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The effect of ten years on the capacity component of the Water Poverty Index
(IBIMA, 2013)
Water management has been carried out for many centuries wherever there has been a need to provide water to large numbers of people. Complex social norms have developed around water management and competing users have ...
To scratch or not to scratch – a reflection
(Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2013)
This paper investigates the extent to which the Scratch programming language has been accepted as an electronic teaching tool among teachers in South Africa. Information Technology (IT) was identified as a scarce skill in ...
Communication between information system development team members from different cultural contexts: a case study
(IADIS Press, 2013)
The aim of this study was to investigate how communication is affected by the different cultural contexts of information system development (ISD) team members in order to achieve ISD project results. The study investigated ...
Emergence and new concepts of God – example from the Old Testament
(Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa, 2013)
In this article, the author looks at “emergence” in the context of new concepts of God in the Old Testament. Within biblical scholarship, various types of emergence are alluded to in various methodological reductions, i.e. ...
The use of disruptive information technologies for competitive advantage in the banking sector of South Africa.
(Hempstead, NY : International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), 2009)
The main focus of this paper is to determine the impact of disruptive technology in the ICT environment and how new technologies can be
managed in a secured architecture framework of organisations in the banking sector. ...
Correlation between rapid learnability and user preference in IVR systems for developing regions
(iIST-Africa, 2013)
Access to information and communication is one of the most important needs in any population group. It is generally challenging for people in the developing world to access information because the tools and the technologies ...
Generating fundamental frequency contours for speech synthesis in Yorùbá
(International Speech Communication Association ( ISCA ), 2013)
We present methods for modelling and synthesising fundamental frequency (F0) contours suitable for application in text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis of Yorùbá (an African tone language). These methods are discussed and compared ...
Financial planning for retirement amongst South African professional soccer players
(The Global Business and Technology Association, 2013)
Logically, financially-educated individuals should make better financial decisions for their families, increasing their economic security and well-being. The purpose of this study was to explore the financial planning and ...
Valuing the impact of pollution on the poor: the case of Bophelong
(The Global Business and Technology Association, 2013)
This paper reports on a comparative study of poverty and the social cost of pollution among poor households in Bophelong. The level of poverty was measured and compared with the cost of pollution as revealed by citizens ...
Generation Y students’ attitudes towards facebook advertising: pilot study results
(The Global Business and Technology Association, 2013)
The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of a pilot study conducted on the determinants and inhibitors of Generation Y students’ attitudes towards Facebook advertising. The findings suggest that Generation Y ...