Application of a discrete element model to the analysis of granular soil recovery in an offshore tubular vibrocore by Wegener, Sam Bryant

“…As the human need for ocean resources accelerates, offshore geotechnics continues to grow and become ever more relevant. Seabed soil sampling is crucial in deep-water engineering projects or geological studies where a detailed knowledge of the seabed geology is required. …”
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Investigating family social capital and child health: a case study of South Africa by Abewe, Christabell

“…Similarly, children from poorer households possessed more family social capital when compared to children from more affluent families. …”
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Assessing the effects of two agricultural minimum wage shocks in South Africa by Van der Zee, Kirsten

“…It is observed that relatively more part-time workers lost their jobs in response to the first shock, resulting in there being almost no part-time workers in the sector by the time the second minimum wage shock occurred. …”
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Resource partitioning in buds and insect induced galls in the biocontrol of Acacia pycnantha by Maguire, Victoria

“…Even with similar energy values per unit dry mass there were many more grams of gall material on a tree than bud material and thus they would demand more resources to be invested in the gall material. …”
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An evaluation of the SACLA Rehabilitation Worker project in Cape Town, South Africa, 1992-1993 by Loveday, Marian Patricia

“…Firstly, it aimed to highlight the programme's strengths and weaknesses so that the work could become both more efficient and more effective. Secondly, it aimed to establish whether the SACLA rehabilitation project is an effective model of a community based rehabilitation project on which other local projects could be based. …”
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Corruption distance and FDI in Africa by Tudane, Abiel

“…Given the levels of corruption in Africa, even expectations that more corrupt countries would be more likely to invest in less corrupt countries where confirmed. …”
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The sustainability of microfinance institutions in South by Lekatsa, Teboho

“…The study also indicates that the more financially sound microfinance institutions have a lower level of depth outreach than the more subsidy dependent institutions.…”
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SMME access to finance in South Africa by Ndjwili-Potele, Khotso

“…Albeit the study could not satisfactorily and authoratively establish causes of this aversion beyond information deficiency and incoordination within banks, it is clear that it (aversion) led to a form of self-censure to obtaining loans. More research is needed to get a better understanding of this phenomenon.…”
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Enabling sustainable development through logistics: a case of Southern Africa by Fourie, Gerhard

“…This research study analysed whether logistics, and more specifically, transport logistics can contribute to sustainable development on the continent, and if so, in which ways and forms this can be implemented. …”
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The effect of HIV infection on the incidence and severity of post-partum haemorrhage by Chilopora, Garvey Chipiliro

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Questions of resilience in municipal finance response to a shock event: a case study of the Cape Town drought by Cooke, Kayleen

“…In terms of revenue, there is significant concern around the fiscal sustainability of the municipality as more and more households are developing their own water supply in the form of rainwater tanks and boreholes, which is anticipated to decrease the municipal revenue gained from water tariffs dramatically (CCT, 2018f). …”
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Empirical Analysis ot the Top 800 Cryptocurrencies using Machine Learning Techniques by Riedl, Anna Teresa

“…The unsupervised clustering shows that there are more layers to the data that can be added to the ITC. …”
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The politics of change? A critical analysis of power sharing in Kenya after Kofi Annan's mediation in 2008 by Hijnekamp, Elisabeth

“…This knowledge can contribute to improving mediation efforts and make power sharing a more viable undertaking. By regarding mediation as an integral process to peacebuilding and to change mediation designs when applicable, conflict can be addressed in a more sustainable way that will bring long-term benefits.…”
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Facebook's ‘white genocide' problem: a sociotechnical exploration of problematic information, shareability, and social correction in a South African context by Barraclough, Jessica Ann

“…Findings suggest that South Africa's ‘white genocide' problem is more deep-set than other more ephemeral ‘fake news' stories, especially due to stark racial and political dichotomies, reflected by the post comment sections herein. …”
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Machine learning in predictive analytics on judicial decision-making by Pienaar, Celia

“…Legal professionals globally are under pressure to provide ‘more for less' – not an easy challenge in the era of big data, increasingly complex regulatory and legislative frameworks and volatile financial markets. …”
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Distributed autonomous intersection management with neuro-evolution by Cherry, Matthew P

“…The sudden surge in computational power available to computer research in industry and academia has led to developments in AI automation. More and more tasks are able to be automated and replaced with machine learning systems. …”
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The effect of fiscal decentralisation on the financial condition of district municipalities by Kola, Thato

“…The current two-tier system of governance between local and district municipalities is not consistent with the tenets and intended outcomes of a decentralised system and there is a need to restructure this system to make it more fiscally autonomous and sustainable for municipalities to be able to fulfil legislative responsibilities.…”
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Paediatric Surgery training in South Africa: Trainees' perspectives by Jooma, Uzair

“…Trainees were more comfortable performing open procedures compared to laparoscopic but most respondents felt adequately supervised. …”
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Pricing stochastic volatility models using random grids by Rajkumar, Rishay

“…In some instances, a particular numerical method may be more appropriate than others. If one method is used to calibrate the model to market conditions, but another method is used to price the asset, the results obtained may be inconsistent. …”
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Comparative evaluation of two carbohydrate force fields for modelling polysaccharide conformation by Lazar, Ryan

“…The insights gained in this work have the potential to assist in the development of more accurate force fields for modelling carbohydrates.…”
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