Seaweed diversity in Saldanha Bay and the effects of human activities by Siyanga-Tembo, Fridah

“…Two of the sites were natural wave exposed rocky shore sites while the rest were sheltered and man-made. Detailed collections of seaweeds were made. …”
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Automatic 2D-to-3D conversion of single low depth-of-field images by Reddy, Serendra

“…An important contribution is made towards the overall knowledge base of automatic 2D-to-3D conversion techniques, through the collation of existing information, expansion of existing methods and development of newer concepts.…”
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The incommensurability of the archaic perceptions of the maxim res ipsa loquitur in medical negligence litigation by Pienaar, Catherina Elixabeth

“…Judgments of medical negligence cannot be made soundly without a proper appreciation of the relevant medical facts. …”
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Flamingo foraging plasticity: ecological drivers and impacts by Gihwala, Kirti Narendra

“…The first objective of the study was to quantify the ecological drivers of decisions made by flamingos to feed, and to implement either pit- or channel-foraging strategies. …”
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Three cocluded insect viruses : a biophysical and biological study of the nuclear-polyhedrosis virus of Colias electo, the granulosis virus of Heliothis armigera and the nuclear-po... by Gitay, Hela

“…Observations were made on procedures which brought about varying degrees of purification and concentration of the virus particles from putrefying larvae and the most successful of these were found to be reproducible. …”
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A critical analysis of the concept 'care' in the practice and discourse of nursing by Haegert, Sandy

“…The original thesis question was from O'Malley: "[W]hether in encounter man himself makes his own meaning or is made by the meaning made of and for him ...". This research led to the assertion that the reality of the practice setting shapes the 'public' meaning of caring these practitioners act upon, but, they shape their own 'private' meanings and implement it on a micro level. …”
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Exploring the decision making process of women offered termination of pregnancy for serious congenital abnormality by Malope, Malebo Felicia

“…The healthcare services impacted the manner in which the women made sense of the ultrasound findings. Support (or lack of) from family and the community impacted on their decision-making. …”
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Web-based GIS modelling of building-integrated solar photovoltaic system for the City of Cape Town by Adeleke, Adedayo Kelvin

“…Population increase in African cities have made it hard to reduce their ecological footprint and attain self-sustainability. …”
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Decomposing trust into risk preferences, altruism, and subjective beliefs: An experimental analysis by Beattie, Tarryn

“…We also included an information treatment where students were shown the conditional distributions of amount sent decisions made by students in the previous, baseline treatment. …”
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Lifestyle behaviours and beliefs of pregnant women with gestational diabetes: a longitudinal follow-up study by Krige, Stephanie Marie

“…At follow-up, the dietary changes made during pregnancy were not maintained postpartum. …”
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Drawing The Void - Fabricating The Ruined Garden by van Dalen, Jana

“…It is proposed that architecture is the transfer of subjectivity into the landscape, through re-envisioning the ideological narrative found in “the Garden”, it considers how architecture can be made resiliently within the current state of socio-cultural entropy. …”
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A theory and process evaluation of the parent centre's teen parenting programme in Cape Town, South Africa by Kokera, Sandra Betty

“…The process evaluation made use of primary and secondary sources to collect quantitative and qualitative data. …”
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Medical tourism: experiences of international patients seeking inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa at Akeso Montrose Manor by Aron, Lauren

“…Further recommendations were made for improved service delivery at Akeso Montrose Manor as well as further research.…”
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Identification of the deceased: A retrospective review of forensic anthropology Cape Town casework by Baliso, Athi

“…Data pertaining to anthropologically analysed cases in the Western Cape (WC) province is lacking and little is known about the contribution FACT has made to local forensic investigations. Thus, this study sought to identify the profile of FACT cases and evaluate their impact on police case resolution and identification. …”
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An exploration of Doctor's perceptions and the provision of Palliative Care at a Private Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa. by Booth, Elizabeth Cecile

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 participants, made up of doctors in oncology, physicians, surgeons, a cardiologist, an intensivist, a hematologist and a general practitioner. …”
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The pre-primary early childhood care and education (EECE) programme in Botswana: understanding its accessibility and quality by Pillar, Lebogang Joan

“…It was triangulated with the data obtained from documents. The study made three (3) key findings. First the study reveals that although the government achieved 86% scale-up rate of the programme, the student enrolment rate remains low, at an estimated 25%. …”
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Emergency unit and disaster preparedness: A study of military hospitals in Saudi Arabia by Alotaibi, Yasir M

“…Saudi Arabia is prone to various man-made and natural disasters. Among these is the event of the annual pilgrimage termed Hajj, which annually presents the risk of overcrowding. …”
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Language acquisition in Setswana speaking infants aged 8 to 18 months by Yalala, Sefela

“…By 18 months, vocabulary had grown to an average of 183 words comprehended and 22.3 produced. Nouns made up 50% of receptive vocabulary and 57.1% of expressive vocabulary, while verbs made up 33.8% and 9.5% of receptive and expressive vocabulary respectively. …”
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Understanding philanthrocapitalism and its impact on private nature reserves: A case study of Gorongosa, Mozambique by Ochs, Tobias

“…With philanthrocapitalism, a new generation of hands-on donors that have made incredible fortunes within business sectors like information technology or finance, are taking on the world's most pressuring social and environmental problem, willing to change the way of giving and enhancing traditional philanthropy. …”
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Disadvantaged students' academic performance: analysing the zone of proximal development by De Villiers, Abraham Benjamin

“…The first study focused on the effectiveness of the mediated lessons that form part of the two dynamic tests using a Solomon Four Group and a Two Group design. The second study made a comparison between the predictive validity of past academic achievement conventional static tests, several non-cognitive variables as well as the two dynamic tests. …”
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