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Combining historical remote sensing, digital soil mapping and hydrological modelling to produce solutions for infrastructure damage in Cosmo City, South Africa
(MDPI, 2020)Urbanization and hydrology have an interactive relationship, as urbanization changing the hydrology of a system and the hydrology commonly causing structural damage to the infrastructure. Hydrological modelling has been ... -
Combining physicochemical properties and microbiome data to evaluate the water quality of South African drinking water production plants
(Public Library of Science, 2020)Anthropogenic activities in catchments used for drinking water production largely contaminates source waters, and this may impact the quality of the final drinking water product. These contaminants may also affect taxonomic ... -
Combining scenario and historical data in the loss distribution approach: a new procedure that incorporates measures of agreement between scenarios and historical data
(Infopro Digital Risk Limited, 2015)Many banks use the loss distribution approach in their advanced measurement models to estimate regulatory or economic capital. This boils down to estimating the 99.9% value-at-risk of the aggregate loss distribution and ... -
Combining the export promotion of products and services: the case of South Africa
(UNISA, 2014)With the trade in services playing an increasingly important role in boosting economic growth and development in many countries, governments and business entities - particularly in developing countries - should be devoting ... -
Commemoration, communion and courage, not celebration: public prophetic theology 500 years after the Reformation
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017)Five hundred years after the Reformation, it is tempting to celebrate this influential and significant event. The Reformation, however, as an incident which also tore apart the Church, should be commemorated, but not ... -
Comments on the constitutional protection of religion in Swaziland
(Juta Law, 2008)Comparable to the South African legal system, the Swazi legal system has the characteristics of a dual legal system. Though the common law of Swaziland is Roman-Dutch law, Swazi customary law has a firm hold in the Swazi ... -
Comments on: Tests for multivariate normalit: a critical review with emphasis on weighted L2 -statistics
(Springer, 2020)We discuss extension of the BHEP test to more general families of distributions -
Comments: a review of testing procedures based on the characteristic function
(SASA, 2016)First of all, we would like to congratulate the author for writing this interesting and timely review paper on testing procedures based on the empirical characteristic function. The exposition of the ideas and methods is ... -
Commicarpus pentandrus
(National Botanical Institute (South Africa), 2013)This is the first species of the Nyctaginaceae to be illustrated in Flowering Plants of Africa. It is commonly known as the four o’clock family, as most members have flowers that open in the late afternoon to early evening. ... -
Commodity derivative transaction comparability: evidence from South Africa
(Clute Institute, 2012)Financial statements are used by investors and financiers in their investment or financing decisions. The accounting treatment of individual transactions is reflected in the annual financial statements; therefore, similar ... -
Commodity prices and stock market performance in South Africa
(Virtus Interpress, 2014)As an export based economy, commodity prices and stock market performances are always a course for concern in the South African economy. This paper investigates the effects of the commodity prices and selected macroeconomic ... -
Common and rare single nucleotide polymorphisms in the LDLR gene are present in a black South African population and associate with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
(Nature Publishing Group, 2014)The LDL receptor has an essential role in regulating plasma LDL-C levels. Genetic variation in the LDLR gene can be associated with either lower or moderately raised plasma levels of LDL-C, or may cause familial ... -
Common heritage: saving the environment for humankind or exploiting resources in the name of eco-imperialism?
(IFCOL, 2008)Humankind is threatened by global environmental problems. Several scholars and states have therefore proposed the application of the 'common heritage of mankind' (CHM) principle to areas that fall within the territories ... -
Common injuries among javelin throwers: a 10-year overview (2007-2016)
(LAM Publications, 2017)The sport of javelin throwing is a popular track and field competition enjoyed by many spectators and athletes and performed at both national and international levels. It has gained popularity in the IAAF (International ... -
Common law crimes and indigenous customs: Dealing with the issues in south african law
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Common variants and haplotypes in the TF, TNF–a, and TMPRSS6 genes are associated with iron status in a female black South African population1-3
(American Society for Nutrition, 2015)Background: It is unknown whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), associated with iron status in European and Asian populations, have the same relation within the African population. Objectives: We investigated ... -
Common variants associated with type 2 diabetes in a black South African population of Setswana descent: African populations diverge
(American Society for Nutrition, 2015)The increasing worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a serious global health concern. Although T2D has a strong genetic etiology, limited knowledge exists about the common variants associated with" it ... -
Communalism and hospitality in African urban congregations: Pastoral care challenges and possible responses
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Communalism and hospitality in African urban congregations: pastoral care challenges and possible responses
(University of South Africa, 2009)This article investigates the problem behind the protracted crisis of how hospitality ought to be understood and practised in the urbanised and pluralistic congregations of Zambian Society ("the problem of hospitality"). ...