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Factors that affect the accuracy of text–based language identification
(Elsevier, 2012)
The classification accuracy of text-based language identification depends on several factors, including the size of the text fragment to be identified, the amount of training data available, the classification features and ...
Existential attitudes and Eastern European adolescents' problem and health behaviors: highlighting the role of the search for meaning in life
(Springer Verlag, 2012)
Although the role of existential attitudes in adolescent health-related behavior has received increased attention recently, historically it has been under investigated in the field. The present study focuses on existential ...
Socio-economic determinants of poverty amongst female-headed households in a South African Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2012)
The study reported here used household level data to analyse determinants of household poverty amongst female -headed households in a South African Township of Bophelong. Poverty is defined and then measured for the sampled ...
Modeling the pulse profiles of millisecond pulsars in the second LAT catalog of γ-ray pulsars
(AIP, 2012)
Significant γ-ray pulsations have been detected from ∼40 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) using 3 years of sky-survey data from the Fermi LAT and radio timing solutions from across the globe. We have fit the radio and γ-ray pulse ...
Towards lecture transcription in resource-scarce environments
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2012)
We present progress towards automated Lecture Transcription (LT) in resource scarce environments. Our development has focused on the transcription of lectures in Afrikaans from two faculties at North-West University. A ...
Flourishing functional multilingualism: evidence from language repertoires in the Vaal Triangle region
(De Gruyter, 2012)
Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread ...
Modeling drift along the heliospheric wavy neutral sheet
(IOP Publishing, 2012)
Drift along the wavy heliospheric neutral sheet is believed to play an important role in cosmic-ray modulation and can explain the peaked versus flat intensity profiles during consecutive solar magnetic epochs. Modulation ...
A practical quantification of blood glucose production due to high-level chronic stress
(Wiley, 2012)
Blood glucose (BG) is the primary metabolic fuel for, among others, cancer cell progression, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Stress is an important contributor to the amount of BG produced especially by the liver. ...
The design and development of a stented tissue mitral and aortic heart valve replacement for human implantation
(Clinics Cardive, 2012)
A study was conducted into the development of a mitral and aortic heart valve replacement that caters for patients having suffered valve damage due to stenosis or rheumatic fever. The appeal of the valve is that it is ...
Investigation and efficiency analysis: 405 km transmission line with series compensation
(Crown Publications, 2012)
This article presents an investigative case study and efficiency analysis of the 405 km, 420 kV transmission line between Insukamini substation
in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and the Matimba thermal power station in South Africa ...