Determination of shakedown boundary and fitness-assessment-diagrams of cracked pipe bends by ElSaadany, Mostafa

“…The current research outcomes include the determination of shakedown boundary for a circumferentially cracked 90-degree pipe bend via a simplified technique utilizing the finite element method, and introduction of Failure-Assessment-Diagrams (FAD) in compliance with the API 579 Failure-for-Service assessment of pressure vessel and piping components. …”
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Assessing Artificial Intelligence Readiness of Faculty in Higher Education: Comparative Case Study of Egypt by Ali, Ayatallah

“…The research adopts a mixed-method approach, using in-depth interviews with 46 faculty members from 10 different universities to gather the primary data for this research. …”
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Experiences of social service professionals in the iLembe Municipality in rendering services to children with disabilities by Shekwa, Portia Phumla

“…The non-probability sampling method was used for the selection of participants. …”
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study by Kopeledi, Mosa

“…The thematic analysis utilized in the study, reveals that participants do not believe that the objectives of IIPSA were met due to a Mis- alignment in expectations between the European Union and the SA stakeholders. …”
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study by Kopeledi, Mosa

“…The thematic analysis utilized in the study, reveals that participants do not believe that the objectives of IIPSA were met due to a Mis- alignment in expectations between the European Union and the SA stakeholders. …”
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Enforcement of refugee rights in South Africa through public interest litigation in the spirit of Ubuntu by Baldauf, Marie Charlotte

“…The dissertation proposes a solution through the exploration of public interest litigation (PIL) as a method to support refugees in asserting their rights. …”
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Methodology investigations for the synthesis of biologically important nitrogen-containing heterocycles by Dobah, Farhaan

“…Overall, this thesis provides an insight into the utility of both transition metal and photocatalysed radical chemistry and serves to deepen the understanding of the underlying mechanistic pathways for both.…”
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Circular economy of fashion: benefits and challenges for French micro and small brands by Dupont, Hadrien

“…This method depicted a rich, multifaceted perspective on the challenges intrinsic to circular business models in the fashion domain. …”
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Parental perceptions of the social development of chilren in early childhood : a collective case study in Southern Mozambique

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Theoretical study of variable viscosity nanofluids flow in microchannels by Monaledi, Ramotjaki

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Laboratory Detection and Gene Cassette Stability of the Novel Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase, GES-2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Predictive Maintenance of Wind Turbines: Remaining Useful Life Estimation Using a BPSO-Optimized Attention-Based CNN-BiLSTM Approach by Hawas, Eman Khaled

“…To novelize this approach, several features were added; an attention mechanism is utilized to ensure that the most informative features are given greater weight. …”
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Invert sugar from sugar cane molasses : a pilot plant study by Stolz, Hendrik Nicolaas Petrus

“…Process integration was done so as to obtain the optimum utility consumption. The utility consumption of the plant does not exceed the capacity available at the mill. …”
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An investigation into the qualities of new and field aged cycloaliphatic epoxide insulation in the Republic of South Africa by Van der Merwe, Neil

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The design and optimization of a system using an induction motor driven pump, powered by solar panels by Davies, J L

“…This is only marginally less than the efficiency found in DC systems where a DC-DC converter is required to drive the motor. The control method for the system incorporated a method of maximizing the water delivery. …”
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Quantifying balance for casual inference: An information theoretic perspective by Oyenubi, Adeola

“…GenMatch optimized balance by reweighting covariates. This method compares balance in different (weighted) samples iteratively until balance can no longer be improved. …”
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