Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Author "Faculty of Arts"
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Analyzing the relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Lesotho and manufacturing: 1997to 2007
Mota, Likese Angelinah (University of the Western Cape, 2009)The study draws on secondary data from the Bureau of Statistics in Lesotho. Simple and multiple linear regression models techniques are used to analyze the relationship between the GDP of Lesotho and the GDP of manufacturing. ... -
Arenas of contestation: policy processes and land tenure reform in post-apartheid South Africa
Fortin, Elizabeth (University of the Western Cape, 2008)Summary: This thesis considers different groupings that have come together in their participation in the policy processes relating to tenure reform in post-apartheid South Africa. It is methodologically and theoretically ... -
Comparison of actinobacterial diversity in Marion Island terrestrial habitats
Sanyika, Walter Tendai (University of the Western Cape, 2008)The major aim of this study is to determine and compare the distribution of bacteria and actinobacteria in Marion Island terrestrial habitats. -
The ecohydrology of the Franschoek Trust Wetland: water, soils and vegetation
Kotzee, Ilse (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The research was driven by a need to increase the knowledge base concerning wetland ecological responses, as well as to identify and evaluate the factors driving the functioning of the Franschhoek Trust Wetland. An ... -
Evaluation of infiltration, run-off and sediment mobilisation using rainfall simulations in the Riebeek-Kasteel Area, Western Cape - South Africa
Twahirwa, Joseph (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The project was conducted on a small-scale catchment at Goedertrou in the Riebeek- Kasteel district. The focus of this study was to address some of the hydrological processes active in the research catchment, namely ... -
Female genital mutilation in Africa :what will encourage its discontinuation
Marinus, Chanel (University of the Western Cape, 2009)Between one hundred and one hundred and forty million young girls around the world have reportedly been subjected to some form of genital excision during 2005. Approximately three million young girls are at risk every year ... -
Fertility in Nigeria and Guinea : a comparative study of trends and determinants
Osuafor, Godswill Nwabuisi (University of the Western Cape, 2011)The present study was conceived to examine the trend and factors affecting fertility in Nigeria and Guinea. Fertility has declined by about nineteen percent in Nigeria between 1982 and 1999. In the same period it has ... -
Geochemical and mineralogical evaluation of toxic contaminants mobility in weathered coal fly ash: as a case study, Tutuka dump site, South Africa
Akinyemi, Segun Ajayi (University of the Western Cape, 2011)The management and disposal of huge volumes of coal combustion by products such as fly ash has constituted a major challenge to the environment. In most cases due to the inadequate alternative use of coal fly ash, the ... -
Groundwater resource evaluation and protection in the Cape Flats, South Africa
Adelana, Segun Michael Adegboyega (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The analysis of geologic, hydrologic and hydrogeologic data interpreted to give the characteristics of the Cape Flats aquifer showed the quality of groundwater from the aquifer is suitable for development as a water resource. ... -
Integrated approach to solving reservoir problems and evaluations using sequence stratigraphy, geological structures and diagenesis in Orange Basin, South Africa
Adekola, Solomon Adeniyi (University of the Western Cape, 2010)Sandstone and shale samples were selected within the systems tracts for laboratory analyses. The sidewall and core samples were subjected to petrographic thin section analysis, mineralogical analyses which include x-ray ... -
Pricing American style employee stock options having GARCH effects
Arotiba, Gbenga Joseph (University of the Western Cape, 2010)We investigate some simulation-based approaches for the valuing of the employee stock options. The mathematical models that deal with valuation of such options include the work of Jennergren and Naeslund [L.P Jennergren ... -
Radiometric characterisation of vineyard soils, Western Cape, South Africa
Mlwilo, Nolasco Anton (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study is aimed at investigating the feasibility of using the radiometric technique as an alternative to traditional methods for determining soil physico-chemical parameters which are important for terroir characterization. ... -
The utilisation of HIV services on campus by the students of the University of the Western Cape
Edmund, Ampeire (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This qualitative study was conducted from June to November 2009, using designed questionnaires for sixty three (63) registered students and five (5) HIV program staff .The main reason for this study was to understand the ...