Essays on statistical economics with applications to financial market instability, limit distribution of loss aversion, and harmonic probability weighting functions by Charles-Cadogan, Godfrey

“…It is based on a behavioural empirical local Lyapunov exponent (BELLE) process we construct from micro-foundations of behavioural finance. …”
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Natural language interface to relational database: a simplified customization approach by Mvumbi, Tresor

“…Natural language interfaces to databases (NLIDB) allow end-users with no knowledge of a formal language like SQL to query databases. …”
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Factors influencing investment decision-making before and after an informative Emotional Intelligence Intervention by Lewis, Ashwill

“…Therefore, in summary, the results show that, at least to some extent, the participants exhibited the biases considered, and after the introduction of the construct of emotional intelligence and the development thereof, a change in most of the responses were noted. …”
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The biopolitics of violence in the drama of the Niger Delta by Ajumeze, Henry Obi

“…At other times, the texts illustrate how the ontology of water and the knowledge that it enables construct the people's mode of resistance, articulating ways in which the seaweeds and crocodiles that inhabit the swamps are entangled in the violent political ecology of the region. …”
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Examining the factors structures of brand loyalty of men’s deodorants among generation X and generation Y consumers in Cape Town by Lokosang, Lobojo

“…Based on Chronbach Alphas, the study assessed the degree to which each factor of deodorant brand loyalty loads unto a construct or internal consistency. This study’s motivation is to attempt to assist management develop appropriate strategies, and to expand the body of knowledge for academics, due to limited information and to pave the way for researchers to explore various product categories specifically utilised by men as well as assist them with a tested brand loyalty framework. …”
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Assessment design as supporter or enabler of student learning at an open distance learning higher education institution by Geldenhuys, Linda-Louise

“…While the literature suggests that assessment is an essential construct in shaping student learning, the alignment between what assessment literature calls for and the assessment design practices in place is falling short (Medland, 2016:87). …”
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The role of succession planning in the sustainability of family owned agribusinesses in South Africa

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Prayer for protection : a comparative perspective on Psalms in relation to Lozi prayer traditions

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Apart : towards the dissolution of the negative dialectic found in artistic exhibition through the adaptive reuse of the Sunnyside Post Office into an art complex

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Researcher experiences of a long-term higher education partnership with rural schools

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Symbolic consumption and the extended self during liminality of MBA students

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Key drivers of employee engagement in a South African retail environment

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The wrestle for a holistic wreality through science and religion : a science teacher's autoethnography

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Investigating perceptions of student engagement in class practices of Vietnamese learners of academic English by Edmunds, Trevor

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Measurement invariance of the PCQ-24 over ethnic groups in South Africa by Esterhuizen, Nichale

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Nubians and development: 1960-2014 by Allen, Samantha

“…For Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser, constructing the Aswan High Dam allowed not only for the control of water and electricity, but also for a bold display of sovereignty in the wake of ongoing British intervention. …”
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An investigation into consumer brand engagement : scale refinement, drivers and outcomes

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Noncoherent MIMO codes for low-medium SNRs, and layered MIMO space-time coding for coherent and noncoherent receivers by ElMossallamy, Mohamed Ali

“…In the first part of thesis, we propose an new approach to construct space-time codes for the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) noncoherent channel. …”
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Training the male student actor’s performance voice for optimized expression of intent and emotion

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A mode-based metric for evaluating global climate models by Kent, Michael L

“…Models contain inherent uncertainties which complicate their evaluation, and include limitations in the knowledge of climate process dynamics and structural errors in constructing the models. …”
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