Structure incorporation of model uncertainty for Bayesian adaptive tracking and its application to maritime surveillance by Bradshaw, Charles

“…In addition to this, contributions are made to the current maritime surveillance literature, in the form of a better performing salience filter for maritime and littoral scenes, and a Bayesian means for combining different salience filters. …”
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Courtly constraints: clothing, gifts and honour in Medieval Romance by Barnard, Laura

“…Although my texts emerge from different social and historical circumstances, the clothing they depict represents similar social transactions of class, gender and honour in the courtly space: ladies are made suitable for marriage through dresses, and a knight is forced to come to terms with the fallibility of his honour through his armour and a girdle. …”
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An exploratory study of the perceptions and experiences of homeless persons regarding service provision by Khulisa Solutions, a non-governmental organisation in the Western Cape by Nzula, Nontsikelelo

“…Beneficiaries indicated a need for a similar emphasis and input on shelter service provision by Khulisa which was not their main focus of service delivery. Recommendations are made based on the findings of the study which are inclusive of solutions proposed by the participants.…”
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Cultural ecosystem services of the Diep River corridor: community perceptions by Kgantsi, Boitshekwane

“…The study recognizes that improved management of Diep River corridor for these recreational activities is important and efforts must be made to meet the diverse interest of local community members and residents. …”
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Stochastic models in experimental economics by Monroe, Brian Albert

“…Shortly after the introduction of Expected Utility Theory (EUT), economists and psychologists began publishing results that showed choices made by experimental subjects which apparently violate one or more of the EUT axioms. …”
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Determinants of sovereign credit ratings in an emerging economy: A case of South Africa by Sibanda, Michael

“…Based on these findings, a case can be made in assisting emerging and developing countries to obtain and or achieve investment grade credit ratings, not just for central government borrowing, but for local and other sub-sovereign entities' access to international capital markets. …”
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The impact of public spending on roads infrastructure on Malawi's economic growth by Makhwatha, Alex Simeon

“…Successive administrations have on different occasions made attempts to direct government spending towards achieving objectives that have direct bearing on its populace. …”
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The impact of family ownership on firms' performance: A study of firms in the South African Clothing and Textiles manufacturing industry 2009-2011 by Ntsalaze, Lungile

“…Given the importance of family businesses, in terms of employment creation, informal training (skills development) and the economy at large, it is therefore critical that all efforts be made to assist the owners of family businesses to deal with the complex challenges they face to ensure their survival and growth.…”
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Evaluating the impact of the upgrades to the facilities at Namibia's largest international airport by Emvula, Aune Nyanyukweni

“…Themes and propositions materialised from the data that back the following conclusions: (1) it is the participants' perception that the project enhanced the airport infrastructure and complemented other core elements which could be met to grow economic and social development further; (2) there is a close correlation between passengers/aircrafts movements and the investment made to the airport; (3) the upgrades to the airport resulted in its ability to demonstrate firefighting capabilities and its compliance to the ICAO firefighting requirements; (4) the project lacked involvement by the Namibian government who is the sole shareholder of the NAC and a financier of the HKIA project; (5) there is no aviation policy in the country to guide the aviation sector in its activities; and (6) the investment levels at the HKIA are considered too low as the current terminal building area is unable to complement the growing demand at HKIA. …”
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Educational Decision making among Grade 9 learners in Cape Town by Begbie, Ceclin Kirsty

“…This qualitative study drew on semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with learners in their Grade 9 year in 2015, and makes use of followup telephonic interviews (2016) and enrolment records (2017) to verify the findings. All learners made the decision to continue to Grade 12 or tertiary education. …”
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An analysis of the Murabahah Islamic Finance Instrument in the context of article 11 of the OECD model tax convention on income and capital by Sahabodien, Waleed

“…In practice it appears to be a rather settled article where very few meaningful amendments have been made since its inception. The formulation and policy is based on historical factors and an agreed upon balance established at that time. …”
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Multiple taxes levied on deceased estates:A comparison of the determination of the value and the taxation of limited interests for estate duty,capital gains tax and value-added tax by Stemmet, Vicki

“…In conclusion, however, recommendations have been made to align deductions and valuation methods across taxes in order to bring about transparency which would enable the determination of whether or not the tax burden is excessive and identification of any weaknesses in the tax systems. …”
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"The dream ends there": transnational feminist negotiations in Pauline E. Hopkins and Olive Schreiner by Barends, Heidi

“…Without promoting any notion of universal sisterhood, I argue that viewing Hopkins and Schreiner in tandem underscores their connectedness. Both authors made attempts to bridge the contemporary social divisions between women in service of a more inclusive feminist project. …”
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Remotely operated vehicle exploring ichthyofauna association with habitat from shore-shelf, in an endemism hotspot in South Africa by Button, Rio E

“…Observations of rare, commercially important, yet critically endangered charismatic reef fish species were made. These included red steenbras (Petrus Rupestris), seventy-four (Polysteganus undulosus), red stumpnose (Chrysoblephus gibbiceps) and dageraad (Chrysoblephus cristiceps). …”
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Temporal interactions with flamingo foraging plasticity: ecological effects on basal resources and benthic heterogeneity by du Plessis, Darren Scott

“…Results also showed that irrespective of size, feeding channels made by flamingos generally became enriched with microalgae following foraging, with this enrichment effects spilling over into non-foraged controls sediments. …”
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The implications of comprehensive and incremental approaches to public sector reform for the creation of a developmental state in South Africa: Case study of the Oceans Economy Ope... by Pretorius, Pieter

“…The Operation Phakisa methodology made certain assumptions about (or perhaps deliberately ignored) prevailing principal-agent relationships in South Africa and the readiness of these relationships to be challenged and transformed. …”
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Expanding the South African Rapid Mortality Surveillance to cover provincial mortality by Maseko, Tafadzwa

“…Suitable assumptions are made to correct for these anomalies and NPR data together with VR data are further adjusted for the general under-registration. …”
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Optimisation of galaxy identification methods on large interferometric surveys by Gqaza, Themba

“…A total of 130 detections were made using SOFIA of which 89 were also identified by the two other methods. …”
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Recontextualisation in museum displays: refracting discourses over time by Rall, Medee

“…Arrangement refers to the decisions made in the display of the meaning materials (including layout, framing, and foregrounding), and social relations pertain to the social repositioning that takes place in the process of recontextualisation. …”
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An analysis of the regulatory environment governing electronic evidence in South Africa: suggestions for reform by Swales, Lee

“…In this thesis, I agree with many of the findings made by the SALRC, but I disagree with the option selected for law reform. …”
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