Application of an argon-cooled inductively coupled plasma to the analysis of metals in lubricating oils by Marais, Petrus Johannes Jacobus Goosen

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Plague in the Graeco-Roman world, 430 B.C.-A.D. 600 by Truter, Elsie

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John William Jagger and the South African railways, 1921-1924 by Bissett, James

“…Thus Jagger's life - albeit a dry and humourless life - is history; it lives; it is the "stuff of which dreams are made". Statistics and ways and means of economising comprise the essence of both Jagger's term of office as Minister of Railways and Harbours, and in fact of his entire life. …”
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Characteristics of ocean gravity waves off the Cape South West coast by Shillington, Frank Alan

“…Measurements have been made from the wave records to check the value of the statistical ratios of Longuet- Higgins (1952) and Draper (1963). …”
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The analysis of acoustic noise in a submerged arc furnace by Chadowitz, Jack

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The application of a machine vision system to relate to froth surface characteristics to the metallurgical performance of a PGM flotation process by Sweet, Craig Gaven

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Creating Connections in the City: From road to street; and buffer zone to landscape: Residual highway space as a tool in stitching segregated neighbourhoods into the urban fabric by de Beer, Christine Caryl

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Studies on the fracture and fatigue of wood by Boatright, Stephen William James

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Art, gender ideology and Afrikaner nationalism : a history of the Voortrekker Monument tapestries by Van der Watt, Liese

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Latent heat flux and South African summer rainfall variability by Courtney, Shaun

“…In order to investigate possible relationships between oceanic latent heat flux and summer rainfall in South Africa, point to point and point to field statistical correlations were made between gridded monthly COADS derived bulk oceanic heat fluxes and area averaged rainfall for the period 1950 to 1988. …”
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The duties and rights of tenants and landlords under Swiss and South African law - a comparative analysis by D'Amato, Giuseppe

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Engineering cyanide-tolerant Arabidopsis thaliana by Molojwane, Emang Tsametse Emi

“…Two attempts have previously been made, with some success, to increase cyanide tolerance in Arabidopsis by genetic engineering: the first, by augmenting the β-cyanoalanine synthase pathway using a microbial nitrilase; and, the second, by introducing a microbial detoxification pathway targeted to the chloroplasts while overexpressing the endogenous enzyme which metabolises the product of the cyanide detoxification reaction. …”
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Access and information flow control to secure mobile web service compositions in resource constrained environments by Maziya, Lwazi Enock

“…However, during service composition security problems arise because the resulting service is made up of different services from different security domains. …”
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A study of direct powder rolling route for CP-titanium by Zhang, Yu

“…Titanium and its alloys have extremely high strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance. This has made titanium alloys very attractive materials for many structural applications. …”
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Thermal modelling of feedwater heaters by Allie, Mohammed Nazier

“…A further improvement was made by including an additional heat transfer sub-zone that removes excess superheat in the condensing (COND) zone. …”
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Biologically inspired goal directed navigation for mobile robots by Amayo, Paul Omondi

“…The increased computational complexity of implementing the liquid State machine on analytical machines however made it unsuitable for deployment on robots using embedded micro-controllers.…”
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Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument by Wilkinson-Maposa, Susan

“…When applied, the instrument is intended to facilitate self-correction, with the potential to contribute to organizational development (OD) and improved performance. The instrument is made up of a questionnaire and a group interview. …”
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Pricing index-linked catastrophe bonds via Monte Carlo simulation by Van der Merwe, Justin

“…This gives the user a great deal of freedom in the assumptions made about the underlying catastrophe risk process (referred to in this dissertation as the aggregate loss process). …”
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Alain Mabanckou et la pigmentation de l'edition francaise by De La Roche Souvestre, Marie Arielle

“…A close look at the editorial journey of Alain Mabanckou, one of the manifesto's most fervent advocates, corroborates this statement. While he made a gradual progression towards Gallimard's illustrious Collection Blanche, he is still systematically portrayed above all as an African writer through the use of racialised paratextual elements. …”
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Lyotard's subline : its manifestation in the musical aesthetic of Toru Takemitsu and Leo Brouwer by Du Plessis, Harm

“…In this part of the text, reference is made to the composers Brouwer and Takemitsu in order to situate their musical philosophies and aesthetics in the philosophical framework that is provided in this chapter. …”
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