Germination success and drought response in Erica coccinea by Leonard, Jenny

“…This thesis tested the assumptions that 1) seeders germinate more quickly and successfully than resprouters and 2) seeders survive mild drought better than resprouters. …”
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Structural adjustments to the farm labour force, 1994-2011 : a Mincerian exploration of returns to education and experience by Pillay, Kavisha

“…Therefore, farm owners prefer a more educated agricultural workforce to a more experienced workforce, as they are willing to offer higher wages to educated farm workers. …”
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Stories "lodged in goods": Reading the thing-culture of the Thousand and One Nights by Kohler, Sophy

“…Yet, increasingly, scholars are engaging with the text in more complex ways, realising that to read it in this manner is to chain it to a context with which it was never entirely familiar. …”
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Phylogeograpy of Aphanicercella cassida (Plecoptera : Notonemourida) : cryptic speciation? by Van Alphen-Stahl, Jonathan

“…This finding definitely warrants further investigation into whether the population of A. cassida in Mpumalanga is a cryptic species. More sampling has to be done within the studied populations and more populations should be added to the analysis before any definite decision can be made regarding this fascinating emergence of possible cryptic species in South African stoneflies.…”
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The taxation of trusts in South Africa: Critical analysis of Section 7C by Bain, Craig

“…As globalisation accelerates and data becomes more readily available to both developed and developing economies the transparency of structures will become more evident and the previously utilised loopholes will close. …”
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Corpus callosum morphology in children on mid-sagittal MR imaging by Raubenheimer, Lauren

“…In young children (< 5 years) the CC was also less likely to have an identifiable isthmus (p=0.01) and was more likely to be convex (p=0.04) but the fornix was more likely to insert normally (p<0.01). …”
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The impact of institutional investors on dividend policy in South Africa by Mvovo, Sinesipho

“…Agency theory suggests that with enhanced monitoring, companies are more likely to pay out their free cash flow. Institutional investors may be great monitors given that they are professional investors with specialized expertise in evaluating firm's financial performance, management quality and governance. …”
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Testing the asymmetric effects of Interest Rates in Botswana: A NARDL Approach to the McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis by Puskas, Princess Refilwe

“…The many relationships among macroeconomic variables tend to follow a nonlinear path despite the more common linear assumptions. Previous research has shown that the speed at which macroeconomic variables fall is often rarely the same as the speed at which they rise, further suggesting the nonlinearity. …”
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Will Nitrogen fixers benefit from rising Atmospheric CO2? The response of Podalyria Sericea to elevated CO2 by Swemmer, Tony

“…Shading appears to have been an important constraint on growth response to elevated CO2, and plants which received more light had significantly more biomass in the elevated treatment. …”
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A Review of Psychotropic drug prescription for patients with Intellectual disability at Alexandra Hospital (a specialist Intellectual Disability psychiatric hospital) outpatient cl... by Akpabio, Idorenyin Ubon

“…Background: People with intellectual disability are more likely than the general population to be prescribed psychotropic agents. …”
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Exploring how youth experience and perceive peer social support at a holistic youth development programme in the Western Cape: the Chrysalis academy by Winsted, Ellyn

“…Research has emphasised parental and teacher support as playing more important roles of social support buffers for youth. …”
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The relevance of teachers' non-English oral proficiency to their metalinguistic and register awareness of English by Rakab, Mehmet Bülent

“…The findings echoed previous research findings in that TBL teachers displayed more elevated metalinguistic and register awareness than NTBL teachers. …”
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Active Inference in Multi-Objective Dynamic Environments by Hodson, Rowan

“…Much work has been done to explore the framework's viability in modelling scenarios both related to neural process theory and more classical agent-based machine learning. However, due to the relative recency of the theory, there are still many areas of comparison and evaluation to explore. …”
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eBhish' - articulations of Black Oceanic presence eThekwini by Nyawose, Luvuyo Equiano

“…Since the 1990s, demarcations of those previously white beach areas changed with more Black beachgoers in the predominantly public beaches and white beachgoers relegating themselves in more secluded (lesser public and more private) areas. …”
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Bubbles of Exclusivity: Bursting the bubble around private development in uMhlanga, Durban by Moodley, Vahira

“…All around the world, cities are making a move towards a more inclusive city, while smaller towns like uMhlanga, Durban are speeding into the world of exclusion. …”
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The persistance of the effects of certain aspects of infantile experience on the behaviour of adult rats by Du Preez, Peter Derek

“…In particular, it was supposed that traumatic experiences at an early stage of life might have results which were both more persistent and more extensive than t~aumatic experiences at a later stage. …”
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Mobile Service Delivery: a systematic literature review of m-Government in South Africa by Maseloanyane, Theo

“…The ubiquitous nature of mobile phones presents the potential to bridge the digital divide and make public services more accessible to everybody through m-government. …”
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Rethinking rubbish by McCormack, Jessica

“…Stremke et al (2011) argue that as materials become more mixed and dispersed, they become more entropic. …”
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The effect of weather on critic ratings and auction prices for Stellenbosch Bordeaux blends from 2001-2021. by Everts, Charl Jan

“…Findings indicate that, in terms of the relationship between weather and wine quality, Stellenbosch aligns more closely with Australia than Bordeaux. Growing season temperatures and harvest rainfall play a significant role in determining the outcome of a vintage. …”
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Examining the presence of anchoring and adjustment in stock market investment decisions by Stefan Els. by Els, Stefan

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