Two-level multilevel models focusing on inference and diagnostics

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Understanding environmental factors influencing invasion of Lilium formosanum in Mpumalanga Province and models of its potential distribution in South Africa

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The decline of the globally threatened Rudd's Lark in one of its last remaining core sites, the Wakkerstroom grasslands by Gush, Wesley Gurney

“…Forb and dead vegetation cover had significantly increased at a coarse scale, but vegetation variables did not explain any significant variation in Rudd's Lark incidence at either a fine or a coarse scale within 2016. …”
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Opportunity costs of trade-related capacity development in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mugadza, Tendeukayi

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Investigation of land price determinants in selected districts of the Western Cape by Ramafoko, Lerato Patricia

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Social, economic, health and environmental determinants of child nutritional status in three Central Asian Republics

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From Drama to Change: The Role of Female-Led Egyptian TV Dramas in Tackling Women’s Issues and Inspiring Youth by Bader, Myrna

“…However, this study does not aim to explain a cause-and-effect relationship; rather, it argues that a correlation exists between the tested variables. …”
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Behavioural and physiological responses of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) to wildfire in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa by Dubay, Shannon

“…This unexpected nutritional windfall, in addition to the inclusion of vineyards within their ranging patterns, may explain why there were no physiological indicators of nutritional stress despite the loss of most above ground biomass. …”
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Controls on the diversity of the fault slip styles at the brittle-ductile transition: examples from the Cape Fold Belt, Nuy Valley, South Africa by de Carvalho, Antónia

“…Complex fault zones exhumed to the surface may preserve evidence that can explain the mechanics and the complex slip behaviour of faults. …”
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Structure, distribution and phenology of perennial plant species in the Worcester Veld Reserve, in the arid winter rainfall region of the Southwestern Cape by Boshoff, C R

“…This conceivably facilitates the co-existence of species in this water-limited environment. Habitat variability. which can be related to land-form patterns. is also implicated as a factor facilitating the co-existence of a diversity of species and plant-forms. …”
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The role of certain mortality factors in the underperformance of Aristaea (Parectopa) thalassias (Meyrick) as a biological control agent of Leptospermum laevigatum F. Muel. by Mlokoti, Thembelihle

“…Levels of overall mortality of larvae, pre-pupae and pupae averaged over a 20-month period indicated seasonal variability, with highest mortality in autumn and winter. …”
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Persistent (>6 months) Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a cohort of SARS- CoV-2 PCR positive patients in Cape Town, South Africa by Van Niekerk, Inette

“…Persistent neuropsychiatric outcomes post-COVID are not associated with systemic inflammation or altered renin angiotensin physiology. Psychosocial variables affecting individual responses to the virus may explain the lack of association found on the biological front.…”
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Exchange traded funds and their association with the volatility of the daily returns of major South African banks by Herman, Barak

“…Using a GARCH model process to estimate the volatility of daily returns, this dissertation then incorporates the degrees of ETF ownership and ETF trading dynamics variables as external regressors to assess whether there was a statistically significant association in explaining the volatility of daily returns of the Major South African Banks shares. …”
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Associations between mental health, social cognition, and COVID-19 stress among South African university students by Mlomo, Zintle W

“…Further research should be conducted to explore additional factors and mechanisms that could explain individual mental health and social cognition in relation to stressful environmental factors…”
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Associations between mental health, social cognition, and COVID-19 stress among South African university students by Mlomo, Zintle W

“…Further research should be conducted to explore additional factors and mechanisms that could explain individual mental health and social cognition in relation to stressful environmental factors…”
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Building trust in mobile commerce: a technical report presented to the Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town by Joubert, Janine

“…This research is the first South African study to investigate a model that incorporates trust and risk factors to explain adoption and usage of ITHXll'Tlmerce. The model is based on the existing trust literature, but complemented with variables that relate to the benefits of mobile technologies, namely Innovation Diffusion characteristics. …”
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The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries

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The diversity of smallholder wool production and its marketing aspects : a case study at Xume, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Understanding the acceptance and use of open source geospatial software – the case of QGIS in South Africa

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Preferences for Sustainable Agriculture Attributes and Technical Efficiency among Family Maize Farmers in Lufwanyama District, Zambia

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