and Kirkman, Wayne and Goddard, Mat and Thackeray, Sean and Peyper, Mellissa and Sharp, Gary and Cronjé, Paul and Pringle, Ken

Title: An improved systems approach as a phytosanitary measure for Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in export citrus fruit from South Africa

Journal: Journal of Economic Entomology


Author(s): Pazi, Sisa and Clohessy, Chantelle M and Sharp, Gary D

Title: A framework to select a classification algorithm in electricity fraud detection

Journal: South African Journal of Science


Author(s): Dunderdale, Christopher and Brettenny, Warren and Clohessy, Chantelle and van Dyk, E Ernest

Title: Photovoltaic defect classification through thermal infrared imaging using a machine learning approach

Journal: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications


Author(s): Mangisa, Siphumlile and Das, Sonali and Gupta, Rangan

Title: Analyzing the Impact of Brexit on Global Uncertainty using Functional Linear Regression with Point of Impact: The Role of Currency and Equity Markets

Journal: The Singapore Economic Review


Author(s): van der Merwe, Elizabeth and Kapp, Jacinto and Pazi, Sisa and Aylward, Ryan and Van Niekerk, Minette and Mrara, Busisiwe and Freercks, Robert

Title: The SAPS 3 score as a predictor of hospital mortality in a South African tertiary intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study.

Journal: Plos one


Author(s): Maruping-Mzileni, N.T., Ferreira, S.M., Funston, P.J., Kalala Mutombo, F., Goodall, V.

Title: Horizontal disease transmission in lions from behavioural interfaces via social network analysis

Journal: Mammal Research


Author(s): Vetter, S., Goodall, V.L., Alcock, R.

Title: Effect of drought on communal livestock farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science


2019

Author(s): Mangisa, Siphumlile and Das, Sonali and Ray, Surajit and Sharp, Gary

Title: Functional Regression Models for South African Economic Indicators: A Growth Curve Perspective

Journal: OPEC Energy Review


Author(s): Van Greunen, C. Venter, E., & Sharp, G.D.

Title: Knowledge-sharing intentions in knowledge-intensive organisations: The influence of personality traits’

Journal: Management Dynamics


Author(s): Das, Sonali and Demirer, Riza and Gupta, Rangan and Mangisa, Siphumlile

Title: The Effect of Global Crises on Stock Market Correlations: Evidence from Scalar Regressions via Functional Data Analysis

Journal: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics


Author(s): Aylward, Ryan E and van der Merwe, Elizabeth and Pazi, Sisa and van Niekerk, Minette and Ensor, Jason and Baker, Debbie and Freercks, Robert J

Title: Risk factors and outcomes of acute kidney injury in South African critically ill adults: a prospective cohort study

Journal: BMC nephrology


Author(s): Clohessy, Chantelle May and Sharp, Gary and Hugo, Johan and Van Dyk, E

Title: Inferential based statistical indicators for the assessment of solar resource data

Journal: Journal of Energy in Southern Africa


Author(s): Ritchie, M., Debba, P., Goodall, V., Lück-Vogel, M.

Title: Sub-pixel land cover classification in a resource constrained environment: one study area, three algorithms and seven images – what can we learn?

Journal: Proceedings of the 61st Annual Conference of SASA


Author(s): Goodall, V.L., Ferreira, S.M., Funston, P.J., Maruping-Mzileni, N.

Title: Uncovering hidden states in African lion movement data using hidden Markov models.

Journal: Wildlife Research


2018

Author(s): Brettenny, Warren and Sharp, Gary

Title: Evaluation of the effectiveness of the National Benchmarking Initiative (NBI) in improving the productivity of water services authorities in South Africa

Journal: Water SA


Author(s): Poisat, Paul and Mey, Michelle R and Sharp, Gary

Title: Do talent management strategies influence the psychological contract within a diverse environment?

Journal: SA Journal of Human Resource Management


2017

Author(s): Mienie, Barend and Sharp, Gary and Brettenny, Warren

Title: Ranking selected container terminals in Africa using data envelopment analysis

Journal: Management Dynamics: Journal of the Southern African Institute for Management Scientists


2016

Author(s): Brettenny, Warren and Sharp, Gary

Title: Efficiency evaluation of urban and rural municipal water service authorities in South Africa: A data envelopment analysis approach

Journal: Water SA


2015

Author(s): Hosking, Jessica and du Preez, Mario and Sharp, Gary

Title: Low-income resident's preferences for the location of wind turbine farms in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal: Journal of Energy in Southern Africa


Author(s): Matchaba-Hove, Tony and Farrington, Shelley and Sharp, Gary

Title: The entrepreneurial orientation-Performance relationship: A South African small business perspective

Journal: The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management


2014

Author(s): Strydom, K., Perks, S., Smith E.E., & Sharp, G.D.

Title: Perceptions of senior staff regarding factors impacting organizational culture at a South African University.

Journal: Journal of Contemporary Management


Author(s): Mazibuko, N.E., Zinhumwe, C., & Sharp, G.D.

Title: Travelling shoppers’ perceptions of servicescape of the bus and railway station retail environment.

Journal: Journal of Contemporary Management


Author(s): Clohessy, Chantelle May and Brettenny, Warren and Sharp, Gary and Vorster, Frederik

Title: Evaluation of noise levels of two micro-wind turbines using a randomised experiment

Journal: Journal of Energy in Southern Africa


Author(s): Farrington, SM and Venter, E and Sharp, GD

Title: Extrinsic rewards in family businesses: Perspectives of nonfamily employees

Journal: South African Journal of Business Management


2013

Author(s): Farrington, S.M., Gongxeka, V., & Sharp, G.D.

Title: Employee perceptions and entrepreneurial intentions

Journal: The Journal of Contemporary Management


Author(s): Venter, Elmarie and Farrington, Shelley and Sharp, Gary

Title: The influence of relational-based issues on job satisfaction and organisational commitment in family businesses: The views of non-family employees

Journal: Management Dynamics: Journal of the Southern African Institute for Management Scientists


Author(s): Rootman, Chantal and Tait, Madele and Sharp, Gary

Title: The influence of demographic variables on relationship banking: An international study

Journal: Global Business and Economics Review 4


Author(s): Ryabchenko, Oksana O and Litvine, Igor Nikolaevich and Micali, Vincent

Title: Review of publications in energy forecasting modeling. Part I: Energy models classification

Journal: International Journal of Academic Research


2012

Author(s): Sharp G, Clohessy C, Du Plessis F, Mothibi H. & Stretch R.

Title: Evaluating the rebound velocity of squash rackets.

Journal: African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance.


Author(s): Brettenny, W.J., Friskin, D.G., Gonsalves, J.W., & Sharp, G.D.

Title: A multi-stage integer programming approach to fantasy team selection: A Twenty20 cricket study

Journal: South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation


Author(s): Farrington, Shelley and Gray, Beverley and Sharp, Gary

Title: The influence of gender and ethnicity on the perceptions of an Entrepreneurial career in the South African context

Journal: The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management


2011

Author(s): Farrington, S., Gray, B., & Sharp, G.D

Title: Perceptions of an entrepreneurial career: Do small business owners and university students concur?

Journal: Management Dynamics


Author(s): Rootman, Chantal and Tait, Madèle and Sharp, Gary

Title: Customer retention in British and Canadian retail banks: Lessons for South Africa

Journal: Southern African Business Review


Author(s): Sharp, GD and Brettenny, WJ and Gonsalves, John W and Lourens, Michelle and Stretch, RA

Title: Integer optimisation for the selection of a Twenty20 cricket team

Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society


Author(s): Rootman, C, Tait, M and Sharp, GD

Title: Relationship marketing and customer retention lessons for South African banks

Journal: Southern African Business Review


2009

Author(s): Van Rensburg, S Janse and Friskin, D and Sharp, GD

Title: A distributional comparison of size-based portfolios on the JSE

Journal: Investment Analysts Journal


Author(s): Hugo, Johan and Van der Merwe, Abrie J

Title: Bayesian tolerance intervals for the balanced one-way random effects model with t-distributed measurement errors: theory and methods

Journal: South African Statistical Journal


2007

Author(s): Van der Merwe, Abrie J and Hugo, Johan

Title: Bayesian tolerance intervals for the balanced two-factor nested random effects model

Journal: Test


2006

Author(s): Gerber, Hannah and Sharp, Gary D

Title: Selecting a limited overs cricket squad using an integer programming model

Journal: South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation


Author(s): Gerber, Hannah and Sharp, Gary D and Tessera, Abebe

Title: Statistical control for sampling of metallurgical material

Journal: Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry


2003

Author(s): Kairuz, Therèse and Truter, Ilse and Hugo, Johan and Foxcroft, Cheryl

Title: Prescribing patterns of tricyclic and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants among a sample of adolescents and young adults

Journal: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety


Conference Proceedings

2021

Author(s): von scholtz, K Brettenny W. Clohessy C, & van Dyk, E.

Title: Modelling and Prediction of Photovoltaic Module Degradation in South Africa

Conference: South African Solar Energy Conference


2018

Author(s): Deyzel J, Clohessy C, Brettenny W. & van Dyk, E.

Title: Nonparametric bootstrap-based tolerance intervals for the assessment of photovoltaic energy output.

Conference: Southern Africa Solar Energy Conference


2016

Author(s): Clohessy, Chantelle M and Hugo, Johan and Sharp, Gary D and van Dyk, E Ernest

Title: Bayesian variance component estimation for evaluating energy yields

Conference: Southern Africa Solar Energy Conference


2014

Author(s): Litvine, Igor

Title: Hurst exponent for linear regression processes

Conference: 56th Annual South African Statistical Association (SASA) Conference


2013

Author(s): Matchaba-Hove, Tony and Farrington, Shelley and Sharp, Gary

Title: The Influence of Selected Demographic Variables on Entrepreneurial Variables

Conference: 25th Annual Conference of the Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS)


2012

Author(s): Hanly, Erin and Sharp, Gary and Friskin, David

Title: Modelling track records using compound distributions

Conference: 54th Annual South African Statistical Association (SASA) Conference


2011

Author(s): Friskin, David

Title: Evaluating the effect of the energy and financial crises on electricity production in South Africa-an exponential smoothing approach

Conference: 53rd Annual South African Statistical Association (SASA) Conference


Author(s): Rootman, Chantal and Tait, Madele and Sharp, Gary

Title: An international banking study on the influence of demographic variables on relationship marketing

Conference: 4th Annual EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business