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Women & Leadership in Islam
(2013)
The present research examines the post-formative Islamic legal literature surrounding the question of women’s leadership to gauge whether and to what extent the development of Islamic legislation pertaining to women was ...
Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles for photovoltaic application
(2013)
With an increase in the amount of harmful carbon emissions in the atmosphere as well as a decrease in the availability of fossil fuels, there is a relatively high demand for alternate energy devices. Solar cells have become ...
Hydrophilic Polysulfone-Hydrogel Membrane Material for Improved Nanofiltration in Wastewater Treatment
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Over the last decade polysulfone membranes have been demonstrated to be one
of the best membrane types in wastewater treatment, especially in ultrafiltration,
owing to its mechanical robustness, structural and chemical ...
A study to determine the accuracy of Gustafson’s method of age estimation on adult teeth when applied to a sample of the population of the Western Cape
(2013)
Teeth are often used to assist in the identification of human bodies after death,
especially in cases where the body is badly burned or decomposed, as teeth are
usually preserved for a long period of time, even after ...
Controlling Cape Town’s poor through water management devices: the case of Saxonsea, Atlantis
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study examined the impact of the City’s water management strategies, specifically the water management devices, on selected households in Saxonsea. The impact of cost recovery policies on poor households was interrogated ...
The development hub as an integrated strategy to accelerate LED in small towns
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Evolving out of my past experience as municipal manager, the study addresses one of the topical issues in municipalities, viz. the quest for more effective and sustainable local economic development (LED) in small towns. ...
Low temperature tungsten trioxide nano/micro-systems for applications in gas sensing and electrochromism
(2013)
In this work we primarily set out to investigate the technique of Aqueous Chemical Growth as a means of producing WO3 thin films that find applications in gas sensing and electrochromism. For the first time we demonstrated ...
Can labour law succeed in reconciling the rights and interests of labour broker employees and employers in South Africa and Namibia?
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
The ever increasing regional and global trade competition has manifested itself in a growing number of non-standard forms of employment including the increasing use of "temporary employment services" (or “labour brokers” ...
Ending corporal punishment of children in the home: Rwanda as a case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Genomic instability in South African breast cancer patients
(2013)
Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignancies in women. Death results from treatment failure and metastatic disease. Thousands of lives might be saved if it was possible to detect and eliminate occult metastatic ...