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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Title
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Matabane, Palesa Flory
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
“Forgive me reader. It has been two months since my last confession. Ere I err let me confess that this reasearch is to be understood as a confession and this abstract (also a confession) written after the fact. My confession: ...
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Stroud, Anna Petronella
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
One of the central questions that inspired the creative component of my M.A. in Creative Writing is whether or not a person who experienced sexual violence as a child is able to heal from the trauma.
In popular discourse, ...
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Van der Merwe, San-Mari
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
The conservation of time-based media is seldom straightforward. This is often because the key element in this form of art is not a physical object, but rather its character, message, or how the message is perceived and ...
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Schwarzer, Renier Bernhard
(University of Pretoria, 2012-06-29)
Solid phosphoric acid is a catalyst used for the upgrading of light olefins into fuels. To delve into the mechanism of olefin dimerisation over the catalyst, the oligomerisation of 1- hexene was investigated over a wide ...
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Seabrook, Andrea Lynn
(University of Pretoria, 2010-02-09)
The proposal is to design an information and orientation facility, in the vicinity of Pretoria Station. The proposed design will involve a building that seeks to orientate a tourist/commuter on entering the city, whether ...
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Basson, Hester Magdalena
(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-04)
Everyday communication occurs mostly through speech, thus learners who have little or no functional speech (LNFS) need to augment their communication by using additional communication strategies to ensure that they are ...
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Huguet, Alice Audrey
(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-25)
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) provides many individuals who have little or no functional speech with a means to enter the world of communication. Aided and/or unaided symbols are used as a means of ...
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Haupt, Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 2007-10-04)
Please read the abstract (summary) in the section 00front of this document
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Gerber, Danièlle
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The Ancient Egyptians have always had a strong connection with their animals. This can be seen in the depictions of their gods as well as in their way of writing in hieroglyphics, in which multiple animal figures are used. ...
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Meyer, Marlene
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
This study aimed to identify unique aspects present in the jewellery collections of three royal women, namely Princesses Khnumet, Sit-Hathor, and Mereret. This was done by using the four phase methodology of Van Straten ...
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Modimogale, Lloyd
(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-17)
This mini-dissertation reviews present literature to define ICT and SMEs and determine the current situation in South Africa with regard to the use of ICT by SMEs, including possible benefits to SMEs as well as stumbling ...
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Adegoke, Oyebimpe Oluwatoyin
(University of Pretoria, 2022-11-18)
The rapid expansion of the knowledge society, due mainly to the ubiquity and access of ICT, places a demand on teachers to meet the challenges by acquiring the knowledge needed to make effective use of technology in the ...
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Vilakati, Bongani
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Teachers need to develop 21st Century skills and be competent users of ICT to integrate it successfully in their everyday instruction and learning activities. The goal of this Secondary Data Analysis (SDA) study is to ...
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Herselman, C.F.
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Purpose: The aim of the study was establish if increased information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure investment at the macro level improves the micro level ICT Maturity level within small and medium ...
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Agava, Stanislaus
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Information and Communication Technologies have greatly impacted the general operations of a library. Technological revolution in the library has also had a pronounced impact on librarianship as a profession. This ...
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Mbuyisa, Busisiwe Benedicta
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The role and impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) towards enabling socio-economic development in small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) has received attention from various scholars. South Africa ...
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Marufu, Masiya Passmore Alex
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Health professionals in the developing world face the twin challenge of growing populations requiring services and dwindling resources in the face of reduced funding. Developments in information and communication technologies ...
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Blom, Johanna Petronella
(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-19)
This study deals with the extent to which the South African education and training system reflects in principle, perception and practice, the ideal of an integrated national qualifications framework. It examines the uses ...
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Lee, Wha-Suck
(University of Pretoria, 2004)
The aim of this thesis is to prove the lifting property of zero divisors, n-zero divisors, nilpotent elements and a criteria for the lifting of polynomially ideal elements in C*-algebras. Chapter 1 establishes the foundation ...
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Bouwer, Marc Clement
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The chemical ecology for key insect pests in South Africa's commercial Pinus and Eucalyptus
plantations are explored in this thesis. The main aim was to discover and
characterize semiochemical compounds that explain ...