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D-optimal designs for drug synergy.
(2009)This thesis is fo cused on the construction of optimal designs for detecting drug interaction using the two-variable binary logistic mo del. Two sp eci c mo dels are considered: (1) the binary two-variable logistic mo del ... -
Da'wah : Muslim women's contribution to the reconstruction of the South African society through entrepreneurial and religious efforts.
(2006)This dissertation, "Muslim Women's contribution to the reconstruction of the South African Society through entrepreneurial and religious efforts", is to place on the South African agenda an understanding and appreciation ... -
Daily news and daily bread : precarious employment in the newspaper distribution sector in Durban South Africa.
(2014)The outsourcing of newspaper distribution seems to be a source of precarious employment for newspaper contractors and their employees. The labour market experiences of workers in precarious employment due to labour outsourcing ... -
Daily struggles : private print media, the state, and democratic governance in Zimbabwe in the case of the Africa Daily News (1956-1964) and the Daily News (1999-2003).
(2014)This thesis employs Jurgen Habermas’ theory of public sphere as an analytical tool to consider the role played by two popular private newspapers in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, one case from colonial Rhodesia ... -
The Daily Sun : investigating the role of the tabloid newspaper in the new South Africa.
(2008)This dissertation seeks to investigate the role of the tabloid newspaper, Daily Sun, in contemporary South Africa by exploring the meanings that readers of the newspaper appropriate through their engagement with it and the ... -
Dairy constraint analysis in Eritrea, with special emphasis on Asmara and surrounding dairy farms.
(2003)The overall objective of the study reported in this thesis was to assess the existing situation of the dairy sub-sector in Eritrea with special emphasis on the Asmara and surrounding dairy farms. The specific objective ... -
Damping subsynchronous resonance using supplementary controls around the static synchronous series compensator.
(2018)The demand for electric power increases rapidly with the growth in human population whereas expansion of existing power transmission infrastructure is restrained by difficulties in obtaining rights of way, resource scarcity ... -
Darwinizing the philosophy of music education.
(2011)Educational philosophy generally and the Philosophy of Music Education in particular have been slow to consider in any real depth the findings of those sciences most concerned with explaining human nature, that is, the ... -
Data base optimisation for an I.C. design layout package on the VAX.
(1987)The performance of an interactive graphics/computer aided design system, such as the IC layout and rule checking package implemented as part of the schematic drawing application on the Gerber Systems Technology IDS-80, ... -
Data classification using genetic programming.
(2015)Genetic programming (GP), a field of artificial intelligence, is an evolutionary algorithm which evolves a population of trees which represent programs. These programs are used to solve problems. This dissertation ... -
A database based information system for artisanal fisheries management : a case study of Moma-Angoche in Mozambique
(2007)Sound management of information and data is an essential cornerstone for efficient and effective decision making. Structured, up to date and easily retrievable data from several heterogeneous sources is often required to ... -
DC coronation electroporation.
(2015)Cells are surrounded by a semi-permeable bilayer lipid membrane that acts as a barrier against the entry of foreign molecules. In the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicine, the ability to breach the cell ... -
De-colonising international collaboration: the University of KwaZulu-Natal-Mauritius Institute Education Cohort PhD Programme.
(Routledge., 2014)This paper explores the setting up of the partnership across the Mauritian and South African higher education contexts with respect to the development of a postgraduate PhD doctoral studies programme. The Mauritian ... -
Dead reckoning : an analysis of George Romero's 'Living dead' series in relation to contemporary theories of film genre and representations of race, class, culture and violence.
(2008)This thesis is an in-depth analysis of George Romero's 'Living Dead' tetralogy of films, comprising Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn ofthe-Bead (1978), Day of the Dead(\985) and Land of the Dead (2005), examined through ... -
Deaf as Other: a Levinasian reading of the history of Deaf Ministry in the Catholic Church in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
(2019)This study is an attempt to write an interruptive and a heterological history of how the Catholic Church’s approach to deaf ministry both served and failed the Deaf Other. For centuries, Catholic ministry sought to enable ... -
"Deaf ears and closed minds : do you hear the child's voice?" : exploring disclosures from the perspective of child rape victims.
(2008)Despite recent increases in public, media and research concern with the issue of child rape, not much is known about the disclosure of this phenomenon. This study focused on exploring disclosure from the perspective of ... -
Dealing with a positive HIV diagnosis : a qualitative study exploring the lives of five people living with HIV in a rural Eastern Cape setting.
(2016)Receiving an HIV diagnosis is a complex reality facing individuals. It alters life and its meaning for the infected individual, their family and the community. This study explored the experiences of five people infected ...