The development and validation of a virtuous leadership scale by Ou, Yang Annie

“…In particular, the current research study responded to a call in literature to address an African context perspective of virtuous leadership. …”
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Comparison of vertical handover decision-based techniques in heterogeneous networks by Edia, Adada

“…Industry leaders are currently setting out standards for 5G Networks projected for 2020 or even sooner. Future generation networks will be heterogeneous in nature because no single network type is capable of optimally meeting all the rapid changes in customer demands. …”
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Responsible filmmaking: ethics and spectatorship through the lens of Michael Haneke by Weys, Daniël Jan

“…My dissertation uses, as starting point, an interview with Michael Haneke in which the Austrian filmmaker criticises Downfall and Schindler's List for manipulating audiences and for generating entertainment from real-life and unspeakable horrors. …”
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Exploring how young women with visual impairments navigate their participation in recreational sport by De Vos, Dellicia

“…This involved ‘narrative analysis' and ‘analysis of narratives' to generate a single overarching theme: “Sport and life as interconnecting circles”. …”
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Accelerated Adjoint Algorithmic Differentiation with Applications in Finance by De Beer, Jarred

“…Adjoint differentiation is applied to a Call on Max rainbow option with 3 underlying assets in a Monte Carlo environment. …”
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A Cartel Offence in South African Law

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Music and arts festivals as platforms for enhancing Sustainable Development by Lopez, Gomez Camila

“…In congruence with this harsh reality, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development can be regarded as an urgent call aimed at individuals, communities, institutions and nations, centred on the imperative need to create the structural foundations of a socially just and environmentally safe world. …”
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Unpacking Challenges and Reinforcing Evaluations in Bilateral and Multilateral Development Organizations in Egypt by elghonemy, fatema

“…The recommendations generated by the thesis tackle each challenge by calling for a unified dictionary for staff working in evaluation in Egypt, strengthening ownership for public partners, using multi-layer and independent evaluation institutions and developing capabilities of evaluation stakeholders.…”
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A description of practices of analgesia administration by advanced life support paramedics in the City of Cape Town by Matthews, Ryan

“…Variables studied were drug dose, dose frequency, and route of administration, patient age, gender, disorder and call type as well as qualification and experience level of the provider. …”
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Scoping review of health system software literature: How has the concept been used? by Burger, Nicola

“…As it has remained relatively under-researched, our overall purpose was both to synthesise current knowledge and to generate lessons about how to deepen research on, and understanding of, health system software. …”
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An exploration of the determinants of sexual risk behaviour among adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years in South Africa: a sub-study of the 2019-2022 HERStory2 study by Chamuka, Paidashe

“…Conclusion The results suggest that AGYW's sexual risk behaviour is influenced by many complex factors beyond the individual. The results call for targeted holistic interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviour and improve the SRH outcomes for AGYW in this high HIV burden context.…”
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A methodology to price certified emission reduction certificates from clean development mechanism projects

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“To the black women we all know”: three women's contemporary mobilizations of history in relation to questions of status, belonging, and identity in Mpolweni Mission, KwaZulu-Natal by Mahlaba, Ayanda Mlungisi Godgive

“…The thesis shows how women of different generations are producers of history, and that historical production is not only the preserve of a certain generation of women or of men.…”
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Gender discourse in Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kubra: deconstructing Ibn Sa'd's portrayal of the model Muslim woman by Abou-Taleb, Amira Naim

“…The findings echo the fusion of sira, hadith, and local regional traditions which, combined, present the tenets of a power discourse advancing the call of a patriarchal ʽAbbasid Imperial project as the guardian of the Sunni doctrine of the time.…”
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Alternative Child Care Governance: The Kafala Family-Based Care Arrangement in Egypt by El Azzazy, Heba

“…Starting 2014, the Egypt government along with Civil Society actors started to adopt the UN General Assembly guidelines on Alternative Care; which call on States to take solid actions to develop their respective deinstitutionalization strategy that aims towards the progressive elimination of institutional cares and prompting family-based care approaches for children deprived of parental care. …”
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Geographic variation in the phenotypes of two sibling horseshoe bats Rhinolophus simulator and R.swinnyi by Mutumi, Gregory L

“…To reconstruct the selective forces, linear mixed-effects models were used to regress climatic variables against echolocation call signals (Chapter 4) based on two hypotheses, the Sensory Drive and the James' Rule as a guide. …”
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Language Ideologies and Decoloniality in Vernac News by Mkula, Lwazi

“…Language ideologies looks at the way in which languages and speakers are perceived and treated in society. In the period of the call to decolonise the university and the curriculum in South Africa, it was particularly important for the study to explore what this meant for language and the language practices within the university. …”
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Mobility Management in 5G Heterogeneous Networks: A Handover Scheme for Reducing Handover Failures by Monaheng, Reitumetse

“…From the simulation results, the prediction of the next location of the user equipment yielded lower handover call dropping as compared to new calls blocking as they were not predicted and hence resources not reserved for them.…”
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Business venture selection rationale of portfolio entrepreneurs in developing economies

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