Cloning in the news : an analysis of how the science and ethics of cloning are reported in three daily newspapers of Cape Town by Van der Linden, Cornelis Albert

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The effect of behavioral biases and gender differences on portfolio returns & investment decisions: An experimental approach by El Kashef, Noran Naiem

“…Another finding in this study shows that gender is the only highly statistically significant variable that predicts and explains investors risk attitude.…”
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Why do flowers in Namaqualand close? : Flower closure in relation to the environment and pollen sensitivity to moisture by Von Hase, Amrei

“…Of the abiotic factors tested, it best explains the biological variable of flower temperature which is closely correlated with flower closure. …”
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Measuring marketing productivity : linking marketing expenditure to sales by Schmidt, Adelia

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Capital structure determinants for family business in MENA region by Ismail, Wedad

“…There is a large strand of literature that explains capital structure decisions in firms with the main theories explaining financing choices being: Pecking Order theory, Trade-off theory, Agency theory. …”
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Implementing a smalltalk to Java translator

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An experimental approach to assess the role of nest predation in the population dynamics of the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) by Lloyd, Kyle

“…The protected colonies played an important role in structuring and connecting the movement network of the metapopulation, whilst colony size explained the migration rates of colonies. However, predation was not found to have a compensatory effect in reducing the intraspecific competition (measured as foraging distance) of a colony. …”
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An investigation into the style and asset class adjusted performance of South African multi-asset funds by Richardson, Luke A.C.

“…Moreover, a large proportion of the variability in returns of many multi asset unit trusts, can be explained by exposure to style and asset class indices. …”
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Does the Nature of the Crisis Matter? A Study of Global Bank Performance during a Credit Crisis, The Debt Crisis &; Health Crisis by Vermaak, Kelly

“…Higher liquidity, loans, beta, and idiosyncratic volatility as well as a lower credit-loss ratio explained the poor performance of banks during the GFC. …”
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The development dynamic models for a dense medium separation circuit in coal in beneficiation

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The impact of leader member exchange on shop-floor worker innovation in South African manufacturing firms

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Diagnostic monitoring of dynamic systems using artificial immune systems by Maree, Charl

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A retrospective review of computed tomography pulmonary angiography image quality and the impact on diagnostic outcome at a tertiary South African hospital by Holtzhausen, Jeanette

“…Correlation tests were performed between continuous variables and chisquare tests among categorical variables. …”
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A model for the time dependent behaviour of rock joints by Camp, Nicholas Julian

“…Reasons are proposed to explain the predicted behaviour. The results of the analysis shows that the internal variable formulation successfully models time-dependent joint movements in a continuous media. …”
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Are local range expansions in southerly populations of Aloidendron dichotomum early indicators of a future range shift? by Grey, Kerry-Anne

“…This may be due to the less variable rainfall pattern at Gannabos. Furthermore, performance was higher on the flats where temperatures were also cooler. …”
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The role of institutions in Shaping foreign capital: Evidence from South Africa and Zimbabwe by Gwenhamo, Farayi

“…Other significant variables ii that explain FDI in Zimbabwe include the real gross domestic product (GDP), capital intensity, the external debt to GDP ratio, political instability as well as the educational levels. …”
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Western-imperialism in South African foreign policy (1999 – 2008) through constructivist language theory by Louw, Niel Ramsay

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Impact of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmer livelihoods in Kenya and Zimbabwe

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