Authors:Doxey, G V (George Victor)Date:1956This thesis is largely a descriptive study of a single factory, FABCOR. I have tried to avoid the temptation to draw generalisations from a single case history and where I have deviated from FABCOR to illuminate any particular point, it has ...Read more
Authors:Leary, Clinton DerekDate:2015This study concerns the characterization of platinum nickel (PtNi) and platinum vanadium (PtV) near-surface alloys (NSAs) for use as improved catalysts in proton exchange membrane hydrogen fuel cells. The need for this study arose in order ...Read more
Authors:Smith, Zoë GDate:1992The microstructure of different types of industrially produced heating elements was examined and an x-ray diffraction method was devised to determine the relative amounts of α- and β-silicon carbide present in these materials. It was confirmed ...Read more
Authors:Nortje, AliciaDate:2011Working from the transfer-inappropriate processing shift (Schooler, 2002), this project aimed to investigate whether a shift from automatic to controlled processing would impair face recognition rates, much like the manipulated Navon letters ...Read more
Authors:Clarke, Carrie Anna-MarieDate:2015Although it is a reasonable assumption that a significant proportion of the variation in facial tissue thicknesses comes from anatomical differences between populations, we do not know how much of normal variation is caused by including the ...Read more
Authors:Davidowitz, Bette; Schreiber, BirgitDate:2008Several studies have emphasised the importance of addressing social and emotional factors in facilitating adjustment to tertiary education. This article describes the Skills for Success in Science programme at the University of Cape Town. The ...Read more
Authors:Pupa, BuntuDate:2014The purpose of the study is to investigate the manner in which performance can facilitate communication amongst family members in dealing with the challenges facing families in which there is a member with ‘special needs’. Special needs range ...Read more
Authors:Rampartab, ChanelDate:2016Golden moles are subterranean mammals endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and threatened by anthropogenic habitat loss. At present, little is known about the biology, taxonomy, distribution and severity of threats faced by many of these taxa. In ...Read more
Authors:Carr, Tony; Jaffer, Shaheeda; Smuts, JeanneDate:15 Sep 2014The guide contains the course model, week-by-week learning activities, general guidance to the course leader on how to implement and customise the course and specific guidelines on each learning activity.Course intended for training educators ...Read morecb
Authors:Birgen, Rose JeptooDate:2015The goals of conserving nature have changed over the last decades, but setting aside areas for nature protection is still a major part of environmental efforts globally. Protected areas often include indigenous and local communities' territories, ...Read more
Authors:Peterson, JenniferDate:2006This case study explores the evolution of South African policy on prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT). It employs the advocacy coalition framework developed by Paul Sabatier to analyse the factors that have hindered and ...Read more
Authors:Brennecke, NicolasDate:2017The purpose of this dissertation is to undertake a critical and comparative review of South Africa and Germany's legislation and jurisprudence of relevance to facilitating public interest environmental litigation through the liberalisation ...Read more
Authors:Wreford, JoanneDate:2006As the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa matures, the importance of encouraging a more cooperative approach between biomedicine and traditional African healers (TAHs) becomes paramount. This is not solely based on the potential of the additional ...Read morecbnd
Authors:Saul, EltonDate:2001Multi-dimensional security protocol engineering is effective for creating cryptographic protocols since it encompasses a variety of design, analysis and deployment techniques, thereby providing a higher level of confidence than individual ...Read more
Authors:Moon, SinecholeDate:2014This thesis aims to carry out a comparative research to analyse the policies and countermeasures taken by various countries related to the trade in Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The similarity of the approaches of East Asian countries – China, ...Read more
Authors:Chavula, ChancyDate:2017In sub-Saharan Africa, the shift in disease burden from infections to non-communicable disease and injury highlights the need for effective and efficient emergency care. Despite this, emergency care is a neglected sector of the health system ...Read more
Authors:Manning, KathrynDate:2014The primary aim of this research was to compare the impact of a six-week facility-based therapeutic group (FBTG) programme with that of usual care on weight loss and reduction in BMI in obese patients with one or more risk factors for the ...Read more
Authors:Noakes, Michael ADate:2016It has been suggested that the Kalman filter technique may be used to improve the quality of hedge fund replication, compared to existing replication techniques. This study uses the Kalman filter technique, along with three variations of the ...Read more
Authors:Wiggins, HarryDate:2010This dissertation deals with algebraic structures that can be written as the product of directly indecomposable algebras in a unique way up to isomorphism, known as the Unique Factorization Property. Here we undertake the task of collecting ...Read more
