Reconstructing the range expansion of the European starling in Southern Africa using a hybrid method of niche modelling and individual based modelling by Janse van Rensburg, Marinel

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A systematic approach to select new table grape varieties for cultivation by Helberg, Corné Jacob

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Environmental drivers of expansion in reef species from the Indo-Pacific region

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The role of short-term atmospheric variability in shaping Lagrangian transport in the Southern Benguela by Ragoasha, Moagabo Natalie

“…In simulation B and C, the atmospheric forcing is low-pass filtered with 5 days and 30 days cut-off periods. …”
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Isolation and characterization of novel Lactobacillus spp. with promising gastro-intestinal survival and adhesion properties by Klopper, Kyle Brent

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Systems modelling of the South African offshore demersal hake trawl fishery : an economic perspective by Cooper, Rachel

“…In order to address this need, this study's aims are to i) analyse the structure and dynamics of the economics of the South African offshore demersal hake trawl fishery from empirical data and stakeholder interviews, and ii) produce a prototype economic simulation model of this fishery to better understand the dynamics of the industry and the relative importance of its internal and external drivers, e.g. industrial organization, environmental uncertainty, exchange rate and fuel price. …”
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Modelling and Tracking of the Global Maximum Power Point in Shaded Solar PV Systems Using Computational Intelligence by Sagonda, Arnold Farai

“…In this dissertation, five MPPT algorithms were investigated. These algorithms include the standard Perturb and Observe (PnO), Incremental conductance (IC), Fuzzy Logic (FL), Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) and the Firefly Optimisation (FA). …”
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Regime changes in monetary policy by Addo, Samuel

“…The results suggest that an unexpected monetary policy shock and its variances account for a smaller proportion of macroeconomic fluctuations in the South African economy compared to external shocks and its variances in the form of exports, import cost inflation, risk premia, preference and technology changes. Chapter five consists of an investigation into central bank credibility by simulating a Markov-switching Bayesian vector autoregression model with time-varying transition probabilities. …”
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Benthic and pelagic responses to endobenthic bioturbator (Kraussillichirus kraussi) density, temperature and eutrophication in a global change mesocosm experiment by Thomas, Cheryl

“…Results from Chapter 3 of the thesis revealed that sandprawn water filtration (reduction in phytoplankton biomass) remained robust under simulated warming to levels predicted by the year 2100, with elevated temperatures accelerating reductions in phytoplankton biomass. …”
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Energy system contribution to 2000 m rowing ergometry using the accumulate oxygen deficit

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Autonomous landing of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle using differential GPS by Smit, Samuel Jacobus Adriaan

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Railway wheel squeal as a result of unsteady longitudinal and spin creepage

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Modelling of Ethekwini heat islands under climate change

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Comparing the Metcalf and Eddy and UCT steady state guidelines for sizing of biological nutrient removal activated sludge wastewater treatment plants by Murphy, Katelyn

“…The systems that were sized using the steady state AS models were then input into an AS system dynamic simulation software program, UCTOLD (which predicts virtually identical results as ASM1), together with a full set of diurnal influent data, to predict the behaviour of the system under steady state and dynamic conditions and compare the steady state predictions to those calculated in the steady state models and assess how the steady state model sized systems perform under dynamic loading conditions. …”
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A linear and non-linear evaluation of the Bell AH-1G Huey-Cobra stability and control augmentation system by De Waard, Pieter Gerrit

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Antipathogenic properties of selected South African medicinal plants to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

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In silico structural characterisation of Plasmodium falciparum dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin pyrophosphokinase dihydropteroate synthase (PPPK-DHPS)

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The response of southern African vegetation to droughts in past and future climates by Lawal, Shakirudeen Abimbola

“…Multiyear and multi-simulation datasets from three dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs), namely, Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4), Community Land Model version 4 with Variable Infiltration Capacity hydrology (CLM4VIC), and Organising Carbon and Hydrology in Dynamic Ecosystems designed by Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (ORCHIDEE-LSCE). …”
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Assessment of a measles outbreak response vaccination campaign, and two measles parameter estimation methods by Azam, James Mba

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A granular flow model of an annular shear cell by Bremner, Sherry

“…The key ingredients (velocity, shear rate and volume fraction distributions) to the granular ow model are extracted from experiments using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT), as well as Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations. 5mm glass beads were used to fill an annulus 51mm wide. …”
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