Nodal spline error analysis and applications in quadrature by De Swardt, Susan Antoinette

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Drought tolerance studies in spring wheat cultivars produced in South Africa by Strauss, Johannes Abraham

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Camera traps as sensor networks for space-time exploration of terrestrial mammal communities by Bussière, Elsa Marion Sylvie

“…It also highlighted that while some shifts only result from photoperiodism alignment, most are driven by other factors too. Chapter 3 examined temporal-partitioning as a mechanism driving sympatry. …”
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Prediction of the nutritive value of South African maize hybrids for broiler chickens

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The ecology of the aardvark, Orycteropus afer (Tubulidentata - Orycteropodididae)

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High-resolution virtual try-on with garment extraction using generative adversarial networks by Charters, Daniel J

“…In realistic, unpaired conditions, the model achieved an IS of 3.152, an FID of 15.3, and a KID of 0.0063. This is compared to an IS of 3.398, an FID of 11.93, and a KID of 0.0034 achieved by HR-VITON on the same data. …”
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Light Quark Masses from QCD Finite Energy Sum Rules by Mes, Alexes K

“…The results are: ms(2 GeV) = 91.8 ± 9.9 MeV, mu(2 GeV) = 2.6 ± 0.4 MeV, md(2 GeV) = 5.3 ± 0.4 MeV, and the sum mud ≡ (mu + md)/2, is mud(2 GeV) = 3.9 ± 0.3 MeV. …”
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Munster and Minjung : re-reading the Anabaptist Münster kingdom from a perspective of Korean Minjung (common people) theology by Chung, Youjin

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Noise reduction during diffusion tensor imaging of infants by Jordaan, Johannes Petrus

“…Without the foam enclosure, the filtered acquisition with filtered crushers reduced peak sound pressure levels (SPL) by 3.4 and 4 dBA for strong and no fat suppression, respectively, and A-weighted equivalent continuous sound levels (LA,eq) by 2.5 and 2.8 dBA, respectively. …”
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Sorghum grain : development of methodologies for end-use quality evaluation

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Discriminant analysis : a review of its application to the classificationof grape cultivars by Blignaut, Rennette Julia

“…Non-parametrical approaches such as the K-nearest neighbour technique, the kernel method and ranking are briefly discussed. Chapter 3 deals with estimating the probability of misclassification. …”
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How well do buffer circles capture the ranging behaviours of territorial raptors? by Brink, René

“…Lappet-faced Vultures) even buffer circles that were 3 times the size failed to cover 95% of the KDE polygons.…”
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Essays on statistical economics with applications to financial market instability, limit distribution of loss aversion, and harmonic probability weighting functions by Charles-Cadogan, Godfrey

“…We embed the MLA index in the pricing kernel of a behavioural consumption based capital asset pricing model (B-CCAPM) and resolve the equity premium puzzle. …”
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Home range use by Southern Ground-Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) - quantifying seasonal habitat selection and vegetation characteristics by Wyness, William

“…Satellite data were analysed in ArcGIS® 9.3 to quantify habitat selectivity by groups of ground-hornbills at different times of the year to determine a) favoured habitat types, and b) the resolution with which they perceive their environment. …”
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Growth responses, competitiveness and control of Digitaria nuda (Schumach.) in maize (Zea mays)

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Genetic diversity and population structure within Botswana: association with HIV-1 infection by Thami, Prisca Kerapetse

“…No variant set was significantly associated with susceptibility to HIV-1, while sets of novel rare-variants within the ANKRD39 (8.48 x 10- 8 ), LOC105378523 (7.45 x 10-7 ) and GTF3C3 (1.36 x 10-6 ) genes were significantly associated with HIV-1 progression. …”
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Wheat cultivar response to foliar diseases as influenced by different fungicide spray programmes by Shao, Okamelang

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