The use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the treatment of psychiatric conditions at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. A retrospective audit by Clay, Keagan

“…In South Africa the use of ECT is sparse with great heterogeneity regarding indications and practice. …”
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The influence of mindfulness and self-compassion on entrepreneurial learning from failure : insights from a mindfulness training programme

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Adaptation of British Mathematics textbooks for use in the United Arab Emirates

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Eisteddfod in Suid-Afrika met spesifieke verwysing na die Paarl Vallei Eisteddfod by Du Toit-Pearce, Minette

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Factors associated with increased symptoms of depression among South Africans living with chronic illness by Haripersad, Dipika

“…People living with chronic illness are more vulnerable to developing depression. Although this connection is well established, the factors associated with severe depressive symptoms in people living with a chronic illness are poorly understood. …”
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Enhanced Interest Aware PeopleRank for Opportunistic Mobile Social Networks by Shahin, Yosra Saad

“…We explored three pillars for our contribution, which encompass (1) inspect more than one hop (multiple hops) based on IPeR (MIPeR), (2) by embracing directional forwarding (Directional-IPeR), and (3) by utilizing a combination of Directional forwarding and multi-hop forwarding (DMIPeR). …”
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Facilitating golden mole conservation in South African highland grasslands : a predictive modelling approach by Rampartab, Chanel

“…In an attempt to raise awareness of these elusive grassland flagship taxa, the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Threatened Grassland Species Programme (EWT-TGSP) identified the need for more information on the distributions and conservation status of four poorly-known golden mole taxa (Amblysomus hottentotus longiceps, A. h. meesteri, A. robustus, A. septentrionalis) that are endemic to the Grassland Biome, and which may be heavily impacted by anthropogenic habitat alteration in the Highveld regions of Mpumalanga Province. …”
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Adoption reunion : reclaiming the lost object : a psychoanalytic and object relations approach to understanding the adoptee's experience of reunion with the birth mother by Scordilis, Morag

“…There are numerous international studies on different aspects of adoption, however, South African studies are sparse. This study seeks to unite the dialectic of the clinical practitioner and adoption practitioner in order to provide a rich and meaningful understanding of post adoption practitioner in order to provide a rich and meaningful understanding of post adoption reunion in South Africa. …”
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Game-theoretic models for mergers and acquisitions by Van den Honert, Robin Charles

“…A sensitivity analysis on the contextual parameters shows that the optimal strategy pair is very robust to changes to the negotiating environment, and any such changes that have the players start negotiating from positions more removed from one another is more detrimental to the target. …”
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Travel information exchanges in a computer-mediated environment : a social network analysis of the Africa category on the Departure Lounge branch of the Thorn Tree

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The circadian system of African mole-rats : behavioural activity rhythms and early gene expression ( c-fos ) in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Improved estimates and understanding of interannual trends of CO₂ fluxes in the Southern Ocean by Gregor, Luke

“…Measuring and understanding this change has been difficult due to sparse observational data that is biased toward summer. …”
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Desperately seeking depth: global and local narratives of the South African general elections on television news, 1994 - 2014 by Jones, Bernadine

“…Meanwhile, South African channels become progressively more hesitant to investigate controversial topics or criticise the ruling party. …”
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The cost of providing consultative palliative care services in a tertiary hospital setting by Mbuthini, Linda

“…Background The Sub-Saharan African region has sparse palliative care established to cater for patients facing life limiting conditions. …”
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A sequential explanatory mixed methods investigation of e-government outcomes evaluation practice in developing countries: South Africa as context by Boamah-Abu, Charles

“…E-government evaluation is, therefore, an important research problem— more so in developing countries, where resources are scarce, and the opportunity cost is higher. …”
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Resampling algorithms for multi-label classification by Kotze, Ulrich

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A comparison of Gaussian mixture variants with application to automatic phoneme recognition by Brand, Rinus

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