(In)formality in Africa: Exploring the social and cultural factors influencing mobile payment non-adoption by informal traders in Cape Town by Nteta, Zarina

“…The theoretical contribution made in this paper is the contributes to the development ofmodification of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM, 1989). …”
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A framework for enhancing government service delivery using mobile technologies: an African countries context by Ogunleye, Olalekan Samuel

“…However, recent advances in mobile technology have offered the potential to support government services at various levels. This has made it possible to deliver services to the citizens who have no convenient physical access to government services, for example, people living in rural areas and those who are continually on the move, such as business professionals. …”
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Quantification of biomass in a biooxidation system by Moon, Jo-Ann Helen

“…It is difficult to enumerate attached bacteria by direct observation but attempts have been made to desorb or dislodge these bacteria. Such experiments have had limited success in achieving dislodgement of all the attached bacteria. …”
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Developing consumption feedback principles for monthly utility bills informed by behavioural economics: evidence from controlled experiments by Brühl, Johanna Maria

“…We conclude that significant low-cost improvements can be made to utility bills to increase consumer comprehension. …”
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An experimental analysis of the risk-trust confound by Chetty, Rinelle

“…In addition, the presence of a human trustee, versus a computer, is found to significantly influence behaviour and decisions made by trustors in the trust game. It is also found that subjects are, on average, risk averse with 62% of subjects exhibiting high levels of risk aversion, and females being more risk averse than males. …”
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Renaissance and revenants in an emerging global city: discourses of heritage and urban design in Cape Town's District One and District Six, 2002-2014 by Ernsten, Christian

“…The central argument of this thesis is that, through an in-depth understanding of the shifts, transformations and internal workings of the discourses of heritage and urban design, a critique can be made of the way contemporary Cape Town has been repositioned in relation to the city's past, present and future.…”
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Towards the co-production of fisheries knowledge for co-management using mobile technologies by Iversson Piazza, Tatiana

“…The lack of appropriate governance in South African small-scale fisheries has made it hard for fishers to benefit from the resources that are readily available to them. …”
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Factors associated with provision of mothers' own breast milk for Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants on a South African tertiary care neonatal unit by Mutesu-Kapembwa, Kunda

“…Results: Ninety-one (88%) infants received <25% of enteral feeds as MOM on day 1. MOM made up >75% of enteral feeds in 60 infants (62%) on day 14 of life and 56(57.7%) received 100% as MOM. …”
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The distribution and population structure of Aloe pillansii in South Africa, in relation to climate and elevation by Bolus, Cosman

“…The total South African A. pillansii population investigated is made up of 1202 individuals and is found in the Richtersveld, which is part of the Succulent Karoo. …”
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Does the implementation of a closed fishing season during the breeding season benefit a species? : a per-recruit-based approach using Cymbula granatina as an illustration by Govender, Anesh ;Arendse, Clement

“…It was determined that closed seasons do not significantly affect the reproductive output of the population and that the timing of closed seasons made no difference to the reproductive output of the population, as the output was the same for populations with closed seasons during the breeding season or outside the breeding season. …”
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Implementing community renewables: institutional work in South Africa's renewable energy procurement programme by Wlokas, Holle Linnea

“…The study first analyses the procurement requirements for community benefit and ownership, then, secondly, reviews the first 64 approved project bids for suggestions made in response to these requirements. A third research step involves fieldwork in 13 wind and solar projects across the country, the fieldwork consisting of interviews with project stakeholders about their experiences. …”
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Autocrine regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in immortalized hypothalamic GT1-7 neurons by Pithey, Anne Louise

“…However, the complex synaptic connections of GnRH neurons with other neural elements made it difficult to determine whether the regulation was mediated by direct actions on the GnRH neurons or through actions on other interneurons. …”
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The role of Ca²⁺ and cAMP in GnRH-stimulated LH release by Wakefield, Ian Kurt

“…In this thesis a detailed study of the kinetics of GnRH-stimulated LH release was made. GnRH stimulated LH release in a biphasic manner. …”
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An assessment of the impact of large goitres on perioperative and postoperative airway management: a retropsective review by Golding, Tarryn

“…An attempt will also be made to identify possible predictive markers/ patient characteristics associated with difficult intubation. …”
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Design and Implementation of an RF front end for the NeXtRAD radar system by Stevens, Adrian Dale

“…It was, however, recommended that a concerted effort be made to secure funding to implement the original front end architecture in order to achieve the full system functionality originally desired.…”
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Characterisation of a maize mutant deficient in antifungal kauralexin accumulation by Wighard, Sara

“…Lastly, an attempt was made to clone An2 towards A. thaliana transformation for overexpression analysis. …”
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The effects of an ultra-endurance event on heart rate variability and cognitive performance during induced stress in Ironman triathletes by Joubert, Ilse

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Exploring the perceptions of NPOs about EU development Aid in facilitating services aimed at women empowerment and children's development in Mauritius by Yone Shin, Yen Mee Cheng

“…In conclusion, despite of the limited sample of participants that participated in this exploratory study, they have provided valuable insights into how the European Development Aid has facilitated various development programmes that have made a difference in the lives of women and children.…”
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Discourses of language acquisition and identity in the life histories of four white South African men, fluent in isiXhosa by Botha, Elizabeth Katherine

“…A post-structuralist framework (Foucault, 1976; Weedon, 1997) is used to explore language acquisition and identity construction in the life histories of four multilingual white South African men, who became fluent in the African language of isiXhosa in the racially-divided world of Apartheid South Africa, at a time when law and policy made fluency in an African language unusual for whites. …”
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Effecting strategic change:The work of strategic champions in shaping narrative infrastructure by Schulschenk, Jess

“…First, I extend the metaphor of narrative infrastructure as a set of rails that guide decision-making, and present a more fulsome picture of narrative infrastructure as a rail network - made up of several master stories which may have different, and at times competing, organisational or institutional logics underpinning them. …”
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