Adolescents' experiences of care during childbirth in health facilities in rural Northern Uganda: a mixed-methods study by Udho, Samson

“…Methods: A mixed-methods study was conducted among 570 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years who gave birth in public health facilities in northern Uganda. …”
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A stand-alone parabolic dish solar cooker for African conditions by Craig, Omotoyosi Onalapo

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Foot placement planning for a hexapod robot moving over uneven terrain by Lotriet, Andries Phillipus

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An investigation into computer vision methods to identify material other than grapes in harvested red wine grape loads. by Kleyn, Riaan

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Modelling attrition in the Eastern Cape public health system using multilevel survival analysis and machine learning methods by Perrie, Cailin

“…The findings and limitations of this investigation, however, open up opportunities for future work both as improvements to, or extensions of, the data preparation processes as well as model formulations and optimizations. Such follow-up work may include the exploration of different attrition definitions and the impact that has on the investigations findings, exploring methods for reducing HR healthcare data integrity issues, and provisioning or implementing re-sampling techniques, different cadre grouping strategies, or virtual machines to improve the performance of the machine learning models proposed.…”
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Principal points, principal curves and principal surfaces by Ganey, Raeesa

“…This dissertation explores the theory of principal points and principal curves as approximation methods to a distribution. Principal points of a distribution have been initially introduced by Flury (1990) who tackled the problem of optimal grouping in multivariate data. …”
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Challenging Universality: gender portrayals in television commercials in South Africa and Germany by Hoess, Johanna

“…Adopting a social constructionist viewpoint on gender, the analysis employed Ashmore's (1990) gender domains to examine gender constructions as dynamic and multifaceted phenomena. The research utilised a mixed-methods design, beginning with a qualitative phase followed by a quantitative phase. …”
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Investigation of factors influencing the determination of discount rate in the economic evaluation of mineral development projects

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An Epileptic Seizure Detection Method from EEG Signals based on a Classifier-Driven Feature Reduction Technique by Kamel, Raymond N.

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Validation of an adjusted calcium formula using the Roche calcium (NMBATPA) and albumin (BCG) methods at Groote Schuur Hospital by Ndlovu, Mbali

“…An adjusted calcium (aCa) formula specific for the Roche serum tCa and albumin methods was derived from 3131 patients. We investigated the validity and clinical utility of this locally derived aCa formula. …”
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Changes in rainfall seasonality in the Western Cape, South Africa: an exploration of methods for determining the start and end of the rainfall season by Ivey, Peter

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Investigation of mitigation and detection methods of Open Phase Conditions (OPCs) in nuclear power plants based on the operating experience by Bass, Cindy Allison

“…Case studies of the documented OE were categorised and analysed using a simplified root cause analysis method. A survey was conducted to assess the OPC awareness and perceptions of people in the system operator, i.e. …”
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A method of evaluating an irrigation water use in terms of "efficient, sustainable and beneficial use of water in the public interest"

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Development of an Aeroprediction Method for Slender Bodies Including Aeroelastic Effects Using Euler-Based Local Piston Theory

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Methodism and public life in Zimbabwe : an analysis of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Zimbabwe's impact on politics from 1891-1980

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Application of modern analytical techniques and chemometric methods to the chemical characterisation of South African wines : determination of non-volatiles by De Villiers, A. J. (Andre Joubert)

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The effectiveness of the use of shark dorsal fin photo-identification methods to aid in the conservation of Carcharodon carcharias and Carcharhinus brachyurus by Maroen, Megan Melissa

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Designing a food based strategy for the introduction of an unfamiliar food crop as a community based approach

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