Admission trends at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town: 2004 to 2013 by Isaacs, Yumnah

“…Stata was used to clean and code the data and perform basic descriptive analyses of contained variables. …”
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Trends in sustainability disclosures in the integrated reports of South African listed companies by Herbert, Shelly

“…It explores the trends in companies’ sustainability information in their integrated reports from 2011, when integrated reporting became mandatory in South Africa, following the implementation of the King Code of Governance Principles (King III) of 2009. …”
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An analysis of the factors inhibiting ECDIS from effectually achieving its intended primary function of contributing to safe navigation by Lawson, Lauren

“…It is found that ECDIS training has not been sufficiently integrated into the STCW Code and express provisions mandating how ECDIS should be used as an aid to navigation are inadequate. …”
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Eish - when to use -ish-: a study in the verbalization of English lexical items in spoken Xhosa by Madubela, Ndumiso S

“…The main finding of the study is that speakers incorporated verbs of English origin by suffixing -a and -ish- in their speech, they were not consciously code mixing: rather, they used these suffixes as just another resource available to them to make their communication more strategic. …”
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A single AKH neuropeptide activating three different fly AKH-receptors: an insecticide study via computational methods by Abdulganiyyu, Ibrahim A

“…The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis, and the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis all have the same AKH that is present in the blowfly, Phormia terraenovae; this AKH has the code-name Phote-HrTH. Binding of the AKH to the extracellular binding site of a G protein-coupled receptor causes its activation. …”
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Scalable Bandwidth Management in Software-Defined Networks by Biyase, Lindokuhle Zakithi

“…Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) values and DSCP remarking with Meters are used to implement high QoS requirements such that bandwidth guarantee is provided to a selected set of traffic flows. …”
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Factors That Drive the Selection of Business Intelligence Tools in South African Financial Services Providers by Gina, Bonginkosi Phila

“…Therefore, software tool technical factors (functionality, ease of use, compatibility, availability of an integrated hardware/software package, and availability of source code), vendor technical factors (availability of technical support, technical skills, quality of product, availability of user manual for important information, tutorial for learning and troubleshooting guide, and experience in using product developed by the same vendor), and opinion non-technical factors (end-users, subordinates, outside personnel acquaintances, and improvement in customer service) emerged as significant combination of influential factors to be considered. …”
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A Blockchain-enabled System to enhance Food Traceability in Local Food Supply Chains (FSCs) suitable for Small Co-operatives in South Africa by Kanjere, Julian

“…Further, we note that scanning a FoodPrint QR code for produce provenance does not enhance the consumers trust of the local FSC, as it pre-exists. …”
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The characterisation for South African taxation purposes of gains and losses arising from the use of equity financial derivative instruments by Smith, Stephen Eugene

“…The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia provide insight into the difficulties associated with formulating legislation in the light of rapid market innovation. The detailed tax code of the United States has proved a less than satisfactory policy approach and the courts have struggled with doctrines of interpretation. …”
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On Non-epistemic Values in Climate Science for Decision Support by Lee, Jessica

“…I then discuss how embracing non-epistemic values as constitutive of the field could have implications for practice and could contribute to the development of a code of ethics for climate scientists.…”
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Validation and verification of FLUKA for neutron shielding problems by Dondolo, Petrus

“…Monte Carlo-based radiation transport codes provide an opportunity to simulate situations with various levels of activation and different induced nuclides. …”
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Simulation of blood flows in a stenosed and bifurcating artery using finite volume methods and OpenFOAM by Nagarathnam, Sunitha

“…Noting that the Giesekus viscoelastic constitutive model is a generalization of both the Oldroyd-B and Generalized Oldroyd-B models, the validation of results is carried out via the Giesekus model enabling us to develop a general-purpose code capable of simulating several viscoelastic constitutive models. …”
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A Precision Experiment for the Deformation and Fracture of Blast Loaded Plates by Cloete, Trevor John

“…Extensive experimental results reported in this thesis provide a rich set of novel data for code validation. While the PCCS and PCA plate configurations require a refined definition of the observed failure modes, the transitions between the modes and the fracture behaviour are studied in great detail. …”
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An Algebraic Volume of Fluid Method for Strongly Coupled Spacecraft Fuel Slosh Modelling by Jones, Bevan W S

“…A numerical rigid body code is developed for this purpose, which can additionally track its orientation. …”
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An exploration of ‘Gurans' phenomena: The face of Youth Violence in Khayelitsha Township by Mguzulwa, Sisanda Millicent

“…Although the problem has been a countrywide phenomenon, certain provinces and cities, predominantly black inhabited townships in the City of Cape Town, have been most afflicted by the new form of youth violence, code-named ‘Gurans'. Cases of Gurans-related violence first appeared in the City of Cape Town's townships around the year 2000 and have exponentially increased. …”
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Retention processes in the Southern Benguela upwelling system by Rogerson, Jonathan

“…A physical ocean model configuration of the SBUS in conjunction with a gradient-based edge detection algorithm and a Lagrangian tracking code are used and evaluated against a combination of in situ and satellite data products. …”
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Acceptability of a Social Learning Theory-based parenting programme to South African parents by Wilson, Katherine

“…Template analysis was used to code, describe, organise and analyse the data thematically from the qualitative interviews from the participants' perspective. …”
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Predicting and testing the tensile relaxation of concrete by Kizito, Nicholas Magera

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Who they are' or 'What and how they know' : an investigation by a fine art lecturer into the basis of her own legitimacy by Behardien, Ilhaam

“…I examine how students wrestle and engage and are being engaged by myself and other lecturers in different ways in the establishment of their own identity and gaze and whether this engagement is enabling certain knowers to develop a more powerful artistic identity or gaze for achievement in the field than others. These discourses are coded using the organising principles of Legitimation Code Theory. …”
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Implementation of legal principles in learner disciplinary processes in secondary schools

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