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Factors that affect the accuracy of text–based language identification
(Elsevier, 2012)
The classification accuracy of text-based language identification depends on several factors, including the size of the text fragment to be identified, the amount of training data available, the classification features and ...
Existential attitudes and Eastern European adolescents' problem and health behaviors: highlighting the role of the search for meaning in life
(Springer Verlag, 2012)
Although the role of existential attitudes in adolescent health-related behavior has received increased attention recently, historically it has been under investigated in the field. The present study focuses on existential ...
Socio-economic determinants of poverty amongst female-headed households in a South African Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2012)
The study reported here used household level data to analyse determinants of household poverty amongst female -headed households in a South African Township of Bophelong. Poverty is defined and then measured for the sampled ...
Modeling the pulse profiles of millisecond pulsars in the second LAT catalog of γ-ray pulsars
(AIP, 2012)
Significant γ-ray pulsations have been detected from ∼40 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) using 3 years of sky-survey data from the Fermi LAT and radio timing solutions from across the globe. We have fit the radio and γ-ray pulse ...
Flourishing functional multilingualism: evidence from language repertoires in the Vaal Triangle region
(De Gruyter, 2012)
Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread ...
A practical quantification of blood glucose production due to high-level chronic stress
(Wiley, 2012)
Blood glucose (BG) is the primary metabolic fuel for, among others, cancer cell progression, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Stress is an important contributor to the amount of BG produced especially by the liver. ...
The design and development of a stented tissue mitral and aortic heart valve replacement for human implantation
(Clinics Cardive, 2012)
A study was conducted into the development of a mitral and aortic heart valve replacement that caters for patients having suffered valve damage due to stenosis or rheumatic fever. The appeal of the valve is that it is ...
What inspires South African student teachers for their future profession?
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)
The need for an inspired professional teacher corps to haul South African school
education out of its current low level of quality was the driving force behind this
project. Its aim was to determine what counted as sources ...
Disaster risk reduction policy for sustainable development in the Southern African development community: a policy perspective
(South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2012)
Africa is prone to disasters due to various factors including natural disasters and upheavals precipitated by humans. Complementary challenges are a vulnerable population and the low levels of economic wellbeing that ...
De innemende verteller Louwrens Penning
(Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek (SAVN), 2012)
Dutch author Louwrens Penning (1854 – 1927) indisputably contributed more than any other novelist
in the Netherlands to the high degree of solidarity with the Boers before, during and after the Anglo-
Boer War 1899 – ...