Author:Kapfudzaruwa, FaraiDate:2014Climate change and the related social and economic challenges present society with problems at multiple levels. There is a diverse range of actors who are contributing to climate change governance, including those who are going to be affected ...Read more
Author:Okedi, JohnDate:2019The City of Cape Town in South Africa faced the possibility of taps running dry in 2018 because of a prolonged drought that commenced in 2015. With such droughts expected to reoccur frequently in future, this study investigated the prospect ...Read more
Author:Nkere, BulibaDate:2019Kimberlites, megacrysts and related xenocrysts from twelve localities in central and southern Africa have been investigated with particular emphasis on megacryst petrogenesis, the evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) ...Read more
Author:Egieya, Jafaru MusaDate:2019This study involves desktop research on the development of a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model to optimize the multiple timeframe supply chain network production of bioenergy products based on economic, environmental and sustainability ...Read more
Author:Razanatsoa, EstelleDate:2019Over the last 2000 years, climatic and anthropogenic factors have influenced vegetation in Madagascar, but the contribution of these two factors has been the subject of intense debate, a debate hampered by the scarcity of palaeoecological ...Read more
Author:Rasolofoson, FaraniainaDate:2019This work comprises a detailed theoretical and computational study of the boundary value problem for transversely isotropic linear elastic bodies. The main objective is the development and implementation of low-order finite element methods ...Read more
Author:Oboirien, Momoh OhiomahDate:2019Examine the impact of construction cost-and-time-influencing factors on the production performance of public building projects in north eastern Nigeria and whether a predictive model could be devised in assessing this impact. The global poor ...Read more
Author:Van Schalkwyk, Catherine LouieDate:2019The legislative and executive powers dealing with mining and land use respectively are allocated to different spheres of government. Mining rights are issued by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), as representative of the national ...Read more
Author:Musa-Maliki, Ayishetu UduoyeDate:2019The term „intimate partner violence‟ (IPV) is employed in this study to denote the physical, sexual, economic, and psychological or other harm directed against a pregnant woman by her partner or spouse. It affects both pregnant women and their ...Read more
Author:Murahwa, Alltalents TutsirayiDate:2019Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are genetically diverse, belonging to five distinct genera: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Mu and Nu. We discovered ten novel Gammapapillomaviruses (Gamma-HPVs). Genomic characterisation and phylogenetic evaluation of the ...Read more
Author:Utulu, Samuel ChieduDate:2019Empirical observation persistently shows that information systems (IS) innovation is always hampered by different challenges. The number of failures and incomplete IS innovation reported across the globe, particularly in developing countries ...Read more
Author:White, Joseph D MDate:2019Seed dispersal is a crucial life-history stage for the regeneration of all reseeding plants. In the Fynbos Biome of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa, at least 100 plant species have seed traits that suggest they are ...Read more
Author:Moynihan, NathanDate:2019In this thesis, we explore two aspects of modern theoretical physics: scattering amplitudes in gravitational theories and entanglement entropy & complexity in quantum field theory. In part one, we utilise modern scattering amplitude ...Read more
