https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index en-us 5 Acquiring academic reading practices in History I : an ethnographic study of a group of foundation year students at Rhodes University https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2380 Wed 12 Oct 2022 11:50:23 SAST ]]> A corpus-based investigation of Xhosa English in the classroom setting https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2379 Wed 12 Oct 2022 10:08:02 SAST ]]> Local development : a response to economic challenges in Noordhoek Valley, Cape Town https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4869 Wed 12 May 2021 23:47:45 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1895 Wed 12 May 2021 23:34:12 SAST ]]> A study of the criteria teachers use when selecting learning material https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1780 Wed 12 May 2021 23:20:08 SAST ]]> Whither state, private or public service broadcasting? : an analysis of the construction of news on ZBC TV during the 2002 presidential election campaign in Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3520 Wed 12 May 2021 23:17:45 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1733 Wed 12 May 2021 22:32:10 SAST ]]> The impact of smart cards on South African rural pensioners' lives https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:818 Wed 12 May 2021 22:21:52 SAST ]]> Equity in the South African legal system a critical ethnography https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2355 Wed 12 May 2021 20:53:08 SAST ]]> The new economic geography of SADC free trade area https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:932 Wed 12 May 2021 20:36:41 SAST ]]> Towards sustainable utilisation of the fishery resources of the Kowie Estuary, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4761 Wed 12 May 2021 20:35:41 SAST ]]> Studies on parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5780 Wed 12 May 2021 20:35:19 SAST ]]> Service quality importance-performance analysis as a strategic tool for management : the exploration of key customer satisfaction drivers in a South African electricity utility https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:806 Wed 12 May 2021 20:21:38 SAST ]]> The feeding biology and potential impact of introduced giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5694 0.05) between the results of the two methods of analysis, although direct observations appeared to be a superior method for assessing the diet of giraffe. The diet of giraffe in the Eastern Cape Province was similar to that within their native range with a deciduous species from the genus Acacia (Acacia karroo) being the most important component of the diet. However, giraffe in the Eastern Cape Province consumed more evergreen plant species than those within their native range. The relative lack of deciduous species in the Eastern Cape Province provides a likely explanation for such a result. Seasonal variation in the consumption of the most important species in the diet was evident and this was attributed to the deciduous nature of A. karroo and the seasonal growth of new shoots which were more palatable. The vegetation of the areas most commonly utilised by giraffe at each site was sampled using the point-centred-quarter method and the results related to the frequency of each species in the diet to calculate preference indices. Giraffe preference was strongest for A. karroo and this was attributed to the highly favourable chemical composition of the species. The browse utilisation of giraffe at each site was determined using the twig-length method and intake rates for the three most important species in the diet calculated using a pre-existing regression equation. Male giraffe fed at a higher rate than females. This was probably due to males adopting a “time-minimising” strategy to their feeding in order to allow more time for reproductive pursuits. Giraffe browse utilisation was highest where giraffe density was highest. However, several species were more heavily browsed than others even when giraffe density was low, suggesting that giraffe are capable of negatively affecting the indigenous flora of the province. I conclude that giraffe numbers should be reduced relative to property size in the Eastern Cape Province and that research into the impact of not only giraffe but the combined effects of giraffe and other extralimital herbivores on the indigenous flora and fauna be continued.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 20:07:54 SAST ]]> The experiences and needs of HIV/AIDS counsellors at Settlers Hospital, Grahamstown https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3032 Wed 12 May 2021 19:51:23 SAST ]]> The use of environmental learning support materials to mediate learning in outcomes-based education: a case study in an Eastern Cape school https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1812 Wed 12 May 2021 19:50:37 SAST ]]> The role of management and leadership in the schooling of at-risk learners: a case study of a school in Namibia https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1750 Wed 12 May 2021 19:07:15 SAST ]]> Jah children the experience of Rastafari children in South Africa as members of a minority group with particular reference to communities in the former Cape Province https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2087 Wed 12 May 2021 19:07:09 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1874 Wed 12 May 2021 19:04:32 SAST ]]> A phenomenological exploration of adoptive parents' motivation for and experience of transracial adoption in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2927 Wed 12 May 2021 18:59:51 SAST ]]> An empirical study of client satisfaction with service recovery within a South African banking institution https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:725 Wed 12 May 2021 18:59:07 SAST ]]> The enzymology of sludge solubilisation under biosulphidogenic conditions : isolation, characterisation and partial purification of endoglucanases https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3921 Wed 12 May 2021 18:42:58 SAST ]]> Promoting learners' conceptual understanding of electrostatics through use of practical activities in conjunction with prior knowledge of lightning : a case study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1717 Wed 12 May 2021 18:42:54 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2010 Wed 12 May 2021 18:39:23 SAST ]]> "It was a brilliant time" : an investigation into the experiences of the founder group of the Directorate of Special Operations https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:815 Wed 12 May 2021 18:37:49 SAST ]]> Employees' experience of job satisfaction within a successful organisation https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3159 Wed 12 May 2021 18:31:01 SAST ]]> The relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism : a study of the shop floor workers in a motor manufacturing plant https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:809 Wed 12 May 2021 18:26:28 SAST ]]> An evaluation of "on-line" banking web sites in South Africa to determine essential design criteria https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:811 Wed 12 May 2021 18:16:52 SAST ]]> An exploration of how professional graphic design discourse impacts on innovation : a focus on the articulation of a South African design language in i-jusi https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3468 Wed 12 May 2021 18:12:30 SAST ]]> A contribution to cabbage pest management by subsistence and small-scale farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5659 Wed 12 May 2021 17:54:49 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1732 Wed 12 May 2021 17:47:12 SAST ]]> CREWS : a Component-driven, Run-time Extensible Web Service framework https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4628 Wed 12 May 2021 17:46:38 SAST ]]> Mapping the Radio KC community : a case study assessing the impact of participatory research methods in assisting community radio producers to identify programming content https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3497 Wed 12 May 2021 17:46:09 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1896 Wed 12 May 2021 17:42:53 SAST ]]> DRUBIS : a distributed face-identification experimentation framework - 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Feed intake was used to calculate an optimal daily ration and feeding two meals a day resulted in an optimal daily ration of 4% BW/day. A gut evacuation time of 7.25 hours indicates that fish fed twice a day probably had sufficient time to digest their food and evacuate their guts, resulting in the same daily feed intake as fish given 3 and 4 meals a day. Results conclude that under the present experimental conditions, a minimum daily ration of 4% BW/day, fed twice a day (in the morning and evening) is required for optimal growth (SGR= 1.33± 0.1), feed efficiency (FCR= 1.96± 0.4; PER= 1.44± 0.2) and body composition in juvenile dusky kob.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 08:53:20 SAST ]]> The hydrogeomorphology of the Featherstone Kloof Catchment https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4870 Thu 13 May 2021 08:52:49 SAST ]]> Attitudes of isiXhosa-speaking students at the University of Fort Hare towards the use of isiXhosa as a language of learning and teaching (LOLT) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2343 Thu 13 May 2021 08:50:08 SAST ]]> In conversation with Barney: a critical discourse analysis of interaction between a child with autism and his co-participants https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2980 Thu 13 May 2021 08:16:09 SAST ]]> Composition portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2652 Thu 13 May 2021 07:37:30 SAST ]]> The effect of diet type and feeding rate on growth, morphological development and behaviour of larval and juvenile goldfish Carassius auratus (L.) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5271 Thu 13 May 2021 07:23:07 SAST ]]> An investigation into school learners' perceptions of linguistic politeness norms within and across cultures https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2371 Thu 13 May 2021 07:05:02 SAST ]]> Cleaning of fouled membranes using enzymes from a sulphidogenic bioreactor https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4133 Thu 13 May 2021 06:54:33 SAST ]]> Fishes in the Mngazi and Mngazana estuaries, with particular emphasis on the community structure and primary carbon sources https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5700 Thu 13 May 2021 06:42:32 SAST ]]> Contested rights : the impact of game farming on farm workers in the Bushmen's River area https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2104 Thu 13 May 2021 06:15:55 SAST ]]> Praxis-based assignments for professional development in the Rhodes University/Swaziland Participatory Course in Environmental Education : the case of assignment four https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1710 Thu 13 May 2021 06:07:43 SAST ]]> The Harry Potter phenomenon literary production, generic traditions, and the question of values https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2201 Thu 13 May 2021 06:06:30 SAST ]]> Trends and perceptions of sustainabilty reporting and corporate governance : a case study of Eskom https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:826 Thu 13 May 2021 05:32:19 SAST ]]> Probing learners' conceptual understanding of oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions : a case study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1409 Thu 13 May 2021 04:58:27 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1731 Thu 13 May 2021 04:53:32 SAST ]]> Getting "layed" : new professional positions in South African psychology https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3179 Thu 13 May 2021 04:48:50 SAST ]]> The adaptive development and use of learning support materials in response to the 1st principle of the revised national curriculum statement : the case of Hadeda Island https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1938 Thu 13 May 2021 04:36:38 SAST ]]> Interactivity in online journalism: a case study of the interactive nature of Nigeria's online Guardian https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3429 Thu 13 May 2021 04:30:58 SAST ]]> An exploration of factors that impact on levels of employee satisfaction and organisational performance : an organisational diagnosis https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3178 Thu 13 May 2021 04:22:41 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1937 Thu 13 May 2021 04:20:59 SAST ]]> Imagery and the transformation of meaning in psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: a hermeneutic case study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3000 Thu 13 May 2021 03:56:52 SAST ]]> From imifino to umfuno : a case study foregrounding indigenous agricultural knowledge in school-based curriculum development https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1829 Thu 13 May 2021 03:49:09 SAST ]]> Protecting depositors and promoting financial stability in South Africa : is there a case for the introduction of deposit insurance? https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1025 Thu 13 May 2021 03:33:50 SAST ]]> An assessment of the capability of the Eastern Cape Tourism Board to cope with change https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:812 Thu 13 May 2021 03:33:28 SAST ]]> Synthesis and evaluation of PGM-selective ligands https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4450 Thu 13 May 2021 03:23:18 SAST ]]> An investigation into the captive spawning, egg characteristics and egg quality of the mud crab (Scylla serrata) in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5376 Thu 13 May 2021 03:14:53 SAST ]]> The perceptions that mentors and in-service teachers in the basic education teacher diploma have of the nature and role of the mentoring system https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1695 Thu 13 May 2021 03:09:19 SAST ]]> Religious nationalism and negotiation : Islamic identity and the resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflic https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2873 Thu 13 May 2021 02:54:05 SAST ]]> How the South African print media cover economics news: a study of inflation news in four newspapers, 1999-2001 https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3450 Thu 13 May 2021 02:52:40 SAST ]]> An investigation into the neuroprotective effects of melatonin in a model of rotenone-induced neurodegeneration https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3763 Thu 13 May 2021 02:51:09 SAST ]]> Thermal and photostability studies of triprolidine hydrochloride and its mixtures with cyclodextrin and glucose https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4387 Thu 13 May 2021 02:35:39 SAST ]]> Indigenous trauma volunteers: survivors with a mission https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3027 Thu 13 May 2021 01:57:05 SAST ]]> Law and culture in the new constitutional dispensation with specific reference to the custom of circumcision as practiced in the Eastern Cape https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3685 Thu 13 May 2021 01:16:18 SAST ]]> Research portfolio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1736 Thu 13 May 2021 01:10:57 SAST ]]> Framing the other : representations of Africa in The Japan Times/Online between January and December 2000 : a case study https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3476 Thu 13 May 2021 01:09:48 SAST ]]> A critical evaluation of outcomes based education from a developmental perspective in South Africa with particular reference to the Eastern Cape. https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6057 Thu 13 May 2021 01:00:25 SAST ]]> Age, growth and yield-per-recruit analysis of ndunduma Diplotaxodon limnothrissa (Teleostei: Cichlidae), in the southeastern arm of Lake Malawi https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5214 5 years) based on the F₀·₁ harvesting strategy. It is, therefore, recommended that the age-at-capture should be increased from 2.67 to 5 years to optimise yield.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 00:58:55 SAST ]]> A resource-based learning approach to professional development: the case of the ACEE (Rhodes University Advanced Certificate in Environmental Education) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1741 Thu 13 May 2021 00:57:46 SAST ]]> Filling the gap : Nietzsche's account of authenticity as a supplementary ideal https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2727 Thu 13 May 2021 00:48:22 SAST ]]> A critical evaluation of local level responses to mine closure in the Northwestern KwaZulu-Natal coal belt region, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4822 Thu 13 May 2021 00:43:01 SAST ]]> Sobriety of crisp and fuzzy topological spaces https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5414 Thu 13 May 2021 00:19:55 SAST ]]> A comparative case study of the strategies used by grade one teachers who teach through the medium of English https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1941 Thu 13 May 2021 00:13:25 SAST ]]> An exploration of the impact of AIDS-related losses and role changes on grandmothers https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3131 Thu 13 May 2021 00:07:05 SAST ]]> The location of meaning in the postmodernist literary text: a reading of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves and related material https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2196 Mon 15 Nov 2021 11:58:20 SAST ]]>