The impact of transaction costs on the participation of smallholder farmers and intermediaries in the banana markets of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda

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Object-based geomorphometry and soil spectroscopy in a fluvial terrace dominated landscape by Louw, Gerrit Jacobus

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Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) migratory and foraging behaviour in a changing climate

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Smoking cessation in South Africa: cigarette prices, plain packaging, and illicit trade by Vellios, Nicole

“…In the third chapter, I investigate whether the type of cigarette packaging, a matter which is currently being considered in South Africa, reduces the utility of cigarettes. Preferences were elicited using a discrete choice experiment. …”
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Genetic diversity in captive and free-ranging black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) from South Africa

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From ambiguity to action: Rethinking the origins of shocks and crises by Van Jaarsveld, Lauren Anne

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Modelling control and optimisation of a dual circuit induced draft cooling water system

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Development of a rating system by means of extended economic appraisal using the digital twin for the design of cyber-physical production systems by Sonnenberg, Manuel

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Nonlinear heat transfer and thermo mechanical stress analysis using finite elements. by Pennington, Derek Steven

“…Finite element formulations using a common discretization are developed for these problems using Galerkin' s method. …”
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Development of a process modelling methodology and condition monitoring platform for air-cooled condensers by Haffejee, Rashid Ahmed

“…This study focuses on modelling a utility-scale ACC system at steady-state conditions applying a 1-D network modelling approach and using a component-level discretization approach. …”
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A reduced order modelling methodology for external cylindrical concentrated solar power central receivers by Heydenrych, James

“…However, there are currently no utility-scale sCO2-CSP tower plants in operation. …”
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Perioperative antibiotic practices amongst Otorhinolaryngologists (Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeons) in South Africa by White, Matthew

“…Respondents indicated that they utilize the following resources to guide their decisions regarding perioperative antibiotic prescribing: anecdotal evidence 27 % (25/92), practices of the surgeon's postgraduate training unit 28% (26/92), published international guidelines 28% (26/92), recommendation of their local hospital's microbiologists 14% (13/92), attending anaesthetists discretion 0 % (0/92). …”
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Quantum-Based Modelling and Simulation of Materials Used In Small-Scaled Plasmonic Devices by Akinyemi, Lateef Adesola

“…The Eigen-pairs of the underlying canonical and associated perturbed quantum systems are computed and utilized for this study. Galerkin's method has been employed to discretize the boundary-value of interest. …”
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Financing infrastructure at multilateral development banks: global administrative law and accountability reforms in infrastructure project financing in the BRICS bloc by Caswell, Grant Sinclair

“…It addresses how supranational regulatory mechanisms should render the exercise of discretion and authority at the international level more transparent and accountable for the benefit of stakeholders in the developing world. …”
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The synthesis of Combined Heat and Mass Exchange Networks (CHAMENs) with renewables considering environmental impact by Kim, So-Mang

“…The availability of solar thermal energy is simplified by discretizing into two time periods of daytime and nighttime operations. …”
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