Essays on determinants spillovers and predictability of the South African stock returns

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The influence of topographical variability on wildfire occurrence and propagation by Christ, Sven

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Plant production of Gonococcal peptide vaccine, candidate peptide display with HPVs by Lindsay, Sarah

“…The immunogenicity of the vaccine candidates was accessed in a mouse model and a further challenge model. The results demonstrated the potential of using VLPs in the display of foreign epitopes in the fight against gonorrhea and HPV. …”
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Interpolation in stationary spatial and spatial-temporal datasets

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Load scheduling with cogeneration and real time pricing

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Improving canteen efficiency through business process improvement and facilities layout planning

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Evaluation of water quality in urban drinking water distribution networks: a case study in Johannesburg, South Africa by Luyaba, Lubabalo

“…It is reasonable to assume that utilities will not always have all the distribution network hydraulic data, but they may still need to model the water quality of these networks with incomplete data (in the interest of protecting public health). …”
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Design flow factors using socioeconomic based synthetic wastewater hydrographs for small communities by Elnakar, Haitham Yousri

“…The socioeconomic characteristics of a community are accounted for by the composition of the community and its social categories, the water use pattern of every category during the various daily activities (weekday and weekend), and the water use facilities (fixtures and appliances) available to the community. The model utilizes different water use patterns by every social group for every appliance during the different day types e.g. weekday and weekend. …”
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City Circular

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Distributed real-time processing using GNU/Linux/libré software and COTS hardware by Van Schalkwyk, Dirko

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Eurobond Performance in Emerging Markets: Do Economic Freedom, Contagion Effects, and Strategic International Relations Matter? by El Rouby, Nourhan

“…The research was able to identify significant determinants of Eurobond prices and credit ratings through utilizing panel data from 20 emerging markets over a period of April 2018 to September 2023 where we applied fixed effects linear regression and ordered logit models. …”
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The ride comfort vs. handling compromise for off-road vehicles

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Machine learning approach for site classification by Brits, Laurence Armand

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Dynamics of co-behaviour of climate processes over Southern Africa by Quagraine, Kwesi Akumenyi

“…Finally, the new insights into evaluating model performance through the lens of core climate processes and their interaction provides a significant step forward in both model development and application for decision making.…”
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How can Cape Flats youth overcome Environmental circumstance by using their Personal potential? by Stoffberg, Max-Gordon

“…The innovative praxis model aiding this connection is the digital network Question Mark Kaffy. …”
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Degradation behaviour of the mechanical properties of bovine cortical bone by Daras, Nicholas

“…A comparison between the material model for cortical bone in the commonly used ‘Total Human Model for Safety' (THUMS) and a strain-rate dependent plasticity material model highlights the advantages of the latter, emphasizing the potential for enhanced simulation accuracy.…”
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Exploring bibliotherapy for pastoral care with adolescents struggling with suicide

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Going it all alone : Africa's potential for delinking from the neoliberal paradigm

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The dynamic effect of macroeconomic factors on housing prices: Evidence from South Africa by Lekhuleni, Thami Innocent

“…This study examines the dynamic short- and long-run causal relationship between South African real house prices and macroeconomic fundamentals (gross domestic product, mortgage rate, exchange rate-USDZAR, affordability, household debt to disposable income, unemployment rate, share prices (JSE ALL share index), foreign direct investment, and producer price index) over the 2000Q1-2019Q4 period. The study utilizes a vector error correction model (VECM) to estimate the short- and long-run causal relationships while accounting for endogeneity and reverse causality. …”
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