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Access the NWU inaugural lectures in this collection. When lecturers are appointed as full professors they give inaugural lectures to present themselves and their area of study to the University and the academic community.
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Chromatin remodeling: the Epigenetics of NRF-l in diabetes & obesity therapeutics / Emmanuel Mukwevho
(North-West University (South Africa). Mahikeng Campus, 2018) -
The Controversial Millennium Problem – Proof that NP=P / Elias Munapo
(North-West University (South Africa). Mahikeng Campus, 2019)The general binary linear programming (BLP) problem is known to be NP Complete. The lecture presents a new approach of transforming any BLP into a convex quadratic programming (CQP) problem. It is known that the CQPs can ... -
The value of academic labour / E.P.J. Kleynhans
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2018) -
South African exports under the microscope: Sub-national and firm-level evidence / Marianne Matthee
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2018) -
Pulsars – Extreme Cosmic Lighthouses / Christo Venter
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom, 2018)Pulsars are ancient, fast-rotating, highly-magnetised neutron stars that radiate across the electromagnetic spectrum. New discoveries by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the gamma-ray band since 2008, combined with ... -
Fostering innovation in the public sector / C Hofisi
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, 2018) -
A role theory perspective on customer citizenship: the self-service encounter / Estelle Van Tonder
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019) -
Turning potential into performance: The missing link in (IS) leadership? / Marius Stander
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)Globally, the business environment and business leadership is increasingly becoming more volatile, uncertain and complex. Leaders need to reconsider the way they think about and manage their businesses. During the 4th ... -
Living as a diakonos of Christ and pastoral care to the narcissistically entitled person / Gert Breed
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)In many research documents, the current age is called the age of entitlement. Closely associated with entitlement is narcissism. When the church encounters such widespread phenomena, she should consider possibilities and ... -
Inclusive education: all about humanity and YET .... / Mirna Nel
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, 2018)Since the adoption of the Universal Human Rights Declaration (UDHR) in 1948 the world has attempted to move towards a more humane society where human rights and social justice were integrated as fundamental principles to ... -
Multimodaling and multilanguaging: charting student (open) access and (communal) success through multiliteracies / J.A.K Olivier
(North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2018)Multiliteracies can support student open access and communal success in the context of multimodaling and multilanguaging and ultimately in the process foster self-directed learning. From academic literature the concerns ... -
A journey through the ‘Nemastonishing’ world of nematodes / Hendrika (Driekie) Fourie
(North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2018)Since my first encounter with nematodes, I was intrigued by these extraordinary, microscopic organisms for which Nobel Prizes have been awarded for groundbreaking research. The quote by Carl Sagan: ‘Somewhere, something ... -
The rise of renewables: can we really afford to stop doing coal research? / Quentin P Campbell
(North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2018) -
Chemical education: the heart of the central science / Helen Patricia Tuckey Drummond
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How cells die / Lissinda Du Plessis
(North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2018)Flow cytometry is a technology that measures and analyzes the optical properties of mono-dispersed single particles, such as cells, bacteria, picoplankton, microbeads, yeast, platelets, nuclei and other similarly-sized ... -
Small but tangible let the feasting begin / Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
(North-West University, Mahikeng, 2018) -
Microeconometric modeling in applied economic research: the pains, pitfalls and paradoxes / Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
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Assessment to support self-directed learning: the case of the NWU / B.J.J. (Kobus) Lombard
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, 2018)This paper revolved around the question: How could the North-West University (NWU) manoeuvre the alignment of assessment to support self-directed learning (SDL) to realise the goals as stated in its Teaching and Learning ... -
Quality-of-life: “I did it my way” / Stèfan Krüger
(North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2018)Quality-of-Life (QoL) as a multidimensional concept has been receiving more attention from a very small group of researchers including myself, especially within the South African context. Main topics for discussion is the ...
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