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Manipulating biotic and abiotic factors to enhance the remediation of agri-industrial wastewater in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
As a consequence of various cellar activities the wine industry produces copious volumes of potentially hazardous wastewater each year. South Africa is one of the top ten wine-producing countries, making the successful ...
Hot-wire chemical vapour deposition of nanocrystalline silicon and silicon nitride : growth mechanisms and filament stability
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) is an interesting type of silicon with superior
electrical properties that are more stable compared to amorphous silicon (a-Si:H).
Silicon nitride (SiNₓ) thin films are currently the ...
Plasma characterisation of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source by means of x-ray spectroscopy
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The ultimate aim of any multiply-charged ion source, like the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source, ECRIS, is the production of multiply-charged ions, in sufficiently large quantities. These multiplycharged ions, in the ...
Analysis of errors in derivatives of trigonometric functions: a case study in an extended curriculum programme
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Increasing ethanol tolerance through the heterologous expression of the geobacillus thermoglucosiadius heat-shock proteins (GroEL/GroES) in an escherichia coli host
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Due to economic and environmental concerns associated with use of fossil fuels, humanity is seeking alternative fuels. Ethanol is one of the alternative fuels produced commercially. Current ethanol production technologies ...
Efficient numerical methods based on integral transforms to solve option pricing problems
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In this thesis, we design and implement a class of numerical methods (based on integral transforms) to solve PDEs for pricing a variety of financial derivatives. Our approach is based on spectral discretization of the ...
Robust Spectral Methods for Solving Option Pricing Problems
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Robust Spectral Methods for Solving Option Pricing Problems
by
Edson Pindza
PhD thesis, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of
Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape
Ever since the ...
Development of clinical guidelines for the management of post-operative pain within the medico-socio-cultural context of Ghana
(2012)
Literature on post-operative pain indicates that post-operative pain is inadequately managed in many countries including Ghana. Little was also known about post-operative pain (POP) response and management in Ghana. This ...
Eukaryotic diversity of miers valley hypoliths
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The extreme conditions of Antarctic desert soils render this environment selective towards a diverse range of psychrotrophic microbial communities. Cracks and fissures in translucent quartz rocks permit an adequate amount ...
Rock art in the Northern Cape: the implications of variability in engravings and paintings relative to issues of social context and change in the precolonial past
(2012)
This thesis follows and builds upon a previous study at the rock engraving site of Driekopseiland (Morris 2002). The earlier findings are here contrasted with another site in the area, namely Wildebeest Kuil, as a means ...