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Uniform in bandwidth consistency of kernel estimators of the density of mixed data
(Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2015)
We establish a general uniform in bandwidth consistency result for kernel estimators of the unconditional and conditional joint density of a distribution, which is defined by a mixed discrete and continuous random variable
The leisure and sport participation patterns of high school learners in Potchefstroom
(University of Stellenbosch, 2011)
Leisure and sport activities are thought to be developmentally important because it provides opportunities for skill development and the formation of social relationships during adolescence. Added to this the number and ...
A motivation based typology of open-water swimmers
(University of Stellenbosch, 2011)
People travel to destinations for different reasons and the same applies to sporting events. To fulfil the needs of athletes and ensure that the event remains competitive, it is important to understand the needs of different ...
A narratological perspective on Douglas Livingstone's A littoral zone (1991)
(AOSIS, 2010)
This article explores aspects of the contemporary South African poet Douglas Livingstone's "A littoral zone" (1991) from a narratological point of view, leaning largely on Peter Hühn's narratological concept of the event ...
A discourse model of affect for text-to-speech synthesis
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2013)
This paper introduces a model of affect to improve prosody in text-to-speech synthesis. It operates on the discourse level of text to predict the underlying linguistic factors that contribute towards emotional appraisal, ...
Life and worldview: development and transformation – The case of the Lamba of the Masaiti region in Zambia
(AOSIS, 2010)
This article reports on a case study regarding the development and educational transformation of a subgroup of the Lamba living in the Masaiti region of the Copper Belt Province of Zambia, where the Foundation for ...
West Africa - a safe haven for frogs? A sub-continental assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd
has been documented across continental Africa, its distribution in West Africa remains ambiguous. ...
Learners’ encounter with archaeological fieldwork: A public participation archaeology account of the East Fort Archaeological Project
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Public Archaeology as a concept is generally defined as civic involvement during the various public phases of Cultural Resources Management. The practice of archaeology in South Africa seldom extends towards public ...
CREAK descriptor evaluation for visual odometry
(IEEE, 2019)
Each year, latest state of the art technologies and algorithms arise that claim and prove to-shine their predecessors. One such algorithm is the Colour-based Retina Key-point (CREAK) descriptor, which is based on the FAST ...
The depletion of narrative resources in the Kenyan trade union movement
(Virtus Interpress, 2015)
We discuss in this study the problems of mobilization and effectiveness faced by Kenyan trade unions. In a country with high levels of unemployment and weak labour legislation, it is imperative that the labour movement ...