Stark's conjectures by Mostert, Pieter

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Producing knowledge or building 'regimes' of truth? : a critical study of two community based organisations and a development facilitation Agency in the Western Cape by Boswell, Rosabelle

“…To do this one should not necessarily aim to learn more about oneself (although this is an inevitable result of field work) but continuously to move from the 'intensely personal experience of one's own social interactions ... to the more distanced analysis of that experience for an understanding of how identities are negotiated, and [particularly for this thesis] how social categories, boundaries and hierarchies and processes of domination are experienced and maintained' (Wright & Nelson 1995:48).…”
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Analysis of South African listed real estate to serve as an inflation hedge versus other asset classes by Erasmus, Warren

“…Purpose - The analysis of the South Africa property sector to provide an effective inflation hedge has not been researched to the same extent as other more developed countries. In addition, the South African property sector has been excluded from international studies owing to its underdevelopment and inconsistent legislative environment. …”
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Vulnerability of horticulture producers to climate variability and change : the case of Chókwe District, Mozambique by Vilissa, Delfim Julio

“…These effects are forecast to be more severe in the agriculture sector, considering that it is one of the most sensitive industries to climate change. …”
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Marriage in the eighties : with particular regard to the prevalence and effect of brief or sustained infidelity and the challenge it poses for the clinical social worker by Ress, Evelyn

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Study and implementation of load monitoring on an 11 kV underground cable distribution network by Hampton, Brent Gary

“…The staff felt that the availability of feeder load information from the protected substation level of the 11 kV ring network would assist in more efficient system planning and more accurate system operation. …”
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Standard magnitude sequences in the Harvard standard regions at -45° declination by Cousins, Alan William James

“…The most urgent need at present is for more observations of the fainter stars.…”
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Herding behaviour by South African unit trusts in the consumer services sector by Abramson, Simone Nicole

“…It also investigates whether herding was more prevalent during the financial crisis period in South Africa between 2008 and 2010, than during a non-crisis period. …”
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Deciphering spaces of and for participation: The subversion of community participation and rights in the urban land restitution process of District Six by Fortuin, Alicia

“…Recommendations are aimed at how planners can intervene to improve these spaces and contribute to making more inclusionary spaces.…”
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Legitimacy and Continuity in The Horn: A Conceptual Analysis of Alex de Waal’s Political Marketplace by Capon, Chad

“…Through this process of critical engagement, I clarify the concept and make it more useful by embedding it within the social and religious realities of the Horn, which results in a reconceptualisation of the concept, which I call the political bazaar. …”
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Analysing Risk Preferences and Time Preferences with respect to Smoking Status and Smoking Intensity by Preston, Charles

“…In conclusion, smokers tend to discount more heavily than non-smokers, and lower smoking intensity is associated with greater risk aversion than higher smoking intensity.…”
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Pricing multi-asset options in exponential levy models by Endekovski, Jessica

“…In comparison to real market data, the multivariate NIG model was able to fit the data more accurately for shorter maturities and the multivariate VG model for longer maturities. …”
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Glucose tolerance in patients with abnormal endometrial bleeding during and after the climacteric by Benjamin, Fred

“…As medical science gathers more and more knowledge the less severe symptoms and signs come to be recognized. …”
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The nature and remediation of spatial problems associated with interpreting diagrams of biological sections, vol.II The instructional packages by Sanders, Martie

“…One of the aims of this package is to ensure that teachers do not have to deviate more than is necessary from their normal Std 8 lessons on the structure and function of cells. …”
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Unbearing burden of the refugee crisis on developing countries: Is the global compact on refugees the solution? by Rimber, Kimberly Wangeci

“…It aims to discuss whether the document, a non-legal document offers durable solutions to developing countries who host more than 80% of the world´s refugees and asylum seekers population. …”
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Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions by Pieterse, Allison

“…Furthermore, the paper will show that students from advantaged backgrounds with respect to race and income, benefit more from online and blended learning than students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. …”
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Design consideration, trade-off and performance analysis of a high-resolution optical telescope design for a satellite by Raza, Asim

“…High resolution satellite imagery serves a more and more important role in applications ranging from environmental protection, disaster response and precision farming to defence and security. …”
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The demand for savings services among the urban poor - evidence from the Khayelitsha panel study (2000-2004) by Esson, Ross

“…Access to retail transaction banking services is the first key step to accessing more sophisticated financial products and services such as bank savings accounts, pension funds and unit trusts (Porteous, 2004: 21). …”
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The spatial distribution of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) aggregations by Miller, Denzil George Maxwell

“…This, however, does not allow for concrete conclusions to be drawn about the underlying mechanism(s) inducing the observed distribution(s) and provides little more than sample statistics for, or at best a static picture of, the spatial pattern of the organism(s) concerned (Okubo 1980). …”
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A dissection and angiographic study of anatomical variations in the anterior communicating artery complex in a South African sample by Madolo, Mbalentle

“…South African data in this area of research is currently lacking and thus more knowledge is needed. This study aims to report the prevalence of variations in the ACAC and their link to the prevalence of cerebral aneurysms. …”
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