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Improvement of work-integrated learning through corporate entrepreneurship to enhance return on investment
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Investing and developing talent plays a crucial role in organizations. It is one of the core functions and resource to manage an effective and efficient business, followed by time and finances. Thus in a working environment, ... -
Improvement of XFOIL lift and drag predictions
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)XFOIL is a fast and relatively accurate panel method to analyse 2D airfoil performance. XFOIL has proven itself over many years to be a powerful airfoil design and analysis tool. From the literature and through the various ... -
Improving a biosignature for respiratory chain deficiencies in a South African cohort
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Mitochondria are the cell’s main energy producing site, found in the cytoplasm of nearly all eukaryotic cells. These organelles generate cellular energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), mostly by means of the ... -
Improving academic literacy by teaching collocations
(Stellenbosch University Library and Information Science, 2017)This study explores the effect of teaching collocations on building academic vocabulary and hence improving academic writing abilities. A pre-/post-test experimental design was used to analyse collocations produced in two ... -
Improving access to agricultural finance for emerging farmers in South Africa's North-West Province
(North-West University (South Africa), 2013)The aim of the study was to determine factors hindering access to financial services by emerging farmers in North-West Province of South Africa. Inadequate access to finance may have a negative impact on the economic growth ... -
Improving access to justice through compulsory student work at university law clinics
(2013)In this paper an analysis is offered of compulsory so-called "live client" clinical legal education as part of the LLB as a means of improving access to justice for the indigent. This study first explores the factors which ... -
Improving access to justice through law graduate post-study community service in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2020)Access to justice for all in South Africa, as most clearly set out in sections 34 and 35 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, is necessary to realise various other fundamental rights and to improve ... -
Improving air distribution in deep-level mine ventilation systems
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Improving underground mine conditions results in fewer ventilation-related fatalities and increases productivity. The objective of a subsurface ventilation system is to ensure sufficient quantity and quality of airflow in ... -
Improving by-product gas utilisation in steel milling operations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Iron and steel manufacturing are energy-intensive processes. Rising energy and operational costs have placed South African steel manufacturers under financial strain, while they struggle to remain afloat within an extremely ... -
Improving cold chain logistics through RFID temperature sensing and predictive modelling
(IEEE, 2016)The global Cold Chain Logistics (CCL) industry has grown in size with significant positive impact on the GDP of many economies. It however stills suffers from poorly managed service level agreements, inadequate cold chain ... -
Improving community involvement in biodiversity conservation in southern and South Africa : a legal analysis
(North-West University, 2010)Traditionally the approach to nature conservation in South Africa was a colonialist one, which centred on the notion that the exclusion of rural people from protected areas would result in the best possible protection of ... -
Improving comprehension in physical science through mother–tongue subtitling in secondary education
(North-West University, 2012)Research and the literature show that there is a culture of failure in science subjects in South African schools. Among many factors responsible for this state of affairs, it is assumed that lack of language proficiency ... -
Improving contaminated sewage sludge : an experiment based assessment of selected treatment options for the SASOL sewage works in Sasolburg (South Africa)
(North-West University, 2007)Sasol Chemical Industries (SCI) located in Sasolburg, South Africa (SA), have since the early fifties produced fuels and waxes commercially, and recently diversified to produce a wider range of other chemicals. The Sasol ... -
Improving Cowpea production in North West Province using endophytic bacteria and fungi
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Providing adequate, nutritious and safe food for human race is a huge challenge in the light of the rising cost of living, corona virus pandemic, climatic changes, high energy cost and war. The means of taken care of the ... -
Improving credit risk measurement and management : a new application of statistical techniques
(North-West University, 2017)In an ever-growing economy, increased competition and pressures for increased revenue has led financial institutions to search for more effective ways to attract creditworthy clients. Since the 1950s, credit scoring has ... -
Improving customer satisfaction, layalty and retention through relationship marketing : the case of Botswana railways
(2010)Relationship marketing reduces emphasis on the sales focus that organizations traditionally place on profitability, shifting towards a campaign that emphasizes customer relations and retention. The aim of this study is ... -
Improving data management for environmental reporting in the gold mining industry
(Stellenbosch Univ, 2019)Environmental reporting is a realistic alternative for mines to prioritise operational changes in crucial environmental areas. Gold mines report to multiple platforms – i.e., integrated reporting. All these platforms ... -
Improving data quality and management in one South African SME for data analytics
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)In today’s competitive and complex environments, organisations are collecting enormous amounts of data that require intelligent systems and technologies for storage, management, integration, processing, analysing and usage ... -
Improving demand-side pressure of compressed air distribution networks in mines
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)The Platinum Group Mining industry is a large contributor to South Africa’s economy. Approximately 90% of the world’s remaining platinum group metals are in South Africa, with 54% of the global palladium & platinum mined ... -
Improving disaster risk reduction capacity of District Civil Protection Units in managing veld fires: A case of Mangwe District in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)This article analysed disaster risk reduction capacity of District Civil Protection Units (DCPUs) in managing veld fires in Mangwe District of Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. Veld fires have resulted in unnecessary ...