Motor neuron disease in an African population: A review of current literature and a case series of the flail arm variant in the Western Cape by Cross, Helen

“…Some trends emerged, including younger age at onset of disease, tendency to longer survival, and possibly more frequent presentation with bilateral upper limb involvement. …”
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Integrating sustainability thinking and practices into surfing events: case studies in Hawaii and Jeffreys Bay by Nguyen, Tina

“…Overall, this knowledge can promote a more balanced dissemination of sustainability thinking and practices within the global surfing events sector.…”
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Investigating the relationship between volume transport and sea surface height in the Agulhas Current System by Vermeulen, Estee

“…Based on the overall performance of the 34-year transport proxies it was concluded that the proxy was more capable of estimating the net transport of the Agulhas Current across the array instead of only the southwest transport component. …”
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Review of the competitive bid for PV in South Africa: is SA maximising job creation and value for money from its photovoltaic industy? by Mulcahy, Michael

“…Are there additional areas where South Africa could improve the process to yield a more politically, socially or financially desirable result? …”
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Income Tax Penalties and the Doctrine of Punishment by Van Der Merwe, Juanita

“…The penal levying system in the Admin Act has been an improvement on the past penalty provisions as is evident in Chapter 3. However, despite the more favourable and fair outcome achieved by the penal provisions in the Admin Act, the research concludes that more specific guidance and measures in respect of the application of the penal provisions are necessary. …”
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An exploratory descriptive study of the sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town. by Mwamba, Bupe

“…Female respondents were more aware of breast examination, and the role of Papanicolaou smear (Pap smear) in SRH. …”
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Condition monitoring of induction motors in the nuclear power station environment by Rylands, Naasef

“…A typical nuclear power station usually contains more than 1000 motors, where they are used in safety and non-safety application. …”
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Are Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) losing the competition? Dietary overlap with commercial fisheries by Masiko, Oyena B

“…However, increased sampling of Cape Cormorant diet is required to more fully understand the extent of competition and overlap with fisheries.…”
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Modelling freeway pedestrian crossing behaviour in Cape Town by Dada, Mercy

“…Moreover, pedestrians were more likely to cross with the footbridge rather than directly under normal circumstances. …”
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Drug discovery at the site of pulmonary tuberculosis by Tanner, Lloyd

“…Complementary analyses involving murine epithelial lining fluid allowed for more detailed analyses of the potential of these novel compounds to penetrate the deeper recesses of the lung. …”
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Post-conflict reconstruction in Angola by Otitodun, Elizabeth

“…Notable progress in addressing some of its short-term post-conflict reconstruction priorities include, the successful resettlement of an estimated four million internally displaced persons (IDPs), and reintegrating more than half a million refugees and over 100 000 ex-combatants, into Angolan society. …”
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Use of the PCR technique to diagnose meningitis in children admitted to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital by Mteshana, Phindile

“…Introduction: Viral meningitis (VM) is more common than bacterial meningitis (BM) and is a self-limiting disease. …”
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Genetic and phenotypic analysis of novel South African Avian poxviruses by Carulei, Olivia

“…These genomes have been shown to exhibit typical poxvirus genome characteristics with conserved central regions and more variable terminal regions, however all isolates exhibit major differences in defined central regions. …”
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Mineral wealth versus resource curse - the stage is set by Motlhabane, Kutlwano

“…It is thus concluded that for African countries based on the population level, inflation level, degree of trade openness, and GDP share of domestic savings, accumulation of more coal rents share is expected to worsen average income inequality, while more mineral resource rents share reduces income inequality. …”
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Growth and survival of small and medium-scale enterprises in Kenya – an empirical case study of Nairobi County by Muzenda, Tigere

“…There is need for financial sector players to devise more innovative, risk-mitigating but business-friendly financial products that are accessible to SMEs. …”
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Assisting Africa: a critical analysis of technical assistance in low carbon development practice by du Toit, Michelle

“…The study advocates for a more equal and bilateral flow of knowledge between the two regions in order for African nations to faster and more effectively reach the twin goals of development and mitigation within Africa. …”
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Macro-economic determinants of domestic private sector credit in sub-Saharan Africa by Mukuka, Fortune Malama

“…In Africa, the level of credit advanced to the private sector as a percentage of GDP seems to have lagged other more developed regions at 46% of GDP in 2015, in comparison to 120% of global GDP. …”
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Self-Interference Cancellation for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) Applications by Parker, Asif Ahmed

“…Due to advancements in Radio Frequency (RF) receiver and antenna hardware, as well as electromagnetic computation software, this technology is becoming more and more realisable, with applications in the fields of radar and communications. …”
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South Africa's generational economy by Oosthuizen, Morne Jacques

“…Analytically, it is the recognition that engagement in the economy and the resulting economic flows between individuals vary with age that underpins this impact: children consume more than they produce; prime working-age cohorts produce more than they consume, transferring surpluses to others or saving them for old age; and the elderly use transfers from others, asset income or dissaving to finance their consumption given low levels of labour income. …”
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Water treatment analysis guide by Morrison, Wilke

“…For most steps the design approach of two or more technologies are presented. This allows the process engineer to consider which technology best suits the application at hand. …”
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