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The effect of combining reliability, availability and maintainability modelling and stochastic simulation modelling on production efficiency
(North-West University, 2019)Many world leaders in manufacturing are currently designing future facilities at various global locations. A Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) study is an important part of the basic engineering process. ... -
Predicting business failure in a South African business bank
(North-West University, 2019)The aim of the study is to understand which factors cause business failure in a South African business bank and how can business banks successfully retain business banking customers with a probability of business failure ... -
The digital divide: investigating the perspectives of students in Swaziland
(North-West University, 2019)The digital divide has been a factor of technology that negatively affects the people of developing countries, such as Swaziland. While technology has advanced rise in the first world, developing countries are slowly ... -
Periodic methanol masers and colliding wind binaries
(North-West University, 2017)The process by which massive stars form is not yet fully understood. Since massive stars are rare, and generally found at great distances from the Sun, it is difficult to study them and their influence on their environment ... -
Pricing interest rate derivatives in an illiquid market
(North-West University, 2017)Globally, one-factor diffusion processes have been popular models for the short rate by virtue of their analytically tractable features. However, due to shortcomings of these models in certain markets a number of models, ... -
An investigation into the suitability of electronic banking technologies for the elderly
(North-West University, 2018)It is no secret that banks are increasingly using electronic channels to render services. Among these services are ATMs, internet banking with personal computers and mobile devices, to name a few. This is a bonus for many ... -
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 ... -
Re-assessment and optimisation of an organic acid extraction method for automation
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Sample preparation is a necessary prerequisite for GC/MS analysis of urinary organic acids for clinical diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). The sample clean-up step in the analytical process poses a challenge. ... -
Designing a mobile application for the trading of used books at a university: a DSR approach
(North-West University, 2018)With the widespread rapid development of computers and wireless communication, mobile computing is fast growing as the communication and sales platform of choice. This study portrays the development of an artefact to assist ... -
Suitability of microprocessor development boards for hosting small-scale database management systems
(North-West University, 2018)A microprocessor development board (MPDB) is a less expensive alternative to commodity personal computers (PCs) and can be used for the same purposes − to a certain extent. The primary objective of this study is to investigate ... -
A citizen science water quality monitoring project’s contribution to environmental education, social learning and adaptive management
(North-West University, 2018)This research aimed to report on how a citizen science community-based water qualitymonitoring project involving Physical Science pre-service teachers and Grade 10 Physical Science learners contributed to environmental ... -
Considering sustainable urban agriculture as spatial planning instrument: a South African framework
(North-West University, 2018)The steady growth of the global urban population exerts pressure on food systems within the urban environments of developed and developing countries alike. Globally, cities experience food shortages, price hikes and ... -
Trophic transfer of metals and OCP’s in organisms from a warm temperate and a subtropical intertidal rocky shore
(North-West University, 2018)Globally, of all the services and functions that ecological systems provide to human welfare, ± 63 % comes from the marine domain. Pollution of the ocean by means of metals and organochlorine pesticides pose a great threat ... -
An urban-geographical study of Randfontein
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The metabolic profiling of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus): a systems biology approach to understanding the chronic diseases they suffer in captivity
(North-West University, 2017)In captivity, cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are known to frequently suffer from several chronic diseases including lymphoplasmacytic gastritis, glomerulosclerosis, renal amyloidosis, veno-occlusive disease of the liver, ... -
Characterization of plasmids associated with antibiotic resistant bacteria in the North-West Province
(North-West University, 2016)Antibiotic release in natural environments select for antibiotic resistant bacteria. These antibiotic resistant bacteria are in many cases associated with plasmids, containing one or more resistant genes. Plasmids are ... -
Investigating South African Environmental Practitioners’ perceptions on the integration of specialist studies in EIA reports
(North-West University, 2016)Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important tool used globally to manage the impact of human activities on the environment, by identifying, predicting, evaluating and introducing mitigation measures for sustainable ... -
A metabolomics investigation of in utero antiretroviral exposure to neonates
(North-West University, 2017)This thesis, with the title "A metabolomics investigation of in utero antiretroviral exposure to neonates", deals with the concern over adverse metabolic consequences reported for some neonates prenatally exposed to ... -
An investigation into maser variability in high-mass star forming regions
(North-West University, 2018)The two brightest class II methanol masers - at 6.7- and 12.2-GHz, are exclusively associated with the early phases of high-mass star formation. This implies that studying these maser species is an indirect probe of the ... -
Fusarium verticillioides infection and fumonisin synthesis as affected by maize plant stressors
(North-West University, 2017)Fusarium verticillioides is an important ear rot pathogen of maize that can lead to economic losses due to yield and grain quality reduction. Symptoms vary depending upon genotype, environment and disease severity. F. ...
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