Modelling cost and time performance of public building projects in a terror impacted area of Nigeria by Oboirien, Momoh Ohiomah

“…The Rel. MAD of the developed cost impact model was computed to be 1.46, in other words, plus or minus 1.46; (ii) the MAPE of the developed duration impact model iii prediction efficiency is 92.94%. …”
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The wider KwaZulu-Natal region circa 1700 to the onset of colonialism: a critical essay on sources and historiography by Fagan, Henry Allan

“…It also examines the productions of African intellectuals whose works were excluded from the discipline of history during the late colonial and apartheid eras. …”
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The neuropsychological effects of pituitary macroadenomas and their treatment by Mark, Daniella

“…In the South African context, practitioners tend to encounter a greater proportion of macroadenomas than developed countries. Working on the assumption that the effects of adenomas are magnified in macroadenoma patients, the South African situation provides a base of extreme cases in which any potential dysfunction has the best chance to declare itself. …”
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Hemiaminals : a new chemotype for organocatalysis by Ramaotsoa, Valerie

“…Application of the enantioselective α-amination reaction to an acetal as a masked aldehyde was developed in our group recently, and in part I of this thesis results on extending this chemistry to the α-amination of N-protected hemiaminals from N-heterocycles are reported, in which it was found that the reaction only worked with the carbonyl group exo to the ring. …”
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Towards a Typology for Understanding Mobile Phone Victimisation in South African High Schools by Lusinga, Shallen

“…Through an extensive review of the literature and theoretical works on victimisation, the researcher was able to develop a mobile victimisation typology that would guide this research. …”
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Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume I by Jephson, Amanda Anne

“…The following study is concerned with the influence of Westernization on the development of black South African art, culminating in a form of art referred to as urban black art. …”
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Disruptive adaptations: An urban design approach to youth socio-economic resilience, a case of Havana in Katutura, Windhoek - Namibia by Nangula, Soini En

“…To sustain their livelihoods, they resort to the informal economy, working as street vendors or establishing small survivalist enterprises for income. …”
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A 12-month retrospective, descriptive study of Hout Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, Cape Town, South Africa by Kahle, Jurgen Werner

“…Members largely preferred night shift to day shift by a factor of 4:1; the majority of shifts were worked by Basic Life Support (28.57%) and Intermediate Life Support (57.98%) qualified members compared to the relatively few shifts (13.44%) worked by Advanced Life Support members. …”
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Study of Capital and Operation Costs for Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants by Mohamed, Habiba Mahdy

“…The methodology involves identifying key cost components in desalination plants and determining the five most influential cost drivers: membranes, energy recovery devices (ERDs), civil works, intake systems, and pumps. For components such as membranes, pumps, and ERDs, cost estimation models were developed using deterministic equations and correlations with plant-scale parameters including membrane count, pressure vessel configuration, number of trains, and ERD flow rates. …”
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Enabling 'just' forms of regeneration in Woodstock, Cape Town by Rolls, Lewin

“…The dominance of market-led regeneration has the ability to incapacitate the working class individuals' ability to remain in central inner-city neighbourhoods. …”
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Essays on political economy in sub-Saharan Africa

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‘We can simply not survive without education’ but can’t we? by Wijtsma, Cynthia

“…It does this through working towards the universal enrollment of children into a western-style education system that caters towards a western consumer culture. …”
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Imām al-Baghawī (d. 516/1123): Tafsīr and Sunnism during the 11th-12th Centuries in Khurāsān by Hassanein, Nourhan

“…However, the status of scholarship on works of tafsīr differs significantly. There are few studies concentrated on the classical period, such as works on the commentaries of al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035), al-Wāḥidī (d.468/1078), and al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538/1144). …”
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The role of online and social media in combating sexual harassment in Egypt by Saleh, Mariam

“…The Egyptian Government, international organizations and non-governmental organizations have been working for several years on interventions and activities to combat sexual harassment. …”
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Enforceability of digital copyright on the darknet? by Mathini, Moses Wanjukia

“…This dissertation suggests that the need to control distribution, legally or technological, is driven by the urge to enable digital copyright owners to benefit financially from their works and get a return on their investment. Technologically, this has been effected through the adoption of Digital Rights Management (DRMs) measures that control access to these works through the use of paywalls on commercial websites that require online consumers to pay/ subscribe first before they gain access to the copyrighted works. …”
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The impact of the agricultural minimum wage and the role of enforcement in South Africa by Stanwix, Benjamin

“…Since 1999 South Africa gradually developed a detailed minimum wage schedule covering eleven sectors of the economy. …”
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Class actions within the field of environmental law by Dannecker, Regula

“…Technological and industrial development rule today's societies in growing dimensions. …”
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Investigating treatment strategies for adolescent rape survivors : a grounded theory analysis by Partridge, Nicolette

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