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Some nematodes of the genus Rhabdias Stiles et Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) parasitising amphibians in French Guiana
(Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 2015)Based on material collected from Rhinella cf. margaritifera (Laurenti) and Rhi. marina (Linnaeus) (Anura: Bufonidae) during a parasite survey of the herpetofauna of French Guiana, updated descriptions of Rhabdias androgyna ... -
Some new results on the empirical copula estimator with applications
(Elsevier, 2013)We derive the joint distribution of the ranks associated with a given bivariate random sample. Using these results, exact non-asymptotic expressions and asymptotic expansions for the mean and variance of the classical ... -
Some perspectives on constitutional conflict in local disaster management through the lens of Pheko v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 2012 2 SA 598 (CC)
(VerLoren Van Themaat Centre / Unisa Press, 2013)Socially created vulnerabilities are largely ignored in the hazards and disaster literature because they are so difficult to measure and quantify. Social vulnerability is partially a product of social inequities – those ... -
Some physical and chemical characteristics of calcium lignosulphonate-bound coal fines
(SAIMM, 2018)Low-cost calcium lignosulphonate (CL), which is a byproduct of theWOOD pulping industry, was investigated as a potential binder during laboratoryscale pelletization of inertinite-rich high-ash coal fines from the ... -
Some Quinoxalin-6-yl derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in hydrochloric acid: experimental and theoretical studies
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2015)The inhibition of mild steel corrosion in 1 M HCl by some quinoxalin-6-yl derivatives namely 1-[3-phenyl-5-quinoxalin-6-yl-4,5-dihydropyrazol-1-yl]butan-1-one (PQDPB), 1-(3-phenyl-5-(quinoxalin-6-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyraz ... -
Some recent response to neoliberalism and its view on education
(AOSIS, 2017)This article is about developments that are on the rise in response to the global hegemony of the neoliberal approach to life in general and education in particular. After an outline of what neoliberalism entails and how ... -
Some recent responses to neoliberalism and its views on education
(AOSIS, 2017)This article is about developments that are on the rise in response to the global hegemony of the neoliberal approach to life in general and education in particular. After an outline of what neoliberalism entails and how ... -
Some reflections on the 'new covenant' in Hebrews 12:24
(AOSIS, 2016)In Hebrews 12:24 Jesus is called the Mediator of a διαθήκη νέα [new covenant], instead of aδιαθήκη καινή, as elsewhere in the New Testament. This peculiar reference to the new covenantis investigated within its relation ... -
Some self-orthogonal codes related to Higman's Geometry
(Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2016)We examine some self-orthogonal codes constructed from a rank-5 primitive permutation representation of degree 1100 of the sporadic simple group HS of Higman-Sims. We show that Aut(C)=HS:2, where C is a code of dimension ... -
Some thoughts on environmental claims in liquidation
(J.H. de Bussy, 2013)The purpose of this note is to establish if it is ever possible, after completion of the liquidation process, to recover the balance of a claim for damages not fully paid during the liquidation of an insolvent company. ... -
Some thoughts on the Meaning and Application of Commercial Insolvency in Winding-up Proceedings Involving Contingent Creditors Absa Bank v Hammerle Group 2015 (5) SA 215 (SCA)
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017)The winding up of companies is dually governed by the Companies Act (71 of 2008, hereinafter “the Companies Act 2008”) and the relevant provisions of the repealed Companies Act (61 of 1973, hereinafter “the Companies Act ... -
Some variables influencing academic achievement : reading, motivation, learning strategies, learning approaches
(University of Venda, 2017)The low throughput and high drop-out rates at contact institutions are of concern as this leads to small percentages of qualified students available for the labour market. In order to address this problem, it is essential ... -
Somewhere between Rhetoric and Reality: environmental constitutionalism and the rights of nature in Ecuador
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Today, numerous constitutions provide for a rights-based approach to environmental protection. Based as they are on an instrumentalist rationality that seeks to promote human entitlements to nature, the majority of these ... -
‘Son of man’ in the Gospel of Mark
(AOSIS, 2017)What are the origin and source, as well as the meaning of the term Son of man as it appears in Mark? Is the background of the term to be found in the Old Testament, in Ezekiel and Daniel 7, or in the apocalyptic figure ... -
Songs of struggle: dominance and resistance in Venda ngano song narratives
(NISC Pty Ltd, 2007)Characterisation in Venda ngano song narratives affirms social identity as comprising multiple divergent social roles that are situationally enacted. Such characterisation subverts the notion of structure as the fixed, ... -
Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng's Leetong: a metonymy for political repression in South Africa
(UNISA Press co-publishing agreement with Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2012)Mofokeng's volume of short stories, Leetong [On a Journey], is traditionally read as satire on repression in general and on South Africa in particular. The title, Leetong, has become a part of the conceptual political ... -
Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng's Leetong: a metonymy for political repression in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Mofokeng’s volume of short stories, Leetong [On a Journey], is traditionally read as satire on repression in general and on South Africa in particular. The title, Leetong, has become a part of the conceptual political ... -
Sopie: an R package for the non-parametric estimation of the off-pulse interval of a pulsar light curve
(Oxford Univ Press, 2016)An automated tool to derive the off-pulse interval of a light curve originating from a pulsar is needed. First, we derive a powerful and accurate non-parametric sequential estimation technique to estimate the off-pulse ... -
Soteriology on the interface of traditional African religion and Christianity: engaging Bediako's soteriology and a soteriological alternative
(AOSIS, 2016)Many African scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, Mbiti, Bediako and others have posed a question about the interrelationship between traditional African religion and Christianity. Some scholars tend to exalt traditional African ...