Abstract With an ever increasing emphasis on reliability of supply, improvement in the lightning performance of distribution lines is required. The arc quenching properties of wooden distribution line poles during ...

Since bias threatens the validity of a study, it should be avoided where possible. Across all phases of a research project, bias could be introduced, and in most situations the researcher has reasonable control over processes ...

The axial map of a town is one of the key components of the space syntax method – a tool for analysing urban layout. It is derived by placing the longest and fewest lines, called axial lines, to cross the adjacencies ...

Nano-sized 3 mol% yttria stabilised zirconia powders were synthesized from a co-precipitation technique and compared to powders obtained from Geratech Zirconium Beneficiation Ltd, a zirconium chemical plant company based ...

Studies of San rock art in southern Africa have appealed to researchers for specificities of individual rock art sites in order to counter the prevailing practice of conceptualising San rock art as a homogenous entity. ...

The present report identifies six problems concerning the determinacy of mental content which confront naturalistic accounts of such content. In the light of these six problems, an evaluation of representative exemplars ...

Poverty and unemployment are extremely high in South Africa, especially in rural areas where there are low levels of infrastructure. The government has begun to address this in the field of civil engineering; however ...

Background: This study formed part of a larger longitudinal research study by Jordaan (2009), who tracked the development of language for academic purposes in grade 1- 3 English Additional Language (EAL) and English First ...

The rationale of this work is a peripatetic exploration, both literally and intellectually: the form echoes the content. The creative work stands on its own, but the theoretical reflection contributes retrospectively to ...