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  • Science and scholarship in historical perspective 
    Strauss, Danie (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004)
    The "making" of the modern world cannot be divorced from the allpermeating influence of the modern natural sciences. Although the Renaissance spirit, aimed at exploring the possibilities of human rationality in an unrestricted ...
  • Score and hide-thickness, together with tick burden and body condition score, in four cattle breeds in the South-eastern Free State province of South Africa 
    Fourie, P.J.; Foster, L.A.; Neser, F.W.C. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013)
    A study was conducted to determine the differences between four breeds in respect of coat score, hide-thickness, tick burden and body condition score. The study was comprised of 40 heifers - 10 of each breed, namely ...
  • THE SECTIONAL TITLE INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA: PERSPECTIVES OF ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING PRACTITIONERS 
    Steenkamp, Leandi; Lubbe, Dave (Corporate Ownership and Control, 2015)
    Sectional title property plays an important role in addressing the high priority housing problem in South Africa. Very little research has so far been done on the South African sectional title industry from an accounting ...
  • THE SECTIONAL TITLE INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA: PERSPECTIVES OF CHAIRMEN OF BODIES CORPORATE 
    Steenkamp, Leandi; Lubbe, Dave (Corporate Ownership and Control, 2015)
    This article is the third in a series of three on the sectional title industry in South Africa. (The first article dealt with perspectives of accounting and auditing practitioners and the second article in the series ...
  • THE SECTIONAL TITLE INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA: PERSPECTIVES OF MANAGING AGENTS 
    Steenkamp, Leandi; Lubbe, Dave (Corporate Ownership and Control, 2015)
    This article is the second in a series of three on the sectional title industry in South Africa. (The first article dealt with perspectives of accounting and auditing practitioners and the third article in the series ...
  • Selecting a pricing strategy : a statistical approach 
    Smit, L.; Van Niekerk, T. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 12, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2014)
    Pricing management, as part of the marketing strategy of an organisation, is a difficult and highly complex - but also critically important - management activity, as it affects the revenue and therefore the profits of an ...
  • Self-Assembled Lipid Cubic Phase and Cubosomes for the Delivery of Aspirin as a Model Drug 
    Kulkarni, Chandrashekhar V.; Vishwapathi, Vinod Kumar; Quarshie, Abraham; Moinuddin, Zeinab; Page, James; Kendrekar, Pravin; Mashele, Samson S. (Langmuir, 2017)
    Three-dimensionally organized lipid cubic self-assemblies and derived oil-in-water emulsions called “cubosomes” are attractive for various biotechnological applications due to their ability to be loaded with functional ...
  • Self-directed learning - fashionable among all first-year African engineering students? 
    Swart, Arthur J. (Global Journal of Engineering Education, 2018)
    Self-directed learning requires students to take ownership of their own learning, to become agents in the learning process, to engage in active learning and to enjoy the satisfaction of learning. This may be achieved in a ...
  • Self-harming behaviour among university students: A South African case study 
    van der Walt, Freda (Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2016)
    This study investigated the prevalence of self-harming practices among South African university students. Respondents were 201 students attending a small university of technology in South Africa (females = 55%; males = ...
  • Self-regulated learning as predictor of academic performance 
    Keyser, J.N.; Viljoen, M.C. (Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein: Journal for New Generation Sciences, 2015)
    The goal of this study was to research the hypothesis that self-regulated learning (SRL) predicts academic performance in second-year Economics studies. In the theoretical underpinning, self-regulated learning as related ...
  • Sense of meaning and study perseverance and completion: a brief report 
    Makola, Solomon (Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2014)
    The study examines sense of meaning influences on study perseverance and course completion among students within a faculty of management sciences at a South African university (n = 40). Participants were selected for high ...
  • Service-learning : relevance and meaning 
    Palmer, Esther (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2005)
    Institutions of higher education have multiple purposes. These purposes focus mainly on teaching (learning), research, and community service, but it is believed that more attention and resources should be turned to the ...
  • Service-learning and experiential learning as forms of experiential education : similarities and dissimilarities 
    Snyman, Andries (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2005)
    In 2003 is vier technikons genooi om deel te neem aan die "Community Higher Education Service Partnership" (CHESP) inisiatief van die "Joint Education Trust" (JET). Die doel is om diens-leer modules oor verskeie dissiplines ...
  • Sesotho Is Still A Marginalised Language 
    Koai, Mojalefa; Fredericks, Brenton Grant (Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 2019-12-11)
    This article reports on the progress (or lack thereof) regarding the use of Sesotho as an official medium of communication in selected government departments in the Free State Provincial Government (FSPG). In South Africa, ...
  • Setting the silences to speak : "Towards a critical consciousness of adolescent orphans" 
    Mthiyane, N.P. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012)
    This paper explores comparatively the voices of the orphaned adolescents living in an orphanage and foster homes. Currently the emphasis is on children's rights; it is believed that children have rights to have their ...
  • Shifting sands on differentiation and specialisation in higher education in South Africa 
    Ntshoe, I. M.; Selesho, J. M. (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2016)
    This article examines shifts in, and variations of, differentiation, diversification and specialisation and their impact on missions and mandates of different institutional types in South Africa. It explores patterns and ...
  • Short communication Dairy farm borehole water quality in the greater Mangaung region of the Free State Province, South Africa 
    Esterhuizen, L; Fossey, A; Lues, JFR (Water S.A., 2012)
    Most dairy farm effluent is discharged onto pastures and land by irrigation and poses a risk of enriching groundwater including borehole drinking water. Nitrate, coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli), in particular, may ...
  • Short term load forecasting using neural networks 
    Nigrini, L.B.; Jordaan, G.D. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013)
    Several forecasting models are available for research in predicting the shape of electric load curves. The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), can be applied to model ...
  • Shortcomings in the estimation of clay fraction by hydrometer 
    Stott, P; Theron, E (scielo: Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2016)
    The estimation of clay fraction is important for predicting the engineering properties of a soil. SANS 3001 GR3 (SANS 2011) specifies a procedure for clay fraction determination using a hydrometer. It has long been suspected ...
  • The Significance of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) for Africa’s Socio-Cultural and Economic Development in the Dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) 
    Tondi, Pakiso (Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa, 2019-03)
    Considering the frictions and tensions about the socio-cultural and economic development of Africa and the existence of some of tendencies and actions that are not in favour of the continent’s advancement, the main aim ...

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