Genetic introgression and female mate choice within the Calendulauda albescens/C. barlowi hybrid zone by Oatley, Graeme

“…This study examines the mitochondrial DNA of some of these individuals to determine if possible introgression is occuring from C. albescens to C. barlowi. …”
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Effects of exercise training on left ventricular function and exercise capacity in patients with coronary artery disease and varying degrees of left ventricular dysfunction by Digenio, Andres G

“…Access to more modem technology and better management of this condition has led to an increase in the number of patients surviving acute coronary episodes . Some of these patients may have developed chronic asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and/or residual myocardial ischaemia, and could become potential candidates for cardiac rehabilitation if exercise training could induce physiological benefits without further deteriorating their condition. …”
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Financial inclusion: A look at the institutional and credit organisational enablers in the South African market by Gitonga, Loise

“…The study was carried out using a deductive qualitative approach; the hypothesis was 'some of the macro and micro enablers required when seeking to serve the underserved are missing in South Africa'. …”
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The impact of Basel III on the provision on long-term housing finance in South Africa by MacKenzie, Peter Graham

“…Findings from the study indicate that the provision of long - term housing finance will be compromised in certain ways with some sectors of the housing market more impacted than others.…”
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Change in corporate debt levels in South Africa from 1994 to 2016 by Slabbert, George Raymond

“…Results from the analysis on determinants varied with some determinants showing statistical significance.…”
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Practices of Listening: (Re)percussions of Sound, Silences and Censorship from (Post-)Apartheid South Africa by Swinney, Warrick

“…The beating, hitting and silences are all set against a backdrop of (post) apartheid South Africa for the expression of some of my personal and theoretical realisations.…”
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The impact of political corruption on service delivery in South Africa: a review of the Mpumalanga Rural Housing Project by Mvulane, Zama Airy

“…The Mpumalanga Rural Housing Project was solely chosen as a case study primarily because it presented an excellent polemical context of illustration for some of the arguments raised in this study. Most importantly the Mpumalanga Rural Housing Project is used in the study to illustrate and demonstrate the major threat that political corruption may pause in the development of a nation or country, especially on efficient and effective service delivery of a government.…”
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Analysing Risk Preferences and Time Preferences with respect to Smoking Status and Smoking Intensity by Preston, Charles

“…The results highlight that smokers are less risk averse than non-smokers; that smokers discount more heavily than non-smokers; that greater smoking intensity is correlated with lower risk aversion; and that greater smoking intensity is not related to discounting behaviour. In some specifications the relationship between smoking intensity and risk aversion is parabolic, and as such moderate smokers are less risk averse than heavy smokers and light smokers. …”
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Does South Africa have a coherent policy for source-based taxation based on the permanent establishment concept, and how has this policy been implemented in its bilateral tax treat... by Eksteen, Michiel Marthinus

“…The difference between South Africa’s domestic PE definition and the PE definition in its various DTCs and regional MTCs suggest some material inconsistency in South Africa’s PE policy. …”
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Cape Town residential patterns : an examination of natural processes in housing and of the distortion of these natural patterns, all with special reference to Cape Town by Ehlers, Frederick Greeff

“…Hypotheses , developed from this field theory, were tested and in so doing yielded some surprising and gratifying results. These results may be found on the pages following , and it will be seen that they appear to justify the method of approach .…”
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Dialogues with the dead : an osteological analysis of the palaeodemography and life history of the 18th and 19th century northern frontier in South Africa by Peckmann, Tanya Rochelle

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Applications of aspiration lung biopsy with special reference to the pathogenesis of the resolution of acute and chronic lobar pneumonia by Woolf, Colin Rael

“…The title was: "Cellular analysis of the aspiration lung biopsy from normal and some pathological conditions by Z. Godlowski" (1949). …”
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Growth model Epping : a method of measurement and analysis of industrial growth by Horrell, Roy

“…This study, which commenced in 1971, is of a comparatively modern industrial township notionally conceived some 25 years ago on ground which, during the War Years, had been 'beneficially occupied' and, in other respects, laid to waste as an Artillary Range. …”
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Rape as Torture: Is South Africa in Breach of its International Obligations? by Chavda, Reshma

“…It attacks the victim's sense of human dignity and self-worth. Some argue that the crime of rape is akin to that of torture. …”
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The Applicability of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 and Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 to the South African Legal Practice Council by Hona, Zakuthwani Alfred

“…It also considers the extent to which the provisions of PAIA may be applicable to the records of the LPC. Some remedial legislative amendments to the provisions of both PAJA and PAIA are recommended with the view of addressing certain identified legal obstacles. …”
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Encountering city governance: an analysis of street trading in Gaborone, Botswana by Lethugile, Goabamang

“…The Gaborone Council has made some headway in accepting street traders but still provides little or no infrastructure. …”
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Flexible risk-based portfolio optimisation by Landman, Jayson

“…The design of the study is to collate the existing research on risk-based investing, to analyse some modern methods to reduce estimation risk, to incorporate them in a single coherent framework, and to test the result with South African equity data. …”
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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

“…The paper will do this by demonstrating the qualitative and quantitative factors which are the underlying reasons for some students doing better in an online setting compared to others. …”
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The Classical Lie algebras are more simple than they may appear by Brache, Chad

“…The phrase it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination applies quite well here, as the bulk of our discussion will be assembling the tools necessary for proving simplicity. We will begin with some linear algebra proving the Primary decomposition theorem and the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem. …”
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Computational Psychiatry - Neuropsychological Bayesian reinforcement learning by Wolpe, Zach

“…The primary experimental task (Card Sorting) gauges one's ability to learn, via inference, the structure of some latent pattern that drives the decision making process. …”
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