Selection and prioritization of organic contaminants for monitoring in the drinking water value chain

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The Effect of a Novel Multimodal Therapeutic Protocol on Patient Reported Post-Neurosurgical Pain Scores, versus the Current Postoperative Analgesic Practice Employed at a Local So... by Nell, Antonette

“…Aim: This study aims to investigate whether or not a multimodal analgesic regime, consisting of gabapentinoids and non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) provides superior pain relief in patients undergoing elective craniotomy compared to the standard of care analgesia utilized at a local South African hospital. Methods: Twenty-seven patients, 18 years or older, scheduled for elective craniotomy for the management of their epilepsy were recruited into this clinical trial. …”
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Reinforcement learning for power scheduling in a grid-tied pv-battery electric vehicles charging station by Arwa, Erick Odhiambo

“…Likewise, the A2C was compared with the conventional actor-critic method in terms of stability, scalability and convergence. …”
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Acute cognitive dysfunction, short and long-term outcomes and the impact of medical follow-up following hospitalisation for general medical illness in Cape Town, South Africa by Abdullah, Mohamed

“…Reference delirium testing was performed by neuropsychologists, using the Confusion Assessment Method. Results. A total of 609 medical in-patients were included. …”
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Impact analysis of motor faults on the DC Bus in electric vehicle drivetrains by Pugin, Devon

“…The selected EVPA and DC bus analysis methods proved less conclusive when applied to a broken rotor bar fault; however, these techniques were utilized with a focus on specific harmonics based on the literature that emphasized the imbalance introduced through an inter-turn fault. …”
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MANAGEMENT CONTROL USE IN EMERGING ECONOMIES: HOW CONTROLS MANIFEST AND COMBINE IN SOUTH AFRICAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS by Berning-Van Zyl, Anika

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Design and Evaluation of an AI-Driven Pipeline for Synthetic Tabular Data Generation by Sims-Handcock, Chad Calvin

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Towards re-imagining the roles of change agents from a critical complexity perspective : an exploratory action research approach by Cloete, Gideon Stephanus

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Bargaining competition and vertical mergers by Minnie, Roan Johan

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Development of a novel bioreactor and systems for suspension cell culture in biopharmaceutical production by Sharma, Rajesh

“…The performance of the HTB was evaluated for (i) oxygen mass transfer (kLa) through the dynamic gassing-in method, (ii) mixing time and fluid flow by tracer and phenolphthalein method, (iii) minimum stirring speed (Njs) through alginate beads mimicking cell loading and modelling through modifying Zwietering equation, (iv) power consumption through heat calorimetry (temperature method) and (v) shear stress by determining specific death constant (kd) at different impeller speeds. …”
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An assessment of the potential of edible insect consumption in reducing human nutritional deficiencies in South Africa while considering food and nutrition security aspects. by Lategan, Anja

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Mix design considerations for cold and half-warm bituminous mixes with emphasis of foamed bitumen by Jenkins, Kim Jonathan

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Resource allocation for layered broadcast over relay-assisted channels by Attia, Mohamed Adel

“…As special cases, we consider two utility functions; namely, the expected total decoded rate at the receiver and the expected rate distortion of a Gaussian source. …”
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Mathematical modelling of the base metal matte converter by Kabwe, Joseph

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Quantification of fatigue damage in AISI 316L stainless steel using X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD) by Ramasimong, Duduzile

“…The Williamson-Hall plot and the whole pattern fitting methods are the two evaluation techniques utilised for size and micro-strain broadening of PXRD peaks. …”
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SHORELINE DYNAMICS OF SOUTH AFRICA USING SATELLITE IMAGERY by Theron, Danie

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The treatment of uncertainty in construction price modelling by Strez, Henryk Andrzej Leon

“…As a possible solution to the problem of uncertainty, an expert system environment, utilising a three-dimensional classification of uncertainty, has been proposed. …”
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How well is paediatric pain managed in a private hospital in London? An evaluation of paediatric healthcare providers' pain management practices and parents' perception of pain man... by Oladoyinbo, Abidemi

“…A potential lack of knowledge on how to utilise the various assessment tools may also contribute. …”
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Investigating the relationship between personality dimensions, level of self-efficacy and perceived performance appraisal satisfaction: a case for individualised performance apprai... by Milosevich, Jodi

“…Limited research was found that explained or described methods which organisations can utilise to increase PAS amongst employees. …”
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