Browsing by Author "Blignaut, Renette"
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A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap
Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M.; Renaud, Karen (2013)Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ... -
Comparative study of admissions criteria of a selection of South African universities
Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M. (Stellenbosch University, 2011)Summary: The new school-leaving certificate, the National Senior Certificate (NSC), was awarded for the first time in 2008. This necessitated a relook at the entrance requirements for university, as the school subjects ... -
Correlates of gender characteristics, health and empowerment of women in Ethiopia
Lailulo, Yishak Abraham; Susuman, A Sathiya; Blignaut, Renette (BMC, 2015)The low status of women prevents them from recognizing and voicing their concerns about health needs. This study aimed to examine the relationship between gender characteristics, health and empowerment of women in an ... -
Designing mobile phone interfaces for age diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus diverse “Islands”
Renaud, Karen; Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M. (Springer, 2013)Designing for diversity is a laudable aim. How to achieve this, in the context of mobile phone usage by South African seniors, is a moot point. We considered this question from two possible perspectives: universal ... -
Fast tracking students from disadvantaged backgrounds into main stream Computer Science
Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella M.; Cranfield, D.J. (Computer Society of South Africa, 2000)A computer-based training (CBT) system was used to teach Computer Literacy to full-time students at the University of the Western Cape. This approach was successful in creating computer literate students as well as creating ... -
Granny gets smarter but junior hardly notices
Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella Margarethe; Renaud, Karen (College of Communication and Information, 2016)To ensure that university computing students are sensitized to the needs of diverse user groups, a course project was designed to allow students to get a realistic understanding of the needs and abilities of the older ... -
Improving maternal and reproductive health in Ethiopia
Lailulo, Yishak Abraham; Appunni, Sathiya Susuman; Blignaut, Renette (Sage Publications, 2017)This study aimed to examine the relationship between maternal health and good quality of life in an attempt to understand the years between 2005 and 2011. Data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys 2005 and 2011 ... -
An in-depth study of the ICT ecosystem in a South African rural community: unveiling expenditure and communication patterns
Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Blignaut, Renette; May, Julian; Tucker, William David (Routledge, 2016)There is no doubt of the contributions made by mobile phones and mobile network operators in increasing access to communications in rural areas of developing countries. Yet how affordable is this ubiquitous access in such ... -
Maths4Stats: Opleiding vir onderwysers
Blignaut, Renette; Luus, Retha; Lombard, Ronell; Latief, Abduraghiem; Kotze, Danelle (AOSIS, 2013)Maths4Stats: Educating teachers. The inadequate nature of the education infrastructure in South Africa has led to poor academic performance at public schools. Problems within schools such as under-qualified teachers and ... -
Multiple imputation of unordered categorical missing data: A comparison of the multivariate normal imputation and multiple imputation by chained equations
Karangwa, Innocent; Kotze, Danelle; Blignaut, Renette (Brazilian Statistical Association, 2016). Missing data are common in survey data sets. Enrolled subjects do not often have data recorded for all variables of interest. The inappropriate handling of them may negatively affect the inferences drawn. Therefore, special ... -
Smartphone owners need security advice. How can we ensure they get it?
Renaud, Karen; Blignaut, Renette; Venter, Isabella (CONF-IRM and AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2016)Computer users often behave insecurely, and do not take the precautions they ought to. One reads almost daily about people not protecting their devices, not making backups and falling for phishing messages. This impacts ... -
Transforming RNA-Seq gene expression to track cancer progression in the multi-stage early to advanced-stage cancer development
Livesey, Michelle; Rossouw, Sophia Catherine; Blignaut, Renette (Public Library of Science, 2023)Cancer progression can be tracked by gene expression changes that occur throughout early-stage to advanced-stage cancer development. The accumulated genetic changes can be detected when gene expression levels in advanced-stage ... -
Understanding issues of people living with disabilities in South Africa
Appunni, Sathiya Susuman; Blignaut, Renette; Lougue, Siaka (SAGE Publications, 2013)The problem of disabilities is growing all over the world. Nevertheless, some progress has been made since the year 1981 was proclaimed International Year of Disabled Persons. In 2001 people living with disabilities accounted ... -
Validity and reliability of the South African health promoting schools monitoring questionnaire
Struthers, Patricia; Wegner, Lisa; de Koker, Petra; Lerebo, Wondwossen; Blignaut, Renette (Oxford University Press, 2016)Health promoting schools, as conceptualised by the World Health Organisation, have been developed in many countries to facilitate the health-education link. In 1994, the concept of health promoting schools was introduced ...