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The causes of conflict in public and private sector organizations in South Africa

Van Tonder, Chris; Havenga, Werner; Visagie, Jan (University of Primorska Faculty of Management, 2008)
A celebration of book history in Africa

Gouws, John (Institute for the study of English in Africa, 2008)
Centre‐based and expedition‐based (wilderness) adventure experiential learning regarding personal effectiveness: an explorative enquiry

Ellis, Susanna Maria; Strydom, Hermanus; Meyer, Charle du Plessis; Greffrath, Gustav (Taylor & Francis, 2011)

The purpose of this study is to compare a centre‐based adventure programme (CBAP) with an expedition‐based wilderness programme (EBWP) with regard to personal effectiveness. In comparing these two programmes, this study ...
Centripetal fat patterning in Nigeria children

De Ridder, Johannes; Goon, D T; Toriola, A L; Shaw, B S; Shaw, I; Amusa, L O; Wuam, S (AFAHPER-SD, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to examine age and gender differences in waist-stature ratio (WSR) as a measure of centripetal fat patterning in Nigerian children. A cross-sectional study of 2015 children, aged 9-12 years ...
CFD applications in the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Project: a decade of progress

Kleingeld, Marius; Janse van Rensburg, Jacobus Johannes (Elsevier, 2011)

Of all the systems and components that have to be designed for a nuclear plant, the Reactor Unit is the most significant since it is at the very heart of the plant. At Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd. (PBMR), the ...
A CFD method to evaluate the integrated influence of leakage and bypass flows on the PBMR reactor unit

Janse van Rensburg, Jacobus J; Kleingeld, Marius (Elsevier, 2010)
The challenge of conserving amphibian megadiversity in Madagascar

Andreone, Franco; Weldon, Che; Du Preez, Louis; Mercurio, Vincenzo; Carpenter, Angun I; Cox, Neil; Knox, David; Vieites, David R (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2008)
Challenges faced by divergent ICT schools regarding branding and establishing research foci. Panel discussion held at SACLA 2010, Cullinan, 4-6 June 2010.

Kroeze, Jan H; Pretorius, Philip D; Gilliland, Sonja; Kirlidog, Melih; Seymour, Lisa (2010)

The audience will be informed about the process of establishing a new research niche area in a School of Information Technology situated on the Vaal Triangle Campus (VTC) of the North-West University (NWU). The School ...
Challenges to cosmic ray modeling: From beyond the solar wind termination shock

Potgieter, Marthinus S (Elsevier, 2008)
Chandra and HESS observations of the supernova remnant CTB 37B

De Jager, Ocker; Raubenheimer, Barend; Venter, Christo; Holleran, Mathew; Busching, I; Aharonian, F (EDP sciences, 2008)
Change in religious ideology in the book of Judith

Hobyane, Risimati Synod; Jordaan, Pierre Johan (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, 2010)
Changes in coronary heart disease risk profile of adults with intellectual disabilities following a physical activity intervention

Moss, Sarah J (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)

Background Regular physical activity is one of the modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). With an increasing age profile and similar patterns of morbidity to the general population, persons with ...
Changes to the organic functional groups of an inertinite rich medium rank bituminous coal during acid treatment processes

Bunt, John Reginald; Raghoo, Monica; Schobert, Harold Harris; Strydom, Christiena Adriana (Elsevier Science, 2011)

A South African inertinite rich medium rank bituminous coal was subjected to a series of acid treatment steps using concentrations of HF and HNO3 ranging between 1.5 and 4 M, temperatures between 65 and 80 °C and reaction ...
The changing academic profession in higher education and new managerialism and corporatism in South Africa

Wolhuter, Charste (UNISA Press, 2008)
Changing the habits of Namibian community social workers: an experiment in training

Herbst, Alida Glaudina; Weyers, Michael Louie (Unisa Press, 2011)

Two recent studies have shown that highly effective community practitioners exhibit eight habits that set them apart from the rest. The question arose whether these habits could also be instilled in other, less effective ...
Channel inclusion of primary alcohols in isostructural solvates of the antiretroviral nevirapine: An X-ray and thermal analysis study

Liebenberg, Wilna; Stieger, Nicole; Wessels, Johanna Christina; Samsodien, Halima; Caira, Mino R (Springer Science+Business Media, 2010)
Characterisation of and exposure of workers to tailings dust at South African platinum mines

Franken, Anja; Eloff, Frederik; Du Plessis, Johannes; Van Aarde, Michiel; Laubscher, Petrus; Booysen, J (Mine Ventiliation Society of South Africa, 2009)

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has conducted research to improve the ventilation of large-opening mines whose entries are at least 93m2 (1,000 ft2). The ventilation of large-opening mines ...
Characterisation of enterococci and Escherichia coli isolated from commercial and communal pigs from Mafikeng in the North-West Province, South Africa

Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos; Moneoang, Modisane Simon (2009)
Characterisation of Escherichia coli O157 strains from humans, cattle and pigs in the North-West Province, South Africa

Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos; Ateba, Collins Njie (Elsevier Science Limited, 2008)
Characterisation of the inorganic chemistry of surface waters in South Africa

Huizenga, Jan Marten (Water Research Commission, 2011)

The main purpose of this study was to determine a simple inorganic chemistry index that can be used for all surface waters in South Africa, in order to characterise the inorganic chemistry of surface waters. Water quality ...