Investigating weather information needs of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa by Mantshiyose, Abenathi

“…These have resulted in temperature increases, irregular rainfall patterns, and increased frequency of extreme events. …”
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An interdisciplinary study on the human-baboon interface in Rooiels, South Africa by Mormile, Joselyn Elise

“…Most residents held a mutualist wildlife-value orientation, had a positive attitude towards baboons, and expressed low levels of fear and stress in response to baboon visits. …”
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Population genetics of Galeorhinus galeus, Carcharhinus brachyurus and Rhinobatos annulatus- implications for regional fisheries and elasmobranch conservation by Bitalo, Daphne Nyachaki

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The dynamic interaction of land use and transport in a highly fragmented city: the case of Cape Town, South Africa by Moyo, Hazvinei Tsitsi Tamuka

“…While these scenarios looked at the urban spatial patterns, the effect of land use patterns on congestion was also explored. …”
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Women's knowledge systems and their potential contribution to leadership and socio-political transformation by Mwagiru, Njeri

“…The research inquiry is informed by a commitment to promote diversity, equity and sustainability, and prompted by the need to investigate women's continued low representation at senior and leadership levels in organisations, and characteristics of persistent gender bias. …”
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Pollination ecology of Mesembs by Scodanibbio, Lucia

“…Given the general floral structure of most Mesemb flowers, these mechanisms are likely to be very important in contributing to species reproductive isolation and the low occurrence of hybrids recorded in natural conditions.…”
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A landscape approach to the surface archaeology of the Bos River, Tankwa Karoo, Northern Cape by Shaw, Matthew

“…Much of our current understanding of prehistoric human behavioural patterns during the Stone Age, is derived particularly from a robust set of chronological and technological sequences from caves and rock shelters, with some focus on open-air sites. …”
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Real-Time Air quality index application for the City of Cape Town: An event-Driven system with Kafka, CQRS and Clojure by Singh, Subha

“…The World Health Organization estimates around 3.7 million premature deaths world-wide were due to ambient air pollution in 2012, 88% of which occurred in low to middle income countries such as South Africa. …”
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Estimating value at risk and expected shortfall: a kalman filter approach by Van Der Lecq, Maximilian

“…Modelling the volatility of asset returns as a stochastic process, the Kalman filter uses Bayesian statistics to forecast unobservable data by identifying underlying patterns required to predict future values. Back-testing results (in which the number of times VaR or ES forecasted too low a value to cover the following day's market loss is compared with the prescribed confidence level) indicate that the Kalman filter is a reliable and robust contender in the volatility framework milieu, outperforming GARCH, EWMA and equally weighted measures of volatility in both volatile and calm market conditions.…”
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Policing across divides: a comparative study of police practices in Nyanga and Sea Point by Schick, Cornelius Georg

“…The study finds that policing practices in Nyanga, an area characterised by low socio-economic status and high crime rates, are predominantly reactive, with a strong focus on crime suppression. …”
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Fatigue Behaviour of CFRP Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beams by James, Valontino Ruwhellon

“…It was possible to capture the crack patterns early in the test period when the crack growth rate and development of new cracks was high using DIC. …”
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Proposed spatial development framework and precinct framework for George, Western Cape by Narainne, Guillaume Jean-Robert

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The experience of money and the domestic moral economy of a group of young adults in Khayelitsha and their transition to adulthood by Spyropoulos, John

“…This thesis interprets how their low wage irregular employment and spending patterns affect relationships of mutuality and the dynamics of redistribution in their households. …”
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Seasonality and mineral, chemical and optical properties of dust storms in the Sistan region of Iran, and their influence on human health

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The economics of tobacco control in some African countries by Chelwa, Grieve

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Investigating the trophic ecologies of early life stages of small pelagic fishes in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem by Horton, Matthew

“…Despite fisheries management interventions, stocks of sardine have been low for the past decade following consecutive years of poor recruitment. …”
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Contribution of the local food environment to the food choices of black urban adults in Mamelodi Pretoria

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Investigation of the microbial community composition and functional potential in Namib Desert soils

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Inter- and intraspecific variation in foraging ecology of sympatric fur seals Arctocephalus gazella and Arctocephalus tropicalis from Marion Island

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