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Improving school governance through participative democracy and the law
(Educational Association of South Africa (EASA), 2011)There is an inextricable link between democracy, education and the law. After 15 years of constitutional democracy, the alarming percentage of dysfunctional schools raises questions about the efficacy of the system of local ... -
Improving SME access to finance in the North–West Province of South Africa
(North-West University, 2009)The purpose of this study is to provide empirical, qualitative evidence concerning the factors within the supply, demand and institutional support environments that hinder SME access to finance as well as the interventions ... -
Improving some cognitive functions, specifically executive functions in grade R learners
(Sage, 2014)This study established the effects of a researcher-developed curriculum-based intervention programme. The intervention was grounded on principles of Feuerstein’s ideas about ‘mediated learning’. The aim of the intervention ... -
Improving the contribution of foreign voluntourists in South Africa : The importance of training and supervision
(AOSIS, 2020)The market for voluntourism from the Western world to developing countries is on the rise. Voluntourists are mainly young people who combine travel with volunteering in educational, early childhood development, environmental ... -
Improving the decoding efficiency of Matrix Network Coding
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)To reach the maximum flow capacity of a network, network coding can be used. There are various implementations of network coding. The most widely used method of network coding is Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC). RLNC, ... -
Improving the efficiency of single phase asynchronous machines
(EE Publishers, 2014)Globally around 40% of the electricity supplied to the industrial and mining sectors is consumed by electric motorised systems and for South Africa around 60% of the electricity supplied to these sectors is consumed by ... -
Improving the feed value of seaweed for broiler chickens using feed enzymes
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The study aimed to enhance the feed value of green seaweed (Ulva sp.) meal using exogenous feed enzymes in the diets of Cobb 500 broiler chickens. Chapter One provides the background, problem statement, justification, aims ... -
Improving the instructional leadership of heads of department in under-resourced schools: a collaborative action-learning approach
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2016)An unacceptable number of learners in under-resourced schools in South Africa are failing to perform adequately in national and international benchmark tests. Poor learner performance has been linked to poor-quality teaching, ... -
Improving the Lwazi ASR baseline
(Interspeech 2016, 2016)We investigate the impact of recent advances in speech recognition techniques for under-resourced languages. Specifically, we review earlier results published on the Lwazi ASR corpus of South African languages, and ... -
Improving the operational efficiency of deep-level mine ventilation systems
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Deep-level mines are faced with many challenges that influence and affect the gold production rate. Deep-level mines have unfavourable working conditions due to the extreme depths, additional heat sources, confined spaces ... -
Improving the overall equipment effectiveness of automated machines in volume driven manufacturing
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The study outlines the framework concerning Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) using Total Productive Maintenance in the Lubrichem automated volume driven machinery. This research has been carried out using the data ... -
Improving the power quality on medium voltage power lines
(North-West University, 2006)The purpose of an electrical power system is to deliver energy to consumers. This should be done with the utmost reliability and economy. When power outages occur the normal routine of society is disrupted. A power system ... -
Improving the programming skills of students : a critical systems approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Learning to program is a challenge for students and has remained a researched topic for the past two decades. Various reasons why students struggle with programming exist, and teaching programming presents its own opportunities ... -
Improving the quality of quantifiable environmental information on gold mines
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)As part of their corporate responsibility, gold mines report their environmental impact in a sustainability report. The most commonly used sustainability-reporting framework is the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The ... -
Improving the quality of raw water supply to Potchefstroom
(North-West University, 2005)Water management challenges in the Mooi River catchment are becoming increasingly complex due to an increase in the demand of water users combined with the current and historic negligent pollution of water. In this regard, ... -
Improving the reliability and ecological validity of pharmaceutical risk assessment: Turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) as a model in behavioral ecotoxicology
(Wiley, 2019)Pharmaceuticals are essential for human well-being, but their increasing and continuous use pollutes the environment. Although behavioral ecotoxicology is increasingly advocated to assess the effects of pharmaceutical ... -
Improving the teaching and learning of ESL in under performing schools of the North-West Province
(North-West University, 2008)The purpose of this study was to: • determine what makes ESL teaching and learning effective. • identify the problems experienced in English Second Language (ESL) teaching and learning in the under-performing schools. ... -
Improving the turnaround maintenance of the Escravos gas plant
(North-West University, 2011)According to Oliver (2002) the success of turnaround maintenances is measured in terms of the cost of completion, time, safety performance and the performance of the plant afterwards. The Escravos gas plant (EGP) is a gas ... -
Improving the underground pump scheduling of a dewatering system for a hydropowered gold mine
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The objective of this study was to reduce underground water pumping costs at a marginal hydropower gold mine located close to the town of Orkney, in the North West Province of South Africa, which has in recent years decreased ... -
Improving the ventilation of deep-level gold mines by simulating inactive sections
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)The South African deep-level gold mining industry has experienced several challenges in ensuring profitability. These challenges can be mainly attributed to increasing operational costs as mines continue to reach new depths. ...