BACKGROUND : Chronic non-communicable disease comorbidities are a major problem faced by people living with HIV (PLHIV). Obesity is an important factor contributing to such comorbidities and PLHIV face an elevated risk of ...
PURPOSE : This study delves into the inadequacies of the traditional budgeting process and their role in instigating budgetary slacking behaviour within organisations. It aims to unveil the underlying mechanisms behind ...
Engemann, Kristine; Breed, Christina A.; Brom, Peta; Pasgaard, Maya(Springer, 2024-06)
Rapid urbanization is projected for African cities at the cost of urban green space, which could jeopardize biodiversity and human benefits. Studies focusing specifically on human–green space relationships in the Global ...
Haneklaus, Nils H.; Mwalongo, Dennis A.; Lisuma, Jacob B.; Amasi, Aloyce I.; Mwimanzi, Jerome; Bituh, Tomislav; Ciric, Jelena; Nowak, Jakub; Ryszko, Urszula; Rusek, Piotr; Maged, Ali; Bilal, Essaid; Bellefqih, Hajar; Qamouche, Khaoula; Brahim, Jamal Ait; Beniazza, Redouane; Mazouz, Hamid; Van der Merwe, E.M. (Elizabet Margaretha); Truter, Wayne; Kyomuhimbo, Hilda Dinah; Brink, Hendrik Gideon; Steiner, Gerald; Bertau, Martin; Soni, Raghav S.; Patwardhan, Ashwin W.; Ghosh, Pushpito K.; Kivevele, Thomas T.; Mtei, Kelvin M.; Waclawek, Stanislaw(Elsevier, 2024-08)
Minjingu phosphate ore is Tanzania's sole domestic supply of phosphorus (P). The ore contains medium to high concentrations of naturally occurring P2O5 (20–35 %) and relevant concentrations of uranium and rare earth elements ...
Nemakhavhani, Ndamulelo(University of Pretoria, 2023-06)
The information age has been a critical driver in the impressive advancement of Natural
Language Processing (NLP) applications in recent years. The benefits of these applications have
been prominent in populations with ...
The human language is cryptic since words can be interpreted differently based upon the context within which they occur. The exact meaning of a particular word in its context might be
trivial for humans who are generally ...
Matloga, Mokgadi Penelope(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)
Understanding public sentiment is vital for political parties in order for them to be able to structure their
election campaigns around voter expectations. The study focuses on unsupervised learning to assess
the variation ...
Govender, Elisha A.; Van der Lingen, Elma(AOSIS, 2024-07)
BACKGROUND: Collaborations with external partners such as startups have been shown to bring
agile and consumer-centric advantages to businesses to allow for future-proofing benefits as
well as improve the rankings of ...
In many Sub-Saharan countries, the advancement of public transport is frequently overshadowed
by more prioritised sectors, highlighting the need for innovative approaches to enhance both the
Quality of Service (QoS) and ...
AISI 301LN metastable austenitic stainless steels (MASSs) are known to exhibit high work-hardening rates attributed to martensite evolution during straining which results in the second-phase strengthening mechanism. This ...
A cursory glance at Italian Renaissance gardens reveals that they are populated by the beings of classical mythology. Venus, Apollo, Pegasus, Hercules, … are frozen figures in stone that have come to characterise the ...
Nchachi, Carel Kagiso(University of Pretoria, 2021)
The judicial system is the central pillar of law and order across the world. It is re-
sponsible for maintaining order amongst citizens and also solving litigations that arise.
Although this system has worked quite well, ...
Social media creates an echo chamber effect that is closely related to social movement theory,
which aims to mobilise people to change society. In South Africa, there has been an increase
in protests that appear to have ...
O'Connell, Johan; Steyn, Wynand Jacobus Van der Merwe; Maina, J.W. (James)(Elsevier, 2024-12)
Ageing has a profound effect on pavement performance, especially regarding cracking. Due to budgetary constraints, South Africa has pioneered the use of thin asphalt concrete layers. The research described in this paper ...
This study focused on presenting the newly developed growth model for bacterial species present in a petrochemical processing plant in South Africa. The findings of the study serve as a theoretical basis for future experiments ...
Several city logistics initiatives focus on lowering last-mile deliveries’ environmental impacts. And here, the impact is often the total (absolute) pollutants emitted by urban goods vehicles and the population's exposure ...