• Inequality in digital personas - e-portfolio curricula, cultural repertoires and social media

  

  Author: Noakes, Travis Date: 2018 Digital and electronic learning portfolios (e-portfolios) are playing a growing role in supporting admission to tertiary study and employment by visual creatives. Despite the growing importance of digital portfolios, we know very little about ... Read more
• Variation and the evolutionary drivers of diversity in the genus Paranthropus

  

  Author: Hlazo, Nomawethu Date: 2018 Craniodental robusticity in Paranthropus has led many researchers to posit that all the species in this genus share a common adaptation to a diet of hard foods. Recent research on craniodental morphology, microwear, biomechanics, and isotopes, ... Read more
• The role and function of systemic collaborative intermediary organisations in urban system change: the case of the Cities Alliance

  

  Author: Hosken, Adele Date: 2018 Misaligned, single actor and sector driven approaches result in urban system fragmentation which creates barriers to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The study argues for the alignment of the interests, resources ... Read more
• The role of humans, climate and vegetation in the complex fire regimes of north-east Namibia

  

  Author: Humphrey, Glynis Date: 2018 This thesis explores how interactions and feedbacks between environmental and socio-historical factors influenced fire management dynamics in north-east Namibia. Fires are mostly human ignited, but precipitation patterns influence when and ... Read more
• Feasibility for value addition to sucrose in South Africa through conversion to platform chemicals

  

  Author: Jegede, Kemi Date: 2018 The world sugar price is constantly changing in response to supply and demand and is currently very low as compared to the prices it is sold at domestically in South Africa. The drop in the worldwide price of sugar is due to its oversupply ... Read more
• Perceived benefits and barriers to exercise and levels of physical activity of undergraduate physiotherapy students in the Western Cape

  

  Author: Kgokong, Dina Date: 2018 Background: Physiotherapists have been identified as key role players in health promotion (HP) as well as in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As key role players engaged in physical activity (PA) HP who society ... Read more
• Comparative ecology of Pachyptila species breeding sympatrically at Gough Island

  

  Author: Jones, Christopher Warrick Price Date: 2018 Prions (Pachyptila spp.) are one of the most abundant seabird groups of the Southern Ocean but their taxonomy, at-sea distribution and foraging ecology are poorly known. There has been considerable confusion surrounding the taxonomy of prions ... Read more
• An exploration of the facilitators and barriers experienced by Rehabilitation Care Workers in the provision of Speech-Language Therapy related services

  

  Author: Higgs, Salma Date: 2018 Background: South Africa experiences a severe shortage of speech-language therapists (SLTs) which results in individuals requiring Speech-Language Therapy (SLT) services having to travel long distances or being placed on long waiting lists ... Read more
• High-Throughput Determination of Mycobacterium smegmatis Protein Complex Structures

  

  Author: Kirykowicz, Angela Mary Date: 2018 Tuberculosis (TB) is an endemic health-crisis, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The rise of multiand extensively-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB, has led to further developments in understanding ... Read more
• Data to information to text summaries of financial data

  

  Author: Kyle, Cameron Date: 2018 The field of auditing is becoming increasingly dependent on information technology as auditors are forced to follow the increasingly complex information processing of their clients. There exists a need for a system that can convert vast ... Read more
• Index-linked catastrophe instrument valuation

  

  Author: Giuricich, Mario Nicolo Date: 2018 This thesis proposes four contributions to the literature on index-linked catastrophe instrument valuation. Invariably, any exercise to find index-linked catastrophe instrument prices involves three key steps: construct a suitable arbitrage-free ... Read more
• ETD: A numerical investigation of the dynamic behaviour of continuous, multi-span railway bridges

  

  Author: Ludwig, Chad Date: 2018 The dynamic behaviour of railway bridges has been investigated for over a century [Ichikawa et al., 2000]. With the introduction of high speed trains in recent history, a host of complex problems regarding resonance have been observed and ... Read more
• The role of faith-based health providers in the South African health system: a historical case study of their Nationalisation and Privatisation

  

  Author: Maitisa, Dineo Kwena Date: 2018 Faith-based health providers (FBHPs) have been identified as important actors and allies in health service delivery, especially in weak and fragile health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although FBHPs are still present in a number of ... Read more
• UNSHACKLING SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISANAL MINERS: Considering Burkina Faso's legislative provisions as a guideline for legalisation and regulation

  

  Author: Wilson, Laura-Anne Date: 2018 Artisanal mining in South Africa is not recognised as a legal activity in the primary legislation regulating mining, the Mineral and Petroleum Development Act (MPRDA) 24 of 2002. This contrasts with the reality in Burkina Faso, and numerous ... Read more
• Stellar occultations by bodies in the outer solar system at the South African Astronomical Observatory

  

  Author: Genade, Anja Date: 2018 Information on the origin and evolutionary processes of the Solar System is harbored by primitive bodies called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Their preserved state is due to these bodies having orbits at and beyond that of Neptune, as this ... Read more
• The oxygen isotope composition of the country rock of the Koegel Fontein igneous complex

  

  Author: Whitehead, Benjamin Date: 2018 The Koegel Fontein Complex is a Cretaceous anorogenic complex located in southern Namaqualand, west of Bitterfontein, South Africa. The complex comprises a large granite intrusion (the Rietpoort Granite), a series of NW-striking quartz porphyry ... Read more
• Novel Approaches to Global Benchmarking of Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes

  

  Author: Spence, Richard Trafford Date: 2018 Background Despite the existence of multiple validated risk-assessment and quality benchmarking tools in surgery, their utility outside of High Income Countries is limited. We sought to derive, validate and apply a scoring system that is ... Read more
• Factors critical to benefits realisation of IT/IS projects in the South African government

  

  Author: Matsio, Thato Date: 2018 Purpose – This research investigated factors critical to benefits realisation of IT/IS project in the South African Government. The aim of the research was therefore to establish a list of factors critical to benefits realisation of IT/IS ... Read more
• Modelling dispersal and connectivity of broadcast spawning corals in the Western Indian Ocean

  

  Author: Gamoyo, Majambo J Date: 2018 Coral reef degradation is happening at an alarming rate all over the world due to multiple stressors with elevated sea surface temperature being the root cause. Using the Regional Ocean Modelling System and an individual-based model for the ... Read more
• Investigation of the potential applications of shape memory alloys for space debris remediation applications

  

  Author: Feng, Louis Wei-Yu Date: 2018 Active debris removal is becoming an important area of research due to the rapid growth of space debris and the need for some form of debris remediation. Debris remediation concepts fall into two general categories: contactbased and contactless. ... Read more

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