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Components for PEM fuel cells: An overview

Sivakumar, Pasupathi; Maiyalagan, Thandavarayan (Trans Tech Publications, 2010)

Fuel cells, as devices for direct conversion of the chemical energy of a fuel into electricity by electrochemical reactions, are among the key enabling technologies for the transition to a hydrogen-based economy. Among ...

Conceptual research on the term facilitation: reducing an elephant to chewable chunks

Schenck, Catherina (Rinie); Louw, Huma (University of Stellenbosch, 2007)

Aim of the article: With this article the researchers used a conceptual research process to: explore the meanings of the concept of facilitation; identify the key facilitating actions/behaviours of the facilitator and the ...

Confessing guilt in the context of climate change: Some South African perspectives

Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2010)

This contribution explores the significance but also the immense complexities of Christian discourse on confessing guilt within the context of climate change. It draws especially on South African discourse on confessing ...

Confidence intervals for the correlation between the gamma-ray burst peak energy and the associated supernova peak brightness

Koen, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2009)

A strong correlation between the gamma-ray burster peak energy and the peak luminosity of the associated supernova was discovered by Li for four GRBs. Despite the fact that the formal significance level of the correlation ...

Connecting bridges across the digital divide

Tucker, William D. (ACM, 2004)

Connecting people across the Digital Divide is as much a social effort as a technological one. We are developing a community-centered approach to learn how interaction techniques can compensate for poor communication across ...

Conquering the publishing silences of black academic women

Rhoda, Anthea; Maurtin-Cairncross, Anita; Phillips, Julie; Witbooi, Sally (University of the Western Cape, 2006)

Although women fulfil and play meaningful roles in the academic life of universities, their contributions have seldom been acknowledged. The voices of women outside of the dominant western context of knowledge production ...

Conservation status of large branchiopods in the Western Cape, South Africa

De Roeck, Els R.; VanSchoenwinkel, Bram J.; Day, Jenny A.; Xu, Yongxin; Raitt, Lincoln; Brendonck, Luc (Springer Verlag, 2007)

Temporary wetlands are an ecologically and economically important habitat in South Africa. They harbor large branchiopods, known to be flagship species of nonpermanent aquatic habitats, and sensitive to land use changes. ...

The constitutional family: developments in South African family law and jurisprudence under the 1996 Constitution

Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; van Heerden, Berlinda (Oxford University Press, 2003)

The article reviews the process of liberalization of child and family law that has occurred since the adoption of South Africa's 1996 Constitution. Although the Constitution does not expressly protect the right to family ...

The constitutional family in the Law of Succession

du Toit, Francois (Juta Law, 2009)

This article traces the development of the constitutional family in the South African law of succession through a synopsis of Constitutional Court and High Court judgments on the application of the Intestate Succession Act ...

Constitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdiction

du Toit, Francois (Tulane European & Civil Law Forum, 2012)

This article investigates South African courts' treatment of discriminatory testamentary bequests in the pre- and post-constitutional eras. It shows a change in judicial attitude towards such bequests from an accommodating, ...

The constitutionally bound dead hand? The impact of constitutional rights and principles on freedom of testation in South African law

du Toit, Francois (Juta, 2001)

This article analyses critically the impact of constitutionalism on freedom of testation and its limitation in South African law. It proposes the judicial utilisation of a 'constitutionally-founded boni mores criterion' ...

Constraints to implementing an equity-promoting staff allocation policy: understanding key actors perspectives affecting implementation in South Africa

Scott, Vera; Mathews, Verona; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Much of current research on issues of equity in low- and middle-income countries focuses on uncovering and describing the extent of inequities in health status and health service provision. In terms of policy responses ...

Construals of agency in the testimony of Colin de Souza

Bock, Zannie (Academia Press, 2009)

In this paper, I analyse the testimony of Colin de Souza given before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the mid-1990s.1 My aim is to explore how De Souza projects an identity of himself as 'agentive', ...

Contestations over knowledge production or ideological bullying? A response to Legassick on the workers' movement

Sithole, Jabulani (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal) (Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2009)

The key characteristic of the vast amount of literature on the South African workers ʼ movement in the post-1973 period is the denial that the class and national struggles were closely intertwined. This denial is underpinned ...

Contesting the food system in South Africa: issues and opportunities

Greenberg, Stephen (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)

This report widens the debate about food production and distribution in South Africa to consider some of the entrenched power dynamics that shape the way these happen, and to consider whether a more radical transformation ...

Context-Aware Stemming algorithm for semantically related root words

Agbele, Kehinde K.; Adesina, Ademola Olusola; Azeez, Nureni A.; Abidoye, Ademola P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2012)

There is a growing interest in the use of context-awareness as a technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are flexible and adaptable for users. In this context, however, information retrieval (IR) ...

The contributions of muscarinic receptors and changes in plasma aldosterone levels to the anti-hypertensive effect of Tulbaghia violacea

Raji, Ismaila; Mugabo, Pierre; Obikeze, Kenechukwu (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: Tulbaghia violacea Harv. (Alliaceae) is used to treat various ailments, including hypertension (HTN) in South Africa. This study aims to evaluate the contributions of muscarinic receptors and changes in ...

The conundrum of school libraries in South Africa

Zinn, Sandy; Hart, Genevieve (Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)

Introduction: The first democratic elections in 1994, leading to the end of apartheid education, new educational legislation and a new curriculum, brought fresh optimism to South African school library circles. This was ...

Converting the card catalogue of the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus, into a machine-readable format

Coetzee, Helena; Skelly, Lara (Ashgate Publishing, 2008)

In 2006 the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town Campus, began a project to convert its substantial card catalogue to machine-readable form. The article gives an overview of the Library's collections and ...

Corporatism and collective bargaining in a democratic South Africa

Du Toit, Darcy (Juta Law, 1995)

Introduction:The theme of 'emerging models of worker participation and representation' is uniquely appropriate in relation to South Africa today. In February 1995 a draft labour statute, designed to replace the existing ...

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