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The correlation between levels of physical activity, academic performance and self-esteem in grade 4 children in a South African private school

Dryden, Loraine (University of Pretoria, 2017)

The study of self-esteem has spanned more than a century, with theorists approaching it from many and varied standpoints. This study aimed to examine the relationship between physical activity, self-esteem and academic ...

Optimal sensor placement approaches for the design of inverse experiments by simulation

Chae, Younghwan (University of Pretoria, 2017)

This dissertation serves to present the research conducted on sensor placement optimisation (SPO) using sensitivity analyses of virtual experiments in order to design virtual inverse problems. Two classes of SPO methods ...

Investigating the application of Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) for mitigating power transmission line losses

Aduragba, Adebiyi Abayomi (Durban University of Technology, 2017)

Voltage instability and increased power loss on transmission lines are major challenges in power transmission due to ever increasing load growth. This work investigates the effect of Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) ...

Wild and domestic animals as reservoirs of antibiotic resistant escherichia coli in South Africa

King, Tracy Leigh Bridget (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2017)

The influence of mycobacterium tuberculosis on B cells during disease and treatment response

du Plessis, Willem Jacques (Stellenbosch University, 2016)

A resource flow typology of African cities

Currie, Paul Klugman (Stellenbosch University, 2015)

Global urbanisation trends predict a future in which the already overburdened cities of Africa and Asia will house the bulk of the two billion new people born by 2050. This second wave of urbanisation will increase resource ...

Extended information processing of technology education learners during the early phases of the design process

Blom, Nicolaas Willem (University of Pretoria, 2016)

The purpose of my study was to describe the manner in which Grade 9 technology learners typically accessed and used information sources during the early phases of their design processes. I did this by using an Extended ...

Power series expansion of the Jost function on the complex angular momentum plane

Tshipi, John Tshegofatso (University of Pretoria, 2016)

The aim of this research is to develop a method for expanding the Jost functions as a Taylor-type power series on the complex angular momentum plane. From this method in conjunction with the Watson transformation, we ...

Social recognition and telencephalic binding sites of oxytocin in a solitary and a social otomyine species

Goldner, Gerhard Tobias (University of Pretoria, 2016)

This study examined the sociality of two phylogenetically closely related otomyine, murid rodent species that display differences in social behaviour in the wild. A fundamental characteristic of sociality in mammals is the ...

Molecular genetic analyses of antipsychotic pharmacogenes in a South African first episode schizophrenia cohort

Higgins, Faatiemah (Stellenbosch University, 2015)

Antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia is often accompanied by distressing adverse effects and a high relapse rate. Although pharmacogenetic research has identified some promising candidate pharmacogenes, these remain ...

Immunological tools for the characterization of the humoral immune response to Mycobacterium bovis infection in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)

McFadyen, Ross (Stellenbosch University, 2016)

Investigating the potentially expanded target repertoire of murinized Internalin of Listeria monocytogenes

Ndima, Daniel, S. (University of Pretoria, 2016)

The ability of intracellular pathogens to invade and spread from non-phagocytic cell to another is an imperative mechanism broadly investigated in cellular biology. Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) –one example of intracellular ...

Steady-state analysis of continuous succinic acid fermentations by actinobacillus succinogenes

Bradfield, Michael Ford Alexander (University of Pretoria, 2016)

Succinic acid (SA) is poised to become a significant building-block or platform chemical in the bio-based economy. Of the microbial strains that show promise for biological SA production, the wild-type bacterium Actinobacillus ...

The influence of environmental variability on the catch of chokka, Loligo reynaudii, off the coast of South Africa

Joyner, Jessica Mary (Rhodes University, 2015)

Globally, cephalopod fisheries are being relied on more heavily due to the depletion of longer-lived teleost species. The South African chokka squid (Loligo reynaudii) fishery is a case in point. Although previously numerous ...

Exploring stakeholder inclusivity in the development of the South African national policy on basic education

Mabusela, Queen Simangele (University of Pretoria, 2017)

This study explores the necessity of stakeholder inclusivity, particularly the inclusivity of teachers, in the development of the national policy pertaining to the programme and promotion requirements of the National ...

Solubility and dissolution testing of selected sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine mixtures

Holtzkamp, Ilze (North-West University, 2016)

Although malaria is an age old disease it continues to plague mankind especially in the African regions. Pregnant women are more likely to be infected with malaria due to the hormonal changes with more severe symptoms and ...

The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the apologue: Three studies in repetition

Williams, Hamish (University of Cape Town, 2016)

This dissertation engages in a close reading and analysis of the Apologue of Homer's Odyssey; specifically, I am concerned with characterizing the nature of xeinoi situations or interactions in these books - that is, the ...

Molecular aspects of exploited sharks in South Africa: multiple paternity and identification of novel molecular markers

Rossouw, Charne (Stellenbosch University, 2015)

Sharks have existed for the past 400 million years and play an important role in the oceanic ecosystem as they occupy the upper categories of the food web. Since the 1920s they have been fished on a commercial scale as ...

Towards the Development of a medium-throughput assay to investigate the kinetics of β-Haematin formation in the rresence of divers Inhibitors

Fitzroy, Sharne-Mare (Stellenbosch University, 2015)

Preparation, training and support requirements of expatriate trailing spouses

Webber, Emma-Louise (University of Pretoria, 2016)

Globalisation has led to an increased need for MNEs to expand their operations and appoint expatriate managers in foreign countries. The failure of these expatriates has been identified as a major concern for multinationals, ...