Dental modification practices on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape by Friedling, Louise J

“…Not only coloured people were modifying their teeth, some study subjects who had self-classified themselves as black or white also practiced it.…”
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Organisation as communication: an empirical study of how the communication of impact investing is shaping its development in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya by Malumba, Zanele

“…Whilst in the past it would have been enough for investment firms to seek primarily financial returns against all else; it is now becoming more common for investors to demand some form of positive impact above and beyond financial returns. …”
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Condition monitoring of lithium-ion batteries using broadband multisine excitation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy by Waligo, Alfred

“…Lithium-ion(Li-ion) cells are some of the cells to which it has been applied. The impedance spectra obtained from EIS can be used to estimate various batteries State of Health (SOH) and State of Charge (SOC) characteristics. …”
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Impacts and issues of a social innovation approach to development finance: a case study of Zoona by Phiri, Lelemba Chitembo

“…The paper concludes with some recommendations on how the concept of socially innovative approaches to development finance, as supplementary forms of distributing development funds to traditional forms, can be improved on when applied by private organizations and local networks to enable the development of economic, personal and social capital and develop the capacity of communities.…”
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Steinberg algebra and Leavitt path algebras by Rigby, Simon W

“…It was discovered, when the theory of Leavitt path algebras was already quite advanced, that some of the more difficult questions were susceptible to a new approach using topological groupoids. …”
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Prevalence and individual risk factors associated with non-specific low back pain among secondary school adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe by Chiwaridzo, Matthew

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Poverty Reduction through Access to Financial Services in Rural Areas of Namibia: A Case study of Omusati Region by Shaninga, Naemi Simaneka

“…High employment rates, low level of education and inadequate financial institutions are some of the determinants of poverty in Namibia. This study investigated how accessibility to financial services is linked to poverty alleviation in rural areas of Namibia with a special focus on two villages; Onheleiwa and Onelago in Omusati Region by sampling fifty respondents from each village. …”
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South African peace mission personnel and sexual misconduct against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Constructivist exploration of Norm Internalisation by Ogunrombi, Anjola

“…By using a Constructivist lens to examine the mechanisms behind Norm Internalisation, and by analysing how this applies to South African personnel, this research identifies some of the reasons why South Africa’s apparent commitment to international norms about women does not always result in appropriate behaviour. …”
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An investigation into the implementation of green building features and initiatives among stakeholders in the Zambian property market by Katanekwa, Luse Namutowe

“…However, a lack of knowledge by some stakeholders on green features and their benefits was noted. …”
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Queue scheduling the Alan Cousins Telescope by Maartens, Deneys Sean

“…Ultimately the telescope is intended to be a fully robotic telescope with limited operational support needs. Some advance toward this goal has been made by a full hardware interface to allow queue executions of observations. …”
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Towards a health promoting University: an exploratory study of the University of Cape Town by Mukoma, Wanjiru

“…The fear of failure, housing problems, limited social integration, and availability of cigarettes and junk food on campus were found to be some of the factors that influence and constrain students' weIIbeing. …”
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The distribution of plasminogen activator in the male genital tract by Kester, Ralph Charles

“…Many tissues, including the prostate (Rasmussen and Albrechtsen, 1960a), contain substances which can activate plasminogen, and thus initiate fibrinolysis, and it has been assumed that both the excessive fibrinolysis seen in the blood of some patients with prostatic disease (Tagnon, Whitmore, Schulman and Kravitz, 1953a), and in prostatic surgery (Lombardo, 1957), is due to the release of this activator into the blood stream (Fearnley, 1965). …”
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Investigating chaos by the generalized alignment index town (GALI) method by Moges, Henok Tenaw

“…Over the years several methods of chaos detection have been developed. Some of them, such as the construction of the system's Poincar´e Surface of Section, are appropriate for low-dimensional systems. …”
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A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations by Madima, Reshoketswe

“…However, the country has encountered some domestic challenges, with inequality and poverty being rife in the country. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of Brain Metabolite levels for HIV infected Children from ages five to eleven by Van Biljon, Noëlle

“…This suggests that while these children are on ART treatment, there is still some underlying effect on their neurochemistry which sets their development apart from the normal healthy profiles we expect.…”
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The development of Religious Education in Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe in response to Pluralism by Muhamba, Shepherd

“…This study investigates this relationship and contributes some knowledge in this area for further discussion.…”
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Understanding the role of public preferential procurement on the development of black owned construction SMME'S IN South Africa by Nzo, Khulile

“…It means that economic growth is not contributed by the FDI significantly the results in this research have some significant policy implications. Therefore, as the results suggest that the FDI inflow has a positive impact on employment, because of the results, the researcher also recommends that Namibia pursue the policy of attracting foreign firms aggressively and create all the conditions required for attracting foreign direct investment in order to create further employment opportunities.…”
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Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Employment creation: A Causality Analysis from Namibia by Sheya, Etuna

“…It means that economic growth is not contributed by the FDI significantly the results in this research have some significant policy implications. Therefore, as the results suggest that the FDI inflow has a positive impact on employment, because of the results, the researcher also recommends that Namibia pursue the policy of attracting foreign firms aggressively and create all the conditions required for attracting foreign direct investment in order to create further employment opportunities.…”
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The impact of smartphone use on student learning experience in higher education in South Africa by Toperesu, B-Abee

“…Results: With over 400 responses, we found evidence for some, but not all hypothesized positive and negative impacts. …”
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Change in Corporate Debt Levels in South Africa from 1994 to 2016 by van der Westhuizen, Kyla

“…Results from the analysis of the capital structure determinants varied, with some showing statistical significance. Asset tangibility was positively correlated to debt, while profitability and growth had a negative relationship. …”
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