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The Caring School Leadership Questionnaire (CSLQ)
(Education Association of South Africa, 2014)The purpose of this research was to develop the Caring School Leadership Questionnaire (CSLQ) as a valid and reliable instrument to measure the extent of care being given by school leaders (principals) to teachers. The ... -
Curriculum, curriculum development, curriculum studies? Problematising theoretical ambiguities in doctoral theses in the education field
(Education Association of South Africa, 2014)Theoretical ambiguities in curriculum studies result in conceptual mayhem. Accordingly, they hinder the development of the complicated conversation on curriculum as a verb. This article aims to contribute to reconceptualizing ... -
"Kan die vrou haar volk dien deur haar huis?": Afrikanerpolitiek en vrou in die Ossewa-Brandwag, 1942 tot 1954
(University of the Free State, 2015)The “Ossewa-Brandwag” (OB or Oxwagon Sentinel) was a mass-movement of Afrikaners following a non-party political strategy in order to gain power in a white dominated South Africa. The organisation, which gained its highest ... -
The native-speaker debate : the case of the Afrikaans-English teacher's identity in Thailand
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)The discourse of the Native Speaker is situated within a rapidly globalising context where superdiversity and a pluralist worldview negate the very cornerstones of the concept Native-speaker (NS). However, when pro-NS ... -
Thermal modelling of a high speed permanent magnet synchronous machine
(IEEE, 2013)The thermal behaviour of permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) is important since overheating of the permanent magnets can lead to demagnetization. This article gives an overview of a hybrid thermal model for a ... -
Impact of social grants on food security : evidence from neighbourhoods in the Gauteng Province of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)The extent of household food insecurity in South Africa varies from 20 percent to 80 percent, although food security for all citizens is guaranteed in sections 26 and 27 of the constitution. The urban poor face particular ... -
Determinants of PSL team brand loyalty amongst black Generation Y students
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)In South Africa, the three sports that enjoy the most popularity in terms of spectatorship support are rugby, cricket and soccer, with local soccer being mainly supported by black South Africans, a population group who in ... -
Understanding streetism from the street children's perspective : a qualitative approach
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Streetism is a worldwide phenomenon. A number of studies have been conducted on streetism and street children yet little is known about the views of street children on streetism. Studies that focused on streetism explored ... -
Developing guidelines for business intelligence modules in information technology programmes at universities using critical systems heuristics
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Data warehousing (DW)/ Business intelligence (BI) is continually being implemented across many industries; however, universities in South Africa face a variety of challenges in training the next generation of DW/BI workers. ... -
An investigation of the determinants of child poverty in Boipatong Township
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)The study investigated on the determinants of child poverty in Boipatong Township. The premise of the study was on the fact that children do not have an isolated existance but that they exist in households and hence the ... -
Sexual values, attitudes, behaviour and the psychosocial well-being of a group of African adolescent males
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)In this quantitative study, the relationships of sexual values, attitudes, decision making and ease of communication, with self-esteem, coping strategies and mental health and well-being of a group (N=552) of African ... -
Resilient black South African girls in contexts of adversity : a participatory visual study
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Resilience refers to a process involving positive outcomes in the face of exposure to significant adversity. The Social Ecology of Resilience Theory outlines four principles that guide how resilience processes are ... -
A self-sensing active magnetic bearing based on a direct current measurement approach
(MDPI, 2013)Active magnetic bearings (AMBs) have become a key technology in various industrial applications. Self-sensing AMBs provide an integrated sensorless solution for position estimation, consolidating the sensing and actuating ... -
Linear model of a closed three-shaft Brayton cycle
(SAIEEE, 2006)A linear model of a closed three-shaft Brayton cycle at normal power operation is developed. The model is intended to give an understanding of the dominant dynamic behaviour in a nuclear power system ... -
An approach to assist managers of SMEs to benefit from business process management
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Growing small enterprises to become medium enterprises, with the aim of job creation, is a priority in South Africa. The lack of business skills, including business process management (BPM) skills, required to manage ... -
The development of a flexible rotor active magnetic bearing system
(SAIEEE, 2007)A design process comprising aspects of modelling and analysis is developed, implemented and verified for a flexible rotor active magnetic bearing system. The system is specified to experience the first three critical ... -
System, agent, process : the selection of translation strategies in the translation of crime novels from Afrikaans to German : a comparative study of two novels by Deon Meyer
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Deon Meyer is one of the most prominent South African crime fiction authors both locally and internationally. His novels have been translated into more than 27 languages, as he only writes in Afrikaans. More than half of ... -
Low-cost monitoring of partial discharge activity by means of Sub-Nyquist sampling
(British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, 2014)The relatively low cost of distribution transformers dictates that the cost of any condition monitoring system for such transformers should be as low as possible. Premature failure of any transformer in an electrical grid ... -
Block RAM implementation of a reconfigurable real-time PID controller
(IEEE, 2012)Despite the numerous advantages reconfigurable computing adds to a system, it is only advantageous if the execution time exceeds the configuration time. As a result of the long configuration time, reconfiguration is only ... -
Multivariable H∞ control for an active magnetic bearing flywheel system
(IET, 2010)A state-space model with uncertainties for an active magnetic bearing energy storage flywheel system (Fly-UPS) is developed. A multivariable robust H∞ controller for the Fly-UPS is then synthesised. Different weighting ...
