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Daily hassles, resilience, and burnout of call centre staff / Willem Alfonzo Visser

Visser, Willem Alfonzo (2007)
Data dependent choice of the tuning parameter for the modified bootstrap / L. Santana.

Santana, Leonard (2004)

It is the purpose of this study to investigate a procedure for estimating the tuning parameter, m, in the modified bootstrap (also known as the m-out-of-n bootstrap, the moon bootstrap or the m/n bootstrap). The procedure ...
Data sufficiency analysis for automatic speech recognition / by J.A.C. Badenhorst

Badenhorst, Jacob Andreas Cornelius (2009)

The languages spoken in developing countries are diverse and most are currently under-resourced from an automatic speech recognition (ASR) perspective. In South Africa alone, 10 of the 11 official languages belong to this ...
Dataselektering en –manipulering vir statistiese Engels–Afrikaanse masjienvertaling / McKellar C.A.

McKellar, Cindy. (2011)

Die sukses van enige masjienvertaalsisteem hang grootliks van die hoeveelheid en kwaliteit van die beskikbare afrigtingsdata af. n Sisteem wat met foutiewe of lae–kwaliteit data afgerig is, sal uiteraard swakker afvoer ...
The day-of-the-week effect as a risk for hedge fund managers / André Heymans

Heymans, André (2005)

The day-of-the-week effect is a market anomaly that manifests as the cyclical behaviour of traders in the market. This market anomaly was first observed by M.F.M. Osborne (1959). The literature distinguishes between two ...
A decision framework for automatic teller machine investment :an application to the Nigerian banking sector / A.T. Odewale

Odewale, Abiodun Temitope (2008)
A decision making problem in the banking industry / M.P. Mulaudzi

Mulaudzi, Mmboniseni Phanuel (2007)

The main categories of assets held by banks are risky assets (loans and intangible assets), Treasuries (bonds issued by the national Treasury) and reserves. Our contribution models how decisions about the allocation of ...
A decision support model to identify realistic export opportunities for South Africa / Joseph John Acton Pearson

Pearson, Joseph John Acton (2007)

Export-led economic growth has been an important feature of almost all economies where significant economic growth has taken place over the previous thirty years. After 1994, the achievement of economic growth through the ...
The decline of the Christian church in Turkey in the 15th and 20th century : a church-historical study / Kwi Soon Kim

Kim, Kwi Soon (2010)

This thesis explores the reasons that contributed to the decline of the Christian population during the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires. Furthermore, the study compares the differences and similarities in the causes ...
Deep burn strategy for the optimized incineration of reactor waste plutonium in pebble bed high temperature gas–cooled reactors / Serfontein D.E.

Serfontein, Dawid Eduard. ([2012])

In this thesis advanced fuel cycles for the incineration, i.e. deep–burn, of weapons–grade plutonium, reactor–grade plutonium from pressurised light water reactors and reactor–grade plutonium + the associated Minor Actinides ...
Delay modelling and synchronisation of telecontrol networks / Anthonie C. Cilliers

Cilliers, Anthonie Christoffel (2004)

Eskom, South A6ica's largest supplier of electricity, uses a vast telecommunication network to control and monitor all operations in remote locations such as substations. As Eskom expanded the electricity network across ...
Delictual liability of a bank on the basis of misrepresentation / Inge Lötter

Lötter, Inge (2011)

This study will specifically focus on the delictual liability of a bank where misrepresentation with regards to a letter of comfort is the cause of damages suffered by a client. Ultimately, the goal of this study is to ...
Demand-side energy management of a cascade mine surface refrigeration system / A.J. Schutte

Schutte, Abraham Jacobus (2007)

The investigations focus on load shifting, load clipping and energy efficiency through control strategies. Load shifting is achieved by increasing the amount of work done in the Eskom non-peak period. This then results in ...
Demand side management on an intricate multi-shaft pumping system from a single point of control / Shane Thein

Thein, Shane (2007)
Demand side management opportunities for a typical South African cement plant / Raine Tamsin Lidbetter

Lidbetter, Raine Tamsin (2010)

The South African electrical system is under threat of supply shortage. This is because, in the last decade, the maximum electrical demand has been encroaching on the net maximum capacity and the reserve storage margin has ...
A demand side management study model for an on–off heap leach pad / Nel L.

Nel, Leon Martin (2011)

In today’s world it is imperative to understand that the power demand of industrial and mining operations should be as economical as possible. This is especially necessary with the inevitable depletion of our natural recourses ...
Demographics and beliefs of consumers indicating preference for healthy food or dietary supplements / Wilna Cornelia du Toit

Du Toit, Wilna Cornelia (2003)

Healthy food and/or supplements may be used in the context of a healthy lifestyle or as a means to compensate for an unhealthy lifestyle. Consumers are increasingly taking charge of their health and manipulate food choices ...
Demography as a determinant of an education system for Japan, Nigeria and South Africa / Aupa Ernest Moletsane

Moletsane, Aupa Ernest (1996)

This research is aimed at looking into demography as a determinant of the education system of Japan, Nigeria and South Africa. The various manifestations of this phenomenon as it affects the afore-said countries are ...
Demonstrations as a teaching-learning technique in natural science / Jimson Galebodiwe [i.e. Galabodiwe] Motshoane

Motshoane, Jimson Galabodiwe Rankoko (2006)
Dermal and respiratory exposure to cobalt salts in a packaging area of a base metal refinery / Lelani van der Westhuizen

Van der Westhuizen, Lélani (2010)

Cobalt is a commonly known sensitiser in industrial settings and has been classified by the IARC as a possible group (2B) human carcinogen. Workers at a South African base metal refinery are potentially exposed to cobalt ...