Voluntary climate change disclosure in South Africa by Mongie, Caitlin Claire

“…This research contributes a more thorough understanding of disclosure theories, as established from these results. …”
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in South Africa's year-round rainfall zone using multiproxy geochemical analyses on lake sediments from Swartvlei by Maboya, Matjie Lillian

“…An influx of silt and clay material that dominate the top half of the core marks Swartvlei’s evolution into more lacustrine conditions and its separation from Groenvlei during the same period. …”
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Cultural and language maintenance and shift in an immigrant African community of KwaZulu-Natal: the Zanzibaris of Durban by Moola-Nernaes, Sarifa

“…However, language shift had been more rapid in the last decade, causing alarm amongst the Elders in the community. …”
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Building A Mean-state Of Oceanographic Properties (Temperature And Salinity) For The Kwazulu-natal Bight Using The Roms Model: A Contribution Towards Marine Protected Areas Analysi... by Malange, Mathabo Noxolo

“…Further investigations indicated that the Agulhas Current influenced the Aliwal Shoal MPA more than the uThukela Banks MPA as they shared similar temperature values (at the surface and bottom) throughout the 30-year period. …”
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Are there structural differences in the flight feathers among Procellariiformes related to the use of wings for underwater propulsion? by Moloto, Ditiro Judith

“…Further, I expected the differences to be more marked in the primaries compared to the secondaries, because primary feathers are subject to greater forces during flight. …”
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The prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among HIV-infected women in Cape Town, South Africa: A cross sectional study by Mzimkulu, Olona

“…Thus, there is a clear need for more research to explore issues of food insecurity and nutrition in HIV-infected South African women.…”
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Refining the HIV-1 glycan shield model: dynamics of a heterogeneous envelope trimer and empirical prediction of glycan processing by Garrard, Clare

“…Using 500 ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, it was found that the heterogeneously glycosylated trimer had 64% greater stability, likely due to the presence of 25% more hydrogen bonds, as well as stabilising bonds which appeared to prevent asymmetrical movements. …”
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Optimisation of feedwater heaters and geothermal preheater in fossil-geothermal hybrid power plant by Nsanzubuhoro, Christa

“…Thus, there is an urgent and compelling need to develop innovative, more effective ways to integrate sustainable renewable energy solutions into the already existing systems or better yet, create new systems that all together make use of renewable energy. …”
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“A study of the reading practices of parents with young children in Mitchell’s Plain.” by Lister, Katherine

“…Investing in local libraries so that they are able to offer extended operating hours on the weekend and more resources for children under five years old is also recommended. …”
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Examining the extent to which mobile bully-victim behaviour is a consequence of social integration or aggressive behaviour by Jokazi, Nombulelo

“…Given that mobile bully-victims are more suicidal and suffer from depression, psychologists and therapists can use the knowledge obtained from this study to develop psychological treatments specifically for mobile bully-victims.…”
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Investigating temporal change in Fauresmith technology: Insights from Rooidam 2, Northern Cape Province, South Africa by Eltzholtz, Alyssa Kay

“…Few in-situ Fauresmith assemblages have been described, despite the need for a more standardized and behaviorally meaningful understanding of these highly variable assemblages. …”
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Image analysis for a mobile phone-based assessment of latent tuberculosis infection by Maclean, Sarah

“…It was found that real indurations are much flatter and more subtle compared to the mock indurations used in the previous studies. …”
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Reading achievement in Kenya: the language factor by Berthet, Valdois Julie

“…Findings further show that low achievers are more affected by peer effects than high achieving pupils.…”
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Situating mHealth in the workplace: a coordination studies perspective by Wolff-Piggott, Brendon

“…Third, it carries important implications for future mHealth (and, more broadly, technology coordination) scholarship, providing evidence that existing coordination mechanisms and relationships may be as influential as the transformative potential of the technology itself. …”
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L'emploi de Screencastify pour fournir un feedback audio-visuel et collaboratif aux débutants en FLE sur la production écrite et orale. by Nieuwoudt, Kerry Lee

“…The audio-visual feedback in the form of screencasts proved to be useful to most of the students some of whom indicated that it was a more memorable and interactive. Some students felt more at ease when receiving the audio-visual feedback because it was sent to them on their personal devices and other students found the pause and rewind functions useful for practicing their pronunciation or for revision. …”
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The breeding ecology and behavioural adaptations of African black oystercatchers in light of climate change by Azaki, Bukola Debola Aderewa

“…Hence, oystercatcher pairs laying large clutches early in the season were more likely to produce one juvenile in a season. …”
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Time Sensitive Networking for Wi-Fi Based Wireless Industrial Environments by Kinabo, Arnold Baraka Doste

“…Considering the typically low demands on bandwidth in many TSN applications, this inefficient operation may still be sufficient for operating TSN over existing Wi-Fi networks. For more robust and general applications, Wi-Fi requires further enhancements to its mode of operation in order to support prioritisation of TSN traffic and more accurately cope with higher loads.…”
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Effects of systemic risk, exchange rate risk and collateral demand: the enforcement of initial margin on South African over‐the‐counter derivatives by Kennedy-Palmer, Storme

“…The transaction foreign exchange rate exposure was measured in USD and GBP, and it was found that the exposure demanded in USD was lower and relatively more stable than that in GBP. Authorities could significantly reduce foreign exchange rate exposure by licensing domestic central clearing counterparty/ies instead of international clearers.…”
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Utopian fantasies of the perfected imperial prospect and fractured images of unresolved ambivalence and unsuppressed resistance : the Groote Schuur landscape considered as an imper... by Gibson, Laura

“…The Groote Schuur landscape, probably more than anywhere else in South Africa, is a truly hybrid landscape. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with rheumatic heart disease: a global rheumatic heart disease registry (REMEDY) sub-analysis by Makate, Sindiswa A

“…Methods: Nine-hundred and twenty-one children were enrolled into the REMEDY registry among the 3,343 symptomatic RHD patients from 25 hospitals in 12 African countries, India and Yemen and followed up over 24 months to assess characteristics, complications and outcome. Results: More than half of the children enrolled in the REMEDY study presented with severe valvular heart disease; 60% had more than one valve involved, 30% were classified as NYHA class III/IV and 17.7% died within 24 months. …”
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